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NOCO TIMEEEE
I JUST LOVE TOTAL DRAMA LWBDKWVDKWHSKSVWJHW
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.
High school au ...
candy au chica! @madame-mongoose suggested her :)
for my friend Jem's au Hanahaki AU
I wanted to draw the scene where they talked about how he has to suffer with it while on that dumb double date. I became obsessed with how sad the concept was.
I havent read much hanahaki but I hope someone is out there writing the gross aspect of it.
I’m doing a DTIYS, most of the information is in the post but i Will clearify everything down below:
Rules:
1. Try to keep the pose/outfit similar, but feel free to be creative!
- you may ofcourse change stuff around as you see fit, but try to at least some aspect of the original drawing
2. You can use any Lloyd design!
- I encourage you to use any design of Lloyd you see fit, if you want to draw mine that’s okay, and if you Want to draw another one That is Also okay! The lloyd design you draw will not impact the results of the DTIYS so don’t worry about that (although it Would be super cool to see him in as many different designs as possible)
3. No tracing!
- i feel like this one is pretty self explanitory but obviously Do not trace mine or anyone elses entry/artwork for this.
4. Post with #P3LLOYDITIYS (i dont know if all caps is neccisary i dont really get tumblr tags, uhm oops) and tag me!
5. Last day to enter is October 10th
- You may, still participate after the 10th, but only enteries submitted before the 10th have a chance to win a prize!
Which brings me to
Prizes!
1st place: A coloured + shaded halfbody
2nd place: A coloured + Shaded icon
3rd place: A coloured icon
I hope you all who participate have fun and good luck!
walking home from school
lets talk about how traumatized this random citizen who thinks he watched cole fall to his death probably is
Okay so real talk how the fuck did Hazza D'ur die??? Because like the skull is Hazza D'ur, right? And he has like a MASSIVE scar over his right eye area, like his bone material is cracked, wtf could even do that man...
COLE AND NYA FANS HOW ARE WE FEELING!????
had to throw this together because UGH! Yes I am jumping headfirst, I am putting the clown make up, my wig is ON. The Formling and the serpentine are Cole’s kids and he has to present them to his bestie.
in the meantime I am calling them Rocky and Junior, for the formling and the serpentine. Idk what gender they are, so if the serpentine is a girl they would be Lily Junior, if guy then Cole jr.
UGH PART TWO LOOKS LIKE IS GOING TO BE GREAT!
First we had Spooky Skeleton Jay. Now we have Office Jay. Clearly this means we need to combine the two: Jay in that spooky skeleton outfit, but doing completely mundane office stuff like fixing the printer and doing paperwork. Jay's final form is Skeleton Accountant and I will hold that in my heart until i die
I’ve done it, jamblr. I won animal jam
I’VE RICK ROLLED SO MANY PEOPLE
ABSOLUTELY in love with all your designs, like as far as I’m concerned they are CANON and what my brain imagines everytime I read a fic and daydream, I want to scribble your designs on the side of my school books and giggle and stare and not pay attention in class, they are that good, they are BANGER, nobody can do it like you, that art style, those colors, OP I tip my hat to you 🫡
I really appreciate it! Here movie AU morro and Lloyd
They’re talking on their way to the mall after garmadon destroyed it (again)
my jay obsession is literally at its peak rn. every post youll see from me recently is jay. if i wasnt worthy of a jay stan back then now im literally bombarding my blog with this silly blue ginger freckled blorbo lego that also became an accountant
everyone say THANK YOU THANK YOU SO MUCH to @finn-m-corvex for the tired accountant jay idea who fixes coffee machines with his powers 3 times a day and shouts at sharon for overusing the printer <333
If there isn’t a Cole vs Jay showdown in Dragons Rising at some point in time...
Nya, about Jay: He's the least self aware person I've ever met.
Nya: He has massive amounts of unearned confidence and is utterly unaware of his own absurdity.
Nya: Therefore, quite good at sex.
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@abunnsburrow for opening my eyes to this quote and giving me the idea
Headcanon that Jay was given a really fancy name by his birth mom and Ed and Edna just went with it, but it just did NOT suit him and they were always trying to think of nicknames but none of them stuck, and they were so relieved when he came out as trans and changed his name that they didn't even care that he named himself after a minor crime.
Ninjago AU where everything is the same, but Jay never loses his brow slit.
the joke about jay literally being in the stanley parable is so funny because it's so accurate to me
if he could hear a narrator say "and jay went through the door on the left" he would, without a moment's hesitation, go through the door on the right. no questions asked. he is here to cause problems
anon requested baby jay literally doing anything
he eepy....
The 4 stages of "what the fuck has Jay been doing since The merge?"
Jay could have been doing these things for the 5 years since the merge and I find it beautiful.
Especially because in one way or another they all include angst.
The funny part is that I remember from the beginning of DR that people theorized that Cole would adopt some children after the merge and that ended up being true.
Pick a modern au career
option 3: guy who builds shit in the garage all day and plays videogames and takes care of their dogs then cooks dinner for his beautiful girlboss wife when she comes home from her job making six figures
see now THIS is how you do an introductory google form
edit: alt text provided by @/wytchcore. thank you!
Worst ways to describe Ninjago to people
(Let me know if I should turn this into a series, or if you come up with any)
(These are all jokes)
"This is a show about how plastic makes tornadoes"
"That's Jay, the blue guy. His special power is screaming at the very top of is lungs"
"That's Kai. He's an anime protagonist. His special power is getting sidelined in everything he's ever been involved with"
"That's Cole. Best hair. No criticism" (Quote my GF)
"Society hates and torments a ten year old because he's a brat"
“See, his father is a tired old man who wants to be a better father, it’s hard when you’re an evil terrorist trying to turn the world into your personal zombie land”
"And then the child slipped on ice and fell into a snake pit, and then he was a KING"
"So there's this purple snake. He eats purple snakes. That's how you know he's a good friend"
"Also there's a pink ninja. Yeah. We don't talk about pinkie no no no no no-"
"He's always wondered who he was on the inside... turns out he's a bunch of wires"
"If he could get someone to fall in love with him, the curse would be broken. But who could ever learn to love a snake?"
"His dad didn't say NO MUSIC, he said YES MUSIC, ONLY MUSIC"
"So they have the devil himself living in their boat, and they all think he's a really good neighbor who wouldn't try to kill them while they're sleeping. Except for this one guy who is suspicious. What a hypocrite he is, am I right?"
"Do I save the entire world or do I have this one child? I'm gonna save the child, c'mere child"
"'No destiny, I AM the Green Ninja' 'NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO-'"
"And then the emo child became god"
"So he died. Then he died. And then he died again."
"A machine told her that cheating was okay"
"To save her life, he gave her a piece of his heart. Literally"
"And then they were yeeted into space"
"The Flash is in this show"
"You know how they say the cake is a lie? Wrong. It's the noodles"
"The best way to make things right with your friend is to try to strike them with lightning"
"I must fulfill my daddy's wishes to start up the evil empire-but wait, why is this fire boy so pretty? I think I'll side with him"
"Dude was drunk on power holding a stick, don’t worry he’s fine, they just had to slap him with a jet”
"He was born a devil in a human's body. Then he became a devil. Then he became human again. Then he became a snake. Then he became a dead person. Then the devil again."
"Dead people are deadly allergic to water"
"What do you do when you don't know what to do with a character? MURDER THEM... and then bring them back as a ghost. Problem solved"
"A thousand year old genie wants to marry a teenage girl"
"You ever heard of Romeo and Juliet? Well Jay just said NOPE"
"A young boy became the father of an elderly man"
"Oh Lloyd, if only there was someone out there who loved you"
"And then his dad was brought back from hell to drag him along"
"They didn't die, they were transported to the middle of nowhere"
"A child grew up with his four dads, and then became thousands of years older than said four dads and tried to become a counselor to their rocky marriage"
"Cole fell into the void"
(Come up with your own when reblogging)
