#ninjago wildbrain

[toastingpencils37]

So you know this baby that's shown in Ninjago City a lot during the WildBrain seasons?

It's actually first shown in Ninjago Episode 7 "Tick Tock" in Jamanakai Village, but with text on it.

#ninjago #ns1 #ninjago rise of the snakes #ninjago wildbrain #ninjago the boat rewatch #the boat rewatch #the boat rewatch notes

[fanficmaniatic]

Something I absolutely adore of the Spanish version of the Wildbrain Era of Ninjago is that they don't call them "Elemental Masters" but refer to them as if they were the elements themselves.

I know this is due to it being a longer word in Spanish and dub is hard, but it always scratches an inch when I am watching Master of the Mountain and they say "Cole the element of Earth"

#ninjago #wildbrain #ninjago wildbrain #master of the mountain #cole brookestone #cole ninjago

[zeeboomblebee]

Best Ninjago Season Finale

Lol I was not able to fit every finale in one poll, so I had to break them up.

Wil Film edition found here:

#ninjago #lego ninjago #tumblr polls #ninjago polls #ninjago seasons #ninjago season finale #ninjago wildbrain

[zanethenindroid]

🧵 Tweet by @BricksByMind

Accurate 💯

#lego #lego ninjago #ninjago #gay legos #ninjago cole #lgbt+ character #lgbt+ cartoons #mlm character #gay character #twitter #tweet #ninjago twitter #ninjago tweets #ninjago wilfilm #ninjago wildbrain #wilfilm #wildbrain

[un-pearable]

i understand the appeal of the in-universe memes about ninjago city getting destroyed constantly but there is so much more of ninjago to talk about!!!! give me ignacia memes about them bragging about kai. give me cole’s fiercely defensive hometown. show me JAMANAKAI VILLAGE so much oddly specific shit has happened there. idk. shintaro. stiix’s lingering resentment for them. the sea of sands unites behind jay like he’s an olympic athlete and then trashes on him for falling for the city life (becoming a celebrity). the samurai x fanclub discourse. there is so much to do with an in-universe meme format!!!!

#text✨ #ninjago #will never forgive wildbrain for convincing people the only part of ninjago that matters is ninjago city . there is SO much more #ninjago city doesn’t even get destroyed that often smh <- joke #the newspaper eps are good but everything else about wb city is. boring. sorry </3

[axydoesstuff]

Who DARES disturb the SKULL SORCERER!?

#my art #artists on tumblr #ninjago #lego ninjago #master of the mountain #ninjago season 13 #vangelis #king vangelis #skull sorcerer #hazza d'ur #skull of hazza d'ur #Best wildbrain villain fight me

[calypsolemon]

tbh at some point yall really have to evolve your criticisms of ninjago beyond the same rehashed basic pre-movie reboot opinions, bc some of these takes really just read like ppl are not so much watching the new seasons as they are forming their opinions of them the moment a trailer drops and then reading the entire season thru that lens regardless of what decisions are made or how well things are executed

#i can't even say i haven't been guilty of that but god it gets old doesn't it? #at this point there is more wildbrain ninjago then there is og ninjago and yet ppl hold up those original 7 seasons #as if they were some golden standard of television #ninjago

[localguy2]

The Crystalized hate leaving my body upon seeing this:

Lads, ladies, and any other person of gender here on ninjago tumblr, let us celebrate this massive W

#ninjago #ninjago crystalized #Despite how many issues it has #The action scenes are just #wow #Wildbrain killed it with the fights this season

[sayijo]

imagine being loved by me 

#ninjago #sayijo draws #not wildbrain era making me like jaya again SMH

[nyaskitten]

Why the fuck does Wildbrain love removing certain facial traits... girl those crow feet lines are like part of his face! They also, as always, made his mouth boring and generic, and OFC had to change his eyebrows !!!

#at this point im just making it a point to shit on how wildbrain handles certain character models sorry ToT #its just so annoying .. #esp bc the borg minifigure literally HAS those crow feet lines #and its like. w the mechanic right? #he got his minifigure in 2021 #2 years AFTER s11 #BUT . tommy said the mechanic was changed in accordance with what lego said they wanted based on the minifigure #and crystalized was literally only one year before the borg minifigure #and if they could change dareth for some ungodly reason #why not borg??? #ninjago #raine's rambles #rant #sorry im just . it gets me worked up its the autism

[general-yasur]

Wildbrain era defined the ninja as the following:

Lloyd: Agitated leader who constantly puts too much responsibility onto himself.

Zane: Stating the obvious/filling in facts needed for plot/silly cosplayer

Cole: Cake and mommy issues

Jay: anxious, excitable, drives the plot by rash decisions.

Nya: Angry, impulsive, mommy issues (Seabound specifically did her wonders)

Kai: Seemingly has no braincell, but just chooses not to think half the time, the most responsible when push comes to shove, and the one everyone ACTUALLY looks to despite Lloyd being the leader

Wu: Old man complains about being old and then doesn’t get involved until the situation gets bad

#wildbrain era has me on a choke hold im gasping for air as we speak #when discord has me rotating Kai in my brain sauce #ninjago #yasurspeaks #kai ninjago #wu ninjago #cole ninjago #lloyd ninjago #zane ninjago #jay ninjago #nya ninjago

[toastingpencils37]

During SOG, when Lloyd uses his powers, he seems to get pretty tired from it.

This also occasionally happens in the Wildbrain seasons, but that's mainly when he uses large amounts of it. Whereas in SOG it'll also be when he does a small amount, implying that he's still getting used to his elemental powers.

#ninjago #ns8 #ninjago sons of garmadon #ninjago lloyd #ninjago wildbrain #ninjago energy #yes I went from watching DR to watching season 8

[fanficmaniatic]

do you guys ever think about how a good chunk of Ninjago would not have happened if Borg just... decided to not build his tower in the place the devil was killed.

#I call this the #Move the Borg Tower a little bit to the left AU #and BOOM no rebooted #therefore no s4 nor 5 #damn... I think goodbye skybound too #dotd is gone because no morro scaping no ghost cole #garmadon doesn't die so goodbye oni trilogy? #YO LOOK AT THAT #THE WILDBRAIN SEASONS MIGHT BE ABLE TO STAY #I mean 11 and 13 definetly #we would have to rework 12 and 14 though #CRISTALIZED NEVER HAPPENED LETS GOOO #ninjago #lego ninjago #ninjago au

[destinysbounty]

I'm literally so sad that Cole wasn't in Seabound. Like isn't he the master of Earth? Isn't the seafloor like the deepest place to be? Wouldn't he be closer to his element if he went in the deep sea? Man.

I'm not the first person to bring this up, and I probably won't be the last, but it is a bit odd how Wildbrain feels so intent on splitting the team up all the time. Don't get me wrong, I don't mind a good split-up in theory - hell, seasons 4 and 9 are some of my all-time favorites, and overall I think the concept of splitting up the team gives us the chance to explore unconventional dynamics in similarly unconventional situations. There's just one main problem with how Wildbrain handles split-ups: 1) there usually isn't a particularly strong narrative reason for it to happen.

Now if I list off every arbitrary split-up and exactly what made it arbitrary, we'd be here all day. But seriously, next time you watch Wildbrain, try and pay close attention to this sort of thing. Once you notice the way they love to split everyone up at the barest hint of provocation, you can't ignore it. It's everywhere. Obviously there are times where they do have narratively satisfying reasons to split up (s13 is an example of this done well imo), but the sheer volume of arbitrary split-ups kinda sours things a bit - for me, at least.

Which brings us to Seabound. I genuinely don't understand why Cole and Kai couldn't have come along for Seabound. They give this argument that "oh, we need someone to stay behind and hold down the fort while everyone's gone", but...first of all, when has that ever been a pressing issue for them? These assholes leave Ninjago City unattended all the time. And even if they did finally decide to make that a priority after all these years, why is Kai staying behind??? If you ask me, not only would Kai realistically want to be involved in the quest to fix his beloved sister's powers, but Kai also would have been way more effectively utilized by the plot, by actually being part of the plot. Y'know, in the submarine with everyone else. Not only because we'd get the chance to see his fear of water get some resolution, but the whole narrative about Nya's childhood trauma would pack a lot more weight to it with Kai present (for obvious reasons).

And as for Cole...y'know what, up to this point I'd never really thought of a good way to give Cole something to do in Seabound, but you present a great point. Maybe there could be some scenes between Cole and Nya, talking about how overwhelming it can feel to be completely surrounded by your element. In this version of events, maybe Cole takes on an almost mentor-like position as he tries to help Nya connect with her element as he had done at the end of season 13. And for maximum angst, perhaps at the end of the season she takes his lessons and puts them to use - but instead of simply connecting with her element like he taught her, she's becoming one with it. This isn't perfect, of course, but at least now we've found a way to make Cole and Kai feel more relevantly involved in the plot.

Don't get me wrong, as much as I'm criticizing it I absolutely adore Seabound. BUT if I were given the task of rewriting it, personally I'd have the whole gang accompany Nya down to Merlopia. And as for having a land crew to watch over Ninjago in the meantime, I'd throw in some supporting characters. The ninja go "oh hey we need someone to hold down the fort and look after Ninjago while we're away", so they round up a ragtag crew of support characters from past seasons to sub in for them. Y'know, Skylor, Dareth, Karlof, and other characters of that caliber. And then we occasionally cut back to this reserve team, whoever they are, as they get up to all the adventures Kai and Cole would've been up to in the original canon version.

(Or if we want to create a lead-in for the next season, then perhaps they get the mayor or commissioner's help in recruiting a reserve team to look after things in their absence, and then this reserve team becomes the New Ninja during Crystalized).

Again, I don't want anyone to mistake my criticism for dislike - Wildbrain holds a special place in my heart, and I do enjoy it a lot. But I also have to admit that this relentless and at many times painfully arbitrary team-splitting is starting to get a bit annoying.

...oh wow, that was a long rant. I'm not entirely sure if any of that made sense, but either way just know that I agree with you 100%. Thanks for the ask!

#part of me wants to be all 'oh hey wink wink nudge i actually have a wildbrain rewrite fic in the works where i fix issues like this' #but also we all know im probably never gonna write it. soooooo #ninjago #ask #destiny post

[ninjagood4]

Yeah, you heard our remarks 🥹

#ninjago #ninjago wu #ninjago lloyd #ninjago united #ninjago 2023 #wildbrain #omg i love this

[zerothesonic]

it’s been months but i’m still unable to get over the fact that wildbrain is working on BOTH. sonic prime. AND ninjago dragons rising. like. WHO TOLD YOU GUYS THAT THIESE ARE MY TWO MAIN FANDOMS HUH?? i swear this made my entire year

#sonic the hedgehog #ninjago #sonic prime #dragons rising #wildbrain #oh and also sonic and arin share one VA #kai and knuckles share one too #:DDDDDDDDD