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VN video editor, it’s lowkey a capcut clone but capcut on my tablet always breaks (the audio files always stop working halfway through editing) so i moved lol

MADE AN EDIT CUZ I FOUND AN EDITING AOO THAT ACTUALLY WORKS FOR MEEEE

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MADE AN EDIT CUZ I FOUND AN EDITING AOO THAT ACTUALLY WORKS FOR MEEEE

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GRAAAAAA IM SO HYPE

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the Lloyd Garmadon character design headcanon post

Hair: Having my cake and eating it too with his hair color. I like the idea of him having dark roots. but i couldn't decide if he should have really light greenish-blond hair vs sunny golden hair. Why not both? During the s7-8 timeskip, he bleached his hair, a delayed emo phase.

Eyes: I know the popular hc is that he has naturally red eyes but tbh i like when he just looks like a really ordinary guy. Brown eyes that slowly became green due to his powers. They glow a neon green when he uses his powers. During Hunted, his eyes lose the shine :3

Blood: Oni blood is canonically purple, so I'd guess Lloyd's would be a maroonish color: purple oni blood + red human blood.

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It's never looked so dire.

Drew this back in like December, just finishing it now :p

Going into Season 3, this is potentially the largest number of separate threats the ninja have had to deal with at once

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Guys look he's innovating💡

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Emotional Disconnection in Lloyd Garmadon: A Psychological and Narrative Analysis

In the most recent season of Ninjago, many viewers noticed a significant shift in the characterization of Lloyd Garmadon. Compared to previous seasons, Lloyd appears withdrawn, distant, and shows clear signs of emotional flattening. His involvement in key events is minimal, his verbal contributions are scarce, and his body language reflects a noticeable sense of detachment. A friend and I even ranked Lloyd as the third ninja with the least screen time this season—only behind Cole and Jay. However, even they maintained their typical personalities in their brief appearances. What concerned us most was the absence of his visions, a trait confirmed as permanent in the previous two seasons.

At first, this change was frustrating. However, after discussing the matter with a friend who is about to graduate in Psychology, she offered an interpretation that completely shifted our perspective: Lloyd may be experiencing emotional disconnection as a result of accumulated traumatic events. Based on this hypothesis, we developed two plausible theories, both supported by psychological literature.

Emotional Disconnection: Clinical Definition and Foundations

Emotional disconnection is a psychological phenomenon associated with conditions such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), dissociative disorders, major depression, or even temporary adaptive responses to chronic stress. Broadly speaking, it refers to a reduced or lost ability to experience or express emotions, whether as an unconscious defense mechanism or as a symptom of a greater disorder.

In high-stress emotional contexts—such as repeated traumatic experiences (war, loss, betrayal, guilt, excessive responsibility)—the nervous system can enter a prolonged state of hypoactivation, meaning a general decrease in emotional, behavioral, and cognitive responses. This phenomenon is also known as emotional numbing.

Common Symptoms of Emotional Disconnection

Social and behavioral withdrawal: The individual avoids active interaction with their environment. In Lloyd's case, this is seen in his passive stance, scarce dialogue, and minimal group engagement.

Affective flattening: There is a visible reduction in emotional expression: few smiles, rare signs of distress or anger, even in situations that would typically provoke them. This matches Lloyd's attitude, as he rarely reacts emotionally during critical events.

Feelings of unreality or detachment from the environment (derealization): The world may feel distant or artificial. Narratively, this could be reflected in scenes where Lloyd silently watches events unfold, seemingly disconnected from his surroundings.

Disconnection from one’s own emotions (depersonalization): The individual may feel like they're acting automatically, without personal involvement. This could explain why Lloyd behaves mechanically in combat or lacks clear motivation.

Reduced motivation or initiative: Often, there is a loss of interest in previous activities or a lack of energy to act. In a setting like Ninjago, where characters are usually proactive, Lloyd’s passivity becomes even more striking.

Blocking or suppression of intense memories or mental processes: In individuals with traumatic experiences, the mind may suppress access to emotionally threatening content. In Lloyd’s case, this could explain the temporary absence of his visions.

Clinically, these symptoms align with conditions like PTSD, dissociative disorders, or even adaptive forms of depression. Lloyd’s training with Rontu gave him tools to manage his visions, so he may have learned to suppress them as a coping mechanism. However, such suppression can trigger an emotional rebound—an abrupt and intense resurgence of emotions or abilities—which could signal a major narrative turning point in the second half of the season or in future installments.

Application to His Visions and the Two Proposed Theories

Theory of emotional repression of visions: If Lloyd is in a dissociative state, it’s plausible that his visions—often emotionally intense (e.g., foreseeing death, betrayal, or failure)—have been unconsciously blocked. His training with Rontu gave him some control over these visions, and he may have “shut off” that channel as a form of self-protection. This aligns with clinical patterns observed in individuals who choose not to access unusual mental functions (in narrative terms) to preserve their mental stability.

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Theory of resignation due to inevitability of visions: Another theory suggests Lloyd still has visions but no longer fights them. In battles such as those against Zeatrix or Thunderfang, he doesn’t use his usual combat style: instead of confronting, he dodges, retreats, and attacks from a distance. This behavior may reflect a resignation to a fate he has already foreseen.

From a psychological perspective, this relates to the concept of learned helplessness (Seligman, 1975), where a person, after repeated failures to avoid a negative outcome, stops trying and adopts a passive stance. For Lloyd, this might be a form of emotional self-preservation: if resisting the vision changes nothing, perhaps it’s better not to resist. This narrative arc is powerful because it ties directly into his past development: Lloyd, who always rebelled against his lineage and tried to shape his own destiny, now seems to be surrendering to the weight of inevitability. This may be a direct consequence of the battle with Zeatrix, where he believed he had overcome his vision, only to see it come true anyway.

Professional Conclusion

Both interpretations are supported by legitimate psychological concepts. In one case, we see the effects of trauma as emotional dissociation; in the other, cognitive adaptation to a perceived inevitability. Both are plausible in characters exposed to constant stress, loss, the burden of responsibility, and supernatural abilities that carry a mental toll.

If this portrayal was intentional—which is likely—we are witnessing a characterization that realistically reflects real psychological processes, adding depth to Lloyd’s arc and opening new possibilities for future development.

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throws this at you and scurries away part 2

also no i haven’t drawn an animal since i was 12 can you tell

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TS LITERALLY ETHERIAL OML

NINJAGO DAY 🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️

I haven’t seen the new episodes yet, I’m gonna try to stay strong and watch one a week 💀💀

Also some rough forbidden V designs

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NINJAGO DAY 🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️

I haven’t seen the new episodes yet, I’m gonna try to stay strong and watch one a week 💀💀

Also some rough forbidden V designs

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COME JOIN ME ON BSKY TO SUMMON THE GREAT DOC WYATT

yall can’t tell me im the only one who wants to know, i do lowkey hope im not media illiterate and this is something that’s been answered n i just missed it 😭

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DRS3P1 spoilers under the cut!!

I just gotta say, dad Lloyd was in FULL FORCE this season. The way he kept having to ask Sora and Frak to not argue was SO FUNNY to me. Like this man really just picked up some children and now he has to parent them.

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I was feeling nostalgic so I drew a lot of Lloyd

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Peter meeting an alternate version of himself (either one of your aus or from one of the movies?)

this reminded me of a wip that will probably never be finished so,,, gonna share that with y'all :)

here's Peter meeting a version of himself who never lost his parents 🥰💖 any kind of regular teenage disagreement makes LoF Peter feel like shit, because the other him doesn't understand that the world could come crashing down at any second 💖💖💖

here's the ref page i did for this too cause why not? i genuinely don't know if i'll ever post this

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stormbringers

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finished s1-8 recently 🦾

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He should not be handling fire?!