#He's still Zane

[marshallmigraine]

Love how in BG3 you can play as a more or less redeemable Durge and still say the most deranged shit possible

[localguy2]

It's seriously a fucking crime that this was all regulated to a book, genuinely Quest For the Lost Powers Zane and Cole are PEAK characterisation and that's a fact.

"I don't know, I feel like something's been missing since I lost my powers and working here makes it it not so bad, at Least I don't think about it as much."

"I have been many things, I have been the son of Dr. Julien. I have been the White Ninja. The Titanium Ninja. The Ice Ninja. The Ice Emperor.

I have been all of those things. But who am I, really?"

Fucking screaming jumping in my room scratching at the walls breaking the windows kicking the door toppling my bed punching the wall wailing in agony and crying and shouting at the top of my lungs WHAT THE FUCK-

Cole's insecurity and his desire to live up to his mother's name in EVERY single aspect is literally eating him alive, he literally has to distract himself with work just to not think about it.

And Zane, holy shit Zane you blessed Nindriod.

Again he questions his identity, he's been so many things in his life that's he starting to ask himself who am I really?

Who's Zane? What's Zane?

Is he simply a Nindriod? A Ninja with Elemental Powers? A false replica trying to live up to his predecessor's name? A Tyrant ruler?

Out of all of these, how does one go about defining themselves? Where do you even begin with something this broad?

He's literally lost himself and his identity, he doesn't know what he wants specifically.

But what he does know is that he's absolutely, unquestionably terrified of dealing with his trauma, of facing his own repressed memories head on, to try and heal from all these almost timeless wounds, to try and face the events that led him to this point, he doesn't want to...

But he has to, if he wants to get his powers back.

And more importantly in my eyes, if he wishes to find some semblance of peace, if he wants to really figure out who he is as a person.

And he has to, if he wants to at least forgive himself out of all people for something that was out of his control.

Well. I've finally read Quest for the Lost Powers (after accepting I had to buy it in english because it was probably never going to be translated in my language). I'm not crying. I'm not crying, YOU are-

The angst in this book guys. I felt like reading a whole angst/comfort fanfiction

I want to share this because omfg

[wyrmswears]

more of this fuckass idea (jay-centric doodles this time)

a couple people said they were thinking about making fanwork based off of the purgatory administration idea.. if anyone does please please please tag me 👁👁

[kindaasrikal]

Do you think Cole used to help Nya with feeling comfortable in her own skin again and feeling flesh and bones, as well as acting alive again, whilst also helping her keep her form and be more conscious and sure of it after merging with the sea, simply because he gets it?

Ghost Cole you will not be forgotten.

[razzle-zazzle]

the most correct realization i've ever had about anything ever

[al-luviec]

notes app stuff to get in the swing of things

[cable-salamdr]

Zane panicking over seeing amnesiac Jay in the tournament and impulsively shouting at him to just turn his memory switch back on

[emmaswanned]

neighbor of the beast

[theladyofrosewater]

Do you ever think Zane might have been treated as if he was martyred or became a saint after the whole Irene dimension incident as propaganda by O'Khasis, or do you think they just forgot about him until Tu'la went searching for him

[nyaskitten]

Autism art.

[sammjammin]

echo zane on the mind

[iloveacronix]

Uhhhh some COFFEEBOT cuz I watched some bits of Wu's Teas again.

and some Coffeetime(?) Bc I remembered they existed </3

[localguy2]

I hate that this is genuinely something I'm writing rn, but nothing has more RATTLED my faith in the writing team's ability to write a Zane story then him calliNG ARIN CRINGE-

[wyrmswears]

gguys im so fucking serious id die for a flashback episode following at least one member of the team in the immediate aftermath of the merge

[kindaasrikal]

Resurrected Morro AU except Morro purposely stays and hides in caves to guilt trip the ninja with his trauma.

“Oh, so you want me to die in a cave AGAIN???” The water ninja pauses where she was gonna cause a cave in, raises her hands up, and steps back.

“Hey, if you and the earth ninja team up, maybe you can recreate my death by adding lava!” He says to the fire and earth ninja, who proceed to trip over their feet as the earth ninja stares at him horrified, the fire one seeming to actually contemplate it for a second.

“At least i won’t be alone in my untimely demise this time.” As he side eyes Wu. Who is trying to either drag Morro out of the cave or die in there with him this time.

And the only reason he does it is because not only is he petty, but he’s sick of Lloyd and the others guilt tripping him constantly. Like ok, sorry i turned you into a ghost and gave all of you trauma and took away your free will, but tbh is it really my fault?

Yes, Morro, it was.

[katsmtmsdoodles]

in-universe explanation under the cut 😘

Lloyd:

- On the news CONSTANTLY

- Whenever the ninja are talked about, it's Lloyd's picture thrown up there

- He does all of the official public speaking for the team, so of course

- He's notoriously the sweetest to his fans

- Compilations of him being the nicest person ever are all over YouTube

- He doesn't ever post anything on Instagram, but he has the most followers anyway

- Isn't and doesn't want to be verified on TikTok, he's just a scroller, but trying to find his account has become a huge internet conspiracy

Kai:

- Posts on TikTok & Chirp DAILY, he has huge followings everywhere

- Everything from charities to his work out routines to Q&As to thirst traps

- Even has some vulnerable inspirational videos that are like "keep going. you'll be okay, i believe in you" that are honestly tear-jerkers

- Interacts with fans the most

- If anyone is curious about what the ninja have been up to, Kai's pages are the place to go

- Also attends the most events bc he's an attention whore

- But has also raised the most money and attention for said charities as a result

Jay:

- He doesn't host Ultimate Ninja Warrior anymore, but it kept going with his permission and a contract, he visits as a special host during the finals every year

- He's also on the logo of the show lol

- Occasionally posts stuff on Chirp when it means a lot to him

- He's bad at ignoring haters tho so not online as much as Kai

- At the same time, he gets really emotional when fans tell him how he's inspired them

- He's the funniest at interviews and really likes doing them with the other ninja

- His compilations are either "the blue ninja being HILARIOUS" or "the blue ninja secretly being a genius for 10 minutes"

Nya:

- She's only on social media to bother Kai during his livestreams and talk shit on his posts. also gives Jay's haters nasty comments

- But she does have a few workout tip videos to empower girls who look up to her

- Everyone has a crush on her

- Does volunteer work for publicity to the organization

- She's lowkey aggressive on her social media though, like, half of her posts are going after terfs and nazis to get them canceled

- The ninja's social team has a heart attack every time they hear that she posted something lmao

Zane

- The most Memed Ninja, like it's ridiculous

- He's every reaction image

- You know how supernatural has a gif for everything? There's a Zane gif for everything thanks to his interviews, media, fan events, etc

- His fan base is AGGRESSIVE for some reason, though

- His fan base is the K-Pop fans of the ninjago world, even though there's not as many of them.

- Maybe that IS why though. The few. The strong. They're the ones who, like, solve crimes through the internet and shit

- There are compilations of "every time the white ninja remembers he's a robot" that's just Zane, like, being shook when fridge magnets stick to him and when metal detectors go off around him

Cole:

- He has zero internet presence

- A whole ass mystery

- There are conspiracy theories that he's not even real and its a running gag

- There are accounts dedicated to posting blurry pictures of him like he's a cryptid

- They were clear pictures before, but they were edited to be blurry lmao cause it's a joke but some people have genuinely began to wonder

- Like some of them will literally be a blurred picture of him sitting with everyone else at an interview

- Cole isn't in on the joke though and is confused every time people meme at him (he's not an internet kid TuT)