guys i finally read the garmadon comics and they made me fucking cry?!?!??!? what the fuck i am having Emotions about this!!!! Garmadon trying so hard to act selfish but becoming a hero anyway? admitting that he's looking for redemption? his implied motivation being to reunite with his son? oh my god I love it so much someone please come scream about this with me

"What is it that you want?"

Little redraw of a scene I did for Inktober day 3 (path), I'm autistic so, of course, I immediately thought of my favorite scene from the Garmadon comics!

This gives me the perfect opportunity to talk about them cause holy shit they have a huge grasp on my psyche lol (Remember this is all for fun and the haha sillies so please be nice):

The comic was so genuinely good and captured Garmadon's character SO WELL! Like they made him such a fantastic character (I thought he was before but this just reinforced it) and I loved the way it showed he was impacted by everything that happened and how he feels about himself like UGH it was so great.

Also, I'm sorry but the scene where Other Garmadon is like "Did Wu warn you or did you only wish he had?" Is so sad cause like 1) He wanted to believe someone tried to stop him, that there was someone looking out and trying to save him but ALSO 2) this means that he kinda made himself think it was HIS fault for not listening, which kinda feeds into the narrative of him feeling like there was only one path for him.

I would like to point out there could kinda if you squint be an allegory for like queerness/anyone rejected by society HERE ME OUT! This is obviously a stretch I'll admit but like the demonization of oneself, literally fighting another version of himself until he comes to accept he isn't only the bad parts of himself and can grow and change and is a person! Also, Garmadon is just kinda fruity in general side-eyeing his """"Roommate"""" Vinny Folsen of NGTV News and his WHOLE dynamic with Clouse in Tournament of Elements (Garmadon a Bi icon).

Anyway yeah I love Garmadon and yall should to, fuck crystalized, I hope we get more of Garmadon in Dragons Rising and lowkey I think it would be super funny if the first canonical queer rep in Ninjago was Garmadon an ex-warlord son of god who happens to also be Oni and just Vinny who is literally just A Dude tm.

That's all from me, I am now going to fade into the abyss until I finish the Spinjitzu Brothers books when I will surly return with new opinions! BYEEEEEE!

Panels featuring Lloyd in the Garmadon comics

When on the first time you see your dad on years you find out his bestie is a kid who's not you and that you also got a stepdad now

OK SO I NOTICED SOMETHING ABOUT THE GARMADON COVERS

The closer we get to issue five, the younger Garmadon got, until now that the covers been revealed

But now here we have the cover for issue 5, and we see the most up to date garmadon design yet, and it really hones in on how this comic series has been the starting point for garmadon's next evolution, whether that be good or evil

(no bringing back sensei garmadon though, that idea died a while ago)

Funny old redraw :)

I found 5 issues of Garmadon comics

That russian site link

I think we as a society moved on way too fast from Lloyd canonically being a part of The lego movie events

HERE IT IS post-merge awkward reunion fancomic, enjoy!!

I think im funny

New silly just dropped

Based on this post by @almostaccurateninjagoquotes

The snake in the garden is....

"I'M THE SNAKE! I'M THE SNAKE IN THE GARDEN! DO YOU UNDERSTAND ME?"

New year, New fit

Something something, Lloyd and how his identity and outlook on himself is tied to what he wears

I don't remember this but HOLY FUCKING SHIIIIIITT LLOYD WAS CONFIRMED TO BE AT LEAST 9 YEARS OLD HERE AND HE WAS ABLE TO DO THAT??? JESUS FUCK