#This is about Morro but now that I think about it this can easily be read an ftd post

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Im actually so fucking mad bro WHO LET THAT TWINK OUT OF HIS GRAVE

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I think its very important how Lloyd is notably more distant and emotionally unavailable whilst everyone else is written with so much more emotion in their interactions and words more often than usual in Dr season 3, and how that links heavily to his actual role as the Green Ninja, AND his connection to dragons and oni. As well as his possible role in part 2.

With the concept of the green ninja, Lloyd’s entire role and purpose is to defend others. It’s been shown so heavily throughout the series that the green ninja is someone kind, loving, hopeful, and good. Whilst the hope factor tends to lack sometimes, there has been no denial in how kind and good Lloyd is.

And yet, in dr season 3, there seems to be more of a lack of the kind part. He seems distant towards Frak, less involved in Sora’s handling with Arin gone, so much more distant to the ninja and the only time i can note where he seemed as emotional as usual was when he met Pixal again. Other than that he seems similar to Wu when he first began training the ninja, and even further back to when Wu began training Morro if i actually think about it.

I saw a few posts here and there about it and a very good point I’ve seen is due to how he is now watching someone he is supposed to protect suffer instead. Arin.

Lloyd’s role as the green ninja is to protect, yet i think he feels a burden to do so with how much he believes he has failed as the merge and its mystery continues. Where had he gone wrong? Why is it going wrong? He has to continuously tell people ‘i don’t understand’ or ‘i don’t have the answers’ or ‘it doesn’t make sense’ and his own damned actions show he doesn’t know what to do.

Has he ever?

This feeling of doubt in a situation like no other is weighing him down in a way it has never before because it is bundled up with the feeling of uncertainty.

Doubt in the truth of everything around him, uncertainty in the lack of understanding.

A man whose whole life and destiny was something he already knew, feeling uncertain? He doesn’t know how to react.

Linking it back to his Dragoni heritage, i think it’s very clear Dragons and Oni feel emotions a lot differently. Dragons seem to feel emotions on a more calmer sense, with even chaotic emotions like anger seeming easily rationalised to them and calm compared to humans or Oni. Oni feel emotions in a lot stronger sense, and more on the adrenaline and negative spectrum than anything.

For Lloyd, his Oni side is only shown through genuine anger in a way he has never expressed nor felt before. With a more distant Lloyd, is this a sign of his more Dragon side?

It’s like the writers are building up for something, and whilst it may not link to his dragoni blood, it does link to the choices and decisions he will make in part 2. Because Lloyd, even like this, will always been emotional in a sense, and i think it’s gonna burst out of him to the point he is a mess once more. He just needs a push.

Lloyd is a very important piece to the puzzle, one whose new destiny is going to attack without mercy.

Thinking on it more, you could also say he’s reacting this way because not only has he just lost Arin in a sense, but he is being forced to handle with either guilt, confusion, and possibly a form of anger at Wu.

Wu, who Lloyd loves so damn much.

Lloyd is no fool to believe that Wu hasn’t made mistakes before, but Wu is not only the first person who show Lloyd love but his uncle. How is he supposed to believe his uncle caused the merge on purpose? It doesn’t make sense to him, because Wu must’ve have a reason to do so. The problem is, is the reason a good one?

Man he’s gonna be an actual emotional mess next season poor guy.

Anyways I’m gonna rewatch season 3 i need to analyse more stuff properly because this just seems like I’m stating the obvious

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Okay so my first tumblr post! I’ve just been lurking on a tumblr for a long time…

So I drew a tiny Age reversal of the ninjas!

Ages: Lloyd 17, Cole 11, Zane and Kai 10, Jay 9 and Nya 8.

Ummm this is some hc that I have on the show from this au. Ships, well their kids so it’s mainly crushes.

Lloyd

Starts off as a minor villain like in show but easily beats the ninjas!

Motivation is to become a great villain like his dad

Till he meets Sensei Wu and realise that he doesn’t want to hurt the young ninjas

Still got kicked out of darkly when he was younger but became more independent and has more trust issue since Wu didn’t find him till he was 17

In season 1 he gets kidnapped by the snakes I think that still happens but it happens because he went on his own to fight them

Lloyd and lord Garmondon relationship is still the same

Just slightly more strained when it’s revealed that he’s the green ninja.

LORD GARMONDON DISLIKE SENSEI WU

That man is angry that Sensei Wu is sending kids and his own son to defeat him

So in S2 he’s targeting sensei Wu over the ninjas

HE REMAINS A BIT OF PRANKSTER 💔💔

Kinda stereotypical mean older brother vibes?

Less mature than older Lloyd in the show

But has more survival tactics and understand villains motivations

More edgy and emo, def doesn’t forgive Misako so easily

I think he would still take on a leadership role since he’s the oldest

Mentoring the younger ninjas, he picks up on things more quickly

Struggles with duty and discipline

Struggle with what right and wrong, plus forgiving people who left him (his family)

Thinks of the others as brats

No one can insult you but me vibes

He gets upset whenever the other get hurt

Morro possessed him and made him hurt them

He has nightmares for weeks afterwards

He makes bets with sensei Wu on who will end up with each other

gossip with Nya

Encouraging the others to go out and be kids when he can

Will take them to the arcade and get them food

Shares his sweets with Cole

Kai got upset that Cole was getting special treats

so Lloyd will train and play with Kai extra when he notices that he getting jealous

Zane and him cook together all the time

He see himself in Jay especially with having similar insecurities like abandonment issues, struggling with being good enough.

He does not want morro anywhere near Jay because he could feel that Morro actually liked Jay (platonically)

Cole

When his mom died, I imagined that his farther threw himself into dancing and dragged Cole with him.

Cole couldn’t handle living up to his dads standards and the grief

So either A. Ran away from home and joined the ninjas.

Or B. Made up some fancy dance boarding school like in cannon and joined the ninjas

Since he’s the oldest (beside Lloyd) he took on a leadership role

He struggled with overworking himself worries about not being enough for the other ninjas

Sensei Wu unofficial favourite kid

Quite innocent compared to his older self

Has a sweet tooth and begs sensei Wu to buy more treats. (Sensei Wu always gives in)

When he reveals to his farther that he’s been a ninja his farther is still slow to accept him

His farther comes around just like in cannon

However he wants to make it up to Cole and be a better dad!!

So visit every now and then to check up on him.

Coles dad comes and gives the ninja team dancing lesson, Cole finds them embarrassing and annoying at first

But Cole dad always brings a cake for them to all eat

Will save up and give gifts to the other.

Buys Kai and Jay video games and reads/plays it with them

Him, Jay and Lloyd all practice dancing together

Nya and him have a competition to make a better playlist than the other

Begs Zane to let him in the kitchen once, everyone got food poising

Zane

The scene (S1) where Zane finds out he’s a robot and his creator is gone?

Boy is crashing out 💔💔

Treats the falcon like a pet

More emotion than og Zane,

Dr. Jullian (Zane’s creator?) made him a child body and adult body that he can switch to.

Zane remains in his child body till later season and upgrades to the adult body. (Maybe when he “dies” his conscious uploads to his adult body?)

He would struggle with his humanity and what it means to be a nindroid

Pixal would be/look the same age as him

Very innocent romantic relationship. Think middle school relationships, where they’ve only held hands like once 😭.

Besides having more emotion than og Zane remains the same

In s2 everyone leaves to go back home except him

Everyone comes back once it looks like lord garmondon is up to no good

The only kid allowed in the kitchen

Slower to upload information, since he’s a kid

Prefers to play and hang out with Nya most of the time

Is the most comforting and comforts Kai when he lashes out

Goes to Nya and Jay for upgrade that will allow him to mature with the rest of them

He see great potential in Lloyd

Out of the boys, he closest with Cole, underrated friendship

Kai

Hot headed and more arrogant

Impulsive? 10x as much. Sensei Wu is aging 2x as fast with him around

He more of a jerk at first because he still dealing with the loss of his parents

More protective of Nya because he doesn’t have the strength to save her as much

Not very flirty since he’s a kid

Acts like a typical middle school boy

Struggles with his powers

Secretly looks up to Lloyd and acts like a annoying little brother to him

Desperate to be the green ninja because he wants to be strong and special

He wants to be Sensei Wu favourite

Gets Jealous of Cole, Zane, Lloyd and Nya because he thinks sensei Wu likes them more than him

He also jealous of Cole and Jay family

Jealousy issues

Besties with Jay because he feels like he can protect him and be cool around him

One sided beef with Cole. Cole has no idea,

Thinks Zane is extremely smart so will bother him with any questions he has

If he thinks of himself as the leader than Zane is his 2nd command.

He doesn’t like leaving the blacksmith shop, since he emotionally attach to it

Will come back every couple months to do upkeep on it

Jay

Find it hard to believe that his adoptive parents would let him be a ninja as such a young age

But in this au, I think sensei Wu saw them struggling to take care of their family (due to money issues) and offered to take Jay and train him

It hurt them, but they wanted Jay to be able to have a full stomach as well as finally be able to make friends

I don’t think he ever hung out with kids his age

So Jay is quiet shy in S1 plus when he nervous he just blabber on and on

As season progresses he becomes more snarky and confident

He definitely hyper aware of his insecurities

So will lash out more

Doesn’t have a crush on Nya since he doesn’t yet know how to hang out with people his age

He still thinks she really cool and wants to hang out with her

Kai is more friendly to him because of that

The others are protective over him since he young and shy.

But he has the most control and skill with his powers. 😭

Would get annoyed at them for treating him like a baby

when he lashes out and be all snarky with them for the first time. they would all be like: shocked pikachu face 😭

Except Zane, Zane was the only one to treat him like normal

Lloyd comforts him when he feels insecure

When morro possess Lloyd, he treats Jay nicer than everyone else (Storm brother will happen in cannon I swear 🙏)

I think in S4? When Cole and Nya are said to be the perfect match he would start to get jelly.

Would be jealous but wouldn’t understand why, until it hits him in the middle of a fight with Cole that he likes Nya

Naddakah or whatever that jerk name is, would traumatise him, by then he would finally understand his feelings for Nya

He does not gloss over the fact that he was abandoned and is adopted???

This boy will have issues about that, and adds to his insecurities!!

when Naddakah is all over he would avoid Nya feeling bad about what happened

Cole and him are great friends, and he takes every opportunity to cling to him

His parents visit often but mostly he visits them. They worry about him a lot

Nya

Oh she is so annoyed that she didn’t get to train as a ninja in S1

Wouldn’t be able to help herself and make passive aggressive comments at Wu

Wu wouldn’t understand why she upset at him

Smaller and less powerful version of her samurai armour

Forces Wu to start her training as a ninja

Wu feels bad and realise he should of started to train her to be ninja as well

She more feisty than in cannon

She still dealing with the loss her parents just like Kai

While Kai gets angry about it and searches for replacement of his parents issue

She completely distracts herself from the issue till she breaks

She realises before Jay does that he has a crush on her

One day she breaks down over her parents and Lloyd is the one to comfort her

She made Lloyd her second older brother, which annoys Kai

Zane will sneak her into the kitchen and they will cook with each other

She helps makes upgrade for Zane and reassure him that even if he’s a nindroid she still see him as a person

Has a small awkward crush / relationship with Cole when they are said to be a great match. They break up rather quickly realising it wasn’t gonna work

Naddakah (genie dude) would want to adopt her instead of marrying her because he what he imagined his daughter would of looked like

And also that would be extremely gross if he wanted to marry a kid

She is so desperate for another girl on the team

Tries so hard for Skylor and Pixal to join the team, heart broken when they don’t

She still has girl night and sleepovers with them which makes her feel like a kid again

They would be teens when they meet harumi and she would be her bi awakening,

Looks up to harumi so much. Harumi would be the same age as Lloyd though.

[absolutelynotsanebaby]

Can you tell more about villains au!Nya? How she was turned back into human(?), the people that worship her?Also, did wind and water move on in this au?Is the elemental connection between Nya&Morro going to affect anything(maybe it's how he and Harumi get her to turn back)? Lastly, what is the dynamic between Wojira duo?

Sorry for taking so long to getting around to answering this 😩 some of this I hadn’t actually considered.

I’m not 100% sure on how Nya is turned back into (mostly) a human but I do know it involves Lloyd, mainly as an anchor point for her because a majority of the heavy lifting is on her side. Though it might involve some magic as well. You bring up an EXCELLENT point with the connection between wind and water though. I might integrate Morro being able to communicate with her more easily into the story because ooauagagh thats so juicy. Also, no wind and water did not move on in this AU. It still belongs to Nya and Morro, Nya I imagine is because it’s some last part of her clinging to what she was. Morro is simply a restless spirit, he never got the kind of closure that canon-morro got in DOTD, so he simply clung to his element, subconsciously waiting for some kind of chance and purpose.

The people that worship Nya do so out of an idea that it protects them. Their world is dangerous and unpredictable. It is rarely safe anywhere to exist. While Nya, as her water-serpent self, was not benevolent, she wasn’t as directly malicious either. She was like the sea, nature! So some people, to escape the destruction and threats on land (physical, social, or political), fled to the sea and learned to live on it. And in ways that didn’t aggravate the sleeping giant in their waves. Over the course these refugees formed a culture and way of life, a kind of religion almost, very deeply connected to her and her image. The pendant you see in her design is actually something gifted to her from them after she was returned to humanity!

It is rather important to understand she’s still not entirely human either, though. She can still be that serpent, but now she has a choice and ability to de-transform from it. It makes for some fighting though, since she retains the ability to shift her body parts into water lol.

Wojira duo’s relationship is kind of a mutual respect type dynamic? I don’t imagine they get super close, as Nya’s still reeling from everything coming back and her own newly return humanity, but she respects Morro and considers his hand in helping her and the others something to be paid back one day. On Morro’s side, I think he respects just how intimidating she can be lol, and her strength. Also that she’s just not as plain annoying as some of the others. There’s a lot of comfortable silence with them.

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DRS3 Initial Thoughts

I wrote most of these as I was watching DRS3 for the first time/immediately after — some of them are praise, others complaints, others just observations of things that surprised/interested me. Opinions are very much subject to change upon rewatch/thinking about the season for longer. Will probably write some longer posts on subjects I have stuff to say about.

Episode 1 • Zane calls PIXAL smartest and most attractive member of the team and then Frak says that’s Sora??? • Dorama prismatic blade connection • Gonna be honest, easily the worst season premiere

Episode 2 • ONI????? • I love Powerlid • Second episode was fun, but what happened to the Forbidden Five? Also these episodes are happening one after another with no defining theme (like S2P2)

Episode 3 • Ras’s world was destroyed? Also is he actually gonna die? • He had one of the prismatic blades???? • How has Wyldfyre been in the monastery and not learned about video games • MORRO!!!! also why does he look like this • The gaming stuff is so much filler omg please can we get the plot moving • Okay the Arin and Morro stuff was cool although I don’t think he ever mentioned his name

Thoughts on the first 3 episodes • Are they setting up Frak and Sora to be together? Not a fan but we’ll see • Searching for Arin and for Jay has been filler. Particularly the Jay part because literally nothing has happened for our characters, at least the Arin stuff gave us a new Sora-Frak dynamic. • Also - the main story stuff that should be happening isn’t. Isn’t the Ras vs Lloyd thing about their different teaching styles and worldviews? What is Lloyd teaching? Ras is just repeating platitudes and saying “don’t think about the Ninja be more violent” which is a barely articulate worldview. Also if he hates the Ninja for not “saving his world” I will throw something. This is so overdone — at least Harumi did it well • Arin and Ras is interesting and the stuff with Morro was cool, but mainly just fan service. Good lore on the Departed Realm. So what has happened to Wu? • The Forbidden Five barely have a presence in these episodes. Compared to Imperium or the Wolf Masks in S1P1 or S2P1, they barely exist. This feels more like a Part 2 to S2P2 • I’m really not sure what they’re setting up for our major characters beyond Arin • The dialogue problem may have gotten worse. So much repetition and saying things that could easily be shown • Overall, easily the second worst group of 3 first episodes (S1P2 still takes that, but at least that was funny and was doing stuff with our characters).

Episode 4 • Home reference?? • Also this intro is great • First realm or Wyldness monastery? • Also they removed Cole from the plot so we still don’t know where he went • PIXAL IS BACK • Also what’s with everyone having prismatic blades • Frak isn’t mentioned by Zane as a new ninja, interesting • Where’s the new music for this season? Also the Nokt appearance is great. Glad stuff is happening now • Zane death counter +1 • Is that part of the crab? • Easily the best episode so far

Episode 5 • Some of the lighting this season has been strange • The shattered sword?? • Kur was the female sounding voice • Ras jet lol has mariachi music • Rapton uses a hair piece?? • Roby-Wyldfyre bf gf confirmed • Kur is female???????? but doc wyatt said—eh whatever this is great • King Urd Leatherwing mention?? Rontu? • Lloyd is stunting on this guy • PIXAL is also stunting on him lol • Sora is also roasting him isn’t he supposed to be one of the most dangerous beings to ever exist • The shattered sword was prismatic? • THEY’RE DEAD!?!? did not think the show would go there • I totally called Ras reversing the merge as a way to bring Arin back his parents btw

Episode 6 • Zeatrix? or Beatrix? Okay if she’s after Ras it has to be Zeatrix • DARETH? • He’s not obligated to grant a wish? That’s explicitly not true in Skybound but whatever • Can’t Djinn teleport? Oh he just did lol • Rox is super scared of the Ninja lol • I KNEW HIS HAMMER WAS A DRAGON ICON. also I think this confirms that his master is the Strength SD — even if he wouldn’t say that to Arin • Is there no cap on the number of wishes you can do?

Thoughts on episodes 4-6 • Definitely better than the first 3 now that things are happening. Still lacking the character stories that should be happening (outside of Arin). • Glad to see PIXAL again • Arin’s parents being dead is actually crazy for this show. Like it makes sense sure but I didn’t think Ninjago would go there • Zarkt is a joke. none of the forbidden five have been that intimidating • Sora mentioned something being up with Lloyd’s spinjitzu back in episode 1. Something similar happened with Zane (can he do Spinjitzu with his new body now?) Is this a plot point? What’s going on here • Liked seeing Arrakore again, although three rules from Skybound (Djinns have to grant wishes they hear, you can’t wish to harm others, and Djinns can only grant 3 wishes to people) are totally broken (unless turning someone’s bones to rubber or whatever Nya wished for isn’t harmful). • 3 episodes have been actually themed — the Morro episode, the Pixane episode, episode 5-ish (Arin’s parents are dead), and the Djinjago episode

Episode 7 • Thunderfang sounds different • Also Drix has been completely absent • “I got swole for buffness” • Ras maybe don’t speak so loudly about hunting dragons while you ride one • PIXAL and Zane are so cute • Beheading the FSM is nuts • Bringing back the Spirit of the Temple only to torture him is wild • Let’s see where they go with this

Episode 8 • KID SORA flashback • Ok this season loves playing old clips • Screwdriver thief • Is the Ninjago central bank still running? need to address inflation • KID ARIN • Grappling hook origin • Thanks Zane • Arin attacks Frak!?? • Jay took Ras?! • Child trafficking????? also evil cat • “Is this guy bugs?” • That ending — so much left to resolve

Episode 9 • Saying “I have to believe he had a good reason” to someone who lost their parents because of that person’s actions is nuts. Lloyd is prob right but NOT the right thing to say • Zane how’d you know Drix’s names • So Kur outright killed those randos in the van then • Goathickey • Very solid convo between Arin and Sora • Yeah Lloyd will never carry Source Dragon energy again. definitely • Oh the spinjitzu thing is tied to the first realm. they were there before and it didn’t happen but ok maybe it’s a post merge thing • Nokt vs Ras?! ok nvm Ras just lost offscreen • Classic betrayal. never saw this coming. Did he take their powers or eat their souls?

Episode 10 • Goatfyre • I was about to write “is Cole gonna come back” but then he made an appearance yay • It might be the end of the world but Jay needs his paycheck • Lloyd I’d stay away from this guy • Frak you need a new uniform • This is the first time PIXAL has spoken in several episodes • HE REAPED LLOYDS SOUL • WHAT • LLOYD • WHAT • Ras you’d better call your master or smth • Uh if those souls move on what happens to Lloyd • Nvm they weren’t gonna kill a main character what was I thinking • Kinda assumed Thunderfang or the Five would stay around so idk what happens in Part 2 • SORA • Still the same Jay • Ras made a fake grave? • GHOST THUNDERFANG • HE ATE MORRO

Thoughts on the final four episodes/season as a whole • They really pulled it together in the end. • Interested to see where they go with Arin and Sora with Ras. Arin’s parents being alive massively undercuts the emotional weight of much of the season and Arin working with Ras though. Kinda expected it but it’s disappointing and genuinely drags the rest of the season down • Very little was done with PIXAL. The cast is too large, and that’s even with Cole being absent the whole time. Granted the Pixane stuff we got was very good • Zane was characterized very well • Very little was done to further any character not named Arin, outside of some individual scenes. Everyone is characterized well it’s just that nothing really happens until some big character scenes (which are done very well, Arin and Sora are great together. Episode 8 in particular but really all of 8-10) • If they resolve everything with Arin and Lloyd by Jay revealing that Arin’s parents are alive, that would be really disappointing. Let him go off on his own! • Was the problem with Lloyd’s teachings that Arin was just a bad student? Ras taught Arin a bit but not that much, and Arin says this in E9 (Sora rejects this tho). So how does this plotline resolve in a satisfying way? • Sora and Arin reuniting makes sense. Maybe it was a little too easy but honestly the Sora lie is def the kind of thing you get mad about but after a bit of thinking you realize it was overblown • Arin learned Ras’s techniques were wrong and used his friendship to do object spinjitzu, but his spinjitzu still had fhe red marks of shatterspin/Ras’s teachings • Forbidden Five more like—eh they’re such losers they don’t even deserve a demeaning nickname • What happened to Jordana • Why did Wu cause the Merge • Who is Ras’s master • What happened to Ras’s world • Where did Cole go back in S1 • Frak called Sora attractive in S3E1. nothing is done with this. what is happening. also they were beefing hard for much of the early season and then just stop later on. Frak apologies to Sora in E2 but they continued bickering after that so what happened there. you might think that this is a standard love trope but literally nothing happens to progress their dynamic. It’s all good character writing I just wish I knew if it was going somewhere. also doubt Sora is into Frak but you never know? could be cute but I’m withholding judgement. • Why was there so little new music? • Zane isn’t gonna be big forever right?

Overall, this was a decent entry, but nothing too special.

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My sixteenth fic for @badthingshappenbingo!

Fandom: Ninjago

Trope: Kick Them While They Are Down

Also available on AO3!

Raging Winds

Lloyd lay on the dirty floor of Ronin’s store, panting heavily.

He didn’t regret what he did earlier that same day; if Morro had got hold of the Sword of Sanctuary Ninjago would have been toast. And it would have been entirely his fault. How could he have been so stupid that he let himself get possessed? He’d dealt with the Overlord before. Sure, it was with the help of the other ninja, but he was ultimately the one who destroyed the form of pure evil. Or maybe it was pathetic, because he came back a little over a year later and if Zane wasn’t a nindroid the ninja would have been mourning his loss forever. 

You’re useless, Lloyd told himself. Can’t stop a stupid ghost that could have easily been defeated by water.

But right now he was experiencing the consequences of helping Kai. So far, all Morro had done to him was un-possess (is that a new word?) him, and throw his body on the floor. The ghost’s friends were watching, laughing and mocking the Green Ninja struggling to breathe on the floor.

Stop panicking, Lloyd, you stupid little boy.

“I’ve been wanting to see how… solid I can get for a while,” Morro said, more to the other ghosts than Lloyd. “But I couldn’t test it with actual opponents like the other ninja. Couldn’t risk myself ‘dying’ again.” He smirked as he slowly made his way to the boy curled up on the ground.

Lloyd was trying to keep his panic in check unsuccessfully. For the last week he had been starved, forced to drink alcohol, and given half a cup of water at best everyday. He knew he had lost a concerning amount of weight at this point, though it was the least important matter to him right now. 

He shut his eyes and tried to think of better times, when Morro kicked him in the stomach. He gasped loudly and clutched it, before rolling on it to avoid it getting hit again.

Morro was satisfied by Lloyd’s reaction, just like the other ghosts, who were cheering. And he wanted more. “So I can make myself solid enough to land a hit, huh? Let’s see what the extent can be.”

He stepped on Lloyd’s back and smiled when he heard the groan coming from him. He slowly increased the pressure until he decided that doing any more would kill him.

“I’d finish you right now, but unfortunately I might still need you to complete my mission. But at least now I know what I’ll do in celebration of the Preeminent’s return.”

It was then that Lloyd had had enough. He was sick of being treated like a puppet by Morro and being helpless about it. He was going to fight back.

He used most of whatever energy he had left to sit up, and held his fist out. Morro gasped at the sudden action and almost stumbled backwards. Lloyd only understood what was happening when he tried to land a punch, only for his entire arm to sag to the ground.

Oh. He was mocking him.

And his theory was proven correctly when Morro and all the ghosts burst into loud laughter. The master of wind grabbed Lloyd’s neck and choked him.

“Who do you think you are, huh?” The ghost asked rhetorically, watching the blind gasp for air in vain. “I’ve looked through all your memories. You didn’t deserve to be the Green Ninja. It was all nepotism from your grandfather.”

Asphyxiating Lloyd gave Morro a new idea, which he displayed with a grin. He let go of the weak boy, letting him fall to the floor. 

“I’m the master of wind. That means I can control where all the air in the room is going. Here’s something I never tried before.”

Lloyd suddenly noticed that he couldn’t breathe. It was like there was nothing to breathe at all. 

Oh. He took the air away from him.

Lloyd tried to move somewhere else to get the vital oxygen, but he was far too weak. He thrashed in his spot, and tried to scream. But no sound came out. He was in a vacuum. 

Morro circled around his victim, watching him suffer. “Maybe you should have thought before giving the sword to your friend. I’m sure you want to stay alive to see him again.”

Lloyd tried fighting, tried breathing, but this was yet another battle he had lost. Within seconds, his eyes shut and he went limp.

Morro let go of the air, letting it move freely around the room again. Staring at Lloyd’s pale, bruised face still gave him bursts of anger, though. He used to be Wu’s favourite student– and his favourite child. Now this pathetic piece of shit had stolen not only that position, but his dream role– the Green Ninja.

It made him see red– and even after everything he’d done to the kid today he’d decided he hadn’t suffered enough. So, he pounced on the slack body and started punching about every inch of his body, until his skin turned purple. His friends had stopped laughing too, now merely spectating there silently in shock. 

But Morro wasn’t done. He got up and dragged Lloyd’s body with him by the hair, and threw him across the floor, like he was an angry toddler playing with his rag doll. The kid’s body hit a shelf and some random items nobody cared about fell on him. 

Morro walked over to Lloyd again and pressed a couple fingers against his neck. There was still a pulse.

He kicked his chest, probably hard enough to break a rib by then, and just slumped over the shelf in exhaustion. That’s how long it took him to realise that his breathing was erratic too, except his was in rage.

[hoshiumi78]

I’m gonna make a little happy “rant” here about Lloyd from Ninjago and just the cartoon in general.

I’ve always liked Lloyd. Ever since I was a kid, he was the one who I favorited over the others. Sure, Kai is awesome, Cole is super inspiring, Nya is an absolute baddie, Jay is funny, Zane is real cool, Pixal is an amazing robot girlfriend and samurai, Skylor is such a cool and strong female character to look up to, and etc. (Dareth, Nelson, Sensei Wu, Garmadon, Morro, Cyrus Borg…)

And yeah, a lot of people “like Lloyd” because he’s the “Green Ninja” or he’s “super cool”, but for me… that’s not it (I mean, a bit of it is, hehe. But not all of it). And as I become older in my teenage years, I’ve honestly been thinking about it a lot. I’ve been thinking about why I like this Lego character so much, and why this is the only “children’s” show I actually fan over where I can watch the show over and over throughout the years, write fanfics for hours on it, and spend my money on the sets and merch…

***Now I should probably say before I start, I’m not some crazy obsessive fan lmao. I just really like this character and show, and I want to shine some light on Lloyd (differently than he already receives, of course lol).***

Lloyd has been through a lot, yet he still came out as stable as he is (at least as much as the cartoon shows to the audience). One thing about Ninjago I like is how they make the characters realistic. I didn’t particularly realize this until I got older and I re-watched it, but all Ninja have a unique story before, during, or after they became Ninja. Though one thing that differs Lloyd from the rest is how young he was when he clearly knew his situation with his father, mother, “Ninja-acknowledgement”, family, etc. And I know what a lot of people are going to say, “But what about Kai and Nya? Cole? Possibly Skylor?” And I know, I agree. Unfortunately, all the ninja had to grow up with something traumatic in their childhood (the only one who didn’t was Jay; though later he had to find out he was adopted, which stinks finding out the way he did. I’m just glad Ed & Edna were as amazing as they were <3). The one thing that all the rest of the ninja have besides Lloyd within these situations, is they all still had *someone*. Kai had Nya, Nya had Kai. Cole still had his father, even under the circumstances. Skylor still had her father and etc with the rest. Lloyd had *no one* as a kid, and it makes me want to give his little baby-self in seasons 1-2 a massive hug.

I remember when I watched seasons 1-7 (especially 1-2) as a middle schooler, I thought little and early-teen Lloyd was so annoying (still do). But now, years later, it makes me really sad to think about his story. He’s the only ninja who had received *no* love from his parents or anyone around him until he met the ninja, and even then he later had to learn what *that* meant and how to have self-love… which he still has trouble doing a lot of the time throughout all the seasons. It makes me want to give him an even bigger hug!

And one thing about Lloyd I truly admire, is even through all of this crap, he *still* cares about his mother and forgives her so easily! The way his mother abandoned him as a child I completely disagree with, and how she just left him saying she was doing it for “him” (even though it *really* was for herself), and yet he STILL treats her kindly and respectfully, which is amazing of him. Now I’m not saying you shouldn’t forgive, it’s just how he accepted it like a champ is something that is completely admirable. Especially with how young he really was…. You have to remember Lloyd was only around 10-ish years old around seasons 1-2, yet he was able to accept his mother with opened arms. And sure, he probably was only doing this because he was attention-starved (explains why he wanted to become like his father as a kid), emotionally-starved, and starved for love, yet still as he got older and probably realized this more and more about his mother and their relationship, he still has *always* treated her with respect and kindness. And sure, people within this fandom get mad at how bitty Lloyd acted, yet we also have to remember how he was raised, which really wasn’t being “raised” at all.

Then we go into Garmadon and Lloyd’s relationship, which is a whole other can of worms. Yet unlike Misako, Lloyd’s mother, as a fan I 100% respect Garmadon as a parental figure than I ever will for her. Sure, he’s the biggest and baddest villain throughout the series. And sure, he too abandoned his son; yet unlike Lloyd’s mother, Garmadon made *up* for that time lost, and personally, I give him my upmost respect for that. He gave his son what he was lacking in receiving from his parents, and actually *cared* enough to do that for Lloyd. He showed his son what if felt like to actually be loved by your parent (in his own ways of course), he gave his son attention, and he showed what it was like to have an emotional connection with your child. GARMADON ACTUALLY SOMEWHAT HAD A REASON TO ACT THE WAY HE DID, HE WAS BITTEN BY A SNAKE THAT MESSED HIM UP FOR LIFE, YET UNLIKE MISAKO HE *STILL* TREATED LLOYD MORE AMAZING THAN SHE EVER COULD. Yet instead, throughout the 5 most healthy seasons of Garmadon and Lloyd’s relationship, especially seasons (3-5), SHE DIDN’T EVEN PUT IN THE EFFORT TO MAKE THIS A FAMILY RELATIONSHIP! Instead, she was hanging with Wu, Lloyd’s uncle. And I know for a fact we *all* know something’s going on there, which as a kid I even noticed, and I absolutely hated even then!!! Misako would pop in like everything was fine and dandy every-so-often, and yet Lloyd STILL treated her amazingly!!! That’s why Lloyd is my favorite! No matter what anyone does to him, says to him, or how he is treated, he still cares for them! He still wants them to have a happy ending, and he hasn’t even had his yet. It makes me really happy that he had the opportunity to meet the ninja, because without them as the loving family they are, I don’t think he would *at all* be the same kind-hearted character he is. The real loving people in his life are the team, and even though this is all fake and just a “silly” cartoon as some would call it, I’m GLAD he was given such a loving atmosphere.

Then we go into Seasons 8-16. Lloyd grew up, finally caught up mentally to his body (which I found terrible that he had to go thru that, yet he STILL acted like a champ when there were no expectations to!!!) and this is where I like his character even more. Still, even through all the darkness and pain he had to go through growing up (it gets worse as he gets closer to adult-hood), he still acts amazing! His father now isn’t his real father anymore, his mother is completely gone into oblivion (gone like she always has been, pfft), and he falls in love with someone who manipulates him because she herself is broken! (And yes, I probably should say now that I do ship Llorumi. Some of you may think I’m crazy, which I am lol, but I also have my reasons for supporting it, and I will most likely (someday) make a post like this explaining why I do, but right now we’re focusing on Lloyd. ;)) Yet Lloyd *still* forgives, accepts, and loves!!! After years of thinking about and watching this show, I’ve finally narrowed it down to those three attributes within him that I’ve seen consistently throughout the series. I believe we should all look up to Lloyd for this! Just being able to forgive and love the same people who had hurt and abused him, is truly a wonderful thing a person can achieve!

Plus, Lloyd is also funny, entertaining, and would be an amazing person if he were to be real. Sure, he has his own stuff he stores deep inside of himself, and he probably jokes as much as he does because he’s trying to make everything look okay, but ya know what? That is some amazing writing right there! Being able to make a LEGO “CHILDREN’S” show entertaining for kids to watch, but it also is able to make the older audiences feel recognized and noticed in attributes and personalities within some Lego Ninja? That’s some crazy awesome writing! It truly shows how if the right minds are put together, a show for “kids” can turn out to be fun and *emotional* for us older audiences to watch because we see these characters within ourselves.

So there it is, my rant as to why I do really love Lloyd as a character and not just some “Lego Ninja.” There’s some others, I mean his personality in-show and mine irl match up pretty well, so there’s that lol. I also like how he sits and listens to your problems and gives advice. He honestly is ✨the man✨ But there’s also multiple other things I didn’t even get around to mentioning in here that I like about his character too! There’s so much to unpack it feels within these characters. It’s almost as if this show *isn’t* for kids anymore, and it’s growing along with the viewers, yet still pertains to the “children” mindset.

Anyways, I’ve already spent two hours of my life writing this, so I’ll stop haha. But if you made it this far, feel free to comment and tell me your thoughts. I’d love to know. :)

P.S. HoW iS LlOyD, a PlAsTiC LiTtLe LeGo So GoOd LoOkInG <3333

[dontlookforme00]

NEW MORRO AU TIME!!

Info and images beneath the cut! Pls click for quality.

Ok, this is a song au, based off of these three songs: The Heart Acoustic, The Mind Electric, and The Soul Eclectic, all by Chonny Jash. If you don't already know them, please go listen to them in that order!

I've gotten really obsessed with them lately (thanks worm anon lmao) and I do what I do with all media I like, which is make it about Morro.

In this au, Morro developed some very specific mental disorder that split his personalities (possibly D.I.D?) that called themselves the Heart and Mind, and him the Soul. This is how I'll refer to them all from now on.

First up is the Heart.

He's basically a collection of Morro's childhood traumas, and is in constant agony because of how intense his emotions are. Heart can be very childlike.

He feels everything. He switches between being painfully empathetic, and having barely enough energy to empathise. He's kinda very depressed.

He hates the Mind because of how inhumane he is. He is very stubborn in this hatred.

Heart can be pretty useless, but it's not exactly his fault because yk, emotional agony. However, he shouldn't be underestimated. As the memory-holder of the system, he has the worst memories out of the three, and this trauma can cause violent outbursts. He can absolutely be dangerous.

He can also be reasonable, it's just that mind sends him over the edge so often.

I designed him around the outfit the ninja find on his skeleton in canon, and his green ninja outfit. Have fun w those connotations

Next up is the Mind.

This is supposed to be an embodiment of Wu's teachings, and how they affected him.

This is why he looks more adult, more grown than the others, and also had the braid (but longer) that Wu has in canon.

Because Mind is basically like Wu, and Heart is an embodiment of Morros traumas, you can imagine how very much they hate eachother.

In the song, Mind is a machine. In this au, he's not, but he's very robotic and very strict. Heart calls him a machine as an insult. Mind is kinda more of a "fighting machine", yk?

He's incredibly unemotional. Lacks empathy, only knows how to negotiate. He thinks very lowly of Heart for being so controlled by his emotions, because it means that Mind can't make the system to be the perfectly efficient machine he wants it to be.

He is very stubborn in this trying to convince Heart to suck it up and be just as robotic as he is.

Finally, the Soul.

This is basically just canon Morro.

Canon Morro except as he's carefully navigating his way through the Cursed Realm, he is in perpetual conflict because he can hear these two sides fighting day and night in his head, and he can't get them to shut up.

He is the host, and definitely has the most power over the system. He is also in control of the body most of the time, Heart and Mind-- when they're not endlessly fighting-- are trying to negotiate with Soul.

This is not a good thing for Soul lmao. Now he has to deal with bickering, and the occasional stubborn persuasion.

They both try so hard to convince him to get rid of the other, convince him that they're right, convince him to do anything, to help them both stuck forever in this hell with the person they hate most.

Mind tries to appeal to his desires, (quotes from the songs): "He's [Heart] a depressed fool. Abandon him and we could live so free."

Heart tries to appeal to his humanity; "He's [Mind] a damn madman. Is that the one you truly want to be?"

Ultimately, they have no real power over Soul, but Soul has all the power over them. So they whine and yell and try to convince him, but Soul isn't having any of it. He's developed a lack of empathy, because it is constantly being used against him.

So, he's very reckless and easily agitated, he's very quickly starting to go insane, and often lashes out in manic-like episodes. Sometimes at others, sometimes at Heart and Mind.

He keeps trying to shrug off these voices and they keep coming back. Every now and then, the voices stop, and he has a moment of clarity, and he breaks down, so scared and confused of what's happening, begging the outside world for help.

If he gets revived [idk yet] this will all persist into his life.

Keep in mind I'm just deriving all these personalities from the songs, so seriously, if you haven't, then go listen to them!! They're great songs!!

They'll provide great context and you'll probably understand what I'm saying even better.

Okkkk, I'll reblog this with some other pictures I've drawn of it, (other quotes from the songs lmaoo) so if you've read this far then omg tysm!!! :DDD

[otachiriot]

Non-Human Ninjago headcannons:

Where I tell you how I don't headcannon any of them as human and here is why.

Lloyd deserves to have dragon/oni features, so he definitely has claws, horns, tail, and dragon-like eyes. He also subconsciously shapeshifts his eyes to be green [they are red] and he cries fire. The oni features are more dominant.

Kai and Nya don't really have any non-human headcannons. But I like to think they are pure elements in human form now, especially after Kai in the volcano, and Nya merging with the sea. They can turn into their element, travel through them, and when pissed off shift into elemental forms.

Cole is part oni. He shouldn't have survived March of the Oni, that is all. His superstrength is some mutation of destruction with his element. I also think Cole has really tough oni skin that makes him pretty hard to beat up.

Zane is a liteterally robot, but I'll give you some headcannons about it. If he didn't have the ice element he would overheat and break down in hours. He takes 3-4 hours to recharge, and weekly maintenance is mandatory. Zane has too many fine parts and bits that can break easily otherwise.

JAY HOWEVER is still part fangpyre. He deserves to have fangs and weird little snake eyes and a lisp. This means Jay has poor vision but can navigate through smell just like I headcannon serpentine to. SENSITIVE hearing.

Here me out. Morro is part dragon, makes the destiny and ghost duos even MORE chaotic. It is also why I think they are very in tune with their element, and why Morro can understand and communicate with it. Anyways, dragon eyes, claws, and tail.

Also I can't be convinced that Wu doesn't shapeshift to look more human. I know he has a dragon/oni form under there he's just a crazy old [and kind of racist] fart. He does have whiskers under that beard though. Secretly also cries fire.

Anyways, Garmadon deserves dragon features. Just a little. He has whiskers, scales and a tail.

I include these headcannons in all the fics I write btw,, anyway thanks for reading :]

[zer0atdawn]

Okay here's a random thought/idea that I just got.

Do you guys think that Morro would enjoy watching Intelligent George?

No. Morro's smart and he would probably think that that guy is full of bullshit. That's what I thought at first, but on the other hand...

Morro, regardless of how smart he is, his knowledge of the world is either outdated and/or he just doesn't know that much about it.

Like he's old in terms of years of existence in general, but he's young in terms of well age. Plus we also have to add the fact he was inside the Cursed Realm for quite some time, and well he was kinda locked inside different Realms and I doubt that he got newspapers to read about what was going on around the world. And once again, I kinda doubt that he would have like things or people to teach him what something is or how it works y'know.

In short, he just lacks certain pieces of information.

So imagine now that Arin, shows Morro an episode of Intelligent George and Morro is just in awe.

First of all, a digital screen. He can see and hear the person, all his gestures, the things he brings up. That is the first interesting thing.

Then he talks about all sorts of news, conspiracy theories, and just things.

That's the second thing Morro is awed by. The fact that there are these 'videos' as he found out, where he can watch and learn about everything really.

(Also from what it seems from the actual show Intelligent George just talks about everything in general and/or multiple things in one episode. That makes Morro also wonder how so many different things could be discussed in one episode).

Morro is for lack of a better term inspired by Intelligent George and he doesn't question anything. He just takes in the information with wonder and curiosity.

And when someone like Sora sees this, then hears something completely outrageous, she questions/corrects something that can be easily disproved and Morro just stares at them shocked.

Like how can someone lie/be wrong whilst talking about these very important topics?!

Morro would probably start explaining this to the person and try to defend Intelligent George, all whilst giving out the most ridiculous and crazy 'facts' that he learned from him as examples of just how intelligent, Intelligent George is.

That's when the person facepalms and realises that Morro still has alot to learn about technology, fake news and other things in between.

[alterrune]

Previously, on Ninjago...

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AtO: The Spinjitsu Whip - EPISODE 4, PART 2: MASTERING AIRJITSU

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(After an incredibly long and incredibly painful journey, Kyle is finally in sight.)

It won't be that easy!

(...or at least, he was. Morrow seems to have put up a Hall of Mirrors-esque maze, where every single reflection shows Kyle's cage.)

Kyle! This is the real you, right?

Yeah, don't worry, Vi. It's the real me he's projecting onto those mirrors. Just keep trying until you find the right one.

Wait. Can you prove it?

(Kyle pulls out Storyteller, and writes out "This proof enough for ya?" in the cosmic navy blue ink.)

Yeah, it is. A fake wouldn't have Storyteller.

(We all begin to break the mirrors one by one, but a lightbulb goes off in my head.)

Wait, guys! We have something we can use to speed up the process! Our weapons!

Oh yeah. Forgot we had these!

Let's break some stuff!

(We all use our Golden Weapons to break every single mirror. After we do, we finally find Kyle, all caged up. However, Morro tries to raise the cage up. But we all hurry and cling onto the bottom of the cage before he can lift it. We're not giving up that easily, pal.)

Wait...HOW ARE YOU FOUR STILL HERE?!

It's simple.

(The bottom of the cage breaks off, freeing Kyle. We seem to fall down into the pit...)

Guess they forgot about the drop! HAHA!

We're incredibly stubborn, that's how.

HUH?!

(...before Airjitsuing behind him, now with Kyle water-propelled into the air alongside us.)

NINJAAAA-GO!!!

(With that, we hit Morro with a 5-person Airjitsu attack, flinging him out of the building.)

(Also, I believe this narrator role belongs to you, Kyle?)

[NARRATOR ROLE GIVEN BACK TO KYLE GIBBONS]

(Why yes it does. Thank you, Vi.)

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(The 5 of us quickly head back to the Destiny's Bounty. Luckily, it's not broken from the ghosts. However...)

Lloyd is gone!

The ghosts took him to New Ninjago City!

We gotta get him back! You all know what happened last time!

I personally wish I did not remember that...

Oh, right. Sorry, Zane.

Guys. We can't do anything right now.

Nya is right. We cannot save Lloyd at the moment. Do not be mistaken, I would like to save Lloyd just as much as the rest of you would. But we need to take care of the others first.

Laurence? Lily? Would you care to tell them the plan we've made?

(Laurence and Lily show a holographic projection of the Ninjago area, with spots marked on it.)

Here's the plan. We need to take care of the other factions quickly. And it turns out some of them are working together. As such, the plan is simple.

First, we take care of Nadakhan and Kozu. If we don't take care of them now, they'll probably come back to bite us since they have a ship too.

Next, we take care of Pythor and Chen. Intel shows they're working to make artificial Anacondrai warriors. Basically a semi-revival of Pythor's original tribe. We take those two out, we won't have to deal with anymore hallucination venom.

Next is General Cryptor. He'll be holed up in the same building as Lord Garmadon and Overlord, so we should be able to take him out on the way.

And then, finally, we take out Lord Garmadon and Overlord themselves. We'll hit them with everything we've got for that one.

Did everyone get all that?

(We all nod our heads "yes".)

Good. Me, Laurence and Nya will track for any portals from Djinnjago (the parallel Ninjago Nadakhan is from). Wherever it opens, Nadakhan and Kozu will most likely be.

Get some rest for now, guys. We'll take it from here.

Yeah...I think we all need a rest. If anyone else is exhausted after all that, please raise your hand...er, claw, I guess.

(Everyone else in the CSB raises their hands in agreement. Y'know, I almost forgot this was LEGO for a moment there...)

Good. To the living quarters we go.

(We all trudge off to the Destiny's Bounty living quarters, completely exhausted, but also glad that we don't have to deal with any more ghosts.)

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END OF EPISODE 4, PART 2

KYLE IS BACK TO REGULAR ASKING STATUS

TO BE CONTINUED...

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[captainbrookeworm]

'Find the Word' Tag Game

I have been summoned by @galaxythedragonshifter

I have never done one of these but from what I can gather, I have to find the words "fake", "swerve", "fight", and "life" in my writing. Luckily, I found all of my words in fics I've posted so you can read those to get the context (shameless self promo lmao)

Tagging:

I'm like 70% sure I'm not mutuals with any authors so I'm just picking ones I've read from and know are on Tumblr:

@webtrinsic1122 @littlemisslol-fic @fabro-de-omres @izaswritings

Dunno how you're meant to pick words so I used a random word generator lol. Your words are: Twist, Blink, Stir, and Guide No pressure tho! Good luck!

Fake: From "and they were roommates" (Danny Phantom)

TRAITOR: BRO THAT WASN’T A SECRET

Danny: IT WASNT??????

TRAITOR: YEAH??? My dad already knows and its not like my social life can get any deader

TRAITOR 2 ELECTRIC BOOGALOO: heh 

TRAITOR 2 ELECTRIC BOOGALOO: ghost pun

Sam: Tucker I will break your pda in half

TRAITOR 2 ELECTRIC BOOGALOO: NOOOOOOOOO

TRAITOR: Also all the ghosts seem to figure it out too damn quick so keeping it quiet won’t keep them from attacking the people I care about. I’m outta reasons to not tell.

TRAITOR: But I can fake it if you want. 

TRAITOR: Oh no Wes! You have uncovered me! How will I ever cope????

Swerve: From: "Land of the Living" (Ninjago)

Morro laughed wildly. “It worked!” 

Lloyd quickly tied the wires together, ignoring the burn of his fingertips from the voltage. As he shimmied back into his seat, he said primly, “I can’t believe you doubted me.” After seeing the look on Morro’s face, he quickly put on his seatbelt. 

Morro rolled his eyes, clicked his own seatbelt on, and put the car into drive. “I didn’t doubt you, I just didn’t expect that to work.” He swerved, using the truck to punt three nindroids into the wall.

“That’s doubting me. You’re literally describing the act of doubting me.” 

“You’re being needlessly pedantic.”

“Ooh busting out the big words there.”

Fight: From "Hugo Finds Out Varian Is Scary" (Tangled: the Series + Varian and the Seven Kingdoms)

Varian swung his staff with the grace of a drunk man, but he achieved his goal of konking the bandit in front of him across the head and sending him sprawling to the ground. Hugo didn’t watch Varian chuck one of his sticky grenades at him to keep him well and truly out of the fight, though he did hear the sound of it activating behind him. Instead, he turned his attention to the two bandits in front of him - one tall one with a thick beard, and one shorter one with a gold tooth.

“C’mon now, boys, this can’t be worth the effort,” he said, grinning easily at them. 

He ducked a swipe from a sword. That answered that, he supposed.

Life: From "Shores of Restless Souls" (Ninjago)

“If you wanted me to return to a life of crime,” Morro commented idly, “you could’ve just asked.”

Jay whipped his head around, sputtering. “Wha- I- no!” he hissed.

Morro blinked, projecting an innocence Jay didn’t believe for a second. “No? I mean, what am I to think when you’ve dragged me to possibly the most crime-y place possible?” He blinked at him with wide eyes. “Are you using me to pay off a debt to the mob?” 

“No!” he almost shrieked. A few thugs glanced over at him, so he lowered his voice more when he said, “I don’t make a habit of getting into debts, and even if I did, I wouldn’t sell you!” 

Morro snorted. “Relax, Motormouth, I’m messing with you. Your face is turning three very distinct shades of red, so please take a deep breath before you pass out and I have to carry you back home.” 

[piereoglyphics]

Hi! I'm Piere, or Glyph !!

I also have a few other nicknames, and I'm open to more. I go by He/It/Xe. The main fandom here I post is Ninjago(And CCCC/Chonny Jash now), but I also post OC content/lore !!! My favorite characters are Clancee, Morro, Kai, and Lloyd! I'm a transmasc artist :] My birthday is on july 17th !!!

Sometimes i'm in character. Which means I sort of act like my sona. Old trauma scientist catboy.

This is my main, but I do have an ask account for my OC ; @cormasterofcolor who has been and probably will be my favorite child of ocs!! And an account for my in-the-works ninjago fanseries which is OC centric ; @legoninjagowildside . I don't have a consistent upload schedule, nor will I, but Its a personal project i've had in the works for around a year, with animatics already in progress. One season currently being written, and the other in the works.

I definetly have more ninjago ocs than you. Ask me. I do. 😁

I have ADHD, Anxiety, and RSD. Please be patient with me, as I can easily get panicked. I also may seem dry or unenthusiastic in conversation sometimes, apologies. I adopt other peoples typing quirks!!

I ANIMATE! HERE is my channel! HERE is my toyhouse, where I update my OC refs sometimes. I don't have nearly enough refrence sheets for all my ocs, so don't think thats all of them. Please ask me about them 💥💥

I use a couple tags to sort out my stuff !

#glyphs drawings - My art, whether it be doodles or not.

#glyphs animations - yeah. animations ive done :]

#glyphs headcanons - Just general headcanons ive made

#glyph screams - random stuff. me screaming into the void

#glyphs silly asks - just stuff people ask me. probably has some art on there too.

#glyphs silly writing - yknow, fic stuff. probably news about stuff I write

Other OC refs if you dont want to look through my toyhouse;

[clutzicone-dts]

Ninjago season 2, episode 9- The Last Voyage

Well it’s not the last voyage that the ninja go on, there’s at least two more after this season.

Hm. The lack of stone army is worrying, as is the lack of empty ocean. Also how far can that Falcon fly? I get that it’s a robot but also it’s called the “endless ocean”

Misako how come you didn’t mention this until now????? It would have been nice to know this sooner, even if it wouldn’t have helped until we got to the temple of light

Also why are we saying they no longer have their elemental powers when we literally saw Kai use them at the beginning of the season (if they were weak)

Crazy that the temple of light is on the dark island, I wonder if there’s a darker counterpart on ninjago?

Awww ed and Edna! Awwww Cole’s dad I forgot the name of! And cole’s three other parents because I’m making his dad poly, the royal blacksmiths are all poly now. Awwwww dareth!

“So I command the wind, cool.” HE KNOWS.

Also Zane’s father foreshadowing

Also i love that Zane got an adoring crowd of fangirls long before Kai did, also comic book man!!!!

Do we ever see comic book man after season 2????

Dareth you could do me no wrong, literally, I could very easily take him in a fight

Hmmm. Zane’s falcon not returning is worrying

Oh my god they’re family I love them!!!!!

Oh okay the falcon’s okay that’s good

Oh hey it’s the falcon them

OH SHIT THE FALCON’S DEAD

HOW DID THEY NOT NOTICE GISNT STORM APPROACHING?????

IS THAT DARK MATTER FROM KIRBY????? OH MY GOD ITS DARK MAYYER FROM KIRBY!!! DOES THAT MAKE THE OVERLORD ZERO???? IS THE DIGITAL OVERLORD 02????

WHY DO THE STARTTEETH LAUGH I HATE THIS

THIS WOUKD BE SO MUCH EASIER IF WE COULD FLY

OH IT BIT COLE IT BIT COLE

Oh okay so they’re resistent to spinjitzuIM SORRY THEY EAT THROUGH METAL?????

Oh okay fade to black and we’re fine alright I guess.

Zane. When you say you sense something. What are you talking about, OKAY ZANE HOW DO YOU KNOW THESE THINGS.

Jayyyy

DR. JULIENNE MY BELOVEDDD

“I think we’re safe.” Hm. Safe from what julienne? Safe from what…. I wonder I wonder

Wow julienne was really bored huh

Jay honey

Ah, it was samukai’s fault then, I guess that makes sense.

A…. Leviathan? Are there several leviathan class creature in the area? Am I sure whatever I’m doing is worth it??

A right the leviathan! THIS IS FINE.

Hmmm I vaguely remember having a headcanon that Lloyd was colorblind, im gonna keep that. He is now green-red colorblind :) Morro will later bully him about this, that is how he finds out he is colorblind

I love when characters will hum or have their ringtone as a background song or the intro

This episode is so wholesome I’m cryinggg

Oh. Oh I really hope no one uses the memory switch for nefarious activities. I REALLY REALLY HOEP THAT DOESNT HAPPEN BECAUSE I CANNOT FOR THE LIFE OF ME REMEMBER

ALSO THERE ARE SEVERAL LEVIATHAN CLASS CREATURES IN THE AREA ARE YOU SURE WHATEVER YOURE DOING IS WORTH IT

AH FUCK IT OPENED ITS EYES-ZANE DONT DIVE OFF THE SHIP PLEASEE

I’m surprised those chains didn’t get eaten by the starteeth before this

“Because no one deserves to be held captive, not even a monster.” *worries in ice emperor*

I. Do we ever see the leviathan again??

[emerald-cloud23]

❤️💎⛩️

For the ask game!

THANK YOUU FOR ASKING whoever you are, anon <3

❤ - Favorite ship?

Uhh, difficult. Canon confirmed couple would be Pixane, they're adorable. Canon hinting at them potentially being a thing would be Holly/Lloykita. I dunno, the green bean and the wolf girl just feel good for each other. Non canon ships? Lava because it brings me a sense of comfort and warmth & Sandstorm because the dynamic of Cole and Morro somehow ending up with each other is hilarious to think about. They could be stupid idiots that want each other dead and gone but then realize they weren't hating them but they loved them and now they can't get them back anymore-

💎 - Favorite Elemental Power?

Hhhhhhhhh... Man, honestly, I haven't thought about it. I think earth, wind and fire are neat. Wind would definitely be useful for me during the summer since I have thick hair and my neck always just sweats so easily so I'll probably be going with this one- simply because I already know how I'd use it to help me lol. Maybe Lloyd's but until we know more about what exactly his power is/can do (other than making a cute little sound whenever he uses it) I don't wanna go with his as favorite.

⛩ -Favorite location in the series?

... Quite literally the graveyard where the Fangpyre tomb is located in s1. I wanna know why it is like that. Who named that graveyard "Cemetery of Souls"? Who decided to put the tomb for a Serpentine tribe that's kind of similar to vampires in there?? Why's there green fog?! How did that tree grow to resemble a two-headed snake and was that before the Fangpyre tribe was sealed there or did it grow like that after that!! FOREST GRAVEYARD. NICE. Halloween vibes. I approve and I wANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THIS PLACE. Why is it in the Forest of Tranquility if it looks so haunted?

[nin-jay-go]

happy pride month its time to talk about the fruits

going in uhh height order lmao (this is also gonna be mostly alterline but its also my general hcs)

jay- bi, demiboy, he/they. jay figured out he was trans at a pretty early age, like around 5 or 6, and since his parents are both trans they eased him into being a boy pretty easily. somewhere around 10 he felt off about it, and currently his gender is "none gender with left boy," which is how a demiboy classmate of mine in high school felt about their gender lol. he's pretty open about being trans and bi, and is the local queer expert on the team due to how progressive his family is. if anyone has any crises, they go to him.

they're currently dating/married to cole, and in a qpr with morro. they call each other power buds and are total dorks.

lloyd- aroace, trans guy, he/him. lloyd is aroace due to trauma, but before that he was just kinda questionably into anyone. but after harumi, he wants absolutely nothing to do with romance and relationships. (this is from ✨personal experience✨). he also knew he was a boy VERY early on, and named himself lloyd to match lord garmadon. he's very adamant about being a guy and doesn't like other pronouns for him, including neutral theys.

he's not in a relationship with anyone and refuses any advancements.

kai- bi, transmasc, he/him. kai, when he first found out he was a guy, threw himself so hard at being a guy that he went full dudebro fdjkghdkjfhg. in the beginning he was very focused on being Masculine and A Guy, but over time learned that he doesn't really need to be Tough and Masculine. his current gender is a lot more feminine than it used to be, now that he's unlearned the toxic masculinity, and is fully confident in himself. he also doesn't particularly care what pronouns are used for him, just that he/him is the main one he uses. also, kai's type is people that can beat him up or that he can have a homoerotic rivalry with. biting is his love language.

he's currently dating pixal and zane because hotwire is a BANGER ship and i will die on this hill. there's also whatever he has going on with morro, which refuses to be labelled. destiny good.

morro- gay, agender, they/them. morro always questioned if they were a guy or not, but 40 years ago, gender terminology wasn't the best, so they reasoned that since they're not a girl, they're not trans. but jay helped them figure out that there's also a secret third option of not being either, and that's where they stuck with. they have no gender, but they're vibing. their presentation is overall very feminine (and goth) and they prefer to look pretty ambiguous in terms of expression. the more confused people are, the better. they also know they like guys and masc ppl and that's about where they leave it.

they're in a relationship with an oc of mine, but its kinda here and there. i think my brain cares more about what they have going on with kai. which, again, refuses to be labelled, but destiny good. they're also in a qpr with jay

cole- gay ace, nonbinary, he/him. cole was closeted for a very long time, mostly due to not knowing if his father would accept him. his dad didn't react the best when he did find out, but they mended things and lou's ok with it now. but because of this, cole only tends to come out if he really truly trusts someone, and no sooner. there was a lot of repression at first with being gay, then learning that he's ace, but he's learning to accept himself. he also learned a lot later that he may not be as much of a guy as he thought, but he doesn't know what to make of it, so he just slaps on an nb label and calls it a day.

he's currently dating/married to jay :)

nya- lesbian aspec, bigender, she/he. samurai x being called a guy and he/him so much kinda... awakened something in nya, and she learned that she's not that against he/him as she previously thought. after a while of talking to jay, she realized that she can be both a guy and a girl at the same time, and that's what felt most correct. she was also experiencing pretty bad comphet in the first two seasons, and only realized after the disastrous love test, where she realized that she doesn't actually like guys at all. the aspec thing is just a thing that came up later that she doesn't have a concrete label for yet, but she's figuring it out.

currently, she's not dating anyone, but she had a crush on skylor for a LONG while. (reason is that skylor is a few years older than her and i didn't want to deal with an age gap when they were still teens)

zane- pan, genderfluid, any. zane's gender is quite fluid, though it tends to stay in the masc/neutral regions more often than not. i think its sort of like. 45% male, 30% neutral, 15% feminine (5% of that being female), and 10% xeno or something related. his pronouns change depending on his gender, usually he or they, with occasional bouts with she or neos. he tells the ninja every morning what he's feeling like today, and everyone is ok with it :) as for his orientation, gender never mattered much to him, so he's fine with anyone.

he's currently dating kai and pixal and loves them both very much

pixal- bi, transfem, she/it. pixal is transfem in the sense that only a robot can be. she was just an ai, and when she eventually found out she was a woman, she told borg that she wanted a female body, who happily made her one. she also uses she/it the same way that siri or alexa does. she's also bi in the same way that zane is pan, where she doesn't necessarily have a gender preference, but she likes people. it took her a while to learn what are romantic feelings versus platonic feelings, but she figured it out eventually :)

she's dating zane and kai and would kill for both of them

WOOOOOO TIME FOR MY PATENTED "PLACING A BUNCH OF CHARACTERS ON ONE GIANT DOCUMENT" TECHNIQUE

ive seen a bunch of ppl do these big character lineups for ninjago so i thought to do the same!!! except this one also has morro bc these are technically alterline designs too :3

i might reblog with stats about them but for now just take them as is! ^v^