#maybe someday there'll be another post for that variation

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so I saw a post a bit ago about benny (the lego movie spaceman) and jay (lego ninjago) being cousins, and it has given me Thoughts. so here are some headcanons for that AU.

they're adoptive cousins, really- benny is ed and edna's niece's son (or something like that). so, they grew up fairly good friends

ninjago came out before the lego movie, so benny is younger than jay, by probably four or five years (I'm thinking he's about a year younger than lloyd?)

but benny is taller than jay. probably 5'10" to jay's 5'6" or 5'7"

when they were younger (maybe jay a teenager and benny middle school age), jay would always pick benny up and swing him around, and benny absolutely loved it. nowadays, since benny is taller, he'll pick jay up in greeting (this one in direct reference to the gorgeous fanart by @irodimww, link here)

benny discovered his love for building by hanging out at the junk yard and learning from jay (though, of course, benny ended up far more invested in tech than jay ever was- he became a master builder, after all)

benny always kept an eye on what the ninja were doing, especially when he was young, because he was so proud of knowing one of them (he had a habit of, while the ninja were saving the city, turning to anyone nearby and saying, "you know, jay's my cousin. and best friend. yeah he loves me")

in season one, when jay had that awesome ship, benny saw that and was like "yeah, that's the kind of thing I'm gonna build for the rest of my life"

they rile each other up a LOT. like, they're both energetic and talkative on their own, but if they're together, then, well, no one else is getting a word in except these two. they tend to talk over each other and go through the same mental leaps that almost seem like telepathy, so no one can really make sense of their conversations. they're just chaos together <3