I like the idea that Zane's more old school in terms of his casual fashion sense. He watched 6 Million Dollar Man at a very formative stage in his development, now everything he wears is permanently stuck in 1972
Forgive my lateness, writers block has been a bitch, but here is my written peice for the @ninjago-valentine-exchange. My artist was @neiluj-enaz and my ship was Cole/Zane
Homesick
Cole is off on a solo mission for an unprecidented amount of time. While he is away, he feels a little homesick, especially with missing a certain titanium someone.
Cole's empty presence at the Monastery is very much felt
“So how long will you be gone for?” Zane asked, watching as Cole packed his bag, doing his best to stuff as many spare gi’s, additional weapons, a med kit, bottled water and snacks into it.
“I honestly don’t know how long I’ll be gone for,” Cole explained, struggling to zip up his overstuffed bag. “Vania said the situation was pretty dire, and I know those underground mountain caves better than anyone. If all goes well, I should be back in a week…hopefully.”
The ninja in black approached the ninja in white, bag strapped onto his back along with his go to hammer, and embraced him in one of his usual back breaking bear hugs. Cole then gave Zane a quick peck on the lips before making his leave, saying quick goodbyes to everyone else in the Monastery of Spinjitzu. Everyone all gave Cole good luck wishes, with Nya asking him to tell Vania she said ‘hello.’ And with that, Cole makes his leave, summoning his elemental spirit dragon to fly northwards towards Shintaro.
***
Something was stirring in the deepest depths of the mountain, something sinister. The Geckles and Munce were just starting to enjoy their new found peace and freedom from the tyranny of the Skull Sorcerer and started to rebuild the unity between their people, but whatever was going on deep below them was causing great anxiety and fear. Queen Murtessa and Chancellor Gulch knew who to call, they needed the Son of Lilly. The Geckle and Munce leaders made their way up to the kingdom on the surface, to plead to the young queen that she summon the Son of Lilly to their aid. She did so gladly, the Geckles and Munce were part of the Shintaro Kingdom too, and it was her job as queen to look after and protect all her people, above and below the mountain.
Cole arrived at dusk, his elemental spirit dragon scaring off any direbats that tried to make him their next snack. He gave Vania a hug, and she informed him of the situation under the mountain. He said he’ll check it out first thing in the morning, as he is exhausted from the long trip, summoning an elemental spirit dragon for a prolonged time really drains you.
The guest room Cole was staying in was very grandiose. He was feeling a little bit of deja vu from when he first came to Shintaro. It felt weird, laying alone in the king sized bed, especially since he had become very used to sharing rooms with Zane, be it he crashes in Zane’s room or Zane stays the night in Cole’s room. Their beds back at the Monastery were small, only really made to fit one person, but somehow Cole and Zane made it work. The bed felt empty in Cole’s eyes, without his titanium roomate. Cole had gotten so used to spooning Zane every night that he felt empty trying to go to sleep without wrapping his arms around something ice cold and solid. Oh well, one of the many spare pillows will have to suffice for now. Cole hoped to be home soon.
***
Cole’s empty presence in the Monastery was very much felt. Cole may have thought that no one would really miss him if he was gone, but he couldn’t be anymore wrong. Zane especially was missing Cole’s presence, the empty seat at the table with every meal, the lack of off key singing coming from the bathroom and missing the feeling of someone tightly squeezing him from behind as he drifts off to sleep. It was quite possibly the longest week Zane had to go though.
On the day Cole returned, Zane was tending to some of the potted plants scattered around the Monastery, one of the many chores the ninja do. He was so focused on the task that he didn’t even notice a certain husky voice calling out to him. “Zane! I’m home!”
If the voice didn’t give it away, then the out of nowhere hug from behind certainly did. The nindroid turned around in surprise. “Cole! You’re back!”
“Missed you, tin can.”
“I missed you too, rocky. How was the solo mission? Was everything alright in Shintaro?”
The pair chatted while Cole dropped his bag off in his bedroom and got changed out of his gi into a much more comfier hoodie and sweatpants. Cole explained the details of his mission, how there had been earthquakes occurring within the mountain and how it was freaking out the Geckles and Munce. Cole and Vania along with Murt and Gleck went down to Rock Bottom to investigate, found that one of the dead ends had been unblocked and came across a dragon. It wasn’t a native Shintarian Richback or whatever type of dragon Grief Bringer was before Lilly slayed it and the Skull Sorcerer revived its bones, but a dragon made of lava, like the lava golems Cole had run into when he was stuck in the mountain depths. They were lost and needed to be taken back to the lava pits, as the lava making up their body was mostly dried up. It certainly was an adventure.
Cole was much too tired from his trip and adventure to do much of anything with his boyfriend, so he and Zane simply decided to relax in the lounge, watching Kai, Jay, Nya and Lloyd have a tournament on Super Smash Bros Ultimate. It wasn’t long before the pair quickly fell asleep, cuddling up to each other.
im so zanepilled i know ur not a zane guy but do you have any hcs 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺
He doesn't actually know shit about tech. I refuse to see him as a tech guy he'll never be a tech guy to me. He knows the basics of how his brain works and he can download all the information you could possibly think of but he is not the guy you want helping you fix something. He's also developed some pretty self-destructive behaviors in the form of like, downloading so much random stuff for his little personas that it's filling up his hard drive and instead of getting rid of it he keeps locking away memories and messing with key components of himself like his emotion meter to make room for it all. On the surface he's the calm, level-headed guy of the team but inside he's an absolute mess of open tabs and disorganized files and probably like, some fuckin remnant of the Overlord still in there somewhere like he is a COMPLETE disaster. With zero sense of personal identity.
The Dragon Stone Shrine set is slowly becoming one of my favorites. It simply looks stunning. I've used it a few times for photography, but I’ve never actually photographed the minifigures that came with it—until now. 📸
I originally planned to create a scene where Master Wu trains by balancing on one leg, but then I decided to add Lloyd so they could meditate together in peace and quiet. We can imagine the only sounds being birds chirping and the gentle flow of a nearby waterfall. 🌊
Said this in the tags of a different post but Arin is basically an embodiment of all the people who've fucked up Lloyd's life the most. He's Morro, the first student who ultimately turns against his Master. He's Harumi, a child who was failed by the Ninja and who's parents were lost because of it. He's Garmadon, one of a previously inseparable duo who abandons the other to seek the guidance of an evil Master. But at his core he's a good kid. He's not turned to darkness just yet. He can get out of this before he goes too far.
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