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"...Don't. I said DON'T cross the streams! Is that not what I said? Am I mute, or are you deaf?!"
Have we seen that city before? I forget.
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nope
also baby arin is so smol
btw! arins hairstyle is called "the duke"
its a cool af hairstyle
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So, The Merge. Does this mean that Chima is also here?
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the answer by the showrunner is:
"is this realm- yes, that realm, yes even that realm"
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Lol, nice
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ofc this also puts into the question the departed realm and the realm that the fsm is at
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Also, looks like Lloyd is dead. Long live Lloyd.
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theres aloooot of cool characters i cant wait for u to see hehe
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Unamused doggos
Cat girl main character! 
:3
(Forgot her name.)
Sora, that's her name
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ye sora rocks
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Busted!
Excellent light rays, btw
So, these guys are actually willing to kill two teenagers (16, maybe 17?), solely because they were searching for scrap in a garbage heap.
Dicks.
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ye theyre 16ish
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a grappling hook is always a cool main weapon
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Ah, grapple guns, one of the biggest adventurer necessities in a modern, post-apocalyptic D&D-esque world.
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they r so cool
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"Dance dance dance!" 
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when we first saw sora we thought she was a formling due to her animal association and face markings
but nah thats just a hoodie lol
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This joke has been done before in many other shows, but the fact that the robots say "dance dance dance" just makes it funnier.
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ye lol
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when we first saw sora we thought she was a formling due to her animal associati...
Ngl, I would've liked that better than just a hoodie. Imagine, a Formling child was also lost in the Merge and wound up in a high tech world, but instead of failing to adapt, she finds out that she's actually got a knack for technology and engineering. That'd be solid.
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yeah that does sound sooo cool
altho ull see soras backstory isnt lacking in the slightest
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Oh lookie! The Serpentine are here, and so are the rat people and the water eel guys (I forget what they're called).
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moraays
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Merlopians, that's it
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Ah
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Heeeeey! :D
Ah, budget increases. You can always tell when Ninjago has a bigger budget by how many unique models for people are on screen, and there's a lot of them here.
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if you keep your eye out youll see some unique bg legos with unique gender appearnces and faces
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I also love settings like these, where it's just a massive kitchen sink of races and peoples coming together and living with each other.
There's just something very unique and cool about it
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Ahhhh, Imperium, that's what the city was called.
"Why go anywhere when the best of all the realms have moved here to the Crossroads?"
Ah, because Sora, this wouldn't be an adventure if you just stayed in one spot, now would it?
Also, slight knock on the episode, those people aren't moving. I thought at first that they were all standing in line for something, but nope.
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they are? some are standing on line, some are talking to eachother and some are on a chair
in line
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A couple near the benches are moving, but there are some that are just standing completely frozen.
Anyway, it doesn't matter in the long run
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ahh kk
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Like these guys. Not moving a muscle at all. They're just statues.
That's gotta be a painful position to stand in permanently, lol.
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gamer posture
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Oh hey, a Nindroid! Specifically an older generation, don't see many of those around anymore. Dude's probably the last of his kind after the original generation got replaced by the newer ones.
Also, there's a green samurai lady, not sure where she's from.
Actually,t here's two Nindroids, an old one and a new one.
The new one is at the bottom.
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...Okay, nice place, ngl. Still gotta install some railings though.
I was kidding about the Autobots, guys... 
OOoooh, nice painted backdrop.
Merged!Ninjago is a kickass city.
Eeeexcept for the earthquakes, that is.
Enter the bad guys:
"I've never heard of the word 'weakness'!"
"Really? It's...a pretty common word."
"N-no, I-I mean...'I've no idea what that word means'!"
"...Seriously? I can explain."
Frog.
"I've got mechs from all around the realms! Including an underworld mech, and...er, uh...t-that...thing?"
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Frog.
that froggy is sooo cute
im glad ninjago got good at animals
flashback to s6 dog
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Alert. Alert. Smug prick alert.
Aaaand she's already contemplating killing these two kids mid-race via sabotage. Classy.
Here be a dragon!
Who...sounds like a pig. 
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Creatur
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Everyone: killing each other
Lobo(?): calmly cruisin' by
Unexpected dragon.
YES! YES! My boi!
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Lobo stans be winnin
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"Nerf this!"
Wait, wrong franchise.
Target sighted.
"Yer a wizard, Sora."
Another cool backdrop, although I've gotta say, the blurriness of it in certain spots is a liiiiittle bit distracting.
Hammer time
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He's so 🙏
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Okay, the fact that he's holding Arin by the foot speaks novels about Arin's leg strength and Rahz's(?) arm strength.
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ya ras is so cool hehe
if he wasnt constrained to lego size he would so be like 7ft and buff lol
the cool kids 💯
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Beeg and smol guys
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"Imperium runs on dragon power, and with all the Merged realms, I bet they're hunting dragons everywhere now."
...Oh no, this also means that white dragon in that mountain city! 
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I love how he has that sassy raised eyebrow, lol.
"I think that mask belongs to me!"
Wait, so he broke them out of prison solely to get his mask back? Where have I seen this before? 
Ah yes, now I remember.
And that's the end of episode one! Pretty good start, although there's lots of questions that need answering.
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I think I'll do one more for tonight.
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Kk
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Lloyd: "Where's the ninja I saw? The one doing spinjitsu on the bridge."
Arin: inward fanboy squeeing intensifies 
"When did you last wash this...?"
"YOU CAN WASH THEM???"
"Why do bad guys always feel the need to talk in third-person?"
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Hehee
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Yeah, the music in the intro doesn't inspire that same UMPH that the Weekend Whip did, imo, but it's alright I guess.
I do like this shot though, and I also find it interesting that Sora, not Arin, takes center-stage throughout most of the intro, almost as if she's the main protagonist rather than Arin.
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"I'm RAPTON! I just told you that!"
Ngl, he sounds like one of those edgy antagonists made in the early 2000s, lol.
"Diiiid he just leave...?"
Catgirl becomes actual cat. More at 11.
"There's a tiger guy now?"
Oh boy, Lloyd has become a boomer.
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Loll
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Who-ho-HO! They REALLY fixed this place up since S15! :D
Love all the new vegetation!
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Yea it looks so beautiful
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Yay, they still have that underground tech area! :D
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The new Destiny's Bounty is looking great! Still miss the multiple masts from S8 - S10, but it's looking a lot better than how it was in S11 - S15.
Let's see how long this one lasts before it inevitably gets destroyed.
I do hope PIXAL shows up at some point. It sounds like Lloyd's been struggling a lot without her, since he wasn't able to finish the ship on his own.
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1) Yay, they still have that underground tech area! :D
2) The new Destiny's Bou...
surely the destinys bounty will survive this season
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Flashback mode, activate!
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ras <3
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Source Dragons, eh? Sounds like Imperium f*cked up.
Okay, that's spooky as f*ck.
😍
This looks sooooooo good
Feck.
Not. Even. Ten. Minutes.
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Never mind, it might actually survive for once. At least for one episode.
"What have you done to Riyu?"
First time dragons can talk.
Here we go again.
"Cats always land on their paws, right?~" 😈
SKIBIDI BOP MM DADA!
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keel
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Welp, that was quick.
Never mind, it looks like they'll be Dragon Prince-ing for a while longer.
Hello there.
THAT is a big-ass dragon talon, Jesus Christ...
Makes the queen we just saw look tiny.
And that's it for episode 2. Since it was the second part of the pilot episode, there's still lots of questions to be answered, so there really isn't a whole lot I can say at the moment. Still, it's looking good so far. :)
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Huh? How so
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Nicole Oliver voices both of them
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I STILL haven't watched it yet....sigh i got too much on my platter. I'll be just like you when I get to it, sharing highlights lol. I hope what you've seen so far was amazing!
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Whew, sounds like I'm in for a wild ride.
Speaking of which, I'll be starting up the reactions again today, sorry about the delay.
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woo epic!
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I wonder...could he be the son of the two leaders?
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That would be really funny and honestly cute
The orc ones leader does like small men as we saw with jay
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Yeah, that's what I mean
Both races eventually got along great, and that peace is still lasting as we can see in the very first episode of Dragons Rising
So I wouldn't put it past the two leaders to just hit it off and make that peace permanent.
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Honestly, I'm just glad to see that they're mixing things up a bit more with Dragons Rising. We're getting another Djinn character/villain(?), we're getting a hybrid character who also has an elemental power, that Serpentine behind him looks important (he's in several shots fighting alongside the Ninja), there's a barbarian-like character (who I have yet to meet but I've seen her in the first part trailers), there's more ghosts, more monsters, etc.
It seems like we're getting more "pseudo-Ninja" in this show, and all of them from different races and backgrounds, and I love it. Ninjago is becoming more and more like a D&D campaign with every episode. :P
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Yeee it's awesome
Something fans have always been wanting is more important characters that aren't just humans lol
I honestly hope we get a serpentine elemental master
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That'd be so cool
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She seems snarky and fun, and she also seems to hang out a lot with Kai.
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Alright, starting up a new episode! @somber merlin
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Wooo
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Episode 3, Crossroads Carnival
That cat face is a mood.
"It's the crack of dawn..."
"I know, I thought I'd let you sleep in for your first week."
I nearly spat out my chips.
This seems familiar.
"I meant to do that."
"You must complete the course before I finish my tea."
sips tea
does a spittake
And there it is.
...Wait, why is it a black hair? Shouldn't it be blond?
"Light! The ring! ON FIRE!" 🐅
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And there it is.
...Wait, why is it a black hair? Shouldn't it be blond?
Facial hair is usually darker then head hair
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Damn, Arin is nailing everything on the first try. Nice job.
"Ninja must be awake at all times."
Ngl, Sora's a mood right now. There were many times during basic training when I almost fell asleep too, and it was a very bad thing to do, because the instructors would usually punish everyone else for your mistakes.
Lloyd's going easy on them.
"Why don't we go to the carnival anyway? Sneaking out can test our stealth skills."
Something tells me you're gonna roll a Nat 1, Sora...
"A dragon in the Crossroads could attract too much attention. You need a disguise, and I know just the thing."
The disguise:
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the silly
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Literally the most noticeable thing ever.
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at least its not noticably a dragon
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yeah the skulkin got new minifig designs, which leads to their in show design changing lol
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serpentine my love
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Eyyyy, Lobo, my boi! :D
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i find the cunty eyeliner and eyelashes on the female geckles very funny
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afaik is this the first female ones we've seen of em?
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Nah, I think we've seen a couple before
Paused before I could hear him speak. He's gonna be French, isn't he?
Yup, he is.
And he's a dick
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Smart thinking my dude.
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grapple hooks are the coolest weapon
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Okay, as much as I love Sora's power...this has to just be a toy ad here, lol.
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Huh. First, this Hypnobrai is a girl. And second, she oddly got a focus shot all to herself.
Neat.
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look at the lego in that pic to our right
girl eyelashes but no lips
non-buildary
or lego terms lol
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Lol
"They snuck out?! You've got to be kidding me! We never would've done this to Master Wu!"
The lion, the witch, and the audacity of this bitch. (And pettiness.)
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its funny how she has the same haircut and face as blazey h speed
but shes not her at all
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Oh my God, I just realized. She has a checkered tie.
Kind of like the checkered suit man from Fallout: New Vegas.
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I love how Lobo is trying to sneak away in the background. Key word being trying.
"Give me that money!"
"Lobo defies you. Lobo. Lobo."
proceeds to EAT the money
The absolute sass of this man.
"Wait...did I learn something from training?"
...Yes Sora, that's what training means.
That's totally an Decepticon symbol.
Huh...so the crime lady is only stealing the money so she can pay a ransom for someone close to her. That's...oddly heartwarming.
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Sidequest accepted! The first of many, I'm sure.
I say again, Ninjago is becoming more and more like a D&D campaign with every episode.
Lost...but never forgotten. 
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"I think they'll be back someday. 'Ninja Never Quit', remember?"
"You look like Master Wu. It's the beard."
Awwwww, these kids are so nice. 
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lloyds all grown up
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"They're running around town with my meditation carpet!"
So that's what they used to cover Riyu.
Oooooof course the stage magician is the bad guy.
"Aw, come on, the fireworks guy? Everyone loves you, you can't be the villain!"
"Do not typecast me!"
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Loll
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Why don't they just...jump off the conveyor belt?
...Oh. That's why.
This entire theatre is a house of death.
Why Whackrats? Because they are made up of a unique energy found only in denizens of Prime Empire. This guy's using them as living batteries.
Kinda dark, really. I wonder how many he's killed in this manner.
It's implied that he's been doing this for many, many years.
Although, while I like the execution of it, I feel like there wasn't really enough build-up to it. Nobody would be surprised by this.
...Seriously dude?
He even has his own soundtrack for the fight, wtf.
"IIII'VE got no strings to hold me dow--"
So, Arin's ability is being able to transfer Spinjitsu to objects.
This should be interesting.
Pictured: the exact instance if something were to actually fall into a moving gearbox for the shaftline of a GT (gas turbine) engine on board a military vessel.
It would cost hundreds of millions to fix.
"I would've gotten away with it if it weren't for you meddling kids!" 
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besties :)
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"Lobo, you're free to go."
"Lobo was always free. Up here. Lobo lobo."
Lobo continues to be the best character of the show.
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indeed
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Awwww...second place.
"Who are you?"
"Your new boss."
Dun dun duuuuuun~
And so ends episode 3.
Surprisingly, quite an emotional one.
Funny too
I'm just gonna go for a bathroom break, and then I'll be starting the next
Alrighty, it's time to go Beyond Madness in episode 4. :P
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Hey, hope you 2 are doing well. Hope the show is going good because I still don't know a thing about it lol. Just dropping in to place this, even though you've probably seen it already https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXVCm8O_xrA
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DAMN, that's gorgeous lighting.
Task: get to Riyu!
Arin: "Grapple gun!"
Lloyd: "Spinjitsu!"
Sora: "...Ladder."
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Hey, hope you 2 are doing well. Hope the show is going good because I still don'...
tanner jumpscare 
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Task: get to Riyu!
Arin: "Grapple gun!"
Lloyd: "Spinjitsu!"
Sora: "...Ladder."
cute drago
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"Could you please stop being attacked........FOR FIVE MINUTES?!"
Apparently, it's the original Bounty
"Riyu! My tools!"
Riyu: does the cattest cat move to ever cat
"...Ow. Thanks."
"Let us never speak of this..."
"This guy you found is a definite weirdo."
You know, I just had a thought. What if the tiger...wolf(?) guy is actually from the Chima dimension? It would make sense, since he's so different from everyone else.
Damn, Arin be kicking some ass this episode.
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NYA! :D
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girlbossss :)
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"The beast can enter, but beware...our eyes shall be upon it."
"I've always wanted to eat mud!"
...Ngl, it looks...kiiiiinda tasty?
I can't remember, have we seen the Craglins before?
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they were in s1 when wu went to find garmadon in the underworld
where he got 4 arms for the first time
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Yeah, that's what I thought. Damn, that's a deeeeeeeeeeep dig into the lore.
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yeuppp
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Also, apparently the mud is from a burial site. Arin and Sora do a spittake. Nya keeps eating.
Oh, never mind
Not the same mud
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lolll
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"The Craglins march to war...it is likely...that we march to our...harummmmmm doom. The last march of the Craglins."
WHAPPIN'!
"I could really use a cool mud bath right now..."
It was at this moment that he knew...he f*cked up.
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kai time
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"He was one of my best friends..."
"AHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!"
"It's almost as if I can hear his cries for help in my head..."
"I made a terrible mistaaaake!"
Ahhh, good to have you back buddy. :)
I see you back there.
Ruh-roh.
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I have the glowy blue eyes, you must OBEY!
"You're wasting your time on me, Lloyd..."
Uh, alright, bit of an abrupt ending.
This episode was...not quite as good as the previous one. It was alright, and I'm glad we have Nya and Kai back, but the actual plot of the episode felt more like filler, and not exactly the good kind of filler either, especially since none of the questions that it brought up were actually answered.
I think that'll be it for tonight, actually. I want to do some other stuff now.
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Kk!
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I just found out that Lloyd's VA (Current) is the same as Flim's VA!
Like Flim the pony if you couldn't guess
Or maybe it was Flam.....
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Wow. Ngl, I didn't expect Lloyd's VA to look like this. I thought he'd be much younger.
That's some serious talent
Also, you were right, he's Flim
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well i mean thats his current va, his old va is a woman for his child and teen voice
She voices child lloyd s1-7
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theres a non binary character in the new part!
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Dr part 2 is out tonight!
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Ehhhhh, I don't see it with Lloyd. Not sure about the other two though, but Lloyd doesn't strike me as being transmasc.
Potentially bi though.
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It's a pretty popular hc. Alot of stuff lloyd goes thru trans ppl can relate. Jay's also a common trans hc for diff reasons
Mk up there (the 2d one) is canonically genderqueer
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Oooooo, that's some good art! I love the subtle and slow transition from red to black to blue as she accepts who she is.
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I...must've missed that somewhere.
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its a partial joke. lloyd, kai and nya take parental and mentor figure roles to each of the new ninja
particularrly in dr part 2
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Oh
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i forget, have you started / finish dr part 2 yet?
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Unfortunately not.
I think I finished part 1
But I never got around to part 2.
I'll get to it when I can
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okey!
its realllly good
soras arc is insanely good and i cant wait for u to see a certain scene :3
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Also, apparently Ninjago had a crossover with the Dreamz gang? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9Kuk9z_yFg
An entire episode
But set before Dragons Rising
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Yea
It's very silly ehe
Ninjago is canonically an anime in the dreamzzz world
Also hoping that the mechanic has more personality traits this time other than sexist
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Also, apparently Ninjago had a crossover with the Dreamz gang? https://www.youtu...
Kai having power troubles again 😭
"Oh.. but the bounty always crashes"
Alot of Meta humor here lol
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I know we discussed this awhile ago but it's still funny https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/414774011105640448/1195505925826564147/Screenshot_20240112_161250_Chrome.jpg?ex=65b43ca8&is=65a1c7a8&hm=8b21f55396936ff407136cbc8888aac07990be8e59c3dc86b1dcdc4d940d920b&
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Ye lol
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Holy shit, did they actually manage to sneak a swear word past the censors?
That's impressive
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Yep! Hehe
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Twitter
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That...was the wrong link I'm so sorry if mods see that
Now I've lost the link I actually wanted to post...ughh
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There is a reason why, whenever I copy a link that could be embarrassing if shared accidentally, I always copy some random text right after I use the link so that it goes away.
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<:ponknothoughtsheadempty:734189557733523518> There is a reason why, whenever I ...
Oh wow, I thought I was the only person who did this.
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Is good to be careful. It saved me a few times when I was jumping around between here and other places.
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lmao same here
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Been watching a reactor go through the series. I'm on his Crystallized reactions but due to the surge of Ninjago content I got this recommended to me https://youtu.be/yt_uMGenccI?si=NVY7Y2VIsQ70Mol2
Okay, that's all
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Does anyone know where I can go to watch the original Ninjago? I've been wanting to give it a try for a while but Netflix only has the sequel series(es) and I don't see the original series anywhere else.