#Ninjago Elemental Masters

[zkoh001]

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I was drawing this. For 72 full hours (spread out trough like-3 months)

It doesn't look like I put 72 hours into this... (I swear my confidence went like a drunk rollecoaster while making this piece)

But alas, it is done, and I worked too hard not to share it. Behold the elemental alliance. (I can't draw armor. So the design changes are mostly because of that)

I totally got the Masters of Sound and Gravity the first few times, which is quite hilarious cause the Master of Gravity spends quite some of his screentime flying, but oh well.

Also, I tought they were related (for no particular reason) hence the positioning on the picture.

The guy on the left side of the picture was literally listed as "unknown elemental master" and I literally only added him so the proportions were more balanced (also so noone could argue it isn't finished)

I feel like his power was supposed to be lightning (based on the outfit) but then season 6 happened, and he was quietly retconned to make way for libber. I hesitated making it a father daughter situation, with him passing his powers on faster than Cole's grandfather to Lilly, but in the end, settled for making him a Master of Light.

Lilly and her father joined together, but neither of them are sure why it took so long for the power to pass down (probably after or at the very end of the First Serpentine War). They were both the type to understand it's war, and those rarely have a happy ending (in general, these people were kinda forced into this role because of their powers, some of them pretty young) Maybe the late heritance caused issues with Lilly's immune system leading to an early death? 👀🥺

I like to think the old Master of Earth was a mother hen of sons just as Lilly (it's genetic a this point). The above picture happened sometime after Garmadon's banishment.

Libber (or whatever they call the previous Master of Lightning) turned out really cute, I'm probably most satisfied with her (also gave her freckles to match Jay). I feel like we massively missed out on having her be the one to make/power Prime Empire. I mean, I get they wanted to save the mom storyline for MotM, but I'm sure you can write two separate stories revolving around parents. I also believe she joined really young, probably the youngest (and she was a menace. Also imagine if she was friends with the twins, the tragedy)

Wu and Garmadon pretty much have their canon designs (I like that they are dressed the most "traditional" out of everyone) except I added a bit more purple and gold respectively. Also, I'll mention it here, every active elemental masters have eye colours matching their elements, and their pupils are light (giving way to theories about them not even being human). The spinjitzu bros have "rings" around their pupils in the opposite color (purple for Wu, gold for Garmadon) showing the link between them and their powers.

When Garmadon is banished, Wu's eyes become completely gold, affected by their severed connection (and Garm has red eyes, but normally his would have become purple as well) Also, I kinda traced the text on their gi, cause I'm not drawing that from memory 😅

Master of Shadow was one of the first to join the Alliance, but is not the youngest member, she wanted a peaceful solution at the start, and like most of the earlier members, have a more nuanced view on the war, probably even had serpentine acquitances, which is why she looks so sad a lot of the time.

I see Ray and Maya as a kinda golden retriever, black cat dynamic. Maya was incredibly skilled, cold and precise, and one of the deadliest elemental masters (I was cooking up some story about a warrior clan she grew up in, but it's up for interpretation).

Ray meanwhile lives by the principle of "They can't know my next step... if I don't know my next step." Runs in, swords blazing, most people fighting him are just sort of. Perplexed at first.

And of course Maya didn't like him at first, but it's really hard to dislike Ray long term. (Which is how he also became Wu's best friend, despite him trying to hold a 'polite acquitances' type of relationship with the Ems. Ray is just like that) But she fell first.

Either this happened, or he went ahead of the trouble and asked him first.

Anyways, back to the topic at hand (working a lot on this means I had a lot of time to microwave these dudes, this post is looong)

Master of Ice is just that one kind of slightly creepy wise old man, who just... knows stuff. Everyone just sort of accepted that you don't ask him how or why he knows stuff, he just does. Wu and Garmadon have a tendency to follow him around (cause he's pretty similar to their father in a way), which kinda translates to everyone following him around like little ducks (even when he barely socialises with anyone lol).

Design for Master of Ice is inspired by @maydayissleepy, go check out their art!

And I already made a bunch of posts about Hands of Time and the time twins, but design wise, I just made a new one (to avoid the complex armor). When in battle, it's basically impossible to tell the two of them apart. Also, they have heterochromia because they both have two powers technically. The murky brown we see in the show is because they lost the power, but are still technically the Masters of Time, since it never passed on (if the blades broke somehow it would go back to them)

I feel like they joined later (even way later, which is why they clashed so much with the alliance) which is why they aren't mentioned in the early flashbacks (and also cause they didn't exist yet), and went kinda gungho on the war, not really knowing (or caring) for it's nuances.

Anyways, let me know what you think!

[isthatrightkiki]

The new an improved redesigns of the Elemental Masters!

[iloveacronix]

I made it TOO bright😭

Anyway my beautiful man fighting 2 badass blacksmiths with a bamboo staff thing. I had to darken the image bc my eyes went blind for a second + Sadly I rushed through it💪

WROSHDBS im probably gon remake this

[b3tt11]

paleman redesign.. again

this time however i actually a cool pattern on his clothes (to match his gold aesthetic) and gave him absolutely sassy NAIL CLAWS BECAUSE FJDJSNK~!! that idea has been rotting in my brain for days and i know for sure that as a fellow fashion icon he will totally wear them 23/6

(you can guys stop liking my old paleman redesign post now.. please)

[xylomilo]

How the elemental masters say stfu (volume warning)

I also haven’t watched Dragons Risings so idk how accurate Cinder, Sora, Arin, Euphrasia, Levo, and Zeatrix are 😭

[coleisunderrated]

If each ninja get their own day, then there should also be a day dedicated to the Elemental Masters.

[marksartsypalace]

Tox with the mohawk🧎🏻‍♂️🧎🏻‍♂️🧎🏻‍♂️

[perchatochkiii]

how about some rareship

[toastingpencils37]

Random theory regarding DR season 2, but there may be a small chance that Ash is still alive, and still technically the EM of Smoke.

Mainly because of Jordana. She harnessed power from the Source Dragons, where elemental powers come from. Meaning she could've given that power to Cinder, making him a new, and in a way false, EM of Smoke.

[aeroargonic]

The other 4 EMs enjoyers on this hellsite come collect your juice.

[the-fans-stuff-blog]

Garmadon will purr if he's either comfortable or is having his hair played with.

Vinny thinks it's the most precious thing ever.

[moonlight-warrior-1316]

"She Ate the Squid"

Alternate Title: Tox and Neuro are chaotic neutral and should never be left unsupervised.

Hello everyone!

So, I kind of want to get back into writing. Nothing major yet, just some one-shots and short stories.

I got the motivation to write this instead of doing anything productive, like sleep, so I hope you guys enjoy!

Also I hope I posted this correctly. First time posting something like this.

Fandom: Lego Ninjago

Word Count: 1.1k

Relationships: Brief! Tox/Neuro

TW: Swearing, Homophobia, and Sex Talk. Not bad but there.

“Alright bitches!” Chamille hollered across Skylor’s restaurant. “Tonight, we are playing Truth or Dare!”

            A mix of groans and cheers was the response.

            It had been a few months after the Tournament of Elements. In order to keep in touch and not be at each other’s throats all the time, all the Masters have agreed to meet once a week at Skylor’s Noodle House.

            Things had been awkward the first couple times. Learning preferred names and pronouns, likes, dislikes, allergies, home village/city/country, family, etc. had been awfully hectic and have caused a few fights. But Skylor ended up taking charge during the early days to ensure this new Alliance worked out.

            Now the meetings have developed into a quick catch up on what they’ve been up to and then a game afterwards. And it was unfortunately Chamille’s turn to pick.

            “Isn’t that for middle schoolers?” Pale retorted in response. Chamille shushed him.

            “Everyone in a circle,” Chamille continued. “And I will go first.”

            A collective sigh went up from the group as they all gathered around as closely to a circle as possible—Since there were booths and tables in the way—but they made it work.

            Chamille smugly sat on top of the counter, pointedly ignoring Skylor’s glare. “As I’ve said, I’m going first. Shade, truth or dare?”

            “Uh, truth,” Shade awkwardly answered, not trusting Chamille to give him an easy, legal dare.

            “Hmmm......Is your skin naturally grey or is it just a power side effect?” Chamille asked.

            Everyone turned to look at Shade. He sputtered.

            “It’s a side effect,” he muttered. “Like how Neuro’s hair goes white the more he uses his powers or how Tox’s hair is green.”

            “Fair enough!” Chamille cheered. “Now you pick.”

            “Okay...um...Bolobo, truth or dare?” Shade questioned.

            “Truth.”

            “Were you really a pizza shop manager and Jay’s temporary boss?”

            “Yes.”

            “Wait, what?!” Turner cackled.

            Bolobo sighed. “Before I got more in-tune with my powers, I was the owner of a pizzeria. This was roughly a week or so after the Great Devourer attacked Ninjago City. And Jay, the Master of Lightning, was asking about a job. He was my fastest delivery drivers before he quit.”

            “Holy shit,” Turner laughed. “I’m absolutely holding that over him.”

            “Poor Jay,” Skylor giggled.

            “Next!” Chamille shouted.

            And so it went.

            A few dares were sprinkled in. Pale jump scaring a couple on a date in the park. Jacob sonic screaming from the roof. Skylor throwing a water balloon at a police car.

            Then it was Ash’s turn.

            “So, Tox,” he drawled, casually sipping on his soda. “What the hell is the origin of yours and Neuro’s joke of ‘they ate the squid’?”

            Tox and Neuro both choked.

            “Uh, what?” Gravis asked. Pale laughed.

            “Yeah!” Pale chimed in. “You and Neuro only ever say it to each other. What’s it from?”

            Tox’s face flushed. “Oh. Um. It’s a long story. And not suitable for children.”

            Ash grinned. “Spill.”

            Tox shot Neuro an apologetic look. Neuro put his head into his hands.

            “So,” Tox clapped her hands together once. “It started at the Ninjago City Pride Festival roughly a week after the Tournament. I ran into Neuro by accident.”

            “You crashed into me and sent us both to the ground,” Neuro interjected.

            “Whatever. Anyway, long story short, we found out we were both gay. And we agreed that we would go together to any and all Pride festivals.

            Well, on our fourth one, Neuro was trying to introduce me to fried squid with ghost pepper shavings tossed in powder sugar. ‘It’s a delicacy from where I’m from!’ he said. It looked gross so I refused.

            So we started talking on which celebrities we found attractive. I was on a rant when this homophobic lady showed up and started yelling at us. Neuro, take it from here.”

            “She was a Karen,” Neuro supplied helpfully. “And I was trying to enjoy my fried squid. She then asked us how we knew we were gay when we’ve never had sex with the opposite gender before. I countered with: ‘Do you like to eat squid?’. She answered no that it looked and smelled gross. With that, I shot back at her saying: ‘How do you know you won’t like it when you’ve never tried it?’ She was mad.”

            The other Masters chuckled at that. “Go on!” Turner encouraged.

“At that point, she was full on screaming at us,” Neuro continued. “So in order to shut her up, me and Tox agreed to make a deal with her.”

“What deal?” Gravis inquired.

“If she ate the last 6 mini fried squids on Neuro’s plate, we would hook up and give straight-people sex a try,” Tox replied.

Dead silence.

“Did—did she do it?” Ash wheezed, looking between Tox and Neuro, shocked.

“Yes. Why do you think our joke of ‘She ate the squid’ came from?” Tox confirmed.

The room burst out in laughter.

“We didn’t think she would!” Neuro cried. “Then she did, and it was a whole ‘Oh shit!’ moment!”

“You guys kept your end of the deal?!” Skylor gasped.

“Yeah!” Tox and Neuro yelled.

For a solid five minutes, the only thing to be heard in the restaurant was laughter. Once everyone calmed down, Chamille took a breath and said: “Y’all need to tell us how this ended.”

“After she ate the squid and we confirmed a meet-up date and time so we could tell her how it went, we went back to Neuro’s apartment,” Tox began.

“And then spent 20 minutes figuring out how exactly we were supposed to do this. Since I’ve only slept with guys and she’s only slept with girls,” Neuro sighed.

“20 minutes?!” Shade chuckled.

“Once we sorted it out on how to do it,” Tox plowed on. “We made it quick.”

“And it was the worst sex I’ve ever had.” Neuro chimed.

“Agreed.” Tox nodded.

“Did you guys actually go back to meet up with her?” Ash asked.

“Yeah. And we told her that after that, we are for sure gay. And that it was the worst sex we’ve ever had.” Neuro answered. “She wasn’t happy about it. The best part was that her husband was with her and demanded an explanation on what we were talking about.”

“Yep. Turns out her husband was horrified to learn she was homophobic, since he himself was bi,” Tox giggled. “But after that me and Neuro agreed that when someone does something that we never, in a million years, would have expected, it’s called “they ate the squid’.”

“Alrighty then,” Chamille laughed. “That is the greatest origin story of an inside joke I’ve ever heard.”

“Though, for curiosity’s sake, did they divorce?” Pale leaned forward.

“I’m not sure,” Tox replied.

“They did.” Neuro piped up. “Her ex-husband told me all about it after we hooked up.”

The screams of shock, howls of laughter, and choking on drinks could be heard through the restaurant walls.

[darkeeveeanimatesus]

Serpentine War

the difference shading makes.... this took so long, but i love it.

[fandomsareforlife]

To clarify: it would be mostly focused on the elemental masters introduced in season 4, and maybe Morro/the time twins. The Ninja do not count.

[xylomilo]

HEY, YOU !!

Is your favorite side characters the elemental masters ? Have you ever wanted to make an edit of the elemental masters without having to come through hours of content ? WELL LOOK NO FURTHER !!

After spending 7 or so hours, I have made a clip compilation of every time the Elemental Masters appear on screen in season 4 and 9 !! I actually made it for myself but then it…. Took up to much space (5 gb) so I just uploaded it onto youtube for everyone