#wytyaa

[galaxyhanart]

Jay lets out an ear-piercing, agonized scream. He stops resisting the electricity and it runs free. It strikes around him from overhead, it’s dancing all over his body.

my secret santa gift for @mondothebombo !! i obviously had to do when you think you're all alone fanart this fic lives rent free in my skull at all times

hope you like it dude!! :D

#MAN HOSTING THIS SECRET SANTA WAS FUN EVERYONE'S MADE SUCH COOL THINGS :DDDDD #jay #jay walker #skybound #ninjago s6 #ninjago #lego ninjago #when you think you're all alone #wytyaa #galaxyhanart #fanfic

[mondothebombo]

happy 13th anniversary ninjago!!!🎉🎉🎉

in honor of the anniversary, and 13 being my lucky number, here is chapter 7, which ended up being my personal favorite to write!

BIG BIG BIG THANK YOU to Han, @spinjitsuburst for being my AMAZING beta reader, and to @finn-m-corvex for helping me iron out some details in writing nya!!!

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE HEAD THE TAGS AND WARNINGS!!!! this one isn’t as dark as the last one, but it’s definitely still heavy so please keep that in mind!

#ninjago #ninjago dragons rising #my fic #mondo’s fic #when you think you're all alone #wytyaa #ninjago skybound #ns6 #ninjago fanfiction

[penofwildfire]

@mondothebombo I haven't managed to draw anything good for this lately but your fic makes me physically ill and I cannot stress enough how much I'm obsessed with it.

#listen we all KNEW what Nadakhan did but actually having it in writing is just WJFNSKSKAJDBSJAAJSKDBAJKSFHALDHSJDK #I can only aspire to be half as dope as you #ninjago #when you think you're all alone #mondothebombo #skybound #s6 #jay walker #nadakhan #wytyaa

[tornoleander]

How trauma do you Skybound?

Was bored and the fixation was fixating again.

I’d throw most fics that didn’t change anything like on canon dot. When the Lights Go Down 𝘱𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘰𝘮 𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘯 Nightmares

Picked generally popular ones and my bookmarks but tell me if I should add any.

Updated

#ninjago #ninjago skybound #cw sa implied #ninjago jay #ninjago nadakhan #ninjago fanfiction #ninjago thoughts #ninjago angst #ninjago nya #when you think you're all alone #bending but never breaking #captain’s quarters theory #Oli’s Skybound insanity #Oli shrieks #wytyaa #bbnb

[finn-m-corvex]

Hey @mondothebombo you write GREAT SHIT and I was THRILLED with your newest chapter of wytyaa and I made you memes because that's my love language! (Might make some more ^^

#mondo tag #this was also to help boost my mood because i def needed it #hope you like these!!!! #ninjago jay #ninjago #wytyaa #when you think you’re all alone #finn makes memes #finn's mootie cuties #finn...themself?

[spinjitsuburst]

trick or treat!!!👻 >:D

TRICK OR TREATTT mondo you get a crazy one cuz i've been holding onto these for months and i just. never ended up finishing it but i was planning on doing a comic of the panic attack scene from chapter 3 of wytyaa buuuuuuuut i was in the middle of college stuff and as i was drawing i realized it was getting. long. so i dont know if i'll ever finish it but your treat is some of the unfinished panels :DDDD

also tw for eyestrain and unwanted touching for the one under the cut (nothing nasty but just a warning)

#TBH I MIGHT CONTINUE THIS BUT LIKE. STORYBOARD IT INSTEAD #BUT NO PROMISES CUZ IM FAMOUSLY BAD AT FINISHING PROJECTS #I'VE BEEN MEANING TO SEND YOU THESE PAGES FOR A WHILE AND JUST NEVER DID SOOOOO SURPRISE #i ended up getting like seven pages in before realizing Oh God this will be too long it cant be a comic #anywaaaays #trick or treat #halloween #ask #jay #wytyaa #spinjitsu doodles

[cboffshore]

Sorrow Is All The Rage: A (Relatively) Brief Update

No special trigger warnings apply beyond those in previous parts of this essay. If you have not read those yet, here are links to Part One and Part Two, which are necessary parts of the following essay.

Welcome back to the break room.

It's quiet here today - everyone is off celebrating the office's founding anniversary. There's the usual stuff on the table: half full packs of napkins, extra plastic cutlery, backup packs of soda, and one dead canary.

Next to the birdcage - containing, of course, the usual black-inked brown paper shroud - is a little note: we've moved the party to the courtyard! come join us for some special fun as we celebrate another year!

Okay. Why don't you step outside, then?

So you do. You step into the sun, the breeze, and for a few minutes, things are fine! While you're sipping a small glass of punch, you think, huh. Not sure why they'd put the birdcage in the break room if everyone is out here, but maybe this'll just be a normal -

A glint catches your eye from down the lawn. You hear wings flapping from the same direction, surrounded by the din of a group of people and... cheers. The person who told you that canary was dead all along slips into the circle, holding what you think is a knife glaring in the daylight.

You don't even bother to fact check that. Based on the familiar faces of the dead canary enjoyers standing there, and the rising cheers and the wings beating like petals against a palm, well. You can guess what's about to happen, and you know you can't take it, so back inside you go, and once again you wonder: why are you so bothered about it?

From your cubicle window, you watch other people shuffle away from the corner where the canary waits to die yet again. Clearly, you're not the only one upset. And clearly, it's not against the rules here - they're doing it at a company party! There are managers in there, people you trust, watching and cheering as the thing you feared happens - at least, as near as you can tell from this distance.

You knew it was coming. They didn't hide it. You followed the signs right in, hoping.

So why does it still hurt?

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Before I get into this properly, a disclaimer, because I wasn't clear enough last time I updated this essay: this is not an attack on the author of when you think you're all alone, the fic that I'm talking about here. It is also not an attack on the fic itself.

I repeat: I mean no harm. I mean no insult. This is me venting, which is why it may come off sharp at times. At most, this is criticism - not necessarily constructive, but also not meant as a personal attack. I am examining the scene as a whole and feel the need to update my stance on WYTYAA after its most recent update, because I feel that this fic occupies a very important spot in the scene, and I would be remiss not to make that clear.

One more time: This is a vent. This is not an attack.

Before I continue, kindly answer this comprehension check:

Excellent. If you selected YES, please DM me and explain your answer, if you're so inclined.

Anyway: this essay won't be anywhere near as long as the previous sections. I wrote it on my phone over the course of a few hours, because if I dwell on this too long, I fear I'll get impossibly nasty. However, in the wake of the latest WYTYAA update on January 14, I want to update and clarify my stance on the work as an analyst of the Skybound fic scene.

I will open by saying that I barely made it a quarter of the way into chapter seven before tapping out. The only reason I opened it at all and stepped into the courtyard, so to speak, was because I had heard that it would be Nya-centric. Given the usual balance of Nya-centric work, I thought that might mean a welcome change (and a distraction from the October retcon). Maybe, I thought, it would be fine.

To be fair: I don't think the author retconned in anything beyond mild SA for Nya. However, working my way into the outer edges of the chapter, I could feel my enthusiasm deflating - because I'd seen all the talking points before, in some form or another. The uncomfortable touches, the weirdly detailed fear of what Nadakhan might have done to Nya had the final battle failed, the night terrors. Well, at least it was Nya-centric -

And then there came the Jay angst. That's when I switched to scanning, which saved me precious time. It became obvious early on that somehow, chapter seven had managed to make the entire fic into the average of the entire SA trend I railed against in the previous parts of this essay. In the interest of not spoiling it for anyone who would like to go and read it themselves, I won't say anything, except for that it is exactly what you would expect from the comedown of a Jay SA Skybound work: night terrors and scars and flashbacks and team members throwing concerned comments and shades of therapy dog Nya. Any goodness I remember from the injured canary of the last segment went down like acid now that I could see what it built to.

I quit before I passed the three-quarters point on the scroll bar. If the October retcon was one nail in the coffin, chapter seven was a whole hardware store poured on my head.

In short: no longer worth my reader's time. It solidified so much of what disappoints me about the Skybound fic scene and the runaway fanonization of Jay's suffering.

That's why I'm writing this:to tell you that I have made the decision to leave WYTYAA in the rearview. I will not be reading the finale, whatever that may entail. I have already deleted my bookmarks.

In the previous essay section, I labeled WYTYAA as a seminal piece of work in the scene. I still believe that it is an important piece of Skybound fanfiction. But now, I view its seminal status as an undergrad getting their general education credits would see the writings of Freud. If you've ever taken a psych course, you were probably handed something Freudian to study, then learned of the controversy around his works. Still, there was probably an important note in there: Freud's work itself is not something everyone agrees with, and in fact is rather flawed in hindsight, but his work is influential enough on the world of psychology to be a crucial lesson in Psychology 101.

Is WYTYAA essential reading to understand the scene as a whole? Yes, to a degree - it is at minimum a shortcut to understanding most of the trends and watching them in action. WYTYAA is relentless like that, and I do still admire the dedication it takes to write something that long and keep a reader base hooked. Read as a summary of the entire fic scene at once, this is an incredible work.

By no means am I presenting myself as the sole authority on this topic, by the way - but then again, nobody else I know has tried to do this sort of meta trend analysis in any capacity for this specific topic. So I'm stuck with me, and you are too, if you'd like to be.

And maybe you don't care, but I do. A lot.

In the wake of me giving up on the chapter, I opened Tumblr and was bombarded with excitement for the chapter, and praise for the angst capacity, and all sorts of things - the crowd reenacting the death of the canary at the company party. I saw Mondo's promotional post, which in past weeks I might have left a like on, but I just. Could. Not.

Now we're here.

What does it all mean?

Well, recently, the topic of SA insertion in Skybound has come up a lot. I've been part of some some incredible discussions; I've seen a few scuffles. It's died down some, with only minor flare-ups here and there. As much as I find discussing this topic and defending my stance thrilling, it's not honestly doing much. It's drawing lines, I think. The Tumblr courtyard feels tense these days whenever Skybound comes up.

So: with the decision to abandon my reading of WYTYAA, I've also decided I'm going to try and focus more on my own works - writing fic and analysis that work against the insane, unfair fanon trends. Even if nobody reads them, I will know that I have done my absolute best to influence the scene in my own small way. You'll probably still see me pop into the SA insertion discussion if it comes up, because I do feel strongly enough about it to keep fighting back.

But to protect my own sanity: I'm burning that birdcage down. I'm walking away from the company party corner. I'm not even going to bother checking back on WYTYAA, because there is no new shock left to find.

Challenge me, if you'd like. It's only fair. For now, though: I'm taking a breath at my desk.

#ninjago skybound #lila speaks #Operation: Sorrow Is All The Rage #analysis freak lila back on her bullshit

[mondothebombo]

i’m steadily working on the next chapter but it’s taking a hot minute and this blurb is from a scene i’m really excited for people to read so bc i’m impatient here’s a sneak peak

#ninjago #my fic #mondo’s fic #wytyaa #when you think you're all alone

[mondothebombo]

ok y’all this has been in the works for a while but here is the official playlist for when you think you’re all alone!!! The songs are in chronological order from chapter one all the way through the final chapter, so you get a small sneak peak into jay and nya’s head as well at the vibe i’m going for in the epilogue!!

and a HUGE HUGE thank you to @galaxyhanart for drawing the amazing cover art, and to @sadisthetic and @xdxenon for helping me with song choices. y’all are amazing💙

and PLEASE PLEASE feel free to ask me abt a song choice if you have questions or are confused abt how it fits, i love talking abt this

#enjoy the angst<3 #ninjago #when you think you're all alone #wytyaa #my fic #mondo’s fic #my playlist #ns6 #ninjago season six #ninjago skybound #skybound #ninjago jay #ninjago nya #jay walker #nya smith #Spotify

[tornoleander]

Falling Apart Together

She doesn’t say another word or even question Jay’s pathetic request. The only thing she does next is pull Jay in close and … holds him.

Jay starts crying, weak and pathetic cries of pure sorrow and exasperation.

It’s only been a few weeks; how is he supposed to live the rest of his life with these memories?!

He’s done.

He’s so done.

With the nightmares, the memories, the worried looks from everyone, the seemingly endless sleepless nights…

He’s so tired.

He just wants to sleep.

He and Nya must sit there for what feels like hours. No words, no noise. Once Jay’s cries and Nya’s sniffling die down, they just sit and listen to the rain pour and thunder crash outside.

when you think you’re all alone by @mondothebombo Epilogue Part One

CW: implied SA

Thank @tommysm0ondust for the suggestion :D

#wytyaa #ninjago #ninjago skybound #ninjago jay #ninjago angst #ninjago thoughts #lego ninjago #ninjago art #ninjago ninja #ninjago nya #ninjago drawing #ninjago fanart #ninjago fanfiction #ninjago nadakhan #cw sa implied #ninjago jaya #jay walker #jay angst #when you think you're all alone #mondothebombo #jaya #oli art #Oli’s Skybound insanity

[mondothebombo]

“So even if we win, we lose?”

What Kai had said couldn’t be more true.

How can everything turn out so right but so wrong at the same time?

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ITS HERE!!!!

a HUGE HUGE HUGE thank you to everyone who continuously leaves such lovely comments in my inbox and comment section, and to those who’ve drawn absolutely incredible fanart, i appreciate it so much y’all have no idea. and i sincerely apologize for the ridiculous wait, but life locked me in a washing machine and pressed start and i’m just now figuring how to get out of that so i appreciate the patience <3

that being said PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE read the tags and warnings in the authors note. this chapter is pretty much as dark and deep as we’re gonna get and it’s rough. every tag you see on this fic? yeah it’s in this chapter so just please be careful.

with that, please enjoy over 20k words of skybound trauma and feel free to lmk what you think :)

#ninjago #my fic #mondo’s fic #wytyaa #when you think you’re all alone #ninjago skybound #ninjago season 6 #ns6 #skybound

[mondothebombo]

are you still doing these perchance?? 🌹🌹🌹🌹 ‼️‼️‼️

teehee !!

yep! have another snippet of wytyaa chapter 8!!!

“Do you ever wi—“ he stops himself from finishing the word, frowning. “Ever wonder what your life would be like if you never met Wu?”

The question catches her off guard. Jay doesn’t look at her when he asks, he’s still staring off into the distance with a worn look on his face.

“What do you mean?”

Jay hesitates like he regrets even saying anything. “I-I don’t know, I just…” he sighs, “Sometimes I just think that if I had told Wu no, or my parents hadn’t let me go with him back then, things wouldn’t be so messed up right now, and I… we wouldn’t have seen the things we’ve seen, or been through all we’ve been through.”

Nya doesn’t say anything at first.

Jay… Jay has a point.

“I-I mean, don’t get me wrong, I love you guys more than anything, and I do love helping people, but,” an embarrassed flush blooms across his face and he bites the inside of his cheek, “sometimes… sometimes it just feels like my powers are a curse. I didn’t ask to be an elemental master, none of us… none of us did.”

Nya gets it. She really does.

She’s nothing short of guilty when it comes to wishing she never had powers, but at the same time… if Wu never found her and Kai, she doesn’t want to think about what could’ve happened.

“Yeah, I get what you mean,” she admits. “But you know a lot of worse things could’ve happened if we weren’t ninja. We’re all Ninjago has.”

“And I know that,” Jay says sharply. “But we didn’t ask to be. And I know that’s so incredibly selfish, so I hate that I feel that way sometimes, but I still do.”

Nya squeezes his hand again as she lets out a resigned breath. “It sucks we can’t afford to be selfish.”

“Yeah,” Jay sniffs, “it really does.”

#ninjago #my fic #mondo’s fic #mondo’s writing #wytyaa #when you think you're all alone #ninjago fanfiction

[mondothebombo]

🌹🌹🌹🌹

han!! you also get a wytyaa chapter 8 snippet, here’s a jay and lloyd bonding moment!!!

“Let’s just say I understand the touch thing. You can probably connect the dots.”

Lloyd’s face falls and he immediately hugs Jay tightly. The blue ninja hugs him back just as tight, although mindful of the younger’s injuries.

“Oh, Jay,” Lloyd finally says, releasing his brother. “I’m so sor—“

“No, stop,” Jay interrupts and he turns to face Lloyd. “That’s not why I told you. I told you so you’d understand that it’s not your fault, what Harumi did to you.”

Lloyd’s stomach twists and he looks away. “B-But I was the one who—“

“Lloyd,” Jay says sternly. “I’m only gonna say this once, so you better listen. It is no one’s fault but the person who hurt you.” Jay squeezes his eyes shut, before fixing Lloyd with a look, and Lloyd doesn’t think he’s ever seen the master of lightning so serious before. “They made their choices to do what they did. It wasn’t my fault then, and it’s not yours now. Okay? It took me awhile to believe it, but it’s true. If you never listen to another word I say ever again, please at least know that.”

Lloyd’s eyes well up with tears, but he doesn’t want to cry.

“It wasn’t your fault, Lloyd.”

#ninjago #wytyaa #when you think you're all alone #mondo’s fic #mondo’s writing #my fic #ninjago fanfiction

[mondothebombo]

🌹Mondo 🥺🌹

Cause me pain✨

asdfg oli!! i can definitely do that, have a snippet of wytyaa chapter 8 :D

“FSM, Jay...” He sobs again and buries his head in her shoulder. “I’m really sorry. Do they hurt?”

Jay nods his head against her shoulder as he whimpers, face scrunching up in pain, knowing she’s talking about his scars, the phantom pains that always seem to be worse after nightmares. His ankle throbs, his side stings, his whole body aches, and his left eye is completely unseeing. He lets out a shuddering breath, taking another sip of the tea. “You?” He whimpers quietly.

“Not tonight,” she explains, and Jay lets out a relieved breath. “Just restless because…” she trails off, but Jay seems to understand without words, a habit both of them have picked up with each other.

Today’s the day she died, after all.

#super excited to start working on this chapter again #it’s a doozy #mondo’s fic #my fic #mondo’s writing #wytyaa #when you think you're all alone #ask game #ninjago

[mondothebombo]

happy 13th anniversary to the silly little lego show that simultaneously saved my life and ruined it!!!

(expect chapter 7 of wytyaa very soon ;))

#ninjago #ninjago dragons rising #wytyaa

[tornoleander]

I’M Oli :3

Adding cause representation Non-Binary&Aromatic

18, I Started watching Ninjago when I was 10 and still love it. Jay’s my fav character and Sog is my fav season.

Not wholesome kid friendly. I swear and dabble in mature topic’s. (No NSFW) I might post slightly gory stuff? I’ll use content warnings but I get if you don’t wanna mess with that.

I do Art, editing, have ninjago Ideas and am absolutely unhinged about Skybound…..

Though I KNOW YOU’RE only here for

Ninjago but only when men are whimpering

Why have I done this? Because someone had to, (I lost a bet) and I take it VERY seriously. It’s a rigorous competition. I don’t miss whimpers but many noises don’t meet my strict qualifications.

S1-S5 are completed

600/6666 likes for the SKybound one

(Will update occasionally)

Yes I set a goal I may never reach. Skybound is this series’s roadblock.

My YouTube

#Oli art is my art

#Oli shrieks is me talking about whatever

#Oli’s Skybound insanity is my skybound related posts and reblogs

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WARNING: decent amount of Skybound content may include implied SA as is the nature of skybound, so filter out #Cw sa implied if you never wanna see that.

(More about that in about my blog)

#when you think you’re all alone #wytyaa is all stuff related to that amazing fic. It’s by Mondo who I adore READ IT if you haven’t (sa implication and read all warnings)

#bending but never breaking #bbnb my beloved I-…don’t recommend you read it XD. I love Writing_hat But it’s the most traumatic thing I’ve ever read you won’t be able to forget.

TALK to me about both fics PLEASE. DMs are open Asks are open tag or bug me about anything!

#oli art #Oli shrieks #Oli’s Skybound insanity #wytyaa #bbnb #the men whimpering rewatch