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auroramoon-draws16 · 5 months

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The Crossover Bar AU: the Beginning

“What… what the fuck?”

Desmond didn’t know what was gonna happen after the Temple (after sacrificing himself), but waking up in a bar, a 1920’s style speakeasy, was not what he was expecting.

It looks new, it smelled new, the scent of fresh wood and fabrics, stocked up alcohol and syrups, it was nice- really nice. He didn’t know what to make of it, but his body moved anyway. Stepping behind the counter he found so many bottles, glasses, there was modern bartending tools and shakers, also new. It felt like someone placed everything here, just for him. Like this was all just for him.

“So, do you like it?”

Holy shit- oh wow it’s been a while since anyone could sneak up on him. Desmond reflexively held his hand to the speaker’s throat, hidden blade at the ready.

“Wha- I- who are you?” He sputtered, eyes wide at the girl, no really, it was a girl. At least- he thinks, his mind couldn’t comprehend any detail about her. Like everything about her was glitching beyond recognition. She was short, and that’s all Desmond could tell about her.

“Don’t worry about that,” she grinned(?), nudging his hand away from her throat, and weirdly enough, he let her. “Answer my question, do you like it?” She repeated, not rudely per say, just… eager. Like a little kid showing her mom her drawing.

Blinking, Desmond lowered his hand, and took another look around.

There were wooden tables and chairs everywhere, nicely made from what he could tell, set up in a circle around a stage across from the entrance. The curtains a bright, vivid blood red, and there were lights up on the ceiling to brighten it up. From his place at the bar he could see a balcony, a second floor, but besides the railing and the edge of a pool table, he couldn’t see much else. On the walls were empty picture frames, waiting for something to occupy them- well, most of them- the one by the entrance had a portrait of Desmond with a golden frame.

It felt…

“It’s… home,” he blurted, “it feels like home.”

The girl(?) made a happy noise, bouncing up and down excitedly, “I knew it! I knew you’d like it!” She squealed, a warped and echoing sound, “oh I can’t wait! There’s gonna be so many more, they’re gonna like it too! You’ll see!” Before Desmond could respond, he felt arms wrap around his middle, “I’m gonna go get them, stay right here! Oh they’re gonna love you! You won’t be lonely, I promise!” And then she was gone. Just- he blinked and she was gone.

“Don’t mind her, the Apprentice is just excited,” someone explained, sounding both amused and fond. “This is her first project.”

Desmond looked to the other end of the bar, finding a man(?) sitting with an empty glass. He couldn’t see his features either, but that’s because he was engulfed in a bright light from head to toe. He felt familiar- distant- like looking into a funhouse mirror, him just not really… he even sounded sort of like-

“Hey, don’t do that,” he interrupted Desmond’s thoughts, holding up his empty glass, “you’ll get a headache. Now then, you’re a bartender, aren’t you? Mind pouring me something?”

Shaking out of his stupor, Desmond reached for the shelf, “right, uh, what’d you want…?” He asked, head still buzzing.

“You can call me the Reader,” the Reader told him, a smile in his faint voice, “that Whiskey will do.” He pointed at the bottle Desmond’s hand was hovering over.

After pouring him a glass, Desmond twitched, “uh, what do you mean- about her- the Apprentice- this project- what-?”

The Reader chuckled, “You’re not the first, you won’t be the last,” he muttered, more to himself than to Desmond, “she’s a good friend, she wanted to try something new, something different than what I usually do- or what They usually do- so I’m letting her try it out. This place is gonna be a catch all, a hub for any Soul needing somewhere to go, a place where they can Crossover the threshold without- well, y’know. Of course since you’ll be the Host, you have the final say over everything, this domain is all yours.”

“What? Who- I don’t understand, what the fuck does all of that mean?” Desmond spluttered. The Reader just laughed again. Asshole.

“You’ll get it soon enough,” he took a swig of whiskey and pointed to the door, “look, your first Guest is here.”

“Seriously? I’m not gonna fall for that,” and he was gone in a blink too, nothing but an empty glass to even hint someone else was here, “goddammit.”

Desmond didn’t know what to make of all this, who the Reader or the Apprentice were, what they were doing, what they even are in the first place, but he knew people were coming, Guests, the Reader said, and that he’s the Host. So that’s what he’s gotta do then, if the bar was made for him, and that’s what he’s here for, he might as well… right? What else was he supposed to do? He’s supposed to be dead, but he’s here as the Host.

Taking the glass and grabbing a cleaning rag from under the counter, he cleans it. Looking up at the doors, before hearing them swing open and watching someone stumble onto the floor with shouts of shock and thuds of limbs scrambling to catch onto the smooth floor.

“Hey, welcome to the- wait- Clay!”

“Seventeen!?”

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ohposhers · 5 months

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As the oldest JD has to give his two-cents on everything or he'll die

#trolls #trolls band together #john dory trolls #branch trolls #bruce trolls #clay trolls #floyd trolls #brozone #my art #they cant stand him #jd brought the brozone mug into the bunker with him its his fave mug of all time

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felsicveins · 4 months

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Not technically his ex cause the divorce papers were never signed...

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sandflakedraws · 3 months

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impromptu nap pile

#trolls #brozone #john dory #clay #bruce #floyd #branch #sandflakedrew #JD with both his visor and a sleep mask was too funny an idea for me to pass up #i cannot. stop drawing trolls hugs. its therapeutic #these bros do be making me use colors i normally don't #namely : green

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artistmarchalius · 4 months

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I wanted to try drawing them with tails to see what the hype was about. I get it now.

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zivazivc · 5 months

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Like a completely normal adult person, after watching the new trolls movie, I obsessively started putting together the brothers' backstory, the deeper reasons for their separation as well as how that all took place without disregarding the fact that they were trapped in the troll tree, which of course evolved into a fic in (forever) progress... yeah

Anyway, even though they aren't actively in the story much, i needed to design the parents, so uh meet Rosiepuff's daughter, Tulip, and her husband Branch.

I designed them based on the brothers' adult looks and in Tulip's case also on her mom's.

bonus baby branch:

#i headcanon branch didn't get to meet either of them 😥#trolls #trolls band together #dreamwork trolls #my art #trolls john dory #trolls spruce #trolls clay #trolls floyd #brozone #trolls branch #baby branch #trolls oc #tulip #or maybe Bluebell?#branch #tried to incorporate or make sense of most of their colors when designing the parents #Noticed Floyd has a rounder nose than his bros and a lot like his grandma's #so I gave the same shape to the mom #but I also gave her more of Clay's slim and slightly taller physique #while I gave the dad JD's body type and face #also i headcanon clay naturally has that messy hairdo #and that the bros just had matching hairstyles while preforming #trolls fanart #fanart #i'm actually really proud of these drawings and i'm super happy with the colors #ALSO also when watching the film i didn't feel like the leafy vest was something floyd would wear solely based on his style and design #so guess who wore it first in my story? 🙃#trolls spoilers

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clayfellover · 1 month

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in honour of the underworld saga coming out soon i finally decided to make epic shitposts

#edit: I FORGOT HIS LAURELS #my odysseus is inspired by wolfy's yes! i like the beard #clay's art posts #art #fanart #epic the musical #epic the troy saga #odysseus epic #the horse and the infant

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luddlestons · 3 months

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that comment on the sick day livestream about them being roommates has remained in my brain ever since

#my art #critical role #caduceus clay #ashton greymoore #his boots are relatively clean cad it's fiiiine

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ryssbelle · 2 months

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Brozone reunion concepts for this little thing based on this ask

As stated in the ask idk fully how this moment would go, this concept was mostly building off the premise presented within the ask :D

Bonus:

#my art #trolls #dreamworks trolls #trolls 3 #trolls au #n2 au #trolls john dory #trolls clay #trolls poppy #trolls branch #trolls bruce #trolls floyd #brozone #look at them so silly #in the original script i had accidentally wrote John calling Bruce by his preferred name and i was like #he dont know it yet smh #and had to change it back to spruce #which is where the line 'its bruce but imma let it slide'#comes from #i dont think John in the movie and within this purposefully misnames him #i think its just like a force of habit #and its just harder for him to realize hes saying it wrong until hes corrected #cuz you see he doesnt really get mad when corrected he just gets confused the first time #and then just keeps forgetting after #which i think also was from his mindset of #'im the oldest im not allowed to change' so its like #his brains blocking out the change of spruce to bruce #this is unrelated to the comic as a whole it was just the on the spot thoughts i had while typing #but yeah #itd be a touching reunion for sure!

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officialrapunzelfitzherbert · 1 month

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happy 18 year anniversary of neil banging out the tunes to all who celebrate <3 just for this weekend my nearrings (neil earrings) are 18% off.....what a deal

come get ur tunes while theyre bangin

#can u believe neil and his tunes are 18.....old enough to vote now..... the passage of time!!!#i love these lil guys sooo much i wanna make more of him #art #neil banging out the tunes #small shop #clay earrings #april 13 2006

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mangoshibi · 5 months

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