thinking ab zane and kai's friendship fr fr,

how zane admires kai's strengths (and knowledge about people) and expresses it explicitly (straight up asking what certain things mean or why people are doing what they're doing) and he's completely genuine about it. like theres no pity or condescending nature towards it, zane just believes that the others on the team know more about life and people than he does. but kai would take that to heart more than the others.

his parents left without telling him why, he wasn't a very good blacksmith leaving nya's heavy lifting to provide for the both of them, and no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't become the green ninja. he was even the last of the core four to discover his true potential. kai has never been used to genuine praise. kai probably never truly thought that he was the best at something, or better than someone else. but when zane (a literal prodigal nindroid with a heart of gold) asks him for help and holds him at such a high regard? that hits HARD.

and zane, this assumedly perfect nindroid, never seeming to understand how to get people to like him, or how to understand the meaning behind peoples' words, and kai just understands all of that so effortlessly. and instead of being jealous, he just genuinely thinks 'wow, this guy's so smart!' ???

also the underlying idea of them both feeling responsible for everyone and judging themselves bc they feel like they should have prevented something bad from happening or at least taken the brunt of the attack to protect everyone else,, like ouch. the heavy-hitting guilt and grief, the fear of being the only one left in their family, THEY'RE SO AUGHHHH

Rule

DRAGONS RISING S2 SPOILERS‼️‼️

okay but i actually really hope that zane is the first one to 'find' jay in dr. it actually makes perfect sense. zane is being hunted by the administration, and we now know that Jay is in that kind of field of work (retrieval of items and/or persons) as he was present during the mission at the other monastery.

and like, wouldn't it be so so sad. jay shows up to take him to his death, zane isn't able to fight him bc well, he's JAY, and thus gets taken into custody. he then realises that jay doesn't recognise him. he's lost his memories. the very worst thing to ever happen to zane is now happening to one of his friends and no matter how hard he tries, he can't stop it. he can't help him.

meanwhile jay is just trying to do his job (transporting this random robot to the incinerator), but the robot starts saying things that only jay should know. he talks about jay's lightning, and his food preferences, and his daily habits, and jay is frankly TERRIFIED. not of how much this stranger knows about him, but of the idea that he might have been wasting the past few years of his life working at a dull office job instead of being with a loving family.

thankq for listening to my ted talk (i DEFINITELY won't be writing a one-shot of this omg)

REBLOG IF YOUR BLOG IS A SAFE SPACE FOR AROMANTIC PEOPLE AND IF YOU THINK THEY ARE VALID

I want to see how many people actually are willing to say this and not just act like it

NO SPOILERS FOR DRAGONS RISING S2 PRESENT‼️‼️

HAPPY S2 RELEASE !! HERE'S A LAZY COMIC I DREW FOR MY B-DAY AND SWIFTLY FORGOT TO FINISH ! ALSO I WROTE LIKE THREE PAGES FOR MY FIC TODAY SO I'M HOPING THE NEXT CHAPTER IS ALMOST ALMOST ALMOST READY 👍

not ninjago related (SEASON TWO AUUUUUUGHHGHGHGHGHGHGH WHAT THE FU-) but i'm goin crazy over one of my ocs and need to share him w the world anyways meet my son his name is sab0 and he throws rocks at people

*detective zane voice* ninjago confidential

I literally love the way you draw Zane so goddamn much

okay but Y'ALL ARE ACTUALLY SO SWEET WTF I'M LITERALLY GIGGLING AND KICKING MY FEET AND BLUSHING LIKE A TEENAGE GIRL IN THE EARLY 2000'S LISTENING TO ONE DIRECTION ON HER PINK PLASTIC HANNAH MONTANA CD PLAYER ?.!?!?

COLEEEEEEEE my method for drawing has changed a lil but so i finally started drawing ref sheets for the ninja yippee yippee !! also if u happen to have read my fic and relate to and/or find the arc cole is going through atm interesting, PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF THE FSM HIMSELF LISTEN TO '3 LIBRAS' BY A PERFECT CIRCLE. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLE-

Does your Zane have a cleft?

yeah, he does !! idrk why but it feels right to draw him that way :3 hope u have a good day !!!

DETECTIVE ZANE MY BELOVED

i cannot believe i’d only drawn him like,, once,, prior to this he’s literally so bbg ??!?!?

intro bc i literally forgot to make one ????

HIIII my name is farin (but people also call me ronnie) also i am indeed a minor 👍

ninjago my beloved live laugh love ninjago

i make art (WOAHHH REALLY?!?) mostly for my fics but also just for the sillies of it !!

i have the same user for tiktok (imliterallysnakejaguar), my insta is snail_._man, and my ao3 is fronhdoesthings if u want to read yet ANOTHER sad zane fic :3

anyways i’m kinda new here but ninjago tumblr is where it’s at YALL R SO COOL ??!?!?

art for the next chapter of my fic bc for some reason posting on tumblr gives me motivation to write

not so daily reminder than titanium becomes brittle and can crack if continuously exposed to extremely low temperatures hahahah. guess who was continuously exposed to extremely low temperatures and is also conveniently made out of titanium? not me :)

ITS BEEN MONTHS BUT I FINALLY GOT OUT OF WRITING BLOCK AND CAN POST THE NEXT CHAPTER GRRRAAASUGHGNG LIFE IS GOOD

crying over them again. do YOU want to cry over them? simply listen to 'watching him fade away' and 'for the first time' by mac demarco and imagine the rest of the team grieving over the fact that while zane is back, there will always be a part of him that they will never know, another life that they were never a part of. the fact that zane probably views them as childhood friends that he can't fully remember but is still grateful to be by their side again. (yay)

uhh umm *throws this at you and leaves*

may or may not be 4 the same fic i'm working on,, just a lil end of chapter doodle to motivate myself to ACTUALLY FINISH THE DAMN CHAPTER

literally just posting this so i can put the image on ao3 lmao (if ur into ninjago u should check the fic out its called 'the ultimate guide to re-becoming zane julien') i might do a pic like this for each chapter but i’ll see how i go ‼️‼️ the next chapter set to release is cole centred ofc :]