#morro and arin are selfish

[kindaasrikal]

Jumping back onto my random rants again, i need to discuss the colours ninjago writers use on characters once more, specifically with Frak and Lloyd, and their counterparts Arin and Morro.

Arin, at first, is a very dedicated and hopeful kid who is unbelievably excited to become a ninja and meet his idols. Yet as time moves forward he becomes restless and his methods to get what he wants twists into the more desperate and darker side. He becomes a lot more resentful, and thats shown in his colours. It’s as if the orange he wore got duller, and now in his new design in season 3 he’s wearing more colours like purple with his palette, showing his change more as a person as he gets influenced by those around him to take what he wants.

Frak, on the other hand, has a bright orange colour literally all over him. This, straight from the beginning, hints at how he is similar and connected to Arin and his story. However, he also has a mix of green with it.

That kinda slaps you in the face more when you realise his gi in the season 3 trailer has green on it too, and with the history that colour has it very obviously hinting at how Frak is what Arin could’ve been. Like how Lloyd was what Morro could’ve been. Not in power or as ninja, but as people.

It kinda also shows how Frak is like ��the chosen one’ in this situation, the one with the bright colours and hopes and determination and strength that the other only had a fraction of. Yet, Arin’s determination and stubbornness is much larger than Frak’s, and those emotions can very easily corrupt your view and your actions, as shown with Morro. So, in Arin’s colour palette, it changes and is viewed as darker with the extra colours mixed in, hiding what colour he once was.

And it’s just a repeat of Morro.

Morro’s main colours was once bright green, with maybe black. After he turned evil he became a green leaning more yellow than Lloyd’s, a lime green and blacks and emeralds than the once brighter colour he proudly represented. The colour he wore was just slightly off to Lloyd’s.

But thats also the difference between Arin and Morro’s situations. Whilst Morro became a green that wasn’t just right, Arin’s orange is hidden behind darker colours instead. This could imply that Arin has a bigger chance of redemption sooner rather then later, and reminds us of the fact that Arin isn’t ACTUALLY evil, he’s doing this to find his parents, so his heart is still in the right place. But it can also imply how he is shoving down some of the thoughts he is having that is making him regret all of this, that he’s hiding away parts of himself just to get what he wants.

Arin is hiding himself to get what he wants. Morro changed himself to get what he wanted.

Frak and Lloyd are what Arin and Morro could’ve been but can’t be. It’s strange how different circumstances could’ve changed people.

Yeah this js a lot of yap sorry guys its like 5am i havent done one of these late night ones in ages. This was supposed be a whole lot more about frak but the morro in my head took over this is so badly written can any of you even understand what im ranting about

[ninja-confession-go]

I feel like its hard for the fandom to find a good balance of holding Lloyd accountable for his actions and being too harsh on him

Cuz Lloyd, like any other character, is not perfect. He's gonna fuck up he's gonna make mistakes and I think that Lloyd fans shouldn't be crashing out when they see people rightfully address these mistakes

However,

There are definitely a category for ninjago fans who are absolutely 100% too harsh on him and are quick to say everything is his fault which is also not the case

Lloyd made some huge mistakes with Arin yes, those things should absolutely be addressed, but he also has alot on his plate and is having a hard time balancing it all. This IS his first time being a teacher and while that isn't a complete excuse it is a valid reason as to why he's not doing the best at it.

Lloyd biggest error in his teaching was making promises he wasn't sure he could keep. That was the same thing Wu did with Morro and look how that turned out? Both Lloyd and Wu didn't intend on fucking up in their teaching of their students, they genuinely meant well, but it ended up happening because they kept saying things and promising things that kept getting their students hopes up and everytime their hopes crashed they got more more more fed up until...well u see what happened

BASICALLY WHAT IM TRYNA SAY IS

It's not black or white

Lloyd isn't some selfish asshole but he also isn't some uwu harmless baby who hasn't done anything wrong and I think the fandom needs to work harder to find a good balance of holding him accountable without making it seem as if he's some heartless monster

This situation with Arin has more nuance than folks would like to accept

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[ll-0-yd]

Ninjago Dragons Rising Season 2 PT2 Spoilers

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OKAY SO.

Listen listen, I'm not against the Arin Villain Ark thing, HECK IVE BEEN WAITING FOR IT SINCE SEASON ONE?! But let's get one thing straight,

The stuff about his parents? Chill whatever.

Ras' teachings actually making him better? Awesome stuff Arin, happy for you mate.

Blaming Wu and only Wu for the merge? Go for your life kid!

Getting mad at Sora for not taking the chance of you failing and losing another ninja? Not cool man...

In the moment when Sora faked Arin's object spinjitzu, she wasn't thinking:

"Oh golly gosh I want my buddy old pal to have a win because I'm terrible and have no faith in my friends!"

No, she was thinking:

"SHIT SHIT SHIT HE'S ALREADY SUPER STRESSED AND WE CAN NOT LOSE ANOTHER NINJA I NEED TO HELP HIM IN CASE HE FAILS FOR NYAS SAKE."

Which is reasonable in the situation they were in, Arin put the fact it wasn't his victory over the fact that what Sora did on his behalf, saved Nya's life.

Well, her free life that is.

Arin clearly doesn't see it this way which is another reason why he isn't ready to be a ninja, he's selfish period. He's all about finding his parents but what did he think we going to happen when he found them, leaving the ninja and his training to be with his family again?

He hadn't thought ahead, only focusing on prioritising his goals which was likely holding him back from training with the ninja, knowing at least subconsciously he was going to dip as soon as he found his family.

The first chance he got to find his family, moral or not he bounced, leaving the people who took him in and his Best friend.

ARIN CHOSE THE FURRY WHO BODYSLAMMED HIM SO HARD INTO THE GROUND HE CALLED NYA AND LLOYD "MUM AND DAD" OVER THE NINJA HE IDOLISED SINCE CHILDHOOD.

He was not ready to be a ninja, he was selfish like Morro.