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Trolls Tumblr, it is my pleasure to introduce to you...
THE RADIO TROLL
Credit for the ref sheet goes to @gummygoatgalaxy!
Asha, aka The Radio Troll, is one of the daughters of King Peppy. She's 35 years old. She was separated from Peppy and Poppy along with Viva, Clay and the Putt Putt Trolls during the Great Escape (she would've been roughly 15 at the time) hence why her colours are gone from her being a teen onwards. However there's a catch. Typically, grey trolls attempt to regain their colour...Asha didn't. The belief that the rest of her tribe besides the Putt Putt Trolls were dead caused her to make a rather crazy decision. Asha, in a way, embraced the darkness that her lack of colour brought. By giving up her colours and awakening said darkness, Asha was given abilities related to her job as a radio hostess such as:
- Her radio dial eyes which she can trigger either on command or as a result of intense anger.
- She is able to put a radio effect over her voice with or without her mic. This means she can distort her voice to intimidate others when needed.
- She can glitch out the screens of electronic devices simply by looking at them.
(Yes before my inbox gets flooded with the same question, I did get inspo for Asha's abilities from Alastor from Hazbin Hotel.)
After the escape, Asha ended up at Hole N' Fun. Viva was the fun, Clay "took care of the boring stuff" and Asha was the entertainment in the form of radio. In terms of personality, Asha is rather difficult to explain. She isn't entirely bad...but she isn't entirely good either. She's definitely resentful towards her father for not attempting to search for them and Asha couldn't go herself because Viva couldn't risk losing another sister. In Asha's eyes, Peppy found it easier to assume she was dead.
That's all I've got so far! Don't hesitate to drop me an ask if you have any questions!
Her voice claim is P!nk in case anyone's wondering.
The mental image of Asha attempting to babysit her niece and nephew ( @spooky-pop's ocs Ivy and Oakley) after spending 20 years of her life isolated from the rest of Trollkind along with having zero experience with kids won't leave my brain.
It's giving that scene from one of Hotel Transylvania movies:
"So what if ya cut your finger off? It's part of the fun!"
Asha's reaction to Floyd's hair post TBT:
"Floyd, you're supposed to frost the tips, not the roots."
It's giving "wtf did you say to her" with the way Asha is positioned in a sorta protective position over Pippy. 😂
Up to no good 😈
Pity for the fool who pissed them off 🤣
@k4nzi
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'm always gonna include the ref in any major posts about Asha)
There's a thought that's been in my head since I created Asha.
What would Asha's reaction to finding out Peppy never told Poppy about her and Viva be?
Y'know when you hear something you don't like but instead of immediately lashing out in rage you're just...numb? Like you're angry but on the outside you look calm? Way too calm? Yeah. That's Asha's reaction. It'd kinda go like this:
*dry chuckle* "What do you mean he never told you about us? He didn't just assume we were dead...right?"
Her tone in the above dialogue is rather neutral. Too neutral. Menacingly neutral with a little bit of bite when she says "...right?". Asha prides herself in being unpredictable and unreadable. When she asks if Peppy assumed she and Viva died during the escape, that's code for "ain't no way he made the entire tribe believe we were dead for the past 20 years". She's angry that her tribe made a silent agreement to forget she and her older sister ever existed but she's trying not to show it. Her chuckling before speaking could be interpreted as a warning.
To add insult to injury, Asha was just 15 during the escape. She was a teenager. You bet she vividly remembers huddling in a corner of Hole N' Fun mumbling to herself that everything was fine and surely her dad was looking for her. Imagine finding out that not only your own father but your whole tribe found it easier to assume you were dead rather than at least hope you survived. In fact, it reminds me of a verse from Drift Away from SU.
"You keep on turning pages, for people who don't care,
People who don't care about you,
And still it takes you ages,
To see that no one's there,
See that no one's there,
See that no one's there,
Everyone's gone on without you"
So yeah. She doesn't take finding out that Poppy didn't know about her as well as Viva seems to.
@love-conditioner-he-he
Here it is!
Trolls Tumblr, it is my pleasure to introduce to you...
THE RADIO TROLL
Credit for the ref sheet goes to @gummygoatgalaxy!
Asha, aka The Radio Troll, is one of the daughters of King Peppy. She's 35 years old. She was separated from Peppy and Poppy along with Viva, Clay and the Putt Putt Trolls during the Great Escape (she would've been roughly 15 at the time) hence why her colours are gone from her being a teen onwards. However there's a catch. Typically, grey trolls attempt to regain their colour...Asha didn't. The belief that the rest of her tribe besides the Putt Putt Trolls were dead caused her to make a rather crazy decision. Asha, in a way, embraced the darkness that her lack of colour brought. By giving up her colours and awakening said darkness, Asha was given abilities related to her job as a radio hostess such as:
- Her radio dial eyes which she can trigger either on command or as a result of intense anger.
- She is able to put a radio effect over her voice with or without her mic. This means she can distort her voice to intimidate others when needed.
- She can glitch out the screens of electronic devices simply by looking at them.
(Yes before my inbox gets flooded with the same question, I did get inspo for Asha's abilities from Alastor from Hazbin Hotel.)
After the escape, Asha ended up at Hole N' Fun. Viva was the fun, Clay "took care of the boring stuff" and Asha was the entertainment in the form of radio. In terms of personality, Asha is rather difficult to explain. She isn't entirely bad...but she isn't entirely good either. She's definitely resentful towards her father for not attempting to search for them and Asha couldn't go herself because Viva couldn't risk losing another sister. In Asha's eyes, Peppy found it easier to assume she was dead.
That's all I've got so far! Don't hesitate to drop me an ask if you have any questions!
Her voice claim is P!nk in case anyone's wondering.