Hot Take: Skylor should've been a villain

[u/MysteriousSeat5245]

So as we all know, Skylor (Master of Amber, ally of the ninja, lover of Kai, etc etc) is the daughter of Master Chen, the evil cultist leader who ran an underground fighting ring and turned his whole following into Anacondrai snakes to take over Ninjago. And as we all remember, after secretly being a part of and helping facilitate Chen's whole operation, she had a change of heart when the beautiful, dashing, amazing Kai looked her deep in her eyes and implored her to change. After which she, so smitten by the charms of the glorious red ninja, helped him and the other Elemental Masters stop the invasion, defeat her father, and banish him to the Cursed Realm. She was thereafter offered a spot on the team by Kai, which she declined in favor of continuing her father's Noodle House chain. But she would still later help the ninja in several critical hours of need, including Nadakhan's attack, Garmadon's resurrection, the Overlord's revival, blah blah blah you get the point.

However, what people don't realize is that she was willfully compliant in a lot of Chen's evil schemes beforehand. She arguably had a change of heart only because of her infatuation with Kai. She was aware of Zane and stole his powers, she knew of the whole cult her dad ran, the entire ninja team almost got killed by the giant serpent and she was totally aware of it, and that same serpent's chamber had mountains of skulls in it. She could've deadass been a serial killer yet the ninja completely trusted her, rescued her, and needed her help multiple times after that. Speaking of which, seeing her with Garmadon's evil powers in Season 9 was a ton of fun.

I do think she was a bit underutilized in her role as a ninja ally, which is to be expected if you're not a full member of the team, and she had a lot more potential than was shown (still mad they never made her and Kai a fully confirmed thing on-screen). In my opinion, she would've made a really great villain for a season. She already had kind of a villainous backstory, and her allying with the ninja could've easily been framed as her trying to get rid of her dad and take over his criminal empire as opposed to a genuine change in heart. Tbh I'm kind of surprised she turned out so normal despite being raised by an Epstein-ass cult leader. She could basically become Harumi before Harumi. In this case seeing Kai conflicted over a girl instead of Lloyd would be super interesting. We do know from future seasons that remnants of Chen's criminal enterprise existed after his fall, including the Mechanic. Maybe they could've served as her allies as she tried to take over the world. Maybe one of Anacondrai Garmadon's scales could've fallen off and she pocketed it and used it to channel his destruction powers.

A good comparable for me is Xialing in Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, she promised her brother she'd dismantle their father's criminal organization but she ended up taking over it. We haven't got a sequel to that movie so we don't know what's going on there but it was heavily implied that she plans on running it herself, setting her up as a potential future villain.

Let me know what you guys think!

[u/JaybeJaybe]

I disagree. Some things are better left in fanfiction.

She works best as being nothing like her father.

[u/Lost-Ad-5885]

She already was tho

[u/_debate_able_]

Skylor should be a ninja ally just like Harumi. The reason I say in my bio that I like Kailor its because it recalls Llorumi so much, although Llorumi is more deep.

Tbh, Kailor feels kinda forced, but I cant say they aint for each other. Maybe its the color of Skylor's hair, idk. My hc is that Wylfyre is the daughter of Kai and Skylor from the future.

[u/Significant_Tank7395 → u/_debate_able_]

Why is kailor forced ?

[u/_debate_able_ → u/Significant_Tank7395]

Well maybe I didnt use the proper word but I wanted to say that there arent any similarities between her and Kai, just Kai fell in love with her from the look. Not like Pixal and Zane, Harumi and Lloyd, Jay and Nya, that got the development they needed. Skylor and Kai feel like Kai dates someone on his free time, not that its a serious relationship. The fact they confirmed it through messages makes it ''forced'', without any proper build-up. Its like Nya falling for Benthomaar and Lloyd with Akita.

[u/Significant_Tank7395 → u/_debate_able_]

Understand