Would anyone be interested in a Ninjago fic featuring this trio before Morro makes an official return in Dragons Rising?
After Nya's sacrifice to save Ninjago, Lloyd quits being a ninja. That is until Misako discovers a legend of an ancient temple that used to power up the previous Water and Wind Masters.
Now Lloyd embarks on a journey to bring Nya back. There's just one problem. They're going to need the help of a certain spiteful ghost who isn't any happier about this than they are.
Since asexual is trending again can we please drop the whole "We're jUst fRieNds" nonsense and start saying: "We're actually friends".
You know, same thing except it doesn't imply friendship is less, just a different kind of relationship/love. I mean if someone confused your sibling for your lover you probably wouldn't say: "We're just siblings", you'd say: "We're actually siblings."
Like, come on, guys, it's really not that hard!
I think the ultimate RGB siblings angst AU is one where Nya stayed with the ocean and Lloyd ended up outliving all the others thanks to his oni/dragon heritage. Zane might turn off his memories again, or maybe his life force isn't permanent either, or idk. The point is, Lloyd is left on his own, and centuries of grief later he makes a desperate attempt to reconnect with Nya. Lloyd tries to restore her memories, telling her about Kai and the others, only to realize he doesn't remember them very well either. Their faces have now become a blur in his mind.
Lloyd and Nya bond, starting from scratch, and they slowly remember each other, then they start having distant memories about their lives on the Bounty with the original four and Master Wu.
At this point in time, most of Ninjago forgot their names and only remember them as old and vague legendary figures. After losing his friends, Lloyd finally embraced his oni form as a way to distance himself from the rest of Ninjago. Nya had also become wilder after living for so long as a giant water dragon. They're all alone in the world now, and they only have each other or what's left of them and who they used to be.
I thought a lot lately what a Wicked x Xiaolin Showdown crossover would actually look like. If Chase is Elphaba, I imagine he'd have dragon features, maybe green dragon scales, so the green elixir Elphaba's Mom drank would be the Lao Mang Lone soup. Maybe he's a human-dragon hybrid, and he faces discrimination like all the other talking animals of Oz, then during Defying Gravity he finally embraces his full dragon form.
And that would make him the Wicked Dragon of the West.
Wait.
Anyways, Dashi would obviously be Fiyero, as a platonic common friend to both Chase and Guan, who's sort of stuck in the middle. Their personalities simply match too well.
Dojo would be Doctor Dillamond. When he gets taken away, Dashi drops his careless act and becomes an advocate for mystical creatures, trying to keep Chase safe in the process.
The Wizard of Oz is Jack, a young inventor who crash landed his jet into Oz, or his heli-pack was carried away by the wind, and everyone in Oz was so impressed with his mechanical creations they thought he had mad power. But Hanibal is really the master evil mind who secretly controls Jack.
Omi is the Cowardly Lion, except he's the Fierce Little Lion. You know, the Lion's whole deal was that he was big and fierce-looking but really a scaredy cat, so I thought it would be fun for Omi to be the exact opposite.
Kimiko is Dorothy and she really just wants to go back to Tokyo and her dad. In the original Wizard of Oz book Dorothy was much tougher than the movie and more resourceful, so I think it fits.
Clay can be the Scarecrow. I want him to be his own character because I really liked him in the book. He was the voice of reason amongst his friends. Also, yeah, he comes from a farm. Dashi can just come back as a ghost during the final act, I suppose.
And then there's Raimundo as the Tinman. We all know he's got a big heart under the cool exterior.
That leaves Nessarose, and just hear me out, trust me on this one. Nessa is Katnapee. She was born disabled and both her and Chase were abandoned by their parents for their "deformities" (they can be different parents, they don't have to be related by blood) and left on the Xiaolin Temple's doorstep where they were more or less raised by Master Fung. Katnapee never gave a hoot about being in a wheelchair, and that thing can really gather speed, but she had always been jealous of Chase's animal features because she always wanted to be a cat, and not just wear a costume.
Master Fung doesn't necessarily have a favorite, he's equally distant to both of them, but he asked Chase to keep her out of trouble when they went to school because of Katnapee's mischievous tendencies.
When Chase tapped into his powers, he was able to turn her into a real panther. She still has her wheels like those for disabled cats or dogs, but she's having the time of her life.
No need for a romantic interest. Katnapee absolutely does not need a reason to go mad with power. Chase is half proud half terrified of the monster he's created, but he's too busy fighting the government with Dashi.
So anyway, this all sounds fun. I don't know if I'll ever be able to write a full fic around these concepts, but at least now I won't forget them.
Oh, also Wuya is Madame Morrible. This is an easy one.
Dashi: It was my idea. The responsibility is mine.
Guan: No. I'm the responsible one.
Chase: Guys, guys, you're both too valuable to risk. It should be someone expendable.
Chase: Like Dojo.
Dojo: *snaps his head up immediately*
Dojo: WHAT?!
Jay: What if people had food names and food had people names?
Kai: Hey, Noodle, we're having cole for dinner.
Zane: What is wrong with you people?
Kai: Shut up, Popsicle.
Ghibli GB Siblings
They're celebrating one of the ninja's victories.
Guan, watching Chase do something stupid: Dashi, you're officially only the second highest risk here.
Dashi: Hell yeah! I'm gonna-
Guan: Don't finish that sentence, you'll move back up.