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What is the name of Poppy's Element?

How was it created?

And what kind of abilities does it give Poppy?

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you are going to have to BEAR WITH ME and just ROLL with whatever I'm about to throw at you because this is my first time REALLY explaining this!!

Her element is in the group of "not a tangible/'real' thing/element" - so it isn't a straightforward thing like fire/water/earth etc - her's is more in the camp of "creation/descruction/life/energy" where its a broad topic (if that makes sense) - its called Chaos and her elemental/ninja colour is pink :3

It WASN'T created by the FSM - BUT was brought into existence by a different person (another one of my OC's - her name's Theia) who was around/alive back with the FSM and is the original master of Chaos. HOWEVER - the "Chaos" that Poppy has is supposed to be a "watered-down" version of that original element - kinda like the whole thing where Lloyd's power is thought to be a "watered-down" version of the FSM's power - the golden power and whatever (Right? i don't think i made that up) - BUT YEAH, it's the same thing but only small parts of it? I guess? + it has a different name (I dunno what the ORIGINAL element would be called - I kinda never thought about it because in my mind the original master was lost to time and wasn't rememebered like the FSM & eventually it just got thought the HE made Chaos as well) - Where did THE ORIGINAL master of Chaos get the element from? WELL!... okay so this is gonna sound strange BUT the element comes from the stars/cosmic energy. The creation of the universe itself (basically the Ninjago version of The Big Bang) caused the element to come into existence (like how The Merge has done) & is why the Element of Chaos is so all-over-the-place, the universe and the stars are chaotic and messy - their energy is always contradicting itself - Theia had a VERY strong connection with the universe/the stars/cosmic energy but Poppy doesn't due to her's being watered-down

The whole vibe with it is that it's made to be a sort of yin-yang with itself? in which its made to be both offensive due to being able to create projectiles (whether thats like small concentrated shards of the element) or those like big orbs of energy or her conjuring different actual weapons AND defensive since its made to heal & shield & protect & help others (has healing abilities/can create shields or barriers/can make platforms etc) - the word chaos can be used for good or bad things (chaotic good/bad sort-of thing) which is WHY I wanted to make the element into something that embodies both of these sides - Chaos is a yin-yang, Chaos is a cycle/mixture of creation and destruction, Chaos is unpredictable - you hear something being described as "chaos" or "chaotic" and while people mostly assume that means its going terribly, chaos can be fun and good and EXCITING and sometimes helpful - it depends on the situation - which is why she's able to both harm & heal

(excuse my bad illustrations i tried)

Delving a *little* further into her abilities, we have:

Creating projectiles by concentrating the elemental power into different shapes - such as shards (like ice or crystals shaped) or into orbs (like the one Lloyd can conjure in his hand? or kinda like fireballs?)

just straight up shooting a stream of the element at whatever - its kinda like misty? but heavy

Creating weapons - this really falls in the category as shaping the energy into something but I like to differentiate it from just random shapes - she's able to "make" weapons - AND ONLY WEAPONS - for however long she needs - while they physically exist once made and can be seperated from her, only she can hold them/use them, they just fade away/turn to mist if in someone else's hand

HEALING - this affects both her (has an intense/inhuman healing factor) and others (able to heal others wounds but has limitations) - the WHOLE THING with her healing is that it speeds up the healing process, so a wound or ripped tissue/muscle or certain? broken bones can be "fixed" by her but if it was to require surgery? she couldn't do it. Like - if you needed straight up new lungs or a kidney she couldn't heal that because that's full-on surgery and new body parts, which she can't make - DOES THAT MAKE SENSE??? She can't like,,, cure lifelong diseases or anything

Barriers/Shields - either just a small solid wall in front of her or others OR domes? which sit completely over people (this takes a lot of concenration/power) she normally just does small walls to protect what would be the most damaging/worst spot to hit if trying to protect someone/herself - rarely covers the whole person unless needed

Platforms - very self-explanitory, big old things that shoot out a surface (could be walls, floors, ceilings whatever) BUT she HAS to be touching the surface in order to do it - can't just conjure it in mid-air attached to nothing - can be conjured by using either hands OR feet (I'm STRONGLY in the camp that elemental masters can use the elements throughout their WHOLE body, not just from hands - like bending in A:TLA) - these platforms tend to have a very... crystal appearance? they have jagged edges and sides, shards shooting out the sides but where people can stand it's smooth and almost a little slippy - like ice in a way (Tried to show this is the drawing above - dunno if it came across lmao)

Thanks for the ask!!