Kai Passes By The Group With Lloyd Wrapped Around Him Like A Koala. The Green Bean Dead Asleep.

Kai passes by the group with Lloyd wrapped around him like a koala. The green bean dead asleep.

Kai: If any of you wake him from his nap, I will forever heat up your cold drinks by sticking my fingers in it.

ive said this so many times but one of my favorite parts about kai is despite his  trauma, when he gives, it doesnt come with strings. hes not expecting anything from anyone- when he gives, he does so without ulterior motives. i think its so important to realize that kai understands the value of love and decides to share his love, share what he holds in his heart (that fact that he chooses to hold love in his heart despite everything is beautiful itself), with the world, despite the world not returning it to him.

he loved his parents yet again so effortlessly, and he has always loved his family, nya, lloyd, jay, cole, zane, pixal, wu profusely.

I know/feel like this kind of takes away from his character growth and Kai stans are free to correct or add on but Kai's "I should've been the green ninja" but in a "I should be the one to bear the responsibility instead of you because your just a little kid and thats not fair" kind of way.

I love people who genuinely observe and analyze kai’s character. people who truly believe and know that his“selfish and egotistical” personality is all just a facade. people who understand that kai isn’t stupid or dumb, but is actually very clever in his own special way. people who can portray him better than the writers of ninjago themselves. people who understand the reasons behind his actions. people who don’t have him as their favorite character but don’t stamp him as the egotistical member and recognize/ analyze all his good qualities. people who have him as their favorite character and continually post about him. people who take their time and understand. just I love you guys so much <3

Father-son bonding :)

Bryan and Gregory my beloved.

I dunno where they are. I don’t know how to do backgrounds.

Gregory’s asking about Bryan’s childhood. Bryan responds that he studied a lot and was a pretty silly kid. He lies about his toys that he gave to Gregory was the toys he used as a kid. He bought it as an adult. He will do everything in his power for Gregory to have a childhood.

My guy has white hairs. He is s t r e s s e d. But he loves his kids.

Ignition

Title: Ignition

Summary: 

Ig·ni·tion: “the action of setting something on fire or starting to burn.” //  Kai reflects on his element, wondering if the others feel the same fears he does about losing control.

Word-Count: 488

Warnings: Angst, Character Study

This was originally a part of a larger one-shot, but I can’t honestly remember the original intent of this fic. Thought I’d post it regardless!

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If there’s one thing you need to know about fire is that it needs energy, it needs a source to feed from, to draw its flames from, because fires cannot stay alive without such things. Fires are not like water or earth, elements that lay dormant and passive a majority of the time. Elements that can be pulled from from the air and the ground beneath your feet. Fire has to be created. As feeble and finicky as creating a fire can be, once it’s created fire can seldom be controlled. 

It hungers to feed on the trees, the buildings, whatever source it can feast on to keep on living. It doesn’t like to die easily. You have to cut off its energy source or drown it in ice or water to keep it from persisting onwards.

Kai, of course, knows this better than anyone. As the Fire Elemental Master, he’s had his fair share playing with fire. It takes a lot of concentration, a lot of focus to pull fire from almost nowhere. It also takes passion and determination, an ambition and a drive. There’s always a constant, continual flame ignited in his soul, always seeking to get out, seeking to feast and destroy whatever enemies threatens Kai’s loved ones.

(Kai spends too many nights lying awake and thinking about how destructive his power is, how if he falters for a second he could hurt the very ones he yearns to protect. Worse, if an enemy somehow steals his power or brainwashes him, Kai’s fire could destroy entire civilizations)

He doesn’t know if the others struggle similarly with their elements. Wu knows, of course. That old man somehow always knows. Kai can tell when the fortune cookie wisecrack of “Focus is the key to harnessing your element without letting it consume you” is directed towards him.

Kai wonders if Wu has seen Elemental Masters of Fire go down a destructive route. He wants to ask if the burning flame in his soul is normal. Because the brief times he’s lost that flame, it’s like missing a limb. He knows it should exist, it should be running through his veins–burn burn burn–but it’s just gone completely.

The infuriating thing about it is how much he needs it to survive. He was an experienced swordfighter even before Wu took him in and since then, he’s had plenty of hand-to-hand combat training. Yet, his body moves sluggishly to danger, as if encased in a block of ice. He can’t force his body to move, without thinking how he’s going to fail all of them because of that lack of flame, that lack of desire to burn everything that stands in their way–

Later on, he’ll rant and rave about his frustrations, taking it out on poor Jay over it. He won’t let them know the anxiety gnaws at him as he wonders if next time will be costly for them.