#both worldbuilding and character dynamics . don’t make the ninja cops.
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this may sound hypocritical given i am very much also a superhero fan . but i attribute everything i dislike about the (pre-Dragons Rising) Wildbrain era of Ninjago to the superhero-fication of the ninja. it started with the doom and gloom angle they took post movie but every issue i have with the flanderization of the show can be traced back to seeing the ninja as Marvel-esque superheroes (functioning as cops) rather than mythologic/prophecied folk heroes
#the shift from urban-fantasy to superhero fiction fundamentally ruined most of the appeal in the show#both worldbuilding and character dynamics . don’t make the ninja cops.#they’re not punishing bad guys they’re stopping prophecied armageddons . they’re a DND party not the avengers.#crucially they must be Just Some Guy.#this is badly phrased i’ve been meaning to do a whole write up for ages but i never do. read by thoughts boy#text✨#ninjago
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