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Rodraw of this but I drew em in the ZX suits cuz I like em more lol

I FINISHED THE DESIGNS YIPPEE AND ALL i hope yall like them

my brain tumor demanded marching band glacier

ALSO IF YOU GUYS HAVE IDEA OF WHAT OTHER NINJAGO CHARACTERS WOUDL DO IN THE BAND PLEASE TELL ME not lloyd or nya though i have a plan for them already ;)

i have decided their positions now, cole in pit and kai on saxophone

i based cole off a guy i marched with in high-school, he always jumped before hitting the final note on the bass drum and tam tam, i hope thay guy is doing well these days

okay i did two more a little bit ago I HAVE JUST LLOYD LEFT AND THEN ILL HAVE DONE THEM ALL i also included the unrendered versions in case people want the colors

im so sorry i finished these a while ago and i forgot to put them here i have more stuff coming also hold on

ive been drawing each ship at a time bc i love all of them, these are the only two i have right now but i will be making them all

i finished my designs a couple days ago and forgot to put it up here whoopsies i promise ill put stuff here more often i have some neat stuff coming

good thing they didnt check the merchandise in the back!

jesus christ you guys are fucking UP the snake one, i guess i need to start putting these here as well...... (i finished this yesterday my b)

bro my designing power is unmatched, im high as fuck but im a godDAMN BALLLER

okay this ended up being the hardest one for me to do, i apologize it is not really rendered, i just wanted it done.. i think i only have jay left in me then i gotta stop doing these for a bit im getting BURNT

i just HAD to stay up to work on these a little bit but like fuck why is it two am i have class tomorrow

yall i was high off my ass last night and did NOT REALIZE i posted the wrong version of the designs..

i had remade the cole one because i did not like it, although now im curious to see which one people like better..

i remade and finished the og four ninjago designs, im really curious what people think so any and all comments and pointers and all are very welcome. i do not really know how to draw people so this is new ground for me :)

in my recent practices to draw people (because i dont actually know how) i drew knox and cole having their usual beef as has been decided for the rp knox was made for WHICH BY THE WAY you guys should absolutely go read whats been written for this story, my buddy has been updating it here and there as the story goes on, its right here :)

misc ninja part II <3

part I here

I just finished the ninjago finale.

the worst parts were probably

---the major plot holes (like hello?? why werent maya and ray there before? why was the prophecy on a piece of origami paper?  why didnt lloyd embrace his oni form?? wasnt the entire point to embrace it?? it coudlve been so much better if lloyd learned to love all parts of him)

---furthermore, the relationship between kai and skylor seemed soooo forced,

-----and i am not ready AT ALL to forgive harumi and let lloyd and them be a ‘thing’ like hellO??? i understand harumi is trying but she lied to lloyd BILLIONS of times thats just downright toxic.

-----not to mention we were ROBBED of RGB scenes. like hello?? sibling relations are just as important as romance?? why is ninjago getting rid of the best interactions (RGB) in the entire show??

---doesnt feel like a finale

---the fact that they are always losing their powers it getting really repetitive

---the ‘plot’ was very predictable and got a little boring

the best parts were

---- garmadon lord i love this man

---- i love christofern.

----i also loved minipix <3 (although a better name would be pixies)

----and i loved the interactions between kai and cole.

---also i loved that we saw the new merlopian king

---and im sorry but it was so funny when pythor told nya to go back to the ocean where she belongs.

---gotta say i also love vinny sm and aspheera is such a girlboss.

---- dragon forms were very pretty

--- the pixane scenes <3

---the newspaper kiddos

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ninjago’s biggest flaw: death = development

ninjago has this consistent idea that the death of a character leads to the development of either said character, or the characters who grieve the death. while this concept can be written very well, ninjago can’t seem to get it right.

for example, nya’s sacrifice in seabound. i think her death could have been the BEST example in ninjago of how relationships can grow and strengthen over a shared loss. nyas ‘death’ could’ve been written as a wonderful way to deepen relationships between the characters, ESPECIALLY kai and jay. relationship development between those two would have been such a good concept, stabilizing eachother during times of grief, and so cole (who was, im sure we all agree, the most stable post seabound) would not have the burden of trying to help all members of the team, burying his own grief in order to aid the others, just as he had to do when his mother died.

furthermore, nya’s own death could have been a development strike for herself, but the show did not give her and nyad enough time  to show nya once again reestablishing her sense of self, and collecting her memories. this lack of time nya had, and the lack of attention brought to kai’s grieving methods, combined with loss of potential growth between kai and jay, simply proved that what the writers were aiming for (nyas death--> development) did not work out. and im sure u all can think of the other examples where this idea does not work out.

but i think while the death= development IS a problem, there are times where they got it right, and it did lead to development at some point. for example, when the monastery doors collapsed on lloyd, and so he ‘died’ and met with the first spinjitsu master (plot contribution). and, cole’s ‘fall/death’ showed us an extremely rare occasion of kai being vulnerable and scared, and then nya into a phase of blaming herself, which led to kai comforting nya, showing the strength of the bond between the two.

so, ultimately, i believe the true problem, is : ninjago’s inability to correctly and deeply portray grief,  because the entire idea of death= development  is based on how individuals deal with grief (coping mechanisms), how they carry on with it, and the relationships formed/strengthened by it. if grief is written poorly, then death can never lead to development.

*noms them affectionately*

ninjago headcannons ll

-kai sleeps like a cat

-jay loves eating chobani yogurt (incase you don’t know, it’s a brand of yogurt that has one little thingy full of yogurt and the other thingy u can flip over and add cookie dough or chocolate chips or whatever)

- nya and kai are those crazy madmen racing on the street ways that all the moms shake their heads at

- nya cannot parallel park but she can tokyo drift

- one day lloyd hit his head on the table so kai hit the table back.

- cole can digest anything ( poisoning him to death? lol nice try he loves to nom poison)

-kai bought lloyd most of his game/comic collection

- nya has a bellybutton piercing

part one

I get sad when someone says one ninja sacrificed more than the others for ninjago

like no :( they all hurt so much all their sacrifices are equally painful :((( give them hugs please

random ninja fam hcs?

anon YOU READ MY MIND I WAS GONNA POST SOME JUST NOW LOL

--ummmm of course they all collect squishmellows

-Cole, Kai and Jay would inflate an air mattress for the sole reason of riding it down the stairs

- The team makes clay rings together and for eachother (wu comes home and it’s a clay-tastrophe)

- WATER BALLOON CHALLENGE but nya kills everyone so its over in the first five seconds

- BLINDFOLD COOKING with zane and kai but somehow they always end up making the best food ever (the others are not allowed to participate bc they can’t even cook with their eyes open)

-everything jay owns has his name on it but the others still steal his stuff.. sorry jay..

- lloyd always wins prank wars. everyone is a victim except kai bc kai has older brother privileges

-KARAOKE NIGHT..... but cole is banned from singing. dw he can dance though

- kai hosts face mask parties bc he has a drawer dedicated to facemasks

-who needs a slushie machine when you have ZANE!

-kai does nyas makeup +hair +chooses her outfit when she goes out on dates w/jay

part two

Lloyd, Nya, and Zane vs Cole, Kai and Jay in an escape room:

Team #1:

Lloyd (the leader + idea maker ): nya you search that area and be on the lookout for map coordinates and zane can you please help me with these pots I think these designs are hinting something

also lloyd: *oni growls* at everything…

Nya (the theorizer + hint refuser): ok guys so according to my theory these coordinates should be the password to unlock the safe because the ID card numbers are proportional to the- NO LLOYD WE DONT NEED HINTS WE ARE BETTER THAN THAT.

also nya: smash smash frustration BASH

Zane (the analyzer + clue organizer): according to my database this is a long, forgotten language used by an ancient civilization decades ago. no one has ever deciphered it before. i shall translate it in a few seconds. apologies for the delay. allow me to organize the clues, I’ll section them in different categories and label them individually.

also zane : [grabs a detective hat and wears it, declares his newfound ownership over it] oh? what do you mean it’s the property of the escape room?

Team #2

Cole (the muncher+ the holy observer): guys look I found a trail of crumbs maybe if we follow it we can find something! [is staring at his own crumbs]

also cole: hmmm that painting MOVED. let’s check it out. yes it’s totally a color wheel it’s certainly hinting towards a certain art type we should investigate all the painting in that art type let’s go woo!! guys is that a THREAD of string on the floor? that’s the same fabric on the coat!!

Jay (the toucher of everything + the creative one ): what’s this what’s that hey guys check this out ew this is sticky don’t come here everyone I’m gonna touch everything

also jay: ok guys I made this mini electronical gps by myself with the limited materials we found! slay!

Kai ( secret passageway finder, the riddle solver): ooo is this a lever how about this maybe this is the lever oh man THIS IS DEFINITELY a SECRET passageway oh wait no it’s not oops sorry

also kai: so I solved all fifty riddles and found 68 secret passageways do u guys think that’s good enough?

guess which team always wins.

people ask me why I’m so distraught over ninjago ending and when you tell them it’s because your emotionally attached since it’s been there since your childhood and you’ve grown up with it and even though it does injustice to your favorite character it still has your favorite character and you sound like a crazy person when in reality you just can’t let go of something that brings you comfort so easily even though it’s just some stupid tv show

more ninja headcannons (cole-centered) <3

cole definitely paints on the gang when he’s stressed out or for fun

like one day kai and nya are wearing sleeveless and they want cole to paint matching animals across their arms

or jays sleeping and cole paints a mustache on him

or maybe zane wants to spice up his apron so now it’s covered in coles art

or lloyd wants to get better at painting so they both experiment on kai’s back bc kai loves being painted on

it’s like a stress reliever and a fun hobby at the same time that cole loves doing and he’s spectacular at it too

or maybe like one day cole is really upset and the ninja are like cmon guys let’s paint him instead and in less than an hour cole is covered in dragons and flowers and monkeys and chickens and all sorts of things that they all take pictures of and laugh about and coles forgotten why he was sad in the first place

ninja headcannons bc I am always in my head

Kai and Jay are the type of people to yell out ‘SURPRISE ATTACK’ during suprise attacks but despite that they somehow always manage to work better than when the others don’t yell anything out

um yes of course the entire gang has matching tattoos ( + Kai, Nya, and Lloyd have another additional set too. Kai has R tattooed, Nya has B tattooed, and Lloyd has G. RGB SIBLINGS <3 )

LONG HAIR COLE LONG HAIR COLE LONG HAIR COLE

cole gives the best hugs thank you and goodbye

jay used to have a furby (yes, used to. until kai burned it because it was freaky as FUDGE)

Zane likes to watch detective shows and owns fifty detective hats

If somebody says one more time that Kai deserved to not only get kicked but also beaten up by jay in that one fight scene in crystallized I will THROW HANDS. No, I DO NOT hate jay. But I DO HATE tommy anderson

we know why jay acts the way he does. we have information about his past. we have an entire season about him and how he perceives himself (sky bound). Nadakhan literally pointed out that jay uses jokes to cover up insecurity. His true potential showed that he was insecure about being himself (until nya talked to him etc). We got like three seasons of him being the hero and saving entirety of Ninjago.

We were given Information about Cole’s past. We saw his childhood with his gorgeous mom. We saw in his true potential how he desperately wanted to be accepted by his dad. We saw Zane’s past. We saw how he sacrificed himself for the Ninja, understanding and acting upon the same words Kai had told him, “it’s about family, not numbers”. The writers could dive into Zane more, but we got something. And we also got some Nya, why she’s a perfectionist, why she isn’t that verbal, why she’s Independent; Kai said so himself, after all. Even though I wish we saw her talk with Nyad more, we still got her. And the entire series is about our boy Lloyd. And even though every one of them could be explored so much more, we got something. And for a few ninja, we got a lot of something’s. But not Kai. Rarely Kai.

Kai’s true potential was protecting someone. And I loved that, I did. But that’s it. If anything, it literally points out that no, he is not selfish. We never got a season truly revolving around Kai’s childhood struggles/trauma. Why is he reckless? Why is he protective? Why does he never cry? While the other ninja have their spotlights, Kai never had his. He is such a complex character (that ninjago refuses to dive into) and that’s why I love him so much.

I know. I know Kai can be rude to Jay sometimes, and bully him, but if it came down to it, Kai would die for him. Because this is the man that makes his sister happy, because jay does mean a lot to kai. Kai doesn’t show it - frankly, he doesn’t show a lot of things. And I know this doesn’t entirely excuse the way he acted toward jay before, but why. I want to know why he acts like that. But the writers never dwelled on it. Jay is allowed to confront and express his feelings about how Kai for ‘bullying’ him, but not like this ( by the way, idk if I guys noticed but lately Kai has been complimenting/hyping jay up a lot now.)

And when jay, who is grief stricken, leads him self to believe only he loved nya in the entire world, kai is allowed to get angry. Kai is allowed to feel anger towards someone acting like no one else loved nya when Kai raised her. Protected her. Did everything for her. Just because we did not see as much of Kai grieving as we did of Jay, does not mean Jay was more upset. For all we know, Kai was dying on the inside. She was his sister for gods sake.

Kai did not “deserve” that kick. And if you genuinely think that, i honestly do not know what to tell you.