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THIS SHOW IS SO PURE!
It’s worth noting that Kenneth spent the entire episode making the game (and the subsequent fight) as inclusive as possible for JJ and his disabled friends (all of whom were played by disabled actors/actresses).
BONUS:
Bonus #2
Of course I had to show the best part:
heeeeere a ninjago au that i’ve imagined ?
so, i’m really bad at stories, so i can’t write anything about this, but i’ll make a brief summary of the differents ideas about the story
- this is a ninjago wolf au (i like wolves u kno)
- jay has to enter into an academy full of wolves (idk really why tho but i think about it)
- jay has to be roomate with cole
- unlucky, cole hates humans (maybe his mom got killed by a human ?)
- i love bruiseshipping, so obviously i imagined it to be a bruise story
- and side oppo (but free to you to ship whoever you want in this)
more detailed things here
- kai, zane, nya, and the others are in the academy too
- next to the academy, there is a school for younger wolves, lloyd is there
- babey lloyd visit cole and kai even if he does not have the right to go inside the academy
- each month, there would be a night where wolves learn to hunt
- at each full moon, they would howl to the moon (+ if they are with their loved one)
- cole would be one of the stronger in the academy, with zane
- fights are frequents
also, there is some explanations about the drawings above
- there is three appaerances possible : fully human, semi wolf and fully wolf, they can switch as they want
- their wolf form are way bigger than an average wolf (note that jay is a smol boy tho)
so feel free to tell me what you think about it ! and sorry if i don’t answer, i dont’ really know how to use this tumblr thing?;;
feel free to write or draw something about it ! just tag me if you do ! (well this is just a little story idea, i don’t think this will be a big thing tho)
i will maybe draw more stuff about this au
Remember that time a warrant went out for the ninjas arrest and Zane immediately called the cops on them because he’s programmed to narc.
that really worked for me
i went to the dentist today and my dentist honest to god said “can i ask you a question…….what the hell is in your mouth”
it was in awe lmao
then the hygienist and assistant all came over to look too and they were like “wooooow” and my ass was sitting there like
oh my god i posted this and then went to work, and
story time
okay so to preface this, my hometown where i’m originally from is a really fucking weird place. like from the outside it seems like a normal suburban town, but once you’re there for awhile you get the feeling that’s something’s not…quite all together. a lot of people are really fucking weird there — so much so that that was a running joke in school growing up, that people in the town were just like that. everyone knew not to go out to the farm lands surrounding the town especially at night, we called it “the cuts” and people used to disappear out there all the time or get shot at by the especially weird people that would live out there. the news was and still is truly a thing of horror. every time i come back i’m regaled with even more stories of crazy shit that has happened there.
to put it in perspective we generally never had “normal crime” like robbery or anything like that when i lived there, though that did happen sometimes. the news stories were always like, “a kid was kidnapped by local residents and tortured in a house around the corner,” “a random person was chased down and shot for sport in a really nice neighborhood,” “someone was gored to death by a bull while out car shopping,” etc. (these are all real, btw). everyone does drugs and the whole town is located really close to a government site where they test nuclear weapons and chemicals and shit. this is how i grew up, in this bizarre environment.
i need to preface it this way so that you get that it’s weird. it’s a fucking weird place. i used to listen to the welcome to night vale podcast and make comparisons from it to my hometown, that’s how weird it is.
i only say this so you know that this town is where i got my orthodontics from.
all the kids in my town went to this one particular orthodontist. i also used to go to a dentist in town that a lot of people went to as well. i had a permanent retainer put on my bottom teeth after braces and no one had ever said anything to me about the model of retainer itself or it being weird type of retainer at all. i saw a ton of other people (mostly other kids that were my age at the time) that had the same type of retainer as me too so i never thought about it.
so i kept my retainer in — it’s never caused me problems and it keeps my teeth straight, why not?
however i went to a dentist for the first time in a metropolitan area now, and when he saw it in my mouth his literal first reaction was to say “uh can i ask you a question….what the hell is that”
LITERALLY the words that he said
which in hindsight makes almost too much sense. of course my town of all towns would put these weird unnecessary contraptions in kids’ mouths, and of course it happened so much that everyone just thought it was normal. that sounds exactly, to a T, like my hometown.
my permanent bottom retainer is apparently this prototype that is so rare that he’s literally never seen it before in his life, not in dental school, nowhere. it’s not that it’s an outdated type, it’s just rare as fuck. they were still staring at pictures of it on my chart in wonder when i left the office.
so just know somewhere out there, in a weird ass suburban town where they test nuclear weapons and a good portion of the residents go fucking nuts, there’s probably hundreds of people still walking around with this same contraption in their mouth that exists nowhere else in the world thinking, “yeah, that’s cool. that makes sense. let me go drink the definitely not-contaminated water now and never move away from here.”
This sounds like an X-files episode
Okay, so I looked into it and I think that the town is Tracy, California.
I looked up the bull-murder thing OP mentioned and Tracy seemed to be only town that came up with a matching case. Though the man didn’t actually die from his injuries everything else matches up one for one. So just to make sure that it was the right town I looked to see if there was any murder-torture of young people in Tracy, and unfortunately there was. It was a 17 year old boy who escaped and survived the torture. And just to solidify that it was in fact Tracy I looked up shootings in residential areas and there was one of a 20 year old man who was shot and killed in a nice neighborhood.
Okay, but I decided to look into Tracy more to find out more information about it and the town is super suspicious. There’s been a lot of murders and shooting in the town. Back in 2009 an 8 year old girl, Sandra Cantu, was kidnapped and murdered by a Sunday school teacher who said she had no idea why she killed Sandra. Another case happened in 2018 when four underage boys were shot and one was killed by four teenage boys. There’s a lot of news stories on shootings, homicides, and drug busts in that town. It’s a really cute town from the outside, if you just look up Tracy, California there’s a lot of really cute businesses and nice articles on sweet things that happen in the town, but if you actually look into it the town is really sketchy.
So yeah, this sketchy town with a military base, multiple homicides and shootings is maybe Tracy, California.
………………..yeah, you guys caught me
i grew up in tracy
also i have to add another person’s tags to this since it’s honesty hour because they’re hilarious and true
Honestly I wasn’t even surprised when I found out it was in California. Even less surprised when googled it and found out it was near the Bay Area. That sounds about right.
Apparently the motto is “Think Inside the Triangle” and I’m not sure how to feel about that.
Im rebolgging just to add that it’s illegal to see the news from the city in UE. Like, LITERALLY:
it’s….what now
Please get out of this place
Garm, your kid just saved the world for… what the fifteenth time? Give him a break, would ya?!??
im excited ngl
THIS POST IS AN ACTUAL MASTERPIECE
Also i appreciate the lil rainbow on cole’s hat very much, if it was there i’d forgive cole’s awful fashion choices
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TERFS, DO NOT, and I mean this, INTERACT
Concept for an AU I had in mind since ages
Oh yeah I did my spicy orange Byron as well
don’t ever leave like that again
love me some ………… evil girl ..s ……………
awooooo
@lloyd-garmadork
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@cakeking-cole and @mostlysunnydays here’s some more rejected prophecy au, revolving around when Lloyd meets the other EMs in s4 :)
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“What do you think you’re doing? You’re not sitting with us. Go sit with your dad on the floor or something.” Jay snapped, glaring at lloyd from the table.
“B-but we’re a team, shouldn’t we stay together?” He asked softly, avoiding eye contact.
“We’re no team. Not without Zane, and it’s your fault. Go away before I make you.” Kai hissed, slamming his cup down.
Lloyd backed up, and keeping his gaze directed to the ground, tried to find a seat. And, just his luck, he managed to bump into someone.
“Oh, sorry, dude! My bad.”
Quivering, lloyd slowly made eye contact with the guy in front of him. Sunglasses, sleeked brown-orange hair, and a friendly smile was what he could see.
“I-I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to bump into you.” He said quickly, trying to back up without turning around. That’s a mistake he only made once.
“Hey, kid, it’s no problem. I bumped into you, anyway. I’m Griffin Turner.” The guy held out his hand, and Lloyd’s instincts caused him to flinch.
That set of quite a few alarms in turner’s head.
“Do you need somewhere to sit?” He asked, lowering his voice so he wasn’t being so loud.
Lloyd looked up, his red eyes striking, although filled with fear.
“Yes.” He squeaked, tightening his grip on his food tray.
“Follow me, then.” Griffin led him to a table where he, Neuro, and Tox were sitting.
“Guys, I’m sure you know, but this is the green ninja. I didn’t catch your name, though.”
At the mention of the green Ninja, Lloyd winced, and although barely noticeable, Neuro caught it.
“I’m lloyd.” He answered, sitting down next to Tox and fidgeting with his fingers.
“How old are you, sweetie?” Tox asked, her maternal instincts kicking in. This kid reminded her of her past self.
“I-I don’t know. I think I’m 14 or 15, b-but I’m mentally 10-11. The ninja, after my dad turned them younger with his megaweapon, used tomorrow’s tea and aged me up as well. I don’t even know my birthday, and my mother never told me nor do we ever announce it.” He answered, keeping his eyes directed down.
“And why are you here, if you don’t mind me asking? I just don’t think someone like you would come to a tournament like this on a whim.” Neuro asked.
“After I defeated the overlord for the first time, he came back and I wasn’t able to beat him. Zane, One of the ninja, killed himself saving ninjago. Apparently Master Chen knows where he is so the others wanted him back and I came along. After all, it was my fault he died.”
Griffin turned to lloyd, faster than a blink.
“Who on earth told you that?!” He exclaimed.
Lloyd looked up, intrigued by his tone and the question.
“That’s what everyone told me. I mean, I just had to let myself get captured and mess everything up. It’s my fault he died. Kai says he wishes it was me instead.” He murmured the answer, looking back down.
Griffin exchanged a Look with Neuro, giving him the cue to see how bad this kid had been treated.
“Don’t listen to them, honey. You did all you could, and no one should even think to ask for more. He made that choice, not you.” Tox said, giving him a side hug.
“F-for someone whose power is toxins and poison, you’re really nice. Thanks.” Lloyd said shyly, trying to keep up with the revelation that these people aren’t going to hurt him and that they don’t blame him. Tox reminds him of Nya.
Neuro blinked, turning to Griffin with a horrified and devastated look on his face that confirmed Griffin’s suspicions. Thank the FSM that Neuro Is able to look into minds. That team treated this adorable kid worse than garbage.
Well, that’s going to stop. That’s not going to happen while they’re around.
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Lloyd getting the friends he deserves in this AU is my aesthetic
Surrender
(Soooo here’s another part to the Rejected Prophecy Au. Creds for the AU goes to @mostlysunnydays and @cakeking-cole and the idea itself goes to @ceata88 ! Hope you all enjoy!)
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Things have been strange between Lloyd and the ninja. It may have something to do with his father’s last words to Wu and Misako before he sacrificed himself for his sake.
‘Nya, you have always looked out for my son. I hope I do not burden you by requesting you continue doing so.’ Garmadon had requested, from where he was floating mid way to the portal to the Cursed Realm above.
“It would be an honour.” Nya says, head lifted defiantly under the looks Wu and Misako tossed her.
Garmadon nodded then looked towards his so called brother and wife.
‘Know this Wu.’ He spoke, his tone dark and vengeful. ‘I sacrifice myself for the sake of my son’s future. Not for you, not for Misako, not for your ninja and not even for Ninjago. You pride yourself as a great Sensei when you are no better than I was with the Devour’s venom running thickly in my veins! You should know more than anyone else here that destiny is a fickle thing. Destiny decided that my son would be Ninjago’s savior and no matter the torment and ridicule you, Misako or the ninja cast upon him will change that! And for that, I will never forgive any of you. I pray it rests upon your conscience until each of your dying days, the horrors you have all inflicted on my son. And know Wu, that our father’s judgement awaits you.’ He hissed at his brother before nodding at Lloyd who couldn’t stop the tears that fell into the opened book.
‘Sono, hokido, bo-rock!’ Lloyd had yelled, completing the spell.
'I will always love you son!’ Garmadon had yelled as he was launched upward into the portal, the general flying down afterwards.
After it was all over and done, Lloyd had left, taking Nya with him who had refused to interact above the necessary courtesies with her brother and the other ninja.
They had spent some time in a tiny apartment in Ninjago that worked out well considering that there was just two of them. Since Lloyd looked older, it wasn’t too hard nabbing a small job stacking shelves in a small grocery store and Nya picked up her old job working at the auto body shop. It worked out. Until a week or so after the whole incident, they got a letter from the others. (Nya knew Zane and P.I.X.A.L were to blame for finding their location.) Apparently they’re building a tea shop where Sensei Garmadon’s monastery once was.
It took an hour to calm Lloyd down after that. Just to know his and his father’s home was destroyed for some shitty tea shop sent him off the rails. It took another hour for him to stop crying after the initial anger past. Nya was pissed. Rightfully so. His father’s death had already been so hard on him. The night terrors haven’t even begun to cease. Why in the name of the First Spinjitsu Master would they destroy their home?! They discussed their offer to return and live with them in the Bounty and help them run the shop. Nya didn’t want him 10 feet near any of them and while he didn’t want to be anywhere close to them, the shop was built on his father’s grounds. They had to keep the business open or else they’d have to sell it and he would lose even more.
Nya agreed to go and assist, knowing they had enough savings for her to be able to take a few short weeks off. But she would not be staying at the Bounty with them. She used her old Harley she left in the auto body shop oh so long ago as her means of transportation to and from their apartment, keeping lloyd updated on everything that has been happening. Soon enough, the shop was done and opening day was here. He decided that he had been hiding long enough. Since he apparently had the third biggest share, he decided to at the very least help out somehow.
On arrival with Nya, he noticed that the Ninja had just returned, looking spiffy in their new gi, riding their elemental dragons. He didn’t care too much. His father had taught him that not everything should matter to him while rebuilding his self-esteem.
“Well well. Look who finally decided to show their face.” Jay says as they hopped off their elemental dragons.
Lloyd didn’t need to look to know Nya was glaring something fierce.
“Watch it lightning mouth.” Nya says, standing protectively before Lloyd.
“It’s ok Nya.” Lloyd says with a find smile, placing a hand on her shoulder.
“Don’t act so friendly with my sister you-”
“That’s enough Kai.” Zane says firmly, shooting the fire ninja a glare but he kept glaring at Lloyd.
“It’s nice to see you guys.” Lloyd says and that was sadly the truth.
He had barely seen them over the course of these months. Despite how they treated him, it was nice to know they were healthy and ok.
“Let’s go Lloyd.” Nya says, tugging him away once Zane opened his mouth to respond.
Zane sighed as he looked down, guilt eating at him. They had been nothing short of horrible to him from the very first moment they met him. Not to mention when they went back in time to try and prevent him from becoming the green ninja…
“Don’t you have better things to do than feel sorry for yourself?” P.I.X.A.L prompted him, crossing her arms and tapping her foot in the right corner of his vision. “Like making it up to that poor boy you your friends have all but tortured these past few years?” She says pointedly.
“Of course.” Zane sighed, following behind Lloyd and Nya, the other Ninja wearing unkind expressions on their face.
“I don’t care what Sensei says. Once a brat, always a brat.” Cole huffed.
“I’m with you.” Kai nodded.
“Me too.” Jay agrees.
Inside the teachop, Misako had just finished stocking the shelves then turned around at the sight of footsteps, gasping a little as she saw her wary son.
“Lloyd.” She whispered, walking out from behind the counter and walking over to him- but Lloyd backed away completely, pressing his back against the shelving of teapots.
“Hello.” Lloyd says with a small, formal bow, face carefully blank and something in Misako shattered.
She caused this. Her son can’t even look her in the eye. He doesn’t even call her mother. She turned away, covering her face as Nya went to his side, asking if he was ok and if she need to kick any ass. Wu came out then to see Misako quietly crying into her hands and Lloyd looking uncomfortable nearby.
“What did he-” Wu cut himself self odd as he stopped mid step.
Shame washed over him as his brother’s word and his actions towards his young nephew returned to his mind. He was so quick to assume, to pin the blame on Lloyd, who had done nothing wrong. Wu took off his rice hat as he walked towards his nephew.
“Close enough.” Nya says, holding a hand out to stop Wu from getting any closer.
“Lloyd.” Wu says and he looked on, both lost and uncomfortable as his uncle knelt from his allowed distance. “I have come to realise I haven’t been the best uncle.” He began as Nya took a call from her cell.
Lloyd on the other hand was confused and wary. What was he trying to do? Was there another baddie out there he needed him to defeat? What could it be? He already gave up his golden power at their insistence and they all have their powers back from Chen, what else does he need?
“I know-”
“Sorry Wu.” Nya says, cutting him off. “Lloyd, there’s been a break in at the museum.” She says, turning to him and he almost sighed out loud in relief.
“Nothing we can’t take care of. After all, we’re the ones-”
“They requested for Lloyd specifically.” Nya says flatly, cutting Cole off.
“I’ll see you later then Nya.” Lloyd says then went to take off- only to bite back a groan once Zane called after him.
“Your gi.” Was all he says, presenting the updated one to him.
Nya took it and inspected it before nodding at it and handing it over to Lloyd.
“Go. We’ll catch up later.” She told him and he nodded before taking off.
“What are you? His mom?” Kai asked with a scowl.
“I’m his friend. And if I act like his mother then it’s because someone has to be.” Nya says, glaring at all of them before walking behind the counter. “I only agreed to help you guys with Steep Wisdom if you keep things strictly business wise and right now, we need customers.” She says, walking out with the box of uniforms and fliers before shoving them into Kai’s arms.
“So why don’t you and your friends make yourselves useful Kai.” She says, glaring up at him as he gritted his teeth.
She then turned away, going back to the counter.
“What? You want us to hang out fliers?! No wa-”
“Why did you think I ordered them to begin with?” Wu asked, slipping his hat back on and resting a comforting hand against Misako’s shoulder. “Nya is correct. We need customers. I need you four to advertise. And no powers.” He says firmly, making three of the four of them grumble.
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Lloyd just couldn’t catch a break, couldn’t he? First it was the weight of becoming the green ninja, then, it was the weight of being the green ninja, the pressure of defeating his father then the Overlord times two, then being guilt tripped into heading to Chen’s island with the other ninja, then losing his father, all of that topped off with his uncles, mother’s and 'fellow ninja's’ oppression and now this! A ghost who has possessed sand of all things, wearing the allied armor.
“You can’t have the allied armor!” Lloyd yelled at the sand figure before him from his place slumped against the ground.
“The armor’s nice, but it’s not the only thing I want to possess…” Morro says, looking down at the chest plate before looking back at Lloyd with a smirk.
“What else do you want?” Lloyd asked, warily.
“You!” Morro yelled, lunging at him and Lloyd yelled as the ghost entered him, leaving a pile of sand in his lap.
“N-no! Get out of me!” Lloyd yelled as he gripped his head, the Night Watchman stepping back, horrified.
Morro only laughed as he took full control of his body, standing up now.
“Foolish ninja. I own you now!” Morro yelled then laughed loudly as the Night Watchman ran for his life.
‘You won’t win!’ Lloyd yelled in his own head, unable to control himself any more, no matter how much he fought.
“Oh? Won’t I? And who will stop me? The ninja that hate you so much for being the green ninja? Or is it your little girlfriend?” Morro mocked as he walked out of the room, towards the exit.
'Wait… You want to be the green ninja?’ Lloyd asked, picking it up from Morro’s mind once he felt his jealousy at the word.
“I was meant to be the green ninja! Me! Not you or anyone else!” Morro hissed, stomping angrily out of the museum.
Lloyd was silent, watching from his place firmly in the back seat of his own body. Yet another person who wants to be the green ninja. Yet another person to hate him. Yet another blow waiting to be struck at his new defences he put up around himself, to protect himself. The blow can’t land if he let him in, now can it?
'Then by all means… Be my guest.’ He says, surprising Morro as he allowed himself to sink completely under his possession.
Why would he not fight him? Morro sneered, taking to the air.
‘So you think you’re so much better than the title of green ninja huh? You’re nothing but a fool! You will only make my plans run through more smoothly!’ Morro thought both bitter and triumphantly.
'You’ll learn on your own that having the title of green ninja is far worse than being possessed.’ Lloyd’s voice echoed, barely there.
He closed his eyes as he let himself float under the deep waters of possession. Nya will be upset and his father too if he were still here. But they should understand. Here Morro was, inadvertently offering him a break from being the green ninja. A break from all the pain and anxiety. He would be a fool not to accept. If Morro wanted to take his place, fine by him. For now, he can rest…
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“Sensei!” Zane yelled as they rushed into Steep Wisdom where Nya was serving their first customer, Misako busying herself with unnecessary dusting.
“Yes?” Wu answered, coming from the back with a sachet of tea herbs.
“We were getting the word out- “And there was this wind!-” “And our powers disappeared!”
“You were using your powers?” Wu asked, looking at them disappointedly.
“Yeah, yeah. We’re bad students and whatever but what happened to our powers?!” Jay yelled when a sudden gust of wind blew into the shop, setting off alarm bells for Wu.
“If your powers are gone, something must have happened to…” Wu says, a feeling of dread washing over him.
“Of course.” Kai says, facepalming. “Lloyd.”
“It’s Lloyd!” The customer’s daughter yelled, pointing him out as he walked through the gates to Steep Wisdom.
“I know that wind… That’s not Lloyd.” Wu says and Nya looked at him alarmed.
“Not Lloyd?! Then what happened to him?!” Nya asked as the ninja all ran out to meet him.
“No time.” Wu says, turning to Misako, instructing her to take the customer’s away.
“Step aside.” Morro says as the ninja a stood before the shop.
“Why don’t you step aside and tell us what did you do to our powers!” Jay yelled at him and Morro was unimpressed.
“I want a word with your master.” He demanded.
“Floyd must just be going through puberty.” Jay huffed, crossing his arms.
“Enough playing around and give us our powers back! They aren’t yours!” Kai yelled at him as Zane analyzed him.
“What? Being the chosen one isn’t enough for you?!” Cole yelled too.
“Stop.” Zane says, throwing out a hand towards them, gaining their attention. “I’m sensing a foreign entity has taken over his body. Someone else is controlling Lloyd.” He warned them.
“What? The brat got himself possessed?” Kai huffed and Zane glared at him. “Serves him right for being so weak. But now it’s our problem because our powers are linked to the punk.” Kai says, cracking his knuckles.
“You’re wasting my time. Move before I make you.” Morro says annoyed.
“Make us?” Jay scoffed.
“I never had a problem kicking your ass before you were possessed and I ain’t got one now!” Cole growled but the words struck deep inside Lloyd’s possessed body.
Lloyd opened his eyes in the abyss of possession, fury he never knew he possessed waking up with him as well. His eyes shone with raw fury and it showed outside as well. He always reasoned that it was for the good of training the beatings he took from them, that it was to make him a better person. Now he realises that it was all out abuse. He should have realised back then but he was no longer the fool he once was. Now, now he wants revenge.
'What the hell do you think you’re-’
“No problem kicking my ass huh?” 'Lloyd’ spoke, his voice mixing between Morro’s and his own. “I’d like to see you try that now.” He says, throwing his arms open and Cole growled before charging at him.
“Cocky little- woah!” Cole yelled as he was hoisted high in the air by green tinged wind.
He was then sucked down towards the ground hard, grunting once he made impact.
“Get up.” 'Lloyd’ mocked, more Lloyd than Morro right now.
“Don’t you hurt Cole you-”
“Or what?” Lloyd asked, walking towards them, green energy and wind in one hand. “You’ll make sure I regret it? Call me names? Hurt me?” He asked, hoisting both Jay and Kai up in the air, using Morro’s wind, ignoring said ghost’s attempts to recover his possession.
“Guess what?” Lloyd says, tilting his head to the side. “The pathetic little Lloyd you all knew is dead and gone!” He yelled, slamming them both into the ground then blew Zane back as he ran towards him.
“Please Lloyd! We are sorry! Let us make things right with you!” Zane yelled as he was swept up in a whirlwind.
He grunted once he was slammed out of it by a burst of green energy.
“Make things right?” Lloyd whispered, looking down at them all as he rose off of his feet by the green whirlwind around him. “You all had your chance to make things right.” He says, watching them all struggle to get to their feet.
Morro blinked once he suddenly found himself in control again.
'Do whatever you want with them. But leave Nya out of it.’ Was all Lloyd said to him before letting the possession wash over him again, pulling him under.
Morro growled as he reached his hand towards the windmill once Zane pulled out his shurikens.
“Don’t think you can get in control so easily next time, Lloyd.” He growled to himself as he slammed the windmill down on the four.
Lloyd didn’t comment. He was sick and tired of them and of everything. Let someone else save the day. Let someone else suffer. Let someone else be the green ninja.
Nya looked out from the shop’s entrance, horrified. She promised to protect him… Lloyd…
'A s l o n g a s i t i s n ‘ t me , t h e n
I ‘ l l b e f i n e.’
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(So I know for a fact that I will be writing another piece for this to fill in some blanks. Tomorrow at best. I kinda mushed together bits and pieces of everyone’s suggestions and this happened! 😄 I hope you all liked it!)
👀👀👀 OP, this is so freaking great
Bad Moon Rising
Here’s my contribution to the Rejected Prophecy AU! It’s basically how season 5 could’ve happened.
Tagging: @kyra-plays @fandom-trapped-03 @cakeking-cole
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“The armors nice but it’s not the only thing I want to possess.” Morro laughed as Lloyd struggled to get up.
“What else do you want?” Lloyd asked.
“You!”
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He felt empty. It was dark and almost cold but yet at the same time it wasn’t. He wasn’t stupid, he knew Morro had possessed him and in a way he welcomed it almost. Morro materialized before him.
“I deserved to be the green ninja! Wu said I was to be the one all those years ago and then he took it away!” He shouted at Lloyd. “I trained everyday! I worked so hard!”
“I’m sorry.” Lloyd said and dropped to his knees. It had become a phrase he was very familiar with. He couldn’t remember a day he hadn’t said it.
“You’re sorry? You take my destiny away and all you can say is sorry?” Morro continued to yell.
“You can be the green ninja.” Lloyd whispered. Morro froze, it couldn’t actually be that easy could it? “If you want to be so badly then be the green ninja.”
“What? Why aren’t you fighting back?” Morro asked, clearly shocked. This had not been the response he was expecting. He expected Lloyd to fight back with every ounce of his power. Lloyd shook his head, he wouldn’t let the tears fall.
“Why fight to be something everyone hated me for?” He looked up at Morro. “The power, the title, it’s yours. I don’t want it, take it, kill me, do whatever you need to.” Morro’s face softened. “I’m done.” Lloyd sighed in defeat. Morro didn’t say anything else and left. Lloyd let out a quiet sob. Maybe they’d like Morro as the green ninja. Maybe he’d be better at it than Lloyd.
Morro left Lloyd alone for a bit after that.
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They had reached his Uncle’s tea shop. Morro was letting him see everything. At first he didn’t but when they left the city Lloyd suddenly regained his sight but that was it. He watched as the ninja struggled to fight Morro. He watched as they decided to flee and abandon him once more. Except Kai.
“I know you’re in there, Lloyd. Fight him!” Lloyd perked up at the sound of Kai’s voice.
“What do you say, Lloyd? Are you going to fight me?” Morro laughed. He already knew Lloyd’s answer. “Any last words to your friend?” He remained silent. He could hear Kai begging him to fight back against Morro. Why should he? Kai didn’t really care. He just wanted to stop Morro, right? Save Ninjago. That’s all any of them cared about.
“I won’t fight him.” Lloyd finally said, his voice actually being heard by Kai. He briefly heard Kai gasp before he was consumed by the darkness again.
“You heard Lloyd, he’s not going to fight me. It would seem you’ve lost your green ninja.” Morro smiled with triumph as Kai was grabbed by the others. “Just rest, Lloyd. I’ll take it from here.” Morro spoke softly and Lloyd began to feel a wave tiredness wash over him. The darkness completely consumed him.
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“Let’s talk Lloyd.” Morro spoke to him. It had been awhile since he had last talked to him. Maybe a week? He wasn’t sure, it was hard to keep track of time. All he knew was Morro had found the Sword of Sanctuary before the ninja. And for once he wasn’t being possessed, though that didn’t mean he was free. Morro had him locked away in a cage. “I want to talk about revenge.”
“Revenge?” Lloyd questioned.
“Yes, revenge, on the ninja, wu and your mother.” Morro stated and walked over to the cage. “I went through your memories.” His voice echoed. “I know how they treated you. I can protect you, Lloyd, make you stronger.”
“Protect me?”
“I won’t ever let them hurt you again. Fight against them with me.” Morro said and unlocked the cage.
“But that would be wrong.” Lloyd pointed out.
“It’s ok to do the wrong thing. You’ve earned it.” Morro continued to persuade him. “Well it wouldn’t be wrong from our point of view. They’re just getting what they deserve, karmas a bitch you know? So what do you say?” He reaches his hand out to him. Lloyd stared at his own hand and moved it a bit before igniting it with power. He had sworn to use this power for only good but since when had that helped him.
“Ok.” He agreed and took Morro’s hand. The ghost possessed him once more but this time he shared control of the body with Lloyd. The ninja, they probably didn’t even want to rescue him, they just wanted to stop Morro. Lloyd knew very well that without him they had no powers. That’s the only reason they want him to fight back, they don’t like feeling powerless. “The ninja, my uncle and mother, they mean nothing to me.”
“That’s what I like to hear. Now let’s get that realm crystal.”
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Lloyd and Morro stood before the ninja, the preeminent emerging behind them.
“Morro, let him go.” Cole demanded.
“Let him go?” Morro laughed. “You see the funny thing about that…” Morro’s voice faded and Lloyd’s took over.
“Morro stopped holding me captive awhile ago.” The ninja gasped at the sound of his voice.
“Lloyd?” They all questioned, clearly confused.
“You should’ve treated him better.” Morro took over again. “Then maybe you stupid ninja wouldn’t have gotten yourselves in this situation.” The ninja started to back up as Morro or Lloyd walked closer to them. “No powers to save you now, so what’s your plan?” Morro asked. They backed up into a wall. Morro faded and Lloyd took over again.
“You all treated me like crap the day you found out I was the green ninja!” Lloyd shouted drawing his sword. “Do you know how many times I wished I could’ve just died?”
“We’re sorry! We really are Lloyd!” Jay apologized for them. “We know we treated you badly and we shouldn’t have!” He sighed. “We’d do anything to make it up to you.”
“Sorry doesn’t cut it! I’m done being nice!” One of Lloyd’s hands curled into a fist, green energy began to surround it. “You guys destroyed me without a second thought. Morro sees what I could become. He knows the pain I’ve been through. He felt the same pain no thanks to my uncle.” Lloyd closed his eyes and a surge of power began to surround him, a mix of his own and Morro’s wind. He opened his eyes and it was at that moment the ninja knew what true fear was. He spoke again and the voice that echoed was that of Morro and Lloyd. No one was sure who was truly in control anymore.
“You abandoned us, forgot us, and hated us. We will watch Ninjago burn.” The green ninja shouted each word dripping with anger as the Preeminent rose behind them in all her glory.
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And there we have it! I wrote a lot more than I planned haha! I hope you guys enjoyed it! I really like this AU so I’m happy I got to contribute a little! Might throw this up on fanfic, I don’t know though.
“Sorry doesn’t cut it! I’m done being nice!” And “You guys destroyed me without a second thought is so hardcore man I’m loving it
I have had the thought with the rejected prophecy AU that by the time season 5 rolls around and Morro possesses Lloyd like "HAH I'm the green ninja now" lloyd is just "oh thank god" and never tries to fight Morro so Morro's just "Damn this guy's been through some shit" and eventually gets really protective of Lloyd. "Aren't you going to try and stop me?" "You're the green ninja now that's your job." "I'm not going to stop myself." "Well then the country's doomed oh well."
I can see him being very passive-aggressive towards the entire thing and is just like: “Oh, Ninjago is doomed again? Eh, not my problem”
I actually think Lloyd would jump at the chance to get back at the others for all the pain they’ve caused him, and eventually there’s no line between Morro and Lloyd anymore
“You’ll pay for what you did to us!”
👀👀👀 I can live by this
And honestly it would be the sweetest payback, Wu getting revenge from BOTH of his pupils? Brilliant
an actual conversation between me and my friend
friend who watched ninjago as a child but started watching it again because i kept talking about it: hey, you watch that lego show, right? ninjago?
me: yeah, why?
friend: you know that one that turned into a ghost?
me: cole? yeah, he’s my favorite.
friend: okay but… what if he kept falling through the floor or something because he couldn’t keep himself solid? and he keeps scaring the blue one because he keeps dropping out of the ceiling. jay, i think? i keep thinking about that.
me:
