Crystalized AU Idea - Vessel AU

Crystalized AU Idea - Vessel AU

Currently vibing with thoughts for a Crystalized AU (I’ll put it under the cut just in case the spoiler tags don’t work), feel free to send asks or use this as a prompt (just please tag me) or reblog and add your own ideas (just remember to tag spoilers!)

So the Crystal King is the vessel body of the Overlord, right?

...what if the ritual wasn’t to summon him, but to prep a new vessel host? One that’s quite familiar to us?

Option 1) Lloyd

In this version of the AU, the kidnapped Lloyd gets prepped for the ritual, and the Overlord returns possessing the hero that once vanquished him. Lloyd gets Morro trauma re-hashed, his family (who have been tearing out their hair looking for him) finally find him only for him to be possessed by the hecking OVERLORD, and Garmadon gets to have a fun reversal parallel to Season 2 in him calling for his son to fight off the Overlord.

Also Lloyd being alone when it happens, alone and scared and suddenly every bit the kid/younger teen he should be if the tea hadn’t happened, and he can do nothing to stop the Overlord from gaining the powers of Energy and the oni/dragon

Option 2) Wu

Not too many thoughts here, just the fun parallel of Wu being possessed like his brother was in S2, some of Wu’s dragon genes coming out

Option 3) Pixal

90% likely this results in a future where the Overlord wins. The other 10% he’s defeated in 5 minutes by Pixal kicking him out.

Option 4) the OG4 (Kai, Jay, Cole, AND Zane)

Four for the price of one (and my personal favourite of the bunch)! Harumi uses Lloyd to lure the four into a trap and capture them, then use them & their golden weapons in the ritual. The Overlord possesses all four at once (a 1 mind 4 bodies deal), with crystals and glowing purple eyes and slight draconic/later possibly centaur features. Sometimes just one talks for all, sometimes all four talk in sync, and sometimes one starts a sentence and the other finishes it (plus a fun mix of their original voice and the Overlord’s voice). They wield the crystalized version of the golden weapons and all their elemental powers change slightly to match the crystal theme (purple fire, purple lightning, crystal earth, and crystal ice).

The Council is half infuriated over having to bow to the four ninja, half smug over having bested them in revenge with the Overlord in control of them now. There are a few incidents where they see or hear them and nearly attack before remembering.

Also because the Overlord now has his own powers + the four elements of creation, Nya is speedrunning getting her powers back to save them. AND we get a new and improved version of the Replacement Ninja (including but not limited to: Pixal, Echo, Ronin, Fugidove, Akita, Okino & Blazey, Vania & the Upplies, and Benthomaar), and even Morro gets summoned from the Departed Realm because since he has knowledge on possessing people, he possibly has knowledge on how to UNpossess people.

Sure, gonna do that with Ninjago characters (show or movie or both), send in a prompt number- you can add character(s) if you want, but doesn’t have to, or quick scene ideas!

Fic Prompt List

A prompt list! Repost this to your blog. Followers send you a number in your ask. Write a fic or drabble or ficlet or one-shot using that line or inspired by that line. Rinse and repeat!

Do not give me that look.

I don’t think I can do this anymore.

I’ve been waiting to get to know you from the moment I first saw you.

I don’t think that’s how that works.

Kidnapping them was the only way I was going to get them here.

Let’s make a deal shall we?

Stop acting like a child!

I know of your reputation all too well.

How long have you been standing there?

Stop it! You’re only making it worse!

Have you seen the rest of their family?

I just like proving you wrong.

I always sleep best when you’re next to me.

Am I scaring you?

Oh god, you’re just like your dad.

I let you win.

I can’t do this even though everyone says I can.

Looks like we’re going to be stuck here for a while.

Scream all you want. No one can hear you.

Do you even know what subtle means?

Listen, I haven’t exactly been truthful with you.

Oh, you’re just grumpy.

No, we’re going to talk about this now.

I just came to say goodbye.

Why do you have a picture of me?

You don’t hate me.

Tell me what I can do to help.

You call this luck? No, this is all skill.

Well we have two options, both of which you’re not going to like.

I already tried talking to them! They won’t listen!

Please don’t tell me we’re lost.

Are you aware of how much money you spent?

Great, now the electricity is out.

Truth be told, I forgot they were even here.

I believe I can be of some help here.

Did you honestly think that was going to impress me?

This is all your fault by the way.

If you move from that spot, so help me, I will tie you down.

You don’t have a choice in this matter.

How many times have you viewed this?

Can you teach me how to do that?

Can you be honest with me for once?

Trust me, you don’t want to meet my family.

Why are you still awake?

You may technically be an adult, but you’re still my child.

They have amnesia?

Fine, you can drive.

Do you have any idea who you just pissed off?

That cute act is all just a lie.

I was not expecting that to work as well as it did.

Can you two save the kissing for later?

I am a really bad actor.

You’re right. I have no idea what I’m doing. I’m just making it up as I go along.

Yeah well dying generally puts a damper on things.

It’s nothing but a bunch of old guys.

Ok, but have you tried the dessert yet?

The only thing I want is for you to come with me.

Ok, who gave out my number? I have 12 missed calls, 4 voicemails, and 75 unread texts!

No, listen, hear me out. All we need is some really good disguises.

Is it greedy of me to say I never want you to leave my arms?

That is not a good hiding spot.

Oh sweetheart, that was an act.

I believed you! I stood up for you! Defended you! And you lied!

I may have eaten seven of them already.

What are they doing here? I thought it was only going to be us.

Do you know what you’re like when you’re drunk?

My father may look like the scary one, but it’s my mother you need to be afraid of.

What’s the password? No, wrong one.

You see that death glare means she likes you.

Was this supposed to be a romantic gesture?

When you aren’t paying attention, they watch you.

Don’t you dare.

You’re putting an awful lot of trust in them.

It’s only just a little bit illegal.

It might be a little silly, but I still like to believe in fairy tales.

It could be worse. They could be dating. Wait? They are?!

What you just asked for is impossible.

If I had three wishes, I’d spend all of them to make you smile.

How did you get that scar?

What do you mean they escaped?

I’m not sure- Koko finds out after she wakes up (after her sons, daughter, and their friends take over the city), she’s very surprised and worried but mostly glad they’re all alright, but I don’t know about Wu. He either knows and is off meditating somewhere on it and debating the best way to talk to his students (because on one hand he doesn’t support them being evil, but on the other... he does care dearly about his students and the city has not been the nicest to them at all), or he just straight-up is still on vacation and is obvious to it all, fluting away somewhere

I think it would be fun if y'all reblogged this or sent me an ask with a picture of how you normally draw zane so i can draw some different zane designs for fun :]

“YIELD!”

Cold water stings at the front of Kai’s gi, his ankle sore and swollen. Sand manages to squeeze its way past the small holes in the fabric. It scratches, burning against cuts and bruises, and does not relent.

Neither does Kai.

He braces his hand against a rock outcrop poking out of the water, stretching so far with his other hand his muscles strain and scream at his sides. A hand, nails sharp, digs into his upper back, a few fingers grabbed his hair in a brutal pinch. A knee jabs into his lower back.

“I,” Kai grits out through clenched teeth, reaching for the sword hilt so tantalizingly close, “do not yield.”

His little brother— no, Morro possessing his little brother, his hair black, eyes cold and merciless— tightens his grip. He raises the axe in his free hand.

“Last chance,” Morro snarls. “Your little brother here doesn’t want me to swing, but I’ll do it if I have to, even if he won’t shut up after. Yield, or die.”

The tips of Kai’s fingers brush the sword hilt, pushing it ever so slightly further from his grasp. He closes one eye and strains so far something in his side seems to rip.

“Go... to the ducking Cursed Realm.”

Morro’s eyes narrow. “I’ve been there. You’ll enjoy it.”

The axe rises above his head, blade a glinting guillotine. Kai’s head is pushed to the rock like a butcher’s cutting board. Fog settles around them, the air dense as the whole world holds its breath.

“So long, fire ninja.”

The axe swings down—

—only to meet the blade of a weapon, Kai holding the Sword Sanctuary above his head. He catches a glimpse of a vision of Morro pulling his knee back to kick his ribs in along the glimmering metal and rolls just as Morro lifts the pressure from his lower back. Water splashes out of his way as he frees himself, pushing himself to one knee.

His eyes narrow. “You give my brother back.”

Morro laughs. “Or what? You’re alone, injured, surrounded by water— you have no hope. Give up and die with honour.”

Fog seems to hiss from Kai’s mouth. No— the faint wisps of white smoke, like an extinguished candle.

But it isn’t Kai’s candle of life that’s been extinguished. Small sparks of embers snap at the hilt of his sword, burning brighter and brighter. The tips of his hair turn to flames, hands ablaze, eyes glowing pools of bonfires.

The flickering embers transform into a fiery dragon behind him, sizzling steam rising from where it’s claws touch the shallow water.

“Give up?” Kai snarls, and the dragon snarls with him. “I’ll never give up on my little brother.”

And he leaps into battle, fire snapping around him as it crashes into the furious storm, sword against axe, flames against wind, brother against brother, protector against ghost.

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@demm-210​

I wrote a short thing for this amazing drawing, hope it’s good! 

literally a scene that never happened in the series, but let me dream.

He tries to hide it as long as he can but between the arm, the dragon puberty, the possible public ninja identity reveal, and the news spreading through the city, it doesn’t take too long for Koko “Irondragon” to sleuth it out

Here's an ask for the Evil Ninja Force AU

I think Wu would definitely try to work things with his students

Oh he absolutely tries. He's not going to get too far, because those six have each other's back tighter than anything and they're sick of the city's crap, but he might be able to get them to tone it down on the world domination thing a little.

They still rule the city though, at least, and maybe a few surrounding islands / continents (hc that the other realms are continents in the movie!verse, like Djinnjago and the Never Realm and the Cloud Kingdom and whatnot)

Ninjago Season 1: Episode 4: Never Trust a Snake

White has a dream where funky birb tells him to “WAKE UP, ZANE.” White follows birb’s advice and wakes up. Everything still feels inception-y and when he’s on the deck Lord G, the man, the myth, the legend shows up and demands the ice triangles and other golden plot devices. White says no. Lord G slam dunks him in a trash can.

Green Ninja ex machina appears to save him, posing dramatically with the birb.

“Who are you?” White wonders.

He never finds out because birbs flood the deck.

White wakes up for real but thinks he’s still in inception- a pillow to the face clears that up. The Fruity Bois train and do stretches on the deck with very awkward lego animation. Grumpy Old Man asks them a riddle because he is a sphinx now. They must answer the riddle, but fail miserably because they all role nat 1 on Wisdom and are more focused on who will be the Green Ninja

Meanwhile, GarmaGremlin takes the Vampire Sneks across the snow to fight the Hypno Sneks. Turns out Vampire Snek leader and Hypno Snek are total dude bros / speed run enemies to lovers and the war is called off. GarmaGremlin runs off with no allies.

He wanders the desert because this kid can just travel huge distances in short time and finds a tomb. Only one snek is inside. Very casually implied cannibalism in a kid’s show. Friendship with Hypno Snek and Vampire Snek over, now Pythor P. Chumsworth is his new best friend / henchman.

They steal candy from triplets and other very evil deeds. GarmaGremlin trauma dumps on Pythor P. Chumsworth and says he was kicked out of bad boi school because he’s a not-bad-sad-boi. Pythor P. Chumsworth suggests revenge even though we are several seasons away from a snake that wants revenge.

Grumpy Old Man still does not have an answer to his cryptic riddle. The Fruity Bois go to stop GarmaGremlin and Pythor P. Chumsworth at bad boi school. They break through the roof on an anchor and find kidnapped bad bois at the bottom, then race up. Blue takes the elevator. Black climbs the chains. Blue takes the elevator. Red and White take the stairs and get slimed. Blue takes the elevator.

Did I mention Blue takes the elevator.

Pythor P. Chumsworth is confronted by Blue, because the elevator was actually the one choice they didn’t expect, grabs the map, snitches on the kid, and dips. Blue kidnapps GarmaGremlin.

GarmaGremlin, being Grumpy Old Man’s nephew, gets read a bedtime story. Riddle is finally solved. GarmaGremlin is now GarmaLesserGremlin.

Okay Ninjago fandom, let’s see if we can play a game.

I’m going to briefly summarise the plot of of the first pilot episode in a comedic way, and the next person must do the same for the next episode. Each person must check the reblogs to so they can do the most recent episode, and we should just have a chain of simplified Ninjago episodes. You are allowed to reblog this multiple times. I’ll start:

Ninjago Pilots: Episode 1 - Way of the Ninja

Local independent business owner, Kai, gets heckled by an old man and then biker skeletons show up and kidnap Kai’s sister for no reason. The old man tells Kai that the skeletons work for his evil brother who he pushed into a hole once, and then he promises to teach Kai the art of spinning real fast. However Kai only learns the art of spilling the tea. Then Kai gets attacked by ninja and must fight them with his toothbrush!