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This was one of the most haunting scenes in the entire ITE fic! I loved it, and it also made me hyper aware of my own skin. ;D
Here’s the fic if you wanna read it! https://archiveofourown.org/works/53582683
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Recently my sister and I have been reading "In the End" by CassandraCainBB and IT IS FIRE. So I made some fanart of the Epilogue.
Here's the fic if you wanna read it!
In The End
I have so many more sketches so I'll post them soon ;D
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This will be the most expensive set of my own ninjago season. This set is called the malicious spider queen and comes with 8 minifigures which are Subterra Lloyd, Subterra Kai, Subterra Jay, Subterra Cole, Formicus, and three spider soldiers.
This is also an idea of mine that I tried to make a lego set with artificial intelligence and in my case I used Dall E Mini to make this image that I titled Jay's futuristic spider motorcycle. This vehicle can transform into a spider motorcycle that can launch an electric web to trap and electrocute its enemies. This set comes with 4 minifigures which are: Subterra Jay, Subterra Kai, Spider Soldier, and Ant Soldier.
Recently, I came up with the idea to review a cartoon that I adored as a child. Ninjago. I understand why I loved him as a kid, he's super cool! now I've caught a hyperfix on this cartoon and I'm enjoying life :D
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
the instruction booklet for the ninja Spinjitzu temple has nya drinking tea
And another one has kai doing blacksmithing
How did most of the kids take to finding out kai was a blacksmith. Cause the idea of any one of them finding him making a sword or repairing weapon and maby even asking if he can make them one is cute
On the Ninja Spinjitzu temple set (I believe it's a season three set) a really fun detail I like on the front of the set it that kai is doing a little bit of blacksmithing
Idea, post dr season 2 pt 2 kai cole and Zane talk about stuff while sitting either round like a campfire at night or in the kitchen when everyone else is asleep
I think kai should know a bunch about blacksmithing like the melting temperature of a bunch of metals, he should also be allowed to randomly drop random tidbits at random times.
i drew mind controlled ninja because it's an idea that won't leave.
Ok but have we considered heatwave dragging kai into a sleep pile because wyldfyre was to scared to ask him herself. Just the two dad's and their daughter.
I love the group hug in the final bit of episode twenty. It's just so adorable, they all missed him.
I think someone should write a fic where through circumstances out of there control the Ninja should have to fight their students
Hey during the time before the final fight when nya and riyu where missing do you think she was talking to kai, do you think either of them thought all hope was lost because nya couldn't contact anyone else.
Angst idea, kai passes out for a little bit while hanging out with Cole and Zane but wakes up way sonner then he probably should of and starts freaking out cause it's dark.
Hey Ninjago fandom I kinda have to ask, but like have most of you forgotten Jays remark about saving a girl in the pilot season probably being the reason kai makes jokes at his expense more then the others, like I'm genuinely curious.
do you think kai and bonzle are hurt after coming out, we only got to see them sometimes and kai seems to know how to counter shatter spin when the person isent using a mask so like did he fight them or atleast enough to get away. Alternatively I think if there's a post ending fic someone wrights he should just pass out.
I think kai should wear sunglasses for a little bit not cause he wants to look cool but because I think sunlight would hurt his eyes after he's been trapped for the indeterminate amount of time with bonzle.
Additional I think either nya, Lloyd or wyldfyre would be glued to his side because they missed him
Nya and kai better go find jay and drag him back, bonus points if kai finds him first and has a really long convo with him.
Ok so idea that probably won't happen but what if the reason Jay is evil is because he somehow rembers kai but like only the name face and that their vaugly friends and through manipulation from ras and he just keeps ignoring the rest of the Ninja. Idk just a funny thought
First post- and it’s just me shitposting about Ninjago. Anyway here’s my art
*HAPPY SCREAMS* I DO, I UNDERSTAND IT
RAPH IS THE RED AND THE TEMPER HE HAS TO CONTROL AND THE LOVING BIG BROTHERNESS AND SUPPORT
LEO IS THE CHARM AND THE MASKS AND INSECURITY AND CHARISMA
IT’S ALL THERE
ALL OF IT
EVEN MY PERSONAL HEADCANONS I FORMED BEFORE EVER WATCHING RISE IT-
It just makes sense?!?!?!?!?! XD
rise raph and leo are what you get if you split kai ninjago into two people and make them turtles. i do not take criticism of any kind
The 'cover' for Daughter of Darkness: Rise of the Snakes.
Daughter of Darkness: Pilot Episodes art
Quality is...varying XD
These are all of Rose's first outfits/gis in the series, as well as the Pilot Episodes cover. Her outfits, in order, are her original civilian/casual outfit, her pajamas (jinbei), her first ninja gi (when she meets the boys), the Trainee gi, and the DX (Dragon eXtreme) gi.