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Me: [sees Ninjago Movie concept art of young Wu & Garmadon] Why does Garmadon look like an older version of Cole?

My autistic brain: Cole is Garmadon's secret son

Me: AU TIME!!!

AU where Lloyd & Cole are brothers, sons of Garmadon & Misako. Cole was born first, five years before Lloyd.

Destiny hates the FSM's bloodline, so the family ends up split up for a decade. Garmadon is banished to the Underworld once the Devourer venom fully corrupts him, Misako goes off to research the Green Ninja prophecy but cannot take a five year old and a baby to dangerous ruins, so she leaves Lloyd at Darkley's and Cole at the Brookstone residence (Lilly is her sister in this au). She seperated her sons because she feared destiny would repeat and they'd end up like Wu and Garmadon, one brother evil the other good.

Events in the show play out as they do in the show canon (Cole get's his earth power from Lilly). Wu knows Cole and Lloyd are brothers, but keeps it secret because he too fears destiny will try and tear them apart. They learn of their relation when they reunite with Misako at the museum. It's a shock for everyone.

Luckily as much as destiny tries to mess up this family, Cole & Lloyd have a very close & healthy relationship and nothing can pit them against each other (asside from sweets).

[drowsydregon]

morro: I hate lloyd garmadon the most

harumi:

[goldenavenger02]

📚 (if you're still doing requests)

Ninjago lloyd angst? Whatever you've got?

pwetty pwease? 👉👈

Ooh, you caught me right in time. I'm in the middle of watching Sons of Garmadon, so I wrote this!

this pain would be for evermore

"But, the good news is, you have us. And we will always be ready with video games, or pillow forts, or even just a hug when someone rips your scars back open."

Takes place after Dread on Arrival

•••

Lloyd knew he should be happy. After all, they stopped the resurrection of his father, he was finally reunited with his mother, and everyone was safe. But at the same time, his heart still hurt.

He had told Harumi to save her pleas for someone who cared, not wanting her to get any satisfaction from hurting him any more. But he...he did still care, even if it was in the tiny corner of his heart that still wanted to see the good in her and to believe that she wasn't all bad, he still cared.

"So, which one beat the crap out of you?" Jay asked, putting his hand on his shoulder, "was it the big one? Kilo?"

Lloyd honestly couldn't remember which one had wailed on him given the stress of what had happened after he was locked in a cage for…'how many times have I been taken by the enemy?' but Kilo sounded right. 'Definitely him or Ultra Violet. After all, Rumi didn't ever get her hands dirty.'

"I'm such an idiot," Lloyd voiced, finally letting out what he had been thinking, "I trusted her. I should've known she was evil with how invested she was in my father."

"Lloyd, it's not your fault-"

"Her parents died because of me, because I opened that fucking tomb," Lloyd swore before making eye contact with Jay, "she said I was too naive to believe no one got hurt that day. How many others?"

"What?"

"Everyone kept me from seeing the death numbers after The Great Devourer… how many others got hurt? How many people died because of my actions?"

"Lloyd, I-"

"Jay, just answer me." Lloyd pleaded with the lightning ninja, although he prayed that the number was two. That he wasn't as naive as she said.

"28. 28 casualties."

"So Rumi was right," he tried to keep back the tears, but failed miserably as his eyes started to sting, "this whole thing is my fault."

"Lloyd, you were a kid when it happened. We didn't think it was okay to burden you with the numbers."

"I was a kid when I terrorized Jamanakai Village. I was a kid when I released the Hypnobrai and the Fangpires. I was a kid when I made the stupid decision to let out Pythor," Lloyd took in a shaking breath before looking back at Jay, "The Great Devourer, The Digital Overlord, Morro, Rumi...it's my fault."

"Maybe I should get Zane, or Kai. They're better at-"

"No!" Lloyd shouted, holding his hand out in protest which made Jay stop short, "please. I'm sorry, for yelling, just...please stay."

Jay nodded, and wordlessly walked forward before wrapping his arm around Lloyd's shoulder, letting him relax against it.

Lloyd continued to stare at the sky, the words his father offered him in Hiroshi's Labyrinth years ago ringing in his head. 'He who holds the power holds a tremendous obligation.' He just hadn't expected that obligation to be keeping him from coming back.

"The hurt isn't ever going to go away, is it?" Lloyd finally voiced, seeing Jay's face out of the corner of his eye, "Rumi, I mean."

"You know, it's hard to say," Jay started, which led the younger of the two to raise an eyebrow, "As time passes, and you make your peace with it, it'll fade. But sometimes, something will remind you of it or someone will say something in passing like, oh I don't know, suggesting that sky pirates are invading Ninjago, and it'll come rushing back."

Lloyd nodded, the memory of Jay telling him about how he and Nya went from a tense friendship to a romance because of a Dijin clear in his head.

"But, the good news is, you have us. And we will always be ready with video games, or pillow forts, or even just a hug when someone rips your scars back open."

Lloyd smiled, a single tear running down his left cheek that Jay wiped away before he got the chance. "Thanks, Jay."

"No problem, Green Machine. You should probably get that scratch looked at though." Jay added, gesturing to his own face

At that particular moment, his left cheek chose to throb, indicating that the scratch Jay was talking about. "I will."

[changeling-rin]

Pilot Special, Garmadon: Why does he think that having four arms is an unbeatable advantage?

S1, Garmadon, Pythor, Great Devourer: Why does Garmadon still think that having four arms is an unbeatable advantage? Also, Pythor is a wimp hiding behind his stronger allies. The giant snake is a problem though, until Lore looks at it and says, "Isn't that just a really oversized Moldorm?"

S2, Garmadon: Why does he still think that having four arms is an unbeatable advantage? At least the so-called 'ultimate weapon' was kind of a challenge. The Master Sword is better.

S3, Overlord: Is... is he meant to be affecting something? What's 'technology' and why is he so obsessed with it? Can't be that good if it can still be stabbed with a sword.

S4, Chen: Why did he think snakes were the solution? It's not like Pythor was ever a threat, the odds of Chen being worse are pretty slim.

S5, Morro, Preeminent: Probably would have been more of a threat if Steam didn't hardcore shut down everything Morro tried. The Preeminent would have been tricky... if Water Rods weren't a thing.

S6, Nadakhan: This guy wants to have a words-and-wits battle with Lore, Vio, and Mask? Yeah, that'll end well for him.

S7, Krux and Acronix: They're messing with the time stream continuum. Mask and Ocarina are going to wreck their entire lives.

S8, Harumi: She had them fooled in the beginning, not gonna lie. Unfortunately for her, they've dealt with more manipulative people.

S9, Iron Baron, Garmadon: Why, uh... why exactly does this dude think he's hot stuff, exactly? Meanwhile, Garmadon finally gave himself an evilness upgrade. Why didn't he go for this rather than the four arms?

S10, the Oni: First of all, Oni takes offense with this. Second of all, they're ripping off Shadow's everything, and Shadow also takes offense with this. May they rest in pieces.

(And as that's as far as I've watched, I'm gonna bow out for the remaining seasons. I don't think I can comment on those without actual knowledge!)

Well the specific phrasing was, “Lloyd is the one literally descended from the god… and it’s a running joke that he’s always the one getting kidnapped.”

Zelda is descended/reincarnated from Hylia, a god. And frequently in the games, she's the one getting kidnapped. With those two parallels, it seemed to me that the asker was saying that Lloyd is Zelda, and therefore my immediate thought was, 'well who's his Link?'

Sorry if that was confusing, my brain goes in interesting directions sometimes.

I've not, but now I'm apprehensive. What did they do?

This concerns me