#ninjago aspherra

[notsosmug87]

Ive had this Au idea in my head for a lil while and after doing some work on it i have decided to share it with you guys.

I proudly present:

The fractured Jay Au

(Huge shoutout to the very talented @sketchalicious. not only was this drawing based off one of their own but they were also one of the biggest inspirations for this Au. Go check em out they make awesome stuff) After the ninja Recuse Jay, his entire mental state collapses from the stress of flashbacks and visions after which, he goes into a comatose state. The ninja must now enter his mind to help him wake up. There, They find not only Jay, but six different versions of him. all of which represent their own guilts and traumas as well as Jays own too. The Ninja (now separated) must fight the one that represents them most and try to get every Jay to accept themselves.

The ninja also find out about the events of skybound through this whole ordeal; In Nyas case, having to relive it while also seeing what Jay went through on the Misfortunes keep.

The idea is that, Out of every ninja Jay holds the most baggage but does not show it, instead keeping it hidden very deep in his brain and I’m tired of people pretending like he doesn’t 😔

I will now Explain them in detail. Starting with:

The chosen one "Guilt ridden"

Fun fact: According to an old blooper reel, Jay was originally gonna be the green ninja; But the writers changed it to lloyd for a better surprise. Doesn’t take away from the fact that Jay looks good in green however.

This Jay is supposed to be a Representation of Lloyd, more specifically The weight lloyd has on his shoulders. Having to be the savior of ninjago (now the merged realms) can take a toll on a person; Lloyd is also now a sensei in training which has not helped his mental state at all; eventually bound to snap one way or another. And at one point there will be a battle he cannot win no matter how hard he tries.

From jays side, TCO is supposed to be a representation of His thoughts about how he has failed Lloyd and the others on several occasions (Releasing aspherra, Prime empire, letting Nya die twice, etc.) and how he solely Blames himself for it. All his self doubts telling him he’ll never be good enough, Among other things, in the forms of Twisted/Tainted visions of the other ninja and his parents. Making him go insane and he eventually snaps, succumbing to the delusion that in order to ever be good enough for Anyone he has to take over being the green ninja. But deep down he knows that the others will always care about him no matter what.

Worst case Scenario (CC for short) “The Sacrifice"

This one’s design wasn’t based off anything too important, I just think that Kai would be the second Ninja to become Undead.

CC represents Kai’s inability to let others sacrifice for him. While Kai is a hero through and through and will do anything for his family, he’s also selfish in the way that he doesn’t want the others to do the same for him Always insisting that it should have been him instead. CC looks like someone who has sacrificed too much without letting others help them. (Bit of a stretch i know)

In terms of Jay, CC is supposed to represent Denial. His skeletal remains are the Result Of what happens to someone who thinks “it should have been me” over every situation, Someone more... Expendable. A repeating memory of Nya dying in his arms keeps playing in his head. Losing flesh and organs after sacrificing himself to Defeat the Overlord; His skeleton Gains a fraction of his power that keeps him alive. But in the end it does not matter because he couldn’t save the one person most important to him, Nya. Jay knows no matter how many “What if” Scenarios happen in his head, the past is in the past and he must look on to the future, but can’t bring himself to after the many losses he’s Endured.

Agent walker "left to rot"

Design of course was based off our very own amnesiac Jason Walker, The current Manager of the administrations realm of reassignment.

Agent Walker is Everything Zane Dreads about himself; Becoming Cold and mechanical with no emotion. Agent Walker is Essentially a repeat of the Ice emperor. A once heroic individual Who forgot themselves and Changed because of Evil influence. Zane dreaded being the ice emperor and does not want any of his family to go through what he went through. Unfortunately, Jay is already halfway there. while we do not know if Agent Walker is truly corrupt due to the administration, Jay is Very much morally Gray, As out of every Ninja his moral compass is the weakest.

Having severe abandonment issues, Agent Walker Represents Jays Fear of being Forgotten about by his family, Essentially becoming a memory. that fear is realized once he spends a long time in the administration and no one has found him yet. Hence the Tagline, “Left to rot”. Having everyone Move on without him (especially Nya) Hurts So Badly that He Forces himself to forgot about the others and hoping the pain will eventually go away. Jay of course knows that His family and Yang could never forget about him, But doubts plague his mind telling him otherwise.

The Infiltrator “No Destiny"

Based off the (now very official) Evil Jay Figure which was recently leaked. The shirt was too hard to get right for me, so I decided to use my own design for it.

The infiltrator, A Strange Figure Who wields lightning powers. Hired by lord Ras; The same person who Went for Coles second family. This adds insult to injury in terms of their friendship.

This Jay pulls the same type of act that Cole does in DotD; By Doing something as drastic as Teaming up with a person who he knows has bad intentions just to be recognized outside of his feats at the administration and to be able to freely use his powers.

Representing Coles guilt, This Jay Has cemented himself as an enemy to the ninja and no longer an ally Forcing The battle to be painful for the Ninja. Especially Cole. However this Jay is not tethered to his relationships with them and will not hold back against those who oppose his leader

(Note: Not much is known about Jays motives or really anything about his evil character in part 2. This part might be rewritten later once we get a more clear view of his character.)

The infiltrator Is a manifestation of Jays fears about him going rouge/ Evil, So far almost all of the ninja Have Gone through their Evil “phase” and eventually, Jay must walk down that path. He feels hopeless however as without his memories he feels trapped; fettered to always serving a higher power Having No destiny To achieve thus Staying evil indefinitely.

Jay of the storm "Shameful woes"

This Jays design was inspired by some of the Seabound Aus I’ve seen and read. Much like Nyas design, He has Semi-lightning shaped hair and Lightning related body marks all over. he looks like a painting to show his coping mechanism When Nya was gone; Which was painting Portraits of her and him to ease his pain.

This one’s quite simple, Even after Becoming human again, Nya still harbors guilt for what she caused her family to go through And how much her sacrifice meant to everybody in ninjago. This Jay is supposed to represent her feelings about the whole situation and showing her a different perspective; one where Jay sacrificed himself instead of her. Of course in this made up timeline, Jay thinks of his sacrifice as Meaningless compared to Nyas. Thinking that the team moves on very quickly from what happened (Yes even Nya) and it eventually gets swept under the rug.

Further from the truth, Nya tries to convince Jay that this would never be the case. her words fall on deaf ears however, as Jay continues to lament in his own self pity.

Jay of the storm Is the personification of his shame and worry about him being a bad partner and an even worse teammate; Thinking of himself as worthless and nothing more than a deadweight To his family and his Yang. He thinks this way due to his biggest mistakes and how they led to so many bad things happening. (Especially Nyas deaths.) “I wish I could sacrifice to you as much as you have for me.” Nya has done so much for him and he thinks that he has done nothing in return. So maybe sacrificing himself could make him seem all noble and heroic once and for all. But he knows that he has done incredible feats and cannot blame himself for everything bad that has happened in their lives.

Nya will always love him And He’ll always love her, no matter how much the universe wants to seperate them they'll find each other eventually.

??? “Fractured beyond repair”

This design was based off The common trope of an alternate version of someone being their own shadow.

The real Jay (or At least a part of him), hidden deep inside his own Brain. living in denial of himself and being incomplete as his Whole Soul and memory was split into 5 different pieces representing his Repressed Thoughts.

Black as ink with a texture of tar, This Jay Is barely humanlike. Shutting himself out from anyone or anything trying to interact with him preferring to Wish it all away instead of Trying to fix all the issues he has caused. They say that when the Other 5 Make amends and come to terms with themselves, he will be let out of his cage like a wild animal. for better or for worse? Well there’s no clear answer for that. (Codeword for if I plan to expand this and write an actual fan fic)

Thank you for reading my hyperfixiation. while i do think this Au could never work in canon, Its very fun to think about it as jay probably has the most repressed trauma of all the ninja. plus its an Au for a reason.

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Imma be a little troll and start calling all my ships food names. >:3

BlueberryPancake - Opal and Trimaar

HotChiliPeppers - Aspheera and Opal

SpicedChai - Opal and Rattla

SeaweedWrap - Lloyd and Benthomaar

[crappy-coffee]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

I made more

[cyrusbugged]

Could you imagine the conversation between Garm and Wu in S11 about Aspherra tho?

Ninja: *bust into the room* there's an evil snake lady attacking Ninjago looking for some 'Deciver'-

Garmadon, who was told by Wu earlier that the ninja knew about Aspheera: *slowly turns toward Wu with a fake smile plastered on his face* Is there something you would like to share with them brother?

Wu, with an 'Oh Shit' look on his face: Nope. Nothing at all. I have no idea who this snake lady is. No idea. Not a clue.

Garmadon, fed up with his bull💩: You said to me three weeks ago that you'd told them about this. WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL THEM?!

Wu, finally caving: I didn't know how to tell them-

Garmadon: *pinching the bridge of his nose* Seriously?! Why are you like this? See this is why the ninja have trust issues with you, because you don't fucking tell them things-

Wu: It wasn't my fault-

Garmadon: It so was! You're the one who taught her spinjitizu! You're the one who came to me for help to clean up the mess you created! I swear to our dad Wu-

The ninja watching them fight about it: 😳

oh my gosh yes, he’s absolutely furious. homie tears the dude a new asshole yelling at him for once again keeping secrets from the ninjago about, well, important things.

[modkatisbacc]

Oh hi Ninjago fandom, (un) friendly reminder that some episodes of Ninjago are rated PG for (violence?) during episodes you wouldn’t consider it, but all of season 11, you know, where a main character commits terrible crimes is rated Y-7.

Like I BELIEVE episode 7 of season 1 is rated pg in some places (not sure why, is it the on screen death, or is it bc it was Nick?) because i saw the rating myself one day ,,, ages ago watching it.

And I believe there is an ad/ the first episode Aspherra shows up is also rated PG I even made a post about it in my old blog because it had me shook. Sure, there were fights but not anything that wasn’t there before?

[crappy-coffee]

We’re starting off with some BOLD takes boys

Vague bullet points so far but I still have a lot to write so

What if. I rewrote the second half of season 11 of ninjago because I hate it and I posted it on here so commit to my idea

[melmad21]

I think a missed opportunity for Ninjago was having the newer seasons make the main six ninja all have a moment where they learn to be more at tune with their element. They actually had all the steps for this too at least for five of them.

If someone could explain to me why Aspherra took Kia’s fire I would like to know. Maybe instead of making him loose his element, Aspherra could have used fire magic for something.

Zane could have had his in the Never Realm. Since it was still pretty icy and snowy.

Jay could have had his while in the game!

Cole’s and Nya‘s are pretty obvious.

Lloyd has yet to have a season about his own elemental power, and I don’t know if they will. His would be pretty hard to figure out. He’s the master of energy and the show likes to throw around energy terms here there and everywhere and have Lloyd have nothing to do with it. Maybe he gets trapped in a field of energy???

It was all there! Maybe I missed something…

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SubmergedMemories/Firestone/TiedbyFate

The question is: Just how do all four of them share the bed when Trimaar is easily the largest of all them?

Simple!

Trimaar sleeps closest to the wall (Opal and Rattla ended up buying a customizable rounded bed from Merlopian to accommodate Trimaar's large frame and tentacles after they complained of not resting well.) Rattla sleeps to the right of Opal leaving her to sleep in the center and Aspherra sleeping on the opposite side and closest to the edge. LOL

The last time that Aspherra was even close to falling off the side Opal quickly wrapped her arms around them to keep them from falling off the side of the bed. Since that night the quadruple huddle together to prevent any more close calls

After celebrating their third year of being together Opal handcrafted and customized all three new sets of jewelry each personalized with their names, sexual orientation colors. Trimaar was absolutely thrilled to bits with his gifts which included a ring, two gauntlets, and a necklace.

Tw: Scars especially keloid scars

Opal knew eventually before they could take their relationship with Trimaar further they would have to show him the scars on her back and tell them the real story behind her scars and why she got them in the first place. When they were finally alone inside the house Opal turned her back to the royal and took off the shirt they wore revealing their heavily scared back to Trimaar who stared in shock. By the end of her tale Trimaar asked if he could touch her scars Opal hesitantly obliged not knowing or seeing their partner's reaction. With upmost delicate care the old king traced all 50 scars with a finger before turning the Serpentine around to hug them.

Clarification:

Oh, I should mention that after 25 years of being married Opal and Rattla agreed to have an open marriage. Their relationship or marriage wasn't going sour or anything like that but it had definitely become slightly strained.

Opal is a workaholic and while she always makes the claim she's planning to retire from her job she never backs the claim up. They're always stressing over their never ending list of orders or commissions they have to get down because for so long that's all Opal knew - Get up at the crack of dawn, go to work from 7-6, come home get ahead start on the easiest orders, eat dinner then go to bed. When she came to the city she didn't have anything to her name therefore she had work from the very bottom and make her way up.

Where is Rattle in this, you ask?

Trapped in the tomb with the other Serpentine before they were released, after reuniting with Opal and the fiasco with the Ninja and cultists stopped, Rattla took up being a referee for the Slither Pit.

The second factor that set the strain between them was after their only son, Harry, died suddenly of a heart attack while on the operation table. Harry was only seven years old when he passed. Sure they did adopt Luke later on as their own and raised them to be the dorky veterinarian everyone loved yet the ache of losing their first child still scarred them deeply.

is Luke already old enough now for them to start more relationships? or do they have healthy boundaries?

Oh yeah, Luke is seven years older than Josel which places him in his mid 30s.

Opal and Rattla talked a lot of things over about what they each wanted and didn't want in an open marriage.

1. No blatantly lying about being with someone new.

2. Open communication about each other's whereabouts and who they're with so they could plan up to meet

3. Being open with their respective partners of being in an open marriage

4. Be honest with each other.

The ironic part of it is that Rattla hasn't found anyone to hooked up with which is not saying he hasn't had sex or participated in group sex before.

is it ironic because Rattla proposed it?

Actually Opal was the one to propose an open marriage to Rattla not the other way around. Both of them enjoy sex it's difficult when you're not in the right frame of mind and either party feels they only got back together again to prove others wrong.

Rattla still holds a lot of strong feelings for Opal and has kept those feelings for her long after she was exiled. Mentally wise the decision is hard on both them due to them devoted and loyal partners however they do agree that they're marriage has been in a standstill.

Extra:

Opal is someone who is caught in the middle of the past and future. It is because of her legend and the scars that cover her back? Yes, her scars never have the proper chance to heal because when it's time for them to shed their skin they reopen the wounds and relive that constant state of agony they felt when they were whipped.

Height chart:

King Trimaar- 10 ft

Opal - 8'7

Rattla - 6'5

Aspheera - 6'4

Being that tall does any its advantages unfortunately it has many disadvantages. Opal often complains about joint pain In her knees, wrists, shoulders, neck and back. It doesn't happen to often but there have been incidences where Opal has all three of her lovers (She and Rattla are married mind you. They've agreed to have an open marriage) visiting at once therefore arguments often happen on who gets to massage Opal.

Rattla often wins about massaging his wife's back since he has the most experience. Aspherra gets to massage her wrists and knees which leave Trimaar to massage her neck and shoulders. Opal is very spoiled and pampered which is something she's still trying to get used to being after many years being alone by herself.

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Gonna talk about more about Opal and Aspheera for those interested I should mention right away that Opal isn't a lesbian nor have I ever really focused that much on her sexuality since I was more forced on fleshing out her character and backstory If I were to state what her sexuality was more than likely it would be asexual. Scratch that she would be cupiosexual She has her mate, Rattla, however given their past history with each other and both having accepted that the way things used to be between them before Opal was exiled is never going to be the same. Now given that Opal was asked by someone else to talk with the ancient Pyro Viper sorceress, their scheduled meeting starts shakey. As in Aspheera couldn't believe that the head security went so low to ask a "younger" Serpentine to come talk with her. Meanwhile Opal is just as unimpressed with Aspheera as they remind her all too much as Skales and his ambitions to claim the title of general for himself. Basically, neither female liked or enjoys each other's company very much so the time of their meeting was cut short. Although, Warden Noble has already scheduled another meeting to happen, hoping that Opal will be able to get through to Aspheera. After the, say, 5th unsuccessful meeting Warden grows uncharacteristically frustrated with Opal's lack of progress with winning Aspheera over. Just before Opal left Warden appeared blocking her exit, something that had never happened during the last visits. Warden then explains himself before he says something extremely stupid. He commands that the Hypnobrai work harder to win Aspheera over. Command...a Serpentine to do his work????!

Opal drops the illusion of her identity as a human woman revealing her true form to now white faced head of the prison. Her eyes glow a frightening shade of red in the shadow of the cell. She hisses darkly and menacing enough to grab the sorceress' attention who at that point has already been ignoring the two. "You do not command me, Mr. Noble, nor am I bent to serve you and do your hard work for you." Opal seethes, her hood flared outward giving the human quaking before her an imposing image of a Serpentine dealt with wrong. "I guess things never will change between humans and Serpentine as long as you think you can command us - command ME - to do your hard work for you. I've been coming here as you asked every single visit because I had an inkling if I didn't do what you wanted you were going to make my lovely hood and business harder for me. I have lived far longer than you, your parents or even your grandparents before they were born, Mr. Noble. I'm all to familiar and wise to the finicky nature of you humans and this I'll give you this one warning. Command me or even treat me less than you again I promise I will inform the Serpentine King himself of your words. Do I make myself clear, Mr. Noble?" Shaking, pale faced and quaking at the knees the head of the security frantically nodded his head before stepping aside to allow the now "human" woman to pass through. "I will see you during our next scheduled meeting, Aspheera. Good day."