Sides Of The Same Coin

AU where Arin goes back in time and he and Lloyd becomes childhood friends

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Hello Ninjago Fandom

Do we fw sibling bond Lloyd and Arin AU

It's pretty self explanatory AU but I really want to rant about it

Sides Of The Same Coin AU

As it is self explanatory, instead of The Merge bringing Arin somewhere in the Merged lands (I think, Wyldness originally?) He was sent to the past

But that didn't stop him from trying to become a Ninja, if anything it made him understand more about it

So yeah this AU does consists of Arin and Lloyd basically being the Sora and Arin or the Kai and Lloyd relationship where they meet when they were kids, Lloyd trying to be evil while Arin trying to be a ninja(which is what made me make this AU in the first place cause its so funny how different they were)

And moreover, Arin going from the path of right to wrong in S2+ is something I also wanted to add in this AU so instead of Ras we have the overlord promising to give Arin his parents (which I find is another ironic parallel cause like how different they were as kids they're also different as teens)

And Arin learns Spinjitzu through the overlord just like Ras, and Sensei Garmadon notices the shatterspin particles (due to having learnt it in the shatterspin comics)

So yeah Arin is going thru it during rebooted

More doodles

Oh and, by Seaon 7 just before Wu ends up going and facing the twins head on, Arin willingly takes his place since he's all since his adolescent knew he was never supposed to be there, just like the twins. And so he sacrificed himself to face them on through time and it reverted Arin back to how he was and sent back to the same place he was prior, which was the merge lands after the whole The Merge explosion

The next time Lloyd ever sees Arin is Dr 1 just like in the canon show and Arin doesn't remember him because everything felt like a whole vivid dream when he got back to the merge lands as his child self, just like the time he lost his parents and the ninjas saved him

Thinking though,, after dr3 he regains his full memory of it(but I haven't seen part 2 ending so eh)

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Putting it in an actual sideblog for it now

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Looking through all the AU stuff again, dayum, I just remembered how much I love your AU, in fact...that sounds cheesy I know, but this might be one of my favorite Ninjago au's of all.

After becoming a Arin Fan myself, looking through fanfiction where he lands in the past of the first seasons was one of my very first goals, and no one I could find was very satisfying. There was no one that did fit what I wanted to read. Then I found yours!

Again, I sound cheesey, I know, but your stuff truly changed my brain chemistry.

Arin's and Lloyd friendship.

Lloyd suffering in Dragons Rising that Arin can't remember.

Arin's relationship with Morro.

How all of this happened to him, beginning with the Merge and kinda ending with the Time Twins.

His conversation with Garmadon.

His dark way with the Overlord mirroring Ras. How slowly his smile faded from art to art.

The way you draw, all the facial expressions.

I JUST LOVE IT TO MUCH!!!

Don't know if you're even gonna read this xD but I think I needed to say it, you deserve every praise imaginable.

Just thank you for this great AU:3

Oh my god thank you so much !!! The brain worms went elsewhere while season 4 of dr hasn’t come yet and I’m busy with uni so this means a lot 💜

I’m also mad at the amount of Arin centric fics on ao3 nothing ever gave me what I needed (other than yk,,, stuff I actually wrote on ao3 but I aint about to leak my ao3 account here hehe thats for you to find out) and some of the Arin fics with Lloyd in general,,, yeah we’ll just be ignoring the small weird part of that 😰

I love how you noticed his smile fading from art to art!! His progression in being homesick without Lloyd realizing at the time due to their sudden mental shift and not being knowledgable enough in other people’s emotions was something i tried really hard hitting the nail, but I’m lowkenuenly an Arin kinnie like I love Arin a lot so my thought process throughout this au was “How would I react/would do in situations like this?” And so thats basically what I did.

The facial expressions I’m glad you liked it I get a little silly sometimes

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I AM SO SORRY GANG I TOOK A BREAK (still might until I get the motivation to continue)

Anyways I never got to post this undercover season 4 design for Arin

Garmadon painted the tattoos on dw he chillin trust

I was gonna draw out the time when he meets the others in ToE later on the line but I got unmotivated to 🥀🥀

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This is actually related to the old pre season 4 comic I made. Garmadon decides to help Arin cause he trusts him but that doesn't mean he isn't worried.

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Probably not the 30th drawing of Arin but the most recent which is funny

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Okay I used to not fw the headcanon but I succumbed I LOVE THE IDEA THAT LLOYD'S HEIGHT WAS FIXED TO JUST HIS HEIGHT NORMALLY CAUSE OF TOMORROW'S TEA I need to add it to the AU

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I think my brain just doesn't want to work on the thing I said I was going to work on ANYWAYS! SEASON 3 PART 1 SCENE FOR THIS AU HEHEHE

New canon erm he has painkillers for his headaches from his memories

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Not my usual posts but was persuaded to make my headcanons for the au (is it even still a headcanon if it's an AU?? Would that just be canon then??idk tbh)

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School mock exams are comin up for me and I'm getting burnt out pretty fast so my bad for the lack of stuff recently I'll probably draw out the farewell the sea scene sooner or later have this small doodle of them post season 2

They should bring back elemental dragons fr

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More post season 3 part 2 doodles of this au cuz its funny

I like the headcanon of Arin writing fanfictions of the ninjas and thought about how it would be like for this au I think it's even more interesting with how the ninjas aren't fully public with things to the media and everyone

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Ts lowkey ahh🥀🥀

I still need to draw out the scene in the ep Farewell to the sea(? I think it's called)

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With part 2 about to release in 22 days I figured this would be a good time to make these post season 3 part 2 doodles (he has some of his memories back)

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Hi guys look at this super cool totally silly drawing I made of the AU they're so happy 💜

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They too make me ill

If Kreel wasn't nerfing them every mech race Arin's previous knowledge in driving mechs would've made them win every year I'll be fr

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Haven't drawn the kiddos in so long

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I know this can never happen but it would be funny if sotsc au Arin(season 7) met himself in Dragons Rising

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I know Wu's Teas aren't canon to the show but it's genuinely probably gonna be my favorite series to this AU if it was

Him and Nya are definitely just part time workers who aren't really technically working there all the time like the others due to the fact that Arin still doesn't want to attract attention to himself