Random hcs I have because I may be cringe but I'm free part 23 (Ninjago)

HOLUP CAUSE I ONLY STARTED REALLY THINKING ABT THIS AN HOUR OR TWO AGO AND I ALREADY ADORE IT

WHY DID I NOT THINK OF THIS BEFORE ITS PRACTICALLY CANON

Ok, I feel like if you exclude familial relationships like Nya and Lloyd, (andromanticrelationshipslikeColecuzthisismyheadcanon) Zane and Kai are most definitely best friends.

(I know I made that post a while ago about Kai and Jay's dynamic and don't get me wrong those two are another example of why the ninja are the found family of ever, but you can tell that sometimes they just get really fed up with each other lol)

Like, dont quote me on this but I'm pretty sure those two haven't even had a really serious argument since SEASON ONE, Kai was the one to deliver that speech at Zane's funeral, speaking of which he was utterly distraught after those events, they were together at the beginning of s8 (much like the CANON bff's, Jay and Cole), they had a lot of fun interactions in s9 when Jay was really out of it, and the entirety of their scenes in s13 were just gold, and thats just the big stuff I can come up with off the top of my head. I guarantee there's a lot more subtle moments and definitely more big ones that I just can't recall rn (I mean, I completely skipped over seasons 4-7) and the more I think abt it the more I realize how well these two work together. In fact, I remember reblogging smth abt their dynamic as the ones to step up as leaders/advisors or even making plans when the others can't and don't even get me started on the fact that they're literally opposite elements. Istg you could sum up their whole relationship by saying they balance each other out. Kai is impulsive and emotional normally but thinks logically when it really counts, and Zane thinks everything through logically but still makes purely emotionally driven decisions when tensions are running high enough. Kai has his whole 'hot-shot and I would kill for this family' personality that sometimes leaves him a little morally gray, and Zane's morals are so deeply embedded into who he is that the idea of protecting someone who can't protect themselves is enough to remind him who he is when he literally should have no memory of ever hearing those words in that order and had never even heard of a white lie before s13. They're both really sweet and care about the people close to them a lot, but Zane tends to express those feelings in words while Kai speaks more with his actions. Zane is more mellow while Kai has higher energy, I could go on and on. My point is, they balance each other's extremes out wonderfully and have just enough in common to be even closer than a purely 'opposites attract' friendship and the rest of the team would fall apart without those two and their dynamic 😌