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I'll start with the nationalities then the headcanons I use for fourteen (;]) and fifteen (;])
I'm sure I don't need to mention how bad I am at summaries so for some reason Lloyd is like a gazillion, but oh well
And my dumb ass didn't save the notes I used to deduce the nationalities, but here they are:
Lloyd
Father is Japanese-Chinese, I had reasons to say Thai and Vietnamese too but forgot them
Mother is American-Canadian, maybe something else
Plus the furry stuff
Kai
Lot of people think him and Nya are Thai or Philippino
I think he's Japanese, maybe Persian (the name Kai has roots in Persia)
Nya
Her name is popular in Korea tho
Japanese
Jay
White boy
American-Canadian
Cole
Couldn't figure out which so I put all here
But his dad's name is Italian, and a lot of people hc his mom to be African or South African which I see
So Japanese-Italian and African-American (Ugandan)
I think i researched facial features for him
Pixal
People think she's Indian, German, or African (I love the wires as dreads idea)
Maybe Swedish, basically investigated Cyrus who's believed to be German/Japanese/Swedish
Zane
Julien is a French and Welsh name depending on the variations
His hair says Swedish or Russian to me
So any of those
Sora
Canadian
Just seems right
Arin
Very heavily hc as African-American (Nigerian), his hair and voice actor are dead give-aways
Wu
Seems Chinese, Japanese, and Thai, smth about him gave that clue but I can't remember what
Like the Ninjago islands remind me of Thailand and Vietnam
Misako
Japanese-Canadian-American?
Skylor
Her father is Chinese, mother was likely American or smth because where did that red hair come from
People say Taiwanese too
Harumi
Japanese
What can I say
And I made a tumblr post about the fourteen characters' nationalities
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I watched a video on the Ninja's ages, and back then I was so fixated on making Lloyd as young as possible so that he wasn't 20 in DR
Like bro I think you need to accept something
Anyway, here are the estimated ages, multiple seasons can happen in one year, ignore everything beyond DR because I squashed that time-skip to three years:
Lloyd
S1 - 9 (a Ninjago book said he was nearly 10 when he climbed the serpentine mountain) / 13 from Tea
S2 - 10 / 14
S3 - 10 / 14 (bro didn't think about the city taking a while to get rebuilt)
S4, S5, S6, S7 (how tf) - 10-11 / 14-15
S8, S9, S10 (reasonable) - 12-13 / 15-16
S11 to S15 - 13-14 / 16-17
S16 - 15 / 18
PRES1/DR - 15/18
S1 - 18 / 21
S2 - 19 / 22
S3 - 20/23
Kai
Pilots, S1, S2 - 17 (he had a teacher job in S3 so at least 17)
S3 - 18
S4 to S7 - 19
S8 to S10 - 20
S11 to S15 - 21 (bro didn't age?)
S16 - 22
S0 - 23
S1 - 27
S2 - 28
S3 - 29
Nya
Pilots, S1, S2 - 15
S3 - 15 (what??)
S4 to S7 - 16
S8 to S10 - 17
S11 to S15 - 18
S16 - 19
S0 - 20
S1 - 25
S2 - 26
S3 - 27
Jay
Pilots, S1, S2 - 16
S3 - 17
S4 to S7 - 18
S8 to S10 - 19
S11 to S15 - 20
S16 - 21
S0 - 25
S1 - 26
S2 - 27
S3 - 28
Cole
Pilots, S1, S2 - 18
S3 - 19
S4 to S7 - 20
S8 to S10 - 21
S11 to S15 - 22
S16 - 23
S0 - 24
S1 - 28
S2 - 29
S3 - 30
Zane (oh boy here we go)
Pilots, S1, S2 - 38 (38 years since Julien or smth)
S3 - 39
S4 to S7 - 40
S8 to S10 - 41
S11 to S15 - 42-103
S16 - 104
S0 - 104
S1 - 108
S2 - 109
S3 - 110
Pixal is like 9
Arin
S0 - 10
S1 - 13
S2 - 14
S3 - 15
Sora
S0 - 10
S1 - 14
S2 - 15
S3 - 16 or 17
Look at that madness
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Watched a video on the different kinds of martial arts and decided which ones fit them:
Lloyd - akido, kung fu, karate, tai chi, taekwondo, wing chin
Kai - MMA, Brazilian jujitsu, muay thai
Nya - taekwondo, taek kickboxing, akido
Jay - muay thai, wing chin
Cole - boxing, karate, judo, wing chin
Zane - karate, judo, jujitsu, wing chin
Pixal - akido, judo, tai chi, wing chin
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Hobbies:
Lloyd
comics, parkour, martial arts, kendo
Kai
kendo, blacksmithing, Fudo-dachi, running, and comics, video games
Nya
pole fighting naginata, swimming, dancing, knot tying, engineering
Jay
arcade gaming, dancing, comics, surfing
Cole
bonsai, fitness, mountain climbing, running, video games
Zane
shogi, go, statistics, digital art, archery, tea ceremony
Pixal
robotics, engineering, coding, Japanese poetry, maybe textiles
Wu
tea, calligraphy, scrolls, meditation, knot tying, martial arts, etc
Garmadon
ink wash painting, etc
Harumi
make-up, ikebana, instruments, royal dance, kabuki, motorbikes, flirting with Lloyd, villainy ig
That's it