#i just don't like hydrophobic Kai in general

[parachutingkitten]

Okay, I feel like I'm losing my mind here.

So in season 5 Kai has his little hydrophobic plot, and I posted a video like, hey, in season 2 he willingly just walks into the ocean in an attempt to get back to ninjago. Haha, funny continuity error. Ninjago's such a mess, lol.

But then I get a bunch of comments like "Yeah, Kai was so brave in that moment, overcoming his greatest fear, he’s such a strong character." And like... no? That's not at all how that moment reads? And if they wanted that to be the impact, they would have to introduce the hydrophobic thing BEFORE this moment happened. It takes him a solid minute to work up the nerve to save Lloyd, but he just walks into the ocean unprompted? NO! This doesn't make sense! You can't convince me this makes sense!

And some people are trying to tell me that this moment may have been the one which CAUSED his water anxiety, and like... no. What do you think happened in this scene? Plus, we don't have any other events in the series that could have caused it, and it’s like a REALLY severe fear in season 5, so it 100% comes out of nowhere.

In all fairness, they do try to justify it. He says he's scared because he can't make a fire dragon anymore. But like... he's only been able to make one for a few episodes at this point. So that's kind of a non sequitur. He also says it's because he doesn't have his powers. But Kai's been without his powers before. And at what point would you feel more powerless than the literal end of the world?! Sensei Wu says flat out that evil has won. He's scared cuz Lloyd is possessed? Same exact situation with Nya in season 2!

But, even if Kai had a tramatic water related event off screen that was never mentioned, his plan is to swim back to ninjago, and we learn in season 5 that he CAN'T SWIM, so like... what? He unlearned how to swim between seasons 2 and 5? I posted a second video pointing this out, and people still seem insistent that Kai was just SO brave he was willing try even though he knew he couldn't swim.

...I'm sorry. WHAT?!

Even if he's ridiculously hyped up by Lloyd’s speech, why would anyone that can't swim volunteer and immediately act on (and I can't stress this enough) WITHOUT PROMPTING the idea to swim across the ENTIRE OCEAN. If anything, Jay’s 'floaties' line implies that HE can't swim more than ANYTHING Kai is doing!

Idk. It just really bothers me that everyone seems so insistent this doesn't confuse his character at all. Like, I know we all joke about Kai being dumb, but like... running into the ocean to drown dumb? Really? That's what you're going with?!

*sigh* I just wanted to make fun of the silly continuity error.

#i just don't like hydrophobic Kai in general #so i may be biased here #but still #this just seems insane to me... #ninjago #kai smith