Hey Jammers

TDI meets Scott Pilgrim Meets Friday Night Funkin

Love me some good Garmasako angst.

I wish we had seen Sensei Garmadon and Misako after his cured of the venom. I mean, I understand it's a kid's show about Lego ninjas but still.

There would have to be a lot of work between the two, mistakes have been made on both sides, and a lot of late-night crying but they are willing to put in the work to forgive and restore trust within one another. (therapy helps too)

so. first experience playing pw was. yeah

I know I couldn’t make this exactly gwody, but EMO Cody coming out of no where Gwen would just be like... 👀👀

Lmao I laughed way too hard at this

are you kidding me. you’re telling me mateo wrote in his comics that cooper and zoey called him handsome, and cooper (with HEART EYES) called him DREAMY. ARE YOU JOKING?!???? MATEO CHRISTOPHER GARCIA I KNOW WHAT YOU ARE.

Ninjago Moms~

the ninja stuck in Nadakhan’s sword trying to communicate to jay

Tonight on "Boring Worldbuilding Theories Only I Care About":

So characters are often seen saying things like "gee" and " jeez", which doesnt really make sense at a surface level bc both of those terms have Christian roots, being short for "jesus." Similarly, words like "gosh" and "golly" are a euphemism for "god", and exist as an alternative to "saying the lord's name in vain" - a concept that originated from the Bible and is to my knowledge exclusively Christian/Christian-adjacent.

The problem is, Christianity doesnt exist in Ninjago (outside of that one time Kai went on an acid trip and invented Christmas with the power of hallucination). So that means jeez/gee and gosh/golly had to have entered their lexicon in a different way.

"Gosh" is perhaps the easiest to explain. It probably has a similar linguistic function in Ninjago as it does in our world - after all, it doesnt seem too outlandish to conclude that there are religious rhetorics in-universe that discourage the speaking of godly names. Of course Ninjago does seem to be a predominantly secular society now - relying on religion for tradition and culture, but the actual observance of faith seems largely restricted to monks and select demographics - so it's likely that the practice of godly euphemisms may have over time disseminated from religious praxis into broader cultural colloquialism.

Although that does certainly raise the question about cultural variation in the characters who swear by the FSM's name like Wu and I think Pixal once, whereas characters like Ed and Jay use godly euphemisms - gosh, golly, etc. Were these religious sects more prominent in some regions than others? Ed and Jay, who use the euphemisms, both hail from the Sea of Sand - was this desert once within the territory of one of these euphemistic groups? And did these groups all follow the same faith but as part of different sects, or were they different religions altogether? Much to think about.

But as for gee and jeez...well, what if they're shortened versions of "wojira"? We know she was the prevailing deity back before the FSM showed up and defeated her, and is still worshipped in places like the Island of the Keepers. Perhaps, when her acknowledgement was more ubiquitous, her name was similarly used as a form of exclamation - but over time, due to cultural and linguistic evolution, the exclamation became shortened to things like "jeez" and "gee".

...yeah, i warned you this was gonna be boring. Dont come crying to me if you fell asleep halfway through.

It's spooky month so you know I gotta' draw my favorite green guys!

I’m rewatching tournament of elements and I love how Jay randomly breaks his leg and then it just randomly heals the next episode. Like??? Literally what was the purpose of that LMAO