Alright hear me out. Pythor x Overlord yaoi. Think about it. The only people the Overlord has really interacted with are yes-men he created to serve him, such as Kozu and Cryptor, or people he's manipulated after rescuing at a low point in their lives, so Garmadon and Harumi.

Pythor is different; He's someone wholly independent of the Overlord, who went out of his way to find and rescue him, totally of his own volition. The Overlord might not have even known Pythor existed up until they met. Others, the Overlord has had to control and take advantage of, but him and Pythor are always on the same track, there's no moral hesitation on his end. They have an evil laugh together, the Overlord outright tells Pythor that he likes him.

Of course Kozu and Cryptor do everything for the Overlord, they were made for that. Pythor CHOSE to be unconditionally loyal. He says he wants the Overlord as a means of revenge against the ninja, but he still took a bullet for the Overlord, which necessitated Zane's sacrifice. Maybe Pythor was more assured of the Overlord's ability to destroy the ninja than his own, and was willing to die for vengeance because what else does he have left?

He's an outcast by Serpentine standards; In the canon Pythor's Revenge book, part of his motives for stealing the BorgWatch ahead of its release was to impress his fellow Serpentine into letting him back in, but they don't. Everyone blames Pythor for nearly getting them killed, he's hated by his own kind now, and was evidently somewhat of a black sheep even amongst his own Anacondrai, who eventually did recognize him at the end of S4.

Does Pythor even know what he's doing with his life anymore, or is he just angry and bitter and looking for an outlet? Has he been driven twice mad, first by surviving the starvation and Donner Party cannibalism of his kind, and then burning inside of the Great Devourer? He was all alone after the Great Devourer, vulnerable and having to take care of himself.

Maybe he sees himself in the Overlord, someone considered an absolute monster with nobody else on his side, who just wants to lash out at the world. Maybe there's a kinship between the two, where Pythor gives him the helper he himself needed. Multiple times, he is the Overlord's savior, when usually it is the other way around between the Overlord and his found champion; There are times where HE is guiding the Overlord with advice, having a grounded, mortal perspective that he needs. The Overlord has had minions and pawns, but him and Pythor genuinely feel like an equal standing.

Don't you think it's kinda sus that the Overlord trusts Pythor more with his damaged condition, than the Nindroid he literally programmed to serve him? He knew Cryptor longer. But Pythor's willing, unconditional loyalty really is something else; I think the Overlord's never had a mortal choose to be on his side without coercion of some kind, so he's like his first real friend. The only person he actually respects enough to listen to; Someone the Overlord trusts to intimately hide in the body of, over any other mechanical means up until this point. Maybe he was just sick of robotic confines and wanted to feel flesh. But maybe…!

Cryptor is wary of Pythor and learning the Overlord really did trust this Serpentine more than his own creation is frustrating to him. He thinks they're both vying for paternal affection from the Overlord. On Cryptor's end, that is the case. But for Pythor, he, um. Fucked that old man.

In Crystalized, I kinda see the Overlord as replacing the twisted paternal role that Harumi tried to place Garmadon into. So in addition to any possibly objections over the mastermind of her parents' demise being on C.O.C.K., not only is the Overlord justifying it by explaining that Pythor is loyal, but also. Also he's his husband. Evil purple couple. By extension that makes Pythor her dad, her fourth dad. Harumi has to explain to Mr. F that Pythor fucked her dad.

cryptor or mr e?

Dialogue from an old fic idea

fast cryptor sketch because i miss ninjago

aw yeah rarepair week

c- cryptor ninjago—

I have arrived with Cryptor :3

CRYPTOR!!!! Feat. pre and post techno blade coloration

Really vibing with this design. He looks dangerous and sleek, like something you should be scared of... it would be a real shame if something were to happen to him... :}

AU talk: I really considered keeping his eyes red post-techno blade, but Pix's eyes changed to green in canon and I figured changing the color of his features would be a good way to visually differentiate him from his canon counterpart.

Design for my fic "To Live is to Change"

they are here!

Cryptor les goooooo 💪💪

o great cryptor stan i hope this is to your liking

Janet propaganda

Cryptor propaganda

I've had a file saved to my laptop with reference pics and an unfinished sketch of Cryptor sitting around for like the last year so uh. oops. here you go.

Cryptor design inspired by this post made by @sayijo!

Cryptor who uses an oni mask on missions except instead of just getting Oni behavior, he gets physical oni traits as well!

(I think it's important to note the ears are not part of this; he already had pointy ears as part of how I design him lol)

Cryptor you rascal

Hey so pretty messed up that we see a nindroid get possessed by the Overlord on screen and all that happens is that Zane unplugs him did we all just decide that being possessed is only traumatizing when it happens to Lloyd or

P.O.V: Min-droid’s about to steal yo kneecaps.

Cryptor for Loving Cryptor Day!!!!