#THATS THE NINJAS OLD DRAGONS

[writer-room]

So I’m watching Hunted

[waterghostype]

a lot of ppl donk on sora’s (old) minifig hair bc of how it’s not accurate to the show, which i totally get bc i also prefer the show hair, butttt

i think it’s nice that they specifically chose to recolor mei lmk’s hairpiece, instead of just choosing another ponytail one. bc mei’s hair was made specifically for her to have a dragon-like silhouette, with the buns being horns and the back spiking out to be like the beard

so even if it’s far from accurate, im very cheesed they decided to go with this hairpiece specifically

[sharksandjays]

I think something that Dragons Rising is doing so so well is making the ninja cooler.

I know that sounds weird. But listen. The ninja aren't the main characters anymore! Wanna know who the main characters are? Arin and Sora. Two 15 year olds. Two kids, one of which was raised learning about the ninja and how cool they are.

And the thing is, they are cool! But in the older seasons, the ones focused on the ninja themselves, we focus on the flaws (because the whole point of their seasons are character development.) We don't see them as cool as they are because the narration is from their point of view. Everything that they do is just day-to-day stuff. And, honestly, we get desensitized to all the things we'd normally think is cool because to them its normal!

I think my first epiphany of this was back in season 2 i think when Jay, who is generally perceived to be the weakest of the ninja, easily judo flips Darreth like its nothing, and we know that guy isn't the lightest of people. I saw that and went "huh." because if it wasn't him interacting with a normal citizen i wouldnt think anything of it. If it was him sparring with lloyd or something id be like "yeah whatever ninja do that." but it wasnt until i saw it from outside the ninja's perspective that it really made me think wow these kids are cool.

And thats exactly what dragons rising is doing. Arin is the main character. Our narrative point of view is coming from his eyes. We focus less on the ninja's flaws and more on what makes them awesome. We are looking at them through an inexperienced, child based, point of view. When seeing Lloyd do fancy sword maneuvers would have been normal because pshaw everyone does that is now really cool because wow you dont see that every day.

Dragons Rising allows us to go huh. These are ninjas that have been training and fighting for more than 10 years together. They are really freaking COOL for that.

So Arin, i'm behind you kid. I get your ninja fandom too.

[nicolloyd]

just finished the season WOW that was intense!!! 😭 i collected my thoughts as i was watching it too heres all of it: (spoilers ahead ofc!!! btw this is really long you were warned)

episode 1 (the blood moon):

• lloyd saying uncle is sooo crazy

• WU IS DEAD I SWEAR ON MY LIFE ITS NOT EVEN FUNNY NO MORE 😭

• can these ninja get pyjamas. please.... they had those in ns1 now they just sleep in armour 😭

• bro cinder sounds like.. macaque??? is that weird.

• lloyd gets to have funny quips 🔥🔥

• HAHAHAH I LOVE THE SMOKE EFFECT AND IT JUST CUTS TO THEM LYING FLAT ON THE GROUND 😭😭

• THE BLOOD MOON IS COMING 🗣🗣🗣

episode 2 (shattered dreams):

• YOOOO its the uh i forgot what place its called but yes 🔥🔥

• drs2 spouting out words like panic attack and nental health gee wowzers

• also this is the second time lloyd has been forced to eat strange food first it was dareths pocket gyoza

• deffff arin and sora getting in a fight

• LLOYD U ARE SUCH A SHOWOFF STOP FLIPPING AROUND

• rule number 1 never trust a snake hehahehaha

• really encouraging the lloyd nya sibling dynamic i love it

• callback to torunament of elements im not ok.

• ommggg i actually hate the way ras' beard thing jiggles around its unsettling

episode 3 (beyond the phantasm cave):

• so the dragon released was the lightning

• life symbol???? thats mad lloyd is fr life and not energy

• i feel sooo bad for arin bro if i had like 10 friends with powers and i didnt i wld be pissed too

• this is literally that swamp episode from avatar

• HELPPP is this the memory loss thing pr is it actually like. real

• it would be the funniest troll tho

• oh nya you beautiful genius

• jay the loml 😭😭 toooo cute omgee

• def foreshadowing

• my other family thats sooo funny

• is this the magic man.

• yoo arent those the water villagers

• OMG IT IS THE MAGIC MAN I ACTUALKY HATR HIM BRO

• HAHAHA PROFESSIONAL ACTOR

• yesss cole was never the performer

episode 4 (force from the east):

• geooo omg their actually in love shut up

• i thimk this is ice dragon??

• NINJA BASKETBALL 🔥🔥

• SECRET THIRD WAY!!!!!!!!!

• YO ITS COLE

• also bonzle is important somehow

• aww theyre at the monastery

episode 5 (the spell at the waterfall):

• MASTER WU 😭

• garmadon :**(((( IT MAKES ME SO SAD SPINJITZU BROTHERS UUURGGHH

• hehe i love these siblings

• how are they literally husbands bro what the flip this is so noooottt censorship

• old days :,,)))) soooooi sad bro onfdhsbs

• SACRIFICE???

episode 6 (to mysterium)

• lowkey wtf is egalt yapping about

• omg this is literally beyblade.

• cole in a hood is cray cray

• also zane will not give up thag detective outfit.

episode 7 (fugitive from madness):

• blood moon more like sozins comet aha aha aha aha i miss atla

• bro the music is so good do they get an orchestra for these or what

• lircherally wjats going on

• ADMIMISTRATION!!!!! YESSSSSSSSSSS

• ZANE IS SO PROUD OF THE 9% 😭😭😭 I LOVE HIM.

• crazy how theyre training again tho. good ol days

• nya and kai :'((( not having to worry about saving the world oh my poor sweet kai

• FLASHBACK. NO FRWAKING WAY

• STOPPPP THIA IS GONNA MAKE ME CRY OMG TJA WAS SO SWEET 😭 KAI AND NYA U HAVE MY HEART

• as mean as it sounds im so glad it was kai first and not lloyd it makes sense

• THE BLOOD MOON IS NO LONGER COMING ❌️❌️❌️ ITS HERE

• ohh thats why they turn to stone??

• ZANE IS A PERSON 🤬🤬🤬🤬 stopp hes always so willing to sacrifice himself

• SHUT UP THATS LITERALLY JAY OHHH MYYYY GOLLY GEE.

• i need a good 1 minute break to process everytime jay appears like actually

• ohh myyyyy goooodddd its jay pls stop stop stop stop STOP

episode 8 (secrets of the wyldness):

• forbidden five is lwk scary

• hehe i love their stupid quips and someone else saying "really???"

• oh jay oh jay oh jay oh jay oh jay oh jay he actually lost his memory im soooooo oooooohhhhhh nooooooo

• hes sooooo jay.

• so he knows he can lightning????

• zane. buddy. you cant keep doing this like actually would it kill you to stop dying

• now we're safe 😃 x4 (they were not safe)

• werent tbey in this situation before???? the tipping ship or am i just tripping

• ohhh my god the bounty died again

episode 9 (the forest of the spirits):

• THEY SACRIFICED EUPHRASIA??????

• NO DONT DO IT NO DONT WEAR THE MASK 😭😭

• resting my leg actually healed it is maadddnnnessss

• OHHH MY GOD ZANE IS MINIFIG SIZED HAGAHAHAHAHHAA THIS IS THE BEST THING EVER

• IM ALWAYS ADORABLE 😭😭😭 COLE U ARE

episode 10 (rising ninja):

• NOOOOO I SAID DONT DO ITT NOOOOOOO BUT YES BECAUSE EVIL KAI AGAIN SOUNDS AMAZING 😭

• yo. this fight is cool asl

• NO DONT KAI PLEASE MY MOUTH IS AGAPE

• omg they are both dragons rising rn

• what is going awn rn

• jordana is going freaky!!!

• ras master giving bird box icl

• AWW LLOYD COLE HUG 😭

• im assuming kai got out!

• HELLO ARE WE NOT GONNA GRIEVE KAI FOR A MINUTE???? im sure theyre all numb to death by now

• wowww 10 episodes gone just like that

• kai did not get out ❌️

[destinysbounty]

Who wants to overthink legos with me? No? Too bad, here goes

Okay so do you ever think about how the circle is (accidentally) a recurring motif in Ninjago? A running list of examples:

Ouroboros, the snake eating its own tail, which is commonly represented in a circular shape and represents infinity with endless return. Thats how they defeat the Great Devourer, actually, by getting it to bite its own tail

The original shape of Ninjago before the FSM pangea'd it

Spinjitzu is essentially the process of weaponizing circular motion. Airjitzu is similar, and even creates a sphere of air/light around the user

In the earlier seasons, Lloyd's main attack involved creating balls of energy

The light from portals - time vortex, Traveler's Tea, the Blind Man's Eye, the Realm Crystal - tend to resemble vortexes

Dragons often have to spin in order to traverse realms

All the circle imagery in the Temple of Light

Jay and Nya's yin-yang badges

Yang's whole "close the circle" shtick

The dust circle that swirled around the ninja at the end of Skybound when Jay said his final wish and all of time was undone

Zane's old house is circular/cylindrical, and the camera spiral-zoomed on him when his memories returned

The architecture on Chen's island

The Celestial Clock

Flower petals circling around Lloyd when he met the FSM

In that flashback when Mystake was telling the story of the Oni and the Dragon, with the FSM creating a circular yin-yang symbol to represent the combining of both light and dark

This is a bit of a stretch, but Zane's notably circular power core

Kryptarium is a panopticon style, which is circular in design. On that note, the s8 Lloyd v Garmadon fight happening at Kryptarium. Lloyd was familiar with the usual procedure of saving Garm, only for that typical cycle of saving and losing his father as Garmadon throws him through the wall and out of the prison

Lots of fights actually have the camera pan in circles around the fighters

That little hand paint collage they all made at the end of season 10

The spiraling bioluminescence surrounding the FSM's corpse

Actually, lets take it a step further. Cycles of violence. Sins of the father. History repeating itself. Harumi and Loyd's backstories causing, opposing, and reflecting one another, with her ending where Lloyd began and vice versa. The inheritance of elemental power, something endlessly recursive. Generational trauma.

Not to mention theres a heavy emphasis on either breaking cycles or perpetuating them. Lloyd saying "I wont let it do to me what it did to you." Harumi saying "i want you to feel the emptiness i feel." Morro saying "I make my own destiny." The Overlord possessing the Great Devourer so it would bite Garmadon. Lloyd wanting to be like his father but then being a hero instead. Nya quoting her mother in her final moments. Again i repeat. Generational trauma.

Theres just. This overwhelming sense of recursion and cycles throughout the entire series, and im mad bc im like 90% sure the writers didnt do that intentionally. Im not smart enough to put it into words but if i think about this for too long im gonna start biting things

[trashnotfound]

✨My opinion of ep 6-10 of dr season 2✨

This is probably not gonna go down well but I do not like Geo- he’s annoying and I don’t like how he’s trying to imply that if you aren’t all together your not a family- cole can have 2 family’s at the same time and still love them both dearly. He’s a ninja it’s his duty to serve. Geo can’t be selfish and want him around all the time. Also I wish they’d give him more of a personality?? He’s so lack lustre…. Moving on

Cole calling the lostlings his family and zane going 🤨 YEAH THATS RIGHT ZANE CALL HIS ASS OUT. Boy they aren’t your only family- that’s so insulting to the ninja did you just forget the past 10 years of your life. Is this supposed to be the same cole who was the only one of the ninja (aside zane) to stay in seabound because he loved them all so much and didn’t want to see them fall apart ?! What are they trying to do with his character this makes no sense. Do they know what their even writing for him :/

Wyldfyre and Kai moments my beloved daughter and farther, they are the best things to come from dr so far

Nya and Kai’s flashbacks made me cry

Eryn bby pls don’t listen to the mean old dragon 😭

Wyldfyre having trauma from her family dying from an illness :(((

Zane is so pookie coded this season idk how to explain it I love him

Sorceress I love you, we are one in the same (new kinnie just dropped)

Bonzile and their mama 🫶🏻

Cole as a puppy is something I didn’t know I needed

Cinder is once again really hot

Kai……

Sora helpjg eryn, I feel like this may be what they fights over and I’m dreading it!

Nya and wyldfyre hugging healed something in me

Bonzile and Kai my pookies together 😌☝🏻

Jay, pls just give me jay, stop teasing him

And once again…. WHERE THE FUCK IS PIXEL!????

[finley-theal1en]

i don't know what compelled me to do this but here's a list of how mcsm incorporated and expanded on elements from the game and mc community!!!

along with aspects of how mcsm was written that i really like!!!!

allot of the following will be taken either from things i noticed in the game itself and things the head writer @/stirpicus's blog from like. years ago

so first of all, i love the direction they went with in mcsm. for the time it was made, you'd think they'd make something relating to Alex and Steve and even herobrine, or even the popular overworld vs nether trope that was around, BUT NO!! they introduce a new set of characters in an original setting with its own story

and having the ender dragon already be beaten and a finished arc is a breath of fresh air in my opinion

so instead they took the second(?) strongest boss, mixed it with the command block which they made stronger/more powerful than it already is and made the wither crazier than before, thats just fucking cool

the (old) order of the stone are awesome too, they took different types of mc players and made them into a group of heroes!!!! and it isnt the usual group from nowadays, like sure a warrior and an alchemist are typical but they threw in a builder, an alchemist, and griefer!!! thats fucking awesome!!!! and ivor as the alchemist isnt even the biggest fighter (because he's fucking old) which i love, they use his other characteristics as an advantage. before the ninja arc obviously

AND THE ORDER'S TEMPLE AND THE TRACKING MAAAPP!!! i love how they used and expanded on that feature

SAME WITH THE RAILWAY SYSTEM!!! TO TRAVEL LONG DISTANCES IN THE NETHER!! i wish we got more of that x(

now this might be biased cause i don't like ep2 thaaatt muchhh, though it deserved so much more when it comes to redstonia and boomtown, tho the concepts alone are really creative

only thing i can point out from ep3 is the grinder from soren's fortress, and how its just the actual mechanism to get loot and xp in game but on a larger scale. and the fact that the amulet doesnt work in the nether/end like any other tool of that sort!! small details!!!!

and this is just my opinion but soren's studies on the enderman feel like a jab at those enderman related theories from years ago xd

the far lands. i just really love that they added the farlands in ep4 was it?? and i love how they utilized the aspect of enchanting weapons, which they kept it as epic as in ep4 x(

the portal arc.. I LOVE THE PORTAL ARC. SO MUCH. it uses allot of aspects outside of mc survival like mini games and the community itself!!

like. episode 5 is literally just sky block, obviously. and it's got spawn eggs, which without the world build in the network would've been hard to implement BUT THEY STILL MANAGED TO ADD IT IN!!!

ep6 is murder mystery with some iconic mcyt. literally what more do you want!!!

ep7, pama's inspired by players who make redstone computers in the game like said here!!! thats so fucking cool!!!!

EP8 COULD'VE AND SHOULD'VE HAD SO MUCH MOREEE!!! and its inspiration is obvious too; the different mini games in mc and respawning!! i love that they added respawning in at least one episode

like the way they took elements from and outside of mc survival is so creative, especially with how they were implemented (even if sometimes they weren't accurate) and all the world build!!!!

season 2's more focused on the idea and limits of creative mode or the idea of a "god" in mc, and definitely has its fair share of world build, which is still really cool

i actually like how they went about revealing the admins and their connection to the overworld without it messing up the lore in s1 or having it come out of nowhere in a bad way!! like old OLD myth turned real trope worked out well here

also it felt like the sea temple scene was foreshadowing the aquatic update that was to come in mc at the time!!

and one thing about the sea temple, when the origins of the world and the admin were being explained, i'm pretty sure they mention how "the world was flat until the admin gave it hills and trees" and stuff, referencing both super-flat worlds and foreshadowing the bedrocking event!!!

and idk how many people actually know this but the structure block is an actual thing in mc?? i did NOT know about that till recently it's embarrassing

might just be me but i like to think that the original mobs romeo makes are also a subtle reference at mods and how people can mess around with that kinda stufff.... idk tho

from this point on i can't think of anything else in s2 that i could put in this ramble, but overall, mcsm writers and develops were fucking geniuses and i love how they put everything together ^_^ ty for any1 who read this far, and feel free to leave your own insights!!!!!

[sharkfinn]

Hey, you said that you came up with the Little Brother au before you started Tumblr, right?

So, since I haven't been following you for that long, or at least, I think so, what was your inspiration for making this au? When did you exactly come up with the idea? Do you have any original title names?

Also, a silly question: What are all the fandoms you are currently in? Just in case your pinned post is outdated :]

oh man. hmm

i got into tmnt 4th april 2021, because i wanted to rewatch 2012, only remembered some of it from when i was little, then deciding yup i want to look at everything tmnt. then i got hyperfixated

he started out as a really ambiguous any iteration oc, around the time i was reading the northampton arc of idw, (late juneish 2021?) was when i first drew him, all it was was just hehe silly green masked ninja turtle in sophie campbells idw artstyle

(i love sophie campbells art its so good)

then i drew him in the 2012 series, and he became more of his own character. in my old idea for 2012 he was significantly moody and overconfident, had his own abandoned area in the subway tunnels for spraypainting, was good buddies with raph but really didnt like leo at all. also had a scar on his shell, for some reason?? i wont say why but he can super easily be slapped into another iteration and i love that

it was only when i watched rise and tried to imagine him in their universe too that i went hold on- we got a whole potential story here. little brother was a placeholder title really, but i couldnt think of anything better soo. little brother.

the vine flesh concept was an absolutely random idea at first that was way too cool to drop.

i did have this whole really cool arc planned where eventually draxum did get tricked into allying with the foot, theyd protect five whod help fight the mad dogs for the kuroi yoroi shards, ("looking for this?") and hed also be able to sabotage the armour in some way.

but. i couldnt have this in because 1. distract way too much from the story i want to tell. 2. having shredder appear in the comic would ask for an entire shredder arc and respectfully no thanks lol.

just imagine five is in s2 trust me hes there hes awesome (oh and you know how in canon, shredder needed to take power from draxum, and it looked like he took the vines power from him? uhuh. and you know how five also has it? but instead its the only thing keeping him stuck together? uhuh. anyways!)

ohh!! cool oc trivia- his weapon was kinda undecided between tonfa (before i watched rise) or two scythes i referenced it in page 20 :D !!

his weapon would still be scythes i think, if he wasnt using the vines as his weapon

and no i try to keep my master post updated all the time, theres HEAPS more stuff i like, just complicated to think what to put on there? for example i looove how to train your dragon, but havent seen much of it past rewatching the 3 movies, thats nothing compared to rewatching all of adventure time 5 times. i dunno!

the way my interests work is that theres a selection of 1-3 that my brain focuses on, but it doesnt make any of the others less or i stopped liking them at all or anything. i have so many interests help me

right NOW im really hyperfixated on danny phantom and tf2!!

[amigac0debasic13]

hey guys. Do u even care about what I have to say. Thats right baby. It’s a mini rant. Young Garmadon edition and the horrors of white boy Star Wars core.

Okay so. Erm.? I don’t like garmadons child design in the show. This guy is way too twink coded as a young adult for me and that’s wrong. He’s a beast. And also))??? Lots of paragraphs on Wu depression. Thats the synopsis now look below for further horro r

Hello??? Dang man tatooine is calling ???? IM. SORRY THAT WAS MEAN. I’ve always felt like the spinjitzu bro books did a better job with his design, but brunette just isn’t it. Black hair. Right now. Make it naturally white but also make him fucjing stupid so he dyes it with Ink because he doesn’t want whit4 hair cause he’s DUMB.

Look alive. Make him wear a ponytail and give him the black dyed hair COWARDS.

Anyways that parts over. Now I’m going to talk about my issues with how people draw him in his human form a lot.

I feel like the twinkification is real. All human designs I’ve found of Garmadon that don’t use legos ambiguous yellow color are pasty white and this madness must STOP!!! I think if u wanna make him a cracker it’s ok. It’s fine. But it is a little boring seeing the same designs scatter my Garmadon picture wall(/J I DONT HABE THA)

‘And also while I’m at it, I’m gonna be real and say that any design for wu in the series is pretty good. Still mad he looks like a normal guy. TBH. Many fan designs give him more dragon like traits, and I think that’s so cool, but I’ve always had a specific idea I’ve never seen executed personally. I think Wu would chop his horns off if he had them permanently out.

Wu clearly isn’t a fan of just showing off his dragon or Oni traits. He straight up doesn’t do it, even as a kid (he should honestly be shown with those traits cause he really doesn’t give a fuck as a child) and I believe that his tormented old man position (see the many drawings and tweets from the shows authors and writers) he wouldn’t exactly be drawn to having his traits on display. The completely reasonable solution? Scar himself permanently by wacking them off with a blade. Sounds like something he’d do in young adult hood. His horns being out insinuates he can’t just shapeshift to make them go away, so erm!! Pretty smart solution ngl!!!

‘’Now it’s time for Wu trauma oooooooo!!!!! Oh my god part of his soul is GONE????

In one of the spinjitzu bro books Wus soul is forced into a little puppet. At the end of the book, the puppet is still alive and moving. When the ninja ask to see a puppet show before Wu recounts this, he has a physical reaction.

so. Wu is having a great time. Also, in one of the comics (forgot the name and I can’t for the LIFE OF ME remember where I read this) he confronts. Basically the embodiment of his fears. Basically he doesn’t want to become like his SHIT father who is literally god. leave him ALONE.

So. Uhm. In conclusion. Whirlwind (wus canon nickname) and Softie (Garmadons canon nickname) need to get their shit together <33333333

[a-butterfly1]

Spirit Ninjago au ok so I'm guessing that dragon rising never happened? Or will it happen and you will introduce Arin and Sora as Lloyd students but there alive because Arin and Sora where Bron 5/10 years before the merge happened I just think that would be a good way of irvingcorporating dragon rising into this au of your

P.s. I love this au so much

Dragon Rising has long since happened, Arin and Sora are currently dead, you know, old age.

Lloyd and the others have long retired they have done everything there was to be done, the reason they look young is simply because Lloyd can't phisically age, so when they became part of him (Kai's plan) they just went back into looking young. (thats why Skylor lookes old unlike Kai despite only dying one years apart).

the merged realms are just part of Ninjago now, Lloyd never faught against that idea and just embranced it instead. The truth is Lloyd at some point at the dragons rising time became an anscended version of himself and the other ninjas followed suit (arin and sora don't count) and they just continued protecting ninjago and keeping all of it together.

The AU happens when everything is over really, it has been 1000 years since everything, The Ninja are symbols for Ninjago and the merged realms, some just wonder if they were even real. (this AU will try to be as close to the canon as possible hope no one minds that).

Thank you soo much for having an interest in my brain mush, please don't be shy to ask any kind of question I'm very open to anything

[fishybehavior]

ok i know ive mentioned this but its been months since i've rambled about oni jay so I'll talk a lil bit about old and new stuff for the au rn:

this au takes place in a movie!verse au

oni Jay is apart of a larger group of onis who are refugees from the first realm, they had to leave due to the war happening between the onis and hunters

no one knows that he or anyone else are onis, oni's are rarely known in ninjago, only really known through myths

all onis are capable of transforming, they can look like unique people, other onis, or copy other people. They can only shift into bipedal creatures since they are bipedal themselves (there are more advanced forms of shifting like mistake does, but it requires many years of specialized learning and training)

onis hate the FSM and blame him for the decay of their home realm, stealing some of their elements, and the hunters

Firstbourne and Omega are seen as god like entities to onis and dragons. Some are unsure if they really exist

Some oni's have 'elemental powers' but its more of elemental aligned magic per-say. Many onis can learn magic, but only those who come from an elemental blood line can use elemental magic.

some new things:

Jay meets the other ninjas by applying to work at the tea shop, Steeper Wisdom. All the others either work their or hang around their and he makes friends with them

Garmadon is a threat but no weekly invasions. Ninja help with crime, some villains and Garmadon hijinks, but the city is not getting destroyed once a week

not new but there is bruise in this au, uwu (forbidden love)

going back and forth weather or not jay joins the ninja

and thats what i have for rn :P

[xxxdragonfucker69xxx]

HOUR IN

RANIBOW SPRIMKLE

for those of you who were not around last time: every so often obscure indie tatterpig Exalted releases the manuscript of their next splatbook as part of their kickstarter campaign, and i read through it and lose my nuts. now the manuscript for sidereals, fate-weaving celestial ninjas, is out. and i am going to lose my nuts. if you don't care about this , the tag to blacklist is #hour in rainbow

alright enough pussyfooting around. lets get to it

starting with the severe fuck shit sidereals pull:

excellency changes target numbers, they use prayer strips in their charms but they have them around unless they specifically dont, they deal with enemies of fate, they have

MAIDEN CHARMS which are basically bridge keyword done right. if you have say 3 charms of any Battles ability you will be able to purchase Mars charms like BATTLEFIELD GENIUS STYLE and ASCENDING BATTLES HOROSCOPE

sidereal charms are specific, they interact with the celestial bureaucracy but cant be stopped just by bureaucracying, theyre esoteric and funky with it. they include versatile charms in their combat abilities that can work with martial arts!

holy shit!!!

JOURNEYS

the ascending and descending horoscopes all have this fucking fantastic structure where you can grant a blessing or curse, but you have to have a constellation-themed interaction first. if you see someone feed a street animal you can invoke Stray Dog Gratitude to bless their travels, if you see them abandon something important you can invoke Forsaken Castaway Curse to curse the same

good worker spirit starts with "when the sidereal lies about where she's been" which is fucking primo, this is the translation of one of the old resplendencies that made it hard to catch you slacking off

mysterious traveler wisdom makes you both helpful to people youre traveling with and impenetrable when they try to figure out where the fuck you came from

predestined escort coincidence, which we are all fucking jazzed to see out of the drive charms from shards, lets you throw open the car door horse bridle and give someone a wordless look to tell them you're taking them where they need to go

RESISTANCE: THE MAST

oxbody only gives -0 hls, because it is vital that sidereals look completely unaffected and fine

the mast sways turns you into a fucking pinball puppet who takes knockback instead of allies

strength of the mast makes you stronger, especially if youre the strongest one in teh room

unbroken weave deflection clashes attacks with a disarm gambit because weapons just fucking bounce off?? holy shit

oh my god mast upholds all lets you provide support ie "looming behind someone" and they can use your sta+res successes instead of their own. that is unbelievably fucking funny. also people cant notice you doing this.

RIDE: THE MESSENGER

these charms are horny. there's nothing we can really do about it. setting that aside:

IRON HEART IRON HORSE isnt horny though. it just makes your mount fearless. we love to see it. it will become horny later.

breaking the wild mortal is horny though. sorry vance i'm powerless to deny it. you put a bridle on a guy to make them like you. at least they forget about it

FIELD MOUSE RIDER isnt horny. field mouse rider is really good. we were all so worried when we heard resplendencies were going away but here is FIELD MOUSE RIDER safe and sound

desirable maiden's bargain is fucking fantastic. you tell the world why you're doing something, fate gives it away to whoever needs that information but shows you a clue or surprise tool to help you later, using a flash of lightning or glint of dawn

print the phrase "acquaintance-improving dressage" and look me in the eyes. you can train mounts, including bridled mortals, with this

fiend-humbling horsemanship lets you turn an enemy of fate into a horse. yes this is bai longma yes it is... really thats it but now theyre a HORSE

i would be remiss not to mention RIDING THE DRAGON, which is yes dragon tf. at least it doesnt outright kill you anymore

SAIL: THE CAPTAIN

rarely is travel peaceful. salt-into-ash sleight lets you remind a water spirit that it left the oven on

yellow sky augury lets you get a weather forecast of evils, which is really fun

omen of mutiny lets you learn about threats to your authority at midnight or when you gamble, which is such fucking good food

implicit admiralty assumption makes everyone assume you're the superior of whoever's boss in the room. but your eye does shine when you use it, so better wear an eyepatch

disaster-accelerating expedience lets you learn about a disaster in the future and go, hmm. id like that now please. and just make terrible shit happen faster (but it is weakened)

and then dire squall forewarning lets you just introduce a disaster that will befall your ship. have fun!

SURVIVAL: THE SHIPS WHEEL

charms to make the landscape like you. charms for psychogeography.

poetic sacrifice insurance lets you fail something, buck up, and try again

holy shit entombed soul monument lets you pull an intimacy out and turn it into a natural feature

and then tomb-parole sanction lets you petrify your body and astral project into an animal or spirit

oh my god beloved world embrace lets you become buddies with an environmental hazard and move it around

THROWN: THE GULL

weapons wander around the battlefield, and so do you! ive always loved this scripture

oh my god shrike-roosting gesture lets you yoink anything to your hand if you've held it this scene. this is a specific image thats been in my head for like years and nows its a charm somehow???

pelican aloft departure is such a bitch name. i absolutely have to say it out loud as i knock someone across the room.

MAIDEN AND SHADOW FORM gives us a funny little preview: every fucking combat ability has its own form now. holy fuck. sidereals and their fucking kung fu. by the way this one surrounds you with thorns made from your shadow. kingdom hearts ass

hshjsj impromptu betrayal trick lets you knock a weapon frmo someone's hand straight into someone else's body

i haven't been talking much about charms from past editions but i cant not mention life gets worse approach. god i love life gets worse approach. great name great flavor you land a weapon in someone and it pulls further troubles and knives to them

HWKQJlGGJDF shining flock of adversities lets you turn that into a whirlwind of debris that attacking attacking attacking attacking. or i should say whirlwind of debris and small animals because you can fucking throw your familiar in there too

ooh, and frayed skein entanglement lets you grapple someone from afar by catching the thread of their fate

and now we come to the enlightenment charms, which absolutely made me go MOM holy fuck. the enlightenment charms let you use, say, thrown charms with an SMA, and learn SMA by mastering thrown instead of other martial arts

three-body trilemma is a BANGER name and a banger charm. when you throw a weapon it becomes a juggling act because you swap places with your target and just catch your weapon harmlessly.

flown beyond the world sends you to fucking final destination no items. jesus christ.

ahahahahaha shadow migration tactic lets you throw someones shadow at someone else

wandering axe foresight is so fucking funny. yes i threw a knife at your doorway three hours ago no i didnt tell anyone until now here it is surprise! i watched oceans twelve the other day and i think they should have given this to them

unrelenting torment is so fucking hilarious. you want to attack me so bad it makes you look stupid. btw golden axes torment. btw its fucking indefinite until you rip the prayer strip off

i absolutely have to stop there we'll pick up at serenities next time

[lunarifie]

Rewatching Ninjago

(With no context other than the episode)

Skybound 9-10

Jay (after falling from the sky): Ow…

Ed: its our son!

Edna: you mean our adopted son. Remember?

Ed: well of course I remember! But this is the second time he landed on our doorstep!

BJFJSJSNJSOSJ

I love them.

Ed and edna are probably my favorite side characters

Nya swatting Nadakhans crew as they force her into a dress is actually so funny

Ed: The worlds falling apart and hes here eating soup! Your liked by everyone who meets you! Youre telling a boy from a junkyard cant scrap together a few new friends to help him in a jam?

YOU TELL HIM ED

AAAAAA I LOVE SKYLERS NEW FIT

Ronin, captain soto, skyler, echo, and dareth.

Jay picked a weird fucking team

This actually would have been a fun way to show how all the other elemental master were doing and show that the ninja are still in touch with them.

Pirate assistants (trying to read Jays lips): uhhh bequeath, mamajamma…

Jay: mamajamma, silverdollar, peanut butter… Echo do I have to keep doing this or are they gone?

Nfsjnfjenrb

me after seeing Ronin catch Dareth out of the sky: Okaaaay, I see you ronin x dareth shippers 👀

Skylers so cool

Soto was able to take out one of the pirates. Jay. Your on a DRAGON.

Nadakhans so pressed. And for what.

Pre-wedding stress I guess

Its genuinely surprising how well Dareth and Echo are sneaking around

Jay: wow… you look, beautiful.

AWWWWWWW

Jay (outside the barred window): I WISH NADAKHAN WASNT A DJINN I WISH NADAKHAN WASNT A DJIN-

Nadakhan (somehow deaf in the ears): if you wont come willingly Nya….

Jay (still screaming): I WISH NADAKHAN WASNT A DJINN-

Nya (actually doing something useful): yeaaah, im totally gonna marry you and be delara now! You should leave your sword behind though. (They leave the room)

Jay: GODDAMMIT- oh look the sword!

Are they gonna put Jay IN THE SWORD?!?!?!?

Jay: okay, if we wanna do this, we gotta do this quickly. So! Who wants to strike me down!

Everyone: (raises their hands)

Jay: Am I really that annoying… ☹️

Okay but why are they acting as if Jay is the only one who can wish for Nadakhan to not be a djinn. I mean, we have like, 5 people who have 3 wish slots. Why can’t it be any of them????

KAI!!!!!!!!!

JAYS GOT KAI!!!!

Captain soto: a watering can!?!? What am i supposed to do with this!?!?

Ronin: I don’t fucking know?!?? Get creative.

Jay found everybody!!!!!

Ronin: (has a shovel)

Ronin: (looks at it)

Ronin: (uses it to cover the nadakhans pirates in dirt instead of hitting them with it)

FUCK YEAH THEYRE ALL BACK BABYYY

wait

Zane MET echo?!?!??

I thought he never did 😭

I love how Wu and Lloyd are on the same wavelength now

Ohhhh if they make Nadakhan powerless djinjago will crush ninjago.

That makes sense

Thats probably why jay doesnt make that wish later

Now its just the og five.

So much has changed 🥲

Nya: Jaaay, where are youuuu… 😁

Dogshank: she’s beautiful!

Flintlocke: and slower than molasses dripping uphill 🤨

Jay (casting a random pirate into eternal damnation in the sword): haha! I forgot it did that.

Clancy: And do you! Take him to be your lawfully wedded husband?

The ninja: (banging on the wedding halls doors)

Nya: uhhhhhhh ill think about it…? 😀

Shiiiiit. Nadakhans got all the wishes ☹️

Nadakhan (talking to an unconscious Nya): I finally have you all to myself…

Dont like that. Dont like that one bit.

WHY DOES LLOYDS VOICE ACTOR KEEP SLIPPING INTO A BRITISH ACCENT

BCJSNFJDNSJFNDN

Jumping on sky explosives to get to the ship/venom is very anxiety inducing

I cant get over the fact that Lloyds super old now

I KNEW IT I KNEWITIKNEWITIKNEWIT

Delara FUCKING possesses Nya

the ninja: what are we gonna do…

Jay: MMMMMM

Zane: (trying to take the gag off Jays mouth)

Kai: If only someone could tell us… so I can get my sister back 😢

Jay: AAAA. WE HAVE THE POISON. that rlly hurt…

Jay: You can still shoot, flintlocke!! Nadakhan didn’t have the power, WE did.

You know, I never really understood this part.

Like woooow the magic of believing in yourself ✨🤩

But how tf does that fight against actual magic?!?!?!?!?

Delara: You are all I’ve ever wanted…

Nadakhan: Thats all I’ve ever wanted to hear- (looks at the window) MY SHIP??!?!?

Jay: (crashes and obliterates Nadakhans ship AND temple)

God. Delara is such a BITCH.

Its so weird that Nadakhans wishes are physical and projectile now. Like he cant just wish it to happen, if its harmful he has to actually aim and hit his targets.

Nadakhan: I will squash you like bUuUuGsssssss

Why did he say it like that 😭

ZANE

NO

YOU CANT JUST KILL HIM LIKE THAT

THAT WAS SO ANTI CLIMATIC

ZANE DESERVES BETTER THAN THAT

TO JUST BE TURNED INTO GOLD IS LIKE?????

WTF?????

KAI!!!!

COLE?!?!?

COULDNT COLE HAVE JUST GHOST PHASED THROUGH THE SPELL?????

Jay: Sorry Nya! I have to do this! (Fucking THROWS her)

LLOOOYD

theyre all just dead.

God this is traumatizing

Ok I knew the poison would weaken Nadakhan but I didn’t know it would EXPELL his power. I freaked out over the ninja dying for nothing!

Nya…

God I hate this part

Zane: The spider widow venom weakens him, but is fatal to her.

YES THANK YOU ZANE I CAN SEE THAT 😀

Nya: I never wanted to be a part of your boys club anyway…

Maam those are NOT your last words.

Jay watched her die…

Actually wait no. This is Kais SISTER. Why dont we ever explore that grief with him when something tragic happens with Nya????

Not the single tear drop.

This is what im talking about when I say Jay thinks outside the box.

Hes an INVENTOR

even when hes ridden with grief, when it seems like theres only two options. Stopping Nadakhan or saving Nya. He still invents a new way. A different option.

Love that about him.

I cant with the flashbacks.

This is it.

The rooftop.

The kiss.

Where it all starts.

And where it ends.

Ya know, bc, Jaya starts here, and the whole love triangle and weird Jay and Nya dancing around each other things stop… you get it.

Ik it seems like only Jay and Nya remember everything but the way Cole and Lloyd paused on their words, and felt a sense of deja vu makes me think that the other ninja at least remember bits of information.

Nya taking the initiative in the kiss is so in character I love it

Nya: I remember everything!

Jay: But how?!

Nya: Who cares!!!!

I care.

Id like to know how.

Ill take the power of love as an answer tho

Lloyd: im getting the weirdest sense of deja vu…

SEE

[littlelegoman]

HARUMI HAURMI AHHHHH

The... the cryslized thing... the Crystal King looks like... looks like... the overlord.

OH MY GOD IT IS THE OVERLORD

Harumi has such a pretty voice.

"It's hard to tell with you sometimes!" Autsim at its finest /j

Half joking.

Lloyd truly loving Harumi is actually... ah.

RUMI AWW

No no I don't ship. I don't think I Do. But it's kinda....

Kinda on the cops and harumi's side. Still love the ninja.

"Old timer" is litterlly the equivalent of Jesus.

JAY PLEASE-

Jay knowing about like vehicles and stuff bc he grew up.in a junk yard building trains

And he's steal my least favorite ninja

I believe harumi and llyod are both like 16-18. Which is very clear. It's very clear they're young jn the way they talk and it's clear Harumi is being influenced by the Overlord.

""Part oni" like 1/4 oni Jesus.

First ninja master is half fdragon/oni.

Garmadon and wu would be.... 1/3 dragon, 1/3 human, 1/3 oni. Their mother is human right? Where did she come from? They have a mother don't they?

Llyod would be 1/4 dragon, 2/4 human, 1/4 oni.

He's part oni, alright. A small part.

oHHH WHATS IT LIKE TO KIN HARUMI AND LLYOD AT THE SAME TIME

GIRL BOSS OMG

Cole's voice is so strange to me. I miss Kirby morrow. It was quite nice while he was around. Evil llyod my beloved

I can't tell if that's his genuine oni powers or the Crystal King.

Ou right I just remembered bootleg garmadon that's technically still garamdon called Harumj "duaghter" and now I feel icky again.

I think the only one who could truly beat Wu I'd Aspheera. Bc they're both so old and talented. They have the connection.

MINI MINI PIXALS

I AGREE THEURE ADORANLE

MINI PIX MY BELOVED. NO NO MINI PIX WAIT FOR NYA

IS THAT A BATH TUB LMAK

Mini pix can replace nya I wasn't too arrachted anyways

The chicken thank God it's safe

Harumi ranting about the great deavoror

Pythor: 😬

Harimi sounds a lot like Yae Miki, thinking about it

Thought he was gonna go "harumi has served me well but it's time to get rid of her" and he didn't and that's surprising.

OH MY GOD JE TOO HER DOWN TOO

This could be solved easily with fire arms

Oh God Crystal zombie

Vinny my beloved. HLLY SHIT WAIT

"I've got this house guess and he keeps me up all night talking"

Is.

Is that who I think it is?

IS GARAMDON CRASHING AT VINNY'S?? LMAO

OB MY GOD WU YOJ KNEW HE WOULD RETURN GOD DAMNIT THIE WOULD HAVE BEEN NICE TO KNOW

If the mysterious sender isn't Harumi I'm gonna be furious

VINNY FOLSON LIVES IN-

He's been sending then or... his house guest

YES YES ITS GARAMDON

Also he's more docile.

He's like a house wife lmao.

Vinny of NGTV NEWS THE WISEST MAN HAHA

I TELL YOU VINNIE is the man

he has come along way.

HA VINNY REALLY WAS LIKE : I CAN FIX HIM

Garmadon dancing with the plant.

"Harumi?" The sound of care. /pos

"She was like a daughter to me." Stop SAYING THAT GOD YOURR REAL SOM IS RIGHT THERE AND HE STILL HAS ROMANTIC FEELINGS FOR HER

CHRISTOFERN NO HIS OWN SON CHRISTOFERN OH MY GOD THATS SUCH AN AUTISTITX THING TO DO Getting emotionally attached to something.

Oh fuck off he's 1/4 oni it's not like- I'm like 1/8th German and you don't see me learning German

Also when did his oni form have wings.

Jay here to save his bf

I give up. Fine, he's oni. 1/2 oni I guess.

If we find his ex girlfriend and or partly adoptive sister then we can get things done

Oh God not Misako.

OH YES THE NEW NINJA

I KPVE THEIR COLORS that's the only reason

Lloyd bout to enter his yandere simulator snap mode

Mini pix <3 <3 <3

Sorry the autistic kicked in long time ago and the giddy feeling is here

I want to see more of garmadon and Vinnie interact bc I'd like to belive he cares just as much for Vinnie as he did for christofern

Ronin has a soft spot for the ninja imo.

CHRISTOFERN

HE LIVES

HE LIVES

NO NO CHRISTOFERN NOT AGAIN GOD DAMNIT I JUST IVE GOT EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT TO THE FERN PLEASE IM BEGGING YOU

stim

Kai and Cole bickering

Nya is not the only one on the ship Jay.

I'm on episode e11, good, I was worried it would end

The paper boys

"I FISJED OUT TJE LAST ONE IFS YOUR TURN"

Antonia please

Actually what who was the first one to fall again?

Jay and Nya is not a ship I ever expected to like but it's greater

Just cut of her legs and take her torso

YES YES WATER POWERS

"I am not about to lead a group of children in to a battle" you litterallg have though.

BENTHOMAAR MY BELOVED

Sorry did you say return if the ice emporer-

Quanash? Dude lktterally who?

Oh God the final battle happened ten years ago give me a break

OH OH GOD ZANE

Dude how did you escape.prison did they just let everyone go

FUGI DOVE I TELL YOU HE'S GOTTA BE UKTRA POWERFUL HE-

Fugi-dove <3

HAHA BORG

boy oh boy aren't I an avid lavashipper

I'm so glad skylor isn't a y/n.

Jake is like Kai's sun

Christofern....

I'd be mad too Skylar.

Princess Vania

Vinny my comfort Character

Raver seven aka blazey h. Speed.

Zane dies like seven hundred times I'm over it atp.

"for beings such as you or i"

SOBBING FR

MINI PIX I LOVE YOU IF MINI PIX DIES I DIE

It has been two hours I want this to end so I can dream about my ninjago series

Nya and Jay need to get married after this, it's like the 100th war they've had

NO THE CHICKEN

NKF THE CHICKEN

I am invested.

Harumi truly wants it to end. But logically, it won't. Time and time again evil came back. Perhaps all that's left is join evil.

THE SHINRARIANS YESSS

Theerplopiqns

"For king benthomaar of the endless sea!

MINNI PIX K LOVE YKU

Yes Stacy or whatever her name was our bisexual icon

THE LGBT UKE LMAK

Does ninjago end here bc this would a good end and I'm not sure how much more they can vo kn. Also this is op lol

I want Mister E or... F to be reviled as Echo Zane, or what's left of him.

Oh my God it all comes back

It all-

harumi slay slay them

He was always oni, it was like... triggered with the bite. LIKE my mother's disease after I was born

Again. Everyone coming together would be a good finale but I've heard people say this isn't the end?

This show would be better with swearing

I'm sorry it's the little details of the LGBT rep that get me.

KILL THEM WITH PRIDE YEAH

HOW TO I HIT THE RESER BUTTON

Garm... garmakdn?

NO.NO NO NO NO HES NOF DEAD IS HE?

Holy shit oni llyd. Does this mean there's a dragon lloyd too?

The last time we untied the weapons garmadon turned back time so....

OH WHAT FU THE WEAPONS ARE THE FSM

NO THE NINJA

Oh heh look a dragon

Oh he is alive

"YOU WERE FAKING'

he's talking to a plant

To be fair the whole... uh... what where they called? Whatever the uh tales things showed that there is a story after. That the ninja were like turned ti gold Stone.

Nothing like the end if the world to bring ervhone together

Christofern my beloved

[dragonakina]

akina Q&A!! and her story (atari included at the end) NEW UPDATE GUYS PLEASE TAKE A LOOKE AT THE INFO OF AKINA UNDER HER PICTURE

btw i can draw just about any species you ask for! ill also be doing a q&a for my main oc akina! just to sum it up so yall can think of questions she is in the ninjago universe she is one of the first spinjitsu masters greatest creations her mother is the dragon queen and her father is the oni king she has a two sided personality but she is known as "realm protector" she is as old as garmadon and wu and is like family to the ninja are like best friends and great each other with a punch in the arm! akina has had her bumps in the road when she first came to ninjago when it was young she took over it and ruled it but stepped down after a while feeling sad and feeling it wasnt the destiny she thought she wanted years went by and she met the ninja and that is how he friendship with them began akina's mother never liked her b/c her oni side was more dominant but her father has always been there for her they fight a lot normally just settle opinions fighting is an oni's way to settle things or arguments and i mean fist fighting in witch normally ended up with injuries akina had always wanted a child but she never got into a relation ship that worked out so since she has the power of creation just like the first spinjitsu master she used that ability to created solar star her daughter. akina moved bk to the first realm and became the ruler/queen taking control from her parents! before akina lived with the ninja for a long time. In that time akina and lloyd became close friends they would great eachother by punching one another in the arm. after a while akina began to get bored with just sitting around all day in meetings so she began to explore the universe and thats how she found the rise of tmnt she wondered into the realm she walked for a while and was greeted by the turtles attacking her thinking she was evil she kicked their butts and asked them why they did that after they talked they took her to the liar and she then met atari donnie's girlfriend! after that day akina went there often when she wasnt busy bk in her realm she became close to the turtles like she did with the ninja she was especially fond of leo and he seemed fond of her too she would often hang out with leo, watch tv with mikey,explore with raph or work on inventions with donnie and have gal time with atari! after a while her and leo began to go on dates together leo fell head over heals for akina and akina fell for him but they arent dating yet but they are thinking about it akina loved being int the turtles world.

akina basic information name: akina age: ??? sex: female statues: single but likes someone likes: training: she likes to train to stay strong and always in shape and up to date! rain: she loves water and rain it makes her feel happy french fries:she loves french fries its her fav snack fighting: she likes to fight she loves a good competition!! dancing: she likes to dance she even dance fights(dance fighting) she also uses dancing as a good distraction sunflowers: she loves sunflowers they give her good thoughts and reminds her of summer summer: she loves summer all the flowers,rain,sunlight everything's in bloom.

dislikes: rain,worms,barny the dinosaur,your face,makeup,dresses,getting stared at,cloths,shoes atari art (not mine) atari is a complete mystery ask questions all i will say atari wasnt always a mutant she used to be human but was mutated and after a while started working at an underground hidden mutants bar/cafe she met donnie while she was working one day. time skip when leo was alone training he asked atari to train with him she refused and he said "its ok if your not a good fighter" so she trained with him and whooped his butt but had a bit of trouble after getting a bloody nose after seeing her fight the had her join the team.

[scalproie]

ALRIGHT HYPOTHESIS TIME

(aka I need a refresher on the 3d games of the og timeline)

What I found so far (still to take it all with a grain of salt, you know how it is with leaks, plus this is basically sourceless so, yknow.):

^ leaked dvd cover art & title

^ leaked description of the plot

("Everything is at stake and never have the consequences been so grave!" Bro there was a mass cosmic destruction happening at the end of the last movie)

^ leaked cast audition list (OLD leak, from 2021, pre-botr release)

First off, safe to say this is a WILD departure from both the og timeline and the current timeline, obviously there has been a timeskip, but just how much time has passed? We can make two hypothesis based on Kuai: baby boy has grown and is still rocking the beard, but Kuai has been on record to skip his 30s, 40s and 50s in the og timeline because of the dragon medallion when he became Lin Kuei Grandmaster, so either he pulled a Metal Gear Solid 4 Solid Snake and gained a couple of decades in a few years, OR time has just passed naturally and the entire old cast would be quite old... but in that case how the fuck is Kano still kicking enough to try and take over the world? My theories are 1) Aussie boys make do, even at whatever age he is (keep in mind that Kuai is probably one of the youngest character of the og cast, so Kano would be older than him), 2) Kano died in revenge but was brought back, 3) Kano regained his youth somehow OR 4) its a mistake and it's not Kano but Shang Tsung that does these things (maybe disguised as Kano or as himself and the leak might just be wrong)

So now Im gonna do a character breakdown:

BASICALLY CONFIRMED:

NEWCOMERS:

Kenshi: basically the implied protagonist of this one, tho if the timeskip is real and Kuai isnt an outlier, he is MUCH younger than hes supposed to be, maybe even his own son's age from the games or even younger. His backstory with Shang Tsung and Sento might fully be intact considering Shang is on the cover AND Kenshi is already blind. From the plot description, he might have a standard "stepping up as the new hero" or smth heroic arc, almost feels like he took a page from Takeda.

Kobra: honest to god dont know, black dragon member but Im not expecting him to be super interesting, might just be a jobber like Reiko was in botr.

Kira: same goes for her, black dragon member as well but Im also expecting her to be here for some cool fights

Tremor: his ground/rock powers are definitely gonna make for some cool fights Im sure, as for the rest of the black dragons, idk what sort of arc hes gonna have, even tho I do think hes more interesting than the other two. If Johnny makes it in this movie somehow (or if hes just referenced), that would make for a fun interaction, considering Tremor is one of the only one who enjoys his movies.

Kabal: whatever goes for Kabal, he can be a good guy from the get-to, he can he a bad guy the entire time, he can have a heel-face turn during the movie, he can have a revolving door arc depending on who the winning side is. The fact that he's listed as a "ninja" above and not as a black dragon member is kinda eyebrow-raising tho... MAYBE he already defected or thats just a "vibe" description but... mmmh

RETURNING:

Kuai Liang: with what little we have so far, you really cant tell how his arc for this movie could go: did he rebuilt the Lin Kuei and became Grandmaster or did he not? It's the oldest we've ever seen him but is his age natural or medallion-induced? His main arc aka "revenge for big bro" was """TECHNICALLY""" over in botr, and judging by his advanced age implied in everything above: we skipped his second "reform the Lin Kuei" arc, meaning we dont know if he did or not. With what we have anyway, especially that line in the description, we can assume he's going thru a bit of a late midlife-crisis. So either his arc will be "the champion coming back for one last hurrah" or he will fully take on a mentor role to inspire Kenshi. Plus him having a link/alliance with Kenshi does fit their og timeline incarnations, but not wiyh such a large age gap. Anything goes, but I wouldnt be surprised if they killed him in that movie just like they did Raiden in botr. My question is: will they fully commit and give Kuai an entirely pacifist role, OR will they give him a fight, because come on, he's Sub Zero.

Kano: HONESTLY dont know what to make of it. I thought he died in revenge but he mightve not had? Or maybe he did and was brought back? Again, it all depends on how many years the timeskip is worth. Also the more I read the description, the more it doesnt sound like Kano... but also the black dragons seem heavily involved in the plot and he IS the black dragon so... yeah idk, will have to wait and see. What surprises me is that Kenshi has more beef with the red dragons, but I see why they would bring a known character back than introduce a new one.

Shang Tsung: hes on the cover art in his YOUNG form and he has history with Kenshi. So my guess is that, with Shao absent or dead, he used Kenshi to get the souls of the well of souls and get his young body back, I think he might have an important role in this movie. Plus, Shang means he may bring along with him Ermac and Mileena as he made them both (Ermac because hes relevant in Kenshi's story, and we may finally see that one concept art of Mileena that went nowhere in action). I would put my money on him being the main big bad of the movie with "Kano" being a misdirection. Idk. Like. "Take over earthrealm soul by soul". Come on.

*MAKES IDK SOUNDS*:

MIGHT COME BACK:

Sonya: If Kano is a big deal in the movie, it would be WEIRD not to bring Sonya as well... but also, outside of like, implied history, she doesnt seems to actually HAVE a lot of history with Kano, no mention of him killing her partner, and she was mostly focused on saving Jax in Scorpion's Revenge, they fought for 20 seconds, and he "died". Plus (again with that damn timeskip) IF the timeskip is natural, shes either dead or. pretty old. In any case, her arc has been done so idk what would they make her do. I would except a quick nod or a cameo for her.

Johnny: same as Sonya, his arc has also been "completed" and his character relied a lot on her in these movies, so I have no idea what he would bring to the table. Im also expecting a quick nod or cameo, but it wouldnt surprise me if he doesnt come back

Jax: the special forces form a whole, and if neither Sonya nor Johnny have smth to contribuate due to either age or other factors and dont return, sadly I see Jax as unlikely to return too. THO IF the black dragon are one of the main focus, there could be some references to Mortal Kombat: Special Forces (WHICH WOULD BE SOOO HYSTERICAL)

Liu Kang: so if "Kuai Liang is the only one strong enough to take on Kano", where the hell is the Chosen One? Idk if "the winner of the tournament doesnt age" is still a thing, but youd think the twice hero who saved the world would be the first choice to stop someone threatening earthrealm. Either he was unavailable (like. He died. But come on), or my guesses are: he stayed with Kitana in Outworld/Edenia, or he took Raiden's place in the order of light's temple.

Kitana: this seems like an earthrealmer-issue so far so I dont see any edenian/outworlders being heavily involved in the plot, which mean, sadly, I wouldntbbe surprised if Kitana didnt returned other than again, cameo or quick nod. Plus she speeran her character arc in the last two movies so.

Raiden: so obviously Raiden lived at the end of botr but will they actually go somewhere with that? They could go the dark raiden arc... somehow, or they could go the "the world is safe so I will leave earthrealm's fate to the mortals" road, or he might straight up not show up.

Scorpion: babygirl has been done with his arc all on his own in the first movie, in the second movie he was here for Kuai Liang, and so far he seems absent from the third movie. Also, same problem as Liu Kang, if 60-70 Kuai Liang is the only one who can save the world, where the hell is Hanzo, who is still a wraith which doesnt age? Maybe they had a "Lets agree to never see each other again" with Kuai, or maybe he "disappeared into legend", or he went back to the netherrealm, or again, with such little information, anything goes. It would be REALLY WEIRD for the poster boy himself to NOT feature in a mortal kombat movie, but his arcs have been twice done over, so it would sadden me not to see him but it wouldnt surprise me too much if Scorpion was absent from the third movie or just having, again, a cameo/quick nod.

Bi-han: Im not betting a lot of money on it, and Quan Chi is dead, but Shang can fill the role of necromancer, or Bi-han can just come back from the dead with sheer force of will like Hanzo did. He would only come back because he was kinda wasted in Revenge, and Sub Zero Brothers Drama is always engaging to watch, but theres nothing so far that would imply his return.

YEAH I DONT SEE THEM COMING BACK:

Kung Lao: dead. Unless as revenant, somehow

Stryker: dead. Unless as revenant, somehow

Jade: sadly, if Kitana is not involved, Jade has even less chances to be able to

Shao Kahn: yeah I know "his body's gone" but I think itd be a bad call to bring him back as the main big bad again

Most Outworlders: Kintaro, D'vorah, Reiko, Li Mei and so on: they dont seem to have ANY stakes in what we know of the plot so far so I highly doubt it

Quan Chi: dead. And it would be such a fuck you in the previous movies' face if they brought him back, same goes for Shinnok

You can include the cyber Lin Kuei here as well tho I would expect them to be mentionned

... or I'm just dead wrong about all of this. time will tell. Time Will Tell.