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jmeestella · 10 months

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Okay, I have never done anything like this before, But I need to get this random thought out of my system. Small analysis and thoughts of color theory in tales of arcadia:

I really like Gaylen Krel concept and here is a little speech about why I think it would be interesting with a very vague concept of color theory (it's actually just my my totally altered perception of reality and boredom).

(An apology if anything here sounds weird, English is not my first language).

I do not think it is necessary to say that this has spoilers for the entire saga of tales of arcadia if you haven't watched it

So, there you have, the 3Below squad, as akiridions, all of them are basically blue, all equal, nothing to say here, this is clear, BUT- I think something interesting happens when they are in their human desguise: the predominant color is red.

In Aja it is easy to see this in her shirt and shoes, the only blue element is her jeans, For Varvatos it's a little less obvious, but both his shoes and his jacket are also red (His pants are a kind cream color (?), which like red are warm colors, the only cool color element is his shirt), and then we have Krel, basically all his color palette is blue, cold colors, The only red element is his shoelaces, which is hard to notice.

And just like fun fact, like, BRO- even the dog is designed in warm colors 🙃

It seems to me that this could represent a bit how difficult it is for them to fit in being themselves (?)

Another extra parenthesis, I find it curious that in the TOA saga the blue color palette predominates in characters that are "not-human at all", Like Jim who becomes a troll, or Douxie who's a 900 years old wizard.

And it seems to me another important detail that Claire and Toby represent a little about this dynamic of cold and warm colors.

Toby is orange and red, warm colors = human.

Claire is purple, closer to red, but still cold= normal human but a wizard (a kind of transition?)

Together, The path of the chromatic circle represents how they move away from being human. You can check this here:

Douxie does not seem to have any predominant color temperature, this may be because he wants to go equally unnoticed in both worlds, but the detail is in his eyes, normally his eyes are amber (yellow, warm color) but when he uses magic they become blue like his magic itself.

Anyway, I don't want to stray too far from the topic.

It's been a long time since I watched the serie, But I think we even have a whole chapters on that topic. Aja even with problems at the end it fit quite easily as a human, For Varvatos, socializing is a weirder experience, but in the end he has his thing with Nancy and is quite accepted among the other older adults, But we get a whole episode of Krel feeling bad because he doesn't think anyone will remember him, because he never quite fit in.

Long short story if you already see the serie, no much what to say on that, good ending to everyone.

Well, no, I have something to say: Aja although she tried hid in the human red, in the end she fully accepts her responsibility and decides to live in the blue that she was born, while Krel, Despite being the most insistent in wanting to have his life back in Akiridon-5, Krel who lived in his eternal blue, in the end he decides to embrace that little red detail that he always had in himself.

I think you may be getting my point: For them being blue is actually good, because at the end they are not human, And they proudly show their true colors, and they actually do it in a very literally way jjsjsj

BUT-

Here we have. Blue vs red.

Only as akiridon Krel fits at all, he doesn't pretend, he doesn't hide.

I need to be honest here, at this point this becomes more imagination than anything, but I think you all might agree with me.

Gaylen represents many things that an akiridon should not be, And what color is him? Oh of course it's red, a fucking warm color.

Speaking of my theory that warm = more human, I find it curious to point out that Gaylen only has 2 arms, wich is very human for the royal ones.

All the fanarts we have about gaylen krel agree that her design would have red details that stand out like A LOT-

I don't know how the whole thing could happen to get in the story to get to the point of Gaylen Krel, but there's my final though: After that, his new red colors could represent that he would no longer fit as a human or an akiridon at all, he's would be something more, something weird or strange, not akiridion at all

Under this theory, it is similar to what Jim went through as a half-troll, although it is predominantly blue, the eclipse details are red cause after all he's still Jim, and that was sacrifice and change needed to be made, they both had to become like this, and after all, Krel would still being Krel.

Someone please tell me I'm not crazy with all these thoughts, I am traumatized with TOA

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storyweaverofgondor · 1 year

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Ok, I will admit i am conflicted on ToA Merlin. On one hand i fell in love with him in Wizards and really am very sympathetic to him after seeing it. On the other hand, he did manipulate a teenager into undergoing what was intended to be a permanent change in species (into a species with well documented prejudice towards ‘impure’) and treated him like a pawn with no right to having any life or choices beyond carrying out Merlin’s grand plan.

Suffice to say i am conflicted over ToA Merlin.

#tales of arcadia spoilers #spoilers #tales of arcadia #merlin #trollhunters #trollhunters fandom #tales of arcadia fandom #toa merlin

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rule-number-3 · 2 years

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What's sad about ROTT to me is that I don't think Jim going back in time and letting Toby be the trollhunter was out of character for him. Most people being given the power to control time would go back to prevent the deaths of those they loved in a heartbeat. And starting from the beginning (getting the amulet) to mitigate other losses (like Draal) makes sense from a character perspective. Even giving the amulet to Toby I can justify b/c Jim knows/feels he doesn't need the amulet to be a Trollhunter. Trollhunters(the series, I mean) made of point of letting us know that Claire, Tobes, Blinky, Aaarrrgghh, etc. were just as much Trollhunters as Jim was. Toby is just as deserving of the title of The Trollhunter as Jim is/was. Jim trusts Toby with his life and believes he can handle it.

And Jim isn't going to make the same mistake as he did when Merlin sent him back in time/gave him the false vision (do not remember the episode name of the top of my head). He's not going to live his life while others suffer. He's going to be an active part of the plot and will try to ensure that no one dies needlessly.

The problem lies in literally everything else surrounding it that makes it a frustrating decision (as in narrative wise especially). More thoughts after work.

#trollhunters #toa #tales of arcadia #wing thinks #rott!spoilers #rott spoilers #rott #rise of the titans #toa rott #toa rise of the titans #tales of arcadia spoilers

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hellothereimaloser · 4 months

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Baby boy, baby... Ngl Jim is my fave, he's adorable and extremely traumatized which is the best character traits combination ✨

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bluheaven-adw · 10 months

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These two would either be best friends or arch nemeses. There needs to be a bro-off.

#steve palchuck #sir thoddeus #thoddeus sureblade #tales of arcadia #trollhunters #toa #nimona spoilers #nimona movie #nimona #toa trollhunters #trollhunters tales of arcadia #toa wizards #wizards toa #wizards

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lavenoon · 5 months

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Out of Time (~12K Words)

How the return of the Inferna Copula could have gone, if Jim had had some access to brain cells and that tidbit of information in season 3 had been integrated into the show. Or alternatively, if Angor Rot had been treated as the narrative foil to Jim that he actually was.

So I got into Trollhunters, and sure, I am biased, but I will die on the hill that Angor Rot's potential was wasted just to have an easy end of season villain. So I've put him in the soup, and 12K of this was born.

Tumblr exclusive note: Remember when I said I'm very normal about trollhunters? Yeah, this is what I've been up to since barely posting again for the past week <3

#post let luce #trollhunters #tales of arcadia #jim lake jr #angor rot #not tagging the rest they dont play big enough roles #my fic #rewrite/ universe alteration of season 1 episode 24 #with minor season 3 spoilers #though this show is years old im just showing up late to the party with SOUP #i dont intend to abandon any other projects this is just where the hyperfixation is rn #and as my pinned post states #im making that my followers problem #severing hell's leash

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tnt308 · 8 months

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I don't know where these ideas come from... it wasn't from a strange audio from ig... but I think it was from Pinterest.

#tales of arcadia #trollhunters #toa #jim lake jr #jlaire #fanart #wizards #3bellow #troll jim #rise of the titans spoilers

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earthspark-shockwaves-reduction · 9 months

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maybe every Good New Cartoon has a requirement of Some Guy showing a Child Main Character a horrific vision of their loved ones being lost bc in a moment of really bad stress they voiced regret for doing something that gave them Otherworldly Burdens No Child Should Have or smth idk

#earthspark spoilers #'you just needed to be reminded of why YOU have this power' so you made her watch one of her brothers be abducted #and her other brother DYING???? OKAY MERLIN 🙄 OKAY #mine #transformers #tf #maccadam #earthspark #trollhunters #tales of arcadia

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abittersweetraisin · 8 months

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Reasons why i don't hate RotT.

In all the years since the movie came out there's been such an avalanche of hate towards it that i preferred not to write my thoughts about it. I get it, it's not the end we had expected, but i don't agree with the fandom's general opinion.

Hopefully after all this time the hatred has diminished enough so that at least some people will give my words a chance. I will try to stick to facts, not opinions. Spoilers ahead this point.

From what i've read, the fandom has two main problems with the ending: the characters' development was 'lost' with the time reset and Toby being the new trollhunter. So many things i want to say at once,... First, it was a time reset, not going to an alternate universe. What do i mean by this? The time reset didn't take away all the potential of any of the characters. -Blinky and Jim's father-son relationship. That relationship grew after spending time together; all the training, all the challenges, etc. Ok yes, Toby is now the one with the amulet, but Toby and Jim are best friends. So, just the same way Toby got into the trollhunters team the first time, Jim will get to join too. Jim and Blinky will get to spend time together again, how can people think their relationship will not grow again into what it was? Because Toby now has the amulet? Come on, Blinky became like a father to Jim because of who Jim is, not because he had an amulet.

The training will now be focused on Toby, not Jim. So? That means more Jim-Blinky time. I can see them both side by side exchanging opinions while watching Toby's training.

-Strickler. Do i really need to spend time on probing how Strickler will become good again? Wasn't it left quite clear that the story was going to head that way again? His love for Barbara was true. That's why Jim invited him to have dinner and meet his mother, to start that change in him. It's not as if Strickler had been this evil-concentrated kind of character. He was perfectly capable of change. And Jim's knowledge is the key for it to happen again. I think Jim's knowledge has been terribly underestimated by the fandom, but i will get to that later.

-Claire. Jlaire. How can some people doubt if it will happen again?

With the way they showed us Claire was looking at Jim it was left crystal clear they were going to become a couple again.

About Claire's powers. She discovered them after she stole the shadow staff from Angor Rot. Let's say Jim manages to change things and Strickler becomes good sooner, then he wouldn't release Angor Rot. So? Was Strickler the only changeling in Arcadia? Or in the world? Any other changeling can do that. Let's push it further and say no one will release Angor. Still, the shadow staff was just a tool. Claire had magic in her, it was part of her nature. I mean...

She eventually learned how to do magic without the shadow staff. You may be thinking "But if she never gets the shadow staff then how can she learn to use magic?". The time reset brought back Gunmar, Bular, Morgana, etc. Also the Janus Order. Magical battles are to be expected again. Plenty of opportunities for her to learn about her magic in a different way than the shadow staff. And let's not forget that also Douxie is back in Arcadia. He could come to detect Claire's potential and train her. As i said, many ways for her to become Miss Super Witch again.

-Steve. Of course I wasn't going to leave The Palchuck out. :) Four things were the main ingredients to Steve's arc. Jim's punch, Aja, that goblin that introduced him to the troll's world, and Eli. Jim has seen what Steve can become. I seriously doubt he will do nothing about it. Aja is Aja, she will hit the blond oaf once more. Again, i have no doubt about it. About that troll Steve met while taking out the trash. Arcadia is infested with trolls, so... When Steve approaches Eli again, i seriously doubt Eli's response would be different. So, I really think Sir Steve of Palchukia hasn't vanished from the new future. -Toby. I read someone saying that Toby wouldn't last a minute fighting against Bular. Yes, Toby is overweight. But honestly, when fighting a huge troll that is over 5,200 years, it's more about the lack of experience. Besides, remember how once transformed the amulet gives magical protection. There's another thing. A theory that i hadn't thought of but recently read. By the time the time reset happens Jim has his new amulet. So, wouldn't it follow that now there will be two amulets? Maybe Jim wouldn't use it right away. That's something we won't get to know, but can't we try to be more positive here? Another thing i've also read is people thinking the main characters won't meet again. Let's see... Jim is Toby's best friend. Toby now has the amulet, so through Toby Jim will meet Blinky, Aaarrrgh and all the other trolls again. Do you really think Jim and Toby will leave Claire out of the team? Seriously? Douxie, as i said before, the time reset didn't change the fact of Douxie living in arcadia. They are so meeting again. Aja and Krel will still need to leave Akiridion 5. So, there you go, those two will be in the same school again. Morando couldn't care less who got the amulet, he will still be coming. Most, if not all, the challenges that brought all the team together will happen again.

I'm sorry but a lot of people seem to be a bit too keen on wanting the worst case scenarios to happen after the time reset, even when what was shown to us in the trilogy didn't point that way. How can i be so sure? Well, didn't Nari said "Krohnisfere will make right"? Is it too crazy to think that she meant that things will be better after the time reset? That the time reset is the path towards the complete defeat of their enemies with as little deaths as possible on the side of good? Think about it. If the reset had brought them back to the beginning of the movie then the lives of Strickler, Nomura, Toby could be saved, but by going so far back to the past more lives can be saved: Vendel, Draal, Aja and Krel's parents. As i mentioned before, Jim's knowledge has been terribly underestimated. In this second chance Jim now knows that Usurna is a traitor. He knows the location of the Janus Order, the location of Merlin, etc., etc. This information will become so powerful. Isn't the chance to save all these lives enough to make the ending not terrible? The characters' developments weren't lost, just reset. And as i said in this post, i don't see why they won't grow again into what they had become. I guess the writers must had wanted to give us a different kind of ending. They took the risk and there we have the result. I get that the fandom wanted an ending with no loose ends, as little sacrifices as possible, but i do think the hate was too much. I can't help to feel sorry for the writers. All their hard work grilled the way it's been done. And think about the negative impact on people who hasn't see the show and feels curious about it. If they do a little research to learn where the story starts or just want to share their love for the first part of the trilogy they would surely come across hate towards RotT and maybe drop the show.

Anyway, hopefully some people will not hate the ending so much after reading my post.

#toa #rott #toa rott #toa rise of the titans #rise of the titans #tales of arcadia #trollhunters #3below #wizards #toa spoilers #toa rott spoilers

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cacahuatlll · 1 year

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Some Zoe Casperan She is filled with rage and angst!,,, and then young Zoe showing her powers to her little brother douxie. (Note; she didn’t get her powers at the age of the art, she got them way younger, I’ll expanded on this on another post someday lol) maybe one day you’ll get happy older Zoe 🥺❤️ I also have a small comic with them Asdfghjkl trying to finish it asap 🏃🏽‍♀️

#also spoilers they get they’re powers in like the most traumatic hurtful ways🧍🏽‍♀️I’m sorry #tales of arcadia #tales of arcadia wizards #douxie casperan #hisirdoux casperan #tales of arcadia trollhunters #toa trollhunters #Zoe casperan #the casperan family au #coco art 💞

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anindecisivespirit · 9 months

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That feeling when your soul is bound by others and you have to obey them, you perform blood/dark magic, and also your curse is signified by a piece of jewelry

They’re friends!!

#angor rot #holland vosijk #kim'dael #a darker shade of magic #trollhunters #tales of arcadia #the dragon prince #tdp #tdp spoilers

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b8ggy-corez · 1 year

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My fav fanon friendship of them all

#claire nuñez #krel tarron #toa wizards #tales of arcadia #3below #douxie #hisirdoux casperan #rise of the titans spoilers #toa #zoe ashildr #toa zoe #rott

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akozuheiwa · 1 year

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It's about the VIBES

#trollhunters #tales of arcadia #the dragon prince #the owl house #toh spoilers #luz noceda #jim lake jr #tdp callum #listen #all three of these scenes gave me the same vibes #is this a thing now #something about drowning protagonists ig

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t-rexseesyoursins · 1 year

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Why you should vote for Aaarrrgghh from trollhunters for @creature-competition

*warning for trollhunters spoilers*

-He is all 4 quadrants of the "looks like a cinnamon roll/looks like they could kill you, is actually a cinnamon roll/could actually kill you" meme

-Literally is what convinced me to watch the show

-Looks like he'd be relegated to just the big dumb guy trop but consistently has character development and some of the most interesting mini plot arcs in the show

-he's so creature you guys! Eats anything, is made of stone, can glow, has somewhat limited speech from being traumatized by being taken and used as a child soldier, what doesn't he have?

-WOULD DIE FOR HIS FRIENDS, HAS ACTUALLY DIED FOR HIS FRIENDS

-lives with a book-obsessed conspiracy theorist who's a tad unhinged and loves explosives

-JUST LOOK AT HIM!!!