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I mean- the movie versions never state who’s the older and who’s the younger sibling, only that they’re siblings, and since they appear to be the same age for school- m!Kai and m!Nya (Red and Cyan) are absolutely twins, and Cyan absolutely gives off older twin energy- and for fun, since m!Lloyd (Green) is also the same age as the squad and the only age we know is he turns 16 during the movie, it’s possible he’s the oldest- so it’s actually possible to have reverse show order of age in the movie for the three Smith Siblings!
The movie is so much fun when you think of it like an AU and just start messing with it
(also amazing art of the twins go brrrrr)
✨The Twins✨
6 beans floating down a sewer pipe on a phone tied together with string, trying their best!
Agree with number two for the movie! The twins tend to raise each other a lot with the occasional visits from Maya and Ray. Some of my personal hcs—
- Koko subs in as a second mom sometimes, especially since the twins (with m!Zane/White’s help) have ‘legally’ added the middle name ‘Montgomery’ to their records
- Red (m!Kai) has a fear of knives (he’s fine with katanas and swords, it’s specifically knives he doesn’t like) based on a hc for how he got his scar in a confrontation with the m!verse version of the ghost trio/getting jumped in the early days of the ninjaforce so when the twins cook, Cyan (m!Nya) does all the ingredient prep requiring knives ahead of time and stores the chopped fruits and vegetables and meats in Tupperwares in the fridge so Red can cook
- Speaking of! Red likes to cook (one of the city sets has minifigure information that puts cooking as one of Red’s activities), so Cyan helping with prep isn’t just to split the chores up, but to let him keep a fun hobby without needing to use a knife
- Both twins will stick their hands in boiling water when cooking because they’re unaware of their powers
- Red will pull things out of the oven with his bare hands
- Cyan has accidentally exploded a watermelon in the fridge because she got really frustrated and her powers activated
- This really just turned into cooking hcs, huh
- m!Morro helped them get motorcycle licenses despite both being 15 (Cyan really should have at least/at most a learner’s permit on her bike in the movie) so they can ride to school, either they both use Cyan’s bike or they both have one
- Seriously none of the m!ninja have a driver’s license or a pilot’s license and should not be flying/driving mechs without an adult with a legal license in the vehicle with them
- The twins modify their clothes and sometimes sit together while they add patches or intentional rips (based on how Red’s jacket seems to have the either the Ninjargon letter ‘L’ or the Ninjargon number ‘2’ on it— if it’s an L, he made that patch to support Green/m!Lloyd)
Okay. I know Kai and Nya grew up basically without their parents, finding them and saving them later on as ninjas. We all know this
But. We don’t know what Kai and Nyas relationship is with their parents in the Movie! Which I think is very interesting! We already know that Lloyd has a good relationship with his mum, she’s great! I very much like Koko ^^ so, why should Lloyd be the only one who has a different relationship/grew up different?
Sooo, I’ve had two ideas.
Number one, Kai and Nya growing up with their parents present, helping and raising them! They’re very lovely parents and basically the “cool” parents of Kai and Nyas friend group :3
Number two, I think Maya and Ray have the potential to have a type of job that doesn’t let them be home most of the time, maybe even something where they get famous for it? Idk just a thought. But. That would mean that Nya and Kai still didn’t see their parents much, and basically grew up without a real connection to them, and if they have a job that pays very good, then Nya and Kai would 100% use that to have fun with their friends >:3 and then getting clothes for undercover missions wouldn’t be a big problem too!
Also, if Ray and Maya really got famous for smth, what if they go to galas and all that and want Kai and Nya to accompany them! And the twins complain to their friends about this all the time to the point where the others just see them in a bad mood and ask “another event?”, this mainly happens when both of them are annoyed and in a bad mood
Idk, just a lil thing I thought about and might make a comic about-
What do you guys think about it?
Tell me a secret about your Shark Pups AU. It's one of my favorites because it's so cute.
Well— the Shark Pups (also known as Monty & the Sharkpack) AU is a collaboration AU over on the SPBNR server (we make… so many AUs and snippets for those AUs, I need to post more), and fun fact— we like to merge those AUs together!
So there’s AUs like the Mer AU (where the m!Verse have humans, mers, and merfolk, with mers following a Luca-like logic for their upper half and an H20 (old mermaid show) rule logic for their lower half where if water gets on their legs, poof Tail!) where it’s mixed with the sharkpack AU— meaning the s!ninja turn into sharkpups anytime they get even the tiniest bit of water dropped on them, and stay that way until they dry off.
There’s also a variety of other AUs where other people get turned into sharkpups instead of the s!ninja (usually in AUs where just Smith/Kai or Smith & Monty/Lloyd get thrown into the m!verse)— sometimes Red (m!Kai), sometimes the whole Ninjaforce, sometimes Calypso (Mr.E!show Echo), sometimes Aki (s!Bizarro Kai), one time it was Red and Kaigami (m!Bizarro Kai)— just a whole lot of sharkpups!
It’s all inspired by the absolutely adorable Tumblr, @vress-shark
Thanks for the ask :D your drawing from the B-A-T-H incident is one of my favourites!!!
What’s the Deal with Chen the Cheerleader? A TLNM Theory
So I’ve mentioned it before in this post a while back, but I think it’s time to make an official theory post on this.
So. Chen the Cheerleader- or Chad the Cheerleader, depending on your source. Seems to be a pretty 1-note bully with one mean cheer and no other importance in the movie, only point of interest is that he shares a name from a major antagonist from the show, yada yada.
But what if I were to tell you...
There’s two of him?
That’s right, identical twins (or, rather, identical cousins) Chen and Chad. And bonus cousin Skylor, though we’ll get back to that.
But Imp!, you cry, how are you so certain there’s two?
Because, my beloved fellow fans- I have evidence. And I chose to find the in-universe explanation for “they just reused a lot of the same models.
Take the bus scene at the start of the film. Lloyd gets on the bus- and who’s that about two rows behind him?
Chen (even sitting next to Maggie). But when we cut to the school, as the bus is still pulling up (before it even lets anyone off)-
There he is again! On and off the bus at the same time!
And that’s not all- during the GarmAlarm, we see a bunch of Generals do what Garmadon commands- including “pop that kid’s balloon!” And in the background-
Yet when we cut back to Ninjago High almost immediately after-
Conclusion: Chen and Chad are two separate people, possibly identical cousins or twins.
And bonus- though less of a theory and more of a headcanon- is that their last name is Amber / Chen (so Chen is Chen “the Cheerleader” Amber- or, for his full name, Chenifer Chenber Jamber Amber II, and Chad is Chad Amber- or for his full name, Chadler Jamber Amber Jr III), they’re related to Skylor (personal hc is that she gets to be an evil girlboss in the movieverse), Master Chen (or, rather, Mafia Chen), and have the potential to be inheritors of the Element of Amber (in personal hc Chen actually has it, though his family, including Chen, believe Chad has it).
But that’s just a theory!
THE BOI!!! Angry swearing (now dolphin) boi!!!
Yet another one of @impulsivefanwriter’s OCs: Shiro!
He’s been turned into a dolphin mer and he’s not happy about it… at all.
Anyway, all credit to the amazing and wonderful Imp for creating the quintet and all their glory! I love them so much and they’re so funky!
Behold: Mer AU icedcoffeeshipping!
What is icedcoffeeshipping you may ask? Well, it’s an offshoot of oppositeshipping Show!Zane x Movie!Red
They are in love <3
(Credit to @impulsivefanwriter for the Leviathan Movie!Kai design)
damn how'd the ninjago fandom die out so quickly where tf did everyone go?????????
Shout out to Ninjago Movie Lloyd for being the saddest wettest beast on god's green earth
Ninjago Fic Rec Week — Day 1: Canon &/or Lloyd
Lloyd
https://archiveofourown.org/series/1441819 — The Grass is Always Greener (Series)
A fantastic series by the extremely talented @sunnylighter (go shower their blog in love) featuring a crossover between the show and movie with many amazing instalments (and a great Monkie Kid crossover fic too) that includes elements from S2-S4 and a ton of great head canons, jokes, moments to laugh or cry, and an overall great time
https://archiveofourown.org/series/2178393 — Green Empathy (Series)
Love movieverse Lloyd and think he's a sad little meow meow? Then this series featuring him with empathy powers is perfect for you!
https://archiveofourown.org/works/20742584 — Oh, haven't you heard?
A fantastically hilarious movieverse fic featuring our beloved (secretly) son of a warlord vs. the crack of Buzzfeed Unsolved
https://archiveofourown.org/works/29490180 — Home Is Where You Are
Movieverse Lloyd gets stabbed and his cousin Morro wants to stab people as a result
https://archiveofourown.org/works/30888539 — Who’s the New Guy? He Looks Awfully Green
Even more Movieverse Lloyd being a sad little meow meow, this time with him finally finding friends and hoping to his grandfather they don't find out he's the Lloyd Garmadon
https://archiveofourown.org/works/26722576 — Kind
A bawler in the most wholesome way; a movieverse fic featuring the "words people think about you appear on your skin" AU, staring Lloyd Garmadon, AKA the second most hated person in the city. Seriously, this one shot fic is amazing and is so worth the read
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13626984/1/The-Idiots-Guide-to-Not-Despising-Your-Cousin — The Idiots’ Guide to Not Despising Your Cousin
Lloyd takes his reformed 'cousin' Morro on a road trip of hell to recreate the scene from Sharknado. Hilarious shenanigans and begrudging cousin bonding ensues, complete with an emotional shouting match, a rocket launcher, and a stolen shark
Lloyd & Canon
https://archiveofourown.org/works/41654502 — Let's Dye This World
Lloyd wants to dye his hair pink. What could go wrong? (Nothing. Nothing at all)
https://archiveofourown.org/works/36502231 — And the Vocab Word of the Day Is...
Someone's taught Zane a word he shouldn't know, and thus we have this hilarious one-shot
https://archiveofourown.org/works/26238865 — An Impromptu Little Brother
You want RG siblings fluff? You've got it! This adorable fic showcases the sweet bonding of S1 Kai and Lloyd
https://archiveofourown.org/works/44929669/chapters/113050273 — On the Outside
You want even more "Lloyd gets adopted by his siblings and finds a family" fluff? Well, this one also includes some angst, but in a hurt/comfort way, and includes bonding with the entire team
https://archiveofourown.org/works/13837338/chapters/31823022 — All I Want for Christmas is You
Lloyd has never celebrated Christmas before, and is desperately trying to hide it
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13548435/1/Warning-Fire-Hazard — Warning: Fire Hazard
As the favourite great-grandson of Firstborne, she decides to teach him a fun dragon trick... fire-breathing. Obviously Lloyd uses this new trick responsibly
Canon
https://archiveofourown.org/works/25916767 — Cool Down
A fantastic fic about Zane's element as a counterbalance to Kai's in stressful situations, and how a hug can go a long way
https://archiveofourown.org/works/43938129 — Cold Hands, Warm Heart
Zane's never been in a snowball fight before, and Kai & the others decide this will not stand. Fluff ensues in this beautifully written adorable found family fic
https://archiveofourown.org/works/28433430/chapters/69674970 — Nature vs. Nurture
S2 Megaweapon shenanigans with the OG4 getting turned into kids again after Child's Play... but this time, without their memories
https://archiveofourown.org/works/32716111/chapters/81165256 — Habits of Home(lessness)
A "5 times + 1" fic about Jay being incredibly concerned and confused by the mysterious habits of his team
https://archiveofourown.org/works/27700081/chapters/67792351 — Your Mistakes Are Yours to Keep (BEING REWRITTEN)
Post Skybound angst my beloved <3
https://archiveofourown.org/works/28467426 — For When You Need Love
So many platonic kisses; an amazing collection of small 1-on-1 bonding moments between every member of this team of found family ninja. This is one of my comfort fics
https://archiveofourown.org/works/15544857/chapters/36085881 — powersurge
What would an outburst of elemental power look like? A fantastic collection of short stories featuring each of the ninja in a stressful situation and a boatload of interesting headcanons, that's what
https://archiveofourown.org/works/35446993/chapters/88356208 — *Wu voice* "Ah, gotta get my kids."
A great fic (and amazing prequel/summary animatic by the very talented @a-big-chicken-nerd) featuring Sensei Wu helping his students after each lose control of their elemental powers on what should have been normal patrols across Ninjago
https://archiveofourown.org/works/39091860/chapters/97792278 — Walk a Mile
A fun bodyswap fic featuring Kai & Jay learning to tolerate each other
https://archiveofourown.org/works/47781802/chapters/120452491 — Real Life (Dragons Rising S1 spoilers)
Can't really say what it's about for spoilers but it's a new character bonding with an old one and it's sweet <3
https://archiveofourown.org/works/12407508/chapters/28232733 — Chips and Salsa
Good ol' Glacier shipping at its finest in this wonderful fic; a secretly pining Cole brings his crush Zane to his house while trying to get over said crush. Lou knows his son's attempts won't be sucessful. Shenanigans, dancing, pining, and apology pancakes follow
https://archiveofourown.org/works/28905537/chapters/70915611 — Between the Scenes
A collection of great stories between episodes and pre-pilots to 'fill the gaps' the show doesn't cover
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13520844/1/There-s-Insurance-For-That — There's Insurance For That
A hilarious fic about Skylor learning all the places the ninja are banned from and the reasons for said bans
Ninjago Fic Rec Week — Day 2: Movieverse, AUs, &/or Jay
Movieverse
https://archiveofourown.org/works/28136997/chapters/68942907 — Same People But Not Really (SPBNR)
Top-tier fic right here by the glorious @kittydemon9000 (go shower them in positive comments!) with a great Discord, this fantastic fic features our beloved show Kai (Smith) finding himself in the movieverse after Garmadon blasts him with the Megaweapon. Full of fluff, angst, hurt/comfort, and damn good writing, one of my favourite fics of all time :D
https://archiveofourown.org/works/34723405 — Divided for Keeps
A brilliantly written one-shot based on an AU for SPBNR (the above fic) where Smith lands in the movieverse without his memories and is adopted by Garmadon. All he has is his phone with photos of his family- but when his phone gets smashed by some of the Dorksquad for fear their identities will be revealed to Garmadon, he decides to never again let friends into his heart. Perhaps a certain overheard conversation can change his mind...
https://archiveofourown.org/works/38467489/chapters/96140524 — Keep Your Secrets Near
Another SPBNR inspired fic, this time a pre-curser to Smith's arrival. In this AU, movie!Kai is too injured to become a ninja, and finds his siblings' increasingly concerning behaviour suspicious.
https://archiveofourown.org/works/38652201 — The Venomari Venom Incident
Yet another fantastic SPBNR inspired fic, this time featuring so much hilarious shenanigans. When a prank against movie!Lloyd (Green) goes wrong, Smith is doused in venomari venom. Naturally, things go wrong immediately.
https://archiveofourown.org/works/40019130/chapters/100220688 — SPBNR pero ahora Smith es un gato :D (Spanish)
And yet ANOTHER amazing SPBNR inspired fic, this time featuring Cat!Smith :D This one is in Spanish!
https://archiveofourown.org/works/37665907?view_full_work=true — Ninjago University: A Tale of Idiots Who Are Just Trying Their Best at This Point, Okay?
You guessed it, another great SPBNR inspired fic. This one features a merged show and movieverse and our two favourite groups of ninja university students interacting with hilarious shenanigans and pining
https://archiveofourown.org/works/41063274/chapters/102920622 — Find My Place
What if S11 Zane got zapped to the movieverse instead of the Neverrealm? Why, he becomes a substitute teacher, obviously! Go show this great fic some love!
https://archiveofourown.org/works/44418760/chapters/111722089 — Shogun: Becoming
(also inspired by SPBNR) What if instead of Zane, S11 Kai got zapped to the movieverse instead of the Neverrealm? Struggling with missing his family, the temptation of the staff, and his weakened powers, Kai must figure out how to get home while befriending this universe's ninja-- a struggle all of its own
https://archiveofourown.org/series/1441819 — The Grass is Always Greener (Series)
A fantastic series by the extremely talented @sunnylighter (go shower their blog in love) featuring a crossover between the show and movie with many amazing instalments (and a great Monkie Kid crossover fic too) that includes elements from S2-S4 and a ton of great head canons, jokes, moments to laugh or cry, and an overall great time
https://archiveofourown.org/series/2107311 The Ninja Legacy Whip (Series)
Oh gosh, where do I even start with this one? It's absolutely brilliant, one of my all-time favourites, that merge the events of the show with the world of the movie so perfectly with amazing lore, expansion on beloved show scenes by making them even cooler, and introducing some concepts that still make me go feral to this day (outbursts and surprise are still the two coolest things EVER!!!). Every character gets a chance to shine, and shine they do. Go shower the super talented @weekend-whip with positivity, they deserve it with this beast of a series I love rereading
https://archiveofourown.org/works/44770108/chapters/112641901 — Ninjas and Demons — Movieverse Crossover + Monkie Kid
When the threat of an ancient demon reawakens in Ninjago, Wu sends the ninja away to a distant realm. Turns out, another world's Wu had the same idea with his ninja, and now both teams find themselves in the world of the Monkey King and his successor
https://archiveofourown.org/works/26303986?view_full_work=true — Those Linked By Destiny
A very great fic about how the Dorksquad first met (one of my personal favourites of this variety), one by one by one, and became the ironclad friend group we all know and love
https://archiveofourown.org/series/2178393 — Green Empathy (Series)
Love movieverse Lloyd and think he's a sad little meow meow? Then this series featuring him with empathy powers is perfect for you!
https://archiveofourown.org/works/27586439/chapters/67483652 — That's Ninja Swag (it's nothing new)
A very intriguing AU where the Dorksquad are reincarnations of the original show ninja and slowly remember their past
https://archiveofourown.org/works/20742584 — Oh, haven't you heard?
A fantastically hilarious movieverse fic featuring our beloved (secretly) son of a warlord vs. the crack of Buzzfeed Unsolved
https://archiveofourown.org/works/29490180 — Home Is Where You Are
Movieverse Lloyd gets stabbed and his cousin Morro wants to stab people as a result
https://archiveofourown.org/works/30888539 — Who’s the New Guy? He Looks Awfully Green
Even more Movieverse Lloyd being a sad little meow meow, this time with him finally finding friends and hoping to his grandfather they don't find out he's the Lloyd Garmadon
https://archiveofourown.org/works/26722576 — Kind
A bawler in the most wholesome way; a movieverse fic featuring the "words people think about you appear on your skin" AU, staring Lloyd Garmadon, AKA the second most hated person in the city. Seriously, this one shot fic is amazing and is so worth the read
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12748683/1/Dork-Squad-Assemble — Dork Squad, Assemble
Another fantastically written fic of how the Dorksquad met and formed, and the trials and tribulations that followed
https://www.tumblr.com/angeldrawsstuffs/722519952725262336/its-not-easy-being-chen?source=share — It’s Not Easy Being Chen(?)
A fun one-shot featuring a mean, ruthless, cheerleading bully... or is he?
https://www.tumblr.com/angeldrawsstuffs/711788606697701377/the-letter?source=share — The Letter
show!Kai, trapped in a Pixie Hollow Movieverse, receives a... short letter from his little brother.
https://www.tumblr.com/angeldrawsstuffs/707259828912996352/a-lost-father?source=share — A Lost Father
movie!Zane's Papa Whint goes out one day to buy milk.
AUs
https://archiveofourown.org/works/28298904/chapters/69342846 — From a Laboratory
In which Zane is an digital AI that suddenly finds himself uploaded to a physical body and must unwind a spiralling conspiracy of hidden experiments
https://archiveofourown.org/works/28112301 — Observational Astronomy
A soft one-shot of a "platonic soulmates appear as a constellation of stars on your skin called a cluster" variety
https://archiveofourown.org/works/30933857/chapters/76392629 — One Hell of a Summer Job
After a fight with a bully on school grounds, Kai finds himself exiled to manual labour on a farm. He despises everything about the job... except the three cute young farmhands working there
https://archiveofourown.org/works/23239126/chapters/55643689 — Ruler From Another Realm
Ice Emperor Zane... but not a manipulated genocidal evil villain :D
https://archiveofourown.org/works/24110224/chapters/58039936 — Time Break
During the fight with the Time Twins, the ninja find themselves sent back in time... to the middle of the Elemental Alliance
https://archiveofourown.org/works/31642349/chapters/78306116 — history doesn't repeat itself (but it often rhymes)
A fun AU filled with magic, mystery, and mystical accessories (and perhaps a hidden underground cave system or two)
https://archiveofourown.org/works/12732393/chapters/29033811 — Pretty Penny Tavern
A classic fic for a good reason; the owner of the Pretty Penny Tavern is a very suspicious shady character named Ronin who pays well to keep their noses out of his buisness, but that doesn't stop his young tavern workers from trying to uncover his secrets
https://archiveofourown.org/works/25156273/chapters/60957967 — Sit Still, Look Pretty
A Detroit: Become Human style AU where newly built Zane is 'gifted' to the ninja... who begin to suspect there may be more to the android than meets the eye
https://archiveofourown.org/works/38299120/chapters/95698927 — So A Traumatized Teen And Two Dragons Get Sent Back In Time
Kai finds himself back in the events of the pilots with no memory of how he got there along with two small amnesiac dragons he can suddenly understand (pssst- this one was also written by @kittydemon9000! Go shower their ask box with positivity!)
https://archiveofourown.org/works/42440016/chapters/106583067 — No Wu AU
In an world where Wu doesn't seek out the ninja (or at least, was successful at finding them) until later, the group bonds over trying to learn about their powers and staying alive
https://archiveofourown.org/works/37437592/chapters/93429598 — Ignitus
During the reign of Emperor Chen, Elemental Masters are outlawed. Morro escapes from an experimental facility but finds himself handcuffed to Kai, who failed to capture him again. When Morro reveals that the ninja don't know the whole story, the two go on the run and build a team of elemental masters to take down Chen for good
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13626984/1/The-Idiots-Guide-to-Not-Despising-Your-Cousin — The Idiots’ Guide to Not Despising Your Cousin
Lloyd takes his reformed 'cousin' Morro on a road trip of hell to recreate the scene from Sharknado. Hilarious shenanigans and begrudging cousin bonding ensues, complete with an emotional shouting match, a rocket launcher, and a stolen shark
https://archiveofourown.org/works/29928969/chapters/73666074 — The Call of Magic
Another great magic AU filled with learning new powers (and hiding said powers), stopping hidden enemies trying to kill them, and combating an ancient prophecy
https://archiveofourown.org/works/23449558/chapters/56209675 — Caught Red-Handed
A hitman Kai AU full of angst and some hilarious crack as he finesses his way through a labyrinth of underground criminals... and falls for three good-guys along the way who could screw up everything (or even save his life); this great fic was written by the extremely talented @fanfalc-616 who you can go shower in positive comments
https://archiveofourown.org/works/27799876/chapters/68058064 — Time for Amnesia
Another amazingly written fic by @fanfalc-616, this time featuring an amnesiac Kai being utterly (and angrily) baffled by the ninja, some of which (a freaking robot that's totally evil, an annoying idiot, and a kinda scary stick in the mud) claiming to be his boyfriends while another claims to be his younger brother.
Jay
https://archiveofourown.org/works/28612956/chapters/70128354 — When your love rival is a frog
This one. This one right here is gold (and a personal comfort fic). Movie Kai has had a crush on Jay since, well, forever- but the one thing getting in his way of flat-out proposing is a slimy green frog named Kyle. Brilliantly written and stitches-inducing hilarity ensues.
https://archiveofourown.org/works/33701395 — I'll chase you to the moon and back
A cute one-shot of movie Jay feeling insecure about his place in the team... and his teammates doing something about it
https://archiveofourown.org/works/13854819?view_full_work=true — Earbuds
In a world where the ninja don't know each other's civilian identities, Kai finds out the identity of his crush, Jay. A fantastic plasma story filled with pining, an oblivious electric boy, and a smashed window or two
https://archiveofourown.org/works/36058093?view_full_work=true — Like Looking In a Digital Mirror
Movie Jay stumbles into Prime Empire and meets... himself?
https://archiveofourown.org/works/37798150/chapters/94374718 — Would You Like To Enter Stardust?
An absolutely heart-wrenching "everything is terrible" angst-fest of a Prime Empire fic for all you SRJ angst-lovers :D
https://archiveofourown.org/works/15404622/chapters/35752608 — Lost in the Void
In which Jay discovers a secret new power to his element and everything goes great(?) from there
https://archiveofourown.org/works/24324337/chapters/58644697 — Cold Nights
Snake jay content my beloved
https://archiveofourown.org/works/36920599/chapters/92111470 — Changes
More snake jay content my beloved
https://archiveofourown.org/works/46263796 — Play to Win
A beautifully written fic that makes me go feral of Nadakhan forcing Jay and Cole into a Scrap n' Tap match... against each other
https://archiveofourown.org/works/32716111/chapters/81165256 — Habits of Home(lessness)
A "5 times + 1" fic about Jay being incredibly concerned and confused by the mysterious habits of his team
https://archiveofourown.org/works/27700081/chapters/67792351 — Your Mistakes Are Yours to Keep (BEING REWRITTEN)
Post Skybound angst my beloved
https://archiveofourown.org/works/19375495?view_full_work=true — The Woodsman And The Wizard
Oh, this one is fun (I say, as if the rest aren't just as great)- A Beauty and the Beast styled AU where Cole wanders into the woods and finds a mysterious castle with a powerful wizard who may not be as brave or arrogant as he tries to appear
https://archiveofourown.org/series/3557314 — Overload (Series)
Jay goes missing, and an investigation into a nearby power plant leads to... so much terrible trouble
https://archiveofourown.org/works/39091860/chapters/97792278 — Walk a Mile
A fun bodyswap fic featuring Kai & Jay learning to tolerate each other
https://archiveofourown.org/works/49508392/chapters/124953220 - Blue Goes Boom
An angsty fic that explores the S4 mech explosion and aftermath in more detail. Jay gives poor Kai several heart-attacks
https://archiveofourown.org/works/48647455?view_full_work=true - Survivors
REALLY GOOD FIC HERE- Lloyd struggling with survivor's guilt post s9 and Jay's the one to talk with him about it (and then the others take care of Jay <3) The Jay characterization is ON POINT
https://archiveofourown.org/works/47798566?view_full_work=true - Would You Like To Enter Prime Empire?
ANOTHER REALLY GOOD FIC HERE- a re-write of Prime Empire with more emphasis on Jay (written by the above fic author so you know it's got peak Jay characterization and some really cool lightning power headcanons)
Ninjago Fic Rec Week — Day 3: Angst &/or Kai
Note: All these fics are included in the Day 1 and Day 2 posts, I'm just reposting for people who want the specific categories
Kai
https://archiveofourown.org/works/28136997/chapters/68942907 — Same People But Not Really
Top-tier fic right here by the glorious @kittydemon9000 (go shower them in positive comments!) with a great Discord, this fantastic fic features our beloved show Kai (Smith) finding himself in the movieverse after Garmadon blasts him with the Megaweapon. Full of fluff, angst, hurt/comfort, and damn good writing, one of my favourite fics of all time :D
https://archiveofourown.org/works/13854819?view_full_work=true — Earbuds
In a world where the ninja don't know each other's civilian identities, Kai finds out the identity of his crush, Jay. A fantastic plasma story filled with pining, an oblivious electric boy, and a smashed window or two
https://archiveofourown.org/works/23449558/chapters/56209675 — Caught Red-Handed
A hitman Kai AU full of angst and some hilarious crack as he finesses his way through a labyrinth of underground criminals... and falls for three good-guys along the way who could screw up everything (or even save his life); this great fic was written by the extremely talented @fanfalc-616 who you can go shower in positive comments
https://archiveofourown.org/works/27799876/chapters/68058064 — Time for Amnesia
Another amazingly written fic by @fanfalc-616, this time featuring an amnesiac Kai being utterly (and angrily) baffled by the ninja, some of which (a freaking robot that's totally evil, an annoying idiot, and a kinda scary stick in the mud) claiming to be his boyfriends while another claims to be his younger brother.
https://archiveofourown.org/works/25916767 — Cool Down
A fantastic fic about Zane's element as a counterbalance to Kai's in stressful situations, and how a hug can go a long way
https://archiveofourown.org/works/28612956/chapters/70128354 — When your love rival is a frog
This one. This one right here is gold (and a personal comfort fic). Movie Kai has had a crush on Jay since, well, forever- but the one thing getting in his way of flat-out proposing is a slimy green frog named Kyle. Brilliantly written and stitches-inducing hilarity ensues.
https://archiveofourown.org/works/34723405 — Divided for Keeps
A brilliantly written one-shot based on an AU for SPBNR (the above fic) where Smith lands in the movieverse without his memories and is adopted by Garmadon. All he has is his phone with photos of his family- but when his phone gets smashed by some of the Dorksquad for fear their identities will be revealed to Garmadon, he decides to never again let friends into his heart. Perhaps a certain overheard conversation can change his mind...
https://archiveofourown.org/works/30933857/chapters/76392629 — One Hell of a Summer Job
After a fight with a bully on school grounds, Kai finds himself exiled to manual labour on a farm. He despises everything about the job... except the three cute young farmhands working there
https://archiveofourown.org/works/36502231 — And the Vocab Word of the Day Is...
Someone's taught Zane a word he shouldn't know, and thus we have this hilarious one-shot
https://archiveofourown.org/works/38467489/chapters/96140524 — Keep Your Secrets Near
Another SPBNR inspired fic, this time a pre-curser to Smith's arrival. In this AU, movie!Kai is too injured to become a ninja, and finds his siblings' increasingly concerning behaviour suspicious.
https://archiveofourown.org/works/38652201 — The Venomari Venom Incident
Yet another fantastic SPBNR inspired fic, this time featuring so much hilarious shenanigans. When a prank against movie!Lloyd (Green) goes wrong, Smith is doused in venomari venom. Naturally, things go wrong immediately.
https://www.tumblr.com/angeldrawsstuffs/711788606697701377/the-letter?source=share — The Letter
show!Kai, trapped in a Pixie Hollow Movieverse, receives a... short letter from his little brother.
https://archiveofourown.org/works/38299120/chapters/95698927 — So A Traumatized Teen And Two Dragons Get Sent Back In Time
Kai finds himself back in the events of the pilots with no memory of how he got there along with two small amnesiac dragons he can suddenly understand (pssst- this one was also written by @kittydemon9000! Go shower their ask box with positivity!)
https://archiveofourown.org/works/44418760/chapters/111722089 — Shogun: Becoming
(also inspired by SPBNR) What if instead of Zane, S11 Kai got zapped to the movieverse instead of the Neverrealm? Struggling with missing his family, the temptation of the staff, and his weakened powers, Kai must figure out how to get home while befriending this universe's ninja-- a struggle all of its own
https://archiveofourown.org/works/39091860/chapters/97792278 — Walk a Mile
A fun bodyswap fic featuring Kai & Jay learning to tolerate each other
https://archiveofourown.org/works/40019130/chapters/100220688 — SPBNR pero ahora Smith es un gato :D (Spanish)
And yet ANOTHER amazing SPBNR inspired fic, this time featuring Cat!Smith :D This one is in Spanish!
https://archiveofourown.org/works/26238865 — An Impromptu Little Brother
You want RG siblings fluff? You've got it! This adorable fic showcases the sweet bonding of S1 Kai and Lloyd
https://archiveofourown.org/works/37437592/chapters/93429598 — Ignitus
During the reign of Emperor Chen, Elemental Masters are outlawed. Morro escapes from an experimental facility but finds himself handcuffed to Kai, who failed to capture him again. When Morro reveals that the ninja don't know the whole story, the two go on the run and build a team of elemental masters to take down Chen for good
Angst
https://archiveofourown.org/works/15404622/chapters/35752608 — Lost in the Void
In which Jay discovers a secret new power to his element and everything goes great(?) from there
https://archiveofourown.org/works/24324337/chapters/58644697 — Cold Nights
Snake jay content my beloved
https://archiveofourown.org/works/36920599/chapters/92111470 — Changes
More snake jay content my beloved
https://archiveofourown.org/works/28298904/chapters/69342846 — From a Laboratory
In which Zane is an digital AI that suddenly finds himself uploaded to a physical body and must unwind a spiralling conspiracy of hidden human experiments
https://archiveofourown.org/works/29490180 — Home Is Where You Are
Movieverse Lloyd gets stabbed and his cousin Morro wants to stab people as a result- a hurt/comfort fic
https://archiveofourown.org/works/27700081/chapters/67792351 — Your Mistakes Are Yours to Keep (BEING REWRITTEN)
Post Skybound angst my beloved
https://archiveofourown.org/works/25156273/chapters/60957967 — Sit Still, Look Pretty
A Detroit: Become Human style AU where newly built Zane is 'gifted' to the ninja... who begin to suspect there may be more to the android than meets the eye
https://archiveofourown.org/series/3557314 — Overload (Series)
Jay goes missing, and an investigation into a nearby power plant leads to... so much terrible trouble
https://archiveofourown.org/works/37798150/chapters/94374718 — Would You Like To Enter Stardust?
An absolutely heart-wrenching "everything is terrible" angst-fest of a Prime Empire fic for all you SRJ angst-lovers :D
https://archiveofourown.org/works/46263796 — Play to Win
A beautifully written fic that makes me go feral of Nadakhan forcing Jay and Cole into a Scrap n' Tap match... against each other
https://www.tumblr.com/angeldrawsstuffs/707259828912996352/a-lost-father?source=share — A Lost Father
movie!Zane's Papa Whint goes out one day to buy milk.
Lava Fall (Remastered)
A ninjago fic snippet based on SPBNR by @kittydemon9000 rewritten in honour of the 2-year anniversary of the discord server! This one is to all the wonderful memories and friends made in that amazing group. Here's to many more years of great times and creative ideas!
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Being kidnapped isn’t an everyday occurrence, but in Shogun’s line of occupation, it may as well be with how often it seems to happen.
Heck, his little brother has the worst luck out of all of them— though his sister seems to come a close second.
So it’s to no real surprise (at least, to him) that Shogun currently finds himself in a rather… precarious position.
As in a “tied to a chain, dangling over lava just like Nya back in the Fire Temple” kind of precarious position.
Yeah. Just an average Friday evening.
Below him stands the gloating four-armed warlord himself, a positively pompously smug grin stretched across his features. Two hands rest on his hips, and two stay crossed before him.
“I asked you to join me, yet you refuse. You’re as stubborn as my buttface of a brother.”
Despite the childish insults, Shogun knows better than to underestimate this world’s Garmadon. Instead, he levels the villain with a burning glare. “Let me go, or face the consequences.”
Garmadon smiles— a cruel, wretched thing, honestly— and places two hands on a lever. “Let you go? That can be arranged.”
Lava gurgles under him, seeming to draw closer lava surrounding Lloyd’s cage, lapping at the metal floor and splashing against the bars. The Fangblade plummets as Kai lunges forward, not for the weapon, but for his little brother, too late, he’s too late, too unworthy, too much of a failure—
Shogun’s face is the definition of a furious snarl, but before he can spit out a barrage of insults so stinging it would melt Garmadon’s helmet, one of the doors to the cavern bursts open with an explosion. Shapes burst through the smoke, and Ninja Force come raining in.
“Smith!” Lloyd not his Lloyd but still neither should be near a volcano not after— shouts, green hood pulled over his face and missile launcher— WHO GAVE THIS KID A MISSILE LAUNCHER— propped over his shoulder. “Hold on!”
Garmadon’s army pours into the room, narwhal spears and pufferfish flails at the ready. Cyan leaps forward with her trident raised above her head. She brings it down in an arc with a furious war cry, melted tip scrapping against a lobster-themed shield with an unpleasant screech. Behind her, Black follows with a swing of his hammer, slamming the shield away and sending it spinning into the lava pit below. The metal hisses as it dissolves into a glob of orange spittle and vanishes.
Red charges in after his sister, twin katanas reflecting the glow of the lava so bright they almost appear alight with flames. He disarms one unprepared General with a move that makes Shogun proud— looks like he was paying attention in weapon training after all— and spins to hit a second, sparks flying as metal contacts metal. Shogun squints. For a split second, he thought he saw the base embers of Spinjitzu, but if there were any, they quickly fade into the chaos of the fight.
A flash catches his attention, and Shogun turns his head in time to catch a whiff of ozone and charred fish. A General runs wailing from the room, smoke trailing after them like a scarf. A (fearfully) screaming Blue snaps his wrist again, and his flail strikes out like lightning. Next to him, White makes perfect precision strikes with his bow, quips of “Nice Shot!” and “Good Aim!” in an impression of that announcer in that sports video game Smith played with the others falling from his lips.
“We’re coming!” Green yells, scrambling down the path his team clears toward his father. Whenever a General crosses his line of sight, the missile launcher clicks in warning. The more foolish Generals find themselves knocked aside in explosions that rattle the volcano, sending Smith spinning on his chain like an angry disco ball.
His vision blurs for a minute from the motion, and he tries not to hurl into the lava below. Instead, he focuses on the sounds of metal clashing, the shouts of combat, and the pounding slam of explosions and hammers-that-really-shouldn’t-be-rattling-the-volcano-this-much.
A feeling surfaces in his gut, clawing steadily upwards and wrapping icy fingers around his heart. It’s a feeling that ties lead to his feet, that grips his hair and yanks his head back, that throws him forward onto his knees like a spiked heel to his back.
It’s a feeling of helplessness.
Stupid, consuming helplessness.
He hates it.
His friends, his family, are fighting below, and he can’t do anything.
When Shogun stops spinning, the feeling only worsens, climbing up the inside of his throat with a thick glob of sticky horror.
Cyan’s disarmed, her trident slowly sinking as it melts away in the lava. Her fists, blood staining her knuckles, collide with any General near her.
CRACK, a General’s jellyfish helmet shattering into glass shards.
CRACK, the jaw of a crab General breaking.
CRACK, Cyan’s hand against metal-plated armour.
She drops back with a wounded howl that’s his SISTER who just got hurt, and he can’t help her. Her brothers are there in an instance, one slamming the General with the butt-end of a katana and the other lighting them up like a firework with a missile. The General flies out of the room as if fired by their boss.
A screech drags Shogun’s horrified gaze away from the three siblings and to a squirming Blue held by the back of the gi like a kitten. The orca-themed General sneers, spinning the lightning ninja around. Before they can toss him into a wall, a bright flash fills the chamber. Some kind of force smashes the General into the wall instead. Blue goes sailing out of their grip—
And over the railing of the pathway.
Shogun’s heart stops.
Before the half-formed wail of his brother’s name can burst from his mouth, however, a streak dives under the railing and over the cliff edge. Black snatches Blue’s wrist and digs his other hand into the craggy rock wall, praying for a handhold.
... ... ...
Through some miracle, he finds one. He clings there, holding Blue against the wall as the pair dangles over lava.
A General reaches over the railing with a spear aimed at Black’s hand below them, but an arrow knocks the spear from their hand. White bodyslams them out of the way and helps Black and Blue up in a lull of combat.
More Generals pour into the cavern as alarms wail, nearly spilling others into the lava pit below. The Ninjaforce tense, adjusting grips on whatever weapons they have remaining.
But before the fight can break out anew, Garmadon gives a pointed cough that seems to echo louder along the rock walls.
Shogun jerks as he’s lowered on the chain a smidge.
Silence falls.
“So—” Garmadon stretches the word out, savouring the attention as his fingers tap the lever with casual slowness. “You surrender, or he drops.”
Six faces pale beneath hooded masks.
Green swallows. “You wouldn’t. You spent all this energy to catch him. You won’t drop him.”
There’s an edge of pleading to his voice, a desperate hope that some tiny part of Garmadon wouldn’t do it. That his father isn’t that despicable. That Green by association isn’t that despicable.
Garmadon rolls his eyes. “Ugh, you goody-two-shoes are all the same. You sound like my whiny butt-faced brother. “Don’t do this, Garmadon!” “You’re better than this, Garmadon!” I am better. I’m stronger. I’m gonna rule Ninjago City! I thought I could use Shogun on my side to do it, but if he’s just gonna stand in my way—“
The chain drops another few centimetres.
“—then I’m more than ready to drop him.”
Shogun has enough.
Smith has enough.
Kai has enough.
Burning fury, hotter than a thousand suns, roars through his gut. It melts the frozen helplessness clamped around his heart, burns away the sticky glob of horror in his throat, and spits out of his mouth in a jet of orange flames. “Do it, coward.”
A thicker silence follows the last syllable. The Ninja Force and generals alike look on with horror, the former with fear for their friend, the latter recognizing a phrase that would immediately get any of them fired if they dared utter it.
Even Garmadon blinks, stunned.
Then his cruel smirk returns. “So be it. If you’re not for me, you’re against me. Our dance was fun, Shogun. Too bad you won’t be sticking around for an encore.”
He yanks the lever back with two hands.
Someone screams.
The tether keeping Shogun chained goes slack as he plummets, the string holding him helpless severed in a single move. As he falls, lava fast approaching, his expression betrays no fear.
He keeps his burning gaze drilled into Garmadon’s the whole way down.
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Lloyd doesn’t know what to do.
Smith had casually dropped into their lives one seemingly uneventful day, and he’d stuck to them ever since. He’d been the best addition to their friend group they could’ve ever hoped for.
And now he’s been dropped, literally, back out of their lives.
“SMITH!”
The scream comes from six people at once, six ninjas scrambling to the railing and stare at the lava’s centre where the melting chain vanishes below the bubbling orange surface.
Logically, Smith’s buoyancy should mean he’d float. Yet the chain plating drags him down below the spitting lava in a heartbeat, gone from view.
A mercy on their eyes, to avoid seeing the flesh melt from his bones.
Kai drops to his knees, katanas clattering to the ground. “He… he can’t be gone.” His voice is hollow, a snuffed candle. It reminds Lloyd of how lost Shogun sounded earlier. “He can’t be.”
“…Sensors indicate 0% chance of survival…” Comes Zane’s voice, grief-struck cold and crackling with static. “I— I wish it was /j instead of /srs.”
An expression steeped in horror and guilt washes across Nya’s face. “The last thing I ever said to him—“
Cole stands silent, his watering eyes speaking volumes to the turmoil rumbling inside. Jay crashes into his side, shaking as he hiccups and gasps for air.
And Lloyd… Lloyd can’t think. Can’t see. Can’t feel.
Smith is gone.
And it’s his father’s fault.
Lloyd growls, slowly turning to face Garmadon with eyes blazing green. He flexes his hands unconsciously, nails sharpening into claws as green and gold scales march over his skin.
He throws himself forward with a wild roar, claws aiming for Garmadon’s throat. The move catches even the warlord off-guard, his Generals too surprised to react.
But before Lloyd can attack his father, before he can hurtle the anguished insult burning on his tongue, the lava pit behind him explodes.
Everyone, ninja and Generals alike, scramble back as the geyser of lava swallows the remains of the dangling metal chain whole. The spray spits and sizzles as it hits the surrounding rock. A wave of heat radiates out.
No one, not even Kai himself, notices that a couple drops land on his skin without burning him.
The air punches from Lloyd’s lungs.
Striding out of the lava, completely fine as if he’d merely taken a plunge in the pond in the park, is Smith.
What. The. Duck.
Lava dripping from his fingers, Smith climbs up the rocky cliffs and pulls himself over the railing. He shakes himself off, flicking a glob of drying lava from his shoulder with utmost casualness. Droplets of lava hit the grated floor.
There isn’t a scratch on him. No burns, no cuts, not even his clothes look singed. The only change, honestly, is that his stormy expression somehow manages to look even more murderous.
He raised his hand toward Garmadon.
His fist erupts into flames.
WHAT. THE. DUCK.
“So—“ Smith draws out the word as if it’s an inside joke between him and the warlord. “You asked me to join you. I refused. I asked you to let me go. I’d count that as refusing.”
The flame grows brighter, flaring higher. His eyes glow like a hearth.
“So I say it’s time for that encore.”
So agree— the movieverse is also completely free real estate for world building and counterpart changes.
You want the 16 realms to be continents in the movieverse? Done!
You want to add new species? Done!
You want to write a new background timeline for the world where there were originally six gods thousands of years ago that have since then been forgotten about and the FSM was the EM of Energy that raised Ninjago out of the sea only a few hundred years ago I totally haven’t done this totally yep okay yeah asks are open Done!
You want to make the Time Twins good museum curators? Done! Morro’s a tired college teen adopted by Wu and roomates with the Fuschia Ninja and Fugidove? Done! Aspheera’s a chill immortal snake sorceress that fends off an evil magic snake gang led by Char? Done! Skylor’s actually evil and gets to evilly girlboss against her cousin Chen the Cheerleader? Done! Harumi’s still a blt + cheese? Done!
There’s so, so much you can do with the world because they used just enough to be interesting / original, but also left so many unanswered questions that is just ripe for the fandom to explore
I love love love love the ninjago movie's premise.
I love that they addressed Lloyd's heritage and how people felt about him. You'd think when people saw Lloyd in S1 they would've had a more aggressive or derogatory reaction to him because of Garmadon.
I also really, really like the idea of the team being completely anonymous. I feel like the ninja should've been secret in the series, but I understand why they didn't make it so. The secrecy of it also makes room for my FAVORITE trope in Ninjago. Lloyd hurt/comfort because he thinks he doesn't belong. This is especially prevalent in those fics where the ninja don't even know who the other ninja are. (If anyone makes a fic like this again, please tell me. I'm deprived.)
Most importantly, it brings Koko. Period, full stop.
Of course, the movie isn't perfect and the plot's a bit iffy, and the characters aren't done justice. But it gives us a lot of good material to work with. It's a pretty decent movie, if I do say so myself
One of the best ways to treat the movie is like it’s own separate universe with it’s own lore and characters (aka like an AU— in fact, hilariously, it’s technically a High School AU)— because they give us snippets of the lore, but enough to know this world is a little different, and that means it’s the perfect head canon ground of free real estate
After watching the movie twice, I’m mad at my younger self for not watching this movie when it first came out cause it wasn’t at all the show. But after watchin I really liked how the movie did it’s own thing with the designs and personalities as well as the story involving a big ol kitty
(I should do some skits with them in the future)
and I’ll probably watch it a third time but for now here’s Jay
Ooo this is fun—
showverse or movieverse || fluff or angst || rebooted or skybound || happy ending or open ending || gen or ship || no powers or new powers || tournament of elements or possession || hurt/comfort or no comfort || secret identity or secrets revealed || morro or harumi || canon divergence or canon re-write || legacy of the green ninja or sons of garmadon || modern or historical || character death or character resurrection || villain redemption or evil ninja || prime empire or master of the mountain || books or games || canon or crossovers || one-shot or chaptered || hands of time or fire and ice chapter
…well, I didn’t make a decision half the time ahajsksj but in my defence “secret identity” and “secrets revealed” work SO WELL TOGETHER
This or that, ninjago fic edition! which of these do you like reading and/or writing the best?
showverse or movieverse || fluff or angst || rebooted or skybound || happy ending or open ending || gen or ship || no powers or new powers || tournament of elements or possession || hurt/comfort or no comfort || secret identity or secrets revealed || morro or harumi || canon divergence or canon re-write || legacy of the green ninja or sons of garmadon || modern or historical || character death or character resurrection || villain redemption or evil ninja || prime empire or master of the mountain || books or games || canon or crossovers || one-shot or chaptered || hands of time or fire and ice chapter
Drew an AU version of movie!Kai (Red). In this AU, all the members of the Dorksquad (who have not met each other yet) are forced to be evil and work for various villain groups.
Red is unfortunately part of Char’s evil magic Fire Snakes gang, and is partly transformed into a snake with magic to match. He gets to see his sister, who’s the High Priestess of the Merlopian Wojira Cult, once in a while and just wants things to go back to the way they were before.
In the SPBNR AU version, Smith (show!Kai) finds out about the Dorksquad and proceeds to rescue all of them while introducing them to each other
Drew Cyan (movie!Nya) from the Dorksquad Forced to be Evil AU!
In this AU, all the members of the Dorksquad (who have not met each other yet) are forced to be evil and work for various villain groups.
Cyan was kidnapped by a Merlopian cult that worships Wojira and forced to be their high priestess lest they use Red (m!Kai) instead. She gets to visit her twin occasionally and plans for the day they can both escape unharmed
And yes, the Maya parallels in the outfit/hairstyle were intentional, Maya and Ray were involved in the Wojira Cult and the Fire Snakes before and tried to keep them away from their kids (this failed)
Kai
Bonus Smith Twins parallels under the cut
OOOOOO I love your thought process so much (Cole & theatre works SO WELL- Apollo could work too because song and dance, and Lloyd as Apollo fits super well too)
In the version I've got with @genderfluidkai, we've been playing around with-
Hephaestus Kai and Poseidon Nya (with the same mortal parent) who got locked in the Lotus Casino for a bit
Automaton Zane built by Daedalus/Dr. J, blessed by Boreas (Greek god of the North Wind)
We thought about Gaia or Demeter for Cole, but settled on the Earthshaker epithet of Neptune (yeah, Cole's a Roman demigod everyone mistakes for a Greek and takes to Camp Halfblood!)
Same with debating Jay for Zeus, Hephaestus, or Hermes, but we decided that he's actually a child of Thor that everyone mistakes for a Zeus kid (he and Cole get brought to CHB after outrunning a norse lindwyrm and a Strix- Cole football-tossed Jay through the camp barrier)
And for Lloyd- or at least young S1 Lloyd- we thought Dionysus because chaos and gremlin energy while still having life (and also Mr. D being a very tired Garmadon who only has a soft spot for his son was just too funny)
Oh, and Morro's an eidolon (son of Notus) who was friends with Kai and Nya in life before they got stuck in the casino and he died via monster attack
[[Bonus movie!Dorksquad because we merged the show and movieverse for this AU-]]
Kai = Venus (roman Aphrodite)
Nya = Victoria (roman Nike)
Zane = Norse Frost Giant in disguise
Cole = Apollo (roman)
Jay = Jupiter (roman Zeus) and a praetor (we gave him SO MUCH ANGST lol)
Lloyd = Pluto (roman Hades)- Morro hangs around him because Green Cousins go brrrr (in this AU, the show and movie Lloyds are cousins - and fun fact, the two Jays are half-brothers through Cliff on their mortal sides)
Have you ever read any of the Percy Jackson books or the like? If so-
Any thoughts on a Ninjago Demigod AU?
OHHHH DUDE I LOVE PERCY JACKSON I GREW UP WITH IT!
Man a demigod AU…….. that’d be so fascinating omg
My first thought is Kai and Nya being children of Hephaestus. The god of blacksmithing and fire? Perfect for Kai. Craftsman, metalwork, so Nya. I considered Nya being a child of Poseiden but I couldn’t bear to separate her from Kai GDKSHDK
Jay is VERY obvious. Child of Zeus, he hates Zeus tho cuz he sucks so he spends all his time crafting with the Hephaestus cabin kids instead
Zane would be an automaton I feel, perhaps one given life by one of the gods? Maybe Athena?
Ngl I had a hard time placing Cole. The big earth deity that sticks out to me is Gaia, but she’s a Titan and I’m trying to stick with gods. I ended up going with Dionysus, his godly parent being the god of theater just hit to me
With Lloyd I’d go with a child of Apollo. Prophecy. Healing. Apollo is practically the sun itself, the thing that gives Life to everything on earth. Idk it feels very Lloyd to me
Strawberry reads one too many “so realistic it’s almost scary” Lava fics before bed with a bruiseshipping subplot and confuses reality with fiction the next day
Strawberry: HOW DARE YOU!! OF ALL THE PEOPLE TO BETRAY ME, I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN IT WOULD BE YOU—
Blueberry: ?????
Could you imagine the wild scenario of the Dork Squad/Secret Ninja Force just chilling on their phones after a long day, for someone to have a scroll down some site and discover Green NinjaxLloyd Garmadon fanfiction.
Like how tf would Lloyd even muster the mental power to wrap his head around the terrifying thought that some people in the city thought that shipping his heroic persona with his “villainous” civilian self made any sense.