Working on a Ninjago Rewrite There's some stuff that happens before the series even starts so here they are
Morro was being mentored by Wu but ran away. He is Misako’s brother’s son, making him Lloyd’s cousin. He ends up dying at the age of 19. Cole and Jay are childhood friends, meeting at the age of 6 and 7. When Jay was 9 and Cole was 10, Jay got ran over by a car and lost his left leg, he ended up getting a prosthetic. Cole was traumatized when it happened. Every year, during the anniversary of that event, they put stickers on Jay’s leg. Kai and Nya lost their parents at the age of 6 and 4. They have a dog named STick that Kai got when he was 5. STick is a weird dog, having a much higher intelligence than other dogs and some humans! Zane grew up with Dr. Julien and the past elemental of ice. The elemental master of ice eventually ends up dying but he gives Zane his power before he does. Zane doesn’t lose his memories here either. He’s half nindroid and half human, more nindroid than human. He was in an accident and had gotten lost in the forest. The elemental master of ice and Dr. Julien find him and take him in, and in an attempt to save his life, Dr. Julien replaces some of his body parts with robotic parts. Lloyd never got aged up during season 2 because he’s gonna be the same age as the others. He was abandoned by Misako while Garmadon was banished to the Underworld. He was abandoned at Darkley’s Boarding School For Bad Boys Kids. He meets Brad, Gene and Sally and they have their own sort of group where they go piss off the teachers. Lar exists! Wow! So, there’s some weird thing where sometimes, elemental powers can split between two people. This happened with the water element, it split between Lar and Nya. When Lar was born, he was a surprise. Ray and Maya couldn’t afford to support another kid so he was given away to a family friend, Dr. Saunders. But when Nya was born, they could so she stayed with her parents. Lar dyes his hair blonde when he gets older, he actually has brown hair like Kai.
i understand the appeal of the in-universe memes about ninjago city getting destroyed constantly but there is so much more of ninjago to talk about!!!! give me ignacia memes about them bragging about kai. give me cole’s fiercely defensive hometown. show me JAMANAKAI VILLAGE so much oddly specific shit has happened there. idk. shintaro. stiix’s lingering resentment for them. the sea of sands unites behind jay like he’s an olympic athlete and then trashes on him for falling for the city life (becoming a celebrity). the samurai x fanclub discourse. there is so much to do with an in-universe meme format!!!!
Some doodles of Jay and Morro’s parents I am so normal about these two Liberty Justice (the blonde woman) used to be the elemental master of electricity but quit being a ninja to be an actor. She’s currently a popular actor and one of the main actresses in the Starfarer show. She’s very secretive of her private life and appears to have no family members. She appeared out of nowhere one day and rose in popularity. All the public knows is that she is currently single and divorced. Tai Lu (the black haired man) used to be the elemental master of wind but was rumored to have died due to a dragon attack. Wu seems to have a clear dislike of him. There are contradicting stories about him and people have a different view on him, some say he was a hero, some say he was a traitor working for garmadon. Also unrelated note but Morro is biologically blond and there might be a chance that Jay is too but they dye their hair.
If there isn’t a Cole vs Jay showdown in Dragons Rising at some point in time...
the ninjas to each other in the later seasons: "i love you guys so much, we're in this together!!! i'll always be here for you <3"
the ninjas to each other in the early seasons: "shut up, you are SO ugly. i hate you. i will punch you straight into the departed realm, you stupid dumb moron idiot. fuck you."
I was thinking about that one scene in s1 where the ninja hung Lloyd up on a building and suddenly had a vision to draw this Im sorry in advance.
Bonus:
Making up a silly backstory for why Arin has those golden horns as a headband (headguard?)
It's really funny how Garmadon just liked messing with Kai in Season 1. Man was really trying to provoke Kai & start a fight for no reason whatsoever.
Love me some good Garmasako angst.
I wish we had seen Sensei Garmadon and Misako after his cured of the venom. I mean, I understand it's a kid's show about Lego ninjas but still.
There would have to be a lot of work between the two, mistakes have been made on both sides, and a lot of late-night crying but they are willing to put in the work to forgive and restore trust within one another. (therapy helps too)