Some Ramblings About The Mess That Was Rise Of The Titans....

some ramblings about the mess that was Rise of the Titans....

first of all. those character deaths were not only unnecessary but they were BRUTAL and far more intense and painful to watch than they needed to be. as a movie that largely targeted for kids and family and is only rated G, did I need to see Nomura shattered into a thousand pieces, Strickler get blown up, Nari turning to ice like that, and Toby literally getting crushed and dying IN FRONT OF JIM?!?! im not saying there couldn't have been emotional moments but the brutality of those scenes just went way too far. not to mention that there ended up being no point to this anyway bc now they're not actually dead?? either way it was awful to watch

second. If they wanted Toby to become the Trollhunter, why not just have the new amulet choose him?? That would have been such a good twist. instead of going to jim, the new amulet flies to toby who saves Jim from Bellroc. It's a great twist, it'd be great for Toby, gives the inspiring message that anyone can be a trollhunter, and it's a good conclusion to Jim's arc as he no longer has to be the trollhunter after going through so much.

which leads me to three. AFTER GOING BACK IN TIME WHY WOULD HE GIVE UP THE AMULET AND HAVE TOBY BE THE TROLLHUNTER???? we spent three seasons explaining that Jim was CHOSEN for a reason. he had to be the trollhunter. now how are they going to defeat Gunmar, Morgana, etc.

which of course is four. going back in time like that was stupid. it erased every single thing we've watched. essentially the series ended with "it was all a dream." seriously, remove the part about toby finding the amulet and that's exactly how it ended. every single relationship? gone. every character arc and journey? erased. no closure was given to anyone. we didn't get to see where they ended up at the end of the series. there WAS no end. claire lost all her sorceress powers, douxie lost all his beautiful development in wizards, aja and krel??? we dont even know what's gonna happen with them now. they even half assed strickler and barbara by just having jim set them up. sorry how is that gonna work out if we don't see strickler's whole arc of changing to be one of the good guys?? would he even do that now if jim wasnt the trollhunter??? ARGH I HATE THIS ENDING ITS SO STUPID!!!!!!!!!!!

and finally. the movie was just so anticlimatic. after the first battle scene, so many characters were underpowered. Douxie literally fought the Arcane Order in Wizards and now suddenly he's being thrown around like a ragdoll. Claire is suddenly just like "sorry ive exhausted my powers" at like 5 different points in the movie. she never even got to have an insanely badass scene like she deserved. what was the point of even bringing up jim's dad? we know he's irrelevant, who cares?? archie and douxie separated after being together for centuries and just being like "oh well, hope he's happy" like ????????????? what the HELL was the aja/steve shit??? that was just stupid and uncomfortable and took up screen time that couldve been used for real development and plot.

in short, this movie was terrible. I've loved this series so much and I used to consider it flawless. the characters are amazing and the story was so good. i'll always love the tv shows so much but i genuinely hope to forget this movie even exists. I'm just so disappointed by what should've been an epic conclusion to this wonderful series.

Me in strong denial : THIS ISN'T FORESHADOWING, EVERYTHING'S GREAT, THIS ISN'T HAPPENING IT'S ALL IN MY HEAD

“yo bro who got you crying like that?” matthias was dreaming again. dreaming of her.  

My train of thought binge watching maya and the three be like (SPOILERS) :

Omg Maya is so badass YAS

What is happening with the noses of some of the characters? So weird EW

Everyone in Maya's family is so caring , her brothers don't even bully her or try to prevent her from fighting because she is a girl , aw that's cute - WAIT , she is the protagonist, oH MY GOD SOMEONE WILL DIE

if Zatz bad , why so CUTE

Chimi my beloved

WHY DOES EVERYONE KEEP DYING

These kids' backstories are so sad, I'M NOT OKAY I HAVE TO HUG THEEEEMMM

damn this animation ROCKS

Zatz and maya's banter 😍

Zatz and maya laughing while they "fight"

So , the king of teca cheated on his wife? Like that? And she didn't care because maya was such a cute baby? WTF

Picchu and his warrior death , I'M NOT OKAY

Maya and Zatz were SO IN LOVE during the final battle ajskskxolakss, like everyone was fighting for their lives and they were just kissing and bantering and dance-fighing in that way of theirs AW

YES RICO SHOW THEM HOW BADASS YOU ARE JAKSKDKAKSKMD

Chimi and Rico crumbs YAS THEY ARE SO CUTE

Oh my God the death just died , okay everybody calm , don't panic, at least it can't get worse than this , right?

DID ZATZ JUST DIE?

Maya STOP BREAKING YOUR ARM GIRL WTF that's not normal

DID SHE JUST DIE????????

Nevermind everyone's back YAY

Aaaaand , they died again , cool cool cool cool cool cool

Ah, she and her love will dance together for eternity, cool , amazing , great , I'm fine it's fine- * SOBS UNCONTROLLABLY* IT'S SO BEAUTIFUL BUT IT'S SO SAD

YOU GUYS

I just finished " the house in the cerulean sea " and it's BEAUTIFUL

It has everything you could ask for:

Found family

Hilariously chaotic family

Grumpy/sunshine trope

M/M romance

Almost zero angst

super happy and fluffy ending

I am SO happy this book exists , I really needed something so sweet, cute and soft that made me cry only happy tears I- 🥺

The only reason why I'm heartbroken is because it's over and I'll miss it SO MUCH