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God I can’t wait for the finale of Ninjago where it’s just lloyd wandering the land while his family is forever trapped as their elements with no hope of regaining their humanity :)

teenage dreams in a teenage circus <3

Can we talk about the Jay nearly killing himself scene becuase i feel like we should talk about that

Why Skybound's Ending Works

And why it was actually, to contrary belief of some of the fandom, a good season.

So I read this book a while ago. It was a good book, an enjoyable read, but I remember being really disappointed in the ending. Today I was looking through my bookshelf and I found it again, which made me start thinking about why, exactly, I didn't like it.

While there were a few different gripes I had with it, the main point came down to the fact that at the end of the book, after the climax had been resolved, the main character still wasn't happy, and she found a way to reverse time so that the whole incident never happened.

Sounds familiar, right?

I've never been a big fan of stories that basically undo everything at the end. I feel like it's a cheap ending and gets the main character out of learning his or her lesson, and often leaves me as a reader (or viewer in the case of a show/movie) with a sense of unfulfillment. I know I'm not the only one who feels this way, as this is the biggest complaint I've seen about Skybound in the fandom.

So, if this is true, why don't I feel the same kind of dissatisfaction with Skybound that I do with this book?

My first thoughts were maybe that because the book is a standalone part. Ninjago is a long show, now spanning 15 seasons (12 at the time I first was watching Skybound) and having one season that was a dud wouldn't upset me that much because there were so many. But if this were true, I would feel disappointment when I thought about Skybound in particular, not Ninjago as a whole, right? But I didn't. I still genuinely enjoyed the season, and I didn't feel scammed by the ending at all.

Upon further depth, I realized that it was the execution of this time-reverse.

The way the book I read worked, was that the main conflict had already been resolved, and peace had been declared, but the main character wasn't happy in her situation. She realized this wasn't what she wanted, and then time was reversed. Most media which undoes the plot goes something along this route, in my experience.

As a writer and reader, let me tell you that having another conflict after the main conflict just doesn't work. The main climax is supposed to build tension, put the consumers on the edge of their seats, and then have a short resolution period at the end to satisfy the consumers, but not stretch it out for any longer than necessary, because the climax was what we were all here for. Having another plot afterwards, even if it is internal, like this one was, takes away from the main climax, and suddenly it doesn't feel very engaging anymore. Everything throughout the book/show/movie is building up to the climax, and once that is over, it's time for the story to be done. Additional plots following the climax are what sequels are for.

Skybound doesn't do this. Instead of having more plot after the conclusion (which usually leads into the time reverse), it makes the time reverse INTO the climax.

The plot is building as Jay and the others prepare to kill Nadakhan. But when the plan goes awry, and now Nya is hit with the poison too, Jay's focus switches to her. This isn't a new climax, it's just a switch of focus as suddenly there are larger priorities to fix. A shift of focus, done right, can make things even more intense because now there are two threats- in this case, stopping Nadakhan, and saving Nya from death.

Jay's wish is all he has left. As soon as the venom wears off, Nadakhan will be all-powerful again. They are running out of resources, of ways to fight him. Jay has to end him now, or they lose against Nadakhan, possibly forever.

But he's not going to sacrifice Nya for this either. As we know, Nadakhan twists the wishes in anyway he can to benefit him, so Jay needs to make his wish as simple and straightforward as possible. He can't save Nya and stop Nadakhan.

That is, unless he prevents this whole mess from happening in the first place.

This is wonderfully executed, because Jay isn't actively seeking to do this out of his own selfish wants, or because he wants to fix something he did in the past. He does it out of necessity, because it's the only way he can think of where everyone on his side gets out alive. Like I said before, I feel like reversing time usually makes it so that a character is getting a cheap solution to their problem, one where they override all the lessons they learned throughout the story. But this is not the case with Jay. It's not a cheap ending, it's just an abrupt one, because Jay realized that this was a threat he wasn't strong enough to face. It takes humility, it takes courage- and it greatly improved him as a character.

One of the other main gripes about time-reversal plot is that there's no consequences. The characters spent all this time fighting to defeat some conflict, only for all of that to be undone and putting them right back at square one.

While this is somewhat true for Skybound, they handle it in a way so that the characters still get something out of it. Most people don't remember, but Jay and Nya still do. Those memories are still very much real for them. Skybound technically did happen, it was just reversed. It's not like it never existed. For Jay and Nya, who still remember, those experiences and traumas are still very much real.

I think the main prospect might be Nadakhan's teapot, though. Let's recount the exact wording of Jay's final wish:

"I wish you had taken my hand, and no one ever found that teapot in the first place."

Jay's wish is in past tense. "I wish you HAD," "no one ever FOUND" (instead of finds). Jay didn't wish that no one would find the teapot ever, just that they wouldn't have found it in the past. This means, while, it would fix the past, the future is still uncertain. Nadakhan could still potentially return, because Jay's wish wasn't specific enough.

While I am not super confident that he actually will, just the potential for it makes this a much better ending. Skybound, while erased, still is very much real, and so is Nadakhan. Jay's original plan was to kill him, but now he's just dormant in the teapot.

Skybound's ending wasn't cheap. It was a way for Jay to realize that he wasn't always going to win, and that no mistake could ever be completely erased.

⚡ WELCOME TO LEO'S STUPID DTIYS ⚡

HEY! I'm doing a Ninjago Draw This In Your Style, using Jay in the most accursed amalgamation of an outfit EVER. It's inspired by Harajuku/Decora fashion, bc it kept popping up on my Pinterest feed DHKFHDKD feel free to simplify it or! Make it worse!! Put your own spin(jitsu) on it!! :D have fun!!

Anyway! Tag me if you do it!! :]

Happy Buff Lloyd Day! Best day of the year!

yo did nya turn into water???? whats up w that

The 2018-2019 era of ninjago was like, Peak Ninjago for me. Not that I don’t love the new seasons (I totally do)

But I don’t think I would change a single thing about s8-10 of ninjago even if I could. The music. The characters. The story. It’s all so amazing. Even the animation, in comparison to what we’d seen previously.

It was all just SO GOOD PLEASE I LOVE IT SO MUCH

YEAHH

ive been making super slow progress on my ninjago post-seabound fanfic but i drew this scene from it real quick 

jay jay jay

zaptrap ⚡⚡

i think about this jay line alot

missing her hours💔

damn mr walker i miss you 

GUYS GUYS GUYS IT’S HERE OMG IT’S HERE I CAN’T WAIT TO READ THIS TONIGHT FOR HOURS UNTIL MY EYES BURN!!!!

It’s here!!!

I hope y’all enjoy chapter three cause this took me forever!

Jay When

Jay When The

everyday i wake up to jay slander… </3

did pizzabug’s dtiys!! 

@solodratfs DTIYS in IG

Did i do it right ?

in tears

you leave me up tight

the way she called him a clown is sending me

I'm in fucking pain

tears. pain. im cryinh.

LOOK AT THE FUCKING ANGST IM IN TEARS MY GOD

Spoilers for ninjago season 15!

I’m the violence in the pouring rain,

I’m a hurricane

Another round of “omg look [insert lyrics of not so niche song] fits perfectly with [insert random ninjago character / ship in a scenario that’s 40% self indulgence / self insert and 60% headcanon]”

YYYYYYEAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH THIS IS WHAT IM TALKING ABOUT

Green teenagers who are connected to the power of destruction in some way, have powers that turn their eyes green, were separated from their mom at some point, have daddy issues, and said dad is/was the main antagonist.

Anyways, I made two versions because pre-redesign Lloyd’s hairstyle was basically Adrien’s but to the left-

Also I used Lloyd’s Kimono gi because it’s colour palette matches Chat’s

Commissions are open!

the quiet one will silence you with her massive ass platforms 

doodle of jay nd nya from ninjago

thinking of that one post of jay wearing a shirt saying that he is a white cishet male that caused legitimate discourse on ninjago tumblr for a week

“She loved me, she loved me not…” (french ver : “She liked me a bit, a lot, madly, not at all…”)

Chat Blanc can’t ask Ladybug anymore so he asks flowers ✿

JAY EAT YOUR FUCKING TACO BELL!

i feel as if this is gonna break me like ’meet again’ did 😩

Rating: T Word count: 11k Chapter: 1/10 Summary: “Kai falls asleep waiting for Nya to get home from school. When he wakes up, his head is injured in several different places and a very large snake has eaten his world.

The fabric of his world changes every day. Serpentine warriors hunt down what’s left of humanity. Somewhere on the other side of the island, the last Anacondrai enacts a plan to turn Ninjago into a Serpentine paradise.

Kai doesn’t really care about any of that, though. He just wants to find his sister.

Admittedly, this would be a lot easier if he didn’t have an amnesiac robot following him around everywhere.

(A ‘What if Pythor succeeded?’ AU).” hi everyone!! ive started to write what is basically a post-apocalyptic dramedy. kai and zane team up to find nya, and then find the rest of the ninja along the way. first chapter is a bit dramatic but it has good vibes by the end i promise!!