#Ninjago crossroads

[rainofthetwilight]

everyone here talking abt other realms while my social worldbuilding obsessed ass has been staring at the crossroads ever since I first saw it

like, just listen to me for a second. do you notice the satellite dishes? the cables linking the houses together?? that's point-to-point networking right there!!! the people of the crossroads depend on their neighbors to get internet and it's just so. augh. that's just one of the many indicators of the close community the crossroads is. I love how people from different realms and places all live here, causing such a beautiful mix of cultures that doesn't clash but instead just makes the community grow even more. and the way the people there wouldn't let anyone kick sora and arin out of their penthouse because it was once arin's home?? oh my god??? 😭

the mixed-use urban design is also just absolutely incredible, and it's walkable too?? hello???? the worldbuilding here is just soso good, like, do you see all those apartment buildings linked next to eachother? all the shops? the fruit sellers on the streets? the small notes left on poles? all the benches and the lanterns and the fun decorations and the colours of it all which give it such a pretty and energetic vibe?

and not to mention how they literally have an annual carnival where EVERYONE attends, a carnival where everyone from the merged realms celebrate their traditions!! their culture!!! they have an entire carnival just for that!!!! they celebrate w/ food, games, parties, everything!!!!! a carnival which brings the people of the combined lands closer to eachother, which makes them learn more about the other's culture and traditions!!!!!! it's just so awesome and soso heartwarming and I never see anyone talk abt it. plus not to mention the mech race, the amount of people attending in the audience just proves it's popularity and I love it man. speaking of the mech race, I wonder how money works in the crossroads? I assume it's the same as ninjago city's system? I mean the crossroads is next to ninjago city so that would make sense

ough. crossroads I love you crossroads I need to talk about you more

[ashyart]

Remember when Arin told the barber he wanted "The Zane"? The barber got tipped well that day.

[legokingfisher]

the only reason Sora and Arin were able to afford their flat in the Crossroads with how little they made (let’s be honest how the fuck were they living off mech races they seldom won) is because it is at the top of a building with no staircase or elevator and they were the only people willing to scale a building every time they wanted to go home and nobody else wanted that shit which lowered the hell outta the rent

[user-without-a-cool-acronym]

Since a bunch of places from Chima are apparently now part of the merged realms, I choose to believe that this chasm in the crossroads is what happened to the gorge of eternal depth

It's just that no one in Chima ever thought to build a bridge

[toastingpencils37]

What's so weird is that post-Merge, the ninja are missing, & yet there aren't any criminals trying to take over Ninjago City (now the Crossroads).

So either:

a. Lloyd was indiscretely taking care of the bad guys (which is unlikely due to all the Mergequakes)

b. Someone else is indiscreetly taking care of the bad guys.

c. Or the bad guys just decided they were done (Probably due to random Crossroads citizens whooping their asses. Because they may be sweet & all, but several of them have defense mechanisms that humans don't.)

[cable-salamder]

Their album drops next week y’all better be ready to hear the bangers of these four mentally ill and traumatised teenagers (Click for better quality because tumblr hates me)

Individual shots (click for details? Idk):

[roselock22]

Character lineup for DR chars! Mostly did these to have fullbody references and also for height

[geoxstxrs]

why does pinterest have so many pale Arin's??? Like where the hell is his melanin...

[icy-watch]

Oh this hurts

This hurts a lot

[dr-ninjago-ships]

Tangerine (Arin x Frak)

made by: @geoxstxrs

[penofwildfire]

There was probably a shit ton of people who got violently ill after the Merge from all the brand new diseases that just got introduced to their realms.

[general-yasur]

And what if I just start tagging my Sora posts with Sora Garmadon? What then?

[jalluzas-ferney]

PLEEIWHEISHS SEEING WYLDFIRE IS EVERYTHING TO ME I MISSED MY GIRL SM

[chaoticfvckingdisaster]

I need sora and ronin as morally ambiguous metal arm buddies rn

[toastingpencils37]

So, during the Merge, a ton of people vanished and were misplaced.

But we mainly focus on those who were misplaced from Ninjago, which later became the Crossroads?

But what if some people were misplaced from farther away to the Crossroads? Because there are a lot of different types of people there, but based on how far some of their homes are from the Crossroads, I'm not buying that all of them traveled there. A lot of them probably did, but not all.

[cable-salamder]

Haha jk the gays are alive and well here’s some more Bumblebee propaganda + a vague reference for older Percy