#kai smith jiang

[miakwat]

Kai was forced to repeat the cycle of being torn away from his family 😔

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[nightmarearian]

starbound

just seabound but kai

originally I'd say sunbound but starbound sounds way fucking cooler and also the sun is a star so whatever ig lmao

[l1-b1]

Kai, the elemental master of fire🔥🔥🔥

I’ve had this artwork in my head for a while now and I finally got to draw it! I absolutley love how this turned out

[inkbagel]

Baby Kai and Nya <3

[nyasyang]

those jaya fanfics that have kai as the "really overprotective older brother" piss me off sm

like that's not the same kai that helped jay ask nya to be his yang or the same kai that covered his ass eyes to give jay and nya privacy when he walked in on them about to kiss in s7

[cable-salamdr]

Continually in awe over how well of a mentor Kai is to Wyldfyre— The fact that it takes him a moment, but as soon as he realises that she loves competition and that the best way to get her to do something is by giving her a difficult role or challenging her he becomes incredibly good at actually training her. It’s not just that Wyld reminds Kai of himself, but also that he uses that as a way to help her become better.

[owlghosts9]

Zane and Kai in these bc it’s soooooo them

[jalluzas-ferney]

Quick Jay and Kai doodle I drew during class

[threemoonwatchers]

Incredibly stupid Halloween hc but the ninja each have one gi that color codes to a different teammate (like Lloyd has a blue one and Jay has a green one, Cole has a white one and Zane has a black one, and Kai and Nya swap because Kai dressed as the water ninja is silly.) and they have those purely for Halloween purposes. They just go out dressed as each other.

This is also slightly to mess with whatever villain they’re dealing with at the time.

[riptidesblog]

We all know the 'overprotective older brother Kai'.May I suggest 'overprotective little brother Lloyd' instead?

[bluestarjay]

Plasma is so loser bf x princess bf, and like,, I think we know who's who, even though they're both definitely losers. I see a lot of polyninja, a lot of lava, and a lot of bruise, but not enough plasma!!! They're so underrated,, here's some early show plasma for the soul 😎

When they first met, they hated each other. Wu had Jay, Cole, and Zane just, like, attack him out of nowhere! Obviously, it was for the test,,, but all Kai had gotten out of it were 3 annoying rivals. And the blue one? His first thought when he asked about his sister was, "Is she hot?" He was annoyed. His job was to protect his sister, and yet she was in the hands of some damned skeletal villains. How had he failed so badly?

Even though he had insisted that he wouldn't become a ninja, that it was just to save Nya, he had found a home at the monastery. He knew it was necessary to stay and help defeat Lord Garmadon. He had his sister and 3 annoying friends. But that was more than he could say he had before.

The most annoying of them was definitely Jay. He never shut up, and he was kinda dumb, but at the same time, he was brilliant. They had shared stories of how Wu had found each of them, and Jay mentioned a failed flying machine. Apparently, he lived in a junkyard and had grown up building things, which was pretty cool. He knew they were similar in that aspect. He, too, grew up creating things, and he was well aware of the patience and skill required for it. Jay, of course, was a whole lot smarter than him, considering that Kai never went to school, and Jay had been homeschooled for the past 12 or so years by his parents, who also happened to be incredibly smart. But considering how much of a genius Jay was, to be able to invent things with a reasonable chance of success, as well as the other artful skills he had mentioned, he lacked common sense. And it pissed the hell out of Kai.

After many months of getting to know the other ninja and a few encounters with Lord Garmadon's son, Lloyd, he could definitely say the other ninja had grown on him. Zane tended to be a pushover and always took things too seriously; he always mother-henned them when they got injured. He was kind, though. Cole was kind of a slob. He wasn't really one to say anything, though, as he was too, but sometimes it was like Cole was another breed. He was way too strong for him, too, so training with him always sucked. Jay wasn't any less annoying, but he had gotten used to nervous ramblings and pessimistic panicking in the face of danger. Seriously, he was a ninja! How was he gonna help save Ninjago if he couldn't handle spiders? But he should probably give him more credit. He was a pretty sheltered kid, living in a trailer in the desert. He had started to cling to Kai when it got too cold, since he wasn't used to the cold weather. At first, Kai thought it was annoying because all he had to do was grab a jacket. But then Zane started to do the same, and it became common to have Jay and Zane sit on either side of him when they played video games so they could bask in the heat he radiated. Honestly, he preferred just having Jay next to him than Zane. Only because Zane was too cold, even for him!

At one point, he noticed that what had been a simple, fleeting crush on Nya had become love for Jay. Jay was in love with Nya. His sister! The thought of it made his stomach ache, and he knew that he wouldn't let Jay go out with his sister, no matter what. Hell, he'd rather let Nya go out with Pythor than Jay!! And it wasn't necessarily anything against Jay. He just didn't want one of his best friends to date his sister!

But they went out anyway. To Mega-Monster Amusement Park?? When they were on a mission there?? He hadn't even given permission!! And then Jay unlocked his true potential because of Nya!! He wanted to be happy for them, truly, but he couldn't find it in him. He didn't know why, but he felt nauseous seeing Jay's glowing form next to Nya, hearing her say, "I like you best when you're you!" Well, no shit! Anyone could've told him that! A voice deep inside his head tells him *he* should've helped Jay unlock his true potential.

Another several months go by, and they've since had to deal with getting Lloyd adjusted to his new life as a teenager and the green ninja. He had a huge role to take, and he felt bad. In those few months, he had come to think of Lloyd as a brother. He was stupid to think he had a chance at becoming the green ninja himself. It was always meant for Lloyd. He knew it made sense; his role, no matter what, would be to protect his younger siblings. He's noticed that as Nya takes on her passion for engineering or mechanics or whatever the hell it is, Jay had worked on his own stuff less. And then when Pixal had joined, maybe he just felt useless? They already had people to take care of fixing their mech and vehicles, and his lightning was useful, but not really for the day to day mechanical jobs Jay tended to help with. He knew this because he tended to watch Jay sometimes. Not because he was being creepy or liked him or anything, obviously! But Jay was the kind of guy who needed some help sometimes. He noticed that Jay was a lot more restless without having stuff to do, so he bounced his legs, which got annoying because it shook the table or his feet tapped the floor a bit too loudly. Sometimes, he'd start drumming on the thing closest to him, which, again, got annoying real quick.

One time, when it was just the two of them, Jay started bouncing his leg and looked really anxious, and kai thought that maybe it was because Nya was fixing something in the next room over, and the clacking of metal and whatnot could be heard. "You good, man?" Jay stopped almost immediately and turned to look at him. Kai had several thoughts about Jay's hair, how it was almost definitely curly, but being straightened every morning. At the time, it had been raining, so even though Jay's hair wasn't quite curly, it was frizzing up and didn't look very good. And to think he made fun of Kai for having damaged hair!! Jay forced a smile, the corner of his mouth twitching slightly. "Yeah, of course! Why wouldn't I be?" "I don't know, you've been shaking your knees like crazy, and you look half dead. Is it the rain messing with your powers? Or Nya?" Jay flushed and looked confused. "It's kind of the rain. Why- why would it be about Nya?" "Uhh well, she rejected you, didn't she?" Jay looked away from his eyes. "And she's taken over your role as the 'smart one' or whatever. She's out building and fixing things, and you feel like we don't need you anymore. But we do. Dude, you're so fucking smart and you don't even know! I didn't even go to school, you know? If you keep bottling everything up, you're just gonna end up hurting someone and probably yourself." Jay looked back at Kai, tears building up. Knowing him, he'd probably just start getting super defensive. "Dude, you just took that whole conversation from 0-100 right there, like, you aren't wrong, but where the hell did you get all that from?? And me and Nya, we just decided we were better off as friends, it's fine. I genuinely don't care all that much, Nya's really cool, and I'm fine just being friends with her! But she's been hiding out with Pixal, and every time I ask if she's got anything she needs help with, or if she's got something for me to do, she insists that they've got it! And I would totally just work on my own thing, but I can't because they're always in there, and it's awkward! Because what I've been doing my whole life, Nya has picked up in the past few months! And now they don't need me, and I feel useless!" As tears silently streamed down Jay's face, Kai wrapped his arm around Jay and pulled him towards his chest. Usually, he wouldn't do this for someone unless it was Nya or Lloyd, but he loved Jay.

He *loved* Jay.

Holy shit was he in love with Jay???

Ughhh, this was so bad!!

He's in love with the boy who was in love with his sister!

They might’ve been just friends, but that was still weird, wasn't it? He'd definitely have to talk to someone about it,,, He looked down at Jay, who was still tucked into his chest, and oh wow, even though his hair was straightened every single morning, it was really soft! Jay had by now stopped crying and let out a long breath. He looked at Kai and smiled. Had Jay always had a scar on his lip? He wondered how he got it. And were those lichtenberg scars on his shoulders; and beginning to creep up his neck? And his eyes, they were entirely brown, but his left eye was partially a deep, dark brown compared to the lighter chocolate color of the rest.

"Kai?" Uhh yeah?" "Thank you."

[miakwat]

Thinking about... filipino Kai/Cole forgetting to tell Kai he can speak tagalog

Translation: Cole: "I love you-" Kai: "WHAT?"

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[2cats1trenchcoat]

Happy dragons rising s2p2 release day

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[l1-b1]

Here’s my Kai design ref sheet!:D

[inkbagel]

Kai and Wyldefire have the best character development in dr you can’t change my mind

I haven’t seen the first half of s1 and don’t really know what happens there but when Kai and WF are working together he’s usually getting really upset with her and she’s just making fun of him the whole time. They don’t know how to work together at all and are really bad at it (which leads to their dragon core getting stolen)

But then Kai sees he can’t just change the way she is and starts learning how to talk to her in a way that will make her listen. He’s no longer contradicting her but matching her energy.

And then that one scene in s1ep19 where they’re trying to sneak around but WF is singing loudly and Lloyd asks Kai to get her to be quiet, but instead of telling her to shut up he tells her “this is a stealth mission, so the theme would actually go-” and then he sings a quieter tune. He’s not forcing her to be someone else anymore, he’s teaching her how to be herself but still in a way that won’t get everyone caught.

And then he stops getting frustrated with her. Becuase he learned how to exist with her. It’s actually so freaking sweet the way they work together.

And then he dies and now she has to learn how to talk to everyone else without him.

[nyasyang]

i really like the hc that kai and nya grew up thinking their last names were "smith" so i came up with the idea that kai convinced nya that her name was spelt "nya" when legally its "nia" just because her thought it be funny when its pronounced wrong

and then nya would write down her name and her parents would see and be like "that's not how u spell ur name" and she has some kind of identity crisis