History Headscratchers / Trollhunters

** Perhaps, while Unkar had a worthy character to become Trollhunter, his physical capabilities, unfortunately, wasn't quite up to snuff

*** One is that it's not exactly designed this way, more of the way it happens. Throwing it away, is attempting to reject it, so it keeps insisting on returning, being drawn back to it's owner. But when it's stolen, that is a separate being enforcing it's own will, it's own ownership onto the amulet, so it can't simply return to it's rightful owner. Thus, when Jim ''really'' needed it, his own will and ownership was able to override [[spoiler: Strickler's]].
*** Another is that the will of Merlin is at play. We've seen later, that Merlin's will and awareness is still within the amulet ([[spoiler: When Jim wishes he hadn't picked up the amulet, Merlin specifically goes and retrieve's Unkar to cast a spell on Jim]]) so it may be that Merlin's will is what's returning it. So either Merlin refuses to return the amulet when it is stolen, or else Merlin's will can only wake up/act when the Troll Hunter is questioning it/his role.
*** Considering Merlin's actions in the third season, it's possible Merlin chose not to include a "returns when stolen" power to the amulet in case a Trollhunter turned against him and he had to take the amulet away from them.

*** Pretty much. Simply put, it wasn't dwelt on because her being home in the next episode is enough to imply that she went home or was brought home off-screen in the previous.

* Also in Season 2 we have Unkar the Unfortunate show Jim what would have happened if he was never chosen and it ending on [[spoiler:it actually being Merlin and saying]] "The amulet doesn't make mistakes. Yet, the Amulet chose Unkar who died after only a SINGLE DAY of being the Trollhunter. If he was SO bad for the job that a human teenager survived longer and got closer than anyone else to destroying Gunmar thus far, why did the Amulet choose Unkar?

* Why is it that changelings seem to have a positive view of in-universe fictional characters and myths are . . . well, jerks from a human perspective? Strickler compares Jim to Atlas saying Atlas carried the weight of the world, ignoring that Atlas was a Greek Titan who was ''forced'' to hold up the sky as punishment for losing the war with the gods, while [[spoiler:Nomura calls Jim "Little Gynt" despite Jim being a NiceGuy and Peter Gynt is a womanizer that ruins others' lives by being selfish?]]

*** Actually, Nomura calls him "Little Gynt" because he was ignorantly whistling "In the hall of the mountain king" after being imprisoned.. under them mountain.

*** Alternatively, maybe the method of taking the armor off has changed or become more complicated. Due to his distressed state, Jim was too upset to want to take the time to figure it out, or to go find Merlin for help. Other than it adding to the drama, Jim being unable to take the armor off is also probably because animating [[spoiler: troll!]]Jim in other clothes would be expensive due to new animation rigs being a pain in the ass to make, and LimitedAnimation/budgets being a thing. Since he ate half the kitchen after getting stuck, let's hope either this, or the previous contributor's theory, is right.

* It's stated regarding Changelings that they are trolls that were experimented on and use kidnapped humans as familiars in order to shapeshift to and from human form. Its also stated that all human familiars are kept in the Darklands and are unharmed to allow the changeling to appear as human form. While this easily works with NotEnrique, whose familiar is a baby, are we also to assume that there are adult human familiars as well, such as familiars for Strickler, Nomura, and the other Janus operatives? If so, how long have they been there? Are they kept alive through artificial means, since Gunmar implies Strickler has been around for years, and does this mean human or troll years? Were they kidnapped as babies and raised/grew up in the Darklands, or captured as adults? Even worse, are the adult counterparts aware of what's going on?

* So the trolls hate changelings, they panic when they see one and / or want to kill them. But they won't mind... Going to a party with one? Because there was half of Trollmarket at Claire's house for the party Notenrique threw, and no one was screaming 'Changeling! Kill it!'
** The party shows how off much the Troll world has changed and/or how much good Jim has done. The Trolls by this point know NotEnrique goes to Troll Market consistently, they also aren't freaking out by Claire's presence even without Jim around and there are Quagalump guests who up until this point have been eating the hearts of outsiders who wander into their midst. Either that or Changelings work both ways; maybe to anyone who hasn't seen NotEnrique in his baby disguise would be inclined to see him as merely a small troll, particularly since he's not gone Native as Strickler or Nomura have.
* So with the new trailer for Season 2, it's revealed that TrollHunters is getting two sister Series: [[spoiler:Ones about Wizards, which makes a lot of sense, considering {{Myth/Merlin}}'s name is invoked many times Jim has to get into his armor. The other... is about Aliens... Why? Why are aliens involved now? And what are the odds that Aliens happen to be in the same city where Troll's have their strongest presence?]]

** I believe that when Merlin says he doesn't make mistakes, he meant that whoever he choses is always worthy of being the Troll Hunter, but that doesn't give him the ability to see the future. Unkar had all the characteristics needed to be a Troll Hunter, but between bad luck, treachery, or bad circumstances, he didn't last long.

* Given that the Trollhunter is supposed to protect good trolls from evil trolls, why is Gato not a target for the hunter? Apparently he regularly kills other trolls for nurishment and entertainment, and not only his underlings, but also various outsiders he played his riddle game with ("Nobody ever solved that riddle before... and survived!"). But instead of getting a healthy perscription of daylight sword, he even holds a seat on the troll council? A mentally unstable trickster and murderer?

*** One is that it's not exactly designed this way, more of the way it happens. Throwing it away, is attempting to reject it, so it keeps insisting on returning, being drawn back to it's owner. But when it's stolen, that is a separate being enforcing it's own will, it's own ownership onto the amulet, so it can't simply return to it's rightful owner. Thus, when Jim ''really'' needed it, his own will and ownership was able to override [[Strickler's]].