Don’t Know Why But I Have The Feeling That Barb Just Made The Biggest Mistake Turning Jd Into A Rock

What happened to Dickory's arms?

Great question!

In the same avalanche that killed he and Hickory’s mother, he nearly lost his life as well! Fun fact, Hickory and their father (who I like to think was named “Doc”), have cloven goat hooves, and were able to navigate the mountain terrain better versus Dickory and their mother (who I like to think was named “Mouse”), have thicker horse hooves, and struggle a bit more. So when the avalanche came, they didn’t escape it in time.

Dickory was not only trapped under the snow, but his right arm was crushed by a rock. His Dad managed to dig him out, but his arm was beyond saving. So he kinda… Cut it off. But now he has a sick crossbow arm so… Cool! It also shoots nets/rope to trap people!

THE NEWS CHAPTER JUST KILLED MEEEEEEE I FEEL SO BAD FOR HICKORY, MY BOY 😭😭😭

AND JOHN, GOD

I NEED THEM RECONCILIED OR I'M GONNA DIE LIKE DICKORY'S ARM

The poor guy, DID YOU SEE HIS SAD PUPPY FACE IN THE MOVIE?! Hickory can join John Dory on the “Great Decisions” bus, that’s for sure😂 Poor little goat boy, I was pretty mean to him…

NOT DICKORY’S ARM😂 But I wouldn’t worry too much. If there’s anything John Dory understands… It’s that people can make mistakes. What matters is if you’re willing to do what it takes to fix them!

Well, any of the other troll tribes give John Dory the help he needs to get better in great decisions

Kinda?

I will say, his experiences during the second movie will definitely help him improve mental health wise, and find a sort of peace with himself. But they won’t fix everything. I am really excited for y’all to see where this goes!

…Can we just pretend this is funny?

The idea came to me and I couldn’t help but draw it, so enjoy this thing I made in the span of a few hours! I’m going to actually go work on writing now😅

(Click on photo for higher quality it kinda look bad lmao)

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!!!

I wanted to ask about Tiny Diamond! You said in your Au trolls are born of love, so I was wondering how Tiny came to be. Who did Guy love? Dose he have a partner? Did one of his friend's surrogate? Can you become eggnant with self love, aka just making a genetic copy of you as your kid? Can eggs happen accidentally, or is it always intentional?

ABSOLUTELY!

You are right, Tiny was born from self love! Trolls can either have kids with a partner, or simply just because they love themselves, and want one! In Guy Diamonds case, that’s what is was! Love for himself, and a desire to love/have a kid to love!

Typically, eggs are formed from a strong love/bond between two trolls, and they typically are intentional. However, accidents can happen. Take the BroZone family for example.

John Dory, Spruce, Clay, and Floyd were all intentionally formed from Pine and Sunny’s love for one another (Not necessarily a desire to have kids, considering Pine didn’t really want them). Branch, however, was an “accident”, due to an intense surge of love Pine felt for Sunny for “believing him”, per se.

As we know, Pine went a little off the deep end towards the end there, and he was convinced the world was against him. But Sunny always stayed by his side. From his love for her just being with him through everything, Branch popped up. It doesn’t always happen, but Trolls who have eggs together before are more likely to have “accidents” like that happen.

Idk if that made sense, I tried, I still don’t have it completely fleshed out lol

They have that queer sibling bond to me

Also ^

AHHH HE LOOKS SO HUGGABLE! I just want o hug him and tell him everything will be ok (Knowing me, the author, will continue to make his life hell😂). I love him so much, he looks AMAZING, thank you!

I have never once in my life drawn fanart of anything before but this damn fic and just JD got a chokehold on me.....

So I present to you @rydoesartandstuff 's John Dory! Your JD is just so Mwuah to me~

Sad book club meeting :thumbsup:

Bonus:

Babies like to copy.

Clay is a victim of this.