Skybound Thoughts

skybound Thoughts

sooo uh, im thinking about doing a rewrite of ninjago skybound.

im currently rewatching it because of this, and in case i never get around to actually writing anything, im gonna word-vomit onto this hellsite (affectionate) cuz im having Thoughts.

quick tangent though, skybound seems very similar to danny phantom (at least in how the fandom treats it) in the sense that, when you actually watch it, it's pretty tame and honestly kinda shit. but then you dig deeper. and you see the Implications and Possibilities, and suddenly it has you by the throat with all the ways this could have gone if it wasn't a kids show.

like, in skybound you get genuine torture and creepy implications on nadakhan's part (seriously, get away from jay and nya you fucking creep), and while it's never really explored since, y'know, kids show, it makes nadakhan one of the best and most terrifying villains i personally have watched in ninjago.

anyway, here are a couple of things i've been toying with in terms of a possible rewrite:

one thing im thinking about taking from various other fics i've seen (i think its mainly shown in bending but never breaking, which is an absolutely amazing fic and you should go read it but MIND THE TAGS AND TRIGGER WARNINGS PLEASE) is jay learning to use the electricity in his body, though obviously not painlessly

bonus points for his elemental power getting royally fucked up once/if the vengestone is removed, but in the sense of suddenly he is completely overwhelmed and his power is so much stronger and its a danger to both himself and others

queerplatonic jaya: i think in this season especially, nya felt very aroace coded (i might just be projecting as i myself am aroace, but that's the vibe i got) and so for a skybound rewrite nya and jay would have a serious conversation about how nya doesn't feel that way for anyone, even if she *does* really like jay

just general angst and torture

id rewrite jays obsession with nya, specifically his first wish (if i dont just jump right into him being on misfortunes keep)

i think id like to do something more with delara than just her being some dead girlfriend. i.e.: i'd make her fucking unhinged and the kind of person that would fall in love with and support nadakhan.

i really liked @cotidianoseeder's idea for canary!jay, so possibly something in that direction

i also really like it when people keep serpentine aspects in jays character, so some of that as well

fuck it, make him inhuman, y'know?

i'd age everyone up i think (i dunno how old they are in skybound, but a 17 minimum would be in my rewrite)

OH! i'd put bruiseshipping as a romantic relationship cuz i love them

nya would make the final wish, since a big part of her character would be forging her own story and taking control of her own life

zanes falcon would survive cuz i love that fucking bird

echo would be taken off the island post-rewind

what do y'all think??? i keep having more ideas, i might post them

"oh hey how ya doing?" im doing just dandy, im just frothing at the mouth over GAY RODENTS of all things and launching into the planning of a multi-chapter fic about said gay rodents.

weirdly specific trope i love is when a doctor or doctor-adjacent character with a ✨dark past✨ and ✨trauma✨ and who ✨believes themselves to be incapable of love✨ falls in love, usually with the sunshine character, and instead of thinking they are in love their first thought is that they have an illness, developed a "sudden and intense allergy" to the person they love, or were poisoned.

that moment when you finally get free of a months-long derealization episode and realize that everything around you is real and strange and beautiful and its own in some odd way and that everyone you pass, every scraggly, black, bird you see, every structure natural or not, exists and is beautiful in its existence. small nothings are everything. the world is beautiful. awful, yes, but so wonderful at the same time. kiss a dog on the tip of their nose right where their fur is the softest, coo at a bird as you pass by, wave at a stranger, cry over that damn two-headed calf poem every time it crosses your mind and then cry again for a different reason at the hilarious show you just watched.

live.

yall i need fashion help

i've fallen down the rdr2 pipeline (arthur morgan is literally perfect (/j) and such a well-written character, btw, but that's a rant for another day)

ANYWAY

how to dress like a cowboy and wear a cowboy hat in a gay way and not in a "i voted for trump" way???? is it possible????

also, as a trans guy, what workouts would yall recommend to try to get an arthur morgan-like physique? i understand that i defo won't get exactly like him since im not on t or anything, but i want to try somewhat.

the ladies' bathroom is the temple of Aphrodite

I make my pilgrimage through the crowd

I dance my way through the beer garden and enter her sacred space

past midnight, the sermons begin

the sink is the altar at the temple of Aphrodite

the priestesses are gathered around one tiny mirror

their giggles and cackles are ambrosia to my ears, the nectar has long before started flowing

it has to, else no service tonight

"oh my god," the high priestess says, invoking the prayer

"you're too good for him," says another of the women

"girl, I love that dress," says the third.

one of them offers her mascara. communion.

the stalls are the confession booths in the temple of Aphrodite

as the godess herself holds a girl's hair as she confesses her sin

"do not worry, child, it is not a sin to live in hedonism," she says, her voice like honey

"stall’s free," the girl stumbles out

it is a mess, the temple of Aphrodite

but not a repulsion. tear tracks are a mark of love,

not for the man who caused the tears but for the girls who wipe them away

you’ll never see them again, but tonight they voice the will of a godess

I ask the high priestess where she got her shoes

it is part of the ritual of the temple, and I have done my part now

"ooh, girl, on sale!" the priestess is pleased.

the godess herself is appeased. I go in peace.

the ladies' bathroom is the temple of Aphrodite