#delara ninjago

[thatfeelingwhentheshowisover]

Delara au

Jay is forced to marry Nadakhan instead of Nya, and this time Nadakhan's plan actually works

Jay used his last wish to prevent Nadakhan from marrying Nya

After getting married Nadakhan say "I wish to see my love" which just causes him to see Jay as Delara

Jay is forced to pretend to be Delara, having to hide his whole identity(name and pronouns and everything)

TRANSMASC JAY

Was given the sword containing all of his friends' souls as a wedding gift from Nadakhan

Becomes pirate queen 👑

"I wish you would just forget about those useless Ninja already" - Nadakhan

Lies 24/7 in order to survive

Is good at planning, leading, intimidation, and murder

Scrap'n'tap master

Main weapon is the soul sword(he can electrify it) "the hell are nunchucks"

He is very close to Clancy(plays chess) and dogshank("girl talk")

Powers come in sparks and linked to his emotions, forgot all his formal training

Eventually gets back by traping Nadakhan in the Sword of Souls and wishing to go back to when things were peaceful and he was happy and that Nadakhan was forever trapped, sending him to pre Skybound but post possession

He has to deal with his new old life now and is struggling

Feel free to leave questions or ideas in the comments!

[parachutingkitten]

Concept someone who knows/cares more about skybound should steal from me and do something with: nya talks to delara while she possesses her body, maybe through a mirror or something.

Nya tries to convince her that they're both in the same boat- being chased after by a guy who sees them as an object even if they refuse to admit it.

[nyaskitten]

Delara in a dress :333c

[angeldrawsstuffs]

Movieverse Misfortune’s Keep crew 2: Delara!

She and Nadakhan are happily married and love their little flower shop.

[cable-salamdr]

Petition for Nya to do this to Jay in return at any point in dr (specifically during the tournament)

Artistic rendition

[ups3tti]

Do you think Nya ever listened to Lloyd talk about how badly possession sucked and tried to comfort him about it, wanting so badly to tell him that she gets it, she knows what it's like she knows *exactly* what it's like and he's not alone, but she can't?

[mateiru]

Delara and Nya are so similar

[jayninjago]

Redraw

Ghost version

[freakshow-babyy]

au where delara haunts nya for the rest of her life, only nya can see her so it's kinda a hallucination, she's with her everywhere

[sadisthetic]

jaya....? (sike. its skybound bad end au. in which jay fails miserably but “nya” never dies. can you imagine?)

[cboffshore]

"Bridal Portrait of Uncertain Origin"

Artist unknown, circa the Fall of the Preeminent (estimated)

Oils on bespoke canvas, silk tulle, gilded oak frame

Shortly after the last Yin-Yang Eclipse prior to the Merge, this portrait was discovered in the attic of the Temple of Airjitzu, despite no records of the portrait ever being displayed inside. Indeed, "Bridal Portrait of Uncertain Origin" lacks any solid provenance or provable history. The materials and techniques used only further obscure the truth; perhaps the only thing certain about it is that it exists.

Examination of the structure of the canvas and gilded wooden frame indicate classical techniques from the end of the Era of the Stone Warrior; however, chemical analysis of the paints, varnish, and other materials used to finish the base revealed compounds identical to substances readily available in civilian art supply establishments of pre-Merge urban Ninjago, specifically those available shortly before the portrait's discovery.

Further complicating matters, the image itself is a web of self-contradictions and mismatched details. The subject's pose is highly informal, but the portrait itself - from the level of detail in the oil paint to the larger-than-life scale - is lavish enough to suggest a formal reason for its creation. The subject's attire, too, is highly unusual. Of all known ceremonial attire in the realms, the blues, sharp lapels, and floral motifs rendered here most closely match traditional Djinjagan royal wedding garments (hence the portrait's given title). However, the presence of only two arms, human legs emphasized by a jumpsuit, and the highly unusual structure of the outfit preclude it from being truly Djinjagan in origin and match no other known ceremonial garments from any realm.

Despite all of these bizarre qualities, perhaps the most intriguing part of the portrait is the silk tulle veil flowing out from the painting to drape over the edge of the frame. Independent analyses by multiple art historians found absolutely no point of the connection between the veil and the canvas; the fabric seems to proceed from the image itself, as if the frame is in fact only a window sill separating the viewer from the bride. Furthermore, chemical analysis of the veil revealed trace quantities of organic Latrodectus sotoii venom - a toxin found only on one island in all sixteen realms, which was nowhere close to the portrait's point of origin. Combined with the spiderweb embroidery on the veil, as well as the subject's trio of spider shaped brooches and venom-coated raised hand, the presence of this toxin may be the most reasonable thing about this portrait.

(Now: notes from the artist.)

The process for this one was utterly unlike any other artistic project I've ever done. This all started with me thinking back over a past Skybound analytical piece of mine and thinking how fun it might be to try putting it on an actual person instead of the template croquis I designed it on. (Also: seeing how my texturing methods have evolved!) One Dallon Weekes photo and a Reel about quick contrapposto armature doodling later and I was off to the races.

Initially, this was only supposed to be a souped up edition of the original look - the second image shown just above these notes. Then, while I was trying to figure out how I wanted to display the veil, I wondered: wouldn't it be neat to let it drape out of the frame? Except for I didn't have a frame involved at that point.

At which point I decided, well.... let's make a frame happen. There was already a decidedly haunted portrait energy coming off of this thing (fully intentional, but that's what happens when two of the albums you associate most strongly with your Skybound work are Vices and Virtues and Violent Things), so I thought: let's put it on display. Let's let the veil creep out to meet actual gallery air. Furthermore, why not give it a scary ass, borderline SCP ish existence? I do love an excuse to try and write a museum plaque.

Put another way: If you walked into a gallery and saw an oversized portrait of you on one of the worst days of your life that never happened, except for all the details were wrong (but just right enough to suggest the artist knew what she was doing), would that be fucked up or what?

Some other assorted notes about this:

The design of the gallery space itself was inspired by an image of Crystal Bridges, an art museum in Arkansas that I'm hoping to visit later this year on a trip I'm taking to that area. I've had a family friend hyping it up for years now, and I've looked into it a lot; it's an incredible space. In the fictional lore of this painting, it ends up in a Crossroads art preservation institute of some kind that hangs on to art and artifacts from throughout the realms that crashed together in the Merge. (I couldn't quite squeeze that into the plaque writeup without sounding clunky.) Crystal Bridges, an American art museum with a dizzying range of works, inspired that idea and seemed the most appropriate place to base my fictional gallery on. Here's the image I used as reference, taken from a Google result from their site:

There is, in fact, text on that plaque on the wall. It's too tiny to read, but I promise that's text. Barring a few minor changes, it's the same as in the writeup; I typed it out, screenshotted and removed the background, and laid it out on the plaque. Much easier than trying to draw out teeny individual words.

Something else I couldn't fit into the plaque but tried to imply via the details was that this piece survived whatever collection it was originally in and made it through the Merge inexplicably intact, much like Nya's memories of the deleted timeline still hanging on even after the full reset. Weird as some stuff in this world is, there truly is no escaping it. Better get some nice lighting on it and try to get to the bottom of it. (I do also think it's funny how I bent over backwards trying to help this unnamed plaque author curator character trace every possible origin path when the motive for making this was just... fun. I just did this for fun and then I tried to make it look so grand and terrifying.)

The outfit in the portrait is faithful to the original design, with a few tweaks: the web collar is now gold to stand out against the veil, the veil itself is much longer, there are now two more spiders on the skirt, and there's a birdcage-inspired crinoline under the skirt. That last one was a technical decision, as the lace this time around didn't feel like it could hold itself up. Also, it's a convenient source of more symbolism if you need one.

That's about all the notes I have for right now - if I think of others, I'll be sure to add them. If you have any questions or comments, the inbox is always, always open.

Thank you for stopping by the exhibit.

[dragonnnerdd]

Everyone be acting like Jay is so weak, but remember when he literally picked up Delara/Nya and threw her in Skybound?

[delara25]

I think Nadakhan would have been better if they didn’t put any of the Nya-obsessed stuff. Imagine if he wasn’t obsseeded with marrying Nya and actually what he told Jay was so he messed up their mentality and scared Nya and possibly used more mental torture on her cause of him she has to audacity to look like Delara. And insisted of marrying her to use her in some kind of ritual like from 1999s movie “Mummy” so he could back Delara. But it wouldn’t be like Delara’s soul to get into Nya's body but like transfer magic where Nya would take Delara’s place in the Departeed realm and Delara would get back her body and be with Nadakhan.

[rosewalkersjayaforever]

[nyagirboss]

omg do u think Jay and Nya agreed to grow out their hair together for the s8/movie redesigns and going forward 🥺

- your prince charming 😘💙⚡

ill show you what i think :)

[moonlightblueandicegrey]

Rating early seasons' villains for literally no reason. (This is just my opinion, it's okay if you disagree)

1) Garmadon: do i need an explanation here?

2) Morro: broken soul... He was relatable at some point. I think he deserved better.

3) Nadakhan: I know you hate him, i hate him too. He was very powerful, and he made people hate him, so that's why i think he was a good pure evil villain.

4) Chen: I don't know if i want to punch him or laugh with his silliness sometimes. Does that make sense? Anyway, I think he did great as a villain.

5) Pythor: How many times have we see this guy? Somehow he just survives all the time! He never gives up!

6) Crux and Acronix: I don't know why but i expected more. They had the potential and they didn't use it. They could have been better.

7) Overlord: Just no. I expected soooo much more from him in early seasons.

- Don't ask me "where are the other serpentine?" Or "where's Clouse?", "where's Nadakhan's crew?", "Where's the crimson snakes?", "where's the nindroids?".

I didn't include them because they weren't the major villain.

Also about season 3: i didn't include Cryptor because i consider Pythor and especially Overlord as the main villains of the season. If i had to include him, i think he'd go under Pythor.