#jay is the first normal character I've played honestly.

[transhitman]

JAY IS DONE. I haven't done a finished piece like this in forever and I forgot how long it takes LOL. Begging you on my hands and knees to zoom in on these.

James "Jay" "The Hammer" Hammer is an earth-genasi astral self monk (any pronouns). Their elemental heritage isn't super pronounced since they're a couple generations down from their dao ancestor. Though the opal texture on their teeth, eyes, nails, and palm of their hands was always present, the fact that their insides are multicolored only became unmissably apparent after they developed eczema as a child. It grew in severity in conjunction with her acne later on. Her body contains a supernaturally high amount of silica, which is what her wounds eventually scab over with after the normal blood coagulates. Jay is currently seeking to transcend the material form via a perfect workout routine and nutrition plan, and travels around in search of a more complete and informed worldview. That specific path to enlightenment is a bit unorthodox, but beyond that Jay is an extremely normal guy tbh.

His astral self is based on a design that appears in the music video film Beyond the Mind's Eye, except way beefier lol. As the color wheels on the mask turn, Jay's eyes change to match whichever color on the wheel is furthest to the front. I'll design the body at some point but I don't get that until way later. And I am very tired lol.

[spinjitsuburst]

prime empire thoughts yes please

1- the world of prime empire overall. what are your ideas about it?

I personally they should've played with the ideas of invisible walls or show us how far the game actually expended. idk maybe that's just me but like the world of prime empire in its whole looks overlooked jgsjgl like there's so much you can do.

I also wanted so bad someone from the outside to interfere with the coding or something as well idk WHY DID WE GET SO LITTLE WITH A SEASON AROUND VIDEO GAMES

2- what are you thoughts about scott? (also does he play a big role in cabinet man? (since you also requested asks about cabinet man))

Cuz I think he is greatly underrated in prime empire (but yknow maybe that's just me)

3- jay's skin. I want all your thoughts about jay's skin. Superstar Rockin Jay should've lasted for much longer or at least become a gag in the future (or yknow the fact that there was a cult created out of it)

anyway yeah I like this season a normal amount. Toootally fine with how they handled it.

Can't wait to read your thoughts about it all ( ouo)

GJHJSHFJKGHJKFDSGH HOOOOO BOY

Ideas about the world of Prime Empire as a whole

OHOHO I HAVE SOOOO MANY MY FRIEND

first of all, most if not all the NPCs have some degree of sentience. That's an idea that I think should've been driven more home by the show itself but Blazey and Okino are not the only characters in the game that have free will and the ability to think for themselves. I believe this so wholeheartedly.

Prime Empire was split into different areas that I wish were explored more (honestly a lot of this season boils down to "I wish it were explored more"): Terra Technica, Terra Karana, and Terra Domina. Terra Technica obviously is the biggest area, with the entry point for players entering the game, the Speedway Five-Billion, Scott's Garage and Jay's Club, and at least one other area for the Dance Competition mini-game. I also think this would be where most of the shops run by NPCs in the game would be.

I think most NPCs reside in this area. To really hammer home the fact that they are PEOPLE, not just assets in the game, I think they have homes within the city. Y'know how in Pokemon games (except ScarVi rip) you can just walk into people's houses and there's NPCs inside? Yea it's like that. Except the NPCs leave the houses and explore as well because they have their own thoughts and lives.

Maybe it's just cuz I've been playing Tears of the Kingdom non-stop and it's taken over my brain but I think about the open-worldness of Prime Empire in a similar manner. You can pretty much go anywhere and do anything within the world of Prime Empire. You can scale buildings (if you have the skills unlocked for it) and find secrets everywhere. And most things respawn at certain intervals so players have the chance to pick them up. Kind of like a MMOPRG sorta vibe

BUT there is a sort of thing like you mentioned above - invisible points that you just can't pass. Like the place is enclosed by some giant wall you can't see, and doesn't let you pass through. If you TRIED you would just be running in place basically, never actually getting anywhere. You can see things beyond where stuck at, but they're just for show - there's nothing actually there to interact with, it just gives the guise of depth.

Basically Prime Empire is meant to feel endless, expansive, big, real, until the reality crashes in that it definitely isn't. And sure most people wouldn't care and would have fun playing anyways, but for those who aren't interested after this illusion is broken for them, discover that hey. How do you get out of here again?

Oh right.

They can't.

And that's when people start kinda freaking out. Which I imagine then Jay or the League of Jays step in to try and calm them down and get them to relax and have fun anyways while Jay waits for the rest of the ninja to arrive.

2. Thoughts about Scott and his role in the Cabinet Man AU!

OHHH MAN I LOVE SCOTT DUDE YOU'RE RIGHT HE'S SO UNDERRATED i think he's a super fascinating character to consider in Prime Empire. Given that Unagami clearly had a plan to cube a bunch of players for his portal, he definitely would've come after Scott first. When did Scott figure this out? Did Scott and Unagami interact in-person before this? How was Scott able to evade Unagami long enough to set up his garage's stealth barrier? He's so so so interesting to me

He's clearly a kind person who wants to help people to some degree (sneaking Jay into the garage with him in the shorts, letting Jay run his club from his garage, inevitably sacrificing himself so the ninja can get away, etc.) but he's also very wary and unwilling to risk himself in a lot of ways. He and Jay clearly come to care about each other to some degree in canon, given Jay seems fairly protective of him

and Scott trusts Jay enough to let him into his personal and secret place

LIKE I DON'T THINK THAT GETS TALKED ABOUT ENOUGH. NOT ONLY DID SCOTT AGREE TO HELP JAY HIDE OUT FROM UNAGAMI BUT HE LET HIM RUN AN ENTIRE CLUB OUT OF A SECRET TUNNEL CONNECTED TO HIS GARAGE

there was no reason for Scott to have done either of these things. Was it desperation because Jay's the first person Scott's seen in 30 years? Maybe. But clearly they care about each other to some degree

as for in the cabinet man AU! Jay considers Scott an older brother type figure. He, Scott, and Unagami actually got along well when Scott first got sucked into the game (the game is a lot newer than it is in the actual show given that Jay was 8 when he entered and there is no way he was in there for 30 years lmao, Jay would've been around 16 when Scott entered the game, Scott being 18 or 19, and Jay was around 21-22 when the ninja enter the picture). Unagami was excited to prove himself and give Scott a fun game experience, after all. But y'know, once Milton Dyer realized what happened.... things soured.

Jay and Scott were pretty much on the run together from then on. They care a lot about each other and Jay's extra devastated when Scott gets cubed. Once Jay and Scott leave the game, Scott takes time to rediscover life and reunite with family, but the two stay in close contact and see each other on a weekly basis for a while. Scott's still one of the first people Jay will reach out to if he needs help or advice with something not-ninja related

3. SUPERSTAR ROCKIN' JAY AAAAAAA

okay okay okay okay so obviously you and i met through skybound content so just in case you don't know yet

i'm. a little. unhinged. about superstar rockin' jay

i have so many thoughts about jay's avatar ranging from "this is my Gender and i want to look like a fucking lego" to "WHY DIDN'T NINJAGO LET HIM KEEP ASPECTS OF THIS" to just white noise in my brain and in the center of that white noise is me rotating his minifigure in my mind

HE'S SO COOL!!! HE'S SO COOL AND I LOVE HIM AND HIS DESIGN IS INCREDIBLE LIKE OKAY okay okay okay okay blue and yellow are contrasting colors that mesh REALLY well together and I think the glamrock persona with stars and triangles and shit looks super incredible and it's just a really nice and appealing design and I think that Jay would have like a v-tuber avatar of SSR Jay after the game cuz like LOOK AT HIM. THIS IS PEAK HEGHHAGJFHKGJKJHKJFHGKJFG god im so normal

this is why people call me the ceo of superstar rockin' jay. that design is every aesthetic of mine mashed into one. i'm so obsessed with this design it consumes my core being.

at the end of the day i too. am superstar rockin' jay

i lost track of the point of this question uhhhhhhhh OH YEA I WISH THEY'D LIKE. BRING IT UP MORE OFTEN LIKE JAY WAS AN IN-GAME IDOL!! HE WAS A PERFORMER!! DID HE HAVE FANS??? IS THERE SUPERSTAR ROCKIN' JAY MERCH???????? he should exist outside of prime empire screams

anyways this was a lot of words i love prime empire i love prime empire so much it's so good and more people need to talk about it please please lpease

[toomanyfandomsneverenoughtime]

Thanks for the tag @joestarling 💖

1. How many fics do you have on AO3? 85, including none Mat fics.

2. What's your total AO3 word count? 203,323

3. What fandoms do you write for? Mainly Mat fandoms but in the past, I wrote some DC (mainly Nightwing, Red Hood, Red Robin, etc.)

4. What are your top 5 fics by kudos? Cats and Birds Never Did Play Well Together - DC - Jay/Tim - 770 kudos The Carnality of Twist-It - BBC Ghosts - The Captain/Thomas - 349 kudos On Loan - DC - Dick/Slade, Dick/Jason - 314 kudos Catching Up With My Eyes Wide Shut - BBC Ghosts - The Captain/Julian/Thomas - 214 kudos Don't Knock It Until You've Tried It - BBC Ghosts - Julian/Thomas - 140 kudos

5. Do you respond to comments? It depends on the comment and the commentor. I know I can get away with not replying to every comment from some people, they know I love and appreciate everything they say but if it's someone I don't know, I will tend to reply in the hopes that they'll read more of my things!

6. What's the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending? Possibly Ariel's Parting Gift, simply because it ends in pretty much the same way that YMATA does with some added angst.

7. What's the fic you wrote with the happiest ending? I don't know, maybe Fanny Five Ways, it ends pretty well for Fanny?

8. Do you get hate on fics? Not directly, though I know that there's some hate on the previously mentioned fic on Twitter 🙃

9. Do you write smut? If so, what kind? Yep, it's all I write, usually at least elements at BDSM or kink, very rarely soft.

10. Do you write crossovers? What's the craziest one you've written? I do write crossovers but mainly Mat characters with Mat characters from different universes. I guess the craziest ones that I write are when I have Mat himself with Thomas and Julian and I guess that's a tad far fetched but it was fun to write and hopefully fun to read!

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen? Not that I know of but myself and @joestarling seem to readily influence each other with fic ideas and universes and it's wonderful <3

12. Have you ever cowritten a fic before? I did when I was much younger but my "cowriting", I wrote one chapter and they wrote another and we didn't really input into each others chapters because I don't like criticism 🤣

13. What's your all time favourite ship? Ariel/Chris

14. What's a WIP you want to finish but doubt you will? To be honest, I always end up coming up with ideas for further chapters of most of the fics that I write but there's no way that I'll finish them or even start them in some cases.

15. What are your writing strengths? Honestly, I don't know really. I can tell you what I like in my own fics and it's my own style of writing? I know I like this because I read a writer whose writing felt very similar to mine and I found it so easy and so enjoyable to read.

16. What are your writing weaknesses? Self-doubt, needing very precise conditions to be able to write, laziness when it comes to editing, and much, much more.

17. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language for a fic? What I'd normally do is just write the dialogue in English, in Italics and make it clear that it's a different language, that's what I did for writing Russian in an unpublished fic.

18. First fandom you wrote for? Back to the Future, it's still out there, just not on my AO3 account.

19. Favourite fic you've written? My personal favourite is my recent Ariel/Tentacle fic because I've wanted to write it for a while and I could write it in the exact way that it existed in my brain?

(Not tagging because I don't really know anyone else that writes fic - but if you see this and you want to do it, feel free to and tag me in your answers!)

[romancomicsblog]

Who should play Black Beetle in a Blue Beetle Sequel?

In anticipation of my most anticipated movie of the year, I have been watching/reading as much Blue Beetle content as I can directly blast into my eyeballs.

My personal favorite of the bunch is the second season of Young Justice. While he starts off as a secondary character, Blue Beetle quickly becomes to protagonist of the season, and even gets his own rival in the form of alien villain Black Beetle.

Black Beetle is one of my favorite villains in the show. He simultaneously represents how powerful Jaime could be and how dangerous he could be if he goes rogue.

I do think if we get more Blue Beetle content in the future, Black Beetle will be a main physical antagonist in the same way Conrad Carapax is in this next film.

I thought it would be fun to give my fancast for the character.

To be clear, I am not casting Black Beetle of the comics, who is a time traveling swinder, I am casting Black Beetle of Young Justice, who is a reach enforcer.

So apologies Black Beetle comic stans.

Essential Characteristics?

Black Beetle is a force. Being able to take on whole teams, including Kryptonians, Atlanteans, Amazonians and Martians. He is smart on the battlefield and understands how to use his scarab better than anyone.

We need someone who feels cocky and dangerous. He cherishes the thought of a battle but often doesn't find a real one.

Black Beetle is also devoted to the conquering of other planets for the Reach. We want someone who can seem loyal to his people, even if what he is doing is insane and hurting others. Think Zod in Man of Steel.

Other Stipulations?

Our Blue Beetle Xolo is about 6 ft tall. We want an actor larger than him.

While a tank like Dave Batista is ideal, I think we can settle for big instead of massive.

Our Black Beetle should feel older and wiser than Jaime, but in their prime as a warrior. Maybe mid 30s to mid 40s.

Black Beetle is voiced by a person of color, and while normally I don't think it matters for aliens, for this I would like to keep it.

Blue Beetle is a mainly hispanic cast, and I think keeping the cast mostly people of color is pretty special.

As always, I don't like casting people known for other big superhero roles. So my boy Batista is out.

3. Jay Ellis

Known for his roles in Insecure and Top Gun Maverick, it's amazing to me Jay Ellis has not had a major role in a superhero movie.

In Insecure as Lawrence, he showed emotional and comedic range, going toe to toe with big names like Issa Rae.

Ellis is also insanely built. He has the physicality needed I think to play such a role. Just look up Top Gun Maverick honestly.

While I think he can physically embody the role well and play an antagonistic villain, but with this much charisma, it may come off too heroic. I wonder if he is better suited for a Lantern down the line.

2. Regé Jean-Page

I was very torn between my second and first choice. Originally, this was my guy.

Regé Jean Page is a fantastic actor.

Known for roles in Bridgerton and Dungeons and Dragons, Page is known for playing Brawlers with a bit of a dark side. While these tend to be heroic, I think as a villain those skills can be well utilized.

While he is not the force Black Beetle usually is, Page could play a Black Beetle so knowledgable, it's terrifying still to come up against him.

Much like Ellis, I worry Page may be better suited for a heroic or antiheroic role. He was on the short list for Seg-El in the show Krypton, which tells me he gives more Superman than General Zod.

1. O'Shea Jackson Jr.

I've been following Jackson's career ever since he played his father, and I gotta say, the guy's incredible.

Known for roles in Cocaine Bear, Straight Outta Compton, Obi-Wan Kenobi, and Ingrid Goes West, the man has charisma and acting chops to spare.

What I love him for particularly in this role is his intimidating nature in Straight Outta Compton. He is swinging bats, fighting with his fellow rappers, and even using his words to put down terrible reporters disrespecting him.

To me that's Black Beetle, the baddest guy in the room and he knows it.

Jackson also has a swagger about him that doesn't come off as, let's just say douchey, compared to the others on this list. While the other two would be great for love interests or heroes, Jackson has that right energy for the strongest guy in the room.

While he is 5'11, I think Jackson has enough pure acting chops to play an incredible villain. One that could really put the fear in Jaime Reyes.

I'd be extremely happy to see him don the suit, and have an incredible beetle vs beetle battle.

Thank you for reading! If you'd like to support me, you can follow me on my socials here!

[spicy-apple-pie]

For capril videogames

Ok i honestly don't play video games (i was those computer games kids like bob the snail and water girl and fire boy)

But i watch some gamers so just spitballing

Fnaf (screaming and paranoia- actually like any horror game like emily wants to play)

Sims (unpredictable and weird)

Dance revolution

Gang beasts (imo they look so silly)

60 seconds

Little misfortune (this technically a story kind of game which only has 2 different endings and will say pretty messed up emotionally so uh be warned if ya don't know)

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE ASK!!!

Fnaf

Definitely Donnie/Leo’s recommendation.

Casey is so confident she won’t get scared “it’s just jumpscares it’s not that scary.”

First night she screams when the animatronics first move.

She hates the phone guy with a burning passion and she never listens to his tips.

April is on FaceTime with Donnie. They’re laughing at her.

But eventually April comes to help her and she gets into it too.

April holds on to Casey, but sometimes blocks her from hitting the button to the door in time (but her hands are also shaking lol)

Casey insists she stay the night at April’s. She won’t admit it, but she can’t stop thinking of those fucking animatronics staring at her in the hallways.

Sims

They get way too into the character creation. They spend hours making the most horrendous face you've ever seen, with the most out of place outfits.

They also have a save that has the boys, Splinter, and Draxum.

At first it was just a joke of "haha we had Leo piss his pants" but it went way further. Mikey has had mulitple affairs. Raph has murdered will kill again. Donnie died because he was playing too long at the computer (and then Mikey Woohooed death). Surprisingly, Leo, Splinter, and Draxum are the most normal ones.

They did have Splinter and Draxum marry in their game

They both vowed never to speak of what happens in that save file to the others.

April is really good at cheats and tips, so she's the one with the controls most of the time.

She's also really good at decorating and building.

Casey's houses are the houses you build as a kid when you first learn about motherloade. Just a square building with the most expensive furniture.

DDR

They don't play this often, reserved for arcade dates.

They're pretty good. Casey has terrible rythym and but good reflexes and April had a phase of religously watching DDR videos.

They have mastered a few songs

One time, there were these little asshole kids that were yelling at them and causing a scene. They were almost out of credits anyway, and they were just about to leave when they saw the boys get a highscore on one of their favourite songs to play together. So they use the rest of their credits to play the song and knocked them off the leaderboard.

Gang Beasts/Human Fall Flat

I have not played Gang Beasts, but I have played Human Fall Flat and they look very similar.

Although it's a stupid game, I think this is when Casey realises that she's healed a lot since the foot.

Here's a game where she's given a task and told to do it. Before she joined the Hamatos she would've become frustrated at the difficult controls. The purpose of the game would've gone completely over her head.

Now here she is, laughing her ass off watching April character splat on the ground on what must be their 12th attempt at the puzzle. And she feels happy and content.

That got a little mushy on what should be something goofy, but I got bit by the hurt/comfort bug

60 seconds

Casey has an intense hatred for all of the characters in the og game.

She likes one character that is mutant Mary Jane

She tries for it every game

April has the best strats memorized for the game

Idk, I haven't played much of this game I've just watch Jay from the CubScouts (sp?) play it.

Little Miss Fortune

Casey and April played Fran Bow and loved it, and neither of them really knew what it was about.

The ending definitely was a shock, but they enjoyed it all the same.

Luckily they’re completionists so they got all the glitters and got the good ending.

Casey was pretty emotional because Misfortune reminded her of her brownies.

April can do a mean Misfortune impression and it cracks Casey up.

Casey: *crying at the ending, hold back sobs*

April: *whispers* “poor little lady.”

Casey: *sobs/laughs into a pillow*

Sorry it took a while anon, but this was really fun to do!!!

[savrenim]

thoughts on dumbledore? Or the fantastic beasts premise in general

I'll be honest I saw the first Fantastic Beasts movie bc it seemed exciting and friends were there to see it with me, decided not to see the second I don't even know if JKR was out as a dangerous transphobe at the time I think it was because of Johnny Depp that I decided not to and promptly felt incredibly vindicated when everyone said it was terrible and character assassination from the first movie and not even worth torrent, and has there even been a third I genuinely have no idea bc these days I try to stay as far away from JKR properties again just bc, like. not interested in giving her money or contributing to conversations that will lead others to give her money. So "premise" is probably the best I can do for you.

Going on a tangent that I promise will make sense a paragraph down: I worked for nearly a decade during summers at gay theater camp AKA larp camp (the Wayfinder Experience) that is the best way to larp because games were one-time things with new entire world backgrounds and characters and game mechanics invented for each week of camp sets and costumes made anew each week by production that would culminate in said single 4-5 hour game that really and truly was like being in a novel where you were the main character, we were all living our best lives. One of these games was called The Golden Blade, written by my friend Jay Dragon who has gone on to become a genius indie ttrpg designer, bUT ANYWAYS. the concept of The Golden Blade was there was this tournament for adventuring parties of five-ish typical adventuring party members every year with a huge reward and said tournament had a lot of rules but mostly consisted of going around this big arena and fighting monsters and claiming flags, this also was Fantasy Sports like football but 1000x more popular for the fantasy continent we were on but decidedly a Sports Team Mood, campers were cast as members of these adventuring teams, the referees, and a bunch of rich spectators who had bought tickets to the tournament and also all had their own plotlines going. The game was set up as such: there were three rounds of the tournament where I guess flags and monsters were reset in between?, the first round went completely normal, the second round shit started to go down, and the third round was discarded because it had been revealed that there were a whole bunch of supernatural creatures/ gods who were all trying to control this sword that could cause the end of the universe and do a lot of other things, it was super dramatic, I played said universe's equivalent of the Archangel Michael and one of the kids was a Joan-of-Arc type prophet and I think I might have convinced them to end the world this was a long time ago. BUT ANYWAYS.

The Golden Blade was arguably the most popular game of that summer, it was a huge hit. And that's saying a lot, there were a bunch of really good games that summer.

The single criticism that was leveled against The Golden Blade by anyone ever, was that the tournament was really freaking cool and they really didn't need any other epic plotline and while what happened was great and everyone loved game, they would have been equally happy to have just...played the full tournament, no dramatic world-ending twists, just take what was a really cool setup for something really interesting in and of itself and play it straight.

Now you see where I'm going re Fantastic Beasts?

From what I remember of the first movie it was pretty good because it was mostly about running around after some crazy fantastic magical beasts, and the single criticism was "it really didn't have to be anything fancier than that, no need for a bigger plotline, honestly we would have been completely chill with almost a nature documentary about these beasts." From what I've heard about the second movie, they, like... go into the Wizarding War? and the plot is all about said Big Dramatic War? and, like.... where is the fun cute lighthearted we kind of were all just here for found family and adorable magical animals and zany adventures chasing them down and helping save them, we didn't sign up for Plot to happen, we didn't need Plot to happen at all, now that you're making Plot happen this isn't something that I want to be watching at all.

I feel like "thoughts on Dumbledore" is therefore going to be, like. Not something that I can answer at least in the context of Fantastic Beasts. given that I saw the first movie, once, when it first came out, and wasn't he in there and played by Jude Law or something for all of literally five minutes? in which case my thoughts on that Dumbledore is "Jude Law seems like a pretty cool actor." thoughts on Dumbledore generally as a character concept is that I do very much love the concept of "utterly and horrifyingly ice cold master manipulator leading the team of good guys that everyone thinks is a total sweetheart but in reality has been worn down so much by the horrors that they've seen that at this point they're completely and utterly down with sacrificing children for the greater good" and the philosophical concept of "okay you're one of the good guys, do you let this happen because you need this person to win the war, or is this unacceptable and how do you deal with/potentially react to the collateral damage of morals causing more horrific destruction than if you'd let the master manipulator stay leading." I have a variation on that trope in one of the many original works that I'm writing of considering time loops and a character group that is in theory trying to save the world from complete world-ending apocalypse but in practice after being through 300+ time loops have gotten incredibly cavalier about certain things because they're all just so fucking tired and have seen every single possible way for this to go wrong so by the time it comes to "yeah sure murder these 1000 children because they unfortunately stumbled upon information that if it makes its way back to this country in particular will lead to a weapon of mass destruction being deployed that cracks the entire planet like an egg, and we don't have enough resources to actually make sure all 1000 of these children never speak to anyone ever of what they saw because there are like five different apocalypses that we're trying to stop at once, so oops if we missed our window to stop them guess it's on the checklist to murder them all" and have done it so many times at that point that it doesn't even strike them as something to be upset about, it's just another box on the checklist. like. I call that group and especially their leaders a Dumbledore-type character and that is fascinating to me but at this point we're more into fandom and cultural impact of Dumbledore than Dumbledore himself, I don't know if I care enough about HP and its extended universe to have any further opinions about Dumbledore himself.

[purplerose244]

Thoughts journal about Season 13!! 💪💪 (1/4)

Phew, I actually made it to the English release without spoilers! 🤩 I do know general things about little plots for the ninja, hopefully nothing major! Finally, the Cole season we've all been waiting for, with Rock Mom and possibly plenty of our Earth baby development! COLE IN THE SPOTLIGHT AT LAST!! 🖤🖤

Well, I know I'll be shooting rainbows from my eyeballs if I see even one Nexo Knights reference! For the rest I don't really know what will happen, I'm curious! 🤔

It's the 6th of July, and here we go!!

GENERAL THOUGHTS

Is it just me or the dialogues sounds better? More built up, funnier, cohesive just like in the earliest seasons of Ninjago? Maybe it's just me but I'm really appreciating 🤷‍♀️

It also doesn't feel that rushed anymore! Which was my biggest problem in Prime Empire really. The episodes seem to me like fragments of a nice movie, not a too long story forced into 11 minutes. I'm very happy with the quality so far, I feel good about this for now! 👍

No matter what season it is, you can count on The Fold to make an AMAZING intro!! Freaking awesome, it was epic and very final battle like 👌👌 I WANT THE FULL VERSION ASAP!!!

SHINTARO

I do appreciate we are not forgetting about the adventures we had until now, it feels like from season 11 forward we are building a new backstory of. But they still show stuff from the very first seasons so I'm happy anyway 😍

Pff, Cole plays Prime Empire right after being trapped in it. And Lloyd joins in! YES!! Maybe there is hope for a season without greenie being traumatized! 👍👍

Also he's doing laundry because I DON'T WANNA DO THE DISHES NO MORE~ 😎

The chicken is back 😂 The constant reference to the movie we are all kinda attached to a this point (well I am, LOOK AT THE LITTLE HAT 💕💕)

Is it me being a "I've rewatched this show way too much" type of fan to feel that Nya saying that Jay using Spinjitzu for chores will get Wu mad might be a reference to how the guys had cleaned the very first Destiny Bounty with that? You think that Wu found out and got crazy mad? That would be kinda cool 😂😂

Okay, poor sensei and all, but he's kinda right 😅 I like Wu, I really do, but Aspheera was a problem kinda because of him, they all going to another dangerous realm could have been dealt a lot better if he hadn't been so on edge and in Prime Empire he freaking got kidnapped by NORMAL PEOPLE. Maybe he is getting old 🤷‍♀️

At last, he has returned...

THE ONE AND ONLY RULER OF NINJAGO, THE POSTMAN!!! 💜💜💜 Was he missing since March of the Oni? I can't remember if he was around for the Aspheera part 🤔

Soooo, not to be that person, but a secret group of royals asking the ninja to meet them in a place that was never open for outsiders before then? Kinda... feels familiar... *SoG flashbacks* 😰

Okay, not the biggest fan of Misako, but her scolding Wu was kinda fun 🤣 Needed to change the animation for her to get a bit of personality apparently 😉

Ah, you left Pixal behind to let her do... chores. Well, if you guys are happy 😒

Ninja babies all excited ❤💚💙🖤🤍💦 Also I'm excited because there is FINALLY a white heart between the emoji! I didn't notice it until now, I just need a gray/maroon heart now 😍

Jay screaming NOT MADE UP cracked me up so much 😂😂 Gosh I love my bluebell

A bit of action scene, nice, nice, also Cole going full buddy mode to save Jay gives me my beautiful Bruise vibes 💙🖤💙🖤

Well hello Brian

Looking good 💕💕 The designs are rocking in season 12 and 13, I cannot tell it enough! Super super cool

Overall nice episode, seemed more nicely focused than usual, I don't know if it's just me. I'm happy anyway 😁

Ooohhhh, so the sails were ripped off by the bats, and they were flying thanks to the soldier guys with wings. It makes sense, I was confused by the trailer, now there's the answer!

IN THE DARK

Okay, Vania introduction, I wonder what kind of princess we will get after last ti-

Vania: I'm such a big fan of you, I was the one that insisted at having you here! 🤩

... besides the fact that she sounds and looks absolutely ADORABLE, I'm kinda with Lloyd about feeling suspicious... because that's exactly how Harumi introduced herself back then 😅 And away it goes, the possibility of Lloyd spending a season without feeling disturbed or traumatized...

Ah, there we go, Cole and Vania. Soft looks, instant attention and... that's it? Idk, Jay and Nya's meeting had that one very awkward color question (💙❤💙❤), Kai literally heard romantic music while looking at Sky (❤🧡❤🧡), Lloyd was being mocked all the way by the guys as he looked at Harumi (💚😰💚😰). This one seems a bit weak? I don't mind it actually, I'm actually a bit curious about how it will develop since it started like this 🤷‍♀️

References to Hiroshi's Labyrinth and the Tournament of Elements, my fangirl heart is happy 😍 Is it too much thinking that the maze was a reference to Shadow of Ronin, since they all went there in the game while in the show only Lloyd was at the Labyrinth? Idk 🤷‍♀️

JAY SAYING COLE IS HIS BEST FRIEND, YES!! YES!! FINALLY, HAVEN'T HEARD IT SINCE SKYBOUND!!! BROTP IS BACK 🖤💙🖤💙 Also Jay confused that Vania is interested in Cole, pff, you clearly don't know the fandom 😂

But it is a bit fishy, does she knows stuff? Now I'm into it...

Lloyd sneaking in, that was creepy 🤣 And ninja like, of course

I kinda like how this is going, Cole straight up saying dude, I just met her, calm down. Like, I do understand green bean and I'm kinda on his side, but still 🤷‍♀️

Cole: I'm not just gonna jump on the lovesick wagon like you weirdos, geez

"It felt like a cloud of warm contentment." I'm gonna use this whenever someone asks me why have I been in my bed all day 😎

I know they all believed Cole was just dreaming the purple guy, but honestly they could have just said "Cole, we had flaming snakes raining on Ninjago a few weeks ago, what are you so worked up about?". But yeah, ROCK MOM FINALLY!!! I wanna know more!! 😍😍😍

Mr Sparkles 😂😂 So cute

Vania is cool for now, she is basically the innocent Harumi without a scarring tragedy from her past changing her into a vengeful villain... yeah 😅

Did Cole notice that she talks a lot and loud, kinda like Jay? Is that why he seemed a bit annoyed? 😂😂

For now they don't seem that annoyingly into each other, they look chill, no major lovesick moment or anything. I like it, I don't know if this ship will be super important or something, but at least I'm happy they are dealing with it in a different way 👍

With all these creatures chained up and a crazy dude making them work, Cole must have one HECK of a flashback from back in Chen's island 😵

Okay, I get the drama, I get the lair which is

Legit cool, with that nice Underworld vibe, but really? A wood door with ropes behind a lava fall? Security measures who? 😂😂

So Skull dude is the bad guy, and has a mask. People with masks means big reveal at some point. I like dudes with masks 😗

Aaaahhh, figures it was too easy being in a literal mine with the power of Earth. They really can't keep their powers for more than five seconds now can they 😂😂

But this seems interesting, is it connected with the burst thing they said in the trailer? Or even Cole's mom? Is this Skull Sorcerer connected to her? I HAVE QUESTIONS PEOPLE!!!

I am legit enjoying this 👌 They are building up questions and I do hope we'll get a good flashback moment with Rock mom... or even finding out if something else happened to her... EXCITED 🤩🤩

So to be the main ninja of a season lately you have to be either without powers (Kai Fire Chapter) or trapped in an unknown place (Zane Ice Chapter and Jay Prime Empire). Cole got them both 😅

IT REALLY IS ROCKY'S SEASON FINALLY 😎😎

WORST RESCUE EVER

Mm, the king is being weird, what's up with this mountain thing? Does he know who the Skull Sorcerer is? QUESTIONS

So Vania keeps being extremely adorable, I think I really like her character 💕 We'll see what will happen with her, how she will interact with the others, especially Lloyd since he seems very suspicious... can't really blame him 😅

Kai ready to argue with a king because one of his friend is in danger, THAT'S MY FLAME BABE ❤❤❤

Okay, the conflict between the two tribes, I read about this in some plots of the season. Not sure how that will play, but

I did laughed at this 😂 Sorry Mole

Okay, seriously, have we not learned anything from letting Kai come up with a plan? The notoriously bad planner Kai? The think before talking Kai? The let's follow the sun because yes Kai? I love him to dead but really, it was meant to go bad right away even if the title wasn't that 😅😅😅

AM I THE ONLY ONE WHO GOT EMOTIONAL AT COLE'S NINJA-GO WHILE DOING SPINJITZU?? 😭😭 They don't say it that much anymore before spinning, it kinda hit my tornado shaped heart 🖤🖤

I expected at least a comment about them being similar to the Skulkin, too bad. Not fundamental though, I'm really enjoying this so far 👍

Well, all of the ninja are trapped now 😅 Is Wu going to come for the rescue? Is Vania? I know they will be separated and will all go on separated quests, and I'm kinda more looking forward to it now. Let's see what happens!! 🤩

THE TWO BLADES

Considering how big of a fan Vania seems to be of the ninja, I bet she had those figures way before this moment 😂

Wooooo, hearing someone addressing Cole as the leader, does this count as a major throwback to pilots and season 1? I would make it count 😍

Okay here Vania does seem into Cole, we'll see how that plays out 🤷‍♀️

Ooooooooohhhhhh, vengestone! This actually make more sense than the last two times they were left without powers 😅 We never actually saw where that material came from, and here there's an actual mine full of it! Very cool, I like this! Big question is, what does Skull dude need all this vengestone for? 🤔🤔

Okay, the legends fits, sounds good enough but... she? SHE?!? WAS THAT ROCK MOM??? She was clearly a ninja and she did spinjitzu!! I didn't even considered the possibility, I only saw Misako, Doubloon and Aspheera knowing Spinjitzu before!! An actual mom?? THAT WOULD BE EPIC!! 🖤

Pff, these tribes are a bunch of idiots, I actually like them 😂 I like them better than the rats of Prime Empire that's for sure, but maybe that's just me 🤔

Aww, this Mino creature is cure! Cole did pretty good with him, does he remind him of Rocky? ☹

Nice, this I was waiting for! Cole and Lloyd together, leaders collaboration 💚🖤💚🖤 It didn't last much, but I think there will be more of it? I HOPE SO!!!

So the blades must be somewhere hidden, if they really have been taken by the Skull Sorcerer. I mean, even in Prime Empire they thought for sure Unagami was Dyer, so I wouldn't jump on it right away 🤔

There we go, the divided team! I knew about Kai and Zane stuck together, I remember stuff not too promising about Nya having to fight for Jay, but I'm honestly really enjoying the season so far! I like the pace and it doesn't seem as rushed as before! I hope we get to some good plot twists and backstories soon!! 🤩🤩

[hetaliawhatifs]

Hi there, I was the anon who asked the what-if about the States being characters and I've returned for a follow-up. Sorry for being anon the first time, I'm kind of shy. Admin-Jay said he had headcanon for a few of the states and I was wondering if he could talk a bit more about that. Like, which states and what's the headcanon? I have a serious State!Muse brewing and it's driving me bonkers because I have no one to talk to about any of this! /o\ Thanks in advance! Cheers!

Okay so Admin Jay is actually nervous to post this…but here we go. Mind you I only have two, but I really wanted to make two complete characters with headcanons and all. Though if you want to talk about your muse and want some help, feel free to message me at my personal blog anytime! I love talking about ideas! -Admin Jay (’m putting this under a read more, so if you want to pass on the Admin being a dork, feel free! I won’t mind!)

New YorkName: Michael JonesStarted off as New Netherlands though was shortly taken over by the English and his name was changed to New York. Prefers not to speak of the Native times.Played a pivotal role in the Revolutionary War and is proud of it, though doesn’t gloat like other states. One of the Oldest colonies, occasionally will crack jokes about old British taxes.Calls Alfred “Boss”. Older than Alfred, but chooses no to remind him unless it is necessary.Appearance:Storm grey eyes, light skin (not a lot of sun to tan with), roughly 5′ 10″.Three tattoos on his body but they are usually covered: broken glass with the date of Black Tuesday (right arm), the number 11 with a star under it (signifies he is the 11th state, on his rib cage), date of Twin Towers with “never forget” (on his heart)He can wear either polished suits or street clothes depending on his job that day.Blends in easily with the citizens and helps tourists avoid getting lost in the New York shuffle.Personality:Cunning, acts indifferent but honestly cares, perfectionist, and slightly emotionally detached.Protective over the other states, yet has a rivalry with the West Coast and New Jersey.Still likes to drink and party like the 1920s. (Loves to swing dance)Smokes at least four times a day.Deals with stress very well since city life is high stakes, high rewards.Will neither confirm nor deny any mafia connections or mafia presence in New York. Has an explosive temper, but it takes a lot to push him there. Enjoys learning languages and is fluent in many, but prefers English.

FloridaName: Isabelle Jones, nicknamed Rida (because Florida)Was once a Spanish colony, then French, then Spanish, then British, then Spanish? It gets a little hazy…Was a privateer herself during pirate times, though her loyalty was to herself which caused problems between her owners. Is almost always at the beach, and why not? Florida is almost 90% beach. Key West is her little brother, but since his sudden independence and then almost immediate return, she has been hurt but tries not to let it get to her. She will still protect him though.

Appearance:5′ 11″ now due to her status as a state, but also the loss of her native people; once was 6′ 2″ during her peak and during native times. Long black hair that is normally braided, but sometimes left down. Deep tan skin with sapphire eyes, three ear piercings on her left ear and four on the right (wears a golden cuff from her privateer days on the top of her ear). Native tattoos down her right arm and shoulder, also has the number 22 with a star (signifying her as the 22nd state and is above her heart). 

Personality:Speaks English, Spanish and French fluently, still knows her native language though and will occasionally use it to speak to Alfred (he can hardly reply at times) or to herself. Tends to be sarcastic and flirty.Acts as a mother and mentor to the other states, especially the younger ones.Misses her old privateer days and her old carefree nature. Enjoys her magical skill (due to Disney’s influence, but also the amount of time under England’s tutelage).