#good lord garmadon

[akariarda]

Father's love

Llod has just received his golden powers and is pushing himself by training. Sensie Garmadon tries to help him, but Lloyd don't really like it first. Fulff and angst.

"Just a little bit more, and I got it."Lloyd grunted as he tried to perform a backflip trick.

It had only been a few weeks since he obtained his golden powers, and he still hadn't moved from square one.

"I have to…" he groaned as he struggled to achieve something. "I have to…" His voice grew weaker with exhaustion.

"No, you don't have to," Sensei Garmadon said as he approached him. "Not today. Not tomorrow. Not next week..."

"I don't understand!" Exhausted, Lloyd shouted angrily. "You talk about how I've barely scratched the surface, yet you keep preventing me from training!"

"Calm down, son," Sensei Garmadon gently placed a hand on his shoulder. "I'm not against you training, just…"

"But you are!" Lloyd shrugged off his hand and walked away.

"Come back here and talk to me like this," Sensei Garmadon almost yelled as Lloyd walked away.

"Where have you been when we needed to talk? And what nonsense is this about fighting without fighting?!"

Lloyd impulsively shouted and immediately regretted it when he saw the expression on his father's face.

"I…" Sensei Garmadon was angry and hurt. He wanted to yell at Lloyd, but he knew he was to blame for everything.

"I'm sorry," Lloyd told him and approached him. "I didn't mean it."

"Are you sure?" Sensei Garmadon raised an eyebrow skeptically.

"Absolutely," Lloyd assured him and hugged him. "I'm just really tired…" he whispered as he pressed his head against his chest.

"You're burning up!" Sensei Garmadon exclaimed, stepping back from Lloyd to look him in the eyes.

"Are you okay?"

"I'm just a little exhausted…" Lloyd mumbled, but Sensei Garmadon didn't take it seriously.

"We're going home right away, okay?"

"Okay," Lloyd mumbled softly. They somehow managed to make it home with several stumbles.

"I'll make you some tea," Sensei Garmadon said when they arrived. "And now you have to go to bed."

"I don't want to…" Lloyd protested, but Sensei Garmadon gave him a stern look.

"Don't mess with your health, Lloyd. Listen to your father. I know what it's like to push yourself too hard."

"We're not the same," Lloyd huffed as he walked to the bed. "You and I are not the same."

Sensei Garmadon bit his lip, preventing the urge to yell at Lloyd.

He pretended not to hear him; his heart couldn't bear it.

"I brought you some tea," he said when he entered Lloyd's room and saw him pacing around.

"Lloyd…" He sat down gently next to him and moved the covers off his head.

"I've had better days," Lloyd muttered quietly.

"I know," Sensei Garmadon soothed him as he brushed strands of hair away from his face.

"You just need to rest."

"I'm sorry for everything…" Lloyd started, but Garmadon silenced him.

"Let's not talk about it now."

"You don't blame me for anything?"

"Never," Sensei Garmadon told him and kissed his forehead. "Now drink your tea and get some sleep. You'll see, you'll feel better..."

"But it hurts…" Lloyd complained.

"You pushed yourself too hard," Sensei Garmadon said.

"That's normal when you train too much." Garmadon gently covered him with blankets.

"Now sleep."

When he returned after some time, Lloyd was already burning with fever.

"Lloyd, can you hear me?" he asked as he pressed cool compresses to his forehead to help him cool down.

"Lloyd..." He leaned his head close to his mouth, but couldn't make out anything from his mumbling.

"Hang in there, son…" he spoke softly as he continued to place cold compresses on his body to help him recover quickly.

He stayed with him for hours, checking his condition, which thankfully improved.

"Dad?" Lloyd asked when he woke up.

"How do you feel?" Garmadon rubbed his back.

"Sweaty," Lloyd replied weakly. "But much better."

"It's good that you're sweating," Garmadon reassured him. "You had a fever, and it all needs to come out."

"I know," Lloyd stretched. "I've been thunkimg about everything..."

"It doesn't matter," Sensei Garmadon shook his head. "You weren't well, and we really need to work on our relationship. You weren't lying."

"I want you to know that I love you, no matter what..." Lloyd looked at him.

"And I love you too." Sensei Garmadon hugged him.

"From now until the end of the world, I will protect you. Even if I ever die and come back to life, I will still protect you."

it fells so good to post something again.

[jays-supersonic-dynamo]

some survivalshipping wrow

[benjimatorarts]

No... He would not be happy with chen...

You would correct that a lot of things would not happen if Garmadon left the overlord on the island but I bet the overlord would get his way one way or another. As for the twin-time brothers, perhaps they could fight off Acronix but Krux was already scheming a plan for years. Something might come up.

The Sons of Garmadon cult would probably still form following Garmadon around in secret.

[ninjas-and-coffee]

For the record Lloyd was meant to be the green ninja, he had a vision of the prophecy and couldn't bring himself to kill his father. Instead of going to the monastery of spinjitzu he waited until he could stomach what needed to be done. By the time he was ready, destiny chose another...a girl found in the wreckage of the Great Devorurer attack.

[greenhoodiegremlin-blog]

every once in a while i’ll think of these panels.

it hurts.

[woffles-4-waffles]

I GIVE THY LORD GARMADON, KING OF THE UNDERWORLD

[ninjautistic]

I was reading the garmadon comic and found this

Do you see it.. do you see what I see.. DO YOU SEE THE RESEMBLANCE..

[ronnabyte]

garmadon devouring his son ,HAPYP BIRTHDAY @dynamo-roll3r!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[garmadons-e-kitten]

SOME ONE PLSSS! I I TRIED AND FAILED, BUT PLEASE DRAW THIS AS GARMADON AND YOUND LLOYD. YOU KNOW WHAT IM TALKING ABOUT.

[j4zzyh4nds]

I finished season 9 a few weeks ago, but I am still absolutely hysterical over the fact that ‘Lord’ Garmadon, who is basically just a walking talking evil corpse, is apparently petty enough when it comes to his kid to outlaw the color GREEN

[akariarda]

Sensei Garmadon's birthday

"Tomorrow is Dad's birthday," Lloyd said to Misako.

"I know. I've been thinking for a long time about what to get him, but I just can't think of  anything."Misako answered.

"I was thinking of throwing him a surprise party." Lloyd said.

"Just something small; you know he's not a fan of celebrations and surprises."

"I know, Mom. But it would be just me, you, Uncle Wu, and the team."

"Okay, should I make the cake or do you want to?"

"Kai, Zane, Cole, Jay, Nya,  and I were thinking of making it. Can you take him somewhere as a gift? You don't have much time for yourselves because of work and training. And it would give us time to prepare everything."

"I like the idea!" Misako said.

"Do you think he'll suspect anything?"Lloyd asked.

"No, he won't." Misako smiled. "He wouldn't even remember if we didn't remind him." They both laughed.

GARMADON'S BIRTHDAY:

"Garm."Misako gently shook Garmadon to wake him up. "Come on, dear, wake up."

"What's going on?It's not even dawn," Garmadon mumbled.

"I wanted to take you somewhere," she said, rubbing his neck gently.

He smiled sincerely. ""You know I would love to, but the training..."

"I arranged with Wu that today only he teaches." He smiled at her.

"Well, you're a real genius," he said, kissing her forehead. "Only now will the ninjas be deprived of a good lesson." She nudged him playfully.

"I have no doubt." She kissed his cheek, and then they went to get ready.

~~~~~~~~~

"So, what kind of cake are we going to make for him?" Cole asked the other ninjas gathered in the kitchen.

"I don't know, what kind of cakes does he like?" Nya asked.

"Well, I don't really know; you know him, the whole thing with the diet pill that doesn't work, so watching calories." Lloyd said.

"So, he won't eat cake?" Kai asked.

"If he won't, I will!" Cole interjected.

"He will." Lloyd said "Whenever mom makes some cakes, she criticizes the calories. And then later she eats half of the pan, and guess what his  apology is?"

"Hmm, so Misako doesn't get angry?" Jay asked.

"Yeah," Lloyd said, and he started laughing.

"So what about making a diet cake?" Kai asked.

"No! That can't exist!" Jay yelled.

"A cake is a cake,!"Cole said.

"I found a recipe for a diet cake. It looks like it actually exists," Zane said.

"I don't think that's the best idea." Nya added.

"I totally agree." Lloyd said.

"fruitcake?" Kai  suggested.

"Yes,that sounds good." Lloyd says.

"Let's get to work then; I found the recipe!" Zan said, and everyone started pushing each others.and working.

~~~~~~

"Where were you planning to go?" Garmadon asked Misako as he rubbed her back with his hand as they walked.

"You'll see." Misako opened her eyes and took his hand. "We're close."

They walked for a while until they reached a small street in the suburbs of the city.

They passed it and came out on a beautiful beach.

"Wow," Garmadon said as they exited the street onto a deserted pier. "It's really beautiful here."

"It's really special," Misako said, resting her head on his shoulder.

"I wouldn't want to be anywhere else or with anyone else. It's really special."

"I agree," Misako said. "It's really special. Special places for special occasions."

"S-special occasion?" Garmadon's face suddenly became serious.

"Did you forget?" Misako said, trying to keep a stern expression while suppressing a laugh.

"It's not our anniversary, is it?"

Misako shook her head.

"It's not your, Lloyd's, or Wu's birthday... I know! Valentine's Day?"

"Valentine's Day is in six months. "

"One of the Ninja's birthday?" Garmadon started to panic.

"You got the birthday wrong." Misako said, unable to hold back her laughter. "Yours," she said after the laughter subsided.

"Happy birthday, dear!" She said that and kissed him on the cheek.

"How could I forget..." Garmadon said. "And you scared me so much..." He said that and started tickling her.

"GARMADON!" Misako yelled as she uncontrollably giggled while he tickled her and planted ticklish kisses on her neck.

"STOP! We're not  kids!"

"I would take you seriously if you didn't say that with while laughting." Garmadon said, enjoying himself as he playfully tortured her.

"I'll throw you in the water!" Misako jokingly said when she wriggled out of his grasp.

"You can't, love; it's my birthday today, remember," he said confidently, teasing her.

"You're right," she said, pressing a kiss on his lips. "Then I'll kill you tomorrow."

"I have no doubt," Garmadon said, pulling her into his lap. "No doubt, my love." He gave her another kiss on the mouth and stroked her in his arms.

~~~~~~

"Okay, guys, we've put the first layer of cake in the oven. Now we need to make the cream, spread it on the cake, and bake the second layer. It's not that difficult," Nya said.

"Not for you," Kai said. "You're a woman, and we all know that women can do anything."

"I agree with that," Lloyd said.

"Our Zane is the exception, though," Jay noticed.

"And where is the cream for the second layer?" Zane said, changing the subject.

"What second layer?" Cole asked, licking the last remnants of something from the bowl.

"This is second layer!" Kai exclaimed.

"I thought they were leftovera!" Cole defended himself.

"Cole!" Jay and Lloyd shouted.

"You know you'll have a stomachache and probably feel nauseous after eating so much of that." Nya noticed.

"It contains raw flour and eggs, which are really bad for the stomach," Zane added.

"I don't feel anything." Cole said.

"Just wait." Lloyd sadly said, "My mom told me I did something similar when I was little. At first, I felt nothing, but later I had serious cramps."

"Ouch!" Cole exclaimed.

"But guys, what are we going to do with the cake?" Kai asked.

"Obviously, we don't have a second layer." Nya said. "We'll just have to add more cream and whipped cream for decoration."

"What if we try making the cake again?" Kai suggested.

"We won't have time," Lloyd sadly said, shaking his head. "I told my mom to come back at noon."

"Great," Jay said gloomily.

"Wait!" Cole said. "Who's watching the cake?"

"Oh no!" Everyone shouted and ran to the oven.

"It's okay," Kai sighed. "It didn't burn."

"It's right on the edge of burning," Lloyd said.

"I'll add the cream, and you, Zane, make the whipped cream for decoration," Nya said.

"Here," she said when she and Zane finished the cake. "It's not the best, but it's something."

The cake looked good, despite being tilted to the right.

"There's still whipped cream left," Cole said excitedly.

"You know what that means?" Jay exclaimed happily.

"No," Kai said.

"FOOD FIGHT!" Jay grabbed and threw a handful of whipped cream at Kai, who looked confused. He quickly retaliated. Soon, it turned into a big food fight.

"KHM!" A voice said something at the entrance of the kitchen, and everyone turned around. Sensei Garmadon stood at the door.

"You have five seconds to explain this," he said, looking at the kitchen, which was now covered in remnants of whipped cream and cream.

~~~~~

"Happy birthday!" All the ninjas shouted in unison, not knowing how to get out of this situation.

"We made you cake, dad," Lloyd said, and he brought him the cake.

"Thank you," Sensei Garmadon cautiously said, skeptically looking at the cake.

"It's not the best, but we tried." Jay noticed.

"I know," Garmadon smiled. "Thank you. It means a lot to me."

"Happy birthday, brother," Sensei Wu came and hugged Garmadon. "I assume you didn't come up with this yourself but that they or Misako reminded you."

"You assume correctly," Garmadon smiled.

"And now, the cake." Cole happily said

"Wait," Misako said, and she brought a candle. "I thought you should blow this." She put a question-mark-shaped candle on the cake.

"Very funny, Misako," Garmadon said.

"We thought about buying a hat too, but we didn't have time," Kai sarcastically said, and everyone started laughing, even Garmadon.

"And now let's finally eat the cake," Cole said, taking a step towards them.

"Ugh!" He was hit by a sudden cramp and fell over the whipped cream on the floor, hitting his head on the cake and scattering it all over.

"COLE!" Everyone yelled.

"I'm sorry!" He quickly said "I think I need to go to the bathroom." He said that and ran off.

"And now what?" Zane asked.

"Now you guys clean up all this." Garmadon said pointimg into the mess they made.

"And then we go to the evening training." Wu added. Everyone grumbled, but no one said anything.

~~~~~~~~~

"How is Cole?" Sensei Garmadon asked his son when he returned from evening training.

"Not good. He's been on the toilet the whole time." Lloyd replied.

"What happened to him?" Garmadon asked.

"He ate a whole bowl of raw cake batter."

"Ouch! And you did that once too," Garmadon said, smiling.

"I know; mom told me," Lloyd added.

"Yes, the three of us made some cake; she left for a second, and I turned to do something else. When she came back, she found you eating the whole batter. She went crazy on me."

"I wouldn't want to be in your shoes," Lloyd said, and they both laughed.

"Well, I'm sorry I didn't get to taste your cake," Garmadon said.

"Me too," Lloyd said. "Although maybe it's a good thing since we didn't heat the cream like we were supposed to because of some ingredients..." Garmadon laughed.

"You guys are truly masters."

"I know. Happy birthday again, dad," Lloyd said, hugging Garmadon.

"Thank you, son. And now let's not be late for the evening games."

~~~~~~~~~

The evening's games went well, with only a minor argument. Garmadon was happy to be surrounded by the people he loved.

~~~~~~~

"And how was your day?" Misako asked Garmadon as they both sat on the bed.

"Great." He said and grabbed her waist. "You know what can make it even better?" He asked her.

"What?" She aske challenging.

"You." He said and pulled her on top of him as he connected their lips

[get-acronixed-meme]

MEME HOUR: Dragons rising s2 pt. 3

💀 Spoiler alert 💀

[freshlybakedfandoms]

lego ninjago really had it all. father vs son villain vs hero dynamic. serpentine suggests getting rid of lloyd and garmadon throws him over the side of the ship. garmadon also needs to defeat lloyd but you can't touch his son. brother vs brother fighting. an entire episode about class struggles bc the ninja do not get paid to be ninja and have to live in a shitty one room apartment. silly magic and lore about elemental powers. lloyd having to both literally and metaphorically grow up too quickly. zane and nya's identity issues. nya finding her own identity in a group of ninjas and having her own thing outside of her brother. kai and nya reconnecting with their parents through their powers. cole having to be a literal ghost and deal with the fact that he's dead. a silly old man that drinks tea and walks around on his pupil's shoulder. campy action. dragons. what more do you want from a series

[dandelion-blues]

Ninjago One-shot

An Adult? (not really)

Now also on Ao3

Lloyd Garmadon didn’t notice at first that he wasn’t really aging. He didn’t really think much about it at first. After all, he was already so much older when the Tomorrow's Tea aged him up. Except his voice hardly even deepened. Then, 8 years later, when Lloyd was chronologically 16 but supposed to be in his twenties physically, his voice finally deepened, as evident by the ninja’s teasing.

Zane predicted that perhaps Tomorrow's tea worked differently on him and that perhaps Lloyd’s age was now aligned. After all, Zane is a nindroid and isn’t supposed to age like humans, and yet he did.

Except Lloyd discovered that he wasn’t even fully human. He was a part oni-dragon hybrid. It’s fine. Everything is fine. Lloyd had bigger things to deal with than his weird aging. After all, he had a father villain to defeat.

5 more years passed. The Overlord, or should Lloyd say the Crystal King, is finally defeated. Garmadon isn’t quite as evil anymore and is actually staying around. 

And now that they believe the Overlord is finally never returning, all the venom from the Great Devour that the Overlord orchestrated for Garmadon to have just left his system. 

Now Garmadon is just an oni-brand of evil and has purple eyes. They remind Lloyd a lot of the human version of his father, his dad, but apparently that was a lie too because it’s just shapeshifting since the oni-version is his dad’s natural form. But everything is fine. He got his dad back. Really, he’s just a little rough around the edges, and his memories still aren’t fully back, but it’s a process. Everything is fine.

Anyways. What else? Oh, and all the Ninjas are alive and together.

It’s been a long journey. Cole just had his 30th birthday, and after all the pestering from his fans about dating, he decided to get married to a triple-layer chocolate cake so they would finally back off. Because. He’s. Not. Interested. Honestly, Lloyd can relate. He thought he liked Brad, and then Harumi and Akita when he was younger, but it was actually just wanting to be friends with them (though Harumi long since lost her chance even if she joined their side in the end), and it’s really making him uncomfortable with how many people are asking about his dating life.

Moving on…

Zane and Pixal are running a school open to all types of people and beings to learn about all manner of things.

Kai and Skylar finally got engaged! Lloyd teased his big brother endlessly for that. It took them long enough!

Nya and Jay got married and are happily exploring ninjago for their honeymoon!

Of course all the ninja stay in touch and make sure to meet up at the monastery at least monthly if not more in case another realm ending disaster pops up, but everyone is enjoying the peace while it lasts, but still staying in shape and being vigilant. Not wanting to be caught off guard again.

And well, Lloyd’s the same staying at the monastery for now and trying to avoid the limelight and all his crazy fans. Lloyd’s also trying really hard to reconnect with Garmadon, but part of himself still flinches whenever he gets too close. Remembering cold red eyes, saying he has no son, and slamming him into a wall. His body breaking and blood pooling around him. And everything is cold and dark. And Lloyd feels so alone and scared. He was dying.

Uncle Wu is also staying with Lloyd and Garmadon and really trying to be a good brother, but centuries, if not millennia, of strained relations, and polar personalities and ideals, make it hard for them to bond over, well, anything. 

Though they did finally make a breakthrough recently. Lloyd just wishes he wasn’t at the center of it.

Flashback:

“Son,” Garmadon's deep gravelly voice says behind Lloyd, and Lloyd jumps; swearing, he almost hits his head on the ceiling by how far he jumped.

“Where is your mother?” Garmadon’s purple eyes have an unknown glint in them. The oni looks at Lloyd like his dad used to look at him when starting a serious conversation, and Lloyd swallows.

“Why do you want to know?” Lloyd says, his voice definitely not cracking. It’s been years. Why is his voice still cracking?!

“Well, I wanted her to sign these divorce papers so I could happily pursue a relationship with Vinny.” Garmadon says and pulls out divorce papers like it’s just a random Tuesday.

“What?!” Lloyd shrieks. And he expects Garmadon to say he’s joking. Divorce?! And who’s Vinny?!

Instead, Garmadon says in a worried tone, his voice sounding so close to the dad that Lloyd misses, “Now son. I’m sure it’s not easy to accept that your parents are getting divorced, especially since you are so young, but your mother and I are mature adults and need to get this done, so we can move on in our lives.”

Lloyd sputters, “I’m in my twenties! I’m not a kid.” It’s been 13 years since Lloyd’s been magically aged up to around 14. And even then, he was 8 before he magically aged up, so he would be in his twenties either way! Sure, he has an extreme baby face, but he is an adult! Even if he doesn't feel like it. And why does Garmadon suddenly care now? He can't try and parent him years too late and expect everything will be fine!

Thus, Lloyd yells at Garmadon before he can answer “Also, I have no idea where Misako is, and honestly I don’t give a damn! I hardly even know her! She left me when I was a baby! And she only came back into my life when I had to fight the Overlord for the first time. Then she just disappeared for years on end till she suddenly pops up with some cryptic message for a day and leaves again! So honestly good on you for getting a divorce! But don’t pretend that I care!” And Lloyd stomps out and slams the door to his room and screams into his pillow.

Eventually, Lloyd fell asleep, but it wasn’t long before a knock interrupted his rest, and he had to face reality again.

“What?” Lloyd answers, his voice muffled by his pillow.

“Lloyd,” Uncle Wu says softly, “Can Garmadon and I come in?”

‘Ugh, please no,’ Lloyd wants to say more than anything, but he relents, and sits up in his bed and tries to comb through his messy blond hair. 

Lloyd finally sighs, “Come in.”

Uncle Wu and Garmadon enter Lloyds room, and they stand opposite him. Lloyd looks at them and waits for them to start speaking, but they just glance worriedly at Lloyd.

Lloyd rolls his eyes, “What do you guys want to talk about?”

Garmadon clears his throat, “Well after you… talked about Misako,” he says her name with venom, and Lloyd has to hide his flinch. Somehow, though, Garmadon seems to notice and breathes in deeply before continuing, “I went to talk to my brother, and neither of us knew about what you told me earlier. We just want to know where exactly you were raised and who raised you since Misako didn’t.”

Lloyd scowls, “Stop talking to me like I’m a child. I’m already in my twenties. I’m an adult for crying out loud! Also, why do you two suddenly care so much? It’s not like it’s hindering my ability to be the green ninja.” 

Garmadon raises an eyebrow in disbelief and looks at his brother in worry.

“Lloyd,” Uncle Wu reaches over to Lloyd, but Lloyd pulls away, and Wu's golden eyes look so sad, “You are still a child, and you will be one for quite some time. And we care about you more than just being the green ninja. You are family, and we are worried about you.”

Lloyd shakes his head in disbelief. Just because Wu’s like a thousand years old doesn't mean that Lloyd deserves to be treated as a kid just because he’s so much younger.

“Besides you haven’t even lost your baby fangs or even molted your first dragon skin. You're still just a pup,” Garmadon gruffly replies.

“Hatchling.” Uncle Wu corrects.

Garmadon's purple eyes narrow at his brother, “Pup.”

Wu’s golden eyes narrow back, “Hatchling.”

“Pup.”

“Hatching.”

“Pup!”

“Hatching!”

“PUP!”

“HATCHLING!”

“ENOUGH!” Lloyd shouts over the two brothers, and they shut up in shock. “Is this seriously about my oni-dragon heritage?! What does that even matter? I’m still half human and obviously take more after my human half, and therefore, I age like a human. SO. I. AM. NOT. A. CHILD!”

“Oh son,” Garmadon’s voice breaks, and it truly sounds exactly like his dad’s, and it’s like the last piece finally clicks in Garmadon’s mind to fully remember. “I am so sorry I haven’t been able to teach you about your heritage and that I missed that your mother wasn’t in the picture since I was hardly there. I’ve truly failed you son.”

Garmadon goes closer to Lloyd and goes to embrace him in a hug, and Lloyd lets him, too shocked because Garmadon’s apologizing?! Is his dad finally back? Does he remember everything?

And then Garmadon’s sitting next to Lloyd on his bed and hugging him for dear life, and he starts sobbing, “I’m so so sorry, my son. I’ve hurt you, and I don’t know how I can ever make up for that.”

And Lloyd's shock fades away, and he embraces his dad back just as fiercely, “Dad. I-I’ve m-missed y-you. I’d t-thought you’d n-never truly be b-back!” And he sobs into his dad’s chest. Except Lloyd doesn’t just sob, but whines. Though Lloyd hardly notices as he's too busy focusing on the overwhelming emotions he’s feeling right now.

Garmadon, though, notices and instantly tightens his embrace on his son, and deep purrs start emitting from him to help his pup calm down. He puts his son’s head in the crook of his neck, and Garmadon instinctually broadens his shoulders as if to seem bigger and threatening to outsiders to protect his pup.

Wu smiles sadly at the scene, tears escaping his eyes, as he stares at his brother and nephew.

Eventually, their crying dies down, and Lloyd tries to pull away, but his dad holds onto him. Lloyd sighs but relents since he feels so warm and comfortable. Still, Lloyd looks down embarrassed. He’s not a child anymore. He can't be with all he's faced.

Garmadon lifts Lloyd’s chin up, and Lloyd glances at his dad’s comforting purple eyes, and Garmadon gently wipes some tears out of Lloyd’s face with his thumbs, the dark scales of his dad’s fingers surprisingly soft, and Garmadon hugs Lloyd gently.

Lloyd sinks into his dad’s embrace, feeling a deep rumble from his dad’s chest. It makes Lloyd’s eyes start to close as he feels warm and safe. But then Lloyd furrows his brows confused. What is that? It’s like…

Lloyd pushes away, shocked, “Dad are you purring?!” 

“Of course, Lloyd, and you are too, you know. It’s just part of our oni heritage.” Garmadon says softly, as if speaking to a child.

And Lloyd, to his growing horror, does indeed feel himself purring, a soft purr emitting from within his chest following his dad’s. And Lloyd whines in distress. Did he really just whine. What is this happening to him right now?! 

Garmadon pulls Lloyd closer, trying to calm his pup’s distress. But now that Lloyd is aware of the sounds, his distress is growing further, and he is starting to panic and wants his dad to let him go, but at the same time, he doesn’t. Lloyd is just so scared and confused.

Wu coughs loudly, getting his family’s attention. “Garmadon you need to let Lloyd go, he’s not used to his oni heritage right now, and it’s just further distressing him right now.”

Garmadon growls at his brother, his mind fogged up too much to think of anything else except protecting his pup.

Except Wu growls back just as hard and hisses in his dragonic tongue, “Let Lloyd go.” 

Garmadon, shocked, loosens his grip just enough for Lloyd to get out of his grip and run to Uncle Wu.

Garmadon growls deeply as Wu holds Lloyd and growls in oni, “Let go of my son.”

“No, brother.” Wu states calmly in Ninjagon but prepares to defend himself.

Just before Garmadon can attack, Lloyd whispers, his voice breaking, “Don’t fight, please.”

Garmadon instantly snaps out of it and stops growling as his mind clears up. He whispers brokenly, “I’m sorry.” 

Garmadon falls back on Lloyd's bed, looking down. He’s messed up again. 

‘Why can’t I be a good dad for my son, just once?!’ Garmadon thinks. Agony felt in his heart once again for his inability to not mess up with Lloyd.

Lloyd breathes in and out and calms himself down in his uncle’s hold, and then he looks over to his dad and sees him with the saddest look on his face.

Lloyd gingerly gets out of his uncle’s hold and nods when Uncle Wu asks if he’s okay.

“Dad. I’m sorry I panicked. I just…” Lloyd gulps, “I thought I was human. Or well, mostly human. I didn’t want to accept that I wasn’t aging like one. And I think deep down I knew. FSM, I still look basically the same age as I did after I used the Tomorrow's Tea!”

“I just thought that I could finally be normal.” Lloyd’s voice breaks.

Garmadon looks at his son, so heartbroken. He doesn’t know how to help his son. He’s not normal, and he’ll never be.

And then Lloyd clears his throat, his bright green eyes shining, “But normal's overrated anyways, and I don’t have it in me to keep rejecting myself and you to believe that I’ll ever be normal. I finally have my dad back again, and I’ll hate myself if I don’t take this chance to learn more about you and about our heritage while I still have the chance.”

Lloyd laughs bitterly, “Because destiny will eventually decide to fuck with me again and I won’t have time, so I can’t just continue to ignore this. Because one day it might be too late to learn this from my d-dad.” Lloyd's voice breaks at the end.

“Oh, Lloyd, I’ll gladly tell you whatever you want to know,” Garmadon agrees and smiles sadly, praying to his father just this once that his son can find peace.

Lloyd smiles, tears in his eyes, and looks back to his uncle, “A-and I think Uncle Wu needs to be here to help explain some things too.”

Wu looks at his nephew in shock, he answers, “If that’s what you want nephew.”

“It is.” Lloyd nods his head.

“Alright, what do you want to know first?” Garmadon asks and pats the bed for both his son and brother to sit next to him. Lloyd gladly goes over, and his dad embraces him in a side hug, while Wu sits next to Lloyd and looks to Garmadon, wondering how he’s going to explain their heritage.

“Well as long as you make sure you include the dragons, brother. You always seem to forget them when discussing our heritage.” Wu says with a mischievous voice.

Garmadon rolls his eyes, “As long as you don’t forget the oni.”

Lloyd laughs brightly, the weight of the world seeming to lift from his shoulders, and his family joins him and starts laughing as well, and Misako is all but forgotten, for now, to the small family of the First Spinjitzu Master’s descendants.

Next Ninjago One-shot

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Despite Zane being my favorite character, Nya’s theme is actually my favorite. I love it, it’s perfect. Of course, tied for second is Zane’s theme, Wu’s theme, and the Garmadon Family theme. Third is Morro’s theme, Golden Ninja theme, Firstborne/ Dragon theme, and Harumi’s theme. Honorary mention to Misako’s theme, Pixal’s theme, and the Resistance theme. I have to mention the Dragons Rising main theme because it reminds me of the soundtrack of my favorite game, Morrowind.

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Spinjitzu Brothers my beloved <3