The Devil Will Find Work For Idle Hands To Do

All of the rouges are friends and they hang out together all the time (canon)

Also the panels on the first two pages are from Catwoman Lonely City by Cliff Chiang

my very self indulgent version of Eddie <3

So I was thinking that it seems odd if Jay, (experienced to make his own circle group when he's alone though he forgets) but when he is an Admin manager, the narrative trying to show that he's lonely? What about? His subordinates?? Their connections? none? huh? Then how he became a manager if he hadn't formed Any Bonds, to get trusted enough to be the manager but the narrative trying to show us as if he's lonely?? It's been 5 years.. (?)

And now with the whole Rogue situation I'm starting to understand his motif.

It's like.. the inability to express yourself- like.. those people around don't really accept you. Not as in they shunned you away but they want You-that-They-Supposed-to-Know. Yes, he's adaptable he could try to fit in. And as the result they know fit-in-jay.. their idea of him, not this current how-he-is-now Jay. (*This is the big picture, applies to both the Administration & the Ninja).

In the Administration maybe he has their respect, but I'm not sure he felt that way because he Knows he shouldn't be there, due to him being the master of lightning. At the end he knows they'll against him. Even if there's any compliments towards him, or any sort of appreciation would felt Fake, because it's not directed to him, but to someone he pretends to be.

Those years he's trying to fit in, to be acceptable to their standards, contrasting to Jay who's more.. (y'know how ).. Thus he has to kill some parts of him for them, making him losing himself. Maybe he realized this afterwards, so then he started to feed his "ego" (like playing games while working), doing anything that makes him felt "good" or suits him, anything that screams "This is Me".

And that's also why he accepted ras' offer, he accepted him as ele master, he "rescued" him; Though at the end he dumped him anyway ^_^

Plus the ninja wants him back, "Him" as in his family, But He doesn't feel that way. He's Not someone they expect to be. He can't pretend to be someone who they want. He knows for sure. He's tired, he wants to find his own path. He doesn't want to feel stuck/trapped. He want to be able to be himself. He wants people to see him as he is now.. not "Jay" they supposed to know.

And Tralala.. He picked a name: Rogue, his new identity to distinguish himself from Jay (whatever they think Jay is like).

He does whatever his intuition told him to, goes wherever the skies let him be.

Now I have mixed feelings if they bring him back to the ninja again hhh. It has to be good.

Lil ninjago doodles of bruise in the context of rogue in dragons rising- the new rogue stuff is getting me HYPED. FOR NEW JAY CONTENT LIKE GIMMEEEE…

Jay remembers cole and him fighting guys they fall in love instead of him and nya cmon guys its canonnnn canon PLEASEEE

"I keep having this dream where the old me is being devoured."

hey chat should I finish this??

can't believe people will see bruce in dc superhero girls and still ship him with catwoman... at this point ur joking. he's gay

last pic is a fanart by quic!!! but actually is canon i don't make the rules

Ooh lay my curses all to rest

Make a mercy out of me.

I rewatched seabound and started crying immensely 😭

Yay Jay, of course 🙄👍

Some portrait painting practice with Jay