Follow Your Passion: A Seamless Tumblr Journey
Lloyd was running through the halls as a pitch blackness followed trying to catch him, Lloyd knew if it caught him it would be the end. how he was back was beyond the green-cladded blonde. Lloyd thought he had destroyed him in the final battle, Lloyd had thought he was gone when he saved his father but here he was chasing him through his father's monastery no one else was in sight not even his father's students. "You can't run forever Lloyd~" The overlord taunted the destined teen as he began to catch up with the Golden ninja.Why was this happening? Why was he back? where is everyone else? Why was Lloyd alone? He doesn't want to be alone, not anymore. Just then the overlord pounced out of the shadows aiming to strike the blonde teen in the heart.And then suddenly Lloyd shot up out of bed breathing heavily and looking around. "It was a nightmare," Lloyd spoke quietly rubbing a hand up and down his face realizing what was happening, Lloyd took a deep breath in. Lloyd could hear footsteps approaching as he calmed himself down, then the person walking in the hall rounded the corner looking into Lloyd's bedroom, It was Garmadon. "Everything good Lloyd?" Garmadon asked calmly Lloyd could hear the sleep in his father's voice, he must have woken him up, most likely have unknowingly screamed while in the nightmare."Oh yeah I'm good" Lloyd responded not wanting to keep up or bother his father any longer than he already had. "Then why are you up at two in the morning?" Garmadon asked looking from his son's alarm clock over to his son. Lloyd took a quick glance at his alarm clock to see it was two in the morning. "Nightmare..." Lloyd mumbled with a sigh as he rubbed his palms over his eyes. "Same one?" Garmadon asked softly walking over to sit down beside his son on the bed. "Of me alone running away from the overlord through the monastery, yeah," Lloyd responded exhaustedly, this was the third nightmare this week alone and it was only Wednesday, he'd been having these nightmares for a little over two weeks now. "I just don't know what to do to make them stop," Lloyd mumbled quietly as he leaned against his father's side. "You're safe Lloyd, he can't touch you, he can't get to you. you defeated him." Garmadon reassured his son as he began to run his fingers through Lloyd's bed-headed hair. "I know. it's just...It feels like he's actually there, actually chasing me down, As I could actually feel his presence." Lloyd responded quietly, shaking his head a little bit. "Not that he will, but if the Overlord ever comes back I will not let him touch you, I won't let him hurt you, I promise." Garmadon spoke softly trying to reassure his son. "Thank you." Lloyd mumbled quietly.A few hours later Misako woke up to a quiet alarm, she turned the alarm off as she sat up and stretched before grabbing her glasses. It took Misako a moment to realize her husband wasn't in bed, this wasn't really an unusual occurrence after all Garmadon has always been an early riser. After a a couple of minutes, Misako made her way into the kitchen still in her nighttime clothes and her long hair in a loose down ponytail, expecting to find her husband drinking tea only to find the kitchen completely empty not even a single candle lit. Quietly Misako started to look through the monastery looking to find her husband only to get more confused when she couldn't find him anywhere. Eventually, Misako only had one room left to look at, so she quietly made her way to her son's room being careful to open the sliding door quietly to not wake up her son. The sight she found warmed her heart causing a soft smile to grace her face as she looked on at the scene of her son and husband laying curled up sound asleep together. After a minute she silently snapped a picture and quietly shut the sliding door again deciding to let the two sleep in seeing that none of them really had anything important to do today, Ninjago's been relatively silent since the final battle and the students won't be back for another week and her boys deserve to sleep in once in a while.
Misako, watching Wu and lord Garmadon fight: Are you sure they should be fighting? What if they get hurt?
Lloyd, not bothered by the chaos: It’s fine. They’re too evenly matched to hurt each other.
Misako: Then... who’s the strongest out of you three?
Wu: Lloyd .
Lord Garmadon: Lloyd .
Lloyd : Me.
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Misako: We need to distract you're father and uncle.
Lloyd: Leave it to me.
Lloyd: Centaurs have six limbs and are therefore insects. Discuss.
Wu & Sensei Garmadon: *immediately begin arguing*
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Lloyd, teaching Misako to drive the ninja's faster vehicles: Okay, you're driving and Dad and Uncle Wu walk into the road. Quick, what do you hit?
Misako: Oh, definitely Wu. I could never hurt you're father.
Lloyd, massaging his temples: The brakes, Mom. You hit the brakes.
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Lloyd, holding a Wii mote with a knife attached: Are Wii gonna have a problem?
Emperor Garmadon, bringing out their switch remote with a blade: You best switch up that attitude.
-An hour later...-
Wu, in the ambulance: Wii-U! Wii-U! Wii-U!
Misako: I worry for this insane family.
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Wu: How did none of you hear what I just said?!
Lloyd: I've been zoned out for the past two and a half hours.
Misako: I got distracted halfway through.
Lord Garmadon : Ignoring you was a conscious decision.
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Lloyd: I fell down the stairs today...
Wu: I hope you're okay.
Emperor Garmadon: Stop falling down the stairs.
Misako: How'd the ground taste?
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Wu: Hi, could I ask how exactly does one accidentally set a lemon on fire??
Lloyd: Microwave for 40 minutes. 😔
Sensei Garmadon: Why were you microwaving a lemon???
Lloyd: I read boiling lemons helps cover up up bad smells (I wanted to cover up the scent of burnt oranges) but I didn't own any pots.
Misako: Did you burn an orange too? How???
Lloyd: Microwave for 40 minutes. 😔
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Lloyd : *Gasp*
Wu: wHAT??
Lloyd: What if soy milk is just milk introducing itself in Spanish?
Wu: *inhales*
Garmadon, in another room with Misako: Why can I hear screeching?
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Sensei Garmadon: Who wants to go out of the country on a road trip?
Lloyd: Yea, I could drink legally!
Misako: I can do more research!
Wu: I could hide from the consequences of my actions.
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Misako: So Wu was just using me?
Garmadon: I’m sorry, Misako.
Lloyd, trying to contain his amusement: You must feel pretty stupid right now.
Misako:
Garmadon: Ok, that’s a time-out.
Lloyd: No, I was just trying to-
Garmadon: Go sit over there!
Lloyd: *walks away in defeat*
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Sensei Garmadon: For self defense reasons, I'm going to pretend to be a burglar and you guys have to act wisely.
Wu, Misako, & Lloyd: Okay.
Garmadon: If you don't want to die, give me all your money.
Misako: Bold of you to assume I have money.
Lloyd: Bold of you to assume I don't want to die.
Wu: Bold of you to assume I can die.
Lloyd: What are you doing here?
Emperor Garmadon: I could ask you the same question.
Lloyd: I live here. This is my house.
Emperor Garmadon: I should probably ask you a different question.
Lord Garmadon: I’m going to hell.
Lloyd: Probably.
Lord Garmadon: I'll pick you up?
Lloyd: *nodding* Carpool.
Computer: Please enter a password.
Sensei Garmadon: *types in Lloyd*
Computer: Your password is too weak.
Sensei Garmadon: How fucking DARE YOU-
Emperor Garmadon: Quick! You must come with me! Your in great danger!
Lloyd: Why?!
Emperor Garmadon: Because I’ll kill you if you don’t.
Lil Lloyd: Help! I’m drowning!
Lord Garmadon: Calm down. We’re only in six feet of water!
Lil Lloyd: NOT ALL OF US ARE TALL!
Lil Lloyd: But that’s censorship.
Lord Garmadon: Well done. You are correct. You’re being censored. Now go.
Sensei Garmadon: Just be yourself. Say something nice.
Lloyd: Which one? I can't do both.
Emporer Garmadon: Ah, Hello again. We really need to stop meeting like this.
Lloyd: Maybe we would, if you would sTOP BREAKING INTO MY FUCKING HOUSE!!!
Lil Lloyd: Honestly, I am so evil. So full of darkness. I feed of the souls of the living I strike fear into-
Lord Garmadon: You sleep with a teddybear.
Lil Lloyd: He’s my sECOND IN COMMAND IN MY ARMY OF DARKNESS!
Lord Garmadon: I love cooking breakfast. It makes the whole house smell like bacon.
Lil Lloyd: That’s true, but it also smells like fire and panic.
Lord Garmadon: You and the smoke detector need to get off my case.
Lloyd in season 4: *About to do something incredibly stupid*
Sensei Garmadon: I know I can't stop you, but I won't let you go by yourself.
Lil Lloyd: Hand me the people opener.
Lord Garmadon: ...
Lord Garmadon: Pardon?
Lil Lloyd, annoyed: The g! Just hand it to me!
Lord Garmadon, stressed: WHAT THE FUCK IS A PEOPLE OPENER?
Lil Lloyd: How do you not know what a people opener is? Its pointy- you know? With a handle?
Lord Garmadon: Knife. It's called a knife.
*Lord Garmadon raised Lloyd Au*
Lil Lloyd: Standing next to sunflowers always makes me feel weak like ‘look at this fucking flower. This flower is taller than I am. This flower is winning and I’m losing.’
Lord Garmadon: Wow, you are not ready to hear about trees.
Lloyd: *Kicks the door open, looking panicked*
Lord Garmadon: What did you do?!
Lloyd: NOBODY DIED!
Lord Garmadon: WHAT KIND OF ANSWER IS THAT?!
Lloyd: I think it's time to start fucking some shit up.
Garmadon: Oh no.
Lloyd: More like "oh yes!"
Lloyd: Might I make a suggestion you possibly won’t like?
Sensei Garmadon: Do you make any other kind?
Season 3 Garmadon: Treat spiders the way you want to be treated!
Season 11 Lloyd: Killed without hesitation.
Emperor Garmadon: If we lose, you'll go back to not being my son.
Lloyd: I was your son again?
Movie Garmadon: *dangling from a rope over a pit of fire* Remember when I said I’d tell you when we’re in too deep?
Movie Lloyd: Yes?
Movie Garmadon: We’re in too deep.
Sensei Garmadon: How has life been treating you lately?
Movie Lloyd: Horribly.
Movie Garmadon: What do you call a dictionary on drugs?
Show Lloyd: If you say "addict-ionary" I swear I will cut you.
Movie Garmadon: I was actually going to say "high definition", but your answer's much better.
Movie and show Lloyd: ...
*movieverse At the police station*
Movie Lloyd: Hi, I’m here for Lord Garmadon.
Police officer: Who’s Garmadon?
movie Lloyd: Ah, you must be new.
Sensei Garmadon: How are you today?
Oni Lloyd: Please don’t make me think about my life.
*Lloyd texting Sensei Garmadon*
Lloyd: Come downstairs and talk to me please. I'm lonely.
Garmadon: Isn't you're mom there?
Lloyd: Yes but I like you more.
Young Misako : You get turned back into a baby but you retain all your skills and memory, what do you do?
Young Garmadon: Eat a nickel.
Young Misako : A reminder: You have retained all your skills and memories.
Young Wu: Eat a nickel.
Young Misako : Ok.
Lloyd: Okay, who's turn is it to give the pep talk?
Sensei Garmadon: It's Misako 's turn.
Misako : Don't die.
Sensei Garmadon, wiping a tear away: Truly inspirational.
Lloyd: what do you see in this woman???
Young Garmadon: Protip is you do not feel good about yourself after eating tomato sauce on iceberg lettuce.
Young Misako: What's wrong with you??
Young Garmadon: I literally JUST said I ate tomato sauce on iceberg lettuce?? Pay attention.
Young Wu: No, they mean other than that.
Young Garmadon: Ohhhhhh.
Young Garmadon: I haven't slept in 4 days.
Lloyd: Protip is you do not feel good about yourself after eating tomato sauce on iceberg lettuce.
Sensei Garmadon: What's wrong with you??
Lloyd: I literally JUST said I ate tomato sauce on iceberg lettuce?? Pay attention.
Misako: No, they mean other than that.
Lloyd: Ohhhhhh.
Lloyd: I haven't slept in 4 days.
Lil Lloyd, texting Lord Garmadon: Dad! Help I'm being kidnapped!
Lord Garmadon: Where are you?
Lil Lloyd: I'm with some strange person. In a car. Help.
Lord Garmadon: I'll call Wu.
Wu, answering their cell: hello brother?
Lord Garmadon: Where's Lloyd? He texted me that he's were being kidnapped.
Wu: Whaddya mean, he's right next to me-
Wu:
Wu: I'll call you back. *Hangs up*
Wu: THE NEW HAIRCUT ISN'T THAT BAD!
Lil Lloyd: WHO ARE YOU!?
Lloyd: I have a bad feeling about this...
Emperor Garmadon: What do you mean?
Lloyd: Don't you ever get that little voice in your head that tells you if you're going to get into trouble?
Emperor Garmadon: No?
Wu: That actually explains so much.
Wu to lil Lloyd: First rule of battle, little one... don’t ever let them know where you are.
Lord Garmadon, shooting out of frame: WHOO-HOO! I’M RIGHT HERE! I’M RIGHT HERE! YOU WANT SOME O’ ME?! YEAH YOU DO! COME ON! COME ON! AAAAAH! Whoo-hoo!
Wu: 'Course, there’re other schools of thought.
Wu: We need a distraction.
Lord Garmadon, turning to the Ninja: one of you go to be good at jumping up and down and making weird noises right?
Lil Lloyd, whispering: My time has come.
Wu: Hold on! I’m having one of those things... a headache with pictures.
Lil Lloyd: What the fuck???
Lord Garmadon: They’re having an idea.
Emperor Garmadon: So... This is my full potential?
Harumi: Yes.
Emperor Garmadon: So, then it's...
Emperor Garmadon: All downhill from here.
Harumi: Like Lloyd.
Emperor Garmadon: I do not know what this Lloyd is. But it sounds disappointing.
Misako, excitedly: Heeyy!!
Sensei Garmadon: Hey, someone's excited.
Lloyd, deadpan: Yeah, and it's making me sick.
Lil Lloyd: *cooking*
Lord Garmadon: *kicks down door*
Lord Garmadon: *grabs knife from Lloyd's hand*
Lord Garmadon: WHAT DID I TELL YOU ABOUT DESTRUCTIVE BEHAVIOR?
Lil Lloyd:
Lil Lloyd: What???
Wu: he doesn't trust you with sharp objects because he's scared going to turn evil like him.
Lloyd, to Sensei Garmadon: You know, Mom can be really passive aggressive, so it's important to take all the necessary precautions when approaching.
Lloyd: *blows airhorn at Misako* GET FUCKED!
Young Garmadon: Onion rings are vegetable donuts.
Young Wu, used to Garmadon being dumb: Sure...
Young Garmadon: Your stomach thinks all potatoes are mashed.
Young Wu: Okay?
Young Garmadon: Lasagna is spaghetti flavored cake.
Young Wu:
Young Garmadon: Lobsters are mermaid scorpio-
Young Wu: Jesus, that one is a little-
Young Misako, interested: No, no, Garmadon, keep going.
Misako: Want to hear a hard riddle?
Garmadon: Sure.
Misako: A rooster laid an egg on a roof. Which way did it roll?
Garmadon: ...down?
Misako: N-
Lloyd: Who cares about which way it rolled, it would be scrambled eggs by then.
Misako:
Misako: No, it's that roosters don't lay eggs... In the name of the first spinjitzu Master...
Wu: So, what's it like living with Lloyd?
Sensei Garmadon: he once referred to sand as "heterosexual glitter."
Wu: ...
Sensei Garmadon: I love my son so much.
Lloyd: So what, now I’m just supposed to do everything that Wu does? What if they jump off a cliff?
Sensei Garmadon: If Wu were to jump off a cliff, they would have done their due diligence regarding the height of the cliff, the depth of the water, and the angle of entry. So yes, if you see Wu jump off a cliff, by all means, jump off a cliff.
Lloyd: You jump off a cliff.
Sensei Garmadon: Gladly, provided Wu did first.
Garmadon: I bet you’re wondering why I gathered you here today. It’s because we need to have a discussion about how some people in this room aren’t getting along with other people in this room.
Lloyd: Why did you say that so vaguely? Mom and I are literally the only people you called in here.
Lloyd, texting group chat: What flavour of ice cream do you guys want? I’m at the store so be quick!
Garmadon: Moose Tracks is good!
Misako: What the fuck is that!?
Garmadon: *Gasp* How dare you insult moo-
Misako: No. No no not that. What the hell. Why do you spell flavor like flavour. It’s like you have flavor but then this guy shows up and is like “Oui Oui Would you like chocolate flaVOUR or vanilla flaVOUR.
Lloyd and Garmadon: what?
Misako: I don’t get it why add the EXTRA u when it’s PERFECTLY FINE AS IT IS!?
Lloyd: You done now?
Misako: Yeah ok.
Lloyd and Garmadon: ...
Misako: ...Can I have the Mint Chocolate chip flavour?
Garmadon: Remember! Curiosity killed the cat!
Lloyd: Yes, but you forget that satisfaction brought it back. So yes, Misako, go find out if that thing can catch fire!
Garmadon: You're a bad influence.
Lloyd: And you don't know your sayings.
Lloyd: In my defense, I was left unsupervised.
Misoko: Wasn’t you're dad with you?
Sensei Garmadon: In my defense, I was also left unsupervised.
Wu: Say no to drugs.
Emporer Garmadon: Say yes to drugs.
Lloyd: It doesn't matter if you say yes or no to drugs. If you're talking to drugs.. then you're on drugs.
Emperor Garmadon: All I did was kill Lloyd, is that really such a crime?
Misako:
Misako: Yes?!
Misako: HELP! I TOLD LLOYD I'D COOK DINNER TONIGHT BUT I CAN'T COOK!
Wu, pouring milk directly into the cereal bag: And you thought I could help?
Sensei Garmadon: If I were a drink, I'd be Cherry Vanilla Coke. If you were a drink, what would you be?
Lloyd: Bleach.
Wu: Sewage.
Sensei Garmadon: ...Please calm down, edgelords.
Missing scene from Master of Destruction
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
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 :) )
Out of context Oni Warlords
And since I forgot to mention it last time, the Oni Warlords are from here @ask-the-oni-warlords
This is the first attempt I ever made at Kalmaar! (He do be looking like the Raisin Bran sun tho)
Second attempt at Kalmaar, first attempt at Bentho and Trimaar
This was for a drawing challenge! (Proud of drawing Venge from behind-ish, never really done that before)
Presenting Kalmaar in a bathtub, aka the best Kalmaar I’ve ever drawn
I drew Ha’eed,,,,, a lot
(A lot of the Ha’eed related things I’ve drawn have a lil bit of blood, so I’m going to be putting all of those types of drawings in a different post with content/trigger warnings in case it bothers people)
Okay, this is the most recent version of all my favorite Garms! Sensei Lord G is at the top, and he is from @ask-sensei-lord-garmadon
Kalmaar with a knife because why not
And that finishes this part of the hiatus post!