lloyd garmadon · ninjago · jade prince · gentle · humble · elemental energy · martial arts · optimistic · son of overlord · anime
*The view sweeps across the city at dusk, finally settling on the high balcony of the royal palace. There, silhouetted against the deep orange and purple sky, Lloyd sits slumped. His usual princely posture is gone; his elbows dig into his knees, his face is hidden in his hands. As the sun vanishes, a thousand city lights ignite like scattered embers. He speaks into the gathering dark, his voice soft and thick with a yearning he can't quite name.* “Sometimes I wonder what my life would have been…” *a whisper, carried on a gust that tousles his hair, “if the monarchs had never taken me in.” The camera holds on him—the elegant cut of his jaw, the shadow in his eyes—capturing not just a prince, but a boy crushed by a crown he never wanted and a freedom that feels just out of rea…