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"You don't know me. I'm not the same person anymore."

"That's okay. I'll get to know you again."

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Idk Shadow, with Sonic there's always a little bit of extra time for you

Of all the ways to make a reunion special, they had to choose the "shut up and kiss me!" kind of way

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Something I came up with from this

The Green is greening very greenely indeed

And moth kai is there

We love moth kai in this house

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Anytime someone mentions the scroll of the forbidden spinjitsu and the importance of why it was strangely focused on Lloyd makes me want to feral to the point I wrote a whole ass AU just to satiate my hunger.

No but fr, Lloyd being strangely aggressive after being exposed to it numerous times? The way he looked as if he was relishing in the strange energy washing over him?

Zane's aggressiveness could be excused for losing his memories and being knee-deep in Vex's manipulation. But Lloyd? Yeah something's up with him

Ninjago - Secrets of the Forbidden Spinjitzu, ep. 14:

Wu says "Nya, tell Lloyd to be careful with the scroll. It is dangerous. The less he handles it, the better."

... Now, Wu, why is it only Lloyd who's supposed to be careful with the scroll?🤨 Why not say "the less any of you handle it"? Hello? Wu? Please? No "tell Zane and Lloyd"? Just him? Nothing of that sort?

It just makes me wonder, because those three were just at the Explorer's Club with the mirror of their greatest fears (which is already hinting at Crystalized and Oni Lloyd, in a way) and Lloyd saw himself as his resurrected father in it. If Lloyd had been the one to get corrupted by the scroll instead of Zane.. could it have caused Oni Lloyd?

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You ever have that vision of a song that would fit your fic so much that you could literally storyboard an entire animatic inside your head??

Sometimes I wish for the gift to be able to draw

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This sounds super exciting tho I must ask if you mind me getting inspiration from your AU especially the casting choices 🙏🙏

I can't get these thoughts out of my head so imma just share it here.

A NinjagoxEpic the Musical AU

Garmadon as Odysseus

Misako as Penelope

Lloyd as Telemarketing

The Overlord as Poseidon

I'm conflicted about who to assign as Eurylochus, so far I'm thinking maybe Ray?

And the gods could be the Source dragons or smth

I'm open to ideas about who else to cast

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I can't get these thoughts out of my head so imma just share it here.

A NinjagoxEpic the Musical AU

Garmadon as Odysseus

Misako as Penelope

Lloyd as Telemarketing

The Overlord as Poseidon

I'm conflicted about who to assign as Eurylochus, so far I'm thinking maybe Ray?

And the gods could be the Source dragons or smth

I'm open to ideas about who else to cast

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Zane's arcs are normally about his identity (S1, S4, that Zane day episode in DR)

Kai's arcs are normally about protecting others (S1, S5, S11)

Lloyd's arcs are normally about overcoming his past/ family drama (S1, S2, S4, S8-10, S15)

Nya's arcs are normally about facing challenges to her abilities (S5, S11, S14, S16)

Cole's arcs are normally about standing up for himself and others (S1, S13, his family in DR)

Jay's arcs are normally about his emotional and mental wellbeing (S6, S12, all of Dragons Rising)

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reblog to give your headache to elon musk instead

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OK SO ABOUT THAT MONSTROSITY TRAILER.

so obviously i rewatched the scene where kai and lloyd find eachother again one million times yesterday and can i mention that kai had like. bandages under his gi?

i mean. it COULD have been a crumpled shirt. but then again this is lloyd's pov. so i cant be sure.

also i was comparing the kai's clothes on the trailer and his clothes when he reunites with lloyd and theyre not only extremely different but they are VERY MUCH shit. like he's dirty and has lost his armour and cape. and i cant tell if the belt he's using on dr is the one he holds during monstrosity because the colors are different, too?? like what the hell happened bro.

and that's not even touching upon how TIRED bro is.

in this scene, the moment lloyd has his back to him, he climbs this FOUR STEPS really, really heavily. like he's having trouble moving at all.

and then

like bro it's just a mergequake. hell it's one of the earlier ones. why are you so winded that you get shown frowning TWICE and THEN ALSO breathless after it. lloyd doesn't show this kind of distress. it's just kai.

he looks miserable when he's packing up. yes he does smile at lloyd but of course he smiles at lloyd. can anyone hear me. bud are you Okay.

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nother thought that has injected itself in my brain because i no longer have free will: I find it interesting how Kai in dragons rising seems to always fill in during silence. When sneaking into Imperium w/ Wyldfyre and the gang? He doesn't make Wyldfyre go quiet but instead just tones her volume down during the whole dun dun da dun scene. When going back to the Cragling Village? Narrating to himself. At the monastery by himself? Again narrating to himself and talking to the computer like its his only friend there. Hell even with Wu's ghost spirit. Hes just excited to be famous among ghost because its talking back to him! But in the nightmare cave. He doesn't speak after the whole thing. Only speaking once they leave the cave. Relaying on Nya's voice rather than his own. And when he and Nya are walking in season 3 he makes popping noises during the silence like hes trying to fill in for it. Are some of these instances just me being crazy and grabbing onto the smallest things? Probably! But what if man. What if he can't stand the silence anymore because of how little communication he really had in the land of monsters?

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it may take me a month to put out a chapter but at least im not using ai to write it.

it may take me a month to put out a chapter but at least im not using ai to write it.

it may take me a month to put out a chapter but at least im not using ai to write it.

it may take me a month to put out a chapter but at least im not using ai to write it.

it may take me a month to put out a chapter but at least im not using ai to write it.

IT MAY TAKE ME A MONTH TO PUT OUT A CHAPTER BUT AT LEAST IM NOT USING AI TO WRITE IT

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How I dress every day for work versus how I and all the other Kai stans be dressing the day Monstrosity comes out

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What two days of no hair gel does to a mf

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hey. hey guys. do u ever think about the fact that kai's whole motive and will to live during the time he was in the land of monsters was his friends and family. getting back to them and seeing them again, being with them again and in their arms again, that was his main and most cherished priority and was the only thing that even kept him alive despite the hell he was going through

and the reason why he's so silly and cheerful during DR is because he's bottling up everything. he sees what happened during his time at the land of monsters as meaningless now, a mere dream (or rather nightmare), he's back with his friends and family!!! the people who he literally made through hell and survived just to see them again!!!!! he doesn't care even if the trauma is genuienly hurting him, he's back with the people that motivated him and were the entire reason he didn't die

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Ninjago Legends: Monstrosity