The ninja and the mech and the dragon having to hang out with each other without Kai is so funny in a tragic way.
Lloyd: What’s your name?
Mech and Dragon: …
Lloyd: How do you know Kai?
Mech and Dragon: ….
Lloyd: Great talk. Okay. Yeah. Nice to meet you, guys?
We also know very little about them other than the fact they are probably not the most upright moral people just because of their circumstances. But I feel like the only information they’d give out is that Kai did everything he could to get home to them. Everything.
Ominously said. But they mean it kindly.
(Context here)
YES YES YES YES YES this is exactly what happened. They would be quiet not out of disrespect but out of awkwardness. Maybe because they were the people Kai was blabbering about while on their journey to the city of temples, and his descriptions of them were a little... overdramatic. Then again, you can't really stop Kai "family man" Smith from bragging about his family (and trying hard not to forget them)
Kai: Oh and don't get me started on my sister, Nya. She's strong, confident, the second best looking in our team if I must say, and did I mention she was the original samurai x? She was able to build all those intricate and complex gadgets at such an early age, and managed to keep it a secret too! Her power over water is also great, and even though she could do better in terms of love interests, I guess Jay is good enough. Oh, and don't forget, she even beat the preeminent when she unlocked her full potential! She's amazing, isn't she?
Rusty and Daidan, not knowing half of what the fuck he's saying: Sure, that's great sweetie.
Kai: It is! Then Lloyd is—
Rusty: O-oh, isn't that the city? I think we're getting close. So. We should focus lest we get off course.
Kai: Ah. Right. I'm sure I can multitask. Lloyd is the green—
The ninja would be outside having a beautiful and calm day in nature and suddenly a centipede crawls by and Kai just instantly burns it to a fucking crisp and everyone’s just starring like what the fuck hello
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Going through my files to catch up and clean up on ... well. everything. AND LOOK WHAT I FORGOT TO POST!!
commission for the EVER LOVELY AND WONDERFUL @remedyturtles
Thinking about how Zane just came up with a plan to gain the trust of the Sons of Garmadon, that involved letting Cole get captured. (Yes, in case it wasn't clear, it was part of this plan to get Cole to sing and put on the "wrong song" to get the spotlight on him.)
And the best part of that plan was... Zane had no plan for rescuing Cole. Zane, the calculating machine, didn't bother to map out an escape plan for Cole. He just fully believed that Cole would be able to escape on his own.
And you know what? Cole did escape on his own, using nothing but his own wit and strength (and terrible singing). And he never bore a grudge against Zane for using him and putting him in danger without even telling him first.
These guys just have 1000% trust in one another and I am here for it.
I want to get as many people voting on this so we can all see the results. Also just note that in the option ninja Lloyd doesn't count and we are assuming Wu, Garmadon, and Lloyd are not in their base forms.
OHHHH THATS GENIUS WAIT
No u fr cooked with that
I'd love to add that with your permission!
Very rough outline of my monstrosity au. I call it Odyssey!Kai. Yes it's an epic the musical pun. I'm very happy with it
Oooo been thinking about this for a hot minute. Was in my drafts for longer.
In this one, Kai doesn't find the bounty. Nya does. So she finds Lloyd first and traverses the merged lands for information. This, of course, creates irreparable damage to our boy. He does not go home early this time.
The imperium arc goes different too, Lloyd getting sentimental seeing Wyldfyre, her being fire adjacent and all. After they get back to the Monastery, Zane actually becomes Wyldfyres mentor. The reason is that he finds her endearing and sees himself in her (not knowing who you are or where you came from). I have concept art rotting in my gallery, but it's not done yet sowy.
S2 has 4 major changes. Wyldfyre is slightly calmer, Lloyd has visions of both the bloodmoon and a mysterious figure cloaked in fur and blood (that he can't help but feel pain for, he doesn't know why), Nya learns dragon rising technique first, and Cole gets sacrificed instead of Kai. Besides that, mostly the same. Maybe they struggle a bit with the Ras showdown, but it ends the exact same way with Nokt free.
S2 p2 has the most differences. For one, Geo and the finders live with the ninja now. He feels guilty for letting Cole 'die' like that, so he's thrown himself into training.
Next, Cole isn't doing that bad in the ns. He's got bonzle, and enough stories to last a lifetime. He's fine.
Zane and Wyldfyre bond more. He tells her about Kai, and how they'd get along, and she is ecstatic. Another fire user, how exciting!
Arin and sora are still looking for his parents. Still find the matriarch.
Meanwhile, Kai has all but lost it. He isn't insane, but his morals have all but been destroyed. The only thing he cares about is getting back to his family, and anything and anyone that comes in between that has died or burned to death. The guardian dragon and fire knight mech are his permanent companions, and respect his decision to change his values. One cannot survive being in the land of the monsters without becoming one themselves, anyway.
The tournament of sources plays out the exact same. Although, when Jay and Nya fight, he actually comes very close to winning. That is, until a fire ball the size of a car chucks Jay into the nearest wall.
When the source dragons send out those little messages for each elemental master, Kai actually gets one since he hasn't encountered ras yet. The messenger dragon leads him out of the realm of monsters, but it's still pretty far. He gets there, but it takes a day or two. Or three. That's why he's late.
The reunion is short-lived, as he's arrested for interfering with a match. At least attempted to. You cant really try when He destroys all the bots faster than you can blink. Oh yeah, the guardian dragon and fire knight mech are there too. So.
He beelines to Nya, hat and mask coming off, and they hug in a mess of limbs on the floor. Theres sobbing, and its not from the girl I'll tell you.
That's all I have so far. Will update hehehehe
Art I made for @quintastiic 2K DTIYS on Twitter!!! I decided to share it here cuz I’m proud of how it came out!
Original piece below!
STOP. STOPPPPP WAITING FOR JUNE IS ALREADY HARD YOU DONT HAVE TO MAKE IT IMPOSSIBLE. BRO.
so obviously i rewatched the scene where kai and lloyd find eachother again one million times yesterday and can i mention that kai had like. bandages under his gi?
i mean. it COULD have been a crumpled shirt. but then again this is lloyd's pov. so i cant be sure.
also i was comparing the kai's clothes on the trailer and his clothes when he reunites with lloyd and theyre not only extremely different but they are VERY MUCH shit. like he's dirty and has lost his armour and cape. and i cant tell if the belt he's using on dr is the one he holds during monstrosity because the colors are different, too?? like what the hell happened bro.
and that's not even touching upon how TIRED bro is.
in this scene, the moment lloyd has his back to him, he climbs this FOUR STEPS really, really heavily. like he's having trouble moving at all.
and then
like bro it's just a mergequake. hell it's one of the earlier ones. why are you so winded that you get shown frowning TWICE and THEN ALSO breathless after it. lloyd doesn't show this kind of distress. it's just kai.
he looks miserable when he's packing up. yes he does smile at lloyd but of course he smiles at lloyd. can anyone hear me. bud are you Okay.
Just finished dr s3.
IM IM IM IM IM AAAAAAAAAAAAA
KAI. KAIIIII YOU BEAUTIFUL AWESKME PERFECT INTELLIGEN6 AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH "I have to endure." "I have to continue." "So I can see them again." "I can't lose myself." pfp creds to Kindaasrikal :)
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