Guide to shipping for new ninjago fans:
Names are puns on different aspects of each character of the ship, these really only apply to LGBTQ+ ships and not the straight ones.
Cole x Jay: Bruiseshipping (a pun on them being “black and blue”)
Cole x Kai: Lavashipping (earth and fire make lava)
Cole x Zane: Glaciershipping (a glacier is ice that looks like a land mass)
Jay x Kai: Plasmashipping (electricity and fire can’t combine but plasma mimics the two)
Jay x Zane: Technoshipping (Zane is a robot and Jay loves to invent so techno)
Zane x Kai: Oppositeshipping (cause fire and ice are opposites)
Nya x Pixal: Samuraishipping (both of them wore the mantel of samurai x at one point)
Nya x Skylor: Amber Phoenixshipping ( Skylor is the master of amber and Nyas suit symbol in early seasons is a Phoenix)
There are more for side characters and such but those are much less popular and more obscure, new fans might be wondering:
Well that’s a controversial question. Lloyd was aged up magically in season two, and some argue that’s because of this Lloyd is mentally much younger than the others. This can lead to Lloyd x Ninja ships being seen as pedophilia and make some fans very uncomfortable. And the writers have all disagreed on the validity of these concerns. The largest Lloyd ship by far though is
Lloyd x Kai: Greenflame (Lloyd’s power is energy which in this show is green and Kai has fire)
So just be aware of all that when discussing that ship, since for some people it will lead to an automatic block.
So yeah, welcome to shipping a bunch of lego ninjas. It’s fun here.