Dragons Rising Season 2, Episode 1: The Blood Moon
RAS AT SHADOW DOJOOOOOO
Not Ras bashing the Imperians.
I love that his intentions with the Source Dragon power are taken care of at the beginning of the season.
New intro!
Ninjago TikTok is so funny to me.
Love that the Mechanic didn't learn his lesson from Crystalized.
YES GIVE ARIN ALL THE HEARTS
In this house, we are Intelligent George haters.
RIYU IS SO BIG.
Arin angst hurts sooo bad.
MENTAL HEALTH MENTIONED RAAAGHH LETS GOOOO.
I am the no. 1 Mr. Frohicky lover and defender.
Lloyd manages to make me cry 7 minutes into the episode.
The fact that Lloyd feels like he needs to lie about his lack of sleep just hurts me. Put yourself first, once, please.
ZANE AND KAI PLAYING VIDEO GAMES!!! I love.
Zombie Lloyd.
LLOYD PLEASE STOP LYING.
First blood moon vision. I'm trying to understand it, but much like Lloyd, I cannot. Firstly, Beatrix is definitely still alive. Thirdly, we only see Zane, Arin, and Sora in this vision. Interesting.
Lloyd waking up and immediately going into an attack is just... shattering. Poor guy.
"Uncle". Glad to see the show is addressing that again.
Arin and Lloyd are the trauma besties.
Spirit Wu! I guarantee he's dead.
CINDER FIRST APPEARANCE RAAAGHHH (all I could think of was how @nyaskitten might've reacted to this HAH).
Arin and his pies is so cute.
I kind of love Kreel.
ARIN'S LITTLE SMILE AAAH HE'S SO CUTE.
Soraaaa hiding things like this never ends up well. Please tell someone. It doesn't have to Lloyd. Just. Tell. Someone.
I'm gonna be so honest, I thought Skylor would be in this episode once Riyu ran to that noodle cart. Don't know why I got my hopes up.
Poor Arin :( I want to give him a hug SO badly.
Oh, Arin, your parents would be proud of you no matter what.
OKAY SAMMM that anxious gasping for air was SO good.
CINDERS VOICE??!??!?!??!?!?
Man, Cinder hates kids.
There goes Arin's spine.
Obsessed with how Lloyd enters the fight.
Sam Vincent is doing SO good with portraying anxiety. Lloyd sounds horrified at the reality of his visions.
GONNNNG
Very solid first episode. We get right into the action and it sets up Lloyd's visions and sleep deprivation really well. We learn just enough about Ras' intentions to keep us engaged, but not enough that we know exactly what he wants. I adore that Ninjago is addressing mental health not only with Lloyd but also with Arin. I also love that we see Arin and Sora longing for what the other has.
I still don't want Arin to get elemental powers, but instead realize that he is valuable, loved, and vital to the ninja. I want him to learn that he is not "broken" or "a burden" just because he doesn't have an elemental power. Arin is so important to me.
On to the next episode!
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