#arin and sora btw

[nerdyenby]

What if we were doomed by the narrative? What if we weren’t even special? What if we were just another link in the chain, endlessly drawn to each other but destined to be pulled in opposite directions? What if we were cursed to love each other more than anyone else in the universe but never be on the same side. What if we personified the balance in the universe, in constant turmoil but eternal in our togetherness? What if as I watched you become everything I ever wanted to be, you looked back at me and saw me becoming everything we’ve always feared? What if I didn’t choose you this time? What if you let me leave? What would we do when we see each other again? It’s not an “if” with us but a when. At the end of the day it will always be you and I. I scream at you to let me go and then hate you when you do. You hate yourself for not trying harder. We still love each other. That’s what makes it all so much worse.

[cable-salamdr]

“Since the Merge, I— I’ve never been without my best friend.”

Loneliness gets us all.

[greenlloyds]

(twitter rlly liked this (it got 10 likes instead of zero) so i thought id put it here too)

[rainofthetwilight]

something something, arin is desperately trying to run back to his past, even if it meant to give up the present..while sora is trying so hard to run away from her past, trying to hold on to the present, but her past still catches up to her no matter what..something something...

arin would give up the present, as he denied that the ninja are his family when his mother asked him so, if it meant for him to run back to her and his father.

this whole season alludes to motion. everyone, everything is moving. but here in arin's fear, he's trying so hard to do that, to move and run back to his parents, to his past, but he couldn't, stuck in the same place as he was. which also fits in his whole arc of not progressing in his spinjitzu, still being in the same place as he was before. he didn't improve, he couldn't move, he's still, and stuck at where he started, he has no motion, and is constantly being reminded of that whether intentionally or unintentionally (unintentionally: lloyd and sora, intentionally: ras)

meanwhile with sora, in her fear, she was able to move. she was able to run back to her past,  despite trying so hard to move on from it, to turn away from it, to stay still and never come back to it. but it still pulls her back, no matter how hard she tries

and of course, this also goes to how she's currently progressing with her powers. she's improving, she's moving forward, she isn't still, she's much more powerful than she was before, she's learning, and most importantly, she has motion, and is reminded of it everytime, whether by herself or someone else, while also being praised for it

and the way these two arcs just very clearly contrast from eachother is so interesting. arin had always wanted to be a ninja, he wants to make his parents proud, but when he got the chance, he fails time and time again. meanwhile sora did not even think she'd be involved in any ninja adventures, yet here we are. she didn't even think she'd have powers, no less improve at controlling them, she didn't think she'd have all of this but still got it

one friend had neverending hope, had a dream so big, that his imagination became reality. yet, it looked like destiny didn't agree with it, making his hope falter and his dream shatter, his self esteem dangerously lowering as he started to doubt if he was ever good enough, and he started to doubt if everyone else believed in him too

the other was never focused on hope, or a dream, she accepted the life she lived as long as it meant she won't return to her past. destiny didn't disappoint her, but it contrasted with her opinions in ways that she didn't really agree with. but in the end, she managed to resolve her past and move on from it, as she started focusing more on the present and being happier than she's ever been, even if her past pulled her back at times. they're both best friends despite all these differences, but after what happened in the s2p1 finale, will they be for long?

[owlghosts9]

ninjago characters as things me and my friends have said

[waterghostype]

um. joker voice why so yurious

ithink ive just been going insane lately but does anyone see the vision.

i dib thee monsoon shipping

[hadesknockedupintheunderworld]

I've been watching Dragons Rising for the first time lately, and I love what they did for Arin's character concept

He's an orphan, he's a ninja fanboy who kept the green ninja's mask in his possession and unwashed for years, he lives in a penthouse with his friend that they've made a home together in, he truly believes the ninja aren't dead and are still out there, he taught himself spinjitsu, he bakes (second place winning pies), he barters using pies when short on money, he helps his best friend steal parts from junkyards so they can compete in a mech race together for money, he's even a sucker for praise

[mislamicpearl]

Arin at the end of s2 part 2:

Imho he has every right to be mad lol (I do want him to come back though).

Click here if you want to reblog.

[legokingfisher]

Don’t have much time to draw atm but I wanted to contribute to Sora worldwide trend even though my contribution is comparatively kinda lame (yalls art is so fucking epic)

Appalachian Sora… she drove up the blue ridge parkway to watch the sunrise and get away from her family and she is watching the mist flow in rivers through the valleys. Golden light pours over the ancient, rounded peaks at last and she thinks Arin would like it up here right now. They go to the same school but he lives like an hour and a half away because they are all in the middle of nowhere (Sora would have some serious small town blues)

She works at the singular auto shop within a 20 mile radius because she can’t stand the other nearby options (bussing tables at a diner or like. Retail)

Her other hobbies include:

- gossip with Arin while he’s fishing

- explore abandoned coal mine

[jalluzas-ferney]

Soooo….I made some nationality headcannons! At first I was a liiittle bit unsure if to do so cuz then again.. they live in ninjago…. And im pretty sure countries like argentina or Morocco don’t quite exist in the ninjago universe LMAO. Butttttt. Already seen others make headcannons, so hell, why not? I uses they apply to some irl au or what if they lived in our world uk? And what different countries would I see them coming from and etc.

I can imagine that the EM might have travelled all over the world, either to go into hiding, or missions, or escape conflict, etc. Or maybe simply that’s where they came from! So yeah that’s my little explanation that is mostly for myself cuz im a little bit too literal sometimes lol.

When thinking about nationality I always think a lot about where they grew up and what nationality they grew up with and would later on identify with the most. It’s a complicated concept when your parents are from a different nationality and theyre immigrants in a different country- so you grow up in this country, surrounded by this culture and people, but your. Also. Raised by your parents who also have your family living in this completely different country- where you also find home and relate to the people considering how you look, the language you speak with your parents- or the specific culture and environment your parents grew up wiooith, impacting your home life and the way your raised. Perhaps you lived in both places, or travel a lot to your parents homeland. Perhaps you live in one of your parents countries but the other. Not. but you still identify with one of your parents nationality because of the rest of your family from that side and the culture your take in from them. So it’s always very personal! So for Kai and Nya, I imagined that ray was Argentinian and Maya Filipino. And perhaps - because I want to project onto my faves- they were born and grew up in Argentina. But have always also identified a lot with their mothers homeland, since not only does their race impact the way they might feel more different and set apart from kids there, maya loves talking about her childhood in the Philippines and is always talking over the phone with their aunts and cousins, meaning Kai and Nya def were taught some Tagalog, tho theyre not incredibly fluid with it. In their early teens they probably travelled to the Philippines, (took ray and maya some time to settle down and get enough money to travel, as well as find time) and met their whole family, and the place they reside in, habit that would turn quite common as they would continue to travel other times the following years.

For Lloyd, I really wanted to make him Asian -Brazilian. It just felt right. So imagined that my queen (don’t you judge her >:() Misako would be Brazilian, meanwhile Garmadon,Japanese. i imagine that Misako adores traveling, so she met Garmadon on her trip to Japan, and decided to stay there for a WHILE because of the brothers. During her time there, she had Lloyd. Since her family heard of her new baby, she travelled back to Brazil with a two y/o Lloyd to have her family meet the him and catch up overall. but as the serpentine wars rose In japan (ill hc it happened in japan let me know what u think of that) Misako was told to wait in Brazil. Misako didn’t really like that though, and while she dreaded having to leave her son, she was sure shed come back soon after helping out the Brothers in the battle against the serpentine. So Lloyd was left to live with his aunties and grandparents in Brazil. Of course, after Misako found out about the whole Green Ninja thing and all that crap, she pulled the same stunt as in the series and ✨ vanished ✨. But then Garmadon came and fucking took him like divorced parents sometimes do uk? So then he spent some other of his childhood years growing up in, ya guessed it, Japan. This is how Lloyd identifies both with being a Brazilian and Japanese. As for the rest, I just envision that they lived in their respective countries their whole lives till they were recruited!

[nyaskitten]

I love them

[froginninjago]

What if movie verse Lloyd still found Sora and Arin?

Imagine if he (as the Green Ninja) saves these two kids who he definitely didn't see taking a few mechanic parts.

Then he sees them around his school. They keep running into each other over the years, until Lloyd is well out of high school and graduated. Does he have the budget or talent to take care of these kids? Absolutely not. Will he take them in and be the father he didn't get from Garmadon? Absolutely. (Even if raising them does turn out to be more of a team effort for the Ninja)

[cable-salamdr]

In case anyone was wondering where my art endeavours have disappeared to, My brainrot over my ballroom idea may have gone a bit overboard. Also yaayyy ethnicity headcanons finally ig?? I’ll list them in a separate post with explanations if necessary because half of them are absolutely chaotic. Very unsure abt Ras yet.

(Disclaimer: I have no idea what I’m doing. My research may have been faulty and done improperly. If any of these drawing have any wrong terminology or are offensive, that was not my intent, and I am happy to learn about and fix whatever these mistakes are/were through edits :D (2 so far))

[sexiestwerewolf]

aroace arin and lesbian sora are real now they are in

[rainofthetwilight]

anyway guys can we talk about sora and arin's friendship for a quick sec :D

these two are literally the sweetest friends with the sweetest platonic love that I'm literally so normal about (not). guys you don't get it. they love eachother. so much. they canonically love eachother. they said that they love eachother twice in canon. do you. do you even get what that means.

"I love ya, Arin" AND "after loosing wyldfyre and riyu, I couldn't loose someone else I love"

DO YOU. DO YOU EVEN SEE THIS???????

these two have been with eachother since the very start. they are eachother's most important person, they have such undying love and support for eachother it's just AUHJFHHF 😭

and sora's like about finding family that actually love and support her for her she is...the ninja, wyldfyre and riyu, and arin, the one who had found her when she had been so lost. when she wanted nothing to do with her past, arin helped her start a new chapter of her life, they both did. they both helped eachother, understand eachother despite their differences

and not to mention when sora revealed her birthname, arin didn't even question it. he just didn't care. her name is sora, it has always been sora, and even after knowing her birthname he immediately accepts that.

at the end of the day, they're just two kids from different backgrounds that had met in hard circumstances, that's bond had bloomed into something wonderful, a friendship so powerful and strong, and I just think that's beautiful

I'm deeply sorry for being so insane abt them, anyway stay tuned for posts abt each of them soon 👍

[numberonepartyboy]

stuff from my ninjago pmd au... everyone else is coming as soon as i can figure out their designs. no fullbody bc i would perish i think