#Elemental master

[abbloke]

Zane wishes you a very happy holiday!

Small doodle I decided to make for the ninjago community and for myself!

[h0wdidig3there]

I actually have an AU where Lloyd runs off and is eventually found disguising himself as a cat and now everyone’s under the impression that a cat is literally the green ninja and they can’t do anything about it no one recognizes him and thinks he is female because he’s a calico cat and they’ve already named him after a condiment so at that point do you really think he really wants to go back?

anyway so thank you for reminding me of that it brought me great joy

Okay this started off with one question but then I started rambling but I'm sure other people will at the very least find it amusing if not also be left wondering

*Sentient* as in a certain level of self awareness instead of instincts, the level is in relevance to humans because I'm a human

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So can non sentient creatures become elemental masters?

Like could a literal cat be the elemental master of agility and no one know because they think that's just normal cat stuff?

We know dragons have a varying scale of sentience and can have elemental powers at the same time as the elemental master because that's the nature of dragons

But could a dragon be the actual elemental master of that element? Like they could participate in the tournament of sources?

Like what are the requirements to be an elemental master?

We know you need elemental power but like is there other requirements other mastery of said elemental power?

Do you need a certain level of sentience?

We know you don't have to come from a mortal species because FSM, Wu, Garmadon and Lloyd (also arguably Zane)

Could a spell turned person like Bonzle become an elemental master if they become a person like Bonzle did? Or would they have to be made with elemental power for it to be an option if it is an option

And since Morro was able to be the master of wind as ghost could that mean the skeletons (crucha and knukle) be elemental masters?

Or do they have to have it in life first

Could an oni (not counting the fsm's family) be an elemental master but still have destruction? Or would the destructive power be inaccessible because of the elemental power?

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I know I will never truly get answers because the writers never put enough thought into world building but hey that's what the fandom is right?

@thecatundertheladder @penofwildfire you guys would probably want to be tagged in this right?

[kindaasrikal]

Ninjago has a big cast of characters, and in it I’ve realised theres not that many characters with widely unique hair colours.

The colours white and silver don’t count, since those are still common and natural hair colours all things considered. Neither does red obviously.

Theres Sora, Gandalaria, Sally, Geo, Morro (green streak), Tox, Chamille, Seliel, Antonia, aaaand i think thats it.

This is including all side characters, villains, allies, main characters and so on btw. And for some reason three have pink hair.

Honestly, with Ninjago having such a big cast i was expecting way more character with unnaturally coloured hair. Though there’s definitely one or two characters I’ve missed.

I have noticed that a lot of Ninjago characters have very distinct eyebrows.

Though, a lot also look very similar with slight differences. Surprising enough quite a few have pointy eyebrows like Morro’s, even Cole’s mum, despite it commonly being shown as a feature villains have in the early seasons.

The designs of characters must be important in developing Ninjago, and probably any other lego show because they can’t show differences in characters through face shapes, body shapes, height, or any other feature like that often. So every small detail is important in differentiating characters as well as showing their personalities through those aspects more then they would in other non lego related shows.

[keepofkandrakar]

please pretty please can we take a moment to acknowledge the fact that, for a brief moment in time, Dareth was quite literally the elemental master of shit 

[tiredboogawwo]

Okay so- I know this might be canon inaccurate or may be sort of rewriting some stuff but who cares because the wiki said there were multiple previous elemental masters

I haven't figured out a name yet (allowing suggestions) but I created this guy! He's the elemental master of ice who comes two people before Zane

Basically I made a canon reason to explain more indepth what happened with the whole ice emperor thing. In this idea/au elemental masters often share similarities with those before them. It can be genetic, emotional, or even life-wise. Soooo story time:

This character was often alone most of his life until he was given his ice element and met the other elemental masters. Ninjago often tackles themes of fate or sees things as predestined (Lloyd being the green ninja, constant visions, ect.) 

This character was seen by fate to turn 'evil'. While their sensei tried to keep it hidden in order to protect him in due time it came to light. He was shocked and horrified that he would become like the very monsters he fought, and the other elementals were distained. How could their friend, their brother do something so horrible?? They casted him aside and told him to 'give you element to someone who's worthy.' 

Before their Sensei could talk to him, he left. No home and no family to turn to, he only had his element. He cursed fate, he cursed his powers, yet never was he able to hate those who he called a family. He trapped himself in his hate and self pity, creating a neverending blizzard. (Birchwood Forest) This inevitably caused people to have to move, or be inflicted with serious illness.

He surrounded himself with nothing but cold, hardly a ninja nor an emperor. Years he sustained himself in that way until a voice asked him "Why do you only blame yourself, is it not the others who pushed you to this?" Days would go by and he'd reply the same "I can only hold fate responsible" until he couldn't anymore. He didn't harbour rage torwards them, but it was an empty feeling. All consuming until there was nothing more of him. 

Left with nothing, left all alone in his self made blizzard, he asked himself one final thought as the man he used to be. "Why should I hold their opinions so dear, when my emotions mean so little?"

And so he left, his resolution iron and his will frozen, like the cold he had always known.

....and that's all I have right now! This is sort of my "fix it but also mess things up" this is meant to expand on a few things: 

1) Zane becoming the ice emperor, despite it being manipulation it all felt too easy for me, just because he lost his memories doesn't mean he'd instantly be okay with Vex's plans. I feel like this idea expands on it as more of a spiritual thing, like he was connecting with a past user.

2) Wu's kinda favoritism towards Zane, I get why but stilllll, dude definitely picks favorites. Maybe after what happened with the past ice master he learned to be more attentive to his students.

3) Not really an explanation but I thought the connection to Birchwood Forest would make it more interesting, plus it could explain those tree monsters

Some doods!

(context uhh idk if I want to add the scrolls into his lore because then I'll have to take some giant logic leaps)

These will prolly change in due time but yeah! That's the idea

[segacity]

'Elemental Master' is a unique shooter released on the SEGA Mega Drive. Did you play it?

[mysticdragoni]

“Differences between Sound and Frequency.”

Sound takes the sound around them, including their own voice, and magnifying it.

Sound’s vision typically looks like this, even if the elemental master can see, their sight is still altered in some degree. Similar to echo location. Their vision is lessened to focusing on sound. Which is why it works so well that the new Master of Sound is Merlopian.

Frequency is slightly different, though frequency can pick up sound, their vision is focused on what causes the vibrations, like so. They see less color, picking up frequency in the air and focusing on certain targets.

So if you were to be silent, you would appear blurry to the Master of Frequency.

So similar, but slight variations. Oscilla can also alter your moods or create frequencies that calm or anger others.

[mayonesamitch]

Why I Resonate With Ninjago So Much As a Trans Person

Contains spoilers

So Lego Ninjago. Honestly, the whole show is about accepting yourself and accepting others for their differences. Which is why as someone who's a trans person I resonate so much with it. I'm also an overthinker and a weirdo who spends time doing stuff like this!

First let's start off with Zane. He find out he's a robot, or nindroid, as Jay says, early on in the series and has a difficult time accepting that. When the ninja (Jay, Cole, Kai) find out, they accept him pretty easily. Even though they accept his differences he has a difficult time accepting himself, refusing to believe it at first actually. This is something that trans people and I struggle with. Even though we're accepted by everyone else we can't accept ourselves. Most trans people most likely went through a phase where they refused to believe that they were trans. Which is why when I rewatched the series and I saw this episode I felt connected to it. Later on in the episode he accepts who he really is, and actually hides it a lot less often. In fact, after season 3 (which we won't talk about today...) he rebuilds himself and looks a lot more robotic.

The way he rebuild himself makes him look a lot more like a robot, or in his case, a nindroid. (I'm just gonna call him a nindroid for the rest of this) He is also rather proud of being a nindroid. This is a journey of self acceptance that a lot of trans people and I can connect with. We often start out in disbelief and in denial of being trans. However, after we come to terms with our identity, we express ourselves the way we want. We're proud and aren't too bothered about it anymore.

Now Jay and Nya. I'm gonna talk about them both at the same time since they go together pretty closely and also cause they're a really cute couple. (We don't talk about Dragons Rising season 2 part 2...)

Anyways, they both deal with the same thing. Hiding who you are so people can have a different view on you.

For Jay, he changed himself to look better in front on Nya when he first started to love her. He also had to hide the fact that he some of the venom in his veins so she doesn't view him differently. Most trans people and relate to this feeling. Hiding yourself to look different in front of someone. You don't want to be viewed differently so you don't mention your identity at all. Of course, later in in the episode, Nya finds out that he got the venom in him and is slowly turning into a snake and tells him and he doesn't have to lie about who he is. This is something that also happens to some trans people. People find out that they've been hiding themselves. Some will react negatively and some will be like a Nya!

Speaking of Nya, it's her turn! She was Samurai X the whole time. She hid that fact because she didn't want to be viewed differently by her friends, brother, and everyone else. Again, similar to Jay, a lot of trans people hide who they really are so they don't get viewed as differently. Now, when they find out, they're all surprised and make a promised to not hide anything else from eachother.

While we're at it, I also want to mention P.I.X.A.L (I'll just call Pixal for the duration of this) had a very similar thing with her journey of being Samurai X. Hiding who she was so she want viewed differently. She's also a nindroid like Zane which shows the acceptance of the ninja team of different types of people. (Nindroids are people, right?) This acceptance really connected with me as a trans person. The way they show acceptance to each other no matter what is amazing and touching to me. They even were rather accepting of Cole being of ghost.

Speaking of Cole, I'm now gonna talk about the infamous coming out episode. Okay, its not really a coming out episode but depending on the way you take it, it can. Let me explain.

The whole just of the episode is showing how Cole isn't what his father wants him to be. His father wanted him to be a singer and dancer. However, Cole didn't want to take that career choice and became a ninja instead. He lied to his father about going to a performing arts school and tried to continue the lie when he was visiting him. Of course, the truth comes out later on whole the ninja (Kai, Jay, Zane, Cole) are backstage and are discussing stealing the Blade Cup (it's one of the fangblades that they need to stop Pythor, the main villain) When Cole explains how he's a ninja his father refuses to accept him. Of course after the big performance and winning his father finally sees that maybe it will be good for Cole to be a ninja. He accepts his son's decisions and happy ending yay fireworks pew pew pew.

Now doesn't this sound like a coming out experience? Hiding who you truly are out of fear that your parents/guardian will judge you? Yeah it definitely does. I believe the episode is the perfect allegory for a coming out experience. Whether it was intentional or not, it definitely was the perfect allegory. Which is why i connect to the episode so much. I'm sure many others can. We're afraid of not being accepted so we hide who we are. Now whether or not you'll be accepted or not when the truth eventually comes out is different for everyone. Some will be accepted and some won't. Which is why I believe this episode shows how it feels like to not be accepted by the person you should trust the most, your parents/guardian. Which is why this episode I can connect to as a trans person. I'm sure many other can too.

I also want to touch on ghost Cole. The change was very difficult to accept for Cole and everyone else since he's a whole different species! However, they still accepted him and treated him like Cole. Similar to Zane, when he accepts himself, he's rather proud of it. When he learns how to control his body and his new powers he's rather appreciative of being a ghost. Again, same thing, trans people have difficulty accepting themselves most of the time. However, when they accept themselves, they're proud.

Also I feel like I should mention this here but I won't be looking into the gay Cole theory today. That's for a different day. XD

Now I want to talk about Sally. She plays a big role in season 15 episode 10. Her main thing was running away from home to play her songs in Ninjago City. She later on regrets her actions and want so go back, but can't in fear that her parents will be upset at her for destroying their van and attempting to run away. Later on in the episode, Zane reminds her that her parents love her very much and will probably be relieved that she decided to come home. She ultimately decided to go home and when she arrives her parents are relived. Zane also turned on his emotion meter but that's besides the point.

This episode can be taken as another allegory for coming out. She runs away from her come so she can pursue her dream that she's afraid that her parents won't approve on. I know some trans people run away from their parents, guardians, friends, or people in general, cause they're afraid that they won't accept them. When Sally arrives home, her parents are relieved and glad she's home. Some trans people decide to go back and the people/person they ran away from accept them. I know this ain't the case for all trans people sadly, however, in the allegory in this episode, it is the case.

I'd also like to mention that I think she's canonically part of the LGBTQ+ community since the progress pride flag appears on her guitar and ln the back of her dad's van. Just thought that was cool.

I'm sure there are plenty of more instances of self acceptance and acceptance of other but I find that these ones I feel the most connected to. Ninjago is filled with it, which is why, as a trans person, I really resonate with this show. It really holds a special place in my heart.

I'd also like to mention that this can apply to the LGBTQ+ community in general, not just trans people. The whole community deals with self acceptance and acceptance of others. I also make a lot of generalizations about trans people, not all trans people are the same. They all have different experiences.

Anyways, I need to stop overthinking over LEGO Ninja. I think this is my hyperfixation of the year. I also might make a Ninjago edit today if I feel good. Apologies to everyone who followed me for Project Sekai and Bandori. I'll make a Bandori edit after that Ninjago edit I swear.

[gentlemanjackkk]

— Past Elemental Master of Sound!🪕

My headcanon: His name is Ozan because in Turkish it means poet or minstrel!

[frenzymutt]

Woops my hand slipped-

I adore all the dragons in Lego Ninjago, so here's the Ultra Dragon! I think I've seen people discuss that the bones of this dragon were used to make a throne... which I hope not :(

[onua]

Ever wanted a big fat Master of Size to hold at night? Well, now you can build one

[moonlightblueandicegrey]

I found this on my drafts. It's from last week 😅

Translation: "I was at school today writing on the board like this.

What do you have to say?"

[scarredwoods]

In Ninjago, no two people can have the same elemental powers at the same time. The only exception of this is twins who are born with an element that can be easily divided, like the time twins.

If the later of this is true, imagine an elemental master who slowly became obsessed with their power, especially after their first child is born. It became so bad that they actively tried to do everything they could to prevent their own children from unleashing their true potential for the sole purpose of keeping their powers longer. Perhaps even going as far as eradicating them.

It's dark, but it's a thought I've had for a while. It's not uncommon for an elemental master to become corrupted and power hungry, after all.

[kindaasrikal]

Man if only the past elemental masters could see Ninjago now.

All the realms merged together, citizens being self sufficient and at least somewhat able to protect themselves, the serpentine being free and humans and them being equals, other species, more elements that never even existed and seem linked to other elements like baby elements, DRAGONS AND ONI. Man they would freak.

[lil-gae-disaster]

I'M MAKING AN(other) OC!!

For Ninjago this time

And he's an elemental master*, originally master of wind but then I learned of Euphrasia and it cannot work anymore

So

Help me decide for a new element for my OC!!

*an Elemental Master is a person who has abilities that allow them to control one specific or broad aspect of what makes our world our world (like controlling fire, Ice, Lightning, Water, ect) (but also changing form (master of Form), copying powers (Amber), running super fast (speed), turning to ash (ash), ect)

Help would be appreciated! :D

@half-eaten-baguetteee

@unicornsaures

@hammyham-o-o

@the-gifted-kid

@ashlamsms

@cher-takes-the-l

And everyone else :D