User blog:Jedfarcry223/Hilda Rewatch Chapters 4-6

Okay this is my second week of my four week blog post series detailing my rewatch of the First Season of Hilda in preparation for the release of Season 2 in December so here we go

Chapter 4 The Sparrow Scouts

Chapter 4 is when we get into the group that Frida and David are members of known as The Sparrow Scouts and I feel like this chapter is the one where we really start to learn a sense of David and Frida as characters as well as starting to learn a sense of what the world of Trolberg is like. In This Chapter we are introduced to a race of plant like creatures known as The Vittra and I have to say that this is one of my favorite creatures in the show mainly because of the fact that I feel like The Vittras might have formed in New York given the fact that I feel like they have an accent but I can't quite pinpoint where the accent is from. This is just a cool chapter and ends on a perfect cliffhanger to set up Chapter 5 The Troll Rock

Chapter 5 The Troll Rock

Chapter 5 is a high contender for one of my favorite episodes of Season 1, It's not my favorite episode of the season but it'd definitely be in the top 5 and the reason for that is that this episode is where the worldbuilding gets into full effect and it's also where the humor shines the brightest in my opinion and I'm having so much fun revisiting this series every year since I first watched it on December 9th 2018 then rewatched the season again in April 2019 and now in November 2020. I also love getting to see the animation in this episode in particular because I feel like it's at this point when the animation really shines but I'll continue gushing about the animation in the next chapter.

Chapter 6 The Nightmare Spirit

Chapter 6 The Nightmare Spirit is quite possibly my absolute favorite episode of Season 1 of Hilda because I feel like The Nightmare Spirit is one of the episodes of the show that actually really gets to me emotionally since the plot revolves around Hilda trying to help David get over his nightmare and they end up learning about a creature known as The Marras which was a creature that wasn't in the graphic novels and their appearance is honestly where the mystery in this series goes into full force. Now the reason that The Nightmare Spirit gets to me emotionally is 1. I had a hard time learning how to ride a bike when I was little so I can relate to Hilda's fears of not knowing how to ride a bike and 2. I feel that Bella Ramsey's performance as Hilda really shines in this episode because seeing Hilda getting scared and hearing her get genuinely scared is legitimately frightening but 3. The animation during Hilda's Nightmare Sequence is absolutely gorgeous and shows off that Mercury Filmworks and Atomic Cartoons have some incredibly talented artists at hand

I'm really enjoying this rewatch of Hilda and I'm really enjoying the way that I've been doing it by spreading it out as opposed to binge watching it. I mean don't get me wrong, I loved binge watching it but watching it spread out is making me really appreciate how good this show is