Ninjago City

feeling sooooo normal about the 30 seconds we got of him

the suffering never ends

Today’s doodle, a fromg

Love that the Weekend Whip exists in universe bc not only does it imply that the in-universe members of the Fold got the dance moves from Quanish’s ancient prophecy but also just imagine you’re the Ninja.

You have to save the world from complete destruction, you pull out a scroll with your last attempt and its the equivalent of like the Cupid Shuffle.

Kai’s like “So you’re saying to assume Dragon Form we have to slide to the left, slide to the right, criss-cross, and then have everybody clap their hands?”

Whenever I talk about whatever media I’m into at the moment imagine I am presenting the characters to you like this

yup thats right folks. its my monthly jay analysis post.

But now!!! Its about Prime Empire.

Ok guys look. Prime Empire is a terrible focus season. Jay had absolutely no character development and no power development. Nada. Nothin. Its just a “focus season” because he came up with the plan to make the villain good again and had more lines than usual (plus his little “abandoned” speech.)

HOWEVER!!! The Prime Empire shorts do say something. So, as we know, the Wildbrain seasons tend to poopoo on Jay’s character and boil him down to the funny cowardice character who is the weakest of the team. But something the shorts do attest to is the fact that Jay is STILL a ninja! The MOMENT he went into Prime Empire and saw something unjust he stood up to it. He tried to warn people. His desire to protect people goes beyond his job its his identity.

(i'm so sorry for the crappy captions. Youtube's gonna youtube.)And like the meme I posted earlier, he handled himself pretty darn well without the others. He didn't even complain about being alone. He accepted his situation pretty quickly and was already starting to fight against Unagami before the ninja found their way in. (Which you could argue could be because he is experienced with the situation in Skybound.)

And about the League…everyone makes fun of it but i beg yall to think about it for a hot moment. Who all was in Prime Empire?

Thats right. Kids.

When Jay fights the red visors in the shorts, you see the squeals of a bunch of players once they recognize him. Its very childlike and you have to realize that these people are just avatars.

All the people we saw get sucked into the game were kids. Of course theyd flock behind a ninja! And Jay had no problem taking them in and entertaining them and keeping them safe because that was his job! And they all dressed up like him and acted like him because he was their idol!!! And Jay wasnt complaining lol.

Jay acts all unsure of himself most of the time, but Skybound and Prime Empire make it canon that he is a great leader! And an even greater ninja! Sure, compared to Cole he's not as strong. Compared to Nya his personality might not stick out. His power isn't focused on like it is with Kai and Zane...and he isn't the main character chosen one like Lloyd. But these small scenes in his focus seasons remind us that he still was chosen to protect people and is very gosh darn good at it!

I mean, look at him kick red visor butt without even an OUNCE of a complaint about being without powers. (WHILE LOOKING LIKE A SOPPING WET CAT THIS MAN) But yeah appreciate this fight scene please.

Anyways, Jay doesn't get enough credit as a ninja. We forget he was trained for longer than Kai, has one of the most dangerous and powerful elements, is the reason the team can handle intense situations without freaking out, is the master of not one--but TWO chained weapons (known to be one of the most difficult types to master!), and is the ENTIRE REASON THE BOUNTY FLIES??? without ever being acknowledged for any of these! Cut him some slack guys he's awesome. Prime Empire does him so so so dirty.

NINJAGO INKTOBER 2023 LIST

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There wasn't a list for Ninjago before and now there is! This is the list I'll be using this year and hopefully some other people can have some fun using it as well.

If you do use this list, please use the tag! I'd love to see what other people create!

There are no rules other than to have fun (though this post will be updated if that changes lol). Feel free to use this for art or writing or to only vaguely adhere to it or skip days. Go nuts yall.

Other than that, a typed list of the prompts will be below the cut in case you can't read the calendar. Happy Inktober!

PROMPT LIST:

1- Prophecy 2- Companion 3- Green 4- Samurai 5- Realms 6- Creation 7- Fire 8- Villain 9- Teamwork 10- Stealth 11- Destruction 12- Ice 13- Ghost 14- Sacrifice 15- Movie/Alternate Universe 16- Lightning 17- Citizen 18- Dragon 19- Conflict 20- Legacy 21- Family 22- Water 23- Peace 24- Oni 25- Elemental 26- Fun 27- Nindroid 28- Earth 29- Hero 30- Memory 31- Day of the Departed/Halloween

s5-s7 was a HORRIBLE time for Nya. Girlie found out she has water powers and had to learn to harness it in like a week to stop an eldritch goddess, then a few months later some pedophilic genie was hitting on her and trying to marry her, AND SHE FUCKING DIED AND THEN FOUND OUT HER PARENTS WERE STILL ALIVE AND WORKING UNDER THE VILLAINS AND LIKE ???