Honestly, I Love It When Characters Relapse. When Someone Who’s Gotten Over Their Anger Issues Falls

you ever see a post so compelling it immediately makes you drop whatever else you were working on

(★ my Kofi)

HOLY MOLY THIS IS SO COOL! Ahhhhh the emotions, the drama, the ANGST!!! You captured the scene so well!!!

Great Decisions

by @rydoesartandstuff

Excerpt from Chapter 17: That Icy Fear

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John Dory could feel himself becoming more and more frantic, but he tried desperately to swallow it down. Branch was talking, he just had to keep him talking… “Ok uh, what’s my favorite kind of berry?”

Branch let out a quiet hum, as if he wanted to speak, but just couldn’t find the energy to move his lips. Panic shot through John Dory, trying not to let it show in his voice as he asked again. “C’mon Bitty, you know this one. It’s small and blue, just like you, remember?”

The young troll didn’t reply. His head dropped further into John Dory’s chest, his breaths scarily slow. This was a stark contrast from John Dory, whose breaths quickened to a point he was nearly hyperventilating, unable to hold back the panic that was now surging through him.

“No no no, please Branch, please.” He begged, a sob building in his throat as he tried desperately to warm his brother’s icy skin. “C’mon buddy, please, I can’t- You can’t…”

This wasn’t happening, this couldn’t be happening… He was losing him. He messed up, and because of that, he was going to lose his little brother. It was all his fault. He was failing, failing, failing…

All at once, his brothers appeared around him, their faces matching expressions of pure panic as they stared down at the small troll in John Dory’s arms.

“John, do something!” Spruce commanded, voice shrill with desperation.

“You’re losing him!” Clay cried out, eyes wide with fear.

“Help him, please!” Floyd sobbed, tears streaming down his face. “Please, John Dory, help him!

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Fanart for the awesome new Trolls Fanfic I devoured over the course of three days! I highly recomend checking it out if you like John Dory and making him suffer, just a lil XD.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/56059690/chapters/142385026

Congrats on making it to 100 chapters in your story "Great Decisions" and Happy Birthday. 🥳🎂🎉

AHHHH TYSM!!!

It’s still so crazy to me that we’re at 100 CHAPTERS!!! And still going! And y’all are still here, being so supportive AH!!! I can’t wait to keep sharing this story with you all as we get into the third movie, IM SO EXCITED!!!

And thanks for the birthday wish as well!💜

Your fanfics are masterpieces that I absolutely love and adore. I reread them all the time, for me they are the greatest fiction I have ever read.

While I was rereading "Great Decisions" I was thinking about how JD will act towards Velvet and Veneer, looking at how he goes with critters and Chef I can't wait to read all about it !!!

Thank you so much for writing such amazing pieces of art :D

Oh my gosh, thank you for all your kind words!!! I put my heart and soul into everything I write, so it’s always nice to hear that the passion shines through!

Oh, I’m VERY excited for Velvet and Veneer! They are going to be SO fun to write, and any interactions between them and JD will defo be hype! They’d better be on their BEST FUCKING BEHAVIOR (But we know they won’t be😈)

You are so very welcome! Thank you for reading it!💜

Sometimes I get really really really scared of posting, like, what if I post and everyone just starts booing me and throwing tomatoes?

In the wise words of Cristina Yang, SOMEBODY SEDATE ME….

What would have happened if King Peppy decided to tell Clay about his grandmother's (And Branch's apparent) passing before Trollstis?

Clay would have absolutely freaked.

King Peppy was right in a certain regard, that Clay would not have handled the death of his Grandmother and (apparently) his little brother well. We will delve more into this in the story, but Clay’s mental state at the time wasn’t exactly great either, for multiple reasons. And he had his reasons for not interacting with his little brother during this time.

Had he been told the truth, it’s likely Clay would have completely broken down. The fact that not only was his baby bro gone, but he hadn’t talked to him MONTHS before it happened, the guilt would have eaten him alive.

I imagine after being told, he’d accuse King Peppy of lying, and go check for himself. Just to find a seemingly empty pod (It took a couple days for baby Branch to crawl back up the tree). He’d leave, and lock himself in his room in King Peppy’s pod until the Great Escape, snapping at anyone who tried to comfort him, too overwhelmed is his own anger, guilt, and grief to care about anything else.

He’d only make it out of the Tree because Viva forced him too.

But I’d like to imagine even if Clay didn’t run back for his brother, Viva would have run back anyways to help her father/the other Trolls. Either way, they’d still end up separated.

We love a JD “big brother” moment😂 Branch subsequently got his ass GROUNDED (This is so cute btw😍)

LOOOVE when jd gets to act like an older brother

(scene fro. great decisions)

Awwww THANK YOU! You are right, SO much drama, CORN ME DINKLES!!!

Eeee I’m so excited to start getting into Movie Three! Thank you so much for all your kind words, got me grinning like crazy over here!😭💜 I’m so glad my story can bring you joy, it does the same for me!

Here, it’s not much, but I had my last final on Friday, here’s a messy little doodle I made while my brain was melting:

Alternative text: This can’t hurt me because I can’t read😂 My brain do be fried tho

TYSM AGAIN!!!💜

Sooooo, I just finished reading the new chapter of "Great Decisions" by @rydoesartandstuff ! And... OH MY GOD! Now I'm overwhelmed with emotions!Was that Floyd?!?! I mean...Like, really, the real FLOYD??? Woooow! What an unexpected twist! I love it so much! I'm so excited I'm going to scream!

But nooooo, JD decided it was another hallucination 😭💔 Nooo (just kidding, I actually like it! No. I love it! I love this damn drama!) Oh-ho-ho now I'm even more excited for the next chapters! And by the way, @rydoesartandstuff , happy birthday! (sorry for the late greetings, I feel so bad that I didn't congratulate you on time🥺). However, I still wanted to express my gratitude and admiration for what you do! Your fanfic inspires me to create and live on, I always return to this story with pleasure after a hard day💜

Oh my goodness, THANK YOU SO MUCH! Got me tearing up over here ahhhh😭 Thank you so much for all your sweet words, truly, it blows me away that so many people love this story as much as I do!

AND?! That is inspires amazing art such as this! You captured the vibe of JD in that scene SO well, I immediately knew exactly what scene it was!😭 Such an beautiful artwork, and such kind words, thank you thank you THANK YOU! I can’t wait to keep sharing this story with you all!

I heard it's someone's birthday today and i just finished my fav scene from ch 99 for the occasion.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to the wonderful and amazing @rydoesartandstuff ❤️😊🎉🎂🎉🎈❤️❤️👋❤️💖❤️🥰❤️💖🥰🥰🎉🎈🎉❤️❤️💖💖

Thank you for the incredible story that you wrote i can say that we, as the readers are very much enamored with this au and and are equally obsessed with Great Decisions. Not only that, but reaching a 100 chapter is a big milestone so be proud Ry. It made us laugh, it made us cry and it hooked us up for every update, patiently waiting to see what happens next.

Hope you have a wonderful day and thank you 🥰👋❤️❤️❤️

So freaking cute😍😭

Quick question, if you were to do an ages reversed Au with the brothers (Branches as eldest, JD youngest, ect), what do you think would change about the story, just off the top of your head?

Ooooo this is tricky, ok uh… (Edit: I based this off of Great Decisions btw, I’m sorry, I didn’t read closely enough😖)

Branch - I think he would be a bit of an overbearing older brother. Not in JD’s perfectionistic way, but more like being in everyone’s business. He definitely has a schedule on each of them regarding their activities. He doesn’t want them to be perfect, but he expects them to listen, and is a bit self centered sometimes. Likely, Branch wouldn’t have left the tree. And unlike John Dory, he despises their father for what he did, and is similar to Grandma Rosiepuff in that sense where he refuses to talk about it. Also unlike JD, he did not drop out of school, Grandma Rosiepuff would be a lot more willing to help in this situation.

Floyd - It was Floyd’s idea to start BroZone to help his brother out (Branch was doing a bunch of jobs and wasn’t home too much). When the perfect family harmony fell apart, he was mortified, thinking he ruined everything, and ran. He had no idea Spruce followed after him.

Clay - His storyline’s about the same. He and Branch argued over many things, but more so life stuff vs band stuff, and when Floyd and Spruce disappeared, he left to live with King Peppy. He went missing in the tunnels running back to find his brothers…

Spruce - Spruce took the role of a mediator in this timeline. Floyd was really stressed all the time, so Spruce would typically step in and use his baby brother privilege to get Branch and Clay to stop arguing. He was always very good with baby JD. When he saw Floyd taking off, he followed him. But by the time he convince his brother to come back, it was too late, and they were lost.

JD - He had much more support growing up. Branch figured out he was dyslexic pretty quick, and helped him with learning to read. A bit of his perfectionism showed through, but it wasnt much till he got older. He was the one who Grandma Rosiepuff sacrificed herself to save, and after that happened, he took off. And Branch went after him. When they returned, they saw the decimated tree and collapsed tunnels, and despite his investigations, Branch figured the trolls were gone.

Instead of going to the Neverglade, they just lived in the woods, Branch just taking them as far as he could from Bergentown, his paranoia starting. They never found Rhonda. Because Branch is a bit more cautious, he did not gather that many injuries. And they likely found Troll Village sooner.

Branch was also able to pick up on the early warning signs of JD’s mental health problems.

AH! I hope that was ok! I tried, but gosh man, that is a tricky one!!!