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Cole has minor tremors from being a ghost, his hands would start shaking and he would sometimes drop things Sometimes his lava arms activate randomly and he can crush what ever is in his hands or can accidentally punch something or someone.

Lloyd sometimes goes into little space, which means he goes into the headspace of a child and feels and acts like a child (its a trauma response) and it's a side effect of when he was growninto a teenager by the potion without fully ahving a childhood. (I think it was a potion I don't really remember the episode-)

Edit: I have more hehe

Kai wears contacts when he's out of the monastery and wears glasses when he's home, but thinks he looks stupid in them (Jay makes fun of him all the time) He's far sighted and needs contacts to see.

Nya is taller than Jay, she's 5'8 and he's 5'6, she picks Jay and Kai up all the time. She's like, jacked.

That's all I got for now my mind isn't really working- I'll edit this and add more if I think of more :))

I just saw on pintrest about Ninjago that said "When there's a Halloween special but no Christmas special" is because Halloween is just a fun holiday while Christmas is a Christian holiday. The writers of Ninjago probably didn't want to make it religious since it's for everyone and some people aren't Christian or even religious at all (and that's all totally fine!)

Just wanted to let some people know lol

Talking with my little sister about Ninjago:

Sister, who’s only seen 2 seasons: So Cole’s dead because there’s too much wind

Me: (season 5 flashbacks)

It's never actually stated in cannon what exactly killed him, the ninja kinda just find his skeleton in the cave. I'm wondering how people headcannon he died

I love this concept, so I wanted to offer a spin on it. Unfortunately, I don't have the art software or ability, so I figure if I tell people, maybe someone else who likes it will make it.

My take is Morro/possessed Lloyd looking into the sword, and real Lloyd being reflected back.

Possessed Lloyd (and Kai's there ig)

This is me attempting a new shading style

Also sorry for the lack of posting exams have been a pain but I'm finished and on school break

Also just did my auditions for my school production so hopefully I get in it

At this point I'm just rambling

I've been thinking a lot about Kai and Morro again, and specifically their parallels (dangerous thing, I know) and I just really wanted to ramble about what I've taken to calling the inferno of destiny parallel.

As a beginner ninja, both Morro and Kai dealt with arrogance, recklessness, and anger. We see this in how Morro took extremely dangerous risks to get Wu to save him, with how he assumed he was to be the green ninja when Wu told him he believed Morro was to wear green, and how Morro reacted when the weapons didn't react to him (ripping off the sliding door). We see this in how younger Kai jumps into situations without a genuine plan, how he gets angry and often (literally) explodes with fire when something frustrates him, and how he kind of defaults to the coolest person on the team/the hot one/the center of attention/etc when that's just really the immature persona he's thrown up to try and be the best.

Both Morro and Kai want to be the best at what they can do, and when they heard about a chance to be even better than their original concepts of the best (becoming the Green Ninja), both of them jumped at it.

Morro trained so hard he ended up hurting the kids he was training against and worrying Wu

Kai tried so hard to be the green ninja he ended up placing unnecessary strain on his relationships and even went so far as to risk letting people get hurt/die because he was prioritizing what he thought might get him closer to being the Green Ninja (a competitive line of thinking that Kai's been known to buy into in addition to his constant needs to try to be the best in the situation before he matures) (btw I'm talking about him originally trying to get the fang blade instead of. yknow. the CHILD about to burn lol.)

So, where do we see the shift from heroic to villanous in these two suspiciously similar characters? Well, it's when both of them are placed in an inferno scenario where they have to choose between pursuing their perceived destiny and their true destiny; hence, the inferno of destiny parallel.

Morro

When Morro searches so long to try and find a way to become the Legendary Green Ninja and rewrite destiny, he eventually finds himself in the Caves of Despair. We don't have the details of what happened, but we see the ninja try to escape Morro's fate in season 5 episode 7 titled "The Crooked Path". Here we see them encounter geysers that are releasing poisonous gases at an alarming rate, and they also spray boiling water/steam out in addition to rising the temperature to an unbearable level in the cave. It's reasonable to assume that Morro experienced a cave-in due to the caves' lack of structural integrity (also experienced by the ninja)* and then was killed either from burns from the hot steam and/or due to inhaling too much of the dangerous gasses.

The point of Morro's inferno: Morro couldn't accept the fact that he was not destined to be the Green Ninja, so he wasn't willing to turn away from his perceived destiny to save his own life. He wouldn't leave the cave because he couldn't let go of the fact that his perceived destiny wasn't his true destiny.

Kai

When Kai trains and practices to become the Green Ninja, making rash decisions (like jumping down for the Fang Blade again) and reckless choices that hurt his relationships (like barricading himself into a room to fight Garmadon for… literally no reason other than his desire to be the Green Ninja), he eventually finds himself in a similar inferno: The Fire Temple. An ancient temple constructed inside a volcano that once held the Sword of Fire, this is where the fourth and final Fang Blade is located and where the ninja must fight against Pythor and the other Serpentine generals for it. The volcano begins to erupt and collapse in on itself, and Kai ends up with a choice: save young Lloyd from his inevitable death in the erupting volcano, or try to reach the Fang Blade before it ends up in the hands of Pythor. This is the critical moment* for Kai, as he has to choose between his percieved destiny (becoming the Green Ninja and getting the Fang Blade) or his true destiny (protecting Lloyd in the hopes of saving both of their lives). In the end, he chooses to give up the thing he'd been working towards for most likely months now to try and be the best in the favor of saving a kid that used to be a massive pain in the ass (no offense, little Lloyd).

The point of Kai's inferno: Kai gave up his perceived destiny in the end, and only then was he able to unlock his True Potential in addition to being able to escape the Fire Temple safely with Lloyd and himself still alive. He was able to save himself and Lloyd because he gave up something that had felt like such a core part of his being, that he believed was his destiny, even though it turned out not to be.

He even says this himself to Sensei Wu: "I knew when I had to make a choice. I wanted the Fangblade so badly, to prove I was good enough to become the Green Ninja. But then I figured it out. All of my training to become the best ninja wasn't in preparation to become the Green Ninja. It was… to protect him." (s1e10, titled "The Green Ninja")

Kai and Morro both experience infernos that threaten their lives and rely on their ability to relinquish their percieved goals in favor of the objectively best choice in the moment. Morro was unable to give up what he truly believed was his destiny, and he ended up dead and sent to the Cursed Realm as a result. Kai was able to give up what he had been working towards for so long, and was able to save his life and Lloyd's life (especially entertaining when you remember that Kai had to give up trying to be the Green Ninja to… save the Green Ninja, lmao)

The critical moment I noted with a * for both Kai and Morro is that this point is the moment where each of them have to decide what's more important to them: what they believe is their destiny, or what would save their life. Morro tried to push through to his "destiny" and became too hurt or sick from the fumes to escape, and eventually died there. Kai gave up his "destiny" and just barely managed to escape with his life and Lloyd's.

So yes, I love the inferno of destiny parallel quite a bit! All three of these characters are very near and dear to my heart and they're rotating in my brain like a rotisserie chicken lmao

it's been 9 years now and I still don't get why or how Garmadon gave Lloyd his robes while chained up in the Cursed Realm. What's up with that

[after they got Lloyd back in Possession]

Zane: How are you doing?

Lloyd: I am still breathing

Zane: Isn't that to set the bar a bit low?

Jay: Well, it's better than Cole

Cole: First of all, fuck you-

Bansha is the equivalent of Kai— both wear red, are quick-tempered, and use bladed weapons

Ghoultar is the equivalent of Cole— both are the strongest member of their teams, love food, and use scythes

Soul Archer is the equivalent of Zane— both use ranged weapons, tend to be calmer and tactical, and have a history with Ronin (Ronin’s debt is to Soul Archer & Ronin is supposedly the person who brought Zane to Chen’s island)

Wrayth is the equivalent of Jay— both use chain weapons, have an affiliation with vehicles, and share a Voice Actor

Good ask time!! Did you know that in Posession, Morro’s ghost squad (Bansha, Soul Archer, Ghoultar, and my boi Wrayth who everyone forgets because he crashes his motorcycle into a watertower and only shows up again in the season final, he got ROBBED of the screen-time he was supposed to get) each represent one of the OG4 Ninja (Kai, Zane, Cole, and Jay respectively) in an attempt by Morro to emulate Lloyd/the Green Ninja’s life?

What are your thoughts on those ghost side characters?

I actually knew about the parallel, but I don't . know which ninja each ghost is meant to parallel. They weren't The Most Memorable to me (besides Ghoultar, I love Ghoultar he's just like me fr fr) but I think they looked pretty neat so!

Green cousins rant

So I was thinking abt lloyd and morro and just ya. I rlly just wanna talk abt their relationship and stuff

!!NOT SHIPPING. NO SHIPS. GO AWAY GREENWIND SHIPPERS.!!

also i have like no motivation to write the second part of the greenflower/we drank the poison from the same vile fanfic but i will try to write it soon, im really sorry for the wait- 

more under the cut!! :P

so basically as a fandom we have made Morro, Wu’s adopted son, and so that makes him like yk lloyd’s cousin and so ya.

I just wanna like talk about how I see there show relationship VS movie relationship-

So basically for the show I like made the super angsty hc that during possession when Morro had Lloyd and stuff i just like hc that he abused, and starved lloyd, and like deprived him of general human needs.

 I saw a post a few days ago tho that made me think abt the hc- and like the post questioned if people hc that morro did that to lloyd for the sake of angst or if they generally believe it. And to respond to that post, I honestly just kinda hc for the sake of angst- lol

but back to topic- I just like hc that show Lloyd is deeply traumatized from morro and his possession and has made bad responses and reactions post possession. Like panic attacks, breakdowns(i’m dumb- but like what’s the difference between a panic attack and break down-?), and just idk t r a u m a ig. So ya, like for show universe I feel like they’re relationship isn’t good bc like morro is like lloyd’s abuser and so lloyd’s scared of him.

NOW! with movie universe, i feel like they have a good relationship and are like actual cousins and not like morro is really abusive and toxic, i just feel like movie au theyre a lot more wholesome and actually friends.

Because like in the show morro was so blinded by jealously and wanted to be the green ninja so much, but i feel like in the movie the green ninja prophecy wasn’t something important, i mean it may not have even existed so ya- so i just feel like morro was a lot nicer to lloyd.

Like him and lloyd would come to each other’s places and have fun and tease each other like actual happy, friends/cousins. idk- lol i’m bad at writing my thoughts

just basically i feel like movie!green cousins are super wholesome and nice to each other and morro would do anything for his little cousin but show!green cousins are like-… you know