#Lego Ninjago AU
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Corrupted Lloyd au where Kai tries to see the good in Lloyd and get him back, but Kai ends up being corrupted as well.
I think this could be an alternative crystalized au where Nya, having just came back lost not one but both her brothers.
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Ninjago: Drops of Golden Blood
Pages 1-5
I kind of accidentally deleted my brush, so that's why some of the pages look different.
But I did it folks! Part 1, let's go!
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#lego#ninjago#lego ninjago#ninjago au#lego ninjago au#experiment au#ndogb au#ndogb#ninjago: drops of golden blood comic#ninjago: drops of golden blood#lloyd#arin#sora#ndogb!lloyd#ndogb!arin#ndogb!sora#ndogb pages 1-5
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Abaddon Au : headbutt
Another situation if he has No elemental powers and super strength cause of Vengestone he will use his head as a weapon.
(Yes I was Inspired by Tanjiro Kamado from Demon slayer cause he got his hard forehead from his mother lol)
Hard Forehead huehuehuehue
This scene is also inspired when Nezuko headbutt his brother Tanjiro only for her to get hurt lmaooo.
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working on a monster high ninjago AU!
the characters are students at monster high and are all different monster species! here’s the ghoul squad (+ some other main characters), nicknamed the ninja by teachers, under the cut:
characters in brackets are who they’re replacing (some have two characters they’re replacing) + info about ships
zane julien: the new ghoul at school. a robot, he can remove his limbs at will (frankie stein/abbie bominable, pixane (pixal x zane))
jay walker: a 1600-year-old anxious, jumpy and somewhat impulsive vegan vampire (draculaura, plasmashipping (kai x jay))
cole brookstone: the overprotective and brave werewolf of the ghoul squad. fashion designer (clawdeen wolf, lost/geodeshipping (cole x geo))
lloyd garmadon: a normie-presenting (a normie is a human in the monster high universe) dragon-oni-human hybrid who initially bullies zane but gradually grows close to him (cleo de nile, aromantic-asexual lloyd, platonic garmagoths (lloyd, harumi and morro))
kai smith: a fire elemental-water monster hybrid (more fire elemental than water monster) and nya’s brother (clawd wolf/heath, plasmashipping)
nya smith: a fire elemental-water monster hybrid (more water monster than fire elemental), the school’s champion swimmer and kai’s sister (lagoona blue, amber phoenix (nya x skylor))
harumi jade: a boogeyman tomboy lesbian biker girl. a good friend of lloyd’s. that’s all i have to say for harumi (deuce gorgon, platonic garmagoths, her and lloyd aren’t dating in this AU)
geo goyle: a gargoyle from screamtaro (the AU equivalent of shintaro) who was shunned for being a hybrid of a geckle and a munce gargoyle (rochelle goyle/neighthan rot, lost/geodeshipping)
p.i.x.a.l. borg: a matchmaking bone elemental-robot hybrid who runs the school’s relationship advice radio show with her boyfriend (c.a. cupid/robecca steam, pixane)
morro: a ghost and the co-manager/co-writer of the school gossip page, the ghostly gossip. one of lloyd’s good friends along with harumi (spectra vondergeist, citrusshipping (morro x echo zane), platonic garmagoths)
echo zane julien/mr. e: a frankenmonster and co-manager/co-writer of the ghostly gossip. when angered, he transforms into mr. e, an overprotective biker. zane’s brother (jackson jekyll & holt hyde, citrusshipping)
vania: a plant monster-ghost hybrid and former princess of screamtaro before she moved to monster high after the whole skull sorcerer thing (venus mcflytrap)
chen the cheerleader: the overconfident and arrogant werecat leader of the fearleading (cheerleading) squad (toralei)
sora: a tortured teen werecat pop star from imperium who eventually joins the ninja with her best friend arin (catty noir)
arin: a boogeyman who, with sora, joins the people he idolised the most (twyla boogeyman)
sensei wu: the dragon(ish) headmaster of monster high (headmistress bloodgood)
misc ships in the AU: nightshade (chamille x tox) and dark thinking (neuro x shade)
if you have any questions on where other characters fit in this AU, please let me know!!
also thank you @lonleyzodiac for giving me almost all of the ideas for this THANMK YOU
this AU is mostly focused on g1 monster high but some elements from g3 will probably be sprinkled in too
#monster high#ninjago#lego ninjago#lostshipping#geodeshipping#plasmashipping#cole x geo#kai x jay#pixal x zane#pixane#monster high AU#ninjago AU#lego ninjago AU#citrusshipping#echo zane x morro#cole brookstone#zane julien#kai smith#nya smith#jay walker#pixal borg#lloyd garmadon#arin#sora#princess vania#echo zane#morro#echo ninjago#harumi jade#ninjago monster high au
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Heyyy, guess whose back :D
It's me and my Yokai AU! Yeah, I kinda disappeared off this blog for a while. My motivation for this AU kinda disappeared and working on it was becoming not fun.
But my interest in this AU has come back and I'm eager to work on it some more! So here's a lil design sheet for half-Kirin half-Komainu Nya!
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My headcannons on how the ninja met in the movie/high school au
I like to think Nya and Kai were new to the school mid sophomore year, and both of them had a hard time getting to make friends and all that. Nya for one I can see her getting really excited about making friends and trying her best to socialize, but fails miserably as she ends up being too akward or people see her as weird or ‘annoying’ . She finds the little friends she makes talk about her behind her back and are overall quite fake and mean.
Because of this Nya is left with like no friends and obvi very sad and insecure, especially since Kai barely has any classes with her and he doesn’t quite have any friends she can be introduced to either.
until one day she meets this quite guy that sits in the back of her Geometry class, Cole.
They actually meet when he sees Nya crying by herself in one of the hallways during class, and because he’s Cole, he decides to go and comfort her and stuff. As they talk they start to really vibe with each other and after that they begin to talk more often and sit together during that class. They quickly become great friends. They hang out at Cole’s house and go hang out at the park and stuff.
Nya is incredibly happy to have found such a close and nice friend, and obviously tells Kai, whom she from what she knows, doesn’t have any friends. So because of this she’s excited to introduce them to each other and get Kai and Cole to become friends as well.
Nya brings Cole to hang out at their house, and all though Kai was reluctant at first because he wanted to be alone that day, he ends up joining them and having fun hanging out with them. (At this point Nya and Cole have been friends for three weeks.)
On the meantime, Kai hasn’t actually yet admitted to having a friend as well. Probably because at first he thought they weren’t friends? But after some tutoring lessons they began to hang out more casually because they enjoy each others company and actually get to know each other personally, resulting in them basically becoming friends. This friend is Zane. He was Kais partner for a chemistry project and Zane noticed how clueless Kai was- so he offered to tutor him for free. Kai was hesitant at first but ended up caving in, since he also struggled with other classes. After some sessions every day, kai and Zane became to actually warm up to each other and drifting away from tutoring into goofing off and going out to hang out and stuff. Before Kai knew it, he finally had a friend. (At this point he and Zane would of known each other for two weeks and a half)
When Kai admits this to Nya, all though Nya at first is frustrated that Kai didn’t tell her sooner, she gets super excited at the idea of all four becoming friends. So she begs for Kai to actually bring Zane home at some point so she can bring Cole as well and shit.
The next day tho, before Nya invites Cole to her house again, Cole actually invites her to this TSA club after school. Apparently he has a friend who begged him to come along and Cole thought that maybe Nya would like the club, since it’s related to technology and all that. Nya accepts the offer, texts Kai that they’ll arrive a little later since they’re going to a club.
Guess who they meet at the club? You guessed it, it’s Jay. Cole introduces Nya and Jay to each other and all though Jay is a complete nervous wreck at the beggining, he slowly lets loose and he and Nya get along amazingly. So much that she decides to bring Jay to her house after school as well.
(Btw I should probably specify what grades they’re on.
So Nya and Cole would be freshman’s, meanwhile Jay Zane and Kai are sophomores)
Cole Jay and Nya come home to Kai and Zane who had been waiting for them as they attempted to bake smth. Very cute. Soo they all spend time together- and boom they all hit it off great because of course they do. And they all quickly become close friends with each other and form a little group- where they often hang out at Nya and Kai’s home tho sometimes at Zane’s because he’s got a banger house.
The school year ends and the next one begins, and the new freshman class comes in, brining Lloyd Garmadon!!!
As you know, the entire school hates him and is wary of the poor guy, and rumors spread quick, making everyone, including our main ninja. That’s why Cole Jay and Nya almost have a heart attack when one day after club, they come home to Kai, Zane and…Lloyd? wtf is he doing here😭
So apparently when leaving school together, Kai and Zane happened to pass by the bathroom and guess what they find there? Lloyd getting bullied by some assholes. As soon as they come in though, the kids reluctantly leave (ig cuz they might fear Zane telling the teachers or I dunno) leaving Lloyd behind. The two friends feel bad for the guy, despite what Kai might have heard. Zane on the other hand probably already knows Lloyd is pretty innocent since he as a robot has records on everyone or smth and deduces that Lloyd is probably misunderstood and stuff. Since Zane appears so sure that Lloyd is actually good and Kai trusts him probably a little too much, they agree to help the dude and uk…take him home with them.
Lloyd at first is probably TERRIFIED of going with Kai and Zane because uk, trust issues and stuff. But since he recognizes that Zane is a huge green flag and that this man has VERY low chances of actually doing smth, he agrees to go along with them. Which is how we got to Kai Zane and Lloyd sitting by the kitchen table laughing and joking around .
Obviously, Nya Cole and Jay are very hesitant of having Lloyd around, but they decide to give him a chance since Kai and Zane did. Turns out, the boys actually super sweet and quite hilarious actually. And they all hit it off with him, of course.
SO YEAH! That’s how I see them becoming friends lmao that was long and I hope it wasn’t confusing 😭 cuz I was just throwing in ideas and ideas and moments and whatever lmao. You guys see my vision right?
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wow dang, been in a artblock thing, buttt did do a dtiy for someone over on instagram (user is @/cuppofdirt , they hit 1K 🎉🎉)
whoever made a post on “jay pirate au” this is the most you’d get ever (I think).
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GUYSSS i made a ninjago au😋
this is lloyd from my swap universe where hes swapped with garmadon :)
ill update more soon! (it might not he pixel art i just wanted to try something new with him) :D
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If you're still looking at prompts, then how about a something with Kai waking up from a nightmare? Perhaps one where he was reliving Zane's death?
Where have you gone, Zane?
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A lil silly AU inspired by this ask! Imagine if the effect of the golden weapons was!! worse than death. So now, Zane is splintered between time and space, between existing and not existing. Now he "haunts" the ninja in hopes he can lead them to clues on how to bring him back to reality. But they can't understand him.
#ninjago#lego ninjago#ninjago zane#zane ninjago#ninjago cole#cole ninjago#ninjago fanart#ninjago kai#kai ninjago#kai smith#cole brookstone#zane julien#zangst#lego ninjago au#ninjago au#lego ninjago fanart#angst#sad sad sniffle cry
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You truly don’t remember anything, my little canary?
GUYS NADAKAHNS BEING A CREEP AGAIN
but in all seriousness, this scene would take place directly after jay wakes up from wishing his memories away
ALSO I need au name suggestions, currently thinking about calling it “lightning in a bottle” au but idk, I want it to have a fun name that isn’t just “amnesiac sky pirate jay au” yk?
#ninjago#fanart#lego ninjago#ninjago pirate jay#jay ninjago#ninjago jay#jay walker#lego ninjago jay#ninjago nadakhan#nadakhan ninjago#ninjago fanart#ninjago au#lego ninjago au#ninjago art#au#Drawing this made me a bit uncomfy…#oh well
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Au!
Wu first meets the ninja after they break into the monastery to try and rob him for anything valuable. He, instead of being mad, offers them a deal; If they do 100 laps on his training course, he won’t call the cops and will even give them a prize.
It was easy, they’d get off free, the course looks small, they’d pump out 100 laps in no time.
They did not think that after they all reached their 30th lap however.
#ninjago#lego ninjago#lloyd garmadon#kai jiang#ninjago au#lego ninjago au#kai smith#kai ninjago#nya jiang#jay walker#cole brookstone#cole ninjago#zane julien#zane ninjago#ninjago master wu#master wu
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So what if Wu wasn't the one who found them?
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. . . . . . . I think this is the darkest Ninjago AU I've ever thought up of :/
#lemme know if you guys wanna know more#planning on posting more about this au later#them traumatized boys :')#i got no idea what to call this au#lego#lego ninjago#ninjago#lego ninjago au#ninjago au#zane julian#cole brookstone#jay walker#kai smith#zane ninjago#cole ninjago#jay ninjago#kai ninjago#ninjago alternate universe#alternate universe#au#experiment au
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Ninjago Abaddon Au: Athena The Great Devourer?
Also Lloyd can transform like Charlie in Hazbin hotel when angry.
LLOYD IN MY AU AGE NORMALLY OKAY Okay I'll explain Like in this Au Kai Got his true potential BUT He didn't know why he just assume that he needs to let go of his pride and became his own Ninja and Save Lloyd They didn't know Lloyd is the Greenninja okay. SO Moving on Garmadon Still Defeated the Great devourer but They found Garmadon and has the golden weapons So After The Great Devourer got defeated (And AGAIN THE GREAT DEVOURER HAS A WEAK SPOT ON THE FOUR HEAD) A Tiny Egg was found by Lloyd and while at school yes he still goes to school at darkleys Him and Brad take care of it boom She hatched.
That was until they found out Athena keep growing and realize oh Shes like the Great devourer but don't worry she's good cause Lloyd and Brad raised her with love and care.
Idk about Harumi tho hehehehehe
.yes Greenflower is canon in My Au cause I said so. And also Geo x Cole and Jaya etc-
#for fun#fanart#abaddon au#lego ninjago#ninjago au#ninjago fanart#ninjago headcanons#ninjago#ninjago lego#ninjago lloyd#lloyd montgomery garmadon#lloyd garmadon#lego ninjago jay#lego ninjago zane#lego ninjago kai#lego ninjago cole#ninjago brad#brad tudabone#greenflower#greenflowershipping#lego ninjago au#lego ninjago art#ninjago art#ninjago fan character#lego ninjago fanart#ninjago fandom#ninjago great devourer#ninjago greenflower#ninjago fanseason#lego ninjago lloyd
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Other Emperors AU — Ninjago
So. The beloved Ice Emperor. The corrupting potential of the Staff of Forbidden Spinjitzu + Amnesia + Vex.
Now what if the Ice Emperor came in other flavours?
That’s right, introducing the Other Emperors AU, a collection of different ��What ifs” for if other people had been zapped with the staff by Aspheera!
Different Versions:
Earth Emperor / King of the Underworld = Cole
Lightning Emperor / Thunder God / Lightning Striker = Jay
Fire Emperor / Western Wildfire / Fire Maker = Kai
Energy Emperor / Lord of Energy / Luh-Lord = Lloyd
Water Empress / Commander of the Sea / Wrath of the Waves = Nya
Empress of Technology / Automated Empress / Overseer / The Technodrome = Pixal
Creation Emperor / Second Spinjitzu Master / The Creator = Wu
Not all of them are fleshed out (honestly most just have… one or two minor ideas, but I’ll gladly bounce ideas back and forth with people in Reblogs, comments, and/or asks!), but here’s what I’ve got—
Earth Emperor / King of the Underworld
- Got zapped into the Neverrealm instead and lost his memories from a concussion in the fight
- Vex finds him and the staff and convinces him to take it
- He raises/sinks the Earth to create a stone dome over the realm and make it a cavern of tunnels; some call him the King of the Underworld (Hades vibes) for it and he hates it even if he can’t remember why (haha forgotten Skulkin memories)
- Master of the Mountain mixed with ancient mythology vibes
- His hair grows out and becomes partially lava because come on that look just is so cool on him ; his armour is also formed of obsidian/onyx and crystals
- Difficult to anger (a very patient emperor that listens to his people whenever Vex doesn’t interfere) but if you do (usually on Vex’s manipulation) OH BOY you’re in for it now
- Built a dangerous labyrinth King-Minos-style complete with a stone minotaur in the centre that he sends prisoners/people Vex tricks him into thinking are enemies
- Is very fascinated by Kai’s fire (and Jay’s lightning) because the only light source in the caverns are glowing crystals formed from his powers or special regulated flint/coal-based fires
- He keeps Kai with him when the Ninja arrive and banish the rest to the labyrinth to “prove themselves” on Vex’s manipulation (possibly specifically dropping Jay in the minotaur room as a sacrifice because Jay made a menace of himself in the throne room)
- The Ninja make it through the traps because they’re all kinda Cole-themed (like one involves the Triple Tiger Sashay) and arrive back at the throne room after defeating the stone minotaur, much to Cole/Vex’s astonishment/ire respectively
- Cole realizes the Ninja are telling the truth and that Vex has been lying to him and ends up dropping the staff after reverting the Neverrealm back to its original state
Lightning Emperor / Thunder God / Lightning Strike
- Realizes Zane’s vision (yeah, Jay is the only person who knew Zane had a vision and he DISMISSED IT, hecking come on) is about to come true and shoves Zane out of the way of Aspheera’s shot
- Cracked his head on a rock falling through the portal and has zero memories <3 Should he be dead? Probably. But he’s Jay, so he survives, especially with his boosted element lashing out
- Vex finds him and is so confused over the lightning appearance but realizes he can use it
- Skybound / Lightning Ruins parallels with Jay ripping up chunks of ground and making floating magnetized islands
- Has a very ominous cult following Vex leads because its Jay, of course it would happen, its not the first time
- Is kinda revered more as a ‘godly figure’ than an emperor (Vex uses his status to make orders in Jay’s name)
- Kinda unhinged, but you can blame the staff + Vex + the concussion and blood loss
- Fascinated by Cole because he absorbs/grounds lightning fine ; also fascinated by Zane who is a walking metal lightning rod
- Constantly zapping around
Fire Emperor / Western Wildfire / Fire Maker
- Lost his powers to Aspheera, battled her with the second staff, and got his butt yeeted to the Never Realm- that’s rough, buddy
- Gets his well-deserved focus season
- He really means well and just wants to keep his people safe, but unfortunately it comes across as overly possessive and tyrannical
- Older brothers so hard that he comes across as evil/possessive and aggressive when he’s trying to be caring and protective
- Don’t have much for him because the fandom already has insanely cool Fire Emperor AUs
Energy Emperor / Lord of Energy / Luh-Lord
- So many Lord Garmadon parallels
- ONI-DRAGON LLOYD ONI-DRAGON LLOYD
- Also a surprising amount of Morro parallels about making his own destiny
- So, so traumatized and got corrupted simply for wanting to take his fate into his own hands for once
- Punts Vex out of the castle because he’s had enough of people telling him what to do
- Kinda goes back to S1 Lloyd because this kid just wants his childhood back
- Goes from “scary emperor who’s going to execute you” to “excited little kid” the second he sees his siblings
- Taking the staff back hurts because Lloyd isn’t mad, he’s just super sad and confused and pleads with them not to do it
Water Empress / Commander of the Sea / Wrath of the Waves
- The Never Realm just became the Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker
- All the ice and snow melts into an ocean with islands
- Nya builds a big ol’ palace that’s both above and below the water’s surface
- Seabound parallels in terms of architecture (lots of accidental Wojira foreshadowing)
- So. Much. Rage. You anger Nya, you’re done for.
- The staff + her element amplified the ocean’s whispers and she’s kinda merged with the sea but not fully, her memories are a bit scattered
- Was going to take on Vex as an advisor because he convinced her she knew him before her memories got lost/scattered, but then her memories associate him with Krux, and she kicks him onto a lone island
- Her brothers have to face the ocean to get to her. They hate it, but they do it anyway
Empress of Technology / Automated Empress / Overseer / The Technodrome
- Pixal gets to sacrifice herself for Zane
- While the staff doesn’t amplify powers for her, she still gets boosted strength, speed, smarts, etc., her processor running at 300x proficiency
- Is able to get the mech up and running— she DID build it, after all
- Still loses her memories from Vex’s interference, somewhat reverts to S3 Pixal
- Makes the entire realm “efficient” and rapidly revolutionizes technology
- Easily one of the scariest rulers because of how good she is at it
- Took Vex on as an Advisor because of his knowledge of the realm, then fired him once she was done.
“But you— you cannot FIRE me! I am your loyal, most trusted advisor—”
“And you are no longer necessary. There is more important matters to attend to.”
- It’s very difficult to dismantle her empire
Creation Emperor / Second Spinjitzu Master / The Creator
- Aspheera blasts her intended target
- Wu is sent to the Never Realm with the other staff
- The Ninja are devastated because they just lost their Sensei AGAIN just after getting him back
- Wu refuses to use the staff at first but then… well, he starts getting desperate to return. He misses his family. And his essence— creation— could be used to help the people of this realm. So he uses it once or twice, sparingly, to help the villages, to help travellers— and slowly gets more and more addicted. Why does this realm hurt the people in it? If his essence is one of creation, couldn’t he use it to… reform this realm into something more peaceful? More habitable? Remake it in his own image? Correct all the mistakes he’s made, start again, start better—
- FSM and Pilots-S2 Garmadon parallels
- His students manage to get into the Never Realm only to find it “prosperous” and “thriving”
- Bonus if there are copies of them, but the way Wu sees them— uncanny valley alert
- EXTRA bonus if there’s a fake Morro that’s based on how he was as a student / if he’d lived , and a fake Garmadon cured of venom and evil
- Breaking their Sensei out of this illusion of a perfect world really hurts
- Wu is traumatized by all his mistakes and they get acknowledged in this AU whether he wants them to be or not <3
#Other Emperors AU#ninjago#lego ninjago#ninjago au#Lego Ninjago AU#ice emperor#earth emperor#lightning emperor#fire emperor#energy emperor#water empress#creation emperor#Imp's AUs#ninjago s11#ninjago season 11#ninjago ice chapter#ninjago fire chapter#ninjago ice emperor#ninjago s11 AU
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ninjago but they’re all cats
#this is the stupidest/the silliest idea i’ve ever had#everything is the same#except they’re cats and they meow and trill at eachother to communicate#not even anthropomorphic#just straight up cats#they chase their own tails in order to do spinjitzu#everyone is a cat#any contributions would be greatly appreciated#ninjago#lego ninjago#ninjago au#lego ninjago au#cats
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didn’t realize it’s been so many days since I shared about my AU but oh well
Designs for Sora, Arin and Jordana (yes, I made Jordana a wolf. I love her).
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I’m still working for a summary for this au but it’s what if Lloyd actually died in s10 and didn’t come back until Crystallized when the Overlord and Harumi decide to bring him back to life. He gets rescued by the ninja and his father, but his powers are gone ever since he originally died.
The powers found a new person, worthy of wielding the title of green ninja. AKA Arin :D
The rest is a little messy, but the merge happens and all the ninja are separated. With no one to protect Ninjago, Arin makes his own little team of ninja consisting of him, Sora, Euphrasia, Wyldfyre, Percy (part 2), and later Jordana (end of s2).
#ninjago dragons rising#lego au#lego ninjago au#lego ninjago#lego ninjago dragons rising#lego ninjago dragons rising fanart#lego ninjago dragons rising au#lego ninjago fanart#bumblebeeshipping#raspberryshipping#jordana x sora#jordana ninjago#arin ninjago#sora ninjago
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