#99 percent of my free time right now is spent thinking about the way Lloyd is such a deeply tragic character

[withdenim]

Do you ever think about the unexplored narrative foil of Lloyd and the FSM? I mean yeah he’s got grandpa’s powers but really Lloyd’s also the human variant of his story.

The first spinjitsu master was a middle ground between oni and dragon, and he was pressured to choose a side. Instead of choosing, he escaped that realm and started a new life.

Lloyd’s father and uncle (literally oni and dragon) both expected Lloyd on their side. There was pressure on Lloyd to choose between oni and dragon, and Lloyd, though he picks the side that is objectively better ethically, doesn’t get to escape it like his grandfather did. He’s permanently caught between these bc he doesn’t have the power that his grandfather had to just leave. And he has this almost obligation to Stay Stuck Between Them.

It’s so tragic to me how so many of Lloyd’s problems could have been solved by each of his family members in their own time dealing with and getting closure in their own traumas and battles. But the FSM, Garmadon, Wu, Misako, even the oni and dragon themselves, they all just leave their problems to fester until they pass and now Lloyd is fixing ALL of them.