The Legend of the Ninja Lives

@astro-nomaly i can't think of a snappy tagline but this is here now. the seas sure are echoing :3

(also to everyone else ya gotta read the sequel to the best Ninjago/Zelda mashup fic everrrrr)

soooooo um hi i'm Keiem and i do art!! i draw many different things but here i'll post my ninjago drawings and sketches and doodles and stuff! the last time i posted any art anywhere was ages ago so i'm a nobody but i hope at least some people who somehow stumble upon my art will think "nice art" and smile a bit :)

i'm so bad at introductions damnnn

Titles

Here's a piece about an interesting parallel between Kai and Nya that I found: how they react to titles.

Nya:

She hates depending on other people and is always trying to be as independent as possible, so she firmly rejects any label or title she's given. And even if she doesn’t necessarily hate most of them, she still wants to be more than that. She refuses to fit into a box when she's actually so much more. She wants to be perceived as her full self and not only the parts of her that are convenient for other people.

Kai:

Kai's self-esteem is very fragile, so when he gets a title that tells him he's valuable, he latches onto it. He craves validation and a label marking him as "good enough" is perfect for that. I believe this is also one of the reasons he was so obsessed with the Green Ninja.

Kai also uses those titles as a shield, a façade to hide his true emotions. Even if they might not be entirely true, he will adapt to fit into each specific box. After all, if he shows people exactly what they believe, they won't bother looking deeper and so they won't notice the weakness and ugliness beneath the mask.

Although as a final note I have to mention that a lot of Nya's titles are demeaning because of misogyny while all of Kai's are empowering.

twitter-Emoji challenge!

I think lloyd latched onto the "princess harumi" identity hoping that that girl is there somewhere, so much that he let himself get caught up in her plans (webs). Once he does realize it and tries to break free, he doesn't let go of the harumi hoping that the person he fell for is still there somewhere.

i think like dance partners you could have a lot of fun and chemistry as you dance, but the song will eventually end and you have to let go.

I'm just trying to imagine how he tried to fight Nokt being skewered like this AND then he got his elemental power taken, so he couldn't heal in his usual way- how is he still standing at the end of season 2?? 😭😭😭