#seabound spoilers

[schploinky]

After having a weird ass dream in which Nya's final form was really big and really glowy, it got me thinking about what I would've done to more utilise the idea of her merging with the sea after the events of Seabound and started brainstorming!! This AU is. more of an expansion upon the one-year timeskip between seasons 14 and 15 than a full-blown alternate universe but I have altered a few aspects from the series to better fit my vision (think how Way of the Departed was to Sons of Garmadon). The idea in itself is still pretty bare-bones but I did draw a few concept pieces today and wanted to share !!

The general concept revolves around each ninja's experience with mourning Nya's loss and what happened in the one year between Seabound and Crystalized, specifically delving deeper into what Crystalized set up with each ninja coping in a different way and how that affected their relationships . I am by no means a writer but i'm pretty happy with what i've got going so far ^_^

[marsipain]

[paprikko-lol]

children of storm au : nya design

thought+hcs under the cut / crystallized+seabound spoilers!!

1, top: I drew the top specifically to be easier for nya to move around in because I noticed that in a lot of her designs, she gets either a dress or a skirt to wear, even when she stated that she hates dresses? also, the skirt would probably get in her way as it's too easy for someone to grab and pull her back.

2, yang pin: after seabound, nya started to treasure the gifts that she had been given over the years more, including the yang pin that jay had given her at the end of season 10. before, she left it in a box in her room for safe keeping, but now she wears it everywhere. she does this even with meaningless little trinkets she receives, as a way to appreciate everything in her life better :)

3, dragon horns and facial markings: I forgot to draw these with morro's design but they both got dragon horns when they got their human forms back! morro's look like wispy strands of wind, and nya's are similar to pieces of coral. they can will them away, but they'll reappear whenever they use their powers

4, leg band: while skylor was trying her best to keep nya's body solid while the other ninjago got aspheera out during crystallized, a part of nya's leg slightly melted away by accident. by the time aspheera had shown up, no one had noticed and just went ahead with the spell, but her leg was only semi-functional and now pressure needs to applied to it constantly

5, wave design: each of the ninja have embroidered designs on the bottom of their pants to represent them and their element. nya and morro are matching with their similar wave/cloud designs

[cyanide-sippy-cup]

This has been in my head since I first heard about Seabound and I finally had to make it real.

[mossghosst]

has anyone else made this connection yet

[coffeeisfortheresponsible]

bentho’s a cool dude,, let him go feral

@hollowflight-propaganda @ihaventpickedausername

for u guys :))

kind of a different style for the eyes but i really like how this turned out!! i'm not a benthomaar fanatic but i like him! solid side character 8.5/10

[allisonsylvine]

i was gonna finish it but my layers got messed up and the colours went funky, take this as a warning to not colour on one single layer on freedraw

[twinky-linky]

I am the sea.

[astrobabe146]

when destiny gives you blue hair and pronouns 🌊🌊🌊

[schploinky]

It all comes back to water...

| finally posted this to tumblr as promised ^_^ ^_^ ^_^ ^_^

this post is going to be wildly unstructured (and also vastly lacking in any semblance of consistent grammar/punctuation usage) because i am just spitting thoughts off the top of my head BUT! since i want to emphasise the permanence of Nya's sacrifice in the high tide AU i was thinking about what would happen to her powers after merging. i think there are two ways in which this could go

Maya is still alive, so Nya's powers could return to her? i'm not sure where i could take this from a narrative perspective because i want maya's arc to focus more around her relationships with ray and kai, as well as misako (i love yo.u misako mwah)

the other more. obvious option would be that Benthomaar would inherit Nya's powers, most likely after encountering her merged form while in the endless sea. i think this could open up a lot of opportunities in terms of his relationship with Jay and the rest of the ninja ,, Bentho is staying at the monastery to support his friends and i'm wondering how that'd affect their dynamic ,, <:o

unrelated note . more people need to take advantage of the parallels between seabound and the entire emily alone album by florist . so much water/oceanic imagery . it is such an utterly devastating collection of songs and i am brought to tears every time i listen to it which does not help my evil ninjago brain at all

bonus blorbos:

[just1gnome]

hey who wants a seabound au i made with ONE thought in mind and didn't think about anything else beyond that

my prized possession

[stinkyeggbow]

watch me whip watch me nae nae *crying hysterically*

[thereallattehottay]

the moment in seabound where nya’s eyes tear up and she mouths i love you makes me sob because not only is it such a sad moment, but nya is known for not being very affectionate or vulnerable but in this moment we see her so vulnerable and it’s the first time we see her say i love you to jay

it just breaks me

[kibaha]

Drew this 2 weeks ago, just forgot to post it.

I know this isn’t exactly what she’s saying, but I just felt like adding a bit more to it to make it more dramatic.

[coffeeisfortheresponsible]

the quality of this is like i ran i through a blender 7 times but anyways,, post season 14 trauma be like

let’s pretend i finished this and that the last part has kai being like,, ‘but i’ll know.. i’ll know.’

i imagine lloyd feels a lot of repressed anger at nya for a while about leaving the team because he’s jealous and let me explain. he’s gone through so much and i’m sure has considered giving up as a ninja so many times that when nya gets to leave i can see him feeling angry that she got to ‘take the easy way out’ and he never gets that option because the world needs him. of course he loves her and misses her endlessly but also like,, idk let him be angry sometimes

[jessetransman]

"you're the first one, when things turn out bad"

"it's over, isn't it? isn't it? isn't it over?"