The reboot has no unlikable characters to me. They’re all so likable and fun to watch in their own ways. Even Chase, whom I find really funny and to be really well written for the trope he’s meant to be. All sixteen of them are my beloveds <3
I’ve submitted a few takes here in the past and I’ll probably continue to do so, so I might as well make an anon sign off,,, is 🖊️ anon taken? Could alternatively be called Penon, perhaps
(☞ﾟヮﾟ)☞ eyyyyyy I pop from the void to again haunt your blog!
Could I ask for a one-shot where Reader joined the Ninja by accident?
They didn't think that taking in and caring for the son of Lord Garmadon after the Ninja hung up him on their work's shop sign would result in becoming a member of a dysfunctional group!
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(Basically Reader being at wit's end with the Ninja for how they treat Lloyd)
PENON!!!!💞💓💘💞💓💗❤
Hmmm I imagine the ninja wouldn't get along with them very well at first, but it's not like they can kick them out because Lloyd will have a fit. They get along eventually obviously, but it's just a little rough at first.
Sobbing because I completely missed the bottom part and instead turned the whole thing into why the reader would join the ninja instead of sneaking off with Lloyd-
Wisteria
You sighed heavily, glaring at the Anacondrai in front of you as you hoisted a napping Lloyd higher up on your back. He insisted you call him Pythor, but you refused to do such a thing.
You grew up in a ruthless war village, who trained its citizens to either fight or tend to the injured. Those who were too weak to fend for themselves were taught the finest medical practices available at the time. This made your village a highly sought after ally during wars, and a last resort for families with sicknesses they didn't know how to cure. With your intelligence and strength, you were able to not only go through your entire battle training, but also have enough extra time to learn basic medicine and first aid as well. Once you were an adult, you left to do personal work around Ninjago.
Thus, growing up in this small yet powerful village skewed your look on the outside world. You saw children as weak things that needed protection, and your trust issues with adults led you to refuse help from anyone. When you went to Jamanakai village, you found Lloyd strung up by the back of his shirt, and after helping him down, he didn't want to stop following you. You didn't mind it at first, just warning him that you were a dangerous person and that he should go back home, but he told you he had no home, so now the two of you were wandering through Ninjago, unleashing Serpentine left and right at Lloyd's whim. You quickly went from doing what you wanted to do with Lloyd tagging along, to you following him around to protect him and care for him.
Right now, you were on your way to Darkley's school for bad boys. Or something like that, you didn't quite care enough. You were currently thinking of a way to keep Lloyd from hurting himself and others without making him upset. Pythor sighed from beside you, "we've known each other long enough, yet you still don't trust me?"
You tilt your head to look up at him. There's something about the face that he's making that makes him seem insincere. "People like you are a lost cause. I'm not here to take over the world, I'm here to make it better. I can still fix things; convince others to be good. But I can sense you don't want the same things I do; there's no need to talk to you."
He thinks it over, humming. "I suppose someone like you wouldn't trust a snake, hm?"
You don't take the bait. He just wants to argue. You adjust Lloyd on your shoulders again, and continue on in silence. When you arrive at Darkley's, you wake up the tired boy, and he becomes excited. "We should capture and tie up everyone!"
You shake your head, folding your arms, "sorry, Punk, I can't let you do that to the other kids in there." You address him by his nickname.
You catch his disappointed frown, and Pythor looks at him oddly, "you don't have to listen to them, they sound like a party pooper."
"Then it's a good thing I have a plan B, huh?" You smirk, holding up stink bombs.
Lloyd's eyes glow, "you always do!"
You all plan together, to tie up the teachers, then use the stink bombs to flush out all the kids. There wasn't much to do after that except for set up traps for the ninja, then gloat. Your job was to set off the stink bomb while Lloyd set the traps and Pythor captured the teachers.
Once that was all done, the three of you sat up on the roof and waited. You told Lloyd old tales from your village while Pythor looked off into the distance, probably doing more scheming than looking out for ninja.
"-and when her lover died, she mourned for 100 years, and cried so much that her tears grew the forest that protects our village from outsiders." You finished your story. Lloyd listened in awe. "It's said that every time a child is born, a new tree appears in the forest. If I take you to my village, I'll show you where my tree is. It's a simple oak tree, but the trunk is wide and sturdy, like me."
"Do you think I have a tree?" He asks.
You shake your head, "no, you weren't born in my village, but if you did, it would definitely be Wisteria."
He's about to say something, but the three of you hear screaming right over your head. You look up, just in time to catch the sight of a falling anchor, with only half a second to lunge towards Lloyd to get him out of the way. He coughs a little, dust floating around in the air from the destruction as you land a little away from the impact.
Growling angrily, you turn to shout down into the hole the ninja left, "you shitheads could've killed someone! What is wrong with you?!" The guilty little 'sorry's that come from them don't satisfy you.
"Hey, Punk, stay here, I'm gonna fight them for you, okay?" You salute him then drop down the hole.
"Go (Y/N)! You kick their sorry butts!" He cheers for you.
The ninja look at you in confusion. "You came down by yourself?"
"Yeah, four to one's hardly a fair fight."
You can hear the smirking in their voices, "we're pretty strong, just saying."
You change your stance to look more intimidating. Someone needed to put these cocky ninja in their place. "And why do you think you haven't fought me before?" You grin, cracking your knuckles and showing off your teeth. The bravest one, the red one, runs at you with his sword. You can tell they aren't done with their training, so your experience heavily outweighs theirs. You clap the flat edges of his sword between the palms of your hands, spinning and redirecting his attack to the side so that he not only misses, but drives his sword into the wall behind you, unable to stop his momentum.
"So," you crack your neck, "who's next?"
The ninja weigh their options, quickly able to tell their skill levels don't match yours. "Split up, split up!" The blue one screeches, running towards the elevator. The black one heads for the chain, and the red and white ones head for the stairs.
You laugh loudly and tauntingly. "Run, ninja, for I love a good chase!" You can hear the blue one scream again and frantically slap his hand across the buttons on the elevator.
Turning towards the anchor chain, you leap towards it, hauling yourself up the links at an insane rate. You didn't practice scaling mountains for nothing. Unfortunately, it seemed he was also a climber of some sorts, always just out of your reach. You growl ferally, "I won't let you get to him!" Reaching out with your hand in a claw shape, you manage to hook it around his foot and yank as hard as you can. He looked strong based on his size, but you guessed he hadn't been training long enough to gain bulk. This left you strong enough to pull him off the chain and drop him to the floor. He recovers quickly and instead lands on another level of the school.
"What are you doing?!" You can hear Lloyd cry out in confusion. "I thought you were my friend!"
Of course, you left him with Pythor. What was that serpent doing? Your instincts kicked in and you ignored the other ninja, jumping up the chain like a wild cat in a tree, landing on the roof. "(Y/N)!" Lloyd cries.
Pythor waves at you, grinning cheekily, "you were right, my dear. Never trust a snake." He shows off the map he nabbed, before turning invisible.
"I don't need to see you to fight you." You hissed, swiping out in a large circle with your leg. Your foot bumps into invisible Pythor, and you react quickly to it by punching at him. "What the-?" You miss completely, but don't give up, instead just lashing out wildly. You weren't trained to fight this way. Sure, you've been trained to fight an enemy you couldn't see, but that was only when they were hiding in fog. You locate the patterns and swirling of the fog and attack accordingly. However, you couldn't exactly fight something that was completely invisible.
"We'll meet again." His voice is right beside you, but when you twirl around to deck him in the face, you can't hit anything.
"Slippery bastard." You grunt, fuming at your loss. "Sorry, Lloyd." You frown, slinging an arm around him and holding him close.
He sighs sadly. "It's not your fault. Pythor was right, I shouldn't have trusted a snake, any of them."
The ninja arrive behind you. "Give it up, Lloyd!"
You get into a fighting stance again, only to have Lloyd put a hand on your arm, "let's just do what they want."
He seems upset about the loss; normally he would just order the snakes around, or have you be his last minute escape plan. Did losing over and over finally cause him to give up? "Are you sure?" He nods, and you nod in response, dropping your intimidating battle pose.
The ninja seem bewildered. "He's in charge of you?!"
You don't respond to them. The blue one goes to pick up Lloyd, but you react quickly and snap up his wrist in your grasp, not even turning to face him. "Don't."
"Got it, got it, please let go, ow ow ow-" he complains.
Some old guy flies down on a boat with a girl beside him. "Lloyd Montgomery Garmadon! You come here right now." He sounds angry, and you recall Lloyd calling the old man his uncle. Lloyd reached out for your hand, and you held his, walking him to his uncle. "And who is this?"
"(Y/N)." Lloyd responds shortly. "They took care of me. I don't want to leave without them." His uncle gives you a once-over, then nods, letting you board the ship as well.
"So, what kind of punishments are we going to give the brat?" the black one asks. The other ninja nod in anticipation.
"I could paralyze every single one of you if Lloyd asks." And you left it at that, following the old man onto the flying ship.
"Dude, they're scary. Do we have to take them with us?"
"I believe it is an 'all or nothing' type of deal." The white one whispers with the red one.
You're given your own room with Lloyd on the other side of the ship, farther away from the ninja because his uncle didn't want the five of you to start anything with each other. He, like Pythor, insists on having you call him by his first name, but you refuse to do such a thing for a man you don't respect. So, naturally, when Lloyd falls asleep, Wu takes you out for a talk on the deck.
"What do you want, old man?" You cross your arms and tap your foot impatiently.
He smiles gently, "actually, I have a favor to ask of you." He sits down, and pours himself a cup of tea after offering you one, to which you turned down. "I know where you come from. Your village creates the strongest warriors I've ever fought."
You tilt your head, suddenly interested, "you've fought against our village before?"
"A long time ago, since before you, or even your great-grandparents, were born. Your village has been there for centuries, and I've been alive to see every war your people have fought in. I've seen your village be born of people from all over Ninjago, trading their strongest fighting and healing techniques to make them a powerful ally. I myself have both fought with and against your village, and no matter which side I'm on, I've always been impressed." He sips at his tea.
He...was there from the beginning? Why did he tell you all of this? "So? Spit it out, or I'm leaving."
His eyes darken as he puts his tea down. "I'm sorry, (Y/N). The Serpentine lost to your village in the last war they were in, so in order to avoid having to fight you again..."
You can feel your throat tightening as you tried to hold back tears. "I...I don't understand. My village wouldn't just...let that happen. They'd kill every last Serpentine if a single one of them even looked at us wrong." You grabbed Wu by the clothing around his shoulders and harshly shook him, "that's not possible! Tell me that's not true!"
he shook his head, "they circled the forest and burned it, trapping everyone inside it."
"THAT'S NOT TRUE!! Maya would've gotten rid of the fire and saved us, if that's what they did!" You screamed. "Sure, she left with that stupid fire guy, but when her village depended on it, she would come back!"
"She's not coming back. Neither her nor Ray have been seen in Ninjago for years. They're dead by now, with only Kai and Nya left of them."
"Kai and Nya...the red twins?" Wu nodded to your words. You slumped over in your sitting position, staring at the floor as you tried to process everything that happened. This was your fault, you were the one to unleash the Serpentine. The very same ones who... "My...my village? My family?"
"They hid in the river until the flames died out, then fled before the Serpentine could locate any of them. Every single one of them is safe, just scattered across Ninjago. Some are trying to regroup, others are still lost."
"So - we have to find them all! I have to get revenge on those stupid Serpentine!" You were in hysterics, still sobbing over what had happened. You thought you had steeled yourself; not needing to cry over anything ever again, but...this was an exception. This was a great loss.
Wu shook his head, "you can't do it alone. That is why I asked you here." It was true that you could take on a maximum of 10 people at once, but he was talking about not only 1, but 4 entire armies of Serpentine. He was right, you would need help. But surely he wouldn't recruit the ninja to do this job? They couldn't even fight you off with their weapons! You had none! "I would like to help you regroup your people, but in exchange, you would have to train my students in any way you can."
You scoffed, "don't you know how I was trained? I spent my entire life dedicated to training to become someone worthy of being a warrior, and even after leaving, I didn't stop training. I push myself to the limits every morning, waking up as early as I can to get an entire routine through before wandering Ninjago. Your 'students' are too soft and squishy to do any of the things I can do."
Wu smiles, "and that's why I would like you to train them."
You blinked a couple times, suddenly feeling tired. You didn't like his stupid ninja team one bit, and now you were tasked with training them? But...your village was worth so much more than losing your dignity to training these...squishy and weak ninja. Every single person in that village was as much family as you were their child. Everyone shared aunts and grandfathers and sisters and parents and children. Soon, you would become a parent, even if you bore no children of your own, but only if you found them all again. "Anything for family."
Nodding, Wu stands up and leads you to your room again. "You may train them as you like, even if it means waking them up as early as the sunrise."
The loss of your home was still too much to take in. You would need some time to heal and grieve first. "...thanks."
You opened the door to your room, Lloyd snoring soundly inside. Before Wu left, you turned to face him. "...Wu?" He didn't respond, but he stopped to listen. "Did even a single thing make it in the fire?"
He thinks for a while. "I believe something did." He nods, looking past you to his nephew. "A single Wisteria tree, out by the river."
Heading to the Piedra del Peñon in Guatape, one of the iconic places here in Colombia. Beautiful day riding through the valleys of Antioquia. #rtw #dainesecrew #agvrider #motoclubdesio #ktm #giantloop #guatape #colombia #advrider #adventure #roadbook #penon #medellin #unifilter #shinko (at La Piedra Del Peñol)
Hallo! I return! I loved the Jay/Reader post so much!!!!
I wanna keep the Jay love ball rolling with a new ask!
Possibly Jay/Reader headcannon/oneshot about Reader being a game creator?
They love showing Jay their work and let him have first dibs on demos and builds they make! A particular game they're in the middle of making has the hero bearing a striking resemblance to the Master of Lightning...
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lol this reminds me of these headcanons where reader plays video games. Just a few headcanons, then a small oneshot at the bottom like last time, I assume?
Player's Creator
You met each other at a video game convention. "No way, you're the creator behind Skippy Punch?!" He was so excited to meet you, that you were sure someone was just trying to pull a prank on you. After all, you just built a small platformer game about punching bad guys and barely charged anything for it. You had a small stall to yourself where you answered questions.
To your surprise, Jay was genuinely excited to see you. He told you he liked to support younger game making studios, since the bigger ones would get lazy in their game making once they built a loyal fanbase. "But you, you're genuine!" He told you.
From that day on, he found your social media and started to message you, and you found yourself actually asking for advice from him on what to add to your next game, Skippy Punch 2. "Oh, I can hire animators for you if you want to add cutscenes!" "But Jay, where would you get the money?" "Did I ever tell you I was a TV show host? I have plenty!"
Within a few years, and with your best friend's help, you had gathered a small team, and made a studio of your own; Zippy Studios. You wouldn't admit it, but maybe the lightning master had a little to do with the inspiration behind the name.
When a bigger company offered to buy out your studio for a large sum of money, plus 5% of the profits, Jay was surprised when you turned them down. "We're a small studio because we don't care about money or profits. We care about making a livable wage while creating games with our full effort, because we like making games people want to play." You explained.
So you and your studio of 10 people would continue cranking out well made and lovable games, with your new, loving boyfriend at your side.
You sighed happily, pulling the flash drive out of your computer. "Thanks Ty, I'll tell you what happens tomorrow."
Said coworker in front of you chuckled, "I don't know why you can't do it like a normal person."
"Shh! I dunno, I just...wanted it to be special, you know?"
They nod. "Okay, okay. But if it doesn't work I don't want you to be sad. There are lots of ways to do it."
"Uh huh. Okay, see you tomorrow!" You waved and left the room, heading home.
"Jay!" You cheered, hugging him when you got home. There haven't been any missions for him lately, so he was free to stay at your house until he was needed again, or when he needed to train, but that was while you were at work, anyway. "I've got a new game for you to play!" You held up the flash drive, waving it in front of him before downloading the game into the computer.
"Already? But your last game was just a month ago. How did you make one so quickly?"
"Ep-pep-pep! Shhh! Just play!" You were quite literally bouncing with excitement; how could he resist?
He started the game, smiling at the blue character in the center of the screen. "This guy looks pretty familiar." He smirks. You don't reply, and he continues playing. He laughs when he finds out he can shoot electricity from his hands by pressing the button you usually assigned the attack button. A message popped up asking him to collect the hearts and defeat the monsters. He went around doing as he was told, "gee, (Y/N), this seems pretty simple, even for a demo."
You giggled like an excited little kid, "no, it's a finished game. You just gotta get to the end."
"If you say so." He killed all the enemies then went around the level collecting the hearts. When he did, a new character appeared on the screen, one that looked like you. It began to talk.
"Jay,
We've known each other for a long, 7
years, huh? And we've been dating
each other for 5 of them.
I know playing games means just as
much to you as making games
means to me.
It's like we were meant for each
other, doesn't it seem that way?
You've been there for me from the
very start, and I'm glad for it.
And I want to be there for you for
the rest of it.
Jay..."
His head shot up as he whipped around to face you on one knee. "Will you marry me?" You asked, ring in your hands.
He let out a small gasp, then screamed excitedly, "yes, (Y/N), of course I will!" He began to laugh and scooped you up, spinning you around tightly in his arms. "I was, haha, I was actually gonna propose to you over the weekend at a fancy restaurant, but your idea is so much cooler." He gushes. "I have the coolest partner! The coolest future spouse!"
"Oh," you grinned, "give me the ring! I wanna match." You slip his ring on his finger first, then let him scamper off into your shared bedroom to grab the ring he was going to propose to you with and put it on your finger as well.
The two of you chuckled, holding your fingers to each others to compare. "We got each other the same ring."
Could I ask for a JayxReader oneshot/headcanon for Reader meeting and dating Jay during his TV host phase?
Reader maybe doesn't even know that Jay is the Lightning Ninja (possibly moved to the city as of recent?) and didn't find out until Jay returns from the Tournament of Elements and introduces Reader to the other Ninja?
Or maybe Reader did know ahead of time but didn't care since Jay is just Jay to them.
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ahjgawlhfuofjrkleghreui!!!!!!! 🥺❤❤ I'm so glad you like them!!!
Ooh! Headcanons first then a small oneshot/few paragraphs, I think this should be fun!
*Immortalizes you as Penon (Pen/Anon)* *adds you to my shelf of collected anons*
Just Jay
You were new to Ninjago city, hoping to open a nice flower shop or café; something to liven up the place and make it sweeter.
Unfortunately, you only seemed to find bad luck. The shop you wanted was bought out from under you by someone with more money, one of the moving vans with your silverware, dishes, clothes, and decorations was lost, and the people who were already in your apartment thought they still had two days, and hadn't moved out yet.
"No, no, it's okay." You assured the family, "I'll just...find a temporary hotel to stay at."
Every room was full. As if the day couldn't possibly get any worse, while you were looking for a place to eat, someone decided to steal from you.
He was holding a knife at you, and didn't seem to come alone as two men were behind you, ready to catch you if you ran. "We don't want any trouble, just give us your money, and we'll let you go."
You were already in tears from losing your shop and not having anywhere to stay, and this only served to make you more miserable, as you couldn't even move your arms to grab your wallet.
A kind and chipper voice makes you look up, "there you are, dear!" It's a young man dressed in a blue suit, and he's waving to you. "You haven't run into any trouble, have you?"
You played along, and pretended to be his date. You were surprised the men knew who he was, and even backed off.
You expected this to be a simple act of kindness, but he seemed to notice your sadness. He asked you about what was troubling you, and even though you insisted you were okay, you eventually relented and told him what happened.
"Well, why don't I just buy you a new shop? And you can stay with me while your housing situation is being dealt with."
You looked over at him in shock, "what? But I haven't done anything to deserve-"
He shushes you with a smile, explaining he was a television host and made plenty of money; enough to share with you so you could achieve your dreams. "I feel it's only fair, you know? I got to have my dreams come true, so why shouldn't other people have the same?"
After two days of living with him, you learned his name, and a little about him. He was open and honest with you the whole time, and even made you promise to visit him often. You were surprised he was a ninja, with lightning powers no less, but broke off with his old team because they went through a really bad rough patch.
You sympathized with him, and assured him he'll find his old friend again, so they can be a team. "No, it's okay. I don't miss it too much." He looked over at you and smiled. "I like what I have now."
Slowly, you went from being acquaintances, to friends, to really good friends, and soon, you realized you both really liked each other. Yet, secretly, you worried about Nya. You still weren't sure if she was his ex, or still his girlfriend, or what.
He assured you that it was over, that she wasn't interested in him anymore, and with time, he realized he just wasn't interested either. "There's...actually someone I like even more now."
You were happy together, and had dated for an entire month, before Jay just...vanished. He left a note, of course, stating he was meeting with his old ninja friends, and that he would be back...that night. That was the last you saw or heard of him.
Winter was just beginning, and your café was busy with customers looking for warm food and coffees. You had four other employees now, not just you, and it was nice to have others help you run the shop; it could stay open longer.
Others had tried to ask you out, but you insisted Jay would come back. No one really believed you, since he hasn't been seen for nearly a month, and even his television show had been taken off air. Part of you believed he was truly gone, but you wanted to believe he would come back.
You trudged home through the newly fallen snow, staring down at your feet as you counted the steps it took to get to his house. You'd check every time before you went to your apartment if he had come back yet. First it started with 319 large steps, but it gradually took longer and longer, dragging your feet because you weren't ready to face disappointment again, until it was taking you 754 steps to get to his house.
"(Y/N)!" You ignored whoever was calling your name. Your shift was over, you just wanted to check Jay's house before going home.
"(Y/N)!" There it was again, but more familiar in voice. For once, you walked faster.
"Oh, (Y/N), what will it take to get my handsome partner to look at me again?" No way. Your head snapped up as you stopped.
"J...Jay?" The name shakily left your mouth as you grinned and began to cry happily. Neither of you had to speak another word as you both dashed forwards, grabbing each other into the tightest hug you could manage. You pressed the side of your head against his, and he nuzzled against you, grabbing the back of your head as he sobbed into your shoulder.
"(Y/N), I'm so, so sorry for not saying anything, or warning you about anything, and I really wanted to but there was no signal or-" He whimpered as you pet down his messy hair.
"Shh," you hushed him, "it's okay, it's okay, you're okay." You smiled into his hair, "I'm just glad you're safe. I'm glad you're home."
You got a solid ten seconds to yourselves before someone grabbed your other shoulder, "so," you yelped at the sudden interaction, "you must be the famous (Y/N) Jay has been crying about all this time?"
"Yeah, you should've seen him, he was checking his phone every half hour for a signal because he was worried that you were worrying about him or mad-"
"Gee, guys, thanks for ruining our moment." Jay frowned, pulling away so you could get a look at the team. He smiled at you and gave you a sweet kiss on your cheek, holding your hand tightly. "(Y/N), you remember the team, right? Well, this is Kai, Cole, Zane, and Lloyd."
One by one, they each waved or winked at you, as you smiled at each of them. "Well, thank you all for taking care of my Jay, but we must get going. I know he loves coming to the café after a long day at work, and I'm sure this is no different." Jay hummed agreement, and went to leave with you, but was stopped quickly.
"Wait, that's it? No, 'oh hey ninja!' or anything like that?"
You stare at them in confusion, as Jay looks to you lovingly. "I think it's nice that they don't mind. They love me for who I am, not what I do."
You grin at him, "and I love your honesty. I...might've been more frightened if you didn't tell me you were a...ninja of magic."
He kisses you as you both walk towards the café. "I'm glad you don't care about my ninja side." He laughs as you call him a magic ninja, "everyone else does, and they act like it's the only thing I do, so...I'm glad I met you."
