#idk i think ninjago characterization in general is underrated with maybe 3 or 4 exceptions

[jinxed-ninjago]

oh my god i've had the exact same thoughts abt plundar and the rest of the upply like i think it's so interesting how he's pretty friendly and chill with cole when he first falls down and constantly smiling when they get out despite how pessimistic and straight up rude he was almost the entire rest of the season. he's actually such a nice guy he just has depression 🤷‍♀️

EXACTLY

And it's only because of Cole that he's chill now, Fungus tried to get him to relax in Dungeon Crawl! but didn't succeed because of how pessimistic Plundar was at the time.

He IS a nice guy but just has depression and probably some trauma too.

Ninjago's characters are so well written and I wish it was discussed more often. Like even with Fungus -- he eventually gets sick of Plundar's shit. In The Ascent, there are subtle ways in how he's animated and how Ian James Corlett voices him -- specifically his "Well, Plundar? What do your dice advise?" line -- where he's clearly getting sick of how pessimistic Plundar's been (it's worth noting that in Dungeon Crawl! Fungus also tried to console Plundar a bit, but it was overshadowed by how caught up in "we're never getting out of here" Plundar was).

Even with Korgran I feel like it's implied his axe's dialogue is just what he's thinking subconsciously, a vibe I mostly get from the "You guys are bananas!" line from the axe.

Ninjago has some top tier character writing and it makes me super sad that it's not talked about a lot.