Tell us more about ECHO au? When does Cole get snapped out of the hypnotism, and what's Lloyd's role in all this?
So Lloyd’s role is pretty much the same as canon, but with an additional reason for releasing more Serpentine, that being he honestly feels sorry for the ninja and may just be inclined to try and get their friend back to them. (Not that he’d admit it at first). Beyond that, it’s...pretty much like normal.
As for how Cole gets snapped out of it—oh boy. Time for an info dump. There’s a lot to explain for this to make any sense whatsoever.
Basically, here’s a messy timeline of the events of ECHO:
Episodes 1 & 2 proceed as canon until returning to the monastery, which is still intact
That night, the hypnosis gets activated again and Cole steals the staff and burns down the monastery
The others wake up and everything is OH MY GOODNESS ITS ON FIRE—After...taking care of all that, they realize Cole is missing, bicker a bit about the situation, and eventually put things together
Oh, right, and here is where Wu realizes he probably should tell them about their INHERITED powers, shouldn’t he. And yes, this includes Nya.
Cole is released temporarily while the slither pit happens, and he and Lloyd end up talking for a small bit before he gets put back under
The others find the bounty, Lloyd decides he just might get their friend back for them (not that he’d say it out loud right now)
Snakebit proceeds as canon, except for Cole not being present. So does Never Trust a Snake, at least until the ending, where Lloyd admits to Wu he feels really bad about what happened to Cole (and how he feels it’s his fault)
The Snake King is where things really change. Nya has no reason to become Samurai X due to being a ninja already in this, and thus that subplot gets dropped. Instead, this is when the ninja meet Jils. Lloyd still gets kidnapped, but the attempted rescue mission isn’t able to happen in this continuity.
Tick Tock proceeds as canon, just with Nya replacing Cole. Snakebit also happens mostly canon, except no Samurai X reveal. Also, Jils learns that Zane is a nindroid and also gives Jay some dating advice.
The Royal Blacksmiths is a fun one. The ninja are terrible liars, and trying to keep what happened to Cole secret from his dad is...hard. Jils manages to keep Python from being a judge (as she’s a judge herself in this), and Nya reaches her True Potential. Lou inevitably finds out and asks (read: threatens) the ninja to save his son.
No real changes in The Green Ninja aside from the obvious.
All or Nothing ends with the ninja not only retrieving the fangblades, but also Cole. He’s still hypnotized, but they manage to keep him from attacking by basically playing a recording of the sacred flute on a loop.
Rise of the Great Devourer: no changes except the obvious (and also having to drag around a half-conscious Cole)
Day of the Great Devourer: once they reach the city, they end up running into Jils, who takes over taking care of Cole.
While the battle is happening, Jils is trying to see if she can find a possible cure anywhere and ends up finding a set of teas made from Serpentine anti venom in Mystake’s latest shipment to Moondust (the shop has a sort of partnership with her, long story) Using that, she manages to break his trance, and he passes out immediately.
Once the Devourer is defeated, the others come by. After a couple hours, Cole wakes up, and gets a full explanation of what happened over the past few weeks.
If you’re wondering who on earth Jils is, well...normally she’s a fusion of my friend and I, but in ECHO it’s a bit different. In ECHO, she’s a barista the ninja end up befriending, who ends up acting as a therapist for them? (Also she’s the master of mercury but that’s not important until the sequel) And they cross paths a couple times throughout the story.
...I put way too much info into this response.
