FINALLY THOUGHT OF SOME NEW BONUS LORE

FINALLY THOUGHT OF SOME NEW BONUS LORE

Since I'm in both the Trolls and Helluverse fandoms, I got my inspo for Asha from Alastor as some of you have noticed. I've managed to think of something new related to that in a way.

In Hell, overlords deal in souls. What would the Trolls equivalent of that be? Well, what's the most important thing to a Troll? Their voice.

That gave me the idea of...what if Asha dealt in voices? Radio is a key way of distributing music as we saw in TBT since Velvet and Veneer had their song broadcasted over the radio. Building on this, radio would be even more important to Trolls since music is around all they do. To get your songs on the radio would be a great honour, I imagine. That begs the question of...how far will trolls be willing to go to get a taste of fame? Maybe they'd strike a deal with a certain shady radio host?

Here's how I'm imagining the process for this:

Poor unfortunate troll hits rock bottom in their career.

They seek out the help (supposedly) of The Radio Troll.

Asha promises them a place in the music industry...for a price.

The price is their voice.

Said poor unfortunate troll accepts that price with a little bit of persuasion from Asha.

They sign a contract binding their voice to Asha therefore basically being under her ownership.

Now just to be clear, when I say that trolls give their voice to Asha I don't mean literally. They don't lose the ability to talk or sing. Selling your voice to Asha means being under her control. Their voice is what makes a troll a troll. Having someone own it on a deeper level than a management contract or a record deal is a big thing. Asha's deals are essentially "give me your voice in exchange for a chance at success." She gives failed stars a second chance whether it's for worse or better. On a more serious note, I feel like "selling your voice" could be a metaphor for a toxic manager- that's how I'm giving it a place in the Trolls universe so I'm not just copying Hazbin Hotel. I've taken the idea and built on it.

That's what I've been thinking so far. Let me know your thoughts and as always feel free to raid my inbox with any questions or ideas of your own!

I know most of these likes are because of Asha 💀

Thank you to the trolls fandom and whoever happens to stumble across my rambling for the 500 likes! I'm almost approaching 30 followers so thanks to all of you for your continued support and interactions with my posts ❤️

HERE'S MY OPINION ON THIS THAT NO ONE ASKED FOR

Animation is off for a start. I was talking about this yesterday with my Trolls mutuals on Discord. The trolls just look...lifeless? For a lack of a better word. Ain't a thought behind their eyes. I know this was probably low budget but it still looks creepy lmao. Second, WHAT'S WITH THE AI SOUNDING VOICE??? I KNOW I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE WHO THOUGHT THAT. Yesterday I heard (or rather read) someone saying that it sounded like a weird ass AI combo of Anna Kendrick and Amanda Leighton. For those who don't know, Amanda Leighton was Poppy's VA in TTBGO and Trollstopia. I don't know why but the AI alarm bells are going off. If there's one thing you should know about me, IT'S THAT I DON'T SUPPORT AI BEING USED TO VOICE CHARACTERS SINCE WITHOUT THE VOICE ACTOR'S PERMISSION IT'S BASICALLY THEFT. Voice actors don't spend years perfecting their craft only for the characters they voice to be turned into rusty robots (yes that was a TBT reference and if you catch it I love you).

Another thing I saw on Discord yesterday was that maybe this is to hold us off until DreamWorks can release something bigger involving Trolls. Oh my god I really hope it is.

Asha's relationship with Poppy

Complicated. The last time Asha saw Poppy was when she was a baby. They don't really know much about eachother and Asha isn't keen on opening up. Asha appears to be distant with Poppy because she genuinely doesn't know how to talk to her. She also knows that Poppy has a lot of questions about that night 20 years ago... questions Asha doesn't want to answer. She knows she can't shut Poppy out forever but how do you talk to your own sister who didn't know you existed until you just so happened to cross paths 20 years later...? Asha would also feel a sense of melancholy around Poppy. She reminds her too much of herself before she lost her colours and became the "Radio Troll" she is now. To Asha, Poppy is everything she lost in those tunnels. Both literally and metaphorically.

She's watching her younger siblings do dumb shit with absolutely zero intention of intervening. A true older sibling, I must say.

Just Asha

Asha belongs to my friend @k4nzi

Also requested by @seldomscilence16

Asha's relationship with Clay

FUNNY YOU SHOULD ASK

I ship them (sorry Cliva fans-). After a lot of brainstorming, their ship name is...

✨Rusty Radio✨

- Slow burn relationship

- Clay is the voice of reason and the antihistamine to Asha's allergy to feelings

I plan on developing on this further because I don't know how to explain it as of now but here's some incorrect quotes:

Asha: I'm incredibly fast at maths.

Clay: Alright, what's 30 x 17?

Asha: 47

Clay: Not even close.

Asha: But it was fast.

Asha: I want to wake up with you every day for the rest of our lives.

Clay: I wake up at 4:30am.

Asha: ...

Asha: I want to see you at some point every day for the rest of our lives.

Asha: I'm going to take you out

Clay: Great, it's a date!

Asha: I meant that as a threat.

Clay: See you at five!

Clay: Can you please be serious for five minutes?

Asha: My record is four but I think I can do it.