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dragons-hoard-of-fandoms · 2 years

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Well, that...

That was something. (Cut 'cuz spoilers. Long. Small angry rant near the end.)

I can't really say it was bad, but, y'know, can't say it was all that fantastic either. Just doesn't feel like the "conclusion" it was promised as - which is honestly understandable, given that the new show is on its way. And, y'know, having to pack everything into only eleven minutes doesn't really grant ya much wiggle room. I feel like there'd be a much better payoff if it had more time to work with - twenty-two minutes like the Wil Film seasons, or a full TV movie.

It's definitely more satisfying than "Endings," tho, so I'll give it that.

I think I speak for everyone when I say I wish we'd gotten more of Oni Lloyd. Considering it was being hyped up as this big final ultimate form that may or may not end up rampaging across the city, destroying everything in sight as Lloyd takes out all the anger and frustrations that have been building up within him probably since this whole "destiny" nonsense was dropped on him, enacting a role reversal of the Kryptarium fight when Garmadon tries to face him only to finally understand exactly how he made his son feel back then when (despite Garm actually genuinely giving his all) Lloyd nearly kills him, has him by the throat and tells him "I have no father," while the Ninja are forced to confront the possibility that the only way to save their friend is to destroy him...

Yeah, Lloyd going full Oni for like five seconds only to immediately back out before actually doing anything was a letdown. But who knows, maybe they'll come back to it in the new series. Get on it, writers! Let our boy go crazy go stupid! Don't make this another Tornado of Creation!

Garmadon's second redemption certainly has room to grow. He's clearly trying, and I appreciate that, but I wish he'd made a more obvious effort that he was trying to reconcile with his son. I get that he can't just come right out and say it, not when he still can't quite comprehend just what "it" is, and I get that Lloyd wouldn't be able to just roll over and forgive him, not when he's probably still having nightmares about Seasons Eight through Ten and his whole original motivation from Season One is now his greatest fear... But still. I totally called that Christofern was serving as a stand-in for Lloyd when it came to Garmadon's feelings about him, but it felt like they were trying to push it from an allegory to a literal - pretty much any time Garm's ability to care was called into question, Christofern was the example given. The only arguable exception is that one scene with Nya, but even then, it's deflected onto Christofern so bluntly that's it's practically calling us stupid for thinking Garmadon's empathy could extend beyond his plant.

Again, tho, the new series still has a chance to remedy this. Sensei Garmadon could still return to us in some form. The Dragon half could still claw his way out of the Departed Realm, reunite with the Oni, and give Lloyd his real dad again. I like to imagine Garmadragon has been barreling across the multiverse screaming "HAVE YOU SEEN MY SON" for the past eight seasons, and the only reason he hasn't shown up yet is because there are a lot more than fourteen Realms out there. He could still turn up.

Look all I'm saying is Lloyd and Garmadon's Oni heritage has gotten its time in the spotlight, give the Dragons their turn. And while you're at it, acknowledge Wu's inhuman qualities for once. He's DragOni too.

Other Stuff I Don't Have As Much to Say About:

"Compatible" really doesn't hit as hard as Tommy was trying to convince us it would. IDK, maybe what with Zane dying every other weekend we're just desensitized to the whole ordeal. It was cute, tho, I certainly won't deny that.

Clutch still has Nadakhan's teapot. Is that ever gonna be relevant or

I can't believe they had Zane fight Mr. F and not reveal Mr. F as Echo. What do we gotta do to make them bring back Echo?!

Did they really think revealing the Overlord was responsible for the Devourer was some big unexpected twist? Pretty certain we all gathered that WAY back the first two seasons.

On that note, WOW was she-whose-name-we-do-not-speak-in-this-household's heel-face turn stupid. You were literally working with the dude who released the Devourer in the first place! If it was so easy for you to blame Lloyd for that, you should've been able to trace it back to the Overlord right from the start!

Yes I still despise she-whose-name-we-do-not-speak-in-this-household with every fiber of my being. Yes I still would've laughed and cheered if she had been murdered on-screen in such a brutal and violent manner that it never would've been allowed on television if they weren't Legos. Yes I still want Lloyd to go on an insane Oni-powered rampage with her as the first and only casualty. No I am not sorry and no I will never forgive her and no I will never accept her as anything other than the thing that ruined Garmadon. SHE IS NOT HIS DAUGHTER AND NEVER WILL BE AND I WOULD GLADLY REWRITE THE ENTIRE SHOW FROM SCRATCH TO PREVENT HER FROM EVER EXISTING

Can't say I was expecting the Ninja to lose their powers again (I figured they would've permanently gone full Dragon or something - another "dead without actually dying" case à la Nya turning into the ocean), but, y'know, can't say I'm too shocked by it either. Last time this happened was, what, Season Five? If anything they were overdue.

All in all, a decent end to a season and an alright end to an era, but not so much to an entire series like it's being billed as. Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed it, and I've definitely seen worse finales (*cough cough* Star vs. the Forces of Evil *cough*), but that's not to say there isn't any wasted potential here. Maybe there wouldn't have been such high expectations if it hadn't been played up as this heart-wrenching, soul-crushing eleven-minute epic. Maybe if it'd lived up to the hype I wouldn't be writing this. Or maybe regardless of how things turned out, there would always be a little disappointment mixed into it. Who's to say, really.

Either way, the 2023 series certainly has a lot to live up to, and a fairly solid foundation to build off of. There's still a few loose ends to tie up, plot points to resolve, mysteries to uncover, stories to finish. What's up in the other Realms? Where are the Time Twins? Will we ever see Morro again?

We're just gonna have to wait and see, I suppose.

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graceling95 · 7 months

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Cutegirltober Day6: Kunoichi

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bitmapbooks · 7 months

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Go Straight: The Ultimate Guide to Side-Scrolling Beat-’Em-Ups

Available now: https://www.bitmapbooks.com/collections/all-books/products/go-straight-the-ultimate-guide-to-side-scrolling-beat-em-ups

From Kung-Fu Master to Streets of Rage 4, Go Straight is a comprehensive guide to the world of street brawlers, featuring every major game in the genre, beautifully presented and expertly critiqued.

#bitmapbooks #book #retrogaming #retrogames #gaming #art #reading #foryou #dataeast #dragonninja

#bitmap books #art #book #gaming #retro gaming #retrogaming #beat em up #dragon ninja #data east

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dynamitekansai · 2 years

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#joshi puroresu #wrestling #sayuri #choun shiryu #chocopro #gatoh move #gtmv #dragon ninja #tropical night

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drawnfamiliarfaces · 9 months

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i was a (pre)teen hero once, but then i took some trauma to my psyche

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1-noone-1 · 1 month

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kirby-roth · 10 months

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Rule

#transphobes dni #all the ninja are trans i don’t make the rules #ninjago #196 #saw this post on the subreddit and fell back into the ninjago fandom a while back #btw if anyone here’s interested in ninjago there’s a new soft reboot call dragon’s rising that does a good job for new comers!#keeping this post pinned so i have a free blocklist for the people I removed for being phobic in comments #shinigami eyes extension working wonders

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wyrmswears · 4 months

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??lego ninjas

#ninjago #ninjago dragons rising #ninjago jay #ninjago cole #ninjago dragons rising spoilers #sorry guys this isnt lawyers but jay IS in a suit is that good enough #jay walker #ninjago dr spoilers #suit jay #lego ninjago #wyrm draws #this was also a game of 'wyrm tries to learn how to draw the ninja' including me giving jay his og split eyebrow because fuck the #redesigns for taking it away</3

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hitwiththetmnt · 18 days

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BACK | P4 | NEXT

(Book 1)

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yhwcomeback · 7 months

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The Legendary Green Ninja! AVAILABLE AS A POSTER "Lloyd Garmadon The Legendary Green Ninja!" Poster for Sale by Yhwcomeback | Redbubble

#ninjago #lloyd garmadon #ninjago lloyd #my art #ninjago dragons rising #lego ninjago #inktober #inktober2023 #green ninja #ninjagotober 2023 #wanted to make a cool poster for myself >:7 #THIS HAS 500 LAYERS I'M NOT JOKING #and like 110 folders #young lloyd #sons of garmadon lloyd fit is so good #the march of the oni one is also peak it's so simple but so effective for what it is #THE MORRO ONE WAS SO SATISFYING TO COLOR #oni lloyd

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sweeneydino · 28 days

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Soft Leather.

Back at it with the babies, with leatherhead since our traumatized doctor needs more love.

You know, testing their new toy for them is meaningless when they find a new gym to climb.

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ladysqueakinpip · 4 months

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what started as the desire to draw The Donnies in their Iconic Purple Jackets just devolved into Donnie's Bizarre Adventures

#tmnt #rottmnt #rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles #tmnt mutant mayhem #rise donnie #rise donatello #mm donnie #mm donatello #squeaky art #i imagine they saw each other across the room and rise! donnie pointed to mm! donnies hoodie #and then they had a fanboy Mind Meld moment and just reenacted this on the spot #im SO proud of how the purple dragon jacket turned out #it was a lot of work to draw but it was worth it #ive been wanting to draw that jacket since like... august... and now i can finally check it off my bucket list #just FYI i dont know anything about jojo never watched it never will

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garden-bug · 4 months

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Rewatching and literally.

#“I’ll show those ninja!’’ *releases the serpentine*#bro they didn’t even take him back to school #ninjago #lloyd ninjago #lloyd garmadon #ninjago season 1 #ninjago funny #ninjago crystalized #ninjago dragons rising #ninjago kai #cole ninjago #ninjago zane #jay ninjago #ninjago nya #ninjago meme #ninjago memes #sorry I bet this has been done before

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drawnfamiliarfaces · 5 months

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some random and unfinished HoM AU related doodles

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ninjautistic · 4 months

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I don't remember this but HOLY FUCKING SHIIIIIITT LLOYD WAS CONFIRMED TO BE AT LEAST 9 YEARS OLD HERE AND HE WAS ABLE TO DO THAT??? JESUS FUCK

#This might be proof that lloyd is quite jacked #i mean lloyd literally cracked the entire floor split open under ONE fucking FIST #and in dragons rising lloyd literally blocked the empress' sword on her big mech with his tiny ass gold sword #and lloyd also literally lifted and threw kai across the ship in dragons rising too..#and in the magazine comics (not entirely canon sadly) lloyd threw a big ass enormous fucking vengestone mech in his oni form with his HANDS #ANNNNDDD lloyd can even handle the power of the source dragon in dragons rising..#ANNNNNDD the original ending for crystallised was gonna be about lloyd lost in his oni form and beating the overlords ass and rule ninjago..#in which apparently the ninja save him from the power of FRIENDSHIP #lloyd literally fell on piles of glass and wasn't bothered by it #HE WAS 9 AND HE FELL ON PILES OF GLASS WITH NO HESITATION!?!?!#fucking OUCH #and yet wu says lloyd is “the wise one” fuck that shit he should become a GOD #lloyd literally risked to sacrifice his life to the three dragon cores in dragons rising like holy fucking shit I'd marry him #if lloyd was a villain I'd fucking root for him so hard I'd be on my knees they should make it happen PLEASE PLES PLEASEE #sorry i love lloyd hes my wife #ninjago #ninjago fandom #lloyd garmadon #lloyd montgomery garmadon #lloyd garmadon ninjago #ninjago lloyd #lloyd ninjago #ninjago lloyd garmadon

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camarilla-arts · 6 months

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While still fixated on TMNT at large, I am especially not able to stop thinking about Bad End Ninja Turtles, an au comic by @butterfilledpockets. 2003's "Same as it Never Was" Raph may not have ever experienced the Ninja Tribunal arc, AND I don't think Rise movie Leo still has his powers, so maybe this was just as much of a surprise for the both of them as it was for Ronin. at least we know for sursies Don-bot has seen magic shit before.

#teenage mutant ninja turtles #TMNT #tmnt 2003 #tmnt 2012 #Tmnt the last ronin #rise of the tmnt #future leo #The last Ronin #bad end ninja turtles #It is surprisingly hard to find refs of Raph in either his tribunal markings or his dragon form so this is from super low res crispy fuckin #jpegs and my precious childhood memories.#I think Rise Leo is probably extremely used to dodging a raph who can double his size in seconds #his ancient little brother instincts kicked in #Same as it never was is still my fav 03 episode its so good #Digital #sketches

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