Cole/Geo

Pairing
Pairing:	Cole/Geo
Alternative name(s):	Lostshipping, Geodeshipping
Gender category:	M/M
Fandom:	Ninjago: Dragons Rising
Canonical?:	No
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Cole/Geo, also known as Lostshipping or Geodeshipping, is a pairing in Ninjago: Dragons Rising. Their canon relationship is a close one, explicitly within the structure of a found family. Together, they take care of two kids, Spitz and Fritz, who call themselves the Finders, along with a teenage-presenting skeleton named Bonzle. They use casual physical affection often, and are clearly in sync with one another after living together for several years.

Canon

Cole is the Earth Ninja, the rock of the Ninja team and one of their core members. The Merge sent him out of Ninjago and into the Land of Lost Things, where he met Geo and the Finders.

Geo is a Geckle with the coloring of a Munce, two races from the land of Shintaro who were at war with each other for generations. Because of this, he was cast out of their society, and ended up in the Land of Lost Things, where all things that are lost and forgotten end up. After the Merge, he discovered that he was the Elemental Master of Fusion.

Though we don't see their meeting on screen, by the time we do see Cole and Geo together, it's clear that they have a close relationship. Cole has a new power, the ability to turn himself into a rock monster, but he can only do it with a power-up from Geo. Notably, when Geo powers Cole up, the energy flowing around their hands briefly forms a heart. However, it's revealed later in the episode that Geo's powers don't work on living things, and Cole's ability was his all along; however, Cole states that even if Geo doesn't actually power him up, he clearly still needed him to unlock the power that was inside him all along.

History

Lostshipping first became popular from the moment that Geo first appeared onscreen, in Season 1, Episode 16: Land of Lost Things. The moment that the episode dropped, fans on tumblr and other social media sites began flooding the tags with fanart of the two of them, and speculations about their canon relationship. Hype for the ship only strengthened when Season 2: Part 1 dropped, as we revisited the Land of Lost Things in Episode 4: The Force from the East. In the episode, we see Geo reminiscing about his time with Cole before he left, and these flashbacks notably contain more affection than the scenes that they are referencing. Fans quickly took inspiration from this idea, and began creating even more fanworks about the pairing. The head writer, Doc Wyatt, has heavily hinted that this pairing could be canon.

Following the release of Season 2: Part 1, many fans became convinced that Cole/Geo would become canon, or was at least implied to already be canon. However, a homophobic subset of the fandom took issue with Cole having a gay love interest, and started a petition on change.org titled "Make Cole from Ninjago straight again." This petition was countered by another petition, started by tumblr user diceqi, titled "Make Cole from Ninjago gayer." This conflict also sparked a genuine, non-joke petition titled "Make Cole Canonically Gay," which was aimed to push the writers towards canonizing Cole and Geo's relationship in the interest of greater inclusivity in the show.

Common Tropes in Fanworks

• First Meeting: since we haven't seen how Cole and Geo met in canon, many fans have taken it upon themselves to create their own version of their first meeting in fanworks.
• Families of Choice: Cole, Geo, and the Finders are canonically a found family.

Example Fanworks

Examples Wanted: Editors are encouraged to add more examples or a wider variety of examples.

Fanfic

• Lost & Found by Drabbles_Of_Writing on Ao3. A fantastic depiction of Cole & Geo's first meeting, representative of an entire genre of first-meeting fics.
  • Summary: Cole wakes up in the Land of the Lost. As it turns out, being lost isn't so bad when you have company.

Archives and Communities

• Cole/Geo tag on Ao3