#kai smith

Alright, first of all, the question if Kai would be in Nya's place with all the Nadakhan marriage drama:

It depends on what ship it is I think. If someone ships plasma, you could easily take Kai in Nya's place and have Nadakhan want to marry Kai instead. But then the question on WHY Nadakhan would want to do that comes into the mind.

He wanted Nya in Canon because of how similar she looked to Delara, and Kai looks NOTHING like her. So either he sees him as a reincarnation of sort for his old lover, or he just went bonkers in the head and would marry the first person he sees in order to get the power of infinite wishes.

Now if we look at the Canon ship, Jaya, then Skybound would most likely stay ALMOST the same in the Swap AU.

Like in Canon, Nya still meets the public opinions on what role she should be playing as the only "girl ninja" despite being the master of fire for 5 seasons prior already. Reporters, interviewers, and all the others were more interested in who she would choose as her partner among the ninja rather than her own interests and actual position as one of the OG four.

This creates a mindset of hers to see love as a distraction in her career. She knows of Jay's feelings for her and how they are supposedly meant to be, and she tried to sternly make her boundaries clear with him that she was NOT ready for such a relationship until her name was clear.

Then the events of Skybound itself. They fight, the others get captured, she gets kidnapped as the bride (with more resistance and fight as she got more experience here) and blabla. Then the venom, the final wish and the reverse of the events.

AFTER those events though, Nya finally realized she doesn't have to care what the world thinks of her. She should make her own way and her own image, and the others could go fuck themselves for all she cared. Jay was finally also starting to see from her view, more understanding dawning upon him.

I'm not exactly sure if they would get immediately together after this or if Nya would need some time to rethink everything again, but be assured that by Season 7 they're set. Maximum season 8. Who knows.

Now for Kai's own struggles. He didn't have any problem fitting into the team actually after being announced as the water ninja. He was liked almost immediately, gathering his own fangirls and fanboys and quickly getting the title of the looks of the team.

His struggles come more from his title itself. "Master of water". An element and title he quite literally doesn't feel a connection to, but is told by Wu that it was his actual destiny. So while he forces himself to carry out the title, he doesn't feel any satisfaction in it.

While this season wouldn't be really Smith siblings centered, it's also not a bad thing. It would give both insights to how Nya and Kai deal with their own problems, and how Jaya's relationship gets to a healthier level after lots of misunderstandings and different mindsets.

The end. (I think)

While analyzing the season and Nya's character, I came upon this essay about her character development. A good read to be honest for those who hate her for unnecessary reason.