#ninjago legacy short

[spinjitsuburst]

obligatory reminder that this scene exists

#I THINK. ABOUT THIS SHORT. SO FREQUENTLY #TECHNOS WE STAY WINNING #jay #zane #jay walker #Zane julien #Ninjago #lego ninjago #technoshipping #legacy shorts #spinjitsu screams

[the-writing-trash-panda]

I love the Ninjago shorts. They are just so much fun and really give you an idea of the Ninjas’ daily lives.

#ninjago #lego ninjago #ninjago shorts #ninjago dragons rising #dragons rising #wu’s tea #elemental mechs #legacy: reimagined #decoded #tall tales #tales from the monastery

[graceful-not]

No actually all of you need to sit your asses down bc I just watched the legacy shorts and. HOW HAVE I NEVER HEARD ANYONE SAY ANYTHING ABT THEM OTHER THAN GOLDEN HOUR AND SWEATING TO THE GOLDIES???? HOW HAS NO INE SAID A SINGLE THING ABOUT THE GOLDEN LEGEND SHORT?? OR THE ANIMATION STYLE OF GOLD RUSH???? I could have gone my whole life without watching those do you understand that. Why are we, as a fandom, not taking about these more, or like, AT ALL. we should be insane about this. We should be insane about this, right??? RIGHT??????

#ninjago #ninjago shorts #ninjago legacy shorts #ninjago golden legend #golden legend #legacy shorts #ninjago gold rush #*heartbroken gf voice* ninjago fandom... i feel like i dont even know u anymore.... u never tell me anything.... whats wrong babe... #i know it aired durinh seabound (i think?) but come ON guys its been so long why is no one capitalizing on this #windows into everything Ninjago could have been but wasnt. im literally a changed man now do u get it im never gonna be normal again #how am i supposed to just sleep after this #seriously though why did they go so hard. genuinely. why would they do this to me #why would they create something so good that im devastated by its impossibility of ever coming to fruition

[the-ninja-legacy-whip]

How will turning into a ghost affect Cole and his powers? Will it mess with his attunement? Also, if you're okay with answering it, how will that affect Jesse?

Well I was gonna answer this like a normal person but then ya went and mentioned Jesse—

. . .

"Careful there, Jess." Though he speaks with a tilted smile, no amount of pleasantry can mask the misery that bleeds from Cole's tone. "Or I'll start to think you're more upset about this than I am."

Jesse swallows a hiccup as he shoots Cole a look from across the room, not appreciating the stab at levity when prickling glitter trails down his cheeks the same way his tears do. He's been sobbing uncontrollably ever since the news was less-than-delicately dropped on him. Only now, being alone with Cole in the aftershock of the chaos, forced to face this new reality, does Jesse finally start to come to grips with it all.

But, a surprise of the cruelest flavor makes it all the harder to swallow.

And it's not that Cole hasn't had his own share of wallowing over the situation either—but his crying was just louder, hollow, hauntingly tormented, and dry. Only a mere echo of what he was once capable of.

Now, any tears he could've shed—were it still possible—would have killed him in more ways than one.

Cole stares at his boyfriend and yearns, wanting nothing more than to thread his fingers through Jesse's stupidly soft hair and soothe him until the pain of the situation becomes numb enough to bear. He wants to hold other boy tight and let their arms mingle with one another. Wants to hold his gentle face, wants to press kisses to his cheeks, wants to lean against him as they share headphones over a handpicked playlist, wants just to touch him one more time; to keep with him the memory of something he hadn't realized was so fragile.

And he knows from the look at the edge of Jesse's gaze that he longs for the same thing too.

Cole swallows around the lump in his throat. Of course, that would be a sensation he'd get to keep—not anything he'd actually want.

"It...it might not be forever. I'm not dead, just...cursed. We could find a way to break it somehow," Cole tries again, attempting to be positive for the both of them. Although 'cursed' and 'dead' are pretty much synonyms to him at this point. Jesse doesn't need to know that though. "And Master Wu said there's...ways I can make this work for me, y'know? And even if I am cursed like this forever...we know it's possible to at least become corporeal enough to be somewhat normal, thanks to Harleigh. Maybe one day, we won't even notice the difference!"

Jesse swipes a sleeve across his eyes, gazing at Cole but also through him at the same time. His stomach churns at how Cole seems to disappear even in his vision—and keeps slipping through his fingers—but he stamps his roiling feelings down. He's...just going to have to get used to this. Baby steps.

"...on that note, I've been wondering...What...um, what does it...feel like? To...be a ghost?" Jesse asks in a desperate bid to understand, and in lieu of anything else to say, though his voice is raw from screaming in horror for days on end. Cole wilts with every forced out word. "Is that...okay to ask?"

Cole curls his fists against the blanket of the bed he sits upon; the fabric remains undisturbed beneath him. The overwhelming sensation of nothing when there should be something wracks through him and steals away a breath he doesn't have.

He doesn't think there's anything that could describe the sheer ache that notion leaves him with.

"...not everything feels like something else." Cole withers when glitter trickles from the corners of Jesse's eyes again. But Jesse remains patiently listening. "...but, if I had to say...it's...mostly like...being in a fog."

Jesse's head tilts curiously. "A...fog...?"

"...Yeah." Cole gnaws his lip as he strings his thoughts together. "Like I'm mostly here, but not really. Like I can see something in the distance thought a mist, but not a clear picture. Like sometimes, people speak at me, and their voices are garbled like I'm underwater. And every motion I make is like trying to push through a cloud...and the feel of the cloud is featherlight, barely there, brushing against my hands, just a...wisp. But then I know in my heart—or what remains of it—that there should be...something more."

Cole lifts a translucent hand that yields neither the warmth nor strength he's become accustomed to. There's some sensation; something akin to a dulled static. But it's a far cry to the subtle earth-made vibrations he could once pick up on instinct.

The Element of Earth still thrums just beneath his "skin"—no curse could ever take that away from him. The earth is always shifting, even in the subtlest of ways, and he's still in sync with that much. In the slow erosion of a cliff at the seaside, in the tumbling of the sands of a beach, in the crumbling of a foundation when it finally gives way, in the spinning of the world as time marches on, in the throes of an aftershock of a earthquake...all of that he can still sense with his soul.

And yet, when it comes to his powers, the disconnect is immense—he'd describe it like a chasm suddenly cleaving his elemental connection, but even that would still yield contact with the Earth. No, this is more like the ground is slipping away from him—he's falling in reverse, going upwards, drifting farther and farther away, with nothing to tether him down—nothing to keep him grounded—

His body is no longer solid. There is no longer a foundation for Earth to be supported by.

He's never felt less attuned.

"And, overall..." Cole wraps up his thoughts, pulling his knees up to his chest. He shakes, longing for something he can anchor onto other than himself. "Everything feels...lacking. And I feel...very empty."

Pulling out of his puddle of self-pity, Cole chances a glance at Jesse. Everything in him seizes up upon witnessing Jesse openly crying again. It's not as broken and utterly devastated as before. Now, though...he cries not for what's been lost, but what he can no longer have.

"I just wanna hold your hand and comfort you so bad," Jesse confesses in a weep. "And I can't."

"...heh, yeah. Master knows I could use it right about now," Cole agrees. Even his voice is inconsolably trembling now. His heart clenches. "And I'm also dying to kiss you senseless, but ha, that's even less of a no-go. Cuz, y'know—"

It's an attempt at a joke—albeit a very true joke—that only sends Jesse deeper into a sobbing fit. And Cole can do nothing but watch it happen—watch as he's the cause for Jesse's continued turmoil. He can't even lend a shoulder for him to cry on, for there technically is no shoulder to offer, and Jesse's tears would prove to be lethal anyway.

He may not be able to feel much, but he certainly can feel how much pain he's causing for Jesse. He...can't do this to Jesse. He can't keep doing this to Jesse. He can't burden him like this, as much as he craves Jesse's comfort otherwise.

"Why do these things keep happening to you?! Why can't you—we—be blissfully happy for two seconds?!" Jesse trades his tears for a fit of protesting frustration. Cole lets out a weary, humorless chuckle in response.

"Hey, I told you I was hard to love. Just...maybe not this hard." Cole fights for it, but he can't keep the plastered smile on his face. Horror flashes across Jesse's; Cole's voice starts to crack. "But maybe...I mean–you deserve...better than a ghost, y'know. Better than a wisp of a person, in any case...not that I was all that great even before 'dying', ahahaaa...still can't believe you would've wanted me, heh..."

Jesse's blood runs cold. "Cole. Cole. C-Cole, no don't do that—"

Cole presses on. "But if this, y'know...changes anything between us—changes how you feel about me, then I...I-I would understand if you...it would be okay if...if y-you wanted to lea—"

Jesse jumps to his feet and claps, punctuated by a sound that fills the room and drives away the rest of Cole's tirade. Jesse's expression is pinched as he draws a ruby red rose from his sleeve, tilting it gingerly in Cole's direction.

"And I told you, I'll love you regardless." It's the most resolute Jesse's sounded in days. Cole can feel the imitation of his heart skipping a beat. "So, come what may...I'm going to be here for you. I'm going to be at your side, if you'll have me. Unfortunately, you can't get rid of me so easily, darling. Not even death itself could drive me away from you!"

"...jeeeeeez, so dramatic." A lightness flows through Cole and he eagerly chases the high of it. Jesse smirks in spite of himself. "But, it is one of your many adoring qualities."

Scoffing, Jesse presses a kiss to one of the petals of the rose. He spins it twice between his fingers, the blessed petal now facing towards Cole.

"It's going to...take some time to adjust to this. But we'll work together on it, just like with everything else. You're right, and we will figure something out. This...doesn't have to be the end of the world."

Cole leans forward now, matching his lips to the petal presented to him. He may not be able to feel the delicacy of the flower, but the Jesse's sentiment he receives in full force.

"I couldn't agree more, sweetheart."

And, just maybe, Cole doesn't feel quite as empty as he thought.

#in short he loses a lot of his powers (including Earth Punch/Lava Arms) #his attunement hits rock bottom #and jesse takes it as well as you'd expect (Not Well At All) #ninjago #the lego ninjago movie #tlnm #legacyverse #the ninja legacy whip #cole brookstone #oc: jesse marvell #aftershockshipping #oc x canon #cole x oc #fic tag #works of mine #fics of mine #book 7 #making fanfiction of my fanfiction

[abunnsburrow]

General question for the Ninjago Fandom:

Has anyone done anything with the Golden Legend short? I genuinely want to know because it would be such a cool AU/story to explore!

Ninjago's saviors preserved in gold statues, an eternally loyal dragon guarding them in this post-apocalyptic world until they can come back and restore it? The ninja waking up to this harsh reality and having to go on some epic quest to fix the world?? SOME ALL POWERFUL, UNKNOWN FORCE WHICH CAUSED ALL OF THIS, CAUSED THE ENTIRE WORLD TO TURN INTO A GREY WASTELAND???

That short is screaming to be made into some epic story either set in an AU or in the future and I really, really want to see it!

Because if no one is doing anything with it then I might steal it for myself.

#ninjago #ninjago thoughts #ninjago shorts #ninjago legacy #ninjago legacy shorts #PLEASE #PLEASE TELL ME FANDOM #and if it hasn't been played with #THEN WE SHOULD #THIS IS SO COOL

[rarlkove]

@hiddensneker was talking about Techno on discord and managed to inspire me

#ninjago #I forgot how much I like drawing neon #Again I'm not much of a shipper but a) In this case it looks cool #and b) That dip in the legacy short had no heterosexual explanation #eyestrain

[favesgrave]

how did i never know about the ninjago legacy shorts

#the animation for these goes HARD #that one with the dragon protecting the ninja??? immaculate #i’m like halfway through the shorts rn #ninjago #lego ninjago #ninjago legacy

[ravenrambles6229]

hey yeah so can we talk about the post apocalyptic ninjago short

like what the fuck. why is this the best piece of ninjago content period

it's so evocative, it's so fascinating

the way it calls back to things like Garmadon's statue, to Zane's directive to protect others, to Cole and how he stands up to those that are cruel and unjust. The deliberate homages

then a fight between a samurai and a dragon that somehow manages to have a cool fucking plot twist and some fucking dope animation and we are NEVER going to know what the fuck could possibly be going on in this short and guys i want a fanfic about it so bad.

Here's the short for today's lucky 10,000

#this short is my idea s10 rewrite #it's so good #ninjago #ninjago masters of spinjitzu #ninjago golden legacy #Youtube

[ibrokeeverything]

Who do I have to pay to get an entire golden legend series??? Because that shit was OUTSTANDING!!!

#i was absolutely blown away!!! #the other legacy reimagined shorts are all great but this one is something special! #the mood and atmosphere were immaculate and the animation was stunning! #AND THAT TWIST! #this is peak storytelling right here #ninjago #lego ninjago #ninjago reimagined #ninjago legacy #golden legend #ninjago shorts #lego

[foolzstar]

Legoland knew what they were doing when they only but zane and nyas statues together. Youre honor they are besties

#i went to lego land guys it was great #there was so little zane content there i wanted to cry #but there was also really cool stuff like references to the legacy shorts and the core shorts which was great #i took so many pics and i will show them off later but for now appretiate THEM #ninjago #roantheboat #zane julien #ninjago zane #nya smith #ninjago nya #bitches who believe their friendship deserves more attention come get yalls juice

[fanficmaniatic]

Oh, Ninjago Golden Legacy short My [SCREAMS INTO THE VOID]

#Just had the awesome thoigh of rewatching that AND UGHHH #THE THOUGHS #IT WAS LAREADY ROTTING MY BRAIN BUT I THINK I PIECED SOMETHING TOGETHER FOR IT #UGH #golden legacy ninjago #legacy shorts #ninjago legacy

[ice-emperor-zane]

anyways, looking at that one of the legacy shorts (Golden Legend) where everything was destroyed and the ninja were trapped in that gold, ok and now im looking at Lloyd as the Golden Oni (and what I’m assuming is the return of Golden Power’s relevancy due to the overlord), it’s probably nothing it’s just, interesting

#lego #ninjago #lego ninjago #lloyd garmadon #lloyd ninjago #ninjago crystalized #ns16 #ns16 leaks #ns16 spoilers #ninjago legacy #ninjago shorts #golden oni lloyd #the overlord

[overflowing-with-words]

i'm never getting this image out of my head now

#zane julien #legacy shorts #pfFFFt #ninjago

[thelaughingmerman]

♪ ♫ Cluuuuutch Powers, he knows heeeee’s the beeeeest~!! ♪ ♫

#ninjago #choosy moms choose gifs #whether you like the legacy shorts or no. this one was fun and super cute

[berryblu-soda]

YALL IM THIS👌 CLOSE TO SOBBING

WDYM THE ULTRA DRAGON IS DEAD??!?!???

#NOOOOOOOOOOOOO DD: #I WILL NEVER RECOVER :'DDDDD #aughh now the legacy short where lloyd lets them go is exponentially sadder 😭😭😭 #does he know??!? do any of them know???!??? #AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA #ninjago #ultra dragon #WDYM IT WAS PROBABLY KILLED AND IT'S REMAINS MADE INTO A THRONE??!????? #THAT'S SO FRICKEN MESSED UP #AAAAAAAAAAAAA #sorry for the caps yall aahsgshsgsgahaj #caps cw #shut up sheo

[weekend-whip]

Ninjago Fic Rec Week: Day 1

Prompts: Canon/Lloyd Recs! The hard part is not recc'ing everything I've got because I have to save some for later days sgkhjggsf

Canon Recs:

Pathway: Canon-compliant look at how Wu and Ray's relationship over the years have helped shaped Wu into the person he is today (and the connects he makes with Kai in the process). As a suck for all things Wu and his dynamics with people, this is a must-read rec from me <3

Enclosed: A canon-compliant mystery where Lloyd, Zane, and Nya start to pick up on a few things that just aren't quite right. Still just getting started but a gripping read nonetheless!

Ready to Fly A bit of a Canon and Lloyd rec, this focuses on Lloyd's capture by the Overlord during the events of Season 3! Which, again, is probably something I would have loved to see in real time snksnkssk

Raising Hell Another double-whammy for canon+lloyd focus (can u tell what I like), follows the story of Lloyd finding his place on the team (and with others in general) especially in the case of the Smith Siblings. I go back to it all the time for the top-notch characterization and even just the dialogue. Siblings will being siblings <3

Lloyd Recs:

Lord Garmadon is Not Impressed With the Future: Essentially it's S2!Garmadon getting flung to the future to where S8!Garmadon is making a mess of his legacy, but it views Lloyd in the lens of both versions of his father and it is a FASCINATING read, and a nice little 'what if' that really makes me wish something like it happened in canon!

Far Too Good, Far Too Soon: A tale following some of Lloyd's time at Darkley's, where he inadvertently comes to learn about the pieces of the prophecy of the Green Ninja...and also, his eyes turn green in the process. Totally just a coincidence, yeah? Right up my alley when it comes to worldbuilding. And Darkley's stuff. And Lloyd.

Myrtleberries: Lloyd and Sensei Garmadon bonding, and getting used to the new changes both of them have gone through over time (or rather, the fact that it hasn't been very much time at all)

planetary go A fic where Llloyd gets a taste of what it's like to be a "Normal Teen" going on a "normal school field trip", but of course ninja-related shenanigans get in the way. Good thing the friends he's with don't mind too much!

what happens if you put a vampire on the sun? Still one of the funniest things I've ever read, the world somehow becomes convinced that Lloyd is a vampire and the rollercoaster of a journey that takes is nothing short of good, light-hearted fun and shenanigans~

Pipes, Paint, and Other Ordinary Things: Another fic where Lloyd and Garmadon bond, although this time Garmadon's a little too much like a dad and Lloyd, for the most part, is just happy to be here snksnkssnkn

Constant: Short but POTENT take on Lloyd, Garmadon, and the prophecy of the Golden Master which ofc speaks to me on a personal level aaaaa

#ninjago #ninjago fanfiction #ninjago fic rec week #lloyd garmadon #lord garmadon #there's a lot of lord garmadon on this lloyd list snksnknk #fic recs #also tried to avoid some fics i saw that got recc'ed already aaaa #temptation was strong tho #also i'm a day late don't look at me it's OKAY