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cacahuatlll · 10 months

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Missing the Tarrons sibs sm 🥺💙❤️

Also introducing my Aja redesign, I really would have loved if aja had krel’s skin tone, would have been great to see. It would have created more diversity to ToA where it lacks oof. Anyways she turned out very cute, I love her 😭💖💕 also inspired by my edits here

#coco art 💞#tales of arcadia #tales of arcadia wizards #tales of arcadia trollhunters #tales of arcadia 3below #toa 3below krel #toa trollhunters #3below #krel tarron #aja tarron #toa 3below aja #trollhunters

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theographos · 5 months

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Why Aliens feels off in Tales of Arcadia

Don't get me wrong, I really like Aja, Krel and Varvatos. I even think that 3Below was quite good, even if i'm not a sci-fi fan at all (i even managed to fall asleep in front of every Star Wars ever, and not with any other movie). But good doesn't mean good in terms of storytelling. Because after all 3Below is set in the Tales of Arcadia franchise, and let's just say they don't 100% fit in it.

So why is that ?

1. Trollhunters is based on a book, and the book doesn't contain any aliens.

Well from what I have researched the book doesn't contain any trace of wizards too. I will also add that I haven't read the original book, I just made some researches about its content on the internet.

For those who don't know, Trollhunters : Tales of Arcadia is a loose adaptation of a book written by Guillermo Del Toro and Daniel Kraus, called Trollhunters. It's an adaptation similar to How to Train Your Dragon : The characters are present, the surnatural/fantasy aspect of the book is also present but everything else is changed. I even saw that Steve dies in the book, so glad they didn't take that route.

And i'm not part of the people who screams and cry everytime there is any changes from a book to a movie, To be deeply honest with you all I studied Cinema and English litterature in highschool and my final projet for those two subjects was to talk about how some changes in book adaptations are a good idea.

But it just shows that writer did not have any basic material for it. They had to create it all from scraps, and I feel like the first season of Trollhunters was already out when they thought of aliens, so they decided to connect it howerver they could. Which leads us to our second point.

2. Aliens don't really have any deep connections with humans, trolls or wizards.

Wizards and trolls fought against Gumm gumms, wizards have created many magical relics that Trolls uses, and as we saw with Hisirdoux wizards have an habit of dealing with trolls species. The interactions are already present, they have a deep history between them, shares problems and common knowledge.

Aliens apparently shook hands long time ago on Earth and were gone for the rest of the time, so except an old memory forgotten by almost everyone, they don't really have a pre existing history tying them to the different races in the story.

Trolls and wizards are based on things we already know off. I mean we have countless myths and legends about them already, but there is a bit more to that.

Horseshoe are items to uncover if someone is a changeling, trolls love to eat socks, which ties into the forever myth of "why am I always missing a sock", you think that racoons made your trashcan fall but it could have been gobelins, is that a black cat or just a small dragon etc. You really have the aspect that you interact with the "underworld" on a day to day basis without being actually aware of, and that goes deeper than just "oh this random person is just a troll in disguise".

Aliens don't really have that, like no one except the army used alien technology before 3Below, and still it was in secret so we can't really copy that to our everyday life as easily as the previous examples that I made.

Earth is about Trolls, humans, demi-gods and wizards. And it also happened to have aliens once in a while, but nothing much about it. And that leads us to our last point.

3. The plot has no space for Aliens.

Since the whole story is about earth and the fate of earth, we don't really have space for Aliens in the plot (no puns intended). We can literally see that with the 3Below plot : gumm gumms are something completly unrelated to the plot, it just happens in the back while the main plot is happening. 3Below is more of a spin-off or a "What If?" kind of show than a continuation of the main plot.

3Below is an interlude, an easter egg for the fans. You barely see the main cast, the main cast barely acknowledge the presence of the trio in their own show.

See I wouldn't be criticizing it if it was considered as such in the franchise. A side-story that doesn't impact the plot, but for fan service it will appear in the final movie so that everyone has their conclusion.

But it's not the case, it is seen as an important part of the story by the studio. It has never been advertised as something else than an active part of Tales of Arcadia.

If they truly wanted something about aliens, it should have been as a side story, a spin off.

But as a major part of the franchise, it doesn't deserve its spot and you can feel it.

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daylightcommand3 · 10 months

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Dichotomy

Reason 3678378437824567512 to hate Rise of the Titans: We never got to see a fully trained Steve and Eli fight side by side.

The movie was overall lacking in Creepslayez content. But, I don't think we fully grasp what we were robbed of.

In Wizards, Steve Palchuk was trained in the ways of knighthood by Sir Lancelot. Steve learned to fight well enough that he could take on Gumm-Gumms. He even gained a mystical weapon, for I highly doubt that the Lady of the Lake's tooth does not have magical properties. Steve is the encapsulation of the series' fantasy elements.

For about a year, Eli Pepperjack was on Akiridion-5. Given that he shared a planet with and was close to Aja Tarron and Varvatos Vex, it is safe to assume he would have received some Akiridion soldier training from the best of the best, willingly or not. He would also definitely ask for his own serrator. He was well respected on the planet. His designs for a gigantic robot were used. When he came back to earth he was even wearing Akiridion clothes. Eli is the encapsulation of the series' sci-fi elements.

If they, as the Creepslayerz, fought side by side during the events of the movie, it would have been a beautiful representation depicting the meshing of the series' rather juxtaposed sci-fi and fantasy elements.

We were robbed.

#tales of arcadia 3below #tales of arcadia trollhunters #tales of arcadia wizards #wizards tales of arcadia #tales of arcadia #3below #toa trollhunters #toa wizards #toa #trollhunters #eli pepperjack #steve palchuk #rott #rise of the titans #trollhunters rott #trollhunters rise of the titans #creepslayerz

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damnnsoon · 2 years

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i cant do this anymore

#toa wizards #tales of arcadia #tales of arcadia wizards #trollhunters #toa trollhunters #toa wizards douxie #wizards douxie #toa douxie #toa krel #toa 3below #3below krel #3below #tales of arcadia 3below #krel tarron #krel x douxie #krexie #krouxie

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bluheaven-adw · 2 years

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We all know what day is coming up this week, and I know the fandom is mostly dead... but in a Discord I'm on a fantastic idea was presented. On that day we collectively celebrate the masterpiece that is ToA, but NOT that movie that shall not be named. We share our art, edits, AMVs, fics, memes, favorite clips, moments, and screenshots. Everything inspired by the series trio!

What say you ToA fandom?

Join in! Spread the word 😀

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sonicasura · 11 months

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Could Jim potentially turn into an Akaridian? If so, what would it look like? How would the Tarrons react?

He actually can! Energy based forms are another thing the Omnitrix can scan as NRG is one such example. Jim's Akiridion form, Skylight, has a normal and Royal variant since there's enough differences between the two.

Royal Skylight looks almost exactly like Jim but at least a ft taller with a light teal shade than blue. Normal Skylight is about Blinky's height, aqua green in color, and built like an Olympic Athlete.

The reaction he gets is complete utter shock albeit Varvatos will not be happy with Skylight's royal variant. Uncomfortable is the nicest way to describe it when you consider Morando's betrayal. Aja and Krel has a more positive outlook on this though. Having another Akiridion around would honestly help ease the homesickness.

Plus I can imagine any other royals aren't as chill or share similar interests like Jim.

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jezfez81 · 8 months

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If General Val Morando was a Kaiju in the Pacific Rim universe, this is how I envision him. Looks kinda shit but whatever.

#art #illustration #my art #doodle #fanart #3below #tales of arcadia #toa #pacific rim #general morando #morando #morando kaiju #3below toa #tales of arcadia 3below #Val morando

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moppetwithamanbun · 2 years

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i’m not sure if this has been done yet, so if it has, i apologize! i’m just thinking out loud here

what if…there was a week dedicated to the main characters of ToA? ex:

monday- jim

tuesday- toby

wednesday- claire

thursday- krel

friday- aja

saturday- douxie

sunday- free day? any character you’d like

and the day would just be dedicated to them! you could post art, edits, fics, anything you’d like

idk! feel free to reply with your thoughts!! i think it would be fun :)

#tales of arcadia #toa #tales of arcadia trollhunters #toa trollhunters #tales of arcadia 3below #toa 3below #tales of arcadia wizards #toa wizards #toa jim #toa toby #toa claire #toa krel #toa aja #toa douxie #trollhunters #3below #wizards

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frie-ice · 2 years

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After seeing this crossover ship between Krel Tarron and Mirabel Madrigal floating around DeviantArt, I decided to base one of my crossover collages on it.

#crossover #crossover collage #crossover ship #shipping #non/disney crossover #encanto #3below #mirabel madrigal #krel tarron #encanto disney #disney encanto #3below tales of arcadia #tales of arcadia 3below #prince krel #collage

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talesofsonicasura · 10 months

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What If: Trollhunters Unbecoming

I mentioned in the post here about the potential of Trollhunters S2 episode Unbecoming. What if it was actually a bad ending universe where Jim participates in his other self's shoes before he does? An idea we are gonna further explore here.

Let's start with the episode itself. All the events Jim experiences aren't exactly correct in this respective universe. This is darker version never had him as a Trollhunter as Draal gotten that role. It means the Jim there was unaware of the growing danger under his feet.

He never discovers his teacher is a Changeling, find himself in Trollmarket, nor meet Blinky and AAARRRGGHH. Jim's essentially a normal kid whose greatest challenge at the moment was highschool. Very bad as his whole world is gonna shatter soon.

Everything else in the episode does play out. Draal dies, Gunmar is unleashed and Arcadia is torn asunder. This Jim's actual fate remains a mystery since the who confronts the Gumm-Gumm King is the Trollhunter alternate.

How much worse can things get?

A whole lot with the inclusion of 3Below and Wizards. Multiple forces who will no doubt fight over world domination. Gunmar, Morando, and the Arcade Order are gonna clash. Continents around the globe will get involved in this supernatural war.

It's only when things spread outside Arcadia's reach does it really worsen. We also have to add the Eternal Night. Gunmar and Morgana don't realize this tactical advantage ruins everyone's chance at survival.

Plants need sunlight in order to grow. A good chunk of pollinators such as bees only appear during daytime. Without them, plants will begin to wither and die. This leads to the decline in animal population as herbivores are steadily deprived of their food source.

Even if someone uses magic, there isn't enough to sustain an entire ecosystem. Lack of resources will lead to more unsavory survival tactics such as cannibalism. The world slowly becomes a cold uninhabitable wasteland without the sun.

Well, if none of the nations decide to unload their nukes. Magic, alien technology and nuclear warfare. I rather be dead thanks. Basically it becomes a situation where no one really wins.

The place is either devastated or heavily radiated. Every bystander has to live in a painful apocalyptic world that approaches utter oblivion with each minute. Gunmar's release was the flare signal for damnation.

And Merlin barely did anything to stop it. He put his complete faith in the idea of the Trollhunter. A idiotic idea when the battlefield is essentially a warzone. Jim exceeded all his predecessors cause he did the one thing Merlin wouldn't do. The young seeks help.

You don't fight a war with a single soldier. No, an army is needed to turn the tides especially if the consequences for failure are WORLD ENDING. This universe never had a chance as it was too little to late.

You may never know when the sky will one day. Quite a terrifying thought.

#sonicasura #tales of sonicasura #toa #tales of arcadia trollhunters #toa trollhunters #trollhunters #tales of arcadia #3below #tales of arcadia 3below #toa 3below #toa wizards #tales of arcadia wizards #trollhunters unbecoming #what if

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beannary · 2 years

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Here's a little wip of Aja that I'm working on. Not sure if im going to finish it

#my art #toa #tales of arcadia #toa 3below #3below #aja tarron #toa trollhunters #trollhunters #tales of arcadia 3below #toa aja #tales of arcadia trollhunters

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cacahuatlll · 7 months

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Was gonna post these one Halloween but I finished them earlier than expected sooo… 👻 boo!! happy very early Halloween 🎃

This is based off a scene In the Dofus book 1 movie intro 💔 sorry if the colors are weird idk what I’m doing lmao

#Krexie #tales of arcadia #tales of arcadia wizards #krel tarron #tales of arcadia trollhunters #tales of arcadia 3below #toa trollhunters #3below #toa 3below krel #klebbuckets #krel x douxie #hisirdoux casperan #evil krexie is affectionate 24/7 that’s all the do

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theographos · 5 months

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How about Toby but as an alien ?

Okay so please here me out. I'm not a real active supporter of this thought, but this is something that I think about whenever I watch Trollhunters.

This thought came from watching the series as a whole and trying to see where the bad points were. And I'll be honest i'm no big fan of Toby. He's fun, sure, but it's just not the kind of character that usually ends up on my "favorite characters" list. And i'm no big fan of 3Below either : sci-fi isn't really my thing, and I'm part of the people who thinks it's just way too different from the original serie, it feels more as a sort of alternate universe other than anything.

And I also noticed that the number 3 was often appearing in the franchise.

We have 3 series, the first series have 3 season, the second one has two, the last one has one, like a count down for the movie. We have 3 majors races, we can see that on Eli's tableboard when he explains his theories : Trolls, Aliens and Wizards.

And the first series has 3 OG main characters : Jim, Tobias and Claire. Jim is the main character in the first serie, Claire is heavily present in the last serie even if the main character in this one is Douxie.

But we miss something more about Toby. He doesn't have his time to "shine" until the movie. I'm not talking about being a hero who fights etc, i'm talking about us learning more about him and his thoughts. He has some dedicated episodes in Trollhunters, but nothing really "for" him. If we talk about trolls, we can think of Jim. If we think of wizards, we can think of Claire. And sure, if we talk about humans, we can think about Toby, but since 3Below feels "too far" from the rest of the franchise I think we could "fix" it in some way : Toby could have been an important part of 3Below. Not just a character present from time to time to remind you that "Hey you're still watching something from Tales of Arcadia !" I'm not talking about making Toby a full on alien, but like maybe give him an alien ancestor, or have him just really good at something Alien. For example he's more incline in learning extra terrastrials langages because it just makes more sense to him, or maybe with basic medicine things with how much he got hurt with his trollhunting duties, Barbara taught him a few things, and now that he has to help Krel, Aja and Varvatos who also happens to not have any healer, maybe he learns some things about Alien metabolism and helps them whenever they get hurt.

Anything could make it work really, I just wish for Toby to have the light on him even if he's just a supporting role. A Hero doesn't have to wield a sword, a wand or anything. He could be a hero who heals, a hero who raises the spirits of everyone.

And I just wish for the Aliens to be less out of place in Tales of Arcadia. To me he would've been a keypoint to introduce the Aliens. I mean it just goes with his character development : Jim and Claire aren't there anymore at the end of season 1, so he ends up feeling lonely and slightly bored and ends up meetin literal Aliens. Boum, the premise of 3Below is set.

Plus it logical if we look at things in a chronological order. Jim is the first one in the Trollhunter team, since he is the OG Trollhunter. Tobias is the second one that joins him, and Claire is the last human who joins. So the first show is about Jim, the second about Tobias and the third one about Claire.

And maybe some people will argue that the writers were holding onto the sense of normalcy that Toby brings. And I will answer that not only the two first series of the franchise had a whole thing around the fact of "make it seems like everything is normal", so we still have school, humans and all of that. Next, I believe that with the whole "steve's pregnancy" that happened in the Movie-That-Shall-Not-Be-Named, we can step a bit from normalcy and make Toby have teeny bits of Alien stuff going on for him.

And I would even add that it could make a really good kind of character development for him. Let's say that he's a descendant of an old alien specie, who left a lot of stuff on the Earth, and who is somewhat related to Akiridians. Toby learns that he has some alien blood in him, and he thinks "yeah great ! my life will change forever !" except it doesn't really ? I mean yeah he deals with aliens, but it's really similar to his Trollhunter duties, so it doesn't really changes much. Yeah he's from an old race of aliens, but since he has more human blood he doesn't look or sound anything like them, so other aliens don't really believe him when he brags about it (expect Aja, Krel and Varvatos since they saw it with their own eyes).

And so his development is to accept his alien heritage, even if doesn't replace the loneliness he feels without his friends, even if he has yet to feel useful against aliens, even if it has nothing more to offer than old knowledge, old technologies that no one seems to know how they function and a pseudo cool status that not so many people will believe right away.

Aliens can be more than just cool blue futuristic people, Tobias can be a hero without having to sacrifice his life for the cause (even if he's ready to), they didn't need to half-ass something for Toby in the movie when they had the opportunity way before that.

And maybe Toby would have been a character that I truly enjoy if that happened, maybe he would have been less seen as "useless" by some people if he had the status of "alien healer/support". Maybe it would have sparred us the not so great ending of the franchise.

Maybe.