#master wu hc

[senseioftheseidiots]

" Blessed by creation, cursed to destroy all I touch, that, will never change. "

[waterghostype]

not so tall now are you

[fandomsnrambles]

The spinjitzu family has recently become my roman empire for some reason, you’re all going to see so much of them 😭

Anyway, i’ve been thinking about his relationships with his sons recently. And I know he doesn’t have a good relationship with any of them.

I know people argue ‘Wu was his favourite’ but i think if we actually look at how he acts, you realise he didn’t really have a favourite. I also feel personally inclined to respectfully mention that just because Garmadon said it, doesn’t make it true. Characters have biases that mess with their worldviews after all. It’s like saying Wu’s to blame for the devourer’s bite because he said he was. Even though he was like seven, maybe nine and had no idea that snake even existed.

Thats why you should take everything they say with a grain of salt and then consider their actions.

Wu’s relationship with his father is complicated. In the spinjitzu books he mentions how he wants his father’s approval, but doesn’t know how to start with getting it. We also get hints of the FSM’s (flawed) parenting methods in the show. I’ve noticed he’s emotionally distant even if he’s physically there. I mean, Wu says his father talked to them (Garmadon and Wu) less after the Aspheera incident. Makes me think that the FSM was definitely not there emotionally.

Due to this, Wu’s emotional needs as a child weren’t really met. His fathers distance hurt him and the FSM (maybe accidentally) neglected him. I say accidentally because i’m pretty sure the FSM is a traumatised child soldier who doesn’t know how to properly cope with everything so they just shut down/dissociate.

Wu was also raised with high expectations (alongside Garmadon.) This probably put him under a lot of stress to keep up. I’m thinking gifted child who got burnt out and more depressed as he aged.

I also think the FSM has trust and paranoia issues. You can look at Nineko and the way they went about dying for this. This guy really hands their son a script of where he died without telling him he gave it to him and mentions the bare minimum details. (I wonder if mentioning too much details got the FSM hurt. Maybe thats why he’s so distant.) Of course, trauma doesn’t really excuse being a flawed parent.

I also feel the need to mention that Wu unintentionally copies his father’s trauma responses. Heck, we could even talk about how Garmadon does the same, and later Lloyd. They all bottle their emotions and issues and hope nothing bad ever happens with that ever. Too bad for them though, we know how this ends

(Oof this is ✨generational trauma✨ at work)

Moving on to Garmadon, we know that after he got bitten by the devourer, the FSM helped him through his episodes and tries his best to find a cure. From this i can honestly say that the FSM did love and care for his sons. But this doesn’t mean they knew how to properly show that they did (especially because he doesn’t have a proper basis for what parent-child relationships should even look like.)

We see this when we get to know of Garmadon’s insecurities as a child. He doesn’t think there was anything wrong with him and seems to hate how the FSM tries to find a cure for him. Maybe because he doesn’t like the implication that he needs ‘fixing’ more than anything else. Garmadon’s also different than Wu in the sense that he grows more resentful of his father as he grows older whilst Wu clings to his father’s attention to get approval/praise.

I also want to mention how this resentment built up also affects how his perception of Wu’s relationship with their dad. He thinks Wu is favoured probably because Wu doesn’t have the venom and is the good one (because the venom apparently makes Garmadon the ‘bad’ one) and he sees his younger brother as the golden child. This probably built to jealousy and then guilt for the jealousy because Garmadon does love his brother a lot.

The high expectations also come’s into play here. It probably puts a lot of weight on Garmadon’s shoulders. Which doesn’t make his growing feelings of resentment better nor does it make his insecurities about his venom any better.

What makes this whole situation worse is that NO ONE in this family knows how to communicate. Wu doesn’t tell his dad or his brother how he feels, Garmadon doesn’t as well and FSM wouldn’t be caught breathing a word of his feelings to be honest.

This whole family would rather die than communicate ffs.

In conclusion:

[cable-salamdr]

Lloyd slowly subconsciously adopting Master Wu’s “Great Scott!” instead of any other exclamation like and subscribe if you agree

[dead-little-birdie]

You know how Wu always left the monastery doors open in hopes Morro would come back? Hc that, the second after Morro died in the Caves Of Dispair, the wind came and blew the doors shut, as if to tell Wu, “no, he’s never coming back”

[daisychainsposts]

So as a fandom have we decided when elemental powers usually start to appear? Is it like a puberty thing or do they just show up one day regardless of age?

[hawkflame999]

Ninjago headcanons 17-19

#17:

The word “Spin” is an inside joke among the Ninja and their friends. 

Like once, they’ll be spying on some random… let’s say gang, that’s been doing stuff besides living in the streets and stealing food. 

Lloyd: “Soooo….” Zane: “Spin?” Jay: *nodding* “Spin.” Kai: “Let’s just spin this out…..” Cole: “SPIN!”

Nya: *Facepalm* The other five:

Nya:

The other five: “Come on…….” Nya: *sighs* “Fine.”

Nya: “Spin.”

#18:

All ninja, every single one, and every single Elemental in existence knows Japanese. 

Even if they don’t have parents around or anything. They just instinctively know the tongue. 

The six and Wu will often just speak in Japanese to each other, and they use this during missions.

Like once, The Six + Skylor and Pixal were in a street fight (somehow) and the six were yelling at each other in Japanese. The gang thought they were warning each other or saying something along the lines of “Ok, how do we get out of this?”.

But Sky and Pix were trying very hard not to laugh because they could understand and knew that the Six were actually yelling insults at the gang leader. 

#19:

Wu will sometimes just Abandon English and go full Japanese when he’s stressed or angry or something like that.

Once, sometime after the Hands of Time, Ray, Maya, and Wu caught all six awake at like 4:AM and discovered they were up the whole night.

They got grounded. (XD, yes, Wu has the authority to ground them now)

The next day the six were bored so they snuck out and were just fooling around in the woods near the monastery.

Cole may have gotten a sprained wrist after a rabid bear came at them.  All six might have gotten a 30-minute lecture in Japanese from three people.

And grounded for a longer time

[riptidesblog]

Do you ever think how Wu had two candidates for the role of the green ninja and both of them were the ones that didn't get their powers from FSM?

[thebearmage]

Ninjago - The Elements

Pt 2 - coming soon!

This has been something on my mind for a LONG time, so I wanted to write it out, just for me, just for the fucks, just because I CAN. This is my explanation of the continuity errors revolving around Ninjago's Elements/Elemental masters.

We all know that Ninjago has continuity errors due to the show running for many years, adapting over time, adding/taking away concepts, and making new characters to sell toys (we all know that's what's happening a LOT of the time).

Now, the MAIN error that I personally focus on revolves around the Elements - mainly the four main Ninja. How do their powers work? Are they from Lloyd, their parents, the Golden Weapons...what? Why are there so many NEW elements?

I believe I have answers to those questions. Just as a reminder, this is my personal headcanon, not fact.

This post will focus on the Ninjas' elements: Fire, Earth, Ice, Lighting, Water, and Energy. There are a couple of errors to tackle here.

First, where do the four main elements come from?

I personally think their power comes from their parents, passed down from parent to child from the First Spinjitzu Master. The Golden Weapons act as conductors, like Thor and his hammer in the MCU - it's a way to harness their powers, to control it. It is NOT the source of their power. So, why did the Ninja lose their powers in Season 5 - Possession? Are their powers connected to Lloyd?

Yes, their powers are connected to Lloyd, with him being the grandson of the FSM and Green Ninja, but their powers were never SUPPOSED to be connected to him as strongly as in season 5.

I headcanon that when someone inherits an Elemental power, their body must adapt and change to host the power. You can't use its full strength right off the bat, or your body will give out (in this HC, this is why Cole's mother dies, used too much power too early).

Using conductors - like the Golden Weapons - allows a newbie Elemental Master to use their full power without many drawbacks. The longer you host a power, the more you learn how to control it, the more power you can use. You have to cross a few thresholds before you can wield an element properly - one of these thresholds is unlocking your true potential.

So, what does this have to do with Lloyd? In season 3, we see him give up his Golden Power to activate the Ninjas' powers. Well, the reason their power was so strongly connected to him was because he activated the powers too early.

The Ninja's bodies were not ready for the power input Lloyd gave them, so instead of drawing power from the Ninja, the elements drew some power from Lloyd - for his element is Energy/Power itself. This is why Garmadon publicly disapproved of his son's decision; he knew what would happen.

The change was small enough that no one noticed it until Lloyd got possessed. For the Ninjas, it was like the power source was suddenly cut off, so they lost their powers.

Nya's body had already been trained due to her being Samurai X, so when she began her Elemental training, she progressed faster because her body could house more power. Lloyd never activated her powers, so her Element didn't draw energy from him. We can also argue that the four Elements of Creation are more powerful than the secondary elements, so she had less power to control - arguments can be made against this, though.

This would also explain why, when Lloyd lost his element or didn't have the energy to use it in Sons of Garmadon, the ninjas were still able to use theirs. By then, they had properly mastered their elements, so their powers no longer drew power from Lloyd.

Welp, that was part one of my little explanation rant. If I've missed anything, or it turns out everything was explained in the new seasons and I haven't seen it, tell me! In part two, I will talk about the secondary elements, their creation, their uses, and how new ones are just NOW popping up.

[s0ull3ss-p3rs0n]

Uuugggghhhhh I just realised that I think of Garmadon as having darker skin tone (they're all asian tho) but FSM keeps being visualised with a lighter skin tone in my head, Wu goes all over the place, I tried to make FSM have darker skin tone but it didn't work with the design in my head and now he has two-toned skin that somehow split between his kids, all because I wanted Laurel to have vitiligo

[senseioftheseidiots]

I'm here to ruin your day

Wu's the biggest believer that his father was a good person, conditioned under the fear of disobeying and disappointing his father the same way garmadon was. But garmadon grew to resent him, Wu continued to make excuses because he didn't want to believe that everyone in his family wanted to hurt him. In the same sense that he's conditioned himself to believe he's deserved every bit of hurt his brother has given him. That everything done to him doesn't matter as much as it should.

He will ALWAYS make excuses for his family.

Especially those who've tried to hurt him.

[sexiestwerewolf]

tbh I've been hcing fsm to be similar to the Buddha for teensy bit now and I kinda wanna do a lot of research in order to understand how the FSM would represent that religion

[marsbotz]

Saw your tag saying FSM haters come fight you. Here I am! Frankly I'm not so much of a hater as I am just of the opinion "wow this guy sure Started All This Shit" but I'm absolutely willing to hear your view of the matter if you're willing to share! Love some Friendly Fandom Discourse (it's healthy tbh) come at me bro 👊 👊 👊

HI LOL.... my personal opinion is that the FSM gets a lot of hate for similar reasons to wu (which i also think are unjustified but that's a different post). like you said he gets a lot of the blame put on him for starting everything that's to come in the show, but i don't really feel like he intended to do any harm.

the FSM was born into a war. when he was still a very young child, he was forced to choose one side of himself, of his family, and destroy the other. and so he ran away. but this world he runs to is chaotic and dangerous. and so again, he is forced to fight for the right to live in peace along with the inhabitants of this world.

but even in this new world, he wasn't safe: the oni followed him, determined to bring him back to fight for them. and after them, the overlord. his whole life, especially when he was younger, he had been fighting, or running from forces that aimed to destroy him.

i believe the FSM was incredibly paranoid throughout his life, worrying that at any moment everything would be ripped away from him. this can be seen in how secretive he was, how much of his history is hidden away. the mech used to win the war against the overlord was sealed away where it could never be found. he granted elemental powers to select people to help keep him safe. even in his death, he hid away, in a place that even wu could not find.

this paranoia carries on through his sons. he taught them both to fight, to protect themselves, when they were also very young. one of the earliest moments we see of them is them fighting with swords! and though he loves them, they are not immune to his secrecy, or his fears. when they steal the scrolls and enter the serpentine territory, he never fully trusts them again. when garmadon gets bitten and starts to turn to evil, he's desperate to cure him. and i don't fully believe that the FSM intended to make garmadon feel broken or "wrong"... just that his fear has so consumed him at this point that he can't see the damage he's doing to his children.

it's also worth noting that despite garmadon's corruption, the FSM never truly hated him. he was left to protect the golden weapons alongside wu, he recieved the same protective enchanted gi, and was left the same clues to find him after his death. it's just that garmadon was unable to see this through the corruption (which is another post).

perhaps all he did was to protect his sons. that seems to be how wu sees it, at least. because wu repeats this same behaviour with the ninja, even if unintentionally. he brings these kids into a war because that happened to him, and his father before him. maybe he doesn't even realise it's wrong. he hides things from them not only because because he's ashamed of his past (again, another post lol), but because his father always hid things from him. it protects wu, but it also protects the ninja.

i don't believe the FSM was a flawless person. hes one of many grey characters in ninjago, and to boil down everything he did to "good" or "bad" is a disservice. maybe you see him as someone who only ever ran from problems instead of truly solving them, maybe you see him as a cruel and neglectful father. and maybe those are both true. but he's also someone who always tried to fight for peace, for himself and everyone in ninjago, and someone who truly loved his sons, despite the damage he did to them both.

so that's who i think the FSM was. an immortal, all powerful godlike being, yes, but also a scared child who just wanted to live peacefully, and would do anything to prevent another war. and maybe he is, in some way, indirectly responsible for every bad thing in the show, but i think this is more of an after-effect of the countless wars and conflict. he did the best he could, and considering all he went through, i think he did alright.

[dead-little-birdie]

Hc that Morro went to the Cloud Kingdom when he was still alive to sneak a look at his destiny, but was unhappy about it, and ripped up the ending so he could create his own destiny when the time came.

What he didn’t realize, however, is that by doing so, he unintentionally killed his future self, as the last thing written on the scroll was when he was searching through the mines.

But even after his death, he was still able to create his own destiny, just not in the way he expected. To mess with Cloud Kingdom magic is very dangerous, and in this case, it cursed him after he died, sending him to the cursed realm to forever ponder his actions as a ghost.

[vivianthepigeon]

Nothing you can say or do will make me like Misako, Koko is infinitely better