#Crystalized Ice Emperor

[yeetusthemighty]

The creechur

The silly (crazy? I was crazy onc-)

So I got inspired to finally post this guy because of this post by @z4n3jul13n (cool person you should look at their stuff)

full version with my doodles under the cut

(I have a whole au based off of this guy)

[jaggybot3000]

return of the ice emperor if it ruled

i give up on the background. whatever. fly my unfinished crystal-iced emperor

[theandrosaur]

Misc doodz.

[rosewalkersjayaforever]

[garden-bug]

[hadesknockedupintheunderworld]

No one:

Me after watching "Return of the Ice Emperor": ...So does Zane just have the ice emporer chillin in the back of his memory like a second personality

[iamsonormalaboutninjago]

Poll cause I’m curious while watching it

Cause genuinely I like it but a lot of the missed opportunities and stupid useless plot points make me mad.

[zanezanezane123]

this is during crystallised btw for some context

[icy-watch]

Look, he's having an identity crisis, ok?

[viewlumia]

Remember how SotFS ended by going "It's ok, he's with us"

[yeetusthemighty]

I AM STILL WORKING ON DAY 8 OF NINJAGO INKTOBER

WHY IS IT TAKING SO LONG THESE WERE MEANT TO BE SILLY AND LOW EFFORT

[anyways art style change again agsvsidvsjbsks i like it better already]

[sketchdumpkin]

Found it!

Sketch of yet another au thing… Enjoy

[penofwildfire]

Crystal Vex. That's it that's the post.

[mystii-gur0]

So when are we as Ninjago fans finally going to talk about the fact that Zane canonically has the robot equivalent to a CDD (complex dissociative disorder, stuff like DID and OSDD).

Like the way the Ninjigma functions is INCREDIBLY similar to structural dissociation. Layers upon layers of encryption to stop you from remembering something horrible that happened to you? Then when you go poking around in that like memory vault, your own mind shuts you down or in some cases forces you to harm yourself? Yeah. That's structural dissociation.

And his struggles with his identity is very very typical of CDDs. Like that whole thing in season four (yk directly after one of the most traumatic moments of his life, FUCKING DYING) where he didn't feel like "Zane" anymore and felt like he couldn't call himself the white ninja because he wasn't the white ninja, he's just a copy of a dead man. Like that's VERY host change coded to me at least.

And like the way he tends to like freeze up when triggered (cause keep in mind, CDDs don't exist independently, they always come with PTSD/C-PTSD) especially when they're talking about going into battle or like talking about literally anything to do with the Overlord ever. He starts playing with his hands and biting his lip like he's trying to calm himself down, until they actually go into battle and he's fine again (alter switch).

Don't even get me started on the Ice Emperor. Like the fact he only turns back into him as he's dying in Crystalized (an incredibly triggering situation for him.)...

And like the way he just completely dissociates and disconnects himself after Nya disappears and seems to be doing something similar in Dragon's Rising because Pixal is missing (side note I hate Dragon's Rising. If you like Dragon's Rising I think you should have your Ninjago fan card revoked lowkey.... I couldn't even finish it).

Anyways Zane is severely traumatized and half the fans + the writers tend to forget that a log but it's my favorite thing to yap about.

No idea if this made any sense whatsoever.

He's so Language of the Lost and Am I Awake? coded...

[sohasters]

Look, I know it's kinda cheesy, but I just want Shang Qinghua get super cool ice powers cause he's queen of the north. Like, he's used to doing maintenance as a peak lord, so he figures out ice manipulation mainly as a building technique, but it turns out to be good in a pinch too!!

Like, he spends nearly three novels being a pathetic lump (if a good bro) then careens into absolute badassery in the last three seconds to rescue Mobei-Jun.

I'm super weak for underestimated badasses. I just want Cang Qiong sect to be attacked one (just one!) time, and for SQQ and SQH (the emperor's "soft hearted wife", and a "glorified plumber") to go full back to back badasses.

I want Elsa style ice crystals attacks!! Shards of ice flying through enemy ranks!! I want air-bending style fan attacks that are unparalleled in grace and ferocity!!

Everyone has spent decades forgetting that SQQ is one of the most powerful cultivators alive, and no one ever gave SQH a second thought! I want them picking their jaws off the floor!!

And I want them in cool outfits too!!