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Happy holidays, Ninjago fandom!

Here's a little present for you all: the 2024 Ninjago Calendar has now been officially released!

This year we tried a different format so please do let us know your thoughts on it 👀

And, as usual, you can check out the downloadable files here

And also be sure to check out the AO3 collection with the fics for the 2024 calendar!

Thank you so much to all contributors this year! Please be sure to check out their socials and support them!

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Cover art: @kumamooko

Jan: @namelysane (fic), @astatine-17 (art)

Feb: @vylad-makes-art & @the-duke-of-kansas (fic), @rottedsoulx (art)

Mar: @crystallizabethine & @roximiscellaneous---artstuffs (fic), @nin-jay-go (art)

Apr: @nalascat (fic), @themaroonlightning (art)

May: @xanketori (fic), @fruitnoot (art)

Jun: @netbug009 (fic), @greenbean-4ever (art)

Jul: @unknownsigils (fic), @starwhipnspin (art)

Aug: @legonerd (fic), @nutellabit (art)

Oct: @fandomsareforlife (fic), @colesstar (art)

Nov: @ravenrambles6229 (fic), @glitcheejelly (art)

Dec: @theodoratheshorty (fic), @ratsarecute4 (art)

I was just thinking the other day about what would happen if you showed a 6 year old from 2011 the future seasons of Ninjago —yes, while there are many much more interesting developments such as Nya being a ninja and Cole learning more about his mother — you're all forgetting another, very crucial thing that seriously changed.

Lloyd and Garmadon's relationship.

Imagine some kid happily watching Garmadon rescue his son from the Fire Temple and thinking wow, for Ninjago's greatest villain, he isn't that bad of a dad. His own son's gonna be his downfall and he's actually proud of him for that. Wish he's my dad.

And then you show them crystalized and they're like:

...what the fuck happened.

Ninjago AU where everything is the same but Garmadon wasn't purified after the Final Battle.

He's a danger to us all now :(

...... I come home. without a snake. and with three bites

I don't think they were bites of appreciation :( bye noodle noodle. leaving you in the woods. Going to treat this stuff now

that's child endangerment

...... I come home. without a snake. and with three bites

I don't think they were bites of appreciation :( bye noodle noodle. leaving you in the woods. Going to treat this stuff now

Hate to break it to you, but that snake is the descendant of the Great Devourer. It was nice knowing you as a hero Lloyd.

...... I come home. without a snake. and with three bites

I don't think they were bites of appreciation :( bye noodle noodle. leaving you in the woods. Going to treat this stuff now

Istg, season 5 feels like the writers realized the fandom was getting sick of lloyd getting the majority of the screentime and decided to have morro take him out of the picture but also give him more trauma because that's definitely mandatory.

Your Hellspawn au is pretty fun so I wanted to ask a couple of questions

1. How did Lloyd creating her actually go? Did he realize what he was doing in the middle of the process and couldn’t stop it? Was he just fooling around and suddenly heard a baby cry somewhere? I really want to know his initial reaction there

2. Was Hellspawn aboard the bounty when the merge began and was she separated from Lloyd for awhile? I really wanna know how they each handled that if so

1. I guess you could say he was fooling around.

It all started one day when he had a break during his tour and was spending it in Sensei G's new monastery. Basically, he had the thought that if his god grandfather managed to create anything using the same confusing essence that he recently won in the lottery, then he could too, right? And with Garmadon now occupied as a new teacher and Misako often aiding him or studying new scrolls, this idiot realized he needed something to do.

It started small. He managed to make a leaf after several hours and later on succeeded having a flower on his palm. But the problem was both of these were things he hadn't planned to create. All he did was think he wanted to make something and try to focus on that only to end up with a completely different object—unlike the fsm who'd had centuries to master his abilities before fathering two sons.

Lloyd's sessions went on for a few more days until one afternoon when he was concentrating on trying to create a kitten to bring with him when he resumed his tour. Considering his experience so far with all this, he didn't have very high expectations but hey, it was worth a try right? Besides, if he ended up with some other pet, it could still be a great companion. (accepting awards on the other side of the country does get lonely after all)

Slowly, he could feel a strange weight gradually getting heavier in his arms, so he figured he was doing something right and didn't stop. Well surprise, surprise it wasn't a kitten.

The next thing he knew, he was looking at a newborn. Perfectly healthy, ten fingers and ten toes—a living, breathing, baby.

Then, said baby began to cry and he immediately panicked.

Misako started calling him for lunch not long after. He took a long time to show up, and his face was completely bloodless.

2. During the merge, she was on the monastery porch just playing with her toys. And yes, she was separated from Lloyd for about five years, I guess. (That's how long I assume the time-skip between the merge and dragons rising is) Lloyd was a mess for most of that time — thank fsm that Kai was at least with him. For hellspawn though, I'm gonna need to save that elaboration for when part 2 of dragons rising comes out. I need to get a full picture of what kind of world the merge is making everyone deal with here.

What are Lloyd and Hellspawn's ages throughout the seasons?

So Lloyd had her about six months before s3, so I headcannon he'd just turned physically 15 then (mentally 11 but in the end, he makes it work)

Rebooted

Lloyd: 15 Hellspawn: 6 months of chaos (& Lloyd almost in tears from stress)

Tournament of Elements

Lloyd: 16 Hellspawn: 13 months (can walk & say two other words than sugar now)

Possession

Lloyd: 16 Hellspawn: 15 months and wondering where the heck her dad went.

Skybound

Lloyd: 17 Hellspawn: A 2 year old menance

Hands of Time

Lloyd: 18 Hellspawn: 3 year old begging to be taught spinjitzu but being told she's too young

Sons of Garmadon, Hunted, MoTo

Lloyd: 19 Hellspawn: 4 year old who wants her dad to stop feeling sad

The Secrets of the Forbidden Spinjitzu & Prime Empire

Lloyd: 20 Hellspawn: 5 (kindergarten is getting fun)

Master of the Mountain

Lloyd: 21 Hellspawn: 6 year old who never expected to end up in an underground whirlpool with a princess, uncle cole & her granduncle. Papa u lie. U said it was a vacation.

The Island & Seabound

Lloyd: 22 Hellspawn: 7 (what happened to aunt nya?)

Crystalized

Lloyd: 23 Hellspawn: 8 year old who wants harumi sent realms away from her dad & left to die

Dragons Rising

Lloyd: 28 (he's somehow very old in her eyes) Hellspawn: 13 year old who won't stop asking her dad how he burned tea after finding out from sora

Inspired by thay one MP100 post but Trans Lloyd meeting Garmadon for the first time in *checks watch* since he was a baby and Garm is like "Hello my daughter..." and Lloyd just blurts out "Dad, I'm a boy." And Garmadon, who was 1) dead 2)then stuck in the realm of madness and 3) not, like, at his peak mental state is like oh no. Did I forget my kids gender? No it's fine I can save this and just goes "I knew that."

Isn't it great how the Smith siblings both have a fear of being useless :D /j

I'm just watching the secrets of forbidden spinjitzu and in part one you have Kai dealing with his powerlessness being all like.

"Im useless without my powers."

And then Lloyd is just like "your not worthless!"

And then in the ice chapter ITS THE SAME THING! But with Nya. And when Nya mentions she feels useless, Lloyd says it again.

"YOUR NOT USELESS!" But this time he sounds so pissed.

I swear, Lloyd is just so done with them at this point.

Hey long time Ninjago fans, when you talk about watching the early seasons do you ever feel like an old person sitting on their front porch about to tell the neighborhood kiddos about how "back in my day, Ninjago only had ONE version of Garmadon" ?

I headcannon he's physically 19 in SOG, and maybe 21-23 in Crystalized. In DR he just looks like a late twenties dork to me. His mental age is probably just 4-5 years younger though.

I'm sorry Dragons Rising Lloyd is NOT 18-19, maybe Crystalized Lloyd, but in Dragons Rising that is a young adult man he is like 23/24 years old he is NOT still a late teenager !!!

Ninjago AU where everything is the same but the ninja die in the pilots.

You know your an old Ninjago fan when you remember...

When the original 4 ninja had to use the golden weapons to use their elements

When Nya was "just Kai's sister"

Thought Lloyd was just the silly villian of the week

When finding out Zane is a nindroid was a big twist

When everyone thought Kai was going to be the green ninja

⬆and Lloyd being the green ninja was a major twist

When you thought Zane's death was permanent

When the serpentine were villains

Jaya wasn't canon

When Wu went by "Sensei" instead of "Master"

When Cole did the Triple Tiger Sashay for the first time

When the Overload was their toughest enemy

Zane's funny switch

When Lloyd had a bowl cut

When Garmadon wasn't a deadbeat dad

Reblog with your favorite early season moment

So, you guys know those cosmetic surgery vids right? The ones plastic surgeons make analysing celebrities? Well, since the ninja technically qualify as celebs-

There are definitely discussions like that about him. Let's just face it, this looks like a whole new person.

Does little hellspawn name her plushies and make little pretend advantures and tea parties and games with them? (At least until she befriended luke at kindergarten)

Since I imagine that although she's in a very loving environment it could still get boring and even lonely being the only young child and that sometimes the gang and co get to busy to play with them being the protectors of the realm.

You're right on that one.

With four uncles and two aunts, she has a LOT of plushies. Her favorite one is the stuffed dragon that used to belong to her dad but the other Mr Cuddlywomp toy Jay got her comes in at second place. (To Lloyd's brief disappointment, she named his dragon Wing and named the Cuddlywomp toy Mrs Cuddlywomp)

And of course, she loves them to death so she decides they deserve a tea party.

One time, she attempted to use Wu's big teapot for one of her tea parties and yeah... that didn't end well. It wasn't even filled with tea and already pretty heavy—that's already Wu's arm workout other than whacking ninja with a bamboo staff lol, and she's like three. Long story short; she almost broke it because Wu came in to save his friend just in time.

From that day on, Wu realized how bored and lonely she was getting while everyone else was on missions so he guesses he can kinda do something about it.

In the end, she still gets the chance to throw some tea parties but this time she invites Wu along with her toys. It's like their little bonding activity while her dad and everyone else handle some criminal. And as long as he gets to sip tea with someone who won't burn or spit it out like his hopeless students, Wu isn't complaining.

Thanks for the tag @l0on!

Relationship status: Still single. Some months ago there was this guy who kept texting & inviting me to play games with him even though I sucked and definitely tested his patience. He kept making time for me and I thought he was just being nice. i'm so clueless it hurts.

Favorite color: Usually green but now I'm leaning towards amethyst purple. I'm in my Lloyd & Garm era I guess.

Three favorite foods: Anything with the word tom yam in it, instant ramen and ginger wine chicken.

Song stuck in my head: Never Gonna Give You Up because a memory of being rick rolled is still fresh.

Last song I listened to: Castles Crumbling by Taylor Swift.

Tagging: @traffic-light-eyes @destinysbounty @juniperjellyfish @mrsnaildood @cybergalaxydragon525 (starting to think everyone's been tagged before - sorry if that's the case. Please forget I ever did that)

Get to Know Me Better Tag Game!

Rules: Tag (10) people who you want to get to know better.

Thank you @littlemissmanga for the tag!

Relationship status: Divorced (absolutely free for the copy paste boys)

Favorite color: Lime Green and Purple (yes I am probably a Disney villain)

Three favorite foods: Pizza, Brownies, grapes

Song stuck in my head: I'm gonna be (500 Miles) :The Proclaimers

Last Song I Listened To: Proud Mary: Tina Turner

Last thing I Googled: Rathke's Cleft Cyst and HRT treatments I have to do my own research because you can't trust doctors to actually make a diagnosis that is based on fact and not colored by their person:al belief system. (sorry, that got dark)

Time: 8:15pm

Dream trip: Road Trip across the united states. State parks, parts of old Route 66. Cryptid Hunting (hiking), haunted locations.

Anything I really want right now: Chocolate

No pressure tags : Sorry if this is a repeat tag, I'm still catching up! @meshlaxbunny @blueink-bluesoul @commander-sunshine@kixs-husband @moonlightwarriorqueen

And if you haven't been tagged but want to reply and we don't talk, please respond and tag me! Always looking for more friends :)

Random question; do satanists in Ninjago worship the Overlord? That's the fucking devil in this show right?

The only piece of evidence that could possibly refute the theory that Wu's pet chicken is secretly Libber Gordon, is that the chicken has lightning powers and Libber has already passed her powers to Jay by this point. Still, Ninjago's lore is already bullshit enough as it is and i refuse to let go of that theory. I dont care what anyone says, Libber is the chicken. I feel this in my soul.

Headcannon Cliff Gordon had auburn hair like Jay but dyed his hair black to play Fritz Donnegan.

My friend recently watched DotD, which led me to discovering this totally not heartbreaking parallel

What usually do Hellspawn when his dad suffer the consequences of his adventures?

If he's injured or just are like, sad or then Morro with nightmares

She does something specific?

I love your au!

For nightmares or when he's sad, she has this thing where she snuggles up to him and pats his chin, saying absolutely nothing. And it kind of works. Lloyd's eyes widen for a while until he eventually relaxes. It really grounds him. It reminds him that he's here and not wherever his dreams convinced he was.

She did just that when he was moping around about Harumi and when she realized he wasn't feeling the greatest after banishing her grandpa in s4.

But with Morro, it usually doesn't help much. He has all these dreams about his possession causing him to hurt everyone he cares about so he'd like to keep himself as far away from his offspring as possible for the first hour since waking up from that. Healing takes a while.

When he's hurt and in forced bed rest, she usually ends up sitting by him and just staring because Aunt Pixal & Uncle Zane are like "it's not advisable to jostle anything at the moment." She eventually got the idea to make him a get well soon card and set to work.

One time, they ran out of paper so she decided to scribble a 'get better soon' on his face when he was sleeping. She meant well but yeah Pixal was not amused. When Lloyd woke up, he spent ten minutes wondering why the heck everyone else was cackling.

Glad you like the AU!

This is probably random but Lloyd & Jay need to have a fight scene in a kitchen at some point. I need to see both of them exploding appliances and quoting Starfarer lines at some villain because c'mon, they just have to.

asphera shitpost kinda wanna do an au where she actually fell in love with wu and felt betrayed by him for not considering her as a real friend.

bonus

"How did you even get in here" "Is that a rethorical question?" "Right you're a ninja, I forgot"

Headcanon that Brad has a flowershop in Dragon Rising and Lloyd drops by to get tea leaves every so often (no other reason in particular...)

Ninjago AU where everything is the same, but Jay's the quiet kid.

Chirp Au: Reader

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(This isn't meant to be read as Lloyd/Harumi, but I could care less as long as you don't be obnoxious about it)

Ninjago AU where everything is the same, but Wu regularly shaves.