#ns11

[spinchip]

60 years holding the staff you start seeing the hatman

(How fucked up would it be if the staff talked but only to Zane lol)

Inspo

[jaggybot3000]

yeah fuck you *melts your ice emperor*

[zanepilled]

[sunn-mechanic]

[ID in alt]

Don't worry ^_^

[a-big-chicken-nerd]

i literally hate this guy so much vex says bull like "my emperor your army grows restless i humbly advise you provide them with something to occupy them..... (evil conquest connotations)" and ice emperor is like "they need..... entertainment??" and then slowly dramatically rises from his throne and because that accursed song is the only thing hardwired into his programming for some reason he just starts jiggin and singing and vex is like "my liege respectfully what the hell is wrong with you" but he just keeps going at it having the time of his life and when hes done the ice samurai all start clapping and cheering because it was the coolest thing theyve ever seen in their lives and ice emperor does a bow to the audience resulting in more uproarous applause and everyone is ignoring vex who is flabbergasted and doesnt get it

[sharkphobicz]

december already?

[rzeczpospolitaobojga]

My entry for @spinchip 's DTIYS !! I hope you like it, I've tried to be as creative as possible :)

Normally I don't post here as I cannot use tumblr at all, but I just had to,, I love Zane, I love The Ice Emperor, I love drawing contests,,

I've tried to make it look like a stained glass window since the ninja are (sometimes) treated like the saviours and just thought that since Zane already had a funeral and a statue they should've made him a little more artsy stuff too.

I've tried to make his face fit the dtiys' one with the faceplate chipped off, 'blood' oozing out, the black eyes, and the shoulder pads,,, :3

Congrats on 4k, you deserve it <3

(also I hope this reaches you, I genuinely have no idea how this works, I'm only used to instagram. You can find me there :D

[snabeus]

doodles + my own little take on ice emperor

[mrsnaildood]

Elemental Master of Traumadump...

[destinysbounty]

A lot of people wonder why Zane's sixth sense became less prominent over time, and a number of theories have been thrown around without the fandom ever really reaching a consensus on the matter. So allow me to throw even more gas on the fire by adding my own speculations into the mix!

Looking at the timeline, Zane's sixth sense began to decline shortly after being rebuilt. Of course he did still experience visions for a short while thereafter - the vision of the titanium dragon being an iconic example of this - but then his premonitions gradually became a scarcity over time, to such a point that Jay straight up didn't believe him when he had that vision in s11.

So why did that happen? To answer that question, we first need to talk about Pixal.

In the season 4 episode "Versus", Pixal states that she is fascinated by Zane's ability to dream, and has "always wondered what that's like." Implying that at this point in the series, she wasn't able to dream.

However, her dream sequence in season 11 "A Cold Goodbye" demonstrates that at some point between s4 and s11, she eventually developed the ability to do so.

(Side note: it makes a a little bit emo how Pixal used to think dreams were an amazing thing that she longed to experience - but when we finally see her doing so, she has a nightmare instead.)

Within the context of canon itself, Pixal's dream in this episode is the only instance throughout the series of a nindroid having a non-prophetic dream.

...or is it?

Let's take a closer look at that dream, shall we? Most importantly, the part where Zane slips from her grasp.

Pixal is holding onto him, but she loses her grip and he falls into some sort of vortex/tunnel of light and cloud. And yes, of course, my Pixane-loving heart is aching at the sight of this - but pay close attention to the appearance of the vortex itself.

Look familiar? No? I'll give you a clue.

Yeah, you're seeing that right. The vortex from Pixal's dream is uncannily similar to the Never Realm portal that opens up at the end of that same episode.

For those of you who haven't seen s11 in a while, allow me to clarify exactly why that's so remarkable: Pixal had this dream before they opened the portal, before they even knew Zane was actually alive. Somehow, within her dreams, Pixal managed to construct a replica of the Never Realm portal without even knowing it existed.

Like, really sit and think on that for a minute. Pixal had a dream in which Zane falls into a strange vortex that just so happens to look like the portal to the Never Realm. Y'know, the same portal Zane got blasted through just an episode prior. Without Pixal herself being aware that this had happened to him.

Do I think it's a coincidence that Pixal's dream just happened to represent Zane's true fate with an eerie level of accuracy - that he hadn't died, but instead been lost in a portal to another realm? You're certainly welcome to think so, but I sure don't.

So here's what I think happened: in season 4, Zane placed Pixal's neural drive into his processor. From that point on until season 7, they effectively shared a brain. Maybe the experience of sharing the same mind for such an extended period of time caused them to inadvertently...share Zane's sixth sense as well . Maybe it slowly began to split between them. Zane's ability would slowly decline over time as portions of it bled into Pixal - while Pixal slowly developed the ability to "dream", unaware of exactly what that ability entailed.

This would explain a number of things:

Why Zane's premonitions become much more scarce from s4 onward.

Why Pixal is suddenly able to have dreams in s11 when she wasn't able to before - and why that dream is so uncannily prophetic.

Why the Scroll reacted to Pixal. Given the fact that it didn't react to Kai, we can assume it doesn't do anything when someone without any kind of power holds it. which suggests that Pixal has some kind of power (be it prophetic or otherwise).

(Of course, that last point is dependent on the validity of certain interpretations of how spinjitzu, forbidden spinjitzu, and elemental power work within canon. And yes, you can rest assured I have theories for that too. But I'm still fine-tuning the kinks to that theory, so don't ask me to explain just yet.)

If this is true, I highly doubt anyone has realized that this premonition-sharing happened at all. Zane probably just assumes his decline in prophetic ability was caused by the spiritual damage he sustained in his fight with the Overlord (which is another viable theory), and Pixal simply assumes that her newfound ability to dream is a result of her developing humanity. Meanwhile the rest of the team is none the wiser.

[sammjammin]

s11 Ice Palace background study :) pretty happy with how Zane turned out up there (zoom for quality)

[spinchip]

And it’s hard to quite describe it

Like we're part of something bigger

Not another lonely little heartbeat in the city

Only we could hold it for a minute

(Deep in the dark- Something is hidden- Hovering just out of frame- Something we’re missing)

[parachutingkitten]

Hold up, hold up, Akita is just Harumi, but better.

Girl who wants revenge on the ninja because of a childhood incident where they killed her family. If indeed they did want her to take a full evil turn it would 100% make sense, and every single person in the audience would sympathize, unlike Harumi's convoluted mess of a backstory.

She meets Lloyd under false pretenses, and while they seem to have some fun chemistry at first, there's a betrayal which changes the dynamic and proves they're on opposite sides. But this time, the switch in character feels real and leaves you with a better understanding of the character, not a blank slate you have no insight into because everything before was a lie.

There's some romantic vibes happening between both these pairings, but Harumi's is all based on a false version of herself and is this horribly forced love at first sight plot, while Akita is definitely a slow burn, and whatever feelings are there, you can be certain are genuine, because they're both themselves the whole time.

If they had leaned into the Akita villain arc more, even her redemption would be better. I'm almost certain. Because her evil streak to begin with is already starting from a much more understandable position, making the redemption that much more believable.

Akita is just so good you guys-

[zanepilled]

⚠️ SPOILERS FOR DRAGONS RISING P2 LEAKS ⚠️

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hey. so did anyone else get s11 deja vu over this

- memory loss

- manipulation

- magical corruption

[sunn-mechanic]

[ID in alt]

some pixane/permafrost doodles based on a previous post :) (here)

HOughh i missed drawing them....

[a-big-chicken-nerd]

funky silly never realm ideas