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Oh my goodness, I love that scene, too! It's like for a second you think Zane has Nadakhan backed into a corner, and then, wait a second...PIXAL!!!!! 😲
Like, she already got dismantled in season 4, and now she's being completely torn apart, her code being ripped from his head and dissappearing.
And, of course, Zane can't lose her forever. She was the first one who could truly and completely understand what being a nindroid was really like. She GOT him. She helped him remember who he was made to be in Chen's dungeon. She encouraged him while she herself was lying in pieces. She is his other half.
And he forgot to account her into his plan. Maybe because he was overconfident.
Maybe because she had become such a constant in his systems that her consciousness being in his head had become as natural to him as blinking his eyes.
To Zane, him and Pixal were one. Separate entities, of course, but together, joined, inseparable.
But of course, this was not technically true, according to Nadakhan's rules, at least.
So he panics.
Everything was going so smoothly, and now it's all falling apart around him.
And then that silky smooth voice. Promising to make it stop. To silence his love's screams as she's picked apart 1 by 0. To put her back together, to make everything alright again.
Maybe the voice can fix it? Maybe the voice can help?
Her screams are ringing in his ears. His head feels lighter almost, as if something in it is missing.
He just wants it to stop.
He wishes he could just wish it all away.
The voice says that he can.
And so he does.
the chess scene with Zane and Nadakhan has lived in the back of my head for years btw like wow Zane went into that scene super calm and ended it FLIPPING OUT
nadakhan really had my younger self scared for my life because like???
Skybound is kind of a hit-or-miss season overall, but I do have to give it props for absolutely ripping into Jay's characterization like this. Like. They actually went there.
A lot of times it's a popular headcanon/fanon for the comic relief to be using their humor to hide their pain, but apparently in Ninjago it's just straight up canon. So do with that information what you will
Stained Glass Series: Nadakhan's Trickery
I have a minute before my History Final, so I thought I'd share this Skybound thought.
I STRONGLY believe that the REAL reason why Kai and Zane were removed early is because if they saw what Nadakhan was doing to their friends, they would go FERAL! Even Zane.
But I think this because Zane is the mom friend of the group, and Kai is the older brother of the group. So it's like when a bully messes with someone's children/younger siblings, except it's worse.
Just some food for thought :)
OOOO, WAIT I GOT AN IDEA!!
Would Jay and Nadakhan have some sort of weird rivalry (in your Ever After High AU)? Like, maybe Nadakhan hates Jay for like no reason whatsoever?? OR it could have something to do with Nadakhan hating Wonderland Kids in general? Idk, just a thought (it's like 1 am and my ADHD brain is full of random ideas rn. Wonderful AU so far! ❤️)
tysm for the ask!!
in the au, jay decides to run for student body president to represent the rebels and has a lot of support (like in ever after high with maddie, everyone loves jay) until the student they chose to represent the royals, nadakhan, starts to spread dumb rumours about him
eventually nadakhan gets kicked out of the race and they choose gayle (daughter of goldilocks in the au) instead but they (jay and nadakhan) have a rivalry afterwards
(nadakhan doesn’t try much with jay afterwards though because zane, being jay’s protective boyfriend, threatened to freeze him)
thank you for the ask!!