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ok so i saw the posts saying its a ponytail but imagine jay rolls up with hair to match his new favorite idol

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garmadon, they "will never set foot in Ninjago" even if you didn't banish them because NONE OF THEM HAVE FEET

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I think one thing about Ninjago that will forever fascinate me most is the Serpentine.

When the OG series started, they were introduced to us as this new threat, even at that moment more dangerous than Garmadon and a lot more menacing than the skeletons.

In theory, we learn everything about them straight away: they are a species of snake people who are just as intelligent as humans. They were dangerous and were therefore all locked away. And that's not a lie. It was exactly like that. We just got to know them from the human perspective.

Just the way Pythor is introduced to us straight away - someone who ate his own tribe. It's not said directly, but suggested by the skeletons and his grumbling stomach, which was very disturbing as a kid, what makes the feeling even stronger, that it was justified that they all were locked away.

Because yes, in the beginning, they are the bad ones. They want to awaken the Great Devourer to make humanity pay. Humans who can't help what happened in the past.

And at the end of Season 2, they get locked up again, and that should have been the end.

What I found quite fascinating in the rewatch as an adult is the fact that when Skales became leader and they captured Lloyd, he didn't really want to harm Lloyd. It doesn't seem like he has any thoughts of revenge. Skales more likes: "Now go away kid and don't come back. Stop taking advantage of us, we don't want that, leave us alone." He is annoyed by Lloyd, but doesn't think about hurting the child, but wants his people to be left in peace.

The Fangpyre are not immediately out for revenge either, but are willing to help the boy who freed them.

And one thing that I found really interesting is the end of season 2.

As a child, the Serpentines are the bad ones, without question, but the scene where the gate goes down threatens to lock all the snakes back in and Skales quickly snakes towards it and screams...in that moment, even as a child, I somehow felt pity for them.

And that would have been their final end. This was the end that was planned for them. They were the villains who are evil and got their karma.

In seasons 1 and 2 we experienced the story from the perspective of the humans.

Then comes season 3 and suddenly we learn that the Serpentine wanted to warn the humans about the golden master.

We see how they have come to terms with their situation and found peace and are starting families themselves. Have children on whom, it seems, they do not impose their hatred of humans.

That's when you really realize that not all Serpentine are fighters. They are partly normal people with families. And the fact that EVERYONE was locked away during the war suddenly becomes damnable. And in the end they even help to safe the humans. The people who locked them away for decades, even the ones, who doesn't even do something.

We learned that the snakes actually just wanted to help, were misunderstood, and the humans were actually the assholes. Which was very irritating to hear as a child.

We heard the story in this season from the viewpoint of the Serpentine.

Then comes season 4.

You can occasionally see Serpentine living with human's. Not much yet, but a start. Nevertheless, there are definitely still prejudices between each other. As seen with Sensei Garmadon, who cynically explains to Pythor that the snakes started the war back then. Despite the fact that the Serpentine helped last season, not everything is good. The past is still in the room, after all it is about war.And in the season we finally learn the truth of the story - that Serpentine and humans both wanted peace. That no one really started, but was manipulated. Nobody is right or wrong.

There was no good and evil.

It never was that easy.

That's why I find the fact that the Serpentine, should have ended like this in season 2 so...crazy.

From today's perspective, you can no longer imagine that.In the flashback of Wu's childhood, we also learn that the two species have always been very separate. They were not allowed to enter each other's lands. In season 1 there was a CHILDREN'S BOOK where the moral was to never trust a snake. Which seems subtle...racist from today's perspective.

Serpentines then became an integral part of society. They even wear clothes! XD Cole has a Hypnobrai daughter and we now have a Serpentine elemental master who Arin, a ninja, is friends with. And who even admires the ninja, the descendants of those who took away his ancestors' freedom. (No joke, I really hope that this topic will still come up with Spitz and Frak)

But it doesn't mean that everything is fine again, as if nothing ever happened. We still have Pythor, who knew his people wanted peace, and yet he spent 40 damn years underground and had to eat his own people to survive. He can't forgive and forget, which is...okay. He has a right to still be angry. Pythor is an asshole, but people were assholes to him too. There is no direct bad and good in the situation. The past doesn't just disappear just because you know the truth. Some have chosen to forgive, others cannot because the pain is too great. Pythor has a right to not forgive the humans for what their did.

That's what I find so fascinating - it's not like the Serpentine were any different when they're were introduced. We just barely knew anything about them. We hated them without barely knowing them. And only when we get to know more about them do we realize that they are no any different than us humans.

Humans and Serpentine got to know each other better and dropped their prejudices, and so found peace and learned to share the world in which they live together.

There was never any real redemption for the Serpentine. What we learned about them in Season 1 was never wrong, it just wasn't everything. We just looked at the story from a different perspective, which changed everything - damn I think that's awesome.

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I have thoughts on ninja's colour schemes

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yknow what. putting this tweet I made on here too

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i'm getting my ass kicked with work but here you go, doodle from my 'DR Kai goes back in time AU'.

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Early season ninja were actually the biggest brats because the way Jay, Zane and Cole quickly snitched on Kai when he used the scythe

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Something i realised about the main 4 ninja’s true potential:

I saw a post here a day or two ago talking about the ninja’s true potentials.

It was specifically talking about how Kai achieved his by saving Lloyd, some kid he didn’t really know, compared to how the others saved people they knew, literally just proving to us again why Kai and Lloyd are the sibling duo (plus Nya. We love Nya.)

But it made me realise something about each of their true potentials.

Each of the ninja saved someone they knew, but not someone they were close to yet.

Cole saved his dad who he was in no way close to at the time due to their bad communication issues. It took Cole acknowledging that his dad wasn’t as bad as he believed to push him to unlock his true potential.

Zane saved the other ninja, who he wasn’t as close to at the time. Zane had just realised that he was a nindroid, and very obviously believed that it would cause a bigger drift between him and the others when added to their differing personalities. It took Zane realising the ninja would never hate him for who he is to push him into saving them.

Jay had to save Nya, who he wasn’t close to at the time either. They both acknowledged they had something between them, but Jay didn’t know how to handle it all and believed that to win Nya over he had to pretend to be someone else. Nya had to tell Jay to his face that she didn’t want some mask he wore, but him. That was the push Jay needed to unlock his.

Kai had to save Lloyd, a kid he didn’t like but reflected who he used to be too well. It took one look at Lloyd for Kai to save him and unlock his.

Each of the ninja saved someone they knew, but not someone they were close to, to unlock their true potentials. These people later became some of the most important people in each of their lives, knowing them inside and out better than anyone else.

It were these people who, despite not knowing the ninja too well at the time, that ended up teaching them each how to accept who they are, flaws and all. That Cole didn’t need to lie about who he is, that Zane didn’t need to be ashamed of what he is, that Jay didn’t need to hide who is under a mask, and that Kai didn’t need to change what he was.

Those people became important rocks in each of their lives. The ninja would not be who they are today if they didn’t save those people at the moment.

Bahsgah i don’t think i shared it right so let me summarise: the ninja had to unlock their true potentials by acknowledging and accepting who they are, and the only reason they were able to do that was by fixing the bonds in barely made relationships with people they know and wanted to be close to.

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Cole's family ♡

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here, take this stupid drawing i did of what i expect to occur if morro ends up training euphrasia. that one scene of possession where he straight up throws a windmill will always make me cackle

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I love FSM family angst 🥲

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Dragon Lloyd and Smith Siblings

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rewatching again, bring back horrific timelines but only at Kai’s expense

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Quick sketch of these two having an afternoon nap together :3

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Jay Headcanons

literally a daVinci man in the flesh—he can do/learn about anything (if he wants to). Circuitry, coding, wiring—he's your dude. Doesn't seem like the most detail-oriented person, but he is.

conventionally a pretty boy—his sense of fashion is atrocious (in comparison to Kai and Nya), but he pulls it off bc he's a pretty boy.

his hair was straighter in the beginning, but once he kept using his lightning ability, his hair became curlier due to the constant usage. he learned to embrace it, asking Kai for hair help (after a particularly bad hair day).

do not let this man near coffee, candy, or any stimulant. the last time he & Lloyd broke into a candy stash, neither of them went to bed for three days. The Bounty barely survived.

intuitively smart—although, barely anyone can keep up with his leaps in logic (RIP Zane, who has to compute as fast as he can to keep up with Jay sometimes).

my guy has a mind map in his room, complete with the red string & everything. sometimes, it's just small mysteries around the monastery and the bounty (i.e., who stole his pudding cup), or their current predicament (Garmadon with his Mega-Weapon, Snakes, Time Twins, etc.).

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Kai Headcanons

he's great with numbers—quick arithmetic? he's your guy. he and Zane once had a calculation-off, which Kai did pretty well for when his opponent is a nindroid.

but he's bad at haggling prices (exhibit a: s5 w/Ronin), unless he knows the community well. so for like any towns/villages in Ignacia, Kai knows exactly how to haggle down the prices b/c he used to do business & was on a tight budget.

he has a resting bitch face that's scarier than Nya's, but his fury is less terrifying than Nya (Lloyd can attest—he'd rather piss off Kai than Nya).

he's very creative (exhibit a: s1 with the Ultra Sonic Raider) in the heat of the moment, but he can't act to save his life. so best person to have in the moment of the apocalypse, but the worst partner for undercover work.

he gives great hugs...in the winter. RIP to anyone who gets comforted by Kai in the summer. Heatstroke is a real danger.

he is the de-facto big brother persona of the group. Not entirely mature enough to be an adult, but still a sibling of authority...until Nya, Lloyd, and Jay knock him off his high pedestal (which is why he's a big brother and not Dad).

he just has major beef w/Garmadon period. No matter what form Garmadon takes, Kai's just 'ew'. There's a modicum of respect, but overall, Kai would never be near Garmadon with a ten-feet pole.

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I cant wait for Wu to come back and the Ninja unloading everything that happened, leaving Wu shocked like last time he left to collect Garmadon!

Wu: *haunted* ...I can't leave you kids alone for two seconds–

Lloyd, sobbing: SO PLEASE STOP DOING THAT!!!