#GARM AND MC ARE LIKE FATHER AND CHILD ONG

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Hey it’s been a bit since the last one of these…

But since I’m currently going through intense brain-rot over it …

ITS TIME FOR ANOTHER “I HAD AN IDEA” POST!!!! Ninjago edition as always~

Garmadon having nightmares about the final battle and the day he was bitten by The Great Devourer;

In my fanfic I have a few mapped out relationship dynamics that I want to solidify through different moments.

One of those is the shared friendship between Garmadon and the MC. Both being caring of Lloyd, Garmadon acknowledging that the MC was there for Lloyd when not even his own mother would be. They form a PLATONIC bond that’s more so a chiller parental version of a “Lloyd protection squad” (Kai soon joins after his big moment saving Lloyd in the volcano).

So they’re friends, and friends confide in each-other no?

So when the MC stays with Garmadon during the time he’s recovering from after the final battle, when he has his own dojo— they meet him face to face at midnight. Both waking up from extreme nightmares, the MC’s being about the injuries they’ve gained from protecting Lloyd and the others.

Garmadon’s stem from the ones he got from harming them.

When the MC gets him to finally open up, they learn about the fear he felt— even back in his early years he was always being controlled. Manipulated by something far beyond his power. From being corrupted by the snake bite, to being taken over by the Overlord.

The MC is unable to comfort him past the basics, knowing they’d never be able to understand the type of pain he had to endure— but assuring him that they are always there to listen.

They both drink their tea and continue to talk— when Garmadon finally asks what kept them up, what the nightmares entailed. A sense of guilt is stricken through him.

The MC was just a kid, like the rest of the team— none of which should have ever gone through the things they have. Bear the scares they own. But it was even more terrifying to know that a very large majority, where his fault.

Yet they still stayed with him, treated him with respect— even when they were supposed to be enemies.

He knew the day you chose to stay at the dojo with him you were doing it to check on him, make sure he didn’t succumb to misery. Unknowing how able he was to survive on his own without his demonic strength. But you said nothing, only making it seem like you wanted a break— when you were clearly doing the opposite from what he’s heard from his students that live in the village that recently had ALL OF THEIR CRIMINALS caught and turned in on the same day.

He felt something there, a warm kindness that reminded him of Lloyd, and himself. Your sense of justice was just as fucked as his, breaking every rule and restriction if it meant protecting the ones you love. It made him wonder what your life was like back in your original world… did you have anyone you were forced to leave? Did anyone hurt you?

The painful look in your eyes told him more than he needed to know. But it’ll be alright, he’ll make sure to protect you and Lloyd from everything from now on.

It’s what a father does after all.