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Ninjago Oni and Dragon Headcanons

Look... I just need to rant about my made-up lore for the Oni (and some for the dragons), because I hate that the show basically said the Oni are just born evil. This will also talk about reproduction and stuff, just so you know. It's mostly just a way for me to keep track of the made-up lore.

This has spoilers for everything including the first two seasons of Dragons Rising!!!

The First Dragon — First things first, we have to touch on the balance of the Oni, which means talking about the dragons. Dragons Rising introduces us to the concept of Source Dragons, which brings up the question, "Did the Source Dragons come before or after Firstbourne?" I'm gonna say that the Source Dragons came before Firstbourne and therefore, she wasn't actually the first dragon. The actual first dragon, in my headcanon, is long dead and the Source Dragons were her first seven eggs. I'd like to say the first dragon was creation manifested into a physical form, and she has returned to being an energy and power, rather than a living being.

The First Oni — All things have a balance, so as there was a first dragon, there is also a first Oni. It seems like most people turn to the Omega for that role, but to me he doesn't act like a being that saw the dawn of reality. So just like the unnamed first dragon, the unnamed first Oni is also long dead. This first Oni didn't have a concept of gender, but will mostly be referred to with masculine terminology. He was destruction and change manifested in a physical form. He too has returned to the nothing-space as pure power.

Oni Coloring — I didn't like that all Oni were simply black as night, except for Lloyd. It just felt like a cheap way of being like "Lookie here! The Green Ninja is super special! He's the shiny Oni!" Also, Oni can shape shift and can change their color, so why was it that during Season 10, all the Oni were the same uniform color? This question led me to two headcanons, one about reproduction and the other about the Omega being a dictator similar to Empress Beatrix.

Oni Reproduction Processes — I think that Oni are capable of both sexual reproduction and non-sexual reproduction. The non-sexual process is what I call "Spawning" and I got the idea for it from the few times we've seen Oni affect and reshape their environment. When it comes to spawning, I think Oni take the void itself and reshape it into a being resembling the Oni species and then imbue the spawn with some of their own power. With the rush of power, the spawn is brought to life. Any and all Oni spawn technically have no biological family, unless they decide to sexually reproduce and have children. Spawn are also naturally black, because they gain their pigmentation from the void itself. (I would like to note that born Oni can also be born black, but it's rare, especially when compared to spawned Oni, which are all naturally black.) This is how Oni gained in numbers quickly, even without the power to create. Of course, there has to be some sort of cap, so I say at most Oni can spawn only three times without putting themselves in danger. If an Oni attempted to spawn a fourth child, they would run the risk of dying. Six spawns has never been successfully attempted as all the Oni who tried it died during the "Powering Ritual," killing both the potential spawner and potential spawn.

The Omega — I like to imagine that "Omega" is a title that has been passed down. The reason for it being a title is the fact there is near alway a "the" in front of the word. I wouldn't call Lloyd "the Lloyd" or Kai "the Kai." I would however say "the king" or "the empress." In my headcanon the Omega is a title which basically means the supreme leader of the Oni, and I headcanon the position was originally made right before the FSM was born (about a thousand years already into the war). The Omega we meet in season 10 is a power-hungry tyrannical dictator, who is forcing those that exist under his rule to conform. This specific Omega is also a spawn and therefore naturally a black color. He is the reason all the Oni who weren't naturally black were forced to appear so.

The Three Warlords — In the show, we learn that there were three Oni warlords and Tommy (one of the creators) said that Mystake was one of those warlords. I'll touch on each specific warlord later, this is a general look at all three of them. I think these warlords were the three Oni who came after the first Oni. Because the first Oni was the first and only member of his kind and he didn't have the power to create using magic, he must have spawned the warlords, hence why Mystake is naturally a pitch black. Because all three were spawned, none of them were actually biologically related and I don't think they would have had the same familial constructs back then. I like to say the masks represent the three tenets of Oni warfare. Hatred is the beginning of all wars, battles fought during wars are just a back-and-forth of vengeance, and most Oni wars ended with deception of some kind. The powers granted by the masks were actually very symbolic. The Mask of Hatred gave one the strength and toughness needed to begin a fight, the Mask of Vengeance gave one the assets necessary to fight longer and harder with an advantage on the battlefield, and the Mask of Deception gave one the power to change their situation and almost guarantee victory. But yeah, that's how I see the warlords and their masks.

Ha'eed — Ha'eed was the first Oni to be spawned by the original Oni. This was still in a time before gender constructs, but Ha'eed would later find himself being drawn more to masculine presentation, once it was introduced to Oni culture by humans. I for one am not a fan of the whole "Ha'eed, Venge, and Decer are just Oni words for what the masks are called." In my mind, Ha'eed's name has an actual meaning. I imagine the comma in the middle of his name means "of," and that will come into play. I've decided "Ha" means strength and "Eed" means passion. In the end, his name would have meant the strength of passion. I personally think that the Oni didn't originally name themselves and instead were given names by the humans of the first realm. This eventually became a custom adopted by the Oni and they started naming young Oni when they first came into the world. Ha'eed was the last of the warlords to spawn, for he hadn't seen a reason too until the war. (It was this thought of his that began the age of "spawn three then leave" which allowed certain Oni to abandon the fight by replacing their efforts three times over with the efforts of their spawned. This later evolved into the age of the Omegas, who then forced every adult Oni to spawn five and still wouldn't let the spawner to leave the fight.)

Decer — Decer was the second to be made. (*gasp* I know, I just established an order in which the tenets of Oni warfare appear, but I do not think that should mean the warlords were spawned in the same order.) Decer's name means growth and wisdom, because the ancient humans of the first realm admired Decer's intelligence and her love for learning. (This is, of course, before the war began.) Decer would later go on to successfully spawn five Oni and was the first to do so. It took a lot out of her, and she never made an emotional connection with them, for they were only a means of keeping the species alive. Decer would later watch as the species flourished and as familial culture and bonds began to take the rest of the Oni by storm. She would find herself alone with no parents, siblings, or children. She had been made in a time when that hadn't been what mattered to the Oni... hadn't been what mattered to her. Decer, of course, would later follow the FSM into the realm of Ninjago. She would watch as Wojira was defeated and as the FSM erected the lands of her future home. Decer ended up killing her fellow warlords, and took upon herself the name "Mystake." She then dedicated her life to watching over the young Dragoni hybrid, his children, and his two grandsons. (Yes I am including Morro as one of the FSM's grandchildren, and I like to think Mystake taught the boy quite a bit.) I'm gonna be for real for a moment, I don't think Mystake is actually dead. I know she is in canon, but in one of the episodes in Master of the Mountain, we see a sky folk woman who is voiced by Mystake's voice actor and is doing the same exact voice. I think Mystake was just gravely injured and went to Shintaro to heal and take a break from all the insanity in Ninjago City.

Venge — Venge was the youngest and was the most open to new ideas and ways of life. In other words, Venge was the weird one. She was the first to give herself a defined gender, and she was the first to spawn Oni. (She only did three, for she did not think she could handle even trying to spawn a fourth.) Venge was the first of the warlords to approach humankind and was the first to be given a name. Her name means spirit or kind spirit, because the humans still thought Oni were spirits of nature back then. She also didn't connect with her spawned, but she would be the only one of the warlords to ever have her own blood child. She really cared for her son, but she also believed he had been manipulated by the dragons and he refused to embrace her side of his heritage. (Yes, I think Venge was the Oni parent of the First Spinjitzu Master.) Venge became a bit too forceful with wanting to drag her son back to the first realm and bring the war to an end, and so after Mystake got rid of Ha'eed she gave Venge a choice. (Really, it was more like a test and Venge failed.) Mystake ended Venge's life as well.

Oni Culture — I'm not subscribed to the whole idea of there being three types of Oni; the Oni tribe of Hatred, the tribe of Vengeance, and the tribe of Deception Oni. I am fond of the concept of Oni originally having a tribal society, but I do not think there were only three, and I do not think they were based on the masks. I think at the height of Oni society, right before the war, the Oni would have been spread out across the first realm in over 1000 tribes of about seventy different Oni at least. I also think these tribes had human members and members who were part human and part Oni. I like to imagine Oni were very tight-knit and loyal. I also think they loved to use their ability of changing the environment to create structures. I think Oni loved to make art and music. I just think they were passionate. (I headcanon that Oni powers are made stronger with passion, but using passionate anger and hatred is dangerous because those are the most uncontrollable passions. Most Oni would resort instead to using passionate love and joy to fuel their powers. This is why they had such loving communities and took pride in creating new things, they were empowering themselves and others with passion.)

The True Beginning of the War — I feel like the war began with one Oni tribe, a singular dragon, and a misunderstanding. (We've never gotten a true reason for the war so I've resorted to saying that no one remembers the true reason because it was forgettable and insignificant.) The scenario I usually go with is that a young Oni child had some sort of shiny thing that held sentimental value, which they left outside. A young dragon, who was going through its first hoarding season picked up the object and flew off with it. (I headcanon hoarding season as a time when dragons are instinctually inclined to hoard a lot in preparation for mating season. Their hoards are used to impress each other and draw in a dragon who enjoys hoarding the same kind of thing.) The small Oni child ran off to the young dragon's nest and attempted to retrieve their item. The dragon apologized for their behavior and gave it back, but the Oni child, who was new to their powers, accidentally destroyed the item. The dragon's instincts screamed about how the child had disrespected the dragon's hoard and would therefore have to pay. The child left in a fit, but the dragon was hounded by its instincts to a maddening degree. It burned down the child's home... luckily no one was hurt. This action confused the Oni of the tribe, for they had no quarrels with this young dragon, or any dragon for that matter. They decided to fight back against the one dragon. Word among dragonkind spread about a tribe of Oni and a young dragon fighting. It angered the other dragons, who did not know the true reason for the ongoing fight. Dragons were well aware that Oni were loyal to each other and were very tight-knit; however, they were unaware that this only applied to the Oni within an Oni's tribe and not all Oni in the entire world. A dragon attacked an Oni tribe that existed multiple miles away from the original tribe and young dragon. This tribe didn't know why they were attacked, but they fought back against the dragon who had harmed them. This continued on until the Oni realized that they were being killed much faster than the dragons, and if they were to survive, they would have to let go of tribal issues and unite the entire species. And so, the war between the dragons and the Oni began.

The War Progresses and Hope Returns — Full-blooded Oni weren't the only ones being harmed by the dragons. Dragons also attacked halflings and partlings. The human parents and relatives of these halfling and partlings were horrified. I feel like at some point a part Oni child was killed and their human parent couldn't let it go. This is why the Mask of Hatred was crafted. The human parent had demanded to be allowed to fight for their deceased child. Two other humans also watched their halfling children die, and they too joined the fray of battle. At the beginning of the war, some humans sided with Oni and others sided with dragons, one day humans would side with neither. As time stretched on, some Oni begged to leave the fight, for while they had the power to destroy, they longed only to create, and they couldn't do so in a time of war. Those Oni were allowed to leave after spawning three, and they always fled to a different realm. It was the Oni who fled to the Never-Realm that watched as a new species evolved from the union between humanity and Onikind, they were called the Formlings. Venge one day returned from a mission into draconic territory acting a little off. This continued until it was revealed that Venge was pregnant with a blood child. When the child was born, everyone could tell it had draconic blood, and they felt hope that maybe this child would end the long war. The child was given an Oni name meaning precious hope, for he embodied every last bit of hope the Oni had. After many years without, Oni began to sing and dance again, enjoying life.

How Not to End a War — The FSM was raised by humans, or at least he thought he was. (I've never given him a proper name, but I have decided he has two. His Oni name means precious hope and his draconic name means little might.) You see, the FSM was given to humans, so he would be raised with no bias for either side; however, Venge visited very often and showered her baby boy with love. The only issue with being raised outside of the war, was the fact that the humans gave him some unreliable information. By the time he had been born, the last human to ever fight on either side of the war was long dead, so humans were very removed from the situation and from the cultures of both Oni and dragons. They only taught the FSM about what they saw. They mentioned how Oni were clearly evil because all they did was destroy everything, and they didn't remember that it was the Oni who had manipulated the wood and stone to craft the humans' sturdy houses. They talked about how nature was dying out and claimed it was all the Oni's fault, never thinking about how the dragons also torched the battlefields and killed any animal in sight in case it was an Oni in disguise. The humans were simpleminded and couldn't see how much the Oni loved to create, so they poisoned the FSM's view of his own heritage. When the FSM was sixteen, the age of maturity according to the ancient humans of the first realm, he traveled to the side of the dragons and befriended the dragon the humans claimed mothered all other dragons. With that dragon, he forged armor and charged into battle, deciding that the only way to end the war was if there was a victory, and he planned for the dragons to be the victorious side.

The Age of the Omega and Ninjago — After the initial betrayal of the FSM against Onikind, Venge was inconsolable. She, the kindest of the three warlords, became hateful and cruel. She killed dragons with the ferocity of a mindless beast, for she blamed them for turning her baby against her. As the other two warlords scrambled to make Venge actually follow a strategy rather than rush into battle with a thirst for blood, the collective leaders of all the combined tribes fell into a depression. Finally, one rose up and claimed they needed one leader, just like the dragons only had one leader. This leader became known as the Omega. All Oni bowed before the Omega, even the three ancient warlords. With the Omega came the darkest age of Oni history, an age that stretched from the days of the FSM up to the Oni March on Ninjago. The first Omega demanded that her subjects draw from their anger and hatred, for they had almost no joy or love anymore, the war had killed such feelings. This caused the other Oni to act more beastly and cruelly. After many years, the FSM ran away from the first realm to the unnamed realm that housed Wojira. The second Omega demanded the three generals retrieve the boy and sway him to their side. The generals stayed in the shadows and watched from afar. They made a few attempts to get the FSM to listen to their words. As time passed, Decer fell in love with the realm, Ninjago was its new name. Ha'eed became bitter, being forced out of the first realm to complete a task he thought impossible. Venge had some hope that her precious child would ally himself with her if he only knew she was his mother. One day, Ha'eed lashed out and decided it would be best to harm the young man and force him back, but Venge became immediately territorial and Decer also stood against him. Tired of waiting, Ha'eed attacked the other two. In the end, Decer was the one who ended Ha'eed's life. After many more years, Venge began to slip into thoughts that maybe hurting her baby momentarily was worth it in the long run. Decer killed Venge as well.

The March of the Oni — The newest and current Omega was a spawn who had grown up in a toxic and horrible environment. He gained power and fought for his title. When he won the duel, he instated new rules, including one that forced all Oni to conform and look like he did. The Omega proceeded to lead the Oni out of the first realm and on a long hunt through the other realms to find any full-blooded Oni who were descended from those that had abandoned the fight. He forced them to enter his army, otherwise he would kill them. Those too young to fight were nursed by those too crippled in the war to fight any longer. When the young turned twelve, they were forced to fight, the Omega deciding that was a viable age for fighting. When the Oni marched on Ninjago, some that were done with the Omega's cruelty had managed to sneak away while Lloyd and Garmadon were distracting the Omega and his loyal soldiers. Those Oni would build lives for themselves and lay low until a time elapsed in which they were less hated for simply existing. As for the Oni who were present for the Tornado of Creation, they were banished to the Nothing-Space or Etherial Divide. They will claw at the fabric of the Merged Realms until they can break in and be a problem.

Random little things (might add more in the future)

Oni are large cats with bad attitudes and dragons are weird dogs.

Oni have fur and can purr when content and happy.

Look, I just can't if dragons are allowed to be unique and interesting with their colors and body types, and the Oni are forced to be nothing more that evil beings born black as the night itself, with very little variation. It's just not fair! So yes, my Oni are one hundred percent multicolored and have varying body types.

Oni = Passionate People with a love for living and existing. I don't make the rules! (I totally do, these are my headcanons after all.)

The element of creation is powered by calmness and serenity.

I've made lore for only one specific Oni tribe, and it's the one that used to live in the place the boys found with Faith. I call this tribe the Shal'iec, which I say means Mountain of Melodies. They would have been known for their folk music. I say that when the war broke out, they began to house people in their home and dug it out more to make room for more people. Eventually the sacred ancestral home of the Shal'iec Oni tribe became the main fortress of the war. The Shal'iec themselves all fled to the Never-Realm, for they could feel themselves losing their passionate spark the longer the war went on around them.

I honestly just love a story about how a society can be broken down and robbed of their very identity and then called monsters. Like, it scratches an itch in brain to make it so the Oni weren't totally evil, and to actually give them personalities beyond "I crave destruction and death."

#ninjago #ninjago oni #idk what im doing #i just need to be able to find this later #please don't hate fam

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forever-fan · 1 year ago

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That cranberry ask was just to see who else dislikes cranberries.

I hate them and only drink cranberry juice in boxes if I must because it's all I have. Also I stopped torturing myself after like a month of doing that.

Gotcha fam. Yeah, I don't like cranberries at all. I'm pretty picky when it comes to what I like to eat.

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forever-fan · 1 year ago

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Would you drink cranberry juice? Especially in a small juice box?

I'm not a fan of cranberry juice... or cranberries. However, I would drink apple juice in a small juice box.

(I feel like this is referencing something, but I'm too scared to ask. I'm just hoping it's a genuine question.)

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forever-fan · 1 year ago

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All I want in life is for one of the people in charge of Dragons Rising to just look up and say, "How about we show good Oni? You know, kind of like how Nya met a good djinn."

Mystake was proof full-blooded Oni can be good. The FSM was proof that half-Oni beings can be good. Wu, Lloyd, and Sensei Garmadon were always proof that any descendant of an Oni could be good.

Why have we demonized a whole species just because their power is 'destruction?' Wouldn't it be cool to teach kids that destruction isn't always a bad thing? Sometimes, things must be torn down to make way for new things.

We could also show that creation isn't always good. Creation and multiplication are the causes of disease and illness. An abundance of unchecked creation can lead to overpopulation. Creation isn't perfect.

Just, wouldn't it be cool to show that maybe the Omega was a dictator and have the other Oni stage a rebellion? Wouldn't it be nice to teach kids about corrupt societies, so they know to blame the people in power, rather than the ones forced to act out the orders?

I suggest we reuse some aspects from earlier seasons:

There have been many corrupt leaders in Ninjago: Pythor, Lord Garmadon (mainly season 2), Chen, Nadakhan, Krux and Acronix (literally disposed of their generals), Emperor Garmadon, Iron Barron, Aspheera, Ice Emperor (he was manipulated, but still), Vangelis, and Kalmaar.

Why not add the Omega to that list by having at least one Oni mention that he treats them like disposable weapons rather than people with thoughts and emotions?

We've seen rebellions against cruel leaders before, no matter how small the act: Skylor (betrayed her father to be good), Flintlocke and Dogshank (rebelled against Nadakhan even though he was practically all-powerful), The Resistance (technically, Emperor Garmadon was their dictator), Faith/Heavy Metal and later all of Iron Barron's hunters, Vania (pulled a Skylor), The Upply (were technically contracted by Vangelis and still fought against him), and Bentho (his brother was his king by law).

It would be so easy to have an arc or even a spinoff about the Oni getting tired of the Omega dragging them from realm to realm and finally deciding to rebel.

We have watched the Serpentine prove that they aren't born evil and were instead taking actions on the grounds of warfare and/or revenge for being trapped underground for at least 40 years for the 'crime' of being the enemy of the winning side.

Would it be hard to show a similar thing with the Oni? Wouldn't it be interesting if the war stemmed from miscommunication and a lack of understanding between two vastly different cultures? Maybe neither side was 'evil' back when it all began.

We watched characters accept hard truths about themselves: Zane realizing he was a nindroid and Cole coming to terms with being a ghost are the easiest to name.

Why did we decide to make a main character deny his heritage? Is that not a bad message to kids? "Oh yes, if you are descended from this set of people we don't like, then you need to never accept that as part of you." Would it not be better to show Lloyd using his Oni abilities for good rather than shutting them out entirely?

We've seen minor stereotyping within Ninjago: I once again direct your attention to the Serpentine.

Why not hammer in the fact that stereotypes are bad and often wrong by showing nice Oni who use their powers of destruction for good. Ones who change the environment to better others.

I am on my hands and knees begging for anything Oni related where the Oni are shown to be more than just evil demons of destruction who obviously hate everything and everyone. I don't think that's too much to ask.

Since we're talking about Oni recently I wanna mention something that I find interesting

The Oni that we see in March of the Oni, don't they look... sickly to you?

Baggy skin that is practically hanging off of them, all throughout their bodies. This is strange, isn't it? It's especially interesting considering the other Oni we see, Mystake:

See her? She's perfectly healthy! And we can't say this is age because of the fact that she's probably just as old as the rest of the Oni. She was around all the way back before Ninjago was created and was hired to assassinate the First Spinjitzu Master. Meaning that she was most likely one of the stronger Oni at the time.

This isn't just something Mystake has either, Garmadon also doesn't have this bagginess!

So the question is, what caused these Oni to become so sickly, so unhealthy? They're powerful, able to spread destruction through a giant mist. Isn't that odd though, that they're able to do this? I mean, Garmadon and Mystake don't as far as we've seen.

My theory is because the Oni have embraced destruction fully.

Looking back at what we see of the Oni prior to their introduction in Season 10, we see that they have made multiple things. The temple, the masks, the stronghold in the first realm. Do you see a pattern here?

THEY CREATE!

They make temples, structures, and build civilizations! Sure the purpose is for war but it's still creation! They make things, they do the very opposite of what they apparently embody. They even carve pictures into their walls, making maps and telling stories, they clearly weren't just purely beings of destruction. They had a system of hierarchy based on the Oni masks being worn by Warlords.

The Oni most likely lost the war against the dragons, based on the fact that they had to flee their home realm and that there's not a single sign of one in Season 9. Now what would a war mongering species do in response to defeat?

Simple, become more powerful.

And they did! They can destroy realms now! They have become purely beings of destruction, yet they're sickly, why?

Because they don't have balance.

Their own destruction is most likely hurting them. Oni that create and have it as part of their lives, like Mystake and Garmadon(prior to being resurrected), are healthy. They have some semblance of balance and that keeps their bodies from being overloaded with destruction.

The rest of the Oni though have obsessed themselves with destruction to the point where they're destroying themselves.

Thank you for reading this if you did (:

#ninjago #ninjago oni #ninjago march of the oni #ninjago hunted #ninjago sons of garmadon #ninjago thoughts #ninjago mystake #ninjago garmadon #good oni please #i beg

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forever-fan · 1 year ago

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Reblogging so I can find it again easier.

some ninjago fic recommendations i have

I've been writing down ninjago fics on ao3 in my notes app and i might as well post them here. there is about 75 of them as of now idk

i will be adding as i read

NO LLORUMI OR LLOYD X NINJA

some of these you'll need an ao3 acc to access

‌"Meet Again" by northpen - Zane and Cole can't die. They can be killed but not die of natural causes. 3000 years into the future they meet their friends again [this fic left me in shambles for a few days in the best way possible] (https://archiveofourown.org/works/12308709/chapters/27981705…)

‌"The Grass is Always Greener" by Sunnylighter - pre-tea Lloyd switches places with post-movie Lloyd, now show!ninja and movie!Lloyd have to find a way to the movieverse; a lot of references to different media along the way (https://archiveofourown.org/works/18779539/chapters/44553559…)

‌"If you could date any of the ninja, which one would you date?" by Pyr0_Kat - movieverse pre-movie, the exact question gets asked during a class (https://archiveofourown.org/works/13661316#main…)

‌"Green Empathy" by Nation_Ustria - movieverse 3 oneshots series pre-movie and pre identities reveal, Lloyd Garmadon is both the Green Ninja and the most hated person in Ninjago City and also an empath (https://archiveofourown.org/series/2178393)

"Visionary" by K1ngtok1 - the ninja are forced to see, spectate the events that blocked their Full Potentials. They talk it out (https://archiveofourown.org/works/38732838/chapters/96844887…)

"Those Linked By Destiny" by Leonardo_Charles_BlueWood_21 - movieverse, how the ninja met even before they were ninja (https://archiveofourown.org/works/26303986/chapters/64045669…)

"Unfamiliar With What's Not Mine" by AlexaAffect - after Tomorrow's Tea Lloyd feels like his body isn't his anymore. Kai helps him see it is; brotherly feels (https://archiveofourown.org/works/37520761)

"An Impromptu Little Brother" by Leonardo_Charles_BlueWood_21 - set in s1, Kai decides to become lil Lloyd's big brother (https://archiveofourown.org/works/26238865)

"A Strange Bet" by ilovelegendsalot - the ninja make the bet that whoever finds out the samurai x's identity is the Green Ninja. While staying at the Bounty with Nya, Lloyd starts to notice a few things (https://archiveofourown.org/works/15715200)

‌"The Sun Rises Every Single Night" by Fabro-de-omres (Fabro) - time travel, post s6 Lloyd lands in s2 time (https://archiveofourown.org/works/28530306/chapters/69911859…)

"Ruler From Another Realm" by CyberSearcher -Nice Ice Emperor AU, when Zane lands in the Never Realm he doesn't immediately find and try to repair the mech, instead he finds a village (https://archiveofourown.org/works/23239126/chapters/55643689…)

‌"Land Of The Living" and "Shores of Restless Souls" by CaptainBrookeworm - Morro is brought back to life by a scientist using Lloyd's energy; eventual cousins vibes; Morro redemption with Lloyd and the team (https://archiveofourown.org/series/2524495)

‌"Prodigal Prince" by TeuthidaRegina - movie verse au, Lloyd lives with his father. Has hybrid features but can shift into a human form. As Lloyd he's a feared warlord in the making, son of Garmadon. As Green he's Ninjago's greatest hero and protector. (https://archiveofourown.org/works/41470281/chapters/103999554…)

‌"Reference Letters" by Fabro-de-omres (Fabro) - movieverse pre-movie - Kai is tasked by Green to find someone who could join the Ninja Force. He thinks Lloyd is a perfect candidate (https://archiveofourown.org/works/41823636)

"You Give Me The Strength I Need (To Cry)" by fruitcasket & "And there you were" by Cherry_dynamite - we touch on Lloyd's trauma and him seeing Kai as a father figure (https://archiveofourown.org/works/35553694/chapters/88633630…) (https://archiveofourown.org/works/39483225/chapters/98822580…)

"Secret Flame" by ObsessedBee - college au, no powers, everyone is human, lavashipping getting together; **warning for sexual themes** (https://archiveofourown.org/works/31559843/chapters/78080618…)

"Fear and Loathing" by ObsessedBee - series of one shots to "Secret Flame", the main 7's problems, bad habits and traumas and them sorta dealing with them; **mind the warnings** (https://archiveofourown.org/works/38156269/chapters/95323741…)

"Just a Little Bit Before" by Evil_Potato Ninja - Morro is back as a ghost before s1 and finds lil Lloyd living on the streets; green cousins (https://archiveofourown.org/works/44882287/chapters/112927045…)

"forget-me-not" by lloydenthusiast - greenflowershipping one shot, after 10 years they meet again (https://archiveofourown.org/works/45058972)

‌"marigold" by lloydenthusiast - greenflowershipping, probably post crystalized, Lloyd struggles with a lot, he and Brad meet by accident. They both struggle with a lot; **mind the warnings** (https://archiveofourown.org/works/45814168/chapters/115296334…)

‌"Too Weird To Live, Too Rare To Die" by BumblebeeEnby - Morro centric, eventual citrusshipping, he's brought back but literally into his own skeleton; Morro redemption (https://archiveofourown.org/works/29320173/chapters/72007536…)

"Taking Shape, Letting Go" by BumblebeeEnby - set after "Too Weird To Live, Too Rare To Die", having discovered his dragoni origin Lloyd's body starts suddenly changing (https://archiveofourown.org/works/46434775)

"Way of the 21st century ninja", sequel "Born to be a 21st century ninja" and other works in series "The Surprising Life of Jesse Marvel" and "Legacy Sidestories" by weekend-whip (nightbreakers) - all are mix of show and movie verses, canon rewrite with attention to a lot of minor things and very interesting concepts expanded upon, Jesse is an oc however he fits into the story amazingly (https://archiveofourown.org/works/28742124/chapters/70476210…) (https://archiveofourown.org/works/34013053/chapters/84598372…) (https://archiveofourown.org/series/2946552) (https://archiveofourown.org/series/3113685)

"Undo the Golden" by GigglingAsIfIdidntWriteThis - crystalized ended BADLY and Lloyd managed to go back in time to the beginning of s1 to try and save everyone including himself (https://archiveofourown.org/works/45778291/chapters/115202566…)

"The Color of Glory" by banannamuffin - AU, Lloyd is an orphan in the foster system where he meets Harumi who he now sees as a sister. Then he finds out he's supposed to be the Green Ninja and that a group called Sons of Garmadon is on the rise (https://archiveofourown.org/works/44138211/chapters/110989083…)

"On the Outside" by SunflowerAro - set in early s1, lil Lloyd doesn't trust the ninja he has to live with. Slowly that trust is built and traumas acknowledged (https://archiveofourown.org/works/44929669/chapters/113050273…)

‌"All of Their Interests" by ilovelegendsalot - ninja bonding with lil Lloyd over things they enjoy (https://archiveofourown.org/works/18958873/chapters/45014614#workskin…)

"All the work, None of the money" by SirShroomie - short, kai-centric, we delve a bit more into his life and struggles before he became a ninja (https://archiveofourown.org/works/42818652/chapters/107565903…)

"Five Times Everyone Thought The Green Ninja Was Dating Lloyd Garmadon" by Anonymous - movie fic, secret identities au, exactly what the title says (https://archiveofourown.org/works/44554888)

"Lloyd Gets a Ransom Note" by BumblebeeEnby - post crystalized, Lloyd gets "invited" to a dinner with his dad and Vinny; survivalshipping (https://archiveofourown.org/works/45267544)

‌"we've all got scars" by brainrotprofessional - short Lloyd and Kai brothers trans interaction (https://archiveofourown.org/works/45679432)

"Shogun: Becoming" by NickelWick - instead of Zane being sent to the Never-Realm, Kai is sent into the movieverse (https://archiveofourown.org/works/44418760/chapters/111722089…)

"Enchanted Opportunities" by Arco_Harrison03 - if marrying a Djinn gives him unlimited wishes, what happens to you when you kill one? (https://archiveofourown.org/works/42570066/chapters/106927911…)

‌"Thank You, For Giving Me Wings" by weekend-whip (nightbreakers) - Wu POV of how he's come to see the ninja as his kids and they him as their father figure (https://archiveofourown.org/works/39650496/chapters/99260295…)

‌"Say You Won't Let Go" by orphan_account - as Jaya wedding gets close everyone tries to get Kai and Cole together bc apparently they don't know they love each other and everyone else does; lavashipping (https://archiveofourown.org/works/18606391/chapters/44112619…)

"We Saved Each Other" by orphan_account - continuation of "Say You Won't Let Go" but about a year later. now it's Cole's time to ask the question; lavashipping (https://archiveofourown.org/works/19191547)

‌"Everybody Talks Too Much" by letters_from_elwind - lavashipping one-shot taking place in s8 together with the scene where Cole sings but it's "Everybody Talks" instead (https://archiveofourown.org/works/38946051#main…)

"Everhearth" by Butterpony100 - takes place after Nya is brought back but the Crystal King doesn't happen; seabound Kai au with lavashipping (https://archiveofourown.org/works/42634206/chapters/107094609…)

"The Rights Of A Nindroid" by Anonymous - what if after Dr Julien's death, the government considered Zane its legal property, he's a robot afterall; **mind the warnings** + with a sequel (https://archiveofourown.org/works/28669479/chapters/70281465…)

"just the two of us (we can make it if we try)" by writing_hat - lavashipping fic, pre and post s7, two pining idiots; **mild sexual content** (https://archiveofourown.org/works/47800510?view_adult=true#main…)

‌"The little things" by newtlovesyouso - lil Lloyd starting to trust the ninja as he lives with them. Should be early s1 but the small events indicating the timeline are all over the place, still very much readable; background lavashipping pining (https://archiveofourown.org/works/44529601/chapters/116416195#main…)

"Would You Like To Enter Stardust?" by AureAllegories - what if Jay became part of Prime Empire upon entering it? minor bruiseshipping (https://archiveofourown.org/works/37798150/chapters/94374718…)

‌"Play to Win" by sadisthetic - s6 oneshot, what if after Cole, Lloyd and Nya are caught, instead of having them walk the plank, Nadakhan decides on another round of Scrap-N-Tap (https://archiveofourown.org/works/46263796#main…)

‌"Son of Garmadon" by orphan_account - movieverse au, Lloyd was raised by his father who has now captured the ninja and left Lloyd in charge of them (https://archiveofourown.org/works/18226388#main…)

"Cool Down" by Leonardo_Charles_BlueWood_21 - Kai's emotions are tied to his powers, Zane helps him cool down with hugs (https://archiveofourown.org/works/25916767#main…)

"Echoes of a Broken World" by Stargaze_Sunflower - a few weeks after s6 the ninja find out about the erased timeline (https://archiveofourown.org/works/29410818/chapters/72252897…)

"Little Brother" by SummerStormFlower - s1 Lloyd learns that he's loved and wanted (https://archiveofourown.org/works/22261093#main…)

"Home Is Where You Are" by lloydshoulddyehishair - movieverse pre-movie oneshot, Morro helps his cousin after he got stabbed (https://archiveofourown.org/works/29490180#main…)

‌"The Master of Fire and the Cold Don’t Mix Well" by Nation_Ustria - a series of oneshots of what the title says (https://archiveofourown.org/series/2154861)

"late night bathroom sibling therapy" by YouAreDeadRetry - s1 trans Lloyd, Kai catches him cutting his hair and decides to help out gaining a lil brother in the process (https://archiveofourown.org/works/28855188#main…)

"Oh, can I be your Bibilly Hills?" by Fabro-de-omres (Fabro) - movieverse pre-movie, after finding out that their leader is Lloyd and seeing the bullying up close, the ninja decide to make a surprise blanket fort for Lloyd (https://archiveofourown.org/works/27822187#main…)

‌"And the Vocab Word of the Day Is..." by fishoutofcamelot - early s1 before Zane regained his memory but with Lloyd living with the ninja, someone taught Zane how to swear (it's a funny oneshot) (https://archiveofourown.org/works/36502231#main…)

"Devil's Horns" by TeuthidaRegina - au and sorta rewrite of s10, the cloud has a bit of an effect on Lloyd and his oni traits start showing; background survivalshipping + with a sequel (https://archiveofourown.org/works/38756427/chapters/96906630…)

"The Not-So-Warm Winters." by JayJay_07936 - short oneshot of everyone cuddling up to Kai on a cold winter night; some lavashipping (https://archiveofourown.org/works/33884434)

"Four Nights, Three Crushes, One Bed, what else do you need" by fizzysugarwrites - polyninja, jay pov; the title is pretty explainatory (https://archiveofourown.org/works/25866772/chapters/62850451…)

"Masking and Unmasking" by HelloThere3306 - movieverse, Lloyd accidentally loses his mask during a fight and the team finds out his identity. He runs (https://archiveofourown.org/works/42865698#main…)

"Kind" by Leonardo_Charles_BlueWood_21 - movieverse au, the words people think about you appear on your skin, Lloyd decides to do some good with that (https://archiveofourown.org/works/26722576)

"Look what you’ve done // Fucked up, hope you’re proud" by Just_ATrigger - Sora blames herself for creating the Photac. Lloyd talks to her (https://archiveofourown.org/works/47996062#main…)

‌"Real Life" by Anonymous - Sora is curious about Zane and asks some questions which make the other ninja worried; master of tech and a guy made of tech? yeah (https://archiveofourown.org/works/47781802/chapters/120452491…)

‌"There's Always Tomorro" by Leonardo_Charles_BlueWood_21 - Morro redemption fic (a lil Morro apologist vibe? might just be me. still a good read), Morro living with the ninja after s5 and slowly becoming part of the family (https://archiveofourown.org/works/27635941/chapters/67617703#workskin…)

‌"she was my sister before she was your lover" by SeraStars - set at the very beginning of s15; Kai tries to help still mourning Jay and push his own grief away but eventually snaps (https://archiveofourown.org/works/39271809#main…)

"Piggyback" by Echo_K - Kai gives Lloyd a piggyback ride to a candy stash to cheer him up, first after he finds out he's the Green Ninja and second after they put Garmadon in Kryptarium (https://archiveofourown.org/works/36230257#main…)

"lloyd garmadon discovers the ninja's inability to bargain with vendors" by sanology - exactly what the title says with some RG brothers (https://archiveofourown.org/works/39982485)

"lloyd garmadon makes kai smith cry on his birthday" by sanology - exactly what the title says with some RGB siblings and found family (https://archiveofourown.org/works/40838994)

‌"69 boughs of mistletoe on the wall" by lloydenthusiast - polyninja; Lloyd is tired of the ninja dancing around each other so he buys some mistletoe (https://archiveofourown.org/works/36942319#main…)

‌"The Candy Aisle" by VioletPixels - lil Lloyd gets lost in the store looking for the candy aisle and the panic ensures (https://archiveofourown.org/works/32092543#main…)

"The Idiots' Guide to Not Despising Your Cousin" by lloydskywalkers - green cousins go for a road trip (https://archiveofourown.org/works/24932815#main…)

‌"All the Little Things" by IAmStoryteller - a few drabbles of Kai being Nya's parent; mostly set before canon (https://archiveofourown.org/works/22992283/chapters/54970162…)

‌"The Skirt" by Spinchip (Thatkindghost) - Zane would love to wear a skirt but boys are not supposed to wear girl clothes, right?; gnc Zane oneshot (https://archiveofourown.org/works/30447384#main…)

"Stormbound" by Taddy_Maesson - post s15, sorta Seabound Jay AU; Jay hears the call of the storm and decides to follow it, however, doing so has its own consequences (https://archiveofourown.org/works/44427397/chapters/111745534…)

‌"the flames in the hearth" by sanology - post s7; the ninja get invited over by Ray and Maya who want to spend some time with their kids and their friends, but Kai and Nya are not little anymore and their parents forgetting about it grates on Kai (https://archiveofourown.org/works/39025779#main…)

"Bucket List" by Mattecat - after DotD Morro stayed in Ninjago, after s7 he stumbles onto Kai who lets him possess him for 2 weeks so he can live a life he didn't get to when he was alive (https://archiveofourown.org/works/18925009/chapters/44928871…)

‌"Days Go By" by thahash - lavashipping, coffee shop au; barista Kai and fashion designer Cole meet after Cole moves to Ninjago City and continues his routine of morning coffee (https://archiveofourown.org/works/47334079/chapters/119270812…)

"Lloyd’s guide to surviving the merge (and finding new family through it)" by BlueberryPeach - Dragons Rising AU where Lloyd met Arin and Sora shortly after the merge,,and kinda adopted them (https://archiveofourown.org/works/48632041/chapters/122672911…)

"you're on your own, kid (yeah you can face this)" by chaniinobu - the 5 times lloyd got sick and didn't ask for help and the 1 time he did (https://archiveofourown.org/works/48855328)

"Tend to the Flame (Lavashipping)" by Pieris_rapae - series, pirates and mermaids au; after his encounter with a pirate named Cole who steals and loses Kai's (a merman in the hiding) pendant, he, together with some others, ends up on a pirate ship (https://archiveofourown.org/series/3627736)

"Autopilot" by swordofsanctuary - greenflower, Brad and Lloyd finally manage to meet up again. Brad asks Lloyd for some help

(https://archiveofourown.org/works/46044562/chapters/115905625)

"King's Gambit" by shoepermario - citrusshipping, Echo finds half dead (even more?) Morro post s5. With no one else in the lighthouse they become close

(https://archiveofourown.org/works/46453207/chapters/116962000)

"The Struggles of having an Alter Ego" by ladc70_2003 - movieverse, the ninja don't know each other's identities and sometimes that might lead to a few problems. Delves into every ninja's life and their issues

(https://archiveofourown.org/works/39497796/chapters/98859363)

"Coinverse" by Mattecat - a series, after getting resurrected by Lloyd, Morro is given into Borg's care. It's a free child to adopt

(https://archiveofourown.org/series/1062602)

"Morro's Spooky Cafe" by coa_trees - movieverse au, Lloyd and his friends are regulars in Morro's cafe. He starts to care for the kids. Unfortunately they're also the ninja

(https://archiveofourown.org/works/48071317/chapters/121213048)

"Starlight, Heritage, and Stupid Self-Sacrificing Humans" by WritingMadness13 - Lloyd, Arin and Sora end up in season 9 Ninjago

(https://archiveofourown.org/works/49201786/chapters/124146586)

"i'm scared cause it means / i'm a little bit soft" by shoepermario - citrusshipping drabbles

(https://archiveofourown.org/works/51316885/chapters/129664270)

"Got Room For One More?" by kooki18 - polyninja, after getting into a fight at his new school Kai is sent to help out at a ranch for the summer to avoid suspension. Too bad he falls for 3 other guys there who are already in a relationship

(https://archiveofourown.org/works/46583272/chapters/117307066)

"moonlit mugs and tacit love" by holographicknife - lavashipping, a two-shot of the two ninja pining and then being an adorable old couple

(https://archiveofourown.org/works/39431094/chapters/98685285#workskin)

"No Wu AU" by IdkWhereIAmWhatAmIDoing - the ninja found each other by pure coincidence (and Lloyd in a trash can) without Wu, they also found out they have powers. Quite a rewrite fic

(https://archiveofourown.org/works/42440016/chapters/106583067)

"Post-Crystallized Sillies" by shoepermario - post-crystalized, one shots focused on Harumi, Echo (Mr E) and Morro (sorta set in an au?, check out @ataraxixx love his take on the papaja trio)

(https://archiveofourown.org/series/3769057)

"A Dance" by GravyHoney (@gravyhoney ) - bumblebeeshipping, while Arin makes a list of things for Percival to do after Beatrix's defeat, he decides that dancing is a pretty good start

(https://archiveofourown.org/works/51849733)

"look to the rising sun" by stars_brownies_and_metaphors - Arin and Sora chat and some coming out happens

(https://archiveofourown.org/works/47611363)

"cold nights and starlight" by stars_brownies_and_metaphors - Lloyd and Sora have a discussion about some habits current and past; **discussion of sh, mind the warnings**

(https://archiveofourown.org/works/47811133)

"Ice Skating" by phantombasketofmuffins (@phantombasketofmuffins ) - bumblebeeshipping, short oneshot of Arin and Percy ice skating :3

(https://archiveofourown.org/works/51944410)

"Hoodie stealin'" by RoseLock22 (@roselock22 ) - bumblebeeshipping, oneshot; Arin can't find his hoodie and calls Percy to see if maybe he knows where it went

(https://archiveofourown.org/works/51977005)

"The Junkyard" by citrus_stoner - oneshot; after Jay and Nya go to see a movie while visiting Ed and Edna, Ed and Kai talk, set after s1

(https://archiveofourown.org/works/52226914)

"May I request him by my side?" by Tensoserensei - greenflowershipping oneshot; the ninja are invited to a fancy party, Lloyd finds Brad working there as a server and just this once decides to use his status

(https://archiveofourown.org/works/51954877)

"Blue and Green Make Aquamarine" by Finn_M_Corvex - greenflowershipping oneshot; Lloyd tries to figure out what to gift Brad back

(https://archiveofourown.org/works/52597663)

"A song and a spin" by RoseLock22 - bumblebeeshipping oneshot; Percival comes over to the Monastery to help Arin with training. One thing leads to another

(https://archiveofourown.org/works/52487443)

"Dancin'" by RoseLock22 - bumblebeeshipping oneshot; Arin teaches Percy how to dance

(https://archiveofourown.org/works/52737436)

"Starlight, Heritage, and Stupid Self-Sacrificing Humans" by WritingMadness13 - Lloyd, Arin and Sora land in the past during s9

(https://archiveofourown.org/works/49201786/chapters/124146586)

"Permanently Marked" by Tensoserensei - canon divergent, some bumblebeeshipping; Beatrix manages to capture Percival when he was leading the ninja into the resistance hideout. Percy doesn't want the facial markings that would give him a role in Imperium. Too bad that's about to be his punishment for being a traitor

(https://archiveofourown.org/works/53284189/chapters/134845183)

"Sacrificial Jacket" by Tensoserensei - greenflowershipping; Lloyd is hanging out with his old friends from Darkley's when suddenly his period hits. Brad helps out

(https://archiveofourown.org/works/53689999/chapters/135910720)

"Here We Go Again" by Inverse_Me - Cole ends up in the "monastery", a 'last chance' group home for,,special kids with lots of heavy issues **mind the warnings**

(https://archiveofourown.org/works/49937371/chapters/126074998)

"Getting that Couples Discount" by Tensoserensei - greenflowershipping, lavashipping; there's a couples discount in Chen's noodlehouse for Valentines. It stacks up with more couples in the group. But Kai, Cole and Lloyd aren't dating anyone. Fake (?) dating ensures

(https://archiveofourown.org/works/53914618/chapters/136466293)

"What Does it Take for a Hero to Break?" by Blue1Phoenix - oneshot, DR; despite it having been years, trauma from Morro's possession still has some grip on Lloyd. A wrong question from Arin sets it off

(https://archiveofourown.org/works/54227413)

"Wobbly Hearts" by Leonardo_Charles_BlueWood_21 - movieverse soulmates au; Kai doesn't like soulmates. He knows he has three of them but he doesn't need them and they don't need him. High school is hard enough with letters floating off the page and writing anything being an almost impossible task. Too bad the universe doesn't care

(https://archiveofourown.org/works/53062414/chapters/134249821)

"you're on your own, kid (yeah you can face this)" by chaniinobu - the 5 times lloyd got sick and didn't ask for help and the 1 time he did

(https://archiveofourown.org/works/48855328)

"Lloyd after Seabound" by Tensoserensei - series, Lloyd dealing with Nya's sacrifice post-Seabound, eventual greenflowershipping

(https://archiveofourown.org/series/3721519)

"I Still Remember (All the People I Love)" by shoepermario - post-s3, Lloyd is cooking with Sensei Garmadon, it reminds him of Zane

(https://archiveofourown.org/works/53273923#main)

"We were supposed to be training, weren't we?" by RoseLock22 - bumblebeeshipping, boys in love during a break in training

(https://archiveofourown.org/works/55050013)

"Recursion" by shoepermario - s5, Swap AU where instead of Morro possessing Lloyd, Zane gets possessed by a different ghost

(https://archiveofourown.org/works/55143352/chapters/139831132#workskin)

"steadier footing" by cherieflower - movieverse, pre-relationship greenflower; Lloyd is not used to cute boys being nice to him

(https://archiveofourown.org/works/55385479)

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