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Guess who survived another year!

((Oh and I got TotK, time to 100% speedrun it.))

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Chapters: 4/10 Fandom: The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms Rating: Not Rated Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Dark Link (Linked Universe) & Everyone Characters: Time (Linked Universe), Four (Linked Universe), Legend (Linked Universe), Wild (Linked Universe), Twilight (Linked Universe), Warriors (Linked Universe), Dark Link (Linked Universe), Sky (Linked Universe), Malon (Legend of Zelda), Wind (Linked Universe) Additional Tags: Manipulation, Emotional Manipulation, Mind Manipulation, Betrayal, Everyone Needs A Hug, Four (Linked Universe)-centric, Dark link (linked universe)-centric Summary:

Dark Link (Dink as those pesky heroes called him) was finally ready. His great plan was finally in action. And it will never stop. He had all the time he could possibly need.

OR 8 times a hero betrayed the chain and 1 time the hero betrayed Dink. | | | | STRANGE UPDATE SCHEDULE

My AO3 links for Fics

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Lu/Lu inspired fics:

Over and Over again = contains Blood, Death // Complete

Universe Traveler's great collection of Lu fics

Some Colorful Minifics in these trying times? = both FSA/FS and LU

Prison made of Fire // Complete

Darkened Secrets // Incomplete

Flipping Through a different point of view // Currently being moved to Ao3

Get bricked! // Complete

PJO/HOO fics:

(PJO/Amphibia au) In a land of Frogs and Gods // incomplete

Ninjago fics

illegal elemental masters au // incomplete

Merged Masters // incomplete

Nintendo games fics:

(Four Swords/a little bit of LU later on) Lost au:

-> Vio!Escapes

(four swords adventures & manga au) Shades of Red au: 1, 2((soon))

Oneshots:

(Inspired by: There is No Game) There is No Story

We're almost done!! 2 more chapters left!

Chapters: 4/10 Fandom: The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms Rating: Not Rated Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Dark Link (Linked Universe) & Everyone Characters: Time (Linked Universe), Four (Linked Universe), Legend (Linked Universe), Wild (Linked Universe), Twilight (Linked Universe), Warriors (Linked Universe), Dark Link (Linked Universe), Sky (Linked Universe), Malon (Legend of Zelda), Wind (Linked Universe) Additional Tags: Manipulation, Emotional Manipulation, Mind Manipulation, Betrayal, Everyone Needs A Hug, Four (Linked Universe)-centric, Dark link (linked universe)-centric Summary:

Dark Link (Dink as those pesky heroes called him) was finally ready. His great plan was finally in action. And it will never stop. He had all the time he could possibly need.

OR 8 times a hero betrayed the chain and 1 time the hero betrayed Dink. | | | | STRANGE UPDATE SCHEDULE

Hey! Hyrule's chapter (chapter 8) is out! https://archiveofourown.org/works/47588605/chapters/123365968

Go read it!

We're in the end stretch now!

Chapters: 4/10 Fandom: The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms Rating: Not Rated Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Dark Link (Linked Universe) & Everyone Characters: Time (Linked Universe), Four (Linked Universe), Legend (Linked Universe), Wild (Linked Universe), Twilight (Linked Universe), Warriors (Linked Universe), Dark Link (Linked Universe), Sky (Linked Universe), Malon (Legend of Zelda), Wind (Linked Universe) Additional Tags: Manipulation, Emotional Manipulation, Mind Manipulation, Betrayal, Everyone Needs A Hug, Four (Linked Universe)-centric, Dark link (linked universe)-centric Summary:

Dark Link (Dink as those pesky heroes called him) was finally ready. His great plan was finally in action. And it will never stop. He had all the time he could possibly need.

OR 8 times a hero betrayed the chain and 1 time the hero betrayed Dink. | | | | STRANGE UPDATE SCHEDULE

Wild: How tall are you?

Warriors: 6 feet.

*later*

Wild: How tall are you?

Four turns omoniously to stare at Wild: I AM 4 FEET AND 4 INCHES AND 1 QUARTER. Leans froward to grab Wild I WILL DESTROY YOU.

Wild: Sometimes, forgiveness means more than anything. The difference between life and death.

Four: Why are you in my room at 3 in the morning.

Wild: I didn't want to invoke the wrath of Time and Malon.

Four: And why did you come to me?

Wild: Hyrule burned water.

Four *suddenly wide awake*: Why did you let Hyrule near the stove?!

Wild: I didn't, he was just attracted to fire.

Link, *trying to get Din to calm down*: "Okay, okay, chill!"

Din: "I INVENTED CHILL!"

Nayru, rolling eyes:"No, I invented chill. You are literally the opposite of chill."

Din:"Remind me which of us is the Oracle of Seasons again?"

Nayru: "You're a fire goddess who wanted to play around how to add more heat without overbaking people, so you invented summer with the other seasons as a compromise. I'm a water goddess and goddess of law. Deep waters come in cold. Justice is served cold. I invented chill, ya flamebrain."

Farore: *Just sits back and eats popcorn*

Hylia just walking in: What the-?

Legend internally: That guy has red eyes! He must be evil! Camera pans over to show Dark Link just kinda vibing. Legend internally again, moves to take read his book again: Well, not going to let that ruin my day.

ALT

Four looks up from his book, internally: That's a god! Pans over to show Hylia. Four goes back to his book, internally: Well, not going to ruin my day.

Oop, lol I know I JUST updated this like earlier today, but I was tryin to get my Tumblr up to-date, so might as well do that again!

Chapter 7 is out! WARNING: DEATH, GORE AND SUCIDE! - Stay safe everyone!

Chapters: 4/10 Fandom: The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms Rating: Not Rated Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Dark Link (Linked Universe) & Everyone Characters: Time (Linked Universe), Four (Linked Universe), Legend (Linked Universe), Wild (Linked Universe), Twilight (Linked Universe), Warriors (Linked Universe), Dark Link (Linked Universe), Sky (Linked Universe), Malon (Legend of Zelda), Wind (Linked Universe) Additional Tags: Manipulation, Emotional Manipulation, Mind Manipulation, Betrayal, Everyone Needs A Hug, Four (Linked Universe)-centric, Dark link (linked universe)-centric Summary:

Dark Link (Dink as those pesky heroes called him) was finally ready. His great plan was finally in action. And it will never stop. He had all the time he could possibly need.

OR 8 times a hero betrayed the chain and 1 time the hero betrayed Dink. | | | | STRANGE UPDATE SCHEDULE

My AO3 MasterList

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Illegal Elemental Masters au: Ninjago - Status: Incomplete (On Haitus!) -Short summary: Elemental powers are considered illegal so every elemental master is locked up. Yet a new evil is brewing on the horizon, and Jay needs all the help he can get. -WARNINGS: None

Merged Masters: Ninjago - Status: Incomplete (On Haitus!) -Short summary: Takes place in the future, the ninja have merged with their elements. Yet they are missing one of the ninja and after (accidently) adopting some children, they set out to find their missing member. Oh, and also there is another great evil. (Surprise Suprise!) -WARNINGS: None (so far)

Over and Over again: Linked Universe - Status: Incomplete (Currently in progress!) -Short summary: Dark Link got his hands on a powerful artifact and now its up to Four to try and stop Dink and get out of the loop. -WARNINGS: Death, Gore, Major Characters Death, EXTREMLY whumpt/angsty.

Universe's Great book of LU fics: Linked Universe - Status: Always updating. (No ending) -Short summary: Just a bunch of short, mini fics around the LU links. -WARNINGS: Extreme crack, some may be dark/angsty tho!

Might I offer you some Colorful fics in these trying times?: Linked Universe & Four Swords/Four Swords Adventures - Status: Always updating. (No ending) -Short summary: Just a bunch of short, mini fics around Four (LU) or the Colors (links). Most of the fics are Red-centered -WARNINGS: Some are pretty angsty!

Flipping through the different perspectives: Linked Universe - Status: Coming soon!! -Short summary: Each chapter is centered around a different Link and each take place within different AUs. -WARNINGS: Unsure quite yet.

Bonked Universe: Linked Universe - Status: Complete! -Short summary: Four and Sky are hit with a brick and I take a crack-y approach to it. -WARNINGS: None!

There is No Story: There is no Game - Status: Complete! -Short summary: You, the reader, has stumbled upon a mysterious book within the AO3 archives... -WARNINGS: None!

PJO in Amphibia: Percy Jackson & Amphibia - Status: Incomplete (On haitus) -Short summary: Percy, Annabeth and Grover are all strange in a new, strange world full of talking anphibians! -WARNINGS: Spoilers for Amphibia!, Death (spoilers), some gore and unnatural creatures/descriptions

Chapter 6 is out! We're almost done everyone!!

Chapters: 4/10 Fandom: The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms Rating: Not Rated Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Dark Link (Linked Universe) & Everyone Characters: Time (Linked Universe), Four (Linked Universe), Legend (Linked Universe), Wild (Linked Universe), Twilight (Linked Universe), Warriors (Linked Universe), Dark Link (Linked Universe), Sky (Linked Universe), Malon (Legend of Zelda), Wind (Linked Universe) Additional Tags: Manipulation, Emotional Manipulation, Mind Manipulation, Betrayal, Everyone Needs A Hug, Four (Linked Universe)-centric, Dark link (linked universe)-centric Summary:

Dark Link (Dink as those pesky heroes called him) was finally ready. His great plan was finally in action. And it will never stop. He had all the time he could possibly need.

OR 8 times a hero betrayed the chain and 1 time the hero betrayed Dink. | | | | STRANGE UPDATE SCHEDULE

Hello Tumblr!

Tis has been a while huh?

Let me tell ya- I've been very active on AO3 recently! So, (once AO3 gets back on) definitely go check out my stuff there if you want to read my fics/incorrect quotes!

(Yes- I have an incorrect quotes fic there. lol)

But dw- I haven't forgetten tumblr- I'm also currently doing a lot to try and (kinda?) fix my links and stuff in my navigation center. So yeah!

Chapter 5 is now out!!!

Chapters: 4/10 Fandom: The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms Rating: Not Rated Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Dark Link (Linked Universe) & Everyone Characters: Time (Linked Universe), Four (Linked Universe), Legend (Linked Universe), Wild (Linked Universe), Twilight (Linked Universe), Warriors (Linked Universe), Dark Link (Linked Universe), Sky (Linked Universe), Malon (Legend of Zelda), Wind (Linked Universe) Additional Tags: Manipulation, Emotional Manipulation, Mind Manipulation, Betrayal, Everyone Needs A Hug, Four (Linked Universe)-centric, Dark link (linked universe)-centric Summary:

Dark Link (Dink as those pesky heroes called him) was finally ready. His great plan was finally in action. And it will never stop. He had all the time he could possibly need.

OR 8 times a hero betrayed the chain and 1 time the hero betrayed Dink. | | | | STRANGE UPDATE SCHEDULE

Chapters: 4/49 Fandom: Amphibia (Cartoon), Percy Jackson and the Olympians - Rick Riordan, The Heroes of Olympus - Rick Riordan Rating: Not Rated Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death Relationships: Annabeth Chase/Percy Jackson, Nico di Angelo/Will Solace, Hazel Levesque/Frank Zhang, Piper McLean/Shel, Annabeth Chase & Percy Jackson & Grover Underwood, Nico di Angelo & Percy Jackson, Percy Jackson & Hazel Levesque, Percy Jackson & Sally Jackson, Percy Jackson & Grover Underwood, Annabeth Chase & Percy Jackson, Annabeth Chase & Jason Grace & Percy J. & Hazel Levesque & Piper McLean & Leo Valdez & Frank Zhang, Percy Jackson & Everyone, Annabeth Chase (Percy Jackson) & Everyone, Juniper/Grover Underwood, Paul Blofis/Sally Jackson Characters: Percy Jackson, Annabeth Chase (Percy Jackson), Grover Underwood, Nico di Angelo, Will Solace, Silena Beauregard, Charles Beckendorf, Hazel Levesque, Thalia Grace (Percy Jackson), Luke Castellan, Jason Grace, Leo Valdez, Calypso (Percy Jackson), Bob | Iapetus (Percy Jackson), Reyna Avila Ramírez-Arellano, Octavian (Percy Jackson), Gaia (Percy Jackson), Kronos (Percy Jackson), Sally Jackson (Percy Jackson), Chiron (Percy Jackson), Dionysus (Percy Jackson), Mr D (percy Jackson), Mr. D (Percy Jackson) Additional Tags: Percy Jackson is Not Okay, Percy Jackson is a Mess, Annabeth Chase is too smart for her own good., Grover needs help, Grover doesn't deserve to suffer, Yet he does, Luke Castellan Redemption, Quote: Bob says hello (Percy Jackson), Manipulation, Angst, No beta - we die like Marcy Wu / Jason Grace, Bisexual Annabeth Chase (Percy Jackson), Bisexual Percy Jackson, Everyone Needs A Hug, Character Death, no- like multiple character deaths, none of the ships are main focus, bc I suck at writing romance, octavian sucks, Human Grover, human juniper, Kinda graphic in places, large abnormal monsters, Tentacles, disturbing descriptions, Blood, Annabeth's family kinda sucks, Grover's family is unmentioned, why is Mr D not a character tag? Oh wait-, Chiron Deserves Better, no powers, no gods- well actually.. SPOILERS, Sobbing noises intensifies from Bob quote Summary:

Percy Jackson, Grover Underwood and Annabeth Chase are all three very normal, human, childhood friends. Until one day all three of them find a mysterious music box...

Upon opening it, all three awaken in a new world. One where frogs, toads and newts rule. However, both this world and all three of them hide secrets... And this place threatens to break them apart.

In this new magical world of Amphibia. Percy, Annabeth and Grover must learn how to survive. Or Earth and Amphibia might not survive... | | | | | CURRENTLY ON: Haitus!!

Chapters: 4/10 Fandom: The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms Rating: Not Rated Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Dark Link (Linked Universe) & Everyone Characters: Time (Linked Universe), Four (Linked Universe), Legend (Linked Universe), Wild (Linked Universe), Twilight (Linked Universe), Warriors (Linked Universe), Dark Link (Linked Universe), Sky (Linked Universe), Malon (Legend of Zelda), Wind (Linked Universe) Additional Tags: Manipulation, Emotional Manipulation, Mind Manipulation, Betrayal, Everyone Needs A Hug, Four (Linked Universe)-centric, Dark link (linked universe)-centric Summary:

Dark Link (Dink as those pesky heroes called him) was finally ready. His great plan was finally in action. And it will never stop. He had all the time he could possibly need.

  OR 8 times a hero betrayed the chain and 1 time the hero betrayed Dink. | | | | STRANGE UPDATE SCHEDULE

Hylia opens her mouth to speak: I-

Legend: Oh. You’ve come to see me? Well let me give you a tour before you say another word. This here is my wall of my given fuchs. As you can see, it’s pretty empty. Ooh! What’s that? That person seems to be selling fucks. Too bad I seem to be all out of cash! And this dispensing thing- too seems to be selling fucks. Still don’t have any cash though!

Legend: Reasons why Warriors is annoying.

Legend: Number 1) He's annoying.

Legend: Number 2) He keeps stealing my items.

*Legend continues to pull up a 300 slide presentation of 'Why Warriors is annoying'*

The rest of the chain:

Warriors: >:0

LU incorrect quotes PT 2!

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Linked Universe (LU)/other LU inspired things:

Wild was never good at math.

A normal family? With Wild? No way! - A normal adventure? With Hylia? No way!

(Tw: arson) My pronouns are I’m going to COMMIT ARSON!

(Modern au) Four what have you done?!

(Could be modern or normal au) The sockrifice

(Again, could be modern or normal au) Sky wants to sleep in that bed

(Modern au, kinda) Hyrule, HOW DARE YOU PUT PINEAPPLE ON MY PIZZA-

Ahhh, the smell of land hurtling towards you at max speed.

(Modern au) I wanted to see ‘emo boys’, not Legend!

(Lu version) When life gives you lemons…-actually what is a lemon??

Count the amount of sand in this desert Fi.

Seriously, would you like butter on your ice?? Wait-

The Lu chain + bonuses as funny quotes I’ve heard/seen.

(Kinda Modern au) The reasons why Warriors is annoying.

((TW: SWEARING)) Legend is fresh out of fucks.

Not going to let that ruin my day!

(Kind of LU- could be LOZ) Who truly invented chill??

Why did you let Hyrule burn water Wild?!

How to CORRECTLY talk to a short person.

Hyrule doesn’t understand people.

I’m pretty sure Wild doesn’t learn…

Legend isn’t good at advice.

Legend can’t be both!

Wild, guess again.

Wild- Don't eat sticks.

My LU incorrect quotes part 1!

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Linked Universe (LU)/other LU inspired things:

Post-Lu Wind in War of Eras

Wind can't play chess

Four is not a kid!

Wind's gliding with a leaf

Four during Sunset pt 7-9 & 11.

Dink better not have killed Twilight, Wild's mad!

(Also four swords adventures, or fsa) Four should of left Shadow on the street

The Swear outline of the LU cast.

Wild you should know better then to trust Hyrule

Wild and Hyrule learn about the source of life

Uh oh! Wild broke another sword!

Sky and Four isn't pleased the master sword's broken Wild...

What is Legend allergic to?

Hyrule is wondering why life’s difficult Legend!

(Modern au) Its a true or false question!!

When Wild has the braincell

Yeah, seriously Wind, HOW did you even walk?!

Legend is after you Hylia. You’re next…

Yeah thats fair Wild.

Legend, Ravio is sorry for the intrusion…

Seriously, what is 5 x 2 ??

Wild, we know fire is fascinating, but come on!

Legend can’t take a break in Hyrule!

Twilight’s so proud of you Four!!

Yeah we’ve had worse.

Time and Four, chaos gremlins. Oh and Hyrule, the smart man.

Wild will always come up with crazier plans Four.

Modern au: You can get water.

Modern au: When will Ted.. finally appear?

Sky just wanted you guys to take him up later!!

Don’t insult Four’s height.

How are you so positive??? We’re being sacrificed!

Now thats unpeelable!

Legend, philosophy isn’t a wea- oop that sword definitely is a weapon!

(Kind of modern au) This is how little Legend cares

Red and Wild woke up and chose violence

(Modern au) Legend, don't say that to the customers!

(Modern au) Prepare yourselves McDonalds.

That’s hypothermia Warriors.

DANG IT WILD- sorry habit…

(Kinda modern au)You take that back Legend-

Here’s the link to the info on each au: HERE

Let’s play a game!

If you see this post, no matter your artistic skills, you must draw and share the drawing of your current blorbo

I’ll go first:

Feel free to tag your friends.

Edit: I can see y’all liking this, come back and show be your blorbo

Wild: Honestly, big mood right there.

Rest of the chain - Time: 😶

Time: my mind thinks it’s still 29.

Time: my humor suggest I am 10 years old

Time: and my body keeps asking if we died.

Rest the chain: 😐

Well.. been a long, long time since I’ve posted art. So here!!

These little creatures I’ve been drawing since I first got a sketchbook. The black snake-like creature’s name is named Lunar, the white one is Solar. I have a big plan of making a video game with Solar and Lunar.

Oh also, Solar and Lunar are complete opposites.

DO NOT REPOST MY ART WITHOUT CREDIT!!!

[phone rings and Kai picks it up]

Kai: Oh hi, what’s up?

Garmadon: I see you…

Kai:

Garmadon:

Kai:

Garmadon:

Kai: Do I look fabulous or what?

I love this idea sm.

I also like to combine the Movie verse and the Show verse.. So I have Jay as a nervous person with anxiety when meeting new people. If he knows the person, then he rambles non-stop even.

But otherwise.. I love these concepts for Jay and might completely rewrite Prime Empire.. or at least I’mma try to incorporate some of these into my fics. I love this sm.

@akita747 (sorry this took so long)

Doodlarambla 4

Jay!

Hell yeah! The lightning ninja. Established early on as someone who literally cannot stop talking, the comic relief, the creative, scrappy guy all about reaching new heights! When we see his flashback sequence in s9, the concept that they stick with is the idea that Jay is a dreamer. He’s pretty ambitious always trying to craft something that will take him above and beyond (as in he was literally trying to make a flying machine), and his element helps symbolise it. He’s into being flashy like lightning, and tries to climb higher (relating to the sky). This ambition does lead to him having a lot of insecurities though, and he has some interesting ways of dealing with them but I’ll elaborate later.

Jay’s backstory when it’s told in s1, is the most straight forward. I mean, he’s the only ninja with both of his parents on regular speaking terms, although he grew up on a junkyard, it’s pretty mundane and he has an air of normalcy about him, which he seems to be trying to escape. He does really mundane stuff, like poetry and comic book reading (compared to Cole who abandoned art school to go mountain climbing shirtless). I kinda hc Jay having gone to public school and immediately getting bullied because he was raised in a junkyard and his parents are weird, bc those insecurities have gotta come from somewhere. He’s pretty impressionable too, getting fixated on video games and Cliff Gordon (and those also probably influenced his uhh outlook on women and romance).

Jay has a lot of insecurities. I’ve mentioned his upbringing but also his low self esteem is the crux of his true potential episode. Jay’s over the top bravado is him trying desperately to make others like him, almost to the point that he didn’t even tell anyone about the real problems he had (being a snake). The s3-4 love triangle plot follows the same themes; Jay feeling insecure and threatened by Cole, only to reveal that secretly he missed being Cole’s best friend and he hadn’t even confronted those feelings until s4. Again in s6, Nadakhan straight up says that Jay makes jokes to hide his deeper insecurities. And yeah I thinks it’s understandable why he would be a little insecure considering he’s living with shirtless mountain climber Cole, actually gets btiches Kai, literally computer for brain Zane, badass Samurai x Nya, and grandson of god chosen one Lloyd. On top of that, Jay is the most panicky ninja and the main comic relief of the team.

I think his greatest strength is his tenacity to succeed even when he’s at a low. As a junkyard boy, he learned to scrap together quick solutions out of barely anything as shown in Hunted, and when all his friends were captured in s6, he scrapped together a new team, and even after quitting the ninja he was able to make it big and score a job as a tv host. Nadakhan’s characterisation is supposed to parallel Jay in that, like Jay, Nadakhan also relies on what resources he had, and his own wits. Jay’s “fake it til you make it” personality has its use in how he doesn’t stop trying and can find ways to make the most out of his situation. He kinda embodies the message of Lego, being able to build his way to a solution. He’s a dreamer, with his head in the clouds, which makes sense because that’s usually where lightning is.

Although after all that’s happened to Jay, I have sort of a theory/headcanon to do with his perception of reality. Because Jay, since the start, already has some association with not being completely honest. I think Jay having some sort of detachment with reality is really interesting and it’s only briefly touched upon in the show. But yknow especially after s6 I think he should because a) Jay literally learned that season that he was adopted, and whilst he still loves his parents dearly, that’s still gonna shake him to find out that he doesn’t know a lot about his past and heritage, b) everyone he loves keep dying and undying again and again and at that point I think death would be even ever so slightly desensitised c) Jay literally bent reality to his will. He is one of the only two people who remember things that never happened, and all the tragedy that happened in his life was erased and promptly ignored. He never tells the other ninja. He’s never seen going back to Cliff Gordon’s house. We don’t see him go back for Echo. He isn’t shown to try to look for his mother.

(Crystalised part 1 spoilers)

Ninjago, intentionally or not, does play around with Jay and reality and his sanity in s9 and Crystalised. In s9, whilst Jay knows what’s going on, he just loses any semblance of self preservation and gives up with even the idea of being stressed about a situation so hopeless, and is weirdly at peace with it all. (Spoilers here) In Crystalised, Jay believes Nya is in cups of water and decides to become a hermit, cutting himself off from the world and kinda losing it. Jay tends to lose his grip on reality/lose faith in his situation and I think it might be because he’s been through a lot of things that have already made him question his life (s6). Also being separated fro Nya, who he not only loves but also is the only one who can possibly understand what he went through in s6, may have played a role in this.

It’s a shame Prime Empire didn’t really use this, since Prime Empire had all the pieces to have an escapism themed arc for Jay, which I think would’ve made sense since I think Jay could’ve used escapism to cope with his hardships, even before s6, even being a ninja is an escape from his boring junkyard life). Prime Empire provides a fun, totally harmless (not) adventure than you can physically use to run away from reality. Jay was popular there, and the most skilled there and it was supposed to be his season. I mean it would have been cool if the reason why half of Ninjago entered prime empire is because they’re also traumatised and want to leave too (just last season they were attacked by fire snakes and eldritch horrors). But they don’t really explore it that much so there’s some missed potential there (one day, I’ll rewrite this season).

Although we can see, ever since s6, some of Jay’s insecurities are alleviated. It might just be the writer change, but post 7 Jay seems to be a lot goofier that pre 7 Jay, (the uwuification), and I’m interpreting that as him no longer feeling like he needs to fake bravado in front of everyone else. And that’s nice. Jay has some really good developement, and is a really enjoyable character to watch because he’s just so endearing in my opinion. In conclusion, I like Jay’s arc and his consistent character traits and his character development, and he’s just a really interesting character.

This. I’m adopting this now.

Anyone who reads my ninjago fics… expect this.

Ok, so according to the Tommy, the main reason why Jay isn’t an inventor anymore is because (and this is the exact quote), “Between Jay, Nya and Pixal there were too many characters with that profile.” Aka, there were now too many techies on the main cast to warrant a need for them all, so that part of Jay’s character ultimately got the ax.

Now while I can understand why three techies could be frustrating to work with from a writing perspective, I would like to offer a compromise to this conundrum, as I still firmly believe it was a bad decision to get rid of what’s arguably Jay’s most redeeming and defining qualities.

So, here is my proposal…

Why not have Jay be the “wacky” inventor of the team, while Nya and Pixal remain more refined and practical?

Jay wasn’t just an tinkerer. The guy grew up in a junkyard, meaning he’s used to making almost anything out of what’s basically scrap metal. In the earlier seasons, Jay would build about anything that simply popped into his head, just because he could. He and his entire family even had weird inventions and made up terms for pretty much everything there, no matter how absurd. This is unlike Nya and Pixal, who both have much sleeker styles. Jay is creative and an out-of-the-box thinker, which was one of his greatest strengths.

Have Nya and Pixal tag team and build the main vehicles for the team back at the monastery while Jay is able to spruce something up with limited supplies when they’re out on a mission. His methods aren’t always conventional or practical, or even the prettiest, but they almost always do their job and get the team out of a sticky situation. That way they can all still have that “mechanical” side, but just now suited for different roles, balancing everything out.

To be a runner or some professional runner, you gotta beat the master of speed in a race. Make sure to bring a whole lotta water bottles.

Also another thing, I’m like 90% going to write this as a fic later.

Any time a firefighter sees Kai Ninjago on the street they attack him immediately. In fact when you apply for a job as a firefighter in Ninjago you have to sign a waiver confirming that you are willing and able to fight Kai at any given moment. Defeating him in hand to hand combat is the only way to get promoted to fire chief

I wasn’t tagged but I would like to join!!

Currently reading: Rated by Melissa Grey.

Favorite color: I really like dark purple

Last song: Play with Fire by Sam Tinnesz (FEAT: Yacht Money)

Last movie: I think it was the ninjago movie???

Sweet/Spicy/Savory: I love sweet, and do like savory. Prefer sweet tho.

Currently working on: Illegal Elemental Masters fic in Ninjago. (You can read it on AO3 by Universe_Traveler or find a link on my tumblr account.)

Tags: @tinydragontoons @swordsoffour-deactivated2023051 @zetrif @zeldamphibiedalls @marenwithanm and ofc, anyone else who wants to join!!

thanks for the tag @givemea-dam-break ♡♡♡

starting a new post bc the other one is so long already

currently reading: i'm still on Lockwood & Co: The Whispering skull bc I don't have time to read :/

favourite colour: purple in all its variations, but most of all lavender + pink and all pastels

last song: semi-automatic by twenty one pilots

last movie: Rio 2 (the soundtrack is a banger)

sweet/spicy/savoury: sweet for actual meals, but savoury for snacks

currently working on: a lockwood x reader request, and next part of my george x reader

tag 9 mutuals you want to get to know better:

@maraschinomerry @heliads @waitingforthesunrise @ikeasupremacy @wellgoslowly @quillkippsisalilbitchandilovehim @lemonsharks @skullandco @oblivious-idiot

Rekrap: Y’know, everyone lost something today. I lost Reddons, Branzy lost his sword… Clownpierce lost his patience and Parrot lost all hope for us again.

Jay: Y’know, I’m not totally useless. I can always be used as a bad example.

Nya: I’ll be the evidence.

Cole: I can be the support!

Kai: I can be the good example!

Lloyd: I’ll be.. the claim?

Zane: I can be the counter-argument!

Pixal: I’ll be disappointed.