#so normal I promise I promise I promise

[oh1thehorror]

*coughs loudly*

Hello, ninjblr, I would like to share an AU I’ve been discussing all day with my dear friend @no-eyes-yet-but-vibing because it has a CHOKEHOLD on me.

I’ve affectionately dubbed it “Of the Earth” and now, as I am not good at drawing (yet) to show you through picture all the silly little scenarios I have planned, allow me to explain;

I like to think of the elemental masters as avatars of nature; they have domain over one aspect of it and are tasked with the protection of the world and its people. They’re basically parts of nature incarnate, if you will (with Lloyd being incarnate of life (I think of him as a funnel for all other elements), Wu creation, Garmadon destruction/decay, FSM is the origin of all). Consider, if you will, these avatars also gaining an animal form interlinked with their powers.

TLDR; shapeshifter AU, or His Dark Materials ripoff BUT BETTER.

Lloyd can transform into a Magpie: (Eurasian) magpies are playful in nature, and associated with luck (Magpie counting rhyme I think.) and shapeshifting (which is homage to Lloyd’s heritage as oni/dragon/human and also to the fact that he got aged up). Birds in general are also associated with freedom.

Zane is a Snowy Owl, first of all ICE AND SNOW, guidance (owl) and freedom (bird.) I feel it suits Zane really well. In terms of being a robot and not ‘flesh’, elemental power (canonically) overcomes that. We see he can do anything any other elemental master can do, and asides from that- he functions, thinks and feels like his human counterparts. He can instinctively fly the first time he assumes animal form ^^

Cole is a Weasel, as suggested by my friend. Weasels are strong and clever predators, but not necessarily what you’d expect. (And we tied it to transness. Perhaps Cole is transmasc in this au… hence the ‘not what you expected’. He’s so queer coded. He IS queer…) Their strength mirrors the strength of Cole’s element, and their habitats being forests give them that connection to dirt and earth and rocks and trees.

Jay is a Border Collie; and the first time it happens, everyone is surprised including himself. But this one’s about domesticity, about Jay kinda being underestimated and unassuming. The same way humans have forgone the very real and detrimental dangers of lightening and have utilised it in daily life through controlled electricity, dogs have been domesticated as friendly, loyal and useful animals by forgoing their origin as wolves/wild dogs. I think the attributes of a dog suit Jay really well; he is loyal to his team, strong and comforting, but he’s still fierce and powerful.

Kai is an Ocelot; which are usually found in rainforests though can live in hotter and drier climates (I believe.) as long as there is foliage. The connection to the rainforest here is about his heritage from both parents; yes he’s the master of Fire but he’s also the son of a Water master- hence, somewhere hot and humid; a rainforest. Ocelots are good swimmers- so by instinct, when he’s an ocelot, Kai can swim; I like to think the elemental magic overcomes his fear of water but this doesn’t get carried over to his human form. Again kinda a testament to the strength of nature itself. I’m also gonna say it ☝️I personally imagined Kai to be trans aswell (EVERYONE IS TRANS?!/j/silly) and whilst male ocelots are uninvolved in the raising of young, female ocelots do raise their young alone which I view as a testament to the way Kai raised Nya alone.

Ray is decidedly surprised when he sees his son as an Ocelot; Ray himself is a Sable Antelope- which lives in the grasslands/savanna and is quite big and strong (with huge horns), so he thought that considering his son inherited fire from him, he’d be a bigger savanna animal as opposed to a smaller rainforest predator.

Nya is a Strawberry Poison Dart Frog! Which is testament to her being underestimated a lot as well!! At first, even she rejects the idea that she has the form of a small (smallest on the team!) amphibian- but she grows to find advantages in it (I imagine maybe spy work…). Bright colours usually have ‘girly’ associations- especially pinks and reds- but in this case, they’re a symbol of lethality. She’s small but deadly; unsuspecting but you shouldn’t underestimate her. She’s also a rainforest animal for the same reasons as her brother!! A connection to both water and fire- heat and humidity.

As some trivia, Maya is an otter! Eurasian, specifically- found more in temperate forests, cooler environments.

Wu is an Eurasian Owl. Big. Wise. Do I need to say more?

And Garmadon is a Hare. This is. This is based off a vibe but there’s also that aspect of kinda innocence turned dangerous? He’s a son of the FSM, but there’s something not right about him; he’s not a rabbit- with it’s childish and soft associations- he’s a hare with its strength, and maybe an association with child abandonment.

Bonus!! Skylor is a Spotted Hyena, where Spotted Hyena societies are very harsh environments, especially if you’re a male hyena (I view Skylor as transfemme so…). Hyenas are also clever and powerful scavengers and hunters, which often get a bad reputation as crude animals- something I think suits Skylor really well in the way she was introduced; the mistrust against her, the environment she was raised in.

Bonus #2!! Morro is a Cuckoo bird because of this cool characteristic called ‘Brood Parasitism’ where (usually a bird) an animal will leave their young in the care/nest of another animal and let that animal raise their young instead of doing it themselves. Morro was abandoned and Wu raised him ^^ Also birds and wind? Yeah you get it. I feel the colours (greys) also suit Morro quite well.

By instinct, the first few times Lloyd utilises his animal form (I like to imagine they learn to assume them at an age of elemental maturity? Maybe 13, at which point, they have all their animal’s instincts), he cannot fly by instinct because he got aged up prematurely. This leads to Wu teaching Lloyd how to fly and I find this adorable.

But yeah!! That’s. That’s it. I’m OBSESSED thinking about this so much.

[hinamie]

newest issue of first years fashion just dropped

[starrspice]

Ew, they're Flirting fighting again

[funkyboxofinterests]

Sometimes Raph misses being small

[grasslandgirl]

“no one will notice if you stop posting/talking/texting/etc” is the mind killer. it is the evil. it is the little childhood version of myself who feels so insignificant and unwanted but she IS wanted. I am wanted and loved and noticed even if I can’t see it right now

[kensatou]

“if you could pick up another language, what would it be?”

“i’d go russian. i’d love to know what geno says or has said over the years… i’d love to know 🥰 i just want to know (giggles) 🥰”

[pookieace]

✰ . . . minors do not interact !

gojo and you fucking in missionary makes him dangerously sensitive as it is because he feels so much love as he looks down at you. how pretty you look, how a layer of sweats coats your skin. how your hair is a mess after multiple rounds. how you’re reaching out and grabbing at any part of his body for some form of stability while he fucks your cunt. he can see how you two are a mess where you both join, splatters of your wetness and white sticky remnants of his from previous rounds. you look so stunning. so so so beautiful.

he’s on the verge of cumming every second when you fuck missionary. he adores how he can see you flutter your eyes open and look so fucked out but still gaze at him with love. he gets even more sensitive the second you run your fingers through his undercut. he's groaning, hips faltering as he visibly shivers. feeling the pads of your fingers against his undercut is one thing but feeling your nails against them? that's another. three more thrusts and he's got his balls flushed against you, letting them drain, emptying them right into you.

[cupophrogs]

BLUNT NOT THE HEART, ENRAGE IT

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[chloesimaginationthings]

FNAF Afton kids got interesting coping mechanisms

[awildcardisactive]

Don't let it in with no intention of keeping it Jesus Christ, don't be kind to it It Will Come Back - Hozier

Hiiii I've been working on this piece for like a week bc I've had this thought abt this song and scene ever since I read it. Fanart for @seriouslycalamitous 's fic Midnight Strangers!

[paladincanis]

hello jayvik nation

[hinamie]

i'm exactly as normal about him as I thought I'd be

[verflares]

i've been looking everywhere for you!

[lockabyee]

I CAN SENSE IT.

Textless Ver ...

[bowenoke]

not a real hc i have abt the watchers its just that the sentence "the watchers top surgeried grian" is so so funny to me.

I was gonna apologize for the accidental horror but I did remember that this is the story where they beat each other to death so like

[hexbaiting]