i love that in the ninjago fandom we truly are treating the characters like barbie dolls and doing our own shit with them. you can just completely ignore plot points or seasons and nobody gaf. sure give that character traits they don’t have in the show. yes those two obscure characters who’ve never met would be in love. tell me about your au where your favorite side character goes on a life changing adventure that never happens in canon. make up new lore about a species in the series. create new storylines for the characters. make new characters. it’s the wild west out here

fandom etiquette reminders

gentle reminder that people do not have to like/ship the popular ships in a fandom. widely popularized ships do not equal canon ships and even if they were, people are allowed to have different pairings they prefer. if one fandom creator popularized things, it does not mean that every single other creator has to also do that thing.

please be respectful and considerate of the people making free content for your enjoyment as well - you never know whats going on on the other end of the screen to cause an author to not upload a new chapter or why the artist hasn't posted new art in three weeks. their boundaries are just as important as anyone else's and deserve to be respected as a basic human right.

if you're a minor, do not participate in 18+ spaces! this is for your safety as well as the safety of everyone else. if anyone over the age of 18 insists its okay for you to participate in nsfw topics with them, run. be careful with what you're posting online, too. you never know who has ill intent when interacting with you.

be also incredibly mindful that not everyone wants to participate in fandom discourse. proship/antiship discourse, ship wars, "what are your thoughts on [insert problem here]", - these are good and fun in their own respects, but can be incredibly distressing if brought up out of nowhere.

fandom is supposed to be for fun, and it isn't fun if its stressful and dangerous.

government is trying to ban tiktok meanwhile millions of poor and disabled americans are about to completely lose their internet access at the end of april because congress wont renew funding for the affordable connectivity program

hell fucking world

Among those arrested in Atlanta today were Noelle McAfee, Chair of the Philosophy Department at Emory University. You can hear her ask the PhD student taking the video:

“Can you call the Philosophy Department office and tell them I’ve been arrested?...I’m Noelle McAfee, I’m Chair of the Philosophy Department”

me every day without fail: I'll do [chore] when I get home

me when I get home:

New chapter out now :)

“We all cope in different ways, Zane,” Nya said, reaching behind her to hold Jay’s hand. Her black hair was unruly and loose, falling over her eyes and shielding her face from view. Zane didn’t have to look past the hair covering her expression to know that she was fighting tears. Even after a lengthy day and night of grieving, she had not run out of them. It seemed the master of water had no limit to how many tears she could shed. “I know I’m not helping by overworking myself, just like you’re not getting any better by wallowing in memories. But Master Wu is right. We had our day to mourn, and now is the day to fight.” 

“We’re not saying we’re going to forget him, or even put a hold on mourning him today,” Lloyd added softly. Nya nodded in agreement, then turned back to Zane.

“We’ll survive today, save Ninjago, and rescue all the people caught in the mist. Then we can hold a proper funeral for him.” Nya said firmly, her hand still on Zane’s shoulder. Zane sat still as a statue, staring blankly at his lap, fog clouding his logic. 

“We’ll fight,” Zane said finally. “We’ll survive and save everyone… for Cole.” His voice wore a gross imitation of heroic bravery and courage, but Zane’s spirit remained far removed from it. His words were uplifting, but his heart was buried in the earth where Cole rested. Still, the others appeared satisfied by his proclamation. Jay’s face split into a grin, and he exclaimed, “For Cole!” with gusto. Lloyd nodded in fervent agreement, and Nya managed a watery smile. In the three of them, new life seemed to erupt, fires of newfound motivation kindled by the idea of winning the battle for their fallen friend. They toasted to the dearly departed with chipped porcelain cups filled with jasmine tea. Zane’s cup was empty.”

So I just saw a post by a random personal blog that said “don’t follow me if we never even had a conversation before” and?????? Not to be rude but literally what the fuck??????????

I’ve had people (non-pornbots) try to strike conversation out of nowhere in my DMs recently, and now I’m wondering if they were doing that because they wanted to follow me and thought they needed to interact first. I feel compelled to say, just in case, that it’s totally okay to follow this blog (or my side blog, for that matter) even if we’ve never talked before.

Also, I’m legit confused. Is this how follow culture works right now? It was worded like it’s common sense but is that really a thing?

every time someone draws jay fat an angel gets its wings

being mentally ill about your ocs, is waiting for someone to read your mind and ask about the 457643235 ideas that even you don’t know about

The student protests for Palestine have been an amazing show of solidarity and support and seeing the way that so many young people are willing to stand up for their values is admirable when so many others stay silent. But this is all to say that we are entering a pattern of glorifying these white “martyrs” from the global west to put all of this effort and resources and media coverage into instead of the actual cause they are fighting for.

I saw the same thing happen with Aaron Bushnell, when his self immolation was being talked about more than the actual genocide in Gaza (which went against everything he said he was self immolating for in the first place).

And again this happened with the prisoner from the US who worked 136 hours just to be able to donate his $17 check to Palestine aid efforts. In response to this, people wanted to help him and ended up raising over $100,000 in a gofundme for him. This feels almost satirical, as every gofundme to help Gazans evacuate Palestine and get to safety has a goal of less than $100,000 and most of them are not even close to reaching it.

And now, there are more and more posts on how to get aid to the college student encampments, and the “urgency” of getting enough bail funds for the students who have been arrested during them. Talking about Palestine itself and getting resources to Palestine has almost been put on the back burner in favour of making all Palestine related news about college students in the United States.

It think it is valuable to recognise the selflessness and importance of these protests, and getting these students resources but what is MORE important, and what these people are truly fighting for, and protesting, and make a statement about is PALESTINE. We have unsurprisingly reached the point where there are people who care much more about the white people fighting for the cause from the comfort of living in the global west than they care about the Palestinians undergoing a genocide in Gaza. It’s become almost blatant racism, the way people begin to drop everything the second a white/usamerican person does something in regards to helping Palestine, but will not put the same effort into a Palestinian IN Gaza who is telling their story or asking for help. I respect anyone who has done absolutely anything to help Palestine, but I hope people are starting to see the pattern of how the media gravitates towards the “white saviour/perfect martyr” instead of the first hand accounts coming from those in Gaza.

Anyway FIND A GOFUNDME AND DONATE TO HELP FAMILIES IN GAZA ESCAPE GENOCIDE

remake of that one post that i cannot find so some please link it in the comments!!

a family tradition

if i'm being absolutely completely totally honest i think that "it wasn't you" doesn't go far enough in absolving someone of the guilt of being the subject of a brainwashing or mind control plot. because at the end of the day, it was you. it was your body, your mind, potentially even your soul, being stripped of its autonomy, intimately violated and turned against you as much as anyone else. it's a kind of assault, and should be treated as such, especially in more mature narratives. i think that "it wasn't your fault" and "your shame at being made helpless and unable to control your own body and mind's involuntary responses is understandable, but you are not in any way irredeemable or unforgivable because of what was done to you" are also necessary reassurances. and i think that there should be lingering resentment in spite of words of forgiveness and miscommunication and long-term post-traumatic consequences also.

cuddling doesn't have to be romantic

cuddling can be platonic.

cuddle your friends

cuddle your friends

cuddle your friends

cuddle your friends

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I feel like we, as ninjago fans, need to recognize the fact that both Nya and Jay have canonically done drag.

Like. Come on. Look at them.

(I know some of the Jay ones aren’t drag-drag, but they have the vibes)

We NEED more fanart of Jay as a drag queen/king and Nya as a drag queen. We’re doing a disservice to them. (I’ll probably get on it sometime in the future)

That being said… what would their drag names be???