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lord of the rings bigatures my beloved

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Man, it must’ve been really tough for Lloyd in seasons 4&5 when he literally sees Kai almost get corrupted by the staff and then immediately to have to deal with Morro.

Like Lloyd witnessed Kai fighting for his sanity because he’d internalized the rejection of not being the Green Ninja. And then Lloyd sees that Morro actually did go kinda insane about the exact same thing.

And it’s all for a destiny Lloyd himself never asked for or wanted.

Idk it’s just Lloyd is slammed again and again with the fact that he’s the only one who never wanted to be the Green Ninja, yet he’s the only one who was always supposed to be the Green Ninja. And while that’s probably for a reason, it doesn’t make any of this any easier. Like Kai was so close to succumbing to his jealousy and Lloyd didn’t even know. And then for Lloyd to be tortured by someone was destroyed by that jealousy? Feels like salt in the wound.

Anyway, I’m just saying Lloyd (as always) handled that remarkably well.

#ninjago #ninjago lloyd #ninjago kai #kai jiang #kai smith #lloyd garmadon #lego ninjago #lloyd ninjago #kai ninjago #ninjago tournament of elements

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I think I’d cry

Imagine dr s2 p2 comes out and we get a tournament fight between cole and jay, but during this fight the scene keeps flashing back to their fight in toe, maybe even reanimated in the dr style instead of using the exact same footage. Bonus points if the episode is titled something like „round 2“ as the original episode was named versus. idk, just spitballing here

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Your art is so pretty ahhhdhwhwbekxjwjxkekx

Recently I’ve been watching Ninjago! I’m only on s7 so don’t spoil it for me please :,]

There is so much more than what I remember as a kid omg it’s so good. I’m genuinely excited to make it to Dragon’s Rising because omg omg omg

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having an oc you havent drawn / written about publicly yet that only exist as a concept is so funny. i have special access to this limited edition guy from my brain

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I love everything about this piece oh my word

Ninjago on my mind 24/7

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I want to talk about THIS scene from the episode "The Forgotten Element" in Season 4

This was the scene that spawned many Evil Kai AU fanfictions.

(And like... I get it)

As a kid, I was always jaw dropped by this scene, but I didn't understand this scene too much.

Like, what was the point of this Evil Kai AU if it was for a minute and it was resolved so quickly?

They were building this up the entire episode and even before it, so was that all for nothing? Did it not mean anything? What was the point of this anyway?

And then it clicked with me WHY that was.

The problem was that I was only focusing on what's present in the moment and not all around it.

In the moment itself, Kai is holding the staff, it holds too much power, it corrupts him and spills all of is bottled up negative emotions about destiny and the Green Ninja, how he feels about it all being wrong, that he was somehow 'not good enough' compared to a child, and how he should've been the one with all the power all the glory and all the abilities in is veins.

"You had all the power, now it's my turn!"

"Nothing that I don't already feel!"

"I should've been the Green Ninja!"

That's straight up TELLING.

And it makes sense. Kai wanted to be the Green Ninja more than anyone ever since he heard of that prophecy. Ever since he was told he was the Master of Fire by Wu he went from 'do everything for Nya and be a parent' to 'I can be special and worthy in a way I couldn't ever see in myself'. And then it all turned out to be for nothing, Kai being 'special' was all a lie, and the prophecy went to this bratty kid that Kai was tasked to babysit. Then Lloyd would proceed to be very well recognized and Kai was just... the forgotten member that nobody understands the motives of. 'You wanted to take the place of someone who did something sacrificially heroic? How dare you. SELFISH.'

BUT WE ALL KNOW THAT.

This all sounds like a villain origin story that would happen in the season, right?

The build up is all there. The bottled up emotions. Skylor's influence. Chen taunting him in this episode about it and getting into his head about his parents, something that is VERY PERSONAL to Kai.

So if it ended up being just ONE MOMENT and that's it, then this was all for nothing, right?

NO.

Why? Because that's not what this aspect of the episode is about at all.

This was all NOT build up to Kai becoming a villain.

This was about Kai REJECTING that villainous side of him.

He's been 'on the villain's side' at the start of the episode when Chen decided not to enslave him.

Another motif of this episode is what gets said over and over again in the B plot of the episode, that being the prison escape from the Noodle Factory. "The power of positive thinking"

Kai is learning this as well, but it's his own personal battle to come to that. Part of being positive is being positive about yourself.

He's been scolded for being selfish constantly. Again, how dare he want to take someone's place, someone who was better than him in every way and they all knew it. These people are oblivious, they can't read his mind, they're misinterpreting his words, and for some reason nobody apologizes for that.

We've seen him be insecure of his own abilities. When he feels like he can't do something, he goes 'If only I had this ability'. An example being the Digiverse.

Part of the lesson there was that he had to allow himself to have the power he needed to get out of a tight spot. As an old fashion and a devoted brother, makes sense why he'd struggle with this.

And then when Chen gets in his head, it's the same thing again, he's selfish and he wants the power and that's all he cares about.

Everyone is saying you're selfish, therefore it must be true.

And this is the first time Kai ever actually CALLS THE PERSON OUT for accusing him of being one dimensionally selfish.

Yes he falters back when Chen mentions his parents, but that's still a notable step. (And he would continue to call out their accusations in Possession)

The episode consists of Kai being on the villain's side and playing the role of the deceiver. Him being smart by playing the emotions of Chen and Skylor rather than be a logical thinker. (WOW. An episode that doesn't make Kai dumb and instead makes him smart in a way that fits his character. That is sad how rare that's shown anymore.)

And to do that he had to convince everyone that he was on the villain's side and that he has turned.

So THIS moment is not build up to Kai becoming a villain truly, it's a test on this own side of him that he must acknowledge exists. How this way of thinking isn't healthy, it's petty, it's not worth it, and he shouldn't be lingering on something when he himself is capable of so much.

And then NO ONE EVER TALKS ABOUT HOW KAI WAS THE ONE WHO BROKE THE STAFF AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT.

He could just grab the staff again and be corrupted again, and that's it. But HERE, there is no one paying attention to him to tell him what to do.

Which means this is all Kai's choice.

This is Kai CHOOSING to REJECT that villain inside him, and instead proceed to a more positive outlook, one that would benefit everyone.

That's countering all the selfish accusations more than anything else.

As a kid I was confused as to why there wasn't a scene where Kai acknowledged what happened when he was corrupted and how you go from that to 'Kai wants to protect Lloyd'

Him breaking the staff IS that scene. (It's just so fast that it's hard to see on a first couple viewings) He NEVER wants to see himself as that corrupted figure again, and is willingly choosing what role he wants to play now. That's the transition there from that Kai to Possession Kai. (Possession Kai = Best Kai)

This is one of my favorite episodes of the show because of how much justice was done here in so many ways.

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The three layers of Sir Percy Blakney’s personality:

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"Like the fire-breathing dragons we are"

Idk But I just like this phrase so much?

I mean yeah, Wyldfyre likes being with the ninja and going onto the missions and she's part of the gang and all that, but I don't think she sees herself as a ninja yet, no, she's a dragon, she was raised by one and most of her family had been dragons, so, she's a dragon.

And she bonded with Kai, but what this phrase implies is that, instead of her joining herself with the Ninja as Arin and Sora did (Because the writers could've said "We're ninjas, I'm a ninja too" or variations) what she did was add Kai to her family.

She's a dragon, her family are dragons, her primary caretaker is a dragon and since Kai is now family he's a dragon too.

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I found an old Ninjago comic I made back when I was 13 I think. My sense of humour was something else

If you're wondering what Kai is doing, he's sharpening his fire sword. Yeah, this is the fire sword

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dragons rising s2 moodboard

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Haven’t seen the full season yet but for the Ninja’s sake I hope this is what happens

#ninjago dragons rising #dragons rising #ninjago #dragons rising spoilers #dr2 spoilers #ninjago spoilers #lego ninjago #lego #lego ninjago spoilers

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He’s such a fricking loser. Glad he fell, hate that guy. (I love him with all my heart.)

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I feel this concept art in my soul, guys ahhh

A little obsessed with the "utterly burnt out & can't quite figure out how to make it work in this economy" depiction of Mario in the concept art.

Look at him. He's so tired.

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Yep yep that’s correct

At first, Kai wanted to be the Green Ninja for his own glory; for himself. Now, he wants to be the Green Ninja so that Lloyd would be safe.