Elemental Fighters AU - Blog Posts

Hey y’all!

Just wanted to give an update on some things! First and foremost, I wanted to clarify that Master of Destruction is not being abandoned. College was really hard this semester, so I haven’t really had any time or energy to dedicate to update it. I’m hoping that over the summer I can get chapters rolling out again.

Additionally, there was another AO3 scraping by AI. Master of Destruction was, thankfully, untouched, but a couple of my other works were scraped. I am now considering archive-locking, meaning only registered AO3 users would be able to read Master of Destruction. This would protect my works from AI, but I have avoided archive-locking for as long as possible because I want my fics to be available to everyone. So if anyone would like to share their thoughts on this, I would love to hear them! I do not want to deny anyone the ability to read Master of Destruction :)

Additional poll of some options I’m considering because I know talking to people can be scary lol

AHHHHHHH TYSM!!! LOOK AT HIM!!!!

Some quick fanart of clouse i made based off @frost-the-ice-dragon ‘s elemental fighters AU! I love how she characterizes him and her writing style is absolutely to die for!

How's the next chapter of Elemental Fighter AU coming?

Sorry if I'm coming off as rude or mean. I just really love your fic.

No worries, anon! Thank you so much, that really means a lot to me!! And I do have a little bit written for the next chapter, but there’s been a lot going on. Finals were rough this year and I have been grabbed by the Transformers brainrot. Again 😔

I promise I haven’t abandoned it though! And thank you again for checking in <3!!

HELLO THESE ARE BEAUTIFUL

Some sketches inspired by @frost-the-ice-dragons-reblogs (sorry to tag alt acc, i can't seem to tag the other) and their fic master of destruction!

I highly recommend checking it out as it is my favourite fanfic and my favourite written piece of media of all time :D

Elemental Fighter AU doodles!

I am very excited that the fic is finally here! Not sure what Frost has against Clouse having functional hands tho

AU by @frost-the-ice-dragon, fic is here

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Missing scene from Master of Destruction

The people have spoken and Garmadad won by a LOT. So as promised, here is some WIP!

"Did I ever mention I once placed first in the Mother-Son Skate Off?" Jay asked, skidding down a bar without any issue. He giggled self consciously, but his smile didn't dim in the slightest. "I should have never admitted that."

"Weirdo," said Mr. Pale, skating by. Garmadon rolled his jaw, stamping down the flicker of protection in his chest. Jay was unharmed by the comment, and the other fighters had every reason not to trust or like them.

"Let's all go to the Royal Arena!" Chen declared excitedly. "Come on, chop chop!" He was wearing skates as well. What was this?

"If most of us have already fought, why are we all in skates?" Skylor asked.

"Ooh, good question!" Chen said. "Two of you will have Jadeblades, and the rest of you will... well, I don't want to spoil it. Come on now!"

"Who's fighting?" Jay asked, gliding past Chen. "I'm dying to know."

"The Master of Form," Chen said, grinning sharply. "...and the Master of Energy."

As Chen and his cultists swept out of the room, anger began to burn in Garmadon's chest. He knew Lloyd would have to fight eventually, but the fact that everyone was involved somehow was not lost on him.

GAGWGYEYDHFJFKFJVNFHHDHDJDDJJD I LOVE THIS

ENDLESS LOVE FOR YOU 💥💥💥

This is a real masterpiece!!!

I begging everyone. READ THIS!!

I couldn't stop myself and drew him. Just a silly doodles, cuz yeah. :')

I express my endless adoration for the author! @frost-the-ice-dragon

Yes this is about Elemental Fighters

Gonna talk on the post instead of in the tags just this once because I will in fact be hitting the tag limit before I’m done speaking if I don’t jsjsjdjdjdjdjjd also caps warning I’m very excited

KARAMEL. KARAMEL PLEASE. THIS IS SO GORGEOUS. THE PERSPECTIVE?? THE SMIDGES OF COLOR?? SHADE IS GIVING NO FUCKS WHILE THE NINJA ARE IN VARIOUS STAGES OF IS OUR SENSEI ABOUT TO THROW SOMEONE THROUGH A TABLE?? LLOYD IS STARING AT HIS HANDS I’M CRYING THIS IS SO GOOD

AND THEN THERE’S CHEN AND CLOUSE AIAISISJDJFJJFJVKFJFKRKRKF CHEN IS LITERALLY THE ONLY ONE WHO IS NOSTALGIC ABOUT THE OLD DAYS. THIS IS THE ONE THING SENSEI G AND CLOUSE CAN AGREE ON. THIS PANEL GETS FUNNIER EVERY TIME I LOOK AT IT. MINIFIG GARMADON. I LOVE HIM. ALSO CLOUSE LOOKS SO GOOD I’M DYING?? THE POSE AND THE ARMOR AND THE FABRIC I’M LOSING MY MIND RAAAAAAAAAAAA

Elemental Fighters AU FANART

Just some doodles bc the actual drawing for chapter 4 is still a wip. the comic was supposed to be a simple sketch, it came out at 7 hours. WORTH IT THOO GOOO ANGRY SENSEI GARMADONNN RAHHHH

READ IT PLEASE IM BEGGING YOU

nope im tagging @frost-the-ice-dragon pls tell me if u don't wanna be tagged in these cough im still learning the tumble-r etiquettes 😭

would clousey clouse ever get a drawing/reference sheeet for the Elemental Fighters AU? mayhapsssss...

Anon did you know I love you (/p)

I couldn’t pick a color scheme so I have three:

Big thanks to @leafdragon16 for helping me make these designs and pick a color scheme! The sleeveless design of any of them will eventually be the default because of [REDACTED] ;)

And just bc I want to try polls bc they look fun

HELLO???? YOUR ART IS GORGEOUS

for the love of all that is holy if frost doesn't see this I will cry. Master of Destruction on Ao3 go read it NOW I have beEN HOOOKED and check daily for updates it's so good I had to whip out the good ol' noggins to make some art. I drew this with Frost's Garmadon headcanons thank goodness she had reference drawings

@frost-the-ice-dragon as a humble reader i now present to you some lines and colors...please do enjoy

Ayo idk if anyone remembers this AU because it has been a hot minute since I posted anything Ninjago related but the first chapter of the Elemental Fighters AU has been posted

Link to the first chapter here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/53558404/chapters/135570427

So what else is going on during the Elemental Fighters AU?

Hi anon! Just wanted to say that my day has been going absolutely horrible and this ask cheered me up, so thanks for that!

Honestly, this AU kind of just started out as a joke, so I don’t have many actual plot points, but I’m more than happy to talk about what I have currently!

Okay so I already mentioned to @prime-pulse that I think it would be really funny if when they’re all dropping out of the plane onto the island to hunt Nya, Chen didn’t add any extra parachutes for Clouse. So when it gets down to the last parachute, the only ones left without on are Clouse, Garmadon, and Lloyd. Naturally, it turns into a free for all. Garmadon is fighting Lloyd to get him to take the parachute, Lloyd is fighting Garmadon to take the parachute, Clouse is fighting both of them for the parachute, etc.

I want to have lots of Garmadad and Garmason angst with them now being pitted against each other and Garmadon dealing with this new chaotic power that encourages him to fight and get involved in conflict when he really doesn’t want to fight anymore, but so far most of the AU is just season 4 except Garmadon and Clouse are duking it out in the background the whole time (well more than usual for that season anyway).

One thing Leaf and I wanted to make a comic about is Clouse (unknowingly) being the buffer between Garmadon and Lloyd being pitted against each other because every time Chen turns his back, Clouse is rearranging the fights so that he and Garmadon are opponents. Chen probably noticed after like the 10th time and is just like…. Well I wanted drama and to create strain in the father-son relationship, but this is so much better

Hmmmm another thing I want to be apart of it is maybe some Clouse angst? Like towards the season finale (this is @prime-pulse’s idea btw) Chen kind of lumps Clouse in with the other elemental masters and betrays him (cue Garmadon dragging Clouse kicking and screaming into a redemption arc and by redemption arc I mean becoming the weird uncle who only appears during family reunions and reads in the corner the whole time)

I would also want to explore Clouse vs. Garmadon fighting styles. Garmadon practices the art of the silent fist, but Clouse is freakishly fast and strong, not to mention his dark magic. Add in the fact that Garmadon’s powers feed on conflict and hatred and he could potentially exhaust himself quicker while refusing to fight because of that, etc, etc.

Honestly at this point I’m just throwing everything at the wall and I don’t really have a plot. I would absolutely love to finesse the story and possibly make an Elemental Fighters AU ask blog, but right now motivation has been in low supply and I got kneecapped by a new fandom, so I hesitate to do that in fear of creating an ask blog, posting 1 or 2 things and then just vanishing. But feel free to send in asks because I still have a lot of Thoughts about this AU and I would love to share!

(Oh and I should add that when Leaf and I first thought of this it was seriously just Garmadon and Clouse throwing hands every ten seconds, but then @keliharuza opened my eyes to the Garmafam angst! Thank you, it’s really helped the AU grow)

Please imagine the "Only One Can Remain" scene in the elemental fighters au where Chen is like. "Only one can remain, and that one is ME!!" Except since Clouse is with the fighters he’s sort of "given up" his position by Chen's side in Chen's mind, since now he’s apart of the Tournament & no longer his right hand guy. If that makes sense . Either way could lead to Clouse blaming Garmadon & still being banished or him begrudgingly teaming up w/ the ninja !! yk !

OOOOOH! I HADN’T THOUGHT OF THAT! Clouse would probably feel at least a little bit betrayed, because y’know he asked Chen for permission to join the tournament, so he might think that he and Chen were still on the same side! And as for him blaming Garmadon or joining the ninja, why not both? Blaming Garmadon and them getting into a fight, but Garm forcing him to realize that he has no choice other than to join the ninja!

So @leafdragon16 and I have been developing an AU that we like to call the Elemental Fighters AU, where basically Sensei Garmadon ends up joining the Tournament of Elements as the Elemental Master of Destruction and because Clouse has decided that Sensei G is Not Allowed To Have Nice Things, he persuades Chen to let him join the Tournament as well to counter Garmadon (and lots of shenanigans ensue. Elaborated on a little bit more here https://prime-pulse.tumblr.com/post/659092677064900608/ok-so-not-really-a-headcanon-but-frost-and-i, @prime-pulse come get y’all juice)

So here’s Garmadon’s gi designs for the Tournament, there’s 3 with and without mask variations. I wanted to give him one but got attached to all the designs so I decided “hey, why not have all 3?”

Leaf and I will probably make more about this, so keep an eye out for it in the future! (If you’re interested of course, no pressure :) )