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you know the characters are fucked when Ethel Cain songs fit their situation

hiii I am here to point out/analyze (??) a scene from Skybound that I haven’t seen anyone mention before.. (if this has already been talked about I would like to see the post about it ^-^) also, apologies in advance if tumblr kills the quality of my pics..

⚠️tw/cw for icky implications and the topic of skybound as a whole⚠️

this screenshot. I’m sure you’ve seen it before, I’m sure you recognize the episode/scene it comes from (s6 episode 6: "My Dinner With Nadakhan"). but have you ever noticed the way Nadakhan is touching Jay?! did you ever notice that he’s grabbing Jay’s waist..?

the fact that Nadakhan (after seizing Jay’s wrist) went for Jay’s WAIST next is concerning to me. it was such an immediate reaction, no hesitation whatsoever. he just grabbed him. Nadakhan always vandalizes ANY CHARACTER’S personal space, but this grab felt so violent. and the way that Jay has almost no reaction to it..? that’s also deeply concerning..

now I know you might be asking- "is that even Jay’s waist?". I know, I know. it LOOKS like his hand is pretty high, but remember that Jay is also sitting down. I have more pictures to prove that this is, in fact, Jay’s waist.

and the thing that makes this whole scene even more terrifying is THIS:

the way that Nadakhan smiles when Jay finally gives up is sickening.. and again, it’s so sad that Jay just.. accepts it. and Nadakhan caressing Jay’s hair.. which we’ve seen him do MORE THAN ONCE- not to mention the one time Nadakhan pulls Jay by his hair to lift his face off the ground.

(I couldn’t find a picture of the exact scene, but this is another time Nadakhan is being weird with his fucking hook hand…! ew..!)

I know that y'all get what I’m implying here.

just felt the need to talk about this scene bc of how much it breaks my heart :(

(⚠️PLEASE NO FIGHTING/DISCOURSE IN THE REBLOGS/COMMENTS OF THIS POST! any comments of people fighting or trying to instigate a fight will be removed. this post doesn’t exist as an open tournament for people who disagree on things about skybound. please be respectful and accept others opinions!⚠️)

skybound wouldve been better if jay died and nya made the last wish

in my opinion

Kai holding his wife ♥️♥️

Jay: Kai..? Is that you?..

Kai: Yeah, it’s me. Don’t worry Jay, I’m getting you outta here!

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this is my au where it’s basically just skybound but with plasma <33 the plasma infection is taking over my brainnnn !!! aaaahhh !!

(ALSO YES I KNOW THAT KAI’S HAIR DIDNT CANONICALLY LOOK LIKE THAT IN SEASON SIX, I JUST DIDNT FEEL LIKE DRAWING HIS HAIR LIKE THAT- that’s also why I didn’t give him his scar since I don’t think he had it ?? idk help)

random sketches that I will probably never finish bc euehghg I don’t like how they look

Skybound Jay but beat up

Jay but when he was a tv show host in s4

Jaya baby but what if it’s that one art trend and what if the baby also looks like Kai

bleh that’s it goodbyeh

I was watching Sons Of Garmadon… and then THEY REFERENCED SKYBOUND. JAY AND NYA’S LITTLE LOOK AT EACH OTHERRRRR NOOOOOOOOO I CRODE I CRODEEE I FUCKING CRODEEEE

(my first time watching btw)

Skybound jaya angst but like imagine it was written better

(drew this at 3am. sorry if the proportions are bad I’m still practicing 😭)

"you’re all on your own, and you lost all your friends"

this was just a sketch I did during school but it came out really well so. taping it on my wall now-

imagine Skybound but like …….. blood 😃

no fr!? IM GLAD IM NOT THE ONLY ONE WHO THINKS THAT! Like, can I just yap about this for a hot minute ??

I always hated Nadakhan with all of my heart as a kid, even if some of the things he did kinda went over my head, I always thought he was weird and creepy. he is different from the other villains, and his actions 100% show that he’s a CREEP. (COUGHS the scene where he goes to kiss Nya.. the literal teenager.. so lucky that scene cut off) I’m obviously not a parent so idk if I should rlly have a say on if it was a good idea to tackle this in a “kids show” or not. But hey, at least they depicted him and his actions as evil and disgusting (because they are).

Rewatching Skybound a few weeks back had me absolutely BAFFLED and SHOCKED at how much I truly missed as a kid about Nadakhan and his vile actions. It’s a VERY different experience watching Skybound and being mature and aware of things like that, especially as someone who has had some experiences with manipulation and grooming… Nadakhan shows all the signs- there’s no doubt in my mind that any scene portraying things he did (or possible things he could’ve done) were on purpose to represent that. I mean.. how come Cole found Jay in NADAKHAN’S room when he was rescued..? Why wasn’t Jay in his cell..??? (I got an icky feeling when I rewatched that scene.)

I genuinely think Skybound as a whole just has an underlying theme of pedophilia, grooming, manipulation, and sa. Yes sa too. Anyone want to remember the scene where Zane got pinned down by Mechanic and had his shirt unbuttoned?? Yeah, cause that was ALSO in Skybound. there’s a video on YouTube that points out many times where Nadakhan acted like that and shows the scenes of evidence to this. Im sure you’ve watched it already, but i’ll put it here anyway:

jay and nadakhan as an allegory for grooming but i fear we as a fandom are not ready for the discussion

Jay before and after Skybound but with my designs :3

closeups + yapping abt the designs under the cut:

before Skybound: hair is always pretty nicely done, more of a gingerish color | scar where his eyebrow slit is | lighting bolt earrings he got in s4 | some lightning scars around his right eye | round baby face | hiding his freckles with makeup

after Skybound: hair is a little longer and more unkept, looks a little more brown than ginger now | scar under his right eye and on nose from when he got BEAT UP on Nadakhan’s ship- | more lightning scars on his face and body (bc of that one episode where they just let Jay get straight up struck by lightning on the boat 😭) | eye bags ✨ | only one lightning bolt earring bc his other got torn out painfully during a round of “Scrap N’ Tap”, which also caused a scar on his right ear | more malnourished-looking :( and less of a baby face | finally showing his freckles :>

You can obviously use these designs or ideas!! if you use them directly though pls credit me!! (Ik I didn’t come up with all the design choices here but still !)

okay that’s it. farewell Jay nation ⚡️

I finished season 6 :3

y’all I rewatched the last few episodes of Skybound, and found myself ugly-crying about 3 times.

LIKE CMON BRO 😭😭😭😭😭 THEY REALLY JUST STABBED US AND THEN TWISTED THE KNIFE. AT LEAST WE GOT AFTERCARE WITH THE HAPPY ENDING BUT DAMN THIS HURTS SO MUCH OW WHY-