#but blinky jumps for every opportunity he can tell jim he loves him. cares for him. is proud of him.

[gronknuts]

on this episode of limbo thinks too much about animated characters, Jim's two troll dads!!

#trollhunters tales of arcadia #trollhunters toa #trollhunters #trollhunters rott #walter strickler #waltolomew stricklander #blinkous galadrigal #blinky #walt never truly says he loves jim barbara has to say it for him after his death. thats what walt loved most about you. #but you KNOW he loves jim by what he does for him. for barbara. #and hes never really physical with jim. in fact the only things i can remember him doing is that one infamous headrub. #you can tell he cares about jim from episode one from how he asks fo schedule a meeting with barb clearly worried about his wellbeing #but blinky jumps for every opportunity he can tell jim he loves him. cares for him. is proud of him. #he braves the darklands- somewhere is is actively terrified of- just so he can save jim #blink could have very easily switched places will drall when the team go to rescue jim but he didnt because he cares a lot #hes told jim he thinks of him like a son TWICE and gives him hugs all of the time #what i think is even better is that walt never resents blinky for being a father figure to jim and blinky never does resent him in return #they both know their roles and the others roles in jims life and respects the other for it #any jealousy they may feel is internal. they never fight for the roll of the single father figure #blink probably feels jealous he cant protect jim like strickler can and walt peobably feels jealous he cant articulate feelings like blink #but they NEVER hold that against each other and i just. holds them very close to me. #love language