LEGO sideblog

But it doesn't just stop at his falcon. In flashbacks to when he lived with Dr Julian, we see Zane gently holding a butterfly in his hands, then letting it go and watching it fly away. In season 3, we see him very gently hold an alien bug and let it crawl all over him. Zane only becomes hostile when the bugs start eating him which is pretty reasonable tbh.

He also constantly refers to them with little nicknames!!!! "Hello old friend" "my mysterious friend" "little friend"

Another au I have where the ninja aren’t allowed to know each other’s identities

Kai is a Fire Type!

Cole is a Ground Type!

Zane is an Ice Type!

There's also the fact that in season 2 Misako mentions there was still good in him when Lloyd had been born - not to mention that he was banished to the Underworld not long after the evil finally took complete control, and I highly doubt Misako would have taken a trip all the way down there just to make a baby with him. So it would make sense that Garmadon only became fully evil during Lloyd's infancy. And Lloyd is the youngest member of the ninja team, which means Garmadon's fall into darkness is a fairly new development.

Garmadon managed to resist the venom and struggle against its darkness for centuries. For most of his life! Only in the most recent decade or so did he finally fall into villainy, and even then he still managed to hold onto his love for his wife and son.