Under the Wave

Fandom: Tales of Arcadia (Cartoons)   Rating: Mature   Warnings: Graphic Depictions of Violence, Major Character Death Relationships/Characters: Morgana, Nari, Bellroc, Skrael, Original Characters Theme: Origin Story (Wizards Non-Compliant), Explorations of Identity, Gender, Magic, Recovery, and Divinity

Chapter 19; With Open Arms Morgana wanders alone in the Wild Wood in her grief but she cannot stay there forever.

The Wild Wood was not as Morgana remembered it. She wandered aimlessly through the trees, following paths worn by animals and dangerous creatures who dared to call the place their home. The leaves crunched underfoot, and birdsong hushed as though she brought death with her in the air. The earthy scent was familiar as the morning turned to midday and brought to mind the smell of mushrooms rooted in rotting tree trunks on the forest floor. She closed her eyes, feeling the breeze on what little parts of her skin still remained exposed, and continued on.

She withdrew from the sounds of voices, the bright chatter of mortals who dared to enter deeper in search of delicacies not yet found by others, and found herself staring at a large rock. There was something to it, something not quite right that made the back of her neck tingle. She knelt down upon her knees and placed her hand against it. The stone was cold, and Morgana could taste the magic on her tongue. She closed her eyes and pushed gently, slipping through with little effort.

Morgana withdrew her hand, looking at the tree across from it. The tree was larger than it had been twenty or so years earlier, and someone had come and scratched into it strange symbols that meant nothing beyond filling her with a dark sense of loss.

She pulled her legs up to her chest, wrapping her arms around herself. Part of her longed for the stronghold and its familiar stink of kelp and seawater, but she could not bare the thought of the others. Not Skrael’s impatience, nor Nari’s regret, and certainly not Bellroc’s ridiculous artifice and the blank expression of their skull headdress.

It was hard to say how long she wept, but she did so until her head ached and she wanted to collapse from exhaustion in the turning leaves of autumn that had collected on the forest floor. Morgana lifted her head, wiping her nose with her hand, and saw in the blurry distance a creature very small and green. As it approached, she saw little antlers upon her head and knew it to be Nari, a face she both longed for and never wanted to see again.

“Leave me!” Morgana insisted. “You can’t imagine the horrible things I have just had to do.”

— Ties in with Primordial Awakenings, Primordial Awakenings - Deleted Scenes, Under the Sun, and the rest of The Heart of Janus au.

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Meet Katie and Jo, hosts of the podcast! On this show we’re going to be talking all things Tales of Arcadia: including Trollhunters, 3 Below, Wizards, and yes… that movie. We’ll focus a lot on Jlaire too!

We’re so excited to dive into the legacy of this beautiful series, and hopefully have some guests on as well. Let us know if you have any requests for the show, topics you’d like to see us cover, etc.

Holy Crap!! 153 signatures in a week!!! That’s what I’m talking about! I don’t know what we did that caused this, but let’s try to keep it up!

cuz im still a little mad abt it

why would jim, knowing FIRSTHAND the experiences and consequences that come that with that fucking amulet, give it off to his so called bsf??? also wouldn't toby being the trollhunter make jim the best friend who dies when it's all over??? like half of jlaire's whole arc is jim's experiences with being a troll/trollhunter, so how would that even work???? im so LOST

~ From my RoTT rewrite fic The Eternal Day ~ ^^

heres an old sketch of nari asking for a puppy (and archie being annoyed). but i think the baby leash and the cats v dogs joke are kinda meh so prolly wont ever fnish it

Sharing this here aswell but only because I feel Xtra proud of it 💕👉👈

New post!!! I think it would be deadly to do this, but I couldn't resist it, I saw at least 3 or 4 drawings of ToA characters on the beach, and I didn't want to be left out.

I think they should have used at least 3 bottles of sunscreen to cover it well and Claire sits with him for not leaving him alone hahahahaha. And Toby asks him a little obvious question from the water.

Repeat After Me

There is no ending where Jim resets everything back to the beginning in Tales of Arcadia. There is no bad ending within the walls of Tales of Arcadia.

I feel like since Jim, Claire and Toby was told by Merlin 'it's customary to bow before a master wizard' once they find out Douxie is a matter wizard, they'll bow whenever they see him.

Douxie and Zoe will be walking down the street and walk past Claire with her parents and Enrique. Claire would stop where she stands and bows.

*visiting Jim's house and comes downstairs from using the bathroom and everyone in the room his bowing at him. *

"what the- freaking seriously?! Guys STOP."

Just some toa self insert thing

how to make Arthur a real villain?? introduce Mordred. 

trollhunters procreate doodles inbetween work

Not to be a creeper but I saw your tags on the Jim and Claire post and I was just wondering what your thoughts were on the portrayal of their relationship? I recently finished Wizards and I liked them together in general, but I remember feeling a little frustrated previously because I didn't feel like their romance added much to the plot or story, unlike a relationship like Rayllum.

Not a creeper for having reading comprehension - go ahead!

For Jim and Claire, I always found them passably cute. They weren't a ship I disliked, but I was never really into them, even if I liked the cute/normal moments to the series. I definitely liked them and Claire more once she joined the team and learned about magic, and I still always appreciate that she has her own reasons (her brother) for being so involved in Troll things.

For me, romance in TOA is definitely its weakest spot, as the only pairings I was really genuinely invested in are Steve/Aja and Draal/Nomura, which I always wished would get more focus. I also liked Nana/Vex from 3Below, but mostly because it was funny and sweet.

For me I think the disconnect was Jim and Claire feeling very high school - cute dates, going to prom, the guy liking the girl from afar, etc. They never really felt like endgame, big Dramatic love story the show went for, which is when they would lose me a bit more.

So ultimately I really like them, but they're mostly interesting to me in a "date for a few years, break up when they're 20, get back together and stay together after being Friends when they're like 26" kind of way than my interest in their specific romantic relationship being strong during the show itself.

And I agree with you about the Rayllum thing! One of the reasons I love them so much is because - despite being young and having some of that same awkward flustered nature that Jim/Claire have - Rayla and Callum have a maturity to their relationship. Part of it is how directly they've helped each other through some very emotionally heavy times (and not that Jim and Claire haven't, but not to the same degree / with the same weight) and that they feel like Best Friends first and foremost. Jim and Claire, partially because of Jim liking her from afar in the beginning, never really developed a super strong Just Friendship period by proxy.

Mann I thought I would never get chapter 7 done

Darling rockin’ a new outfit. She swings both ways.

[says in blinkys voice] Don't mind him, master Jim. He has green hair and pronouns

*aaarrrgghh in the back scarfing down a blender*