We all know im the resident "defending Lloyd" girlie. However. I cannot defend him in his teaching method when it comes to Arin.
Lloyd, I love you, but telling your student who is CLEARLY struggling with self esteem that he is "going to be a better ninja" than the literal saviors of Ninjago, Arin's idols since he was a young boy...
Urggh it hurts because that's not the reassurance that Lloyd thinks it is and it's only contributing to and fueling Arin's feelings of inadequacy because he feels like he has to live up to Lloyd and the other Ninjas legacy.
Of course, this is kind of multi-faceted because Lloyd grew up as a destined hero prodigy and being told that he was going to be the greatest. It's normal for him... and it "worked", to some degree. So why wouldn't it work for Arin?
I think Lloyd needs to stop "reassuring" Arin and actually sit down and listen to him. If he just listened, it would help Arin so much. But Lloyd isn't listening. It's like every time Arin essentially pleads for help, Lloyd just shuts him down because of what he could be.
It's just so beautifully tragic.
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Related to the Lloyd in rage post:
What if he got more Oni features the longer he was in that state of rage.
Like first it's just the purple eyes, then his fangs start to grow more, a horn starts to grow, one before other, facial markings appear, his hand turns into a claw, and so on until he's either fully Oni or find his students and finally can let his rage out onto the people who took them
Edit: click for better quality Tumblr gone fucked it up
Edit 2: This post
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Something about different teens coming together to fight some prophesized evil, and gaining something more
(DR season 2 save me i miss em ToT)
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Sorry for the lack of art recently, stuff going on
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Kai : stuck in an evil dimension that only opens every I don't remember how many thousands of years ✨️
Lloyd : repeated panic attacks after the 17 seasons of trauma caught him up ✨️
Arin : looks more and more like Morro, this close to fall in the dark side ✨️
Jay : amnesic and forced to be an agent at the pseudo Matrix ✨️
What a great start for this season 😀
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The unintended side effect of the writers basing Arin off of Ninjago fans is that Ninjago fans are extremely, unparalleledly autistic, and thus Arin is now just as autistic as well.
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"I'm tired of seeing Arin get tossed."
"Arin isn't progressing."
"Why isn't Arin getting better, it's boring."
IT'S ALMOST LIKE THAT'S HIS WHOLE ARC RIGHT NOW. :0 CRAZY, RIGHT??
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Spoilers ahead!!!
I really like how in the new Dragons Rising season each RGB sibling gets a trainee (kid) of their own
I mean there's Lloyd and Arin...
Lloyd: This is my student, Arin, he's so sweet and amazing he makes me want to be a better person.
Nya and Sora...
Nya: This is Sora, she's so bright and talented she reminds me of myself when I was her age.
And then there's Kai...
Kai: This is Wyldfyre. She's got rabies.
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To celebrate the new ninjago season coming tomorrow, here’s some art!!
I am looking very much forward to Ninjago Dragons Rising s2
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