This might be my favourite Zane and Kai interaction ever, and it's from a book that no one's ever read or even heard of. Seriously y'all gotta read this series. No clue where to find it, I got all my copies from thrift stores, but it's just. It's so good.
I finally got around to building and playing ninjago the board game and oh my god it is the cutest thing ever
It's a very silly game, easy and luck based mostly. I played 3 times with my dad and we won all 3, only getting to the final battle once
It's adorable! All the game pieces are TINY. 1x1 lil guys <3 I held zane to give you some perspective. My hands are too wobbly to get a clear picture of all of them but I tried
Also the best part I had no idea about: at the end of the instruction book THERES A LITTLE COMIC AND ITS THE CUTEST THING EVER
LOOK AT THEM. LOOK AT THE BABIES. I WOULD DIE FOR THEM.
Anyway I'm happy :D if anyone wants to know how the game works/how to play I'd love to explain
*walks on stage and taps on the mic* I have another view on lloyd's whole age thing
when lloyd took the aging up tea, he didn't exactly 'age up' per se, we can just look at it like as if he just grew taller and looked much older than his age like any 11-13 year old can be. not all 11-13 year olds are small matchsticks actually, as they all grow up differently. (of course there's absolutely no shade at all to 11-13 year olds who are small, we love you guys <33). as I, for one, looked much much older than I actually was too. there were people that thought I was a literal adult. and if they didn't, they'd think I was 15 or something. so instead of lloyd quite literally 'aging up', he just looked older than he actually was like any normal kid, but that obviously doesn't change the fact that he had to go through a traumatizing fight with his father at this age at all. in this essay I will- *is pulled off the stage immediately*
This is kinda rushed but wowie Ninjago is 13 years old. Like it鈥檚 crazy that I鈥檝e been watching these fruity ninja run around on a screen for 13 years now.
I also only picked Kai due to a lack of time I had and cus he鈥檚 like the first character we get introduced to and I figured it would be fitting.
So in the first part of the Pilots, Cole, Zane, and Jay are no where to be seen while Kai鈥檚 training. We actually see them show up up at the end of the first part.
But we never actually learn what they鈥檙e doing while off screen. And depending on how long it鈥檚 been since Wu left and returned and Kai trained it could be a few days to probably a week a most.
Now here鈥檚 the thing, in the first episode we meet Lloyd. And the first thing Cole says is
Again. Now, Lloyd has already announced himself to the town so we don鈥檛 know if they already knew his name beforehand or not
But Cole is the one to say that Lloyd is Garmadon鈥檚 son and that he 1) went to a boarding school for bad boys and 2) that鈥檚 he鈥檚 escaped before
So what if the mission the three of them were on in the pilots was making sure Lloyd got back to Darkly鈥檚 after escaping previously?
(Also without Dragons or vehicles its possible for their journey to take them multiple days if they鈥檙e on foot.)
everyday I think about kais thought process in the pilots when he realizes these are people who genuinely like him, are looking our for him and his sister, actually care about him and want him to stay with them and be a part of their lives. unparalleled