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I feel like one of the biggest letdowns when it comes to the C.O.C.K was the lack of a REAL Vangelis and Cole rematch. They're the only ninja/villain pair that actually HAD that massive rivalry, Cole tore everything from Vangelis, his power, his throne, the adoration of his people, and his child (at least how he sees it, Vangelis literally disowned his daughter but acts like Cole turned her against him lmao).
It would have been fucking AWESOME to have seen an actual, enjoyable fight between them, not just a teensy bit of fighting and some banter or whatever. The original fight between Cole and Vangelis was, and still is, one of the greatest fight scenes in the entire series, and I feel like, had Crystalized done better and actually given them a longer fight, there could've been an even better addition to the greatest Ninjago fights ever...
Ok ok here me out...
Hellspawn and vania?
just realized i haven't done anything post S10 yet for this AU. Gotta work on that lol. 🤣
They make an interesting dynamic, if you ask me, and this is mostly because of Lloyd's severe lack of trust in every other princess in existence and, the fact that hellspawn actually likes her. She's got really nice gold hair and seems genuinely nice and funny, doesn't give off suspicious vibes when she interacts with the ninja, seems like a better match for her Uncle Cole than Aunt Cake, and besides, she's going to become Queen someday. Hellspawn also really likes it when Vania gushes enthusiastically about the ninja's previous adventures — cuz it gives her the chance to chime in with some behind the scenes thing that no one but the ninja know.
Lloyd, on the other hand, doesn't like it. Harumi gave him trust issues as a parting gift, so that's that. He remembers everything Harumi put him through, every waving red flag that he had been stupid enough to miss. He remembers the ritual. He remembers the things Harumi also did to his daughter, a literal child. He'd been too blind to protect her back then. He wasn't now though.
So it's like Season 8 in reverse. And it drives Lloyd absolutely crazy.
Hellspawn stays with Vania and Wu while the ninja go to the dungeons to search for Cole and when Cole comes back without the others, you can kinda guess what happens. The whole Vangelis reveal thing happens as it originally did but with a 6 year old being chucked into it. Fun times.