This song and lloyd… ourgh my heart hurts
And here they are ^^ final peace with the main five
Your annual reminder to not donate to Salvation Army!
(hcs under the cut because this is a lot y’all)
(also yes this is a repost and redone ver. of my last one but lets pretend it isn’t)
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he likes to collect cool acorns, leaves, and rocks
when he was younger he used to think nya was the prettiest girl ever (this isnt a ship thing ew they’re siblings 😭)
after he turned into an oni in s16 he got like side effects (?) of it so he has small horns
in s2 before he grew up, lloyd and jay made friendship bracelets for everyone that were color-coded and somehow they havent gotten destroyed
he has read all the percy jackson books (argue with the wall)
even though he does drink coffee, its like 80% creamer and 20% actual coffee
he only buys fun/coloful bandaids
lloyd still watches cartoons like adventure time, pokemon, otgw, gravity falls, amphibia, toh, etc. (he sobbed over the amphibia s3 finale. no i’m not projecting.)
lloyd loves building pillow forts and him and the others will build like full on pillow castles for movie nights
from his dragon heritage he has small green dragon scales on his shoulders thats he’s insecure about
lloyd has a few freckles on his cheeks but they’re pretty light/faded so you can only see them if you're really close
lloyd is always doodling on things and he has an old worn sketchbook with a bunch of starfarer stickers on it that has a shit ton of doodles in it
his entire closet consists of graphic tee’s he has impulsively bought at 4am and hoodies stolen from the others
LLOYD GARMADON IS A SWIFTIE. his favorite albums are folklore, midnights, and 1989. amen.
additionally he also listens to cavetown, Harry Styles, Mac DeMarco, Declan McKenna, Arctic Monkeys, the cure, beabadoobee, and Current Joys
he has a stick-and-poke tattoo of a beetle on his chest that he somehow managed to keep a secret from everyone for a good year
when he was little he played with ladybugs and rolly pollies and frogs by the pond at darkly’s
he secretly prefers pretty as a compliment over handsome
his love languages are acts of service and physical touch
lloyd is known by the team to make awful puns at any given change
lloyd’s comfort movies are tangled and fantastic mr fox
he also loves all the studio ghibli movies!
lloyd 100% reads fanfiction and has a million tabs open on ao3
he obvi reads starfarer comics but also reads marvel ones too
Andrew Garfield’s Spiderman >>> all the others
he still loves to prank people (he’s an awful little shit <3 /aff)
he also still has a HORRIBLE sweet tooth
he can and WILL NOT HESITATE to bite you
he’s like 5’5 and so bitter about it
he has a terrible potty mouth and swears a ton when the others around around to stop him
he is SUCH an animal person and has tried to bring stray cats home on MULTIPLE different occasions
he skateboards everywhere
ever since s9 he started wearing his hair up all the time
he used to have red eyes from his dad but once he got his powers they turned green
he also has fangs from his dad
he always scrunches his nose unconsciously
he’s a super heavy sleeper when he’s not on a mission and if you don’t stop him he WILL sleep in till noon
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Okay, we've got height headcanons, face headcanons...but you know what we need? Name headcanons.
Okay, yes, I know, the ninja already have names. But their names originate from Earth cultures and Earth languages, which, uh, don't exist in Ninjago. Like!! The name 'Lloyd' is Welsh, but Wales isnt a place on the Ninjago map! And 'Zane' is German - but again, Germany doesn't exist in this fictional fantasy world either. How can Zane's name be German if Germany is nowhere on the Ninjago map?
Realistically I know this is because this show has painfully messy worldbuilding and they gave all the main characters simple European names that their young American audience would be able to easily identify and pronounce. BUT I love to overthink things so that's what I'm gonna do.
Logic would dictate that although their names have specific cultural contexts within our world, they have different contexts and origins within the world of the story. Their names would logically have some kind of different meaning in relation to the cultures, languages, and dialects that exist within Ninjago itself.
This is already canon, to some extent. The name 'Nya' already has a canon in-universe origin, with her being named after a legendary Merlopian hero - from this we can assume the name Nyad and its derivative Nya are Merlopian in origin. Which suggests the idea that the same is true for all the other characters as well, we just haven't gotten the chance to get backstories for their names yet. And there is so much untapped potential in exploring what their names could mean in-universe.
Here, I'll start with my own personal headcanons about the subject:
Most names in this series come from 'Classical Ninjargon', the ancient dialect that was spoken in the time of the FSM but gradually evolved into Modern Ninjargon, which is the dialect commonly spoken by the characters to this day. However, a lot of words, terms, and names still rely in some part on their classical roots.
'Kai' isn't really a name, so much as it is a noun. It's commonly used in the names of towns and villages. For example, Jamanakai Village. 'Kai' means 'shelter' - or, more specifically, 'a form of barrier or protection that defends against cold weather.' It's not a very common name to give to children, though, but it appears in the names of villages and settlements all across Ninjago. It seems fitting, considering the kind of person Kai is. His parents gave him that name as a reference to its more specific meaning. Shelter from the cold. During the Serpentine War, Ray and Maya's dreams of starting a family were what gave them comfort and kept them going. Kai wasnt just named as a shelter from the cold, but a shelter from despair as well.
Nya's name has its obvious origins - she was named after Nyad, the storybook hero who befriended whales and defeated Wojira. Nyad was also Merlopian, where her name means 'courage'. Likewise, Nya's name has similar connotations. Of course, Maya hadn't known that meaning when she named her child, as Merlopia was just a myth and its language much the same. She did know of the fairytale, though, and Maya's own mother had told her that story as a child, so she wanted to give her daughter a name that was meaningful in that same way.
'Jay' comes from a regional dialect of Classical Ninjargon that became prevalent in the Sea of Sands. The name itself originates from the term 'jairu', meaning "blessed storm." Some historians speculate the name goes back further than that, with the term 'jairu' originally meaning "Wojira's favor"...but there is much debate about that. Both Jay and Jairu are pretty popular names in the Sea of Sands. Jay was an unexpected but highly valued gift to Ed and Edna, just as a rainstorm is in a desert.
'Cole' was originally the word for earth/dirt, but over the centuries its frequent use in Classical poetry led to it acquiring a myriad of more specific meanings - 'solid foundation', 'stable ground', 'dependable and reliable', 'steady and unshaken amidst conflict', etc. The word itself has a lot of very poetic, very vivid interpretations, and when most people name their children 'cole', thats what they're referencing. But not Lily. No, she knew the name historically meant 'earth', and she wanted his name to be a pun. It was 100% intentional
'Zane' isnt so much a name as it is a colloquial term, from the Birchwood region. Even though the word has Classical roots, it still remains widely used in that region. The word 'zane', a noun, is in reference to the constant, unmelting snowcover that blankets the region year-round. In Classical Ninjargon the term means, "endlessly persevering" - but over time it became repurposed as their term for their endless snow. Dr. Julien always thought the snow was beautiful, and named his son after its remarkable endurance
Lloyd's name has an interesting history to it. In the time of the Stone Wars, when the FSM initially split Ninjago and sealed away the Overlord, the people of that era celebrated the occasion by turning it into a holiday. They called it "belloid", which Classically means "victory over darkness." Eventually a new tradition emerged where children who were born on the holiday were named after it - and so the name "lloyd" came to be. And although the holiday evolved and is now more commonly known as Festival Day (yes, thats a canon holiday), with its history and origins fading out of public awareness, the tradition still persists. But heres the catch: Lloyd wasnt born on that holiday. His dad's reasons for naming him Lloyd were twofold. First, because he made a promise to himself to resist the venom's corruption for the sake of his son, and the name "victory over darkness" served as a testament to that promise. And second, because 'lloyd' sounds like 'lord', and giving his child a pun name sounds exactly like something Garm would do
And of course, since the ninjas' rise to fame, they have inspired some increasingly popular baby names. 'Lloyd' has been the baby name of the year for four years in a row now, which is something the others tease him relentlessly for.
this is one of the funniest ninjago clips to me. everyone else pack it up and go home
The Virtual Toad Choir Presents: SILENT NIGHT
New Coraline design drop