#cause like apart from goldsmith and lar... i didnt really change too much i think dakljfakld just thought about what may have

[senseiwu]

May we have a bullet list of what exactly has changed in the "Family AU"? I'm very intrigued to want to learn more 👀👀

Oooo okay so

We got Goldsmithshipping (Ray/Wu/Maya). They've been married since some time after the Serpentine War.

After Ray and Maya disappeared, Kai and Nya lived with Wu at the monastery. This was after Garmadon's banishment; he couldn't lose his brother, partners, and his children, too.... Kai and Nya don't grow up alone, but still miss their missing parents terribly.

I've taken the character of Lar from one of the books and turned him into my own thing. he's mine now <3 He is the youngest of the Smith siblings, and Wu is his biological father (though that's not something this family cares about much; no one is 'less' of anyone's parent or anything like that, and Ray and Wu love all three kids the same. Should hopefully be obvious, but I wanted to make that clear ^-^; )

HOWEVER, Wu, Kai and Nya don't know about Lar; Maya only found out she was pregnant just before Krux took her and Ray, and so he was born in the swamp.

Krux knew he wouldn't be able to use Kai and Nya as leverage over Ray and Maya for long before they with Wu (he made sure to come on a day Wu wasn't home, that would ruin his plans). He'd planned to keep up this false friendship to stay close to the children in case Ray and Maya disobeyed him or anything, but Maya pleading with him not to take her because she's pregnant and he "can't do this!" gave him the perfect thing to continue ensuring he held power over them.

Lar being there kinda makes the scene where Kai confronts Ray in S7 worse.

He comes with Ray and Maya too during the events of Seabound. He's not gonna miss a chance to help his big sister :)

Hmm I'm trying to think of what else is notably different... OH!

Kai and Nya likely knew Cole as kids; their parents were friends and Lilly was one of the only people Wu trusted enough to leave Kai and Nya with while he'd go and search for Ray and Maya. (Lou kinda distanced them both from everything when Lilly passed, and... Cole did not recognise Wu until he sees him with the now grown up Kai and Nya)

Misako has been there quite a bit for the ninja in the show, but she and Nya at least would be a lot closer, since they're neice and aunt after all.

The events of the pilots happen a bit differently too, mostly because Kai already knows the team, he had just not been too motivated in his training until Garmadon had Nya kidnapped.

Garmadon being his uncle, imo, makes the whole Kai distrusting him in S1 both kinda funny, and sad too

Kai and Nya are probably a little more personally invested in the events with the SOG; that's their uncle.

I can't really think of any other major changes, the plot pretty much stays the same... I do like to delve into how Krux's actions affected Ray, Maya and Lar though, and how they're recovering (or in Lar's case, adjusting to normal life).

......if I continue I'm just gonna ramble about Family AU forever 😅 I love it a lot. It used to be called Two Dads AU (im soooo creative with names lmao) back when it was just ray/maya (do they have a ship name??? steamshipping????) and ray/wu but then i thought, 'hey, y'know what.....'

There's also a kinda spinoff version of this au, Happy Family AU, where as little angst as possible happens, back with Kai, Nya and Lar as small kids. Morro and Zane are also there. THere's a basic rundown here.

Anything I post regarding to this AU is tagged 'family au'! It's probably my favourite of all the AUs I've come up with. Lots of angst, but also fluff and sweet moments, tense moments, angst.....

#asks #ninjago #family au #goldsmithshipping #sensei wu #ray smith #maya smith #kai smith #nya smith #lar smith #im not sure if theres any other big things i missed #cause like apart from goldsmith and lar... i didnt really change too much i think dakljfakld just thought about what may have #been different if ray/wu/maya was a thing #and yes i have thought about how they fell in love......... #also yes they are married #ive had a hc that plural marriage is legal in ninjago #because #for years i have hc'd that the other three royal blacksmiths are husbands and basically coles uncles #okay im going to shut up now #thank you for being interested in my silly au and thank you for asking about it im sorry for writing an essay #they are just. constantly on my mind