#conduit Lloyd

[possumdrawsstuff]

the elemental master of life

[astro-nomaly]

Someone’s probably already done this but whatever

[live-moonzie-reaction]

Time to count every time someone says the word “vision(s)” in DRS2P1

Episode 1: 0

Episode 2: 7

Episode 3: 9

Episode 4: 3

Episode 5: 0

Episode 6: 2

Episode 7: 5

Episode 8: 2

Episode 9: 1

Episode 10: 1

Grand total: 30

[threemoonwatchers]

Uhhhh AU where the source dragon power counteracts the Oni power that was in the tomorrow’s tea but because it was a source dragon and Mystaké’s kinda just a random Oni it goes back too far and now he’s a small child with a bowl cut again

[elodieisboredd]

there is a light , i feel it in me .

[riptidesblog]

The Conduit

[ninjautizm]

YOOOO WE MIGHT BE GETTING HINTS ABOUT LLOYDS ELEMENTAL POWER..

[calypsolemon]

sorry im always on the "breaking down popular lloyd fandom opinions" grind but it's so funny that the common conception of the tommorow's tea incident everyone has is like, this tragic loss of childhood done entirely against lloyd's will by the adults around him. and liiiiike,,,, im not going to act like there isn't some element of social pressure to grow up and take the role to it, but when you actually go back and watch that scene it's everyone yelling "no lloyd don't do it you'll lose your childhood!!" and trying as much as possible to avoid this outcome and lloyd just like "well somebody's gotta!" and making sure he's 100% exposed to the tea's blast radius

[general-yasur]

What if his eyes looked like blood moons during his visions

[riagraie]

Ninjago Dragons Rising Theory Time!!!!

So on a discord server I'm part of, I brought up the idea of what a common theme might be for Dragons Rising seasons.

Obviously, spoiler warnings for what's happened in Dragons Rising this far.

This idea is as follows:

Each season, a different source dragon will come to Lloyd/the ninja for help with preventing them from being taken or something like that. And along the way, Lloyd will learn a new thing about how he will be a Conduit for the Source Dragons.

Further more, the first part of the season (given how Ninjago seems to be dropping episodes for Dragons Rising) will be Lloyd and the others learning how to manage whatever stress/results/thing he learns came from what they had to do for the source dragons.

The second part of the season will be the introduction of the next source dragon and whatever task Lloyd and the others have to complete for them. As well as completing said task and Lloyd learning whatever he was supposed to.

Before I explain my reasoning, I'm going to give a quick overview of the two seasons we have and key points to back up my theory.

Season One - Part One (Roughly)

Just after the merge, Lloyd meets his students Sora, Arin, and Wyldfyer and reunites with all the ninja minus Jay (and Cole?). Lloyd and the others fight against Soras home government of Imperium and they meet the first officially introduced source dragon, The Source Dragon of Energy. Lloyd becomes a "conduit" of the dragons power to help dragons to escape.

Season One - Part Two (Roughly)

Events called merge quakes threaten the merged lands existence so they go on a quest to find the dragon cores. During the end of the world (basically) Lloyd uses his ability as a conduit combined with the dragon cores to stop the merge quakes forever(?) and frees the Source Dragon of Energy.

Season Two - Part One

Lloyd begins having horrific visions that show him an event called the Blood Moon. He speaks to the source dragons and is told by a vision from them to find teachers. The ninja figure out Ras is going to use the Blood Moon to free "the Forbidden Five" after they go to the teachers, two ninja dragons named Egalt and Rontu. They teach the ninja Rising Dragon Technique to fight against Ras. The ninja fight against Ras, Kai is lost when a member of the forbidden five escapes, Bonzle(one of Coles adopted kids /j) is also lost. Lloyd learns how to cope with his visions kinda.

Season Two - Part Two

Lloyd is approached by the Source Dragon of Motion who tells him he has to go to the Tournament of Sources and compete to win so he can stop Ras. Lloyd and the ninja go to the tournament where they are reunited with Jay, whose working for Ras and has no memory of the others. Sora wins the tournament and the other members of the Forbidden Five are released. Kai and Bonzle return and Arin leave to follow Ras, believing he knows where his parents are.

So here's where my explanation comes into play:

S1Pt1 Lloyd and the others meets the Source Dragon of Energy and he becomes the conduit. In a way, that led them to discovering how to solve the Merge Quakes which they take care of in S1Pt2. In other words, solving the merge quakes is the result of the Source Dragon of Energy making Lloyd the conduit. Reading between the lines, we can kinda see Lloyd learning how to manage the power of being a Conduit by using the Dragon Cores in the finale of S1Pt2. Also in season 1, Nya stays in Cloud Kingdom to learn mroe about Merge Quakes and finds something about the Dragon Cores and Source Dragons, information Lloyd and the others is able to understand now that they have met a source dragon and knows kinda what to do.

S2Pt1 gets a little interesting. Lloyd meets with the Source Dragons and they briefly are surprised a "mortal" is among them and they discuss something that indicates a long process of Lloyd becoming intricated into the Source Dragons and only ever referred to him as the conduit. Also in S2Pt1, we see the stress that is caused by Lloyd becoming the Conduit again being more effects from S1Pt1 and the Source Dragon of Energy. The events of S2Pt1 are specifically caused by the vision the source dragons gave Lloyd, almost as if becoming a Third Fang Ninja was part of his journey somehow AND learning how to cope with his visions. Then in S2Pt2, we meet the Source Dragon of Motion who asks Lloyd to participate in the Tournament of Sources to win so he prevents the plans of Ras and protects the Source Dragons. He ends up taking all of the ninja and is under the impression he had to be the one to win, so gets upset at himself when Sora does. The SDoM eventually tells Lloyd that's not what she meant and gave him an item to call upon a source dragon if needed and says they now see the need for Lloyd too.

With the new set leaks, we see the Source Dragon of Focus and the Source Dragon of Chaos, foreshadowing their appearance in Season 3 perhaps

In a shortened way(Key - Dragon Intro, Intro Result, Event Source Dragon Guides/Causes, Guided Event Result, Lloyd's Lesson):

Season 1 Part 1: Source Dragon of Energy introduction, Lloyd becomes a Conduit, The Ninja can use the Cloud Kingdom's knowledge Season 1 Part 2: Dragon cores are gathered, Merge Quakes end, Lloyd learns how to control the power of a Conduit Season 2 Part 1: Lloyd's visions from being a Conduit haunt him, The Ninja find Rontu and Egalt, The Blood Moon's impact is controlled, Lloyd learns how to manage his visions Season 2 Part 2: Source Dragon of Motion introduction, The Ninja go to the Tournament of Sources, The Ninja keep elemental powers out of the Forbidden Five's hands, Lloyd learns he doesn't have to do everything himself

You see where I'm going with it? it's a cycle, one I see continuing that leads Lloyd down the path of becoming the conduit and the ninja becoming the protectors of the Merged Lands like they were for Ninjago.

Oh, and, I saw this post from Doc Wyatt about Lloyd's Dragon form. It's real I promise (I can provide proof). I also think this journey for him will help Lloyd come to terms with his Dragon Heritage and maybe unlock his dragon form like he did his Oni Form.

Let me know what you think and whether or not I'm tripping.

[nyaskitten]

IDEA IDEA IDEA IDEA !!!! OKAY OKAY OKAY. what if the Oni Warlords were the Three Source Oni, and they were the source of like alllll the Hatred and Lies and Vengeance and Destruction and Darkness in the realms, and they created the Oni Masks, so as to better connect with a new Conduit, rather than directly giving them power...

[possumdrawsstuff]

SCREENSHOT REDRAWWWW! Guys I’m so excited for s3 I am going to go crazy, AND I FR WANT TO KNOW WHAT BEING A CONDUIT ENSUES CUZ THERE WERE OTHERS BUT OTHER THAN LIKE DRAGON ENERGY WE AINT KNOW MUCH

[astro-nomaly]

MY BOY 😭😭😭

[oracleofdiscord]

Zenith form Estrella

[inkbagel]

I love Lloyd in dragons rising. He’ll just start talking to his two kids like “my mother left me and my dad was an evil overlord I had to kill to save the world. Also all my friends are missing and presumed dead I haven’t been able to sleep in months I’m a conduit for the source dragons whatever that means and I’m constantly having panic attacks but all that’s okay!!!! In fact I’m doing great!!!! How are you two are you comfortable living here?” And then he faints in front of them and they just stare at him like

I also love how he’s not even the main character of this season but still has the most mc energy out of anyone

[toastingpencils37]

Fuck, the way Zane's face becomes worried when the Source Dragon comments about Lloyd's willingness to take risks to save others making him a good conduit.