THIS!!! This so much this.
I HOPE that there’s a plan to spin it around into him crashing out from the blatant dehumanizing and downright objectification, partially bc it is show that he is at least mildly uncomfortable with it, but I doubt the writers will actually go that route 😔
I gotta say it gang, I despise Zane's new mech design and I'll tell you why: it's just making the them of dehumanizing him more glaringly obvious. I think Zane's writing started going downhill in season seven. Maybe it was the initial redesigns that broke my brain, but I feel like that was where he began to seem more shallow, lose his sense, lose his humor even. It was even worse in the following era of seasons (secrets of spinjitzu, yata yata, which I think are mostly terrible) when he completely lost his identity and was completely unphased??? That's so lame. I mean, in earlier seasons he has obviously had struggles with finding and accepting his identity, so to just brush over that was such a loss. And in Dragons Rising I felt the same way. However, in addition to the over-simplifying of his character, they leaned WAAAY harder into the fact that he's a robot. Now that, and his love for Pixal, are his only indentity traits. They've basically taken away all of the things that made him feel human, that made him Zane. And then suddenly, his human form is taken away and he becomes a mech. I'm sorry, I cannot find this cool. I don't think it's cute. I can only see it as the distancing of Zane from the plot and from his personality, from everything that made him HIM.
Anyway... that's my little rant. I actually plan on writing a ton about this, but that is for a later time.
I was thinking about how Sora, Arin and Wyfy are fellow new ninja, which means they interact with each other a lot more off-screen. So I was wondering what their trio name is. But like I couldn't seem to find any. So this is my proposal.
Kais self care routine gets so much longer after monstrosities (hair routine included) and I will not be told otherwise.
Mans is treating every day as a spa day bc he spent so many days not being able to do even the most basic of self care tasks. And honestly as he should.
Ok but also I really like the centipede Kai idea and now I’m picturing him figuring out what self care for his bug bits looks like
Ninjago hc’s for funsies (I’ve only just started dragons rising so this is just pre merge characters <3)
-kai is sort of a jack of all trades due to raising himself and nya. He can mend clothes but the stitching is messy, he can make a filling meal with random ingredients but it never tastes right
-Lloyd’s eyes are red but he started wearing green contacts when the ninja started getting publicity bc they freaked people out
-Lloyd IS still a prankster, just has to focus on his green ninja duties, being pranked by him is a sign he feels he can be “Lloyd” around you and not just “the green ninja”
-misako knew about garmadon’s corruption and desperately tried to find a cure (her efforts were, of course, fruitless)
DRAGONS ROSING SEASON 3 SPOILERS
Just finished it. Morro got eated :(
Omg now he can give you a hug
Lloyd pillow blanket appreciation post
my souvenir from Legoland 🔥🔥🔥
ironically when i actually went, i wasn't that big a fan of Lloyd (i was hoping to get something of cole or zane but alas) but i saw a wearable blanket and decided that would be the best
I mean they did sorta do that in season 3 with borg and wu, not fully nindroid tho
You know I’m actually kinda surprised the concept of turning a human character into a nindroid hasn’t been done in ninjago yet.
And yeah sure it could be a bit too dark of a concept but they’re very capable of doing off screen and the character is suddenly miraculously alive as a surprise twist
if next season is more focused on the after life and the spectral lands and def gonna be more Jay focused….what if Jay comes across Ed and Edna in the spectral lands - GETS SHOT
Fellow ace here
RB if your blog is a safe, accepting space for asexuals!
Lost and found, arc 1: buried treasure
Part 3: comic relief
(Previous---Next) (Masterpost)
“Find anything yet?” Geo called from the rookery doorway, watching as Lloyd dug through the most recent pile of lost items, sometimes people lost some really cool shit, and it’s not like they could just let it sit there and rot! That would just be wasteful. So they took what they could find and did what they could with it.
Geo had taken to using his fusion power to create sculptures that Lloyd… didn’t get.
“No, not yet” Lloyd sighed
He HAD adjusted to life in the lost pretty quickly. He’d been there for about two years now, and it turned out, living in the land of the lost wasn’t actually that much different from his life on the streets of ninjago . Only this way he didn’t have to worry nearly as much. Geo had a garden so they had plenty of food, they never had to worry about money. they’d made Lloyd a lair (no geo it’s not JUST his room. All decent villains had an evil lair) and that had been pretty fun.
He’d even found a toy bow, it was pretty fun to knock cans off of stuff. He was getting pretty good at it too! He’d be a master archer in no time.
But., if he was being honest. There were things he’d missed, like traveling all over! No rules and no destination, just him and the road. And it was. Kind of lonely. Ninjago was filled with so many people.. sure there was geo but..there's only so many times he can prank the same person with the same thing before it gets boring. He wished he could still go to the arcade, or win cool merch by nerding out at doomsday comix. But things were still good here. He had plenty of time to plot his takeover of ninjago! Especially considering he… couldn’t leave. Leaving was the first step to taking over.
A geyser sputtered, Lloyd snapped from his schemes of world domination and home sickness (could you be sick for a home you didn’t have?) as his head whipped around to try and figure out where it would be (and hoping it wasn’t under him) before the ground bursted open in a flurry of paper and plastic, a slim volume landed at Lloyd’s feet “no WAY!!” He exclaimed with a grin, picking up the comic (still in its plastic sleeve) “FRITZ DONAGAN!!”
“Fritz what-a-gone?” Geo asked, tilting his head as he came over
“Fritz donagon!! He’s this EPIC explorer that’s like mega cool! He’s been to space and all over the world!! There was even an issue where he explored the depths of the sea using this special scuba diving suit that let him breath underwater!!” Lloyd explained, his grin widening as he flipped wildly though the pages “woah- this issue it’s. This is one of the orginal runs!! It’s like- IMPOSSIBLE to find!! Oh man whoever lost this is gonna FREAK when they realize it’s gone” he snickered, not caring about the potentially distraught owner who had no knowledge of the relocation of their precious trove.
Geo frowned as he looked at the pile of comics and toys. “What about the rest of these..?”
“Hm..” Lloyd hummed, shutting his comic and examining the pile “it’s mostly collectors stuff.. I guess someone’s mom cleared out the attic or something..?” His mind wondered to Rufus, the owner of doomsday comix. It had been a shelter for Lloyd before he got lost. A safe, warm place he could hang out for hours. Rufus had always prided himself on his collection.. some of this looked like his stuff. But. It couldn’t be. He’d never just abandon his stuff like that.. not stuff like this at least.
Everything was in mint condition. Definitely from a collector.. just. Couldn’t have been Rufus. The only way Rufus would’ve lost this stuff was if.. if something really bad happened. Lloyd’s smile faltered.
He shook the thought from his head, Rufus would be fine. He WAS fine. He had to be. “I’m. Going to gather these up. See if I can put the comics in order! You can read em when I’m done, if you want” he smiled at geo who just. Blinked.
“Im.. not sure I’d enjoy them.” The purple teen rubbed his neck
“Oh come on at least give them a chance!!” Lloyd insisted “look this one’s really good I swear!! It’s like, my favorite issue ever” he held up another comic
Geo sighed as his ears flicked and turned downward “I appreciate the thought Lloyd but I. I can’t.”
This time, Lloyd blinked at his friend. Putting the pieces together, geo had been here since he was young, REALLY young. Younger then Lloyd had been… ‘I can’t’
“Oh… OH!” The realization hit Lloyd like a brick in the stomach “well uh. What if.. what if I read it TO you! I can do funny voices and everything!!”
Goes ears perked up “that. That might be ok,” he gave a small smile “I uh. I’d be willing to give it a shot if you're doing funny voices.”
Lloyd grinned at him, gathering up as many comics as his preteen arms could hold “well come on then! Adventure awaits!” the plastic sleeves crinkled as he put them into a near by tattered backpack, slinging the remaining strap on his shoulder. The young terror held his hand out to geo, who took it with an small smile of thanks as the blond walked them off to his the totally secret entrance of his lair, a car that had fallen near months after Lloyd himself.
Lloyd pried open the door, crawling through the back seat into a carefully arranged metal igloo of sorts. A pile of blankets and pillows to the left, an assortment of “scheming materials” to the right.
The pair settled into the pile of soft fabric Lloyd called a bed, opening the first volume. The younger pushed his hair out of his face, clearing his throat “fear? Fear isn’t a word where I come from!”
Ain’t got the energy to do jack else 🫶