Troll Dads

"Be cool, baby."

- Blinky to Aaarrrgghh!!! on "The Book of Ga-Huel"

Troll Dads is the slash ship between Blinky Galadrigal and Aaarrrgghh!!! from the Tales of Arcadia fandom.

Canon
AAARRRGGHH!!! was raised as a Gumm-Gumm warrior to serve Gummar ever since he was taken away from his family at a young age and forced his body to adapt, while Blinky is from one of the good troll clans who don't wish to serve under Gumm-Gumm rule. This had the two meeting as enemies at the Battle of Killahead Bridge, where AAARRRGGHH!!! nearly killed Blinky but saving Blinky's friend, Kanjigar from Bular kept him from doing so. After Gummar and his army was sealed away, while AAARRRGGHH!!! fleeing from the battle saved him from that fake, he follows Blinky and the other Trolls as they journey to find a new home. When AAARRRGGHH!!! was caught By them, the troll's past and Blinky's fear that AAARRRGGHH!!! might be a spy has him suggesting that they kill the former Gumm-Gumm warrior, but Kanjigar convinced his fellow trolls to spear him and Vendel allows AAARRRGGHH!!! into their tribe, much to Blinky's dismay. As he tries to tell Kanjigar that welcoming a Gumm-Gumm into their tribe is a bad idea and doesn't AAARRRGGHH!!!, but Kanjigar reassures Blinky that AAARRRGGHH!!!'s act of him giving them back Daye remines is proof that there is good in him and how he as taught him that trolls can change. Blinky's time with AAARRRGGHH!!! and seeing the redeemed troll fighting to help their tribe from Craggen got him to understand what Kanjigar meant, along with Blinky finally excepting AAARRRGGHH!!! as he saves him from one of Craggen's brothers. The two then fought beside each other until Kanjigar defeats Craggen by "kicking him in the gronk nuts." During the celebration of their victory AAARRRGGHH!!! renounced his violent ways to become a pacifist, along with him and Blinky becoming true friends.

Part Three
In the two weeks after Blinky and Aaarrrgghh!!! their home and a large number of their fellow trolls taken away from them by Gummar and were able to help the rest of Team Trollhunters get the surviving trolls to safety, along with keeping them and the rest of Arcadia safe by placing Gumm-Gumm deterrent spelled signs all around town. As they work on a plan to defeat Gummar. After they took out a Gumm-Gumm who had found the location of their hidden friends, Aaarrrgghh!!! takes the fallen Gumm-Gumm's helmet so he can pass for them when he volunteered to spy on Gummar. Blinky feared for Aaarrrgghh!!!'s safety and asked his friend if he sure about his plan, Aaarrrgghh!!! says that he is and Blinky gives him his support.

Wizards
The slightly altered past timeline version of how Blinky and Aaarrrgghh!!! met in Wizards is a bit different from the original version, but the bond they forged with one another remains the same. Like Blinky had once said in part one of 3Below, "Truest of friendships have the power to transcend both time and space."

Moments
The Book of Ga-Huel
 * Aaarrrgghh!!! was out of control and in his Gumm-Gumm state, and began attacking Draal. Until Blinky stamped Aaarrrgghh!!! out of it by saying "Be cool, baby."

Fanon
Troll Dads is seen as the main slash ship between the two friendly trolls in the Tales of Arcadia fandom. In some fanfics of the two meeting Jim as a child, Blinky and Aaarrrgghh!!! are featured as co-parents to the human they take a shine to. Along with there being fans who sometimes draw human versions of the two in their Troll Dads fanart.

On AO3, the ship as 125 fanfics, while FanFiction.Net has 33 with only four in its Trollhunters category. Along with the ship having a desent size fanbase on Tumblr.

Fandom
FAN FICTION
 * Aaarrrgghh/Blinky tag on FanFiction.Net
 * Aaarrrgghh/Blinky tag on FanFiction.Net

TUMBLR

WIKI
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Trivia

 * The ship's name is due to the fact that both Blinky and Aaarrrgghh!!! are father-like figures to Jim and Toby. As they fill in a void that was left by the absence of their fathers, with Jim's walking out on him and his mother to be with another woman while Toby lost both of his parents to tragedy at sea.
 * In a merchandise book called "Jim Lake Jr.'s Survival Guide", Blinky refers to Aaarrrgghh as his counterpart.
 * In a tie-in book called "The Book of Ga-Huel", Blinky refers to Aaarrrgghh as baby to release him from the gumm-gumm side.
 * Because part one of 3Beblow takes place during part three of Trollhunters, Blinky and Aaarrrgghh!!! appear together in "D'aja Vu" with the rest of Team Trollhunters as they meet House Tarron, but the changed timeline wiped their memories of them and the friendship they forged with the Akiridions and vice-versa in order to keep their secrets safe from the rest of Arcadia. While part two of 3Beblow continues after Trollhunters, with Aaarrrgghh!!! staying behind in the town while Blinky left Arcadia with the others.
 * "Race to Trollmarket" revels part of the Blinky's battle with the Green Knight, that is later explained in the first episode of Wizards when Blinky and Aaarrrgghh!!! are reunited.