Do You Think Kai Took Liberties When Heading To The Monastery? Do You Think He Stood Infront Of A Mirror

"Change is inevitable," They said

"Change is painful," I replied

Based off a poem I made when I was in 7th grade (under the cut)

"Change is painful," They said.

What they forgot to mention,

Is that it is unwanted.

It crawls under your skin,

And latches onto your throat.

"Change is painful," I replied.

They turned toward me,

"Yes, it is." They said,

"That is why it is inevitable."

Hi! Don't know what to post so. Shameless fic plug. Damn I'm so tired rn it's 3am. Btw the fic itself is kinda ass the first few chps maybe becauseeee it was made early 2024 and MAYBE because it's the first fic I've made ever in the multiple decades of my life. Maybeee a good idea to rewrite it butttt I'm so exhausted I keep fumbling these letters and my auto correct is saving me so bad ugh my head is spinning gonna go .sleep now bye guys

Edit: forgot to add the actual link 2 minutes after posting. I need sleep asap. Mind the tags pookies

Hello, running man animation community :3

jst recently rediscovered the show, i forgot how much i love it LOL

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my biggest hear me out will forever be kai from ninjago

STOP. STOPPPPP WAITING FOR JUNE IS ALREADY HARD YOU DONT HAVE TO MAKE IT IMPOSSIBLE. BRO.

OK SO ABOUT THAT MONSTROSITY TRAILER.

so obviously i rewatched the scene where kai and lloyd find eachother again one million times yesterday and can i mention that kai had like. bandages under his gi?

i mean. it COULD have been a crumpled shirt. but then again this is lloyd's pov. so i cant be sure.

also i was comparing the kai's clothes on the trailer and his clothes when he reunites with lloyd and theyre not only extremely different but they are VERY MUCH shit. like he's dirty and has lost his armour and cape. and i cant tell if the belt he's using on dr is the one he holds during monstrosity because the colors are different, too?? like what the hell happened bro.

and that's not even touching upon how TIRED bro is.

in this scene, the moment lloyd has his back to him, he climbs this FOUR STEPS really, really heavily. like he's having trouble moving at all.

and then

like bro it's just a mergequake. hell it's one of the earlier ones. why are you so winded that you get shown frowning TWICE and THEN ALSO breathless after it. lloyd doesn't show this kind of distress. it's just kai.

he looks miserable when he's packing up. yes he does smile at lloyd but of course he smiles at lloyd. can anyone hear me. bud are you Okay.

You hardcore started cooking with oddy!Kai I just imagine how Nia and Lloyd would be freaking out/worrying about Kai especially by his appearance and entrance

(Tips hat) Oh, why thank you, Anon! My brain has also become fried by this au. I can hear it sizzling.

Context here ok go read it first!!

THEY WOULD PANIC. HEAVILY. Imagine seeing your supposedly dead brother walk in with a dragon and a sentient mech while just being oddly violent out of nowhere, looking completely different—scars, darker outfit, flinchy—and Nya’s first reaction is pure shock before she goes into full panic mode. Lloyd’s trying to stay calm but he’s internally freaking out because Kai was his first sensei and now he’s like this?? looking like a very dirty feral cat??? It feels like the start of a bad pun.

Thanks so much for the ask! The worms rejoice!!

This was him after going through the most traumatic event of his life btw

If I had a penny everytime a character had to go through horrors and killing monsters while slowly losing themselves and also telling themselves that they HAVE to lose themselves in order to get home to their loved ones, I would have two pennies.

Ody: so, you went through hell and back to return to your family while finding allies along the way who told you to be crueler in order to survive?

Kai: Yeah. You too?

Ody: yup.

im loving the little nightmares vibes this kai-centric series is bringing to ninjago