Writing advice from my uni teachers:
If your dialog feels flat, rewrite the scene pretending the characters cannot at any cost say exactly what they mean. No one says “I’m mad” but they can say it in 100 other ways.
Wrote a chapter but you dislike it? Rewrite it again from memory. That way you’re only remembering the main parts and can fill in extra details. My teacher who was a playwright literally writes every single script twice because of this.
Don’t overuse metaphors, or they lose their potency. Limit yourself.
Before you write your novel, write a page of anything from your characters POV so you can get their voice right. Do this for every main character introduced.
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5 Songs I Like To Listen To
- For Your Entertainment by Adam Lambert.
- Don't Blame Me by Taylor Swift
- Monster by Beth Crowley
- Right Round by Flo Rida, Ke$ha
- I Can't Lose It All by Make Me Feel Like
Oh this is a horrible idea
What if Kai taught Hellspawn "self-defense" or whatever these kids did to the Kalamaar cut out during the time skip?
No it's a GREAT idea.
It wouldn't happen during the time-skip though but I can see it happening throughout the time between s11 & seabound, when Lloyd isn't looking.
I just think the ninja were estranged from some point after seabound, so during the time-skip to crystalized, hellspawn didn't really see the rest while Lloyd cleaned windows.
And after finding out, Lloyd asked her to put some moves to use the next time they see Dareth. He still remembers the bruise he got when Dareth taught her one of his own.
(Because I thought the plot didn’t make too much sense as I detailed here)
Still think it would be interesting if Lloyd thought evil Harumi was hot. No idea how that would possibly work? Like it has the potential to be mega toxic. Or maybe Lloyd was just trying the old “the best way to defeat an enemy is to make them your friend”. Actually I think that would work really well because that did defeat the first son of Garmadon (s1 Lloyd). And it may just justify Harumi’s redemption
I just don’t want Lloyd to be as attached to her as he is in canon because mans really just met her 2 days ago, didn’t really know her, she kissed him like once and then was hung up over her for 3 seasons like man, shouldn’t he be used being betrayed by friends by now (snakes, pythor, his dad, his mum technically, technology, the tournament, the museum guy, the postman). Like this wasn’t anything new
Maybe he was a similar opinion to Nya when first meeting the royal family, that they’re cringe but develops a crush on Harumi when she thanked everyone personally, and instead of being “girl… 😃” he actively tried to deny he had any feelings because he took a look at LITERALLY EVERYONE in this series with their truck loads of relationship drama and went “no no I do not need that noise please omg I don’t need to feel this”. Like it would be funny. He saw a girl and now he’s going ballistic.
Then he kinda ignored it when her parents died because read the room
*lloyd and Harumi in the temple*
Harumi: I have a confession
Lloyd: me too! Let’s say it at the same time
Simultaneously: I’m actually the quiet one and I want to resurrect your evil dad // I’m in love with you
PLEASE IT WOULD BE FUNNY
And then she kidnaps him
While she’s walking him to the ritual he’s just *mimicking kai* “just tell her how you feel Lloyd! What’s the worst thing that could happen?”
At some point in s9 they’re alone fighting and while he’s still like “f u, you brought my dad back” she asks him tauntingly, why he liked her and he basically redoes his confession
And that he thinks that there’s genuinely good in her, that despite everything she cares for her found family (the SoG) and she’s just hurting. And that he knows what its like because he relates to her. He once felt backed in a hole, doing anything to make himself bigger. And he knows that deep down, she doesn’t want a dystopian Ninjago. She just wants to feel okay again.
And she’s like “… shut up” but really that’s what she needed to hear.
And that’s what we’re thinking off when she dies.
Also it ties into Lloyd’s arc of “finding his voice”
Also Garmadon doesn’t adopt Harumi. Or at least, he makes it clear that he does not care about her.
Harumi: I’ll be your daughter
Garmadon: if that’s the delusion you want to live, then so be it. But make no mistake, I no longer care for any child of mine
Harumi: …I’ll take it!
Can't believe that these live in my head while starring the most hurtful line in Ninjago history.
Lloyd comes home with his report card: Dad, I failed Chinese—
Garmadon: I have no son.
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Lloyd, comes out as trans: I don't think I belong in this body, Dad.
Garmadon: I have no son.
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Garmadon: I have no so—
Lloyd interrupts him: But you still owe me about nineteen years of child support—and yes, the Tomorrow's Tea actually counts.
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Garmadon: I have no son.
Also Garmadon moments later: picks up Christofern.
I think i broke the kai ai
what if kai got posessed at the start of possession instead of lloyd? what if he was trying to keep morro inside himself to protect lloyd? what if he failed in doing so?
@shadesofvioletvoid , @galaxygermdraws and me are back on our bullcrap dgdjjdd. we thought about this au together (it was mostly kai's idea and then we just expanded on it a little) but i wanted to draw it like really bad. and i hadnt made a full drawing in a while so i thought "well!!" and then i did it. yay. hope i still got it dgdjdjbdsnsh
we had some vague ideas for this au so if you have any questions ask any of us i guess
really embarrassed to say that before watching dr i actually thought wyldfyre was kai & skylor's kid.
bye i'm gonna go hide in a hole questioning my judgement rn.
I just had to do this.
Lloyd's not going down without a fight.
Inspired by this post:
Headcannon Cliff Gordon had auburn hair like Jay but dyed his hair black to play Fritz Donnegan.
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(This isn't meant to be read as Lloyd/Harumi, but I could care less as long as you don't be obnoxious about it)
Lloyd and Lord G are my coping mechanism. I'm also on FFNet and AO3 And yeah, I can't draw.
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