Lego Ninjago Rebooted is a season that exists.

"Sorry. I don't know what got into me."

"You let the anger take over."

Oh fuck. And then in Crystalized Resurrected Garmadon is now telling his son to let the anger take over. Fuuuck.

The fact we grew up along side him makes me emotional every single time.

A man got bored and built himself a daughter

How does bro fit in there💀

How season 3 should've went

i forgot to colour nya's eyebrow :(

OG photo:

Got a whole BUNCH of Nya fun facts here! Interesting that Nya's bracelet was originally her mother's. I wonder if Maya was the first Samurai X or if Nya just upgraded the bracelet?

Also, Edna with a picture of Jay and Nya in her wallet? THAT'S FLIPPING ADORABLE!😍

Ever since Crystalized came out, there's been this theory circulating that the reason the Overlord somehow managed to manifest crystal power seemingly out of nowhere and with no explanation (at least, none that I can find/remember), is because his fight with Zane affected his power in some way.

The main evidence for this is that:

Zane was the last person to fight the Overlord

Ice is technically a crystalline structure, depending on how it's formed, and Zane is the master of ice

When Harumi was first resurrected, she found the Overlord's spirit imbued into a purple crystal

As evidenced by past seasons, the Overlord's power seems to be influenced by his circumstances and environment in the wake of his last defeat. During Rebooted, a tech center was built over his resting place, and he ended up taking on the abilities and limitations of a computer virus. And in this case, the theory suggests that the Overlord's power was then influenced again by all the ice surrounding him as Zane destroyed both of their physical forms.

This does, to some extent, seem to fall in line with everything else we know about the Overlord. The Overlord is a being of shadow and darkness, and the shape of a shadow will always be influenced by the light around it. (And if we want to get into the theory that the Overlord was created as a result of the FSM trying to purge the oni blood from his veins, then you could even bring up the fact that the oni are shapeshifters sooo).

Now, I'll be the first to admit that this theory is ultimately pretty circumstantial, and there's nothing in canon to point to it being explicitly true. BUT, the cool thing about this theory is that it does also retroactively solve another big fandom mystery: that is, it explains how Zane survived his fight with the Overlord.

Let me explain.

When Zane came back to life after his fight with the Digital Overlord, while it was never outright explained how he did so, it was implied that he came back the same way the Overlord had: by spiritually manifesting within the systems at Borg Tower - specifically, the Digiverse. But that doesn't really answer the question, does it?

Like, the Overlord coming back as a spiritual manifestation makes sense. He's a regenerative being, an immortal abstraction of all the evil in the world. And Zane, as far as we know, is very much not that. So what could have happened to cause Zane, a nindroid, to end up being resurrected in the same way as the god of darkness? Why did he come back to life, instead of passing onto the afterlife? Even Lloyd, the special-est boy in all Ninjago, made a quick visit to the Departed Realm and only came back because the FSM said he could.

And true, it's certainly possible that Zane had a similar encounter with the FSM. Or that his power source is responsible for his resurrection, and just as we may never know how his power source works he may also never know how it brought him back to life. Those are all very possible solutions, and you're welcome to just accept those ideas and move one.

But if you're like me and you don't find those answers particularly satisfying, here's another possibility:

Just as Zane's power has influenced the Overlord, the Overlord's power has influenced Zane. In the explosion of Golden Power that caused both of them to be destroyed in unison, their souls became intertwined. So yes, Zane was meant to die. And judging by his account of the situation in Decoded, he did die. And maybe a peaceful afterlife was well within arm's reach, maybe he was just about to grab the FSM's hand...but then something pulled him back. His soul, chained to the Overlord's dark power, dragged him to the land of the living once more.

And if you really want to get into it, then you could even theorize that this connection ended up influencing Zane's power as well. During the Ice Chapter he was capable of turning people into ice samurai zombie-things kept under his control, as well as creating ice constructs like Boreal. These are not abilities that have been established in the ice power-set, nor are they logical powers for an ice elemental to have. Now correct me if I'm wrong, but the Forbidden Scroll doesn't give you new powers, it just enhances and turbo-boosts what you already have. Which is why it did nothing when Kai held it, as his power had been stolen from him at the time.

(Now before you ask why Pixal could use the Scroll despite seeminlgy not having any powers, there are very subtle implications that she had developed a very, very minor sixth sense due to her inheriting some of Zane's power. If anyone wants me to explain that in greater detail, I'd be more than happy to.)

And yes, Aspheera is also capable of creating elemental zombie/mummy things and other such constructs, but she did all that before she found the Scroll. This is a power-set she had by virtue of her being a powerful sorcerer, not something granted by wielding the Scroll.

And yet somehow, the Scroll did seem to give Zane these powers. Powers that so far have only been exhibited by two people in the series: Aspheera, and the Overlord. So if we submit to the theory that Zane and the Overlord's fight have caused their powers to mix a little, and the Scroll magnifies your power....well, it suddenly becomes very possible that the Scroll amplified some of the dark energy he inherited from the Overlord and awakened some of the Ice Emperor's more unique abilities.

And if that's true, then that really just kinda makes the whole Ice Emperor sting that much more. All of the good things Zane has done, all of his biggest sacrifices, all led to this moment. To him becoming the Ice Emperor.

I dunno. It's just something to think about.

In news completely unrelated to this post, here!

(@avisisisis because you wanted to be tagged)

I think Kai is the real mf with the sixth sense bc how the fuck DID he figure that out

Finally putting these ideas into post form

so we know how the overlord is commonly accepted to be scared shitless of zane, that being the reason he put three anti-zane villains on his council, because he killed him for a lot longer than lloyd did. But i think there might be some more to that. See, the overlord knew of the prophecy and thus the possibility of losing to lloyd. So maybe he kept a backup plan, choosing a place that would allow him to come back easier for the final battle, which is where borg tower was built which enabled his return, and maybe even keeping some of his powers in reserve for that. He was still weakened of course, but he had a backup plan. And then after his fight with lloyd, there was no more prophecy as it had already come true, so there was nothing stopping him. This is where Zane comes in. Zane was never destined to defeat the overlord. And this was already the overlord‘s backup plan, so when Zane defeated him, not only had he no way to return for a long time, he also did not expect it. That is what i believe to be one of the main reasons the overlord was so scared of zane, thank you for coming to my TED talk

The gay couple on the Ring doorbell as they arrive to your dinner party

(Not dissing any season, just going off what I’ve noticed online, I am making no comment on any season)

Not including Crystalized cause then entire poll would be just THAT

Also if you’d like to, I’d love to hear what an improved version of these seasons would look like

i think we can forgive rebooted all it’s sins for this line

This trio loves to scare fandom 🪨❄️💧

For those who don't understand. This is a redrawing of a meme. Where dudes are digging a grave(?). And like these three are the ones who most often "die".

If you can tell I can't draw backgrounds or cars..

But I'm honestly proud of this drawing of Kai!