A Twitter Thread from David Bowles:
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I'll let you in on a secret. I have a doctorate in education, but the field’s basically just a 100 years old. We don’t really know what we’re doing. Our scholarly understanding of how learning happens is like astronomy 2000 years ago.
Most classroom practice is astrology.
in light of the pokemon anime being spread across so many platforms…
..I’d like to share every episode from season 1 to season 19 for free from Archive.org
Making this a full post cause it deserves to be said:
TL:DR at bottom
A lot of the tumblr community is pro queer and progressive but why are they so violently against redemptions???
Seriously I’ve noticed a mind boggling amount of people who are dying on the hill that Harumi should rot in prison.
Do they even watch the same show?? Why are they dividing people into “evil” and “good” categories like that??? Ninjago has shown multiple times that people are complex and multi dimensional.
Flintlocke was just following the captain that he loved so much and trusted like a brother, Morro was consumed by a desperation to prove himself, Cyrus Borg hid the overlord virus from everyone, the dragon hunters were just scared by Iron Barons rule, The Ice Emperor was manipulated by Vex, Unagami was confused and angry by his abandonment, the Keepers were just doing their job, Ronin was trying to pay back his debt (and maybe support his family), Pythor used to be a power hungry jerk but being trapped in the tomb made him realize it meant nothing being a king or getting revenge, Garmadon before resurrection loved his son very dearly but was consumed by urges to destroy and infect others with his curse. And most importantly…
Lloyd was a spoiled brat child who wanted to hurt people and cause mayhem until Wu finally caught him. Yes he wasn’t a terrorist and was a kid but so was Harumi when she turned. They were the same age, around 10, when they were affected by the serpentine.
As well. All of the Harumi fans I know want Harumi to get a proper redemption. One where they pay for their crimes and feel horrible about what they’ve done. Where they’re forced to live in the real world and not some delusion that they created when they were young and angry. I want Harumi to cry and feel like shit for murder and terrorism. I really would hate if Roots was the end of her story and her redemption! She’s gotta show that she’s changed and is a different person in order to be fully redeemed in my eyes. I like a lot of others just want her to have a chance at redemption, not accept her as being redeemed immediately.
TL:DR: Ninjago has a plethora of people who start out evil but change and redeem themselves. So why is Harumi singled out? I believe Harumi hasn’t redeemed herself canonically yet and has to go through a lot of pain and growth before that can happen. But If anyone thinks that Harumi doesn’t deserve redemption then neither does Lloyd or Scales or Faith or Morro or Garmadon.
We can’t forget that in the could be canon Splinter in the Blind Man’s Eye story Lloyd claims that Morro gave him the most trauma, because he committed atrocities in his own body. He never even says he has nightmares about Harumi!! Which he has a lot of damn nightmares!
Lloyd was brought to the good side because Wu gave him a chance and believed that he was good, and Lloyd did the exact same to Harumi. “The best way to defeat your enemy, is to make them your friend”…
Thank you, my friend.
I just realized that a lot of people seemingly consider the Emperor and Empress as perfectly fine parents to Harumi, while I always tought they were incredibly negligent. Curious to see the opinions.
in the last episode of ninjago crystallized i noticed that harumi is in the background at the monastery with a prison guard/police officer trailing behind her, which implies that she got permission to leave jail and help them rebuild? and it made me sad that she was still in her “villain” outfit in that scene so i decided to design her a new one
i tried to incorporate elements of her old outfit because i think she’s the type to want to be honest about her past and wear it as warning (as if to say “you might not want to trust me but it’s your decision”). i also wanted it to be clear that she’s moving toward the light though and that lloyd is important to her
(I don’t know the catgirl’s name I’m sorry)
Do you think those powers the girl showed in the trailer are elemental or just other realm magic?
I’m hoping the latter, I feel like we have had about enough elements and the ones we have haven’t been fleshed out yet whatsoever. Maybe like how the Formlings have their own powers? It’s been a good while since weve seen a new realm!
(the powers don’t seem to come form her prostetic since she uses her right arm for it)
Okay so we’re doing time shenanigans as well?
You know, with Krux seemingly appearing, SOmeone who looks like Lily (though she may very well not be) and the monastery looking old? They literally JUST rebuilt it again, and it looks older then it did a year after Nya died.
If they do this, let’s just hope it turns out to be less retcon-y than ‘wrong place wrong time’....
Spoilers based on the teasers
*United teaser spoilers*
I know it’s been like 6 months, but I still can’t believe they nerfed our girl.
Like??? Skylor??
They already seemingly removed Lloyd’s ability to use other elements (or at least commpletely ignore it), can’t they let her have this? And even if they wanted to nerve her, which I can honestly understand (I guess) then there would be better and more fun ways than “a time limit”.
Like, imagine if instead of being a natural at everything she could only copy elements after the true potential is reached and she could only copy the mere basics? What if after copying the basics her abilities would depend on how much she has practices the powers? She’s basically become the embodiment of “Jack of all traits, master of none”, since she’d have to balance practicing all the elements. And not practicing would leave her rusty and weaken her powers, like what happens with the ninja. They could even let her lose a certain element after not using it for long enough as a nerve.
Besides, even in this scenario the girl would defintely “still beat the master of one”.
Side note 1: if we’re gonna keep Lloyd’s ability to learn elements (and you’d count all elements, which I’d argue you should) there would still be a distinct difference since he can simply learn about them and master them on his own (theoretically) while Skylor would first need to meet all the masters and keep practicing or lose the ability. Basically, without practice Lloyd would get rusty and SKylor would lose the ability until she copies the power again.
Side note 2: Also, in quest for lost powers she uses the element of water, so I guess nothing matters anymore.
Especially the s4 eleements just aren’t fleshed out and seem kinda boring or weak, I want to view it as mroe interesting. Personally I just like to go with “would it make sense if they could do this?”
Like s11, would the Master of Water controlling ice or snow to some extend make sense? Yes, then they could probably do it with enough practice.
Would the master of Fire be able control explosions and create various color of fire? Probably, I think it should be possible.
Should the Master of Earth be able to ‘see’through the earth” á la Toph? Sure.
Should the Master of Wind be able to create a Vacuum, or suck the air from lungs? Yes. And if he could he would, he deserves it.
Would it make sense for the master of light to chance the colors of objects? I’d argue so, so I think he could do that.
Would the Master of Forme be able to change the form and appearance of objects? YES her powers are too boring like this.
Wouldn’t that be fun? It could also make battles a lot more fun and creative.
I'd say it has potential, since I am a sucker for foils working together and enemies to lovers. Not right now though, in order for it to be alright Harumi firstly needs to fully redeem herself, instead of ending up with some "enemy of my enemy" bs. In the ideal situation I'd say Harumi needs to do soul searching and pick up her life and for Lloyd to get over the ideal image of her he fell for and then fall again for the redeemed girl and the actual personality she ends up having. (Just my opinion, you're allowed to disagree and technicaly to hate as well, I just don't think hating would be beneficial to anyone.)
"Awww. What's wrong? You look like you've just seen a ghost..."
this is my piece for an art trade with my super cool mutual who you should TOTALLY follow @butchlaios!!!!!!
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE reblog this piece!!!! I spent a LOT of time getting the perspective down and I'd rlly appreciate it...
DM for flats (if u want)!!!!!!
I know the Ninjago fandom is pretty small, maybe 500 at most?
I’m going to ask everyone who is an active member of the Ninjago fandom (Not just a side interest, etc.) to PLEASE Reblog this. I want to find out how many people there are.
Im a long time ninjago fan and this silly show continues to rot my brain ever since 2014 YEAAAH !! >:O
That means we’re getting like, 3 new ninja right? So we’re all assuming, based on the colors, they’ll be the “new ninja”, the fruitier fruitloops from crystalized, right? RIGHT?
Note: asking this as a serious question as someone who is genuinly curious about the answer. I’m also not trying to start anything, I just genuinly want to learn.
Is there a reason for why Llorumi seems (at least from my perspective) so much more hated than other enemies to lover relationships, especially in other fandoms?
I can see the argument saying that “she’s still evil, it’s still toxic”, but most enemies to lovers tend to be shipped before redemptions too, so I’m not sure. Is it because it isn’t “from two sides” as much as a personal vandetta? Or do you, as someone who doesn’t enjoy the ship, not enjoy the enemies to lovers dynamic altogether?
Again, not trying to start anything and it is not meant as offensive or taunting or whatever. Just genuinly curious to understand, even if you could consider me to be biased, that’s fair.
You never know if someone needs this. Reblog this, even if its not your ‘blog type’. Just do it.
Yes, please reblog
Do it. Now.
i sat here and thought about reblogging this or not but then i realized how many people feel suicidal, and i have too its not dan and phil but i could honestly care less, bc i rather have someone not die then make sure i strictly stay to my ‘blog type’
Blog type doesn’t matter. Caring for people does.
This isn’t my blog type but *deep inhale*
SAVING SUICIDAL LIVES IS BETTER THAN KEEPING IT TO MY BLOG THEME SO DEAR YA’LL WHO ARE SUICIDAL I’M HERE SIS/BRO/SIBLING!! STAY STRONG!!
Fine I promise.
REBLOG THIS IF YOU SEE IT!! ITS IMPORTANT!!
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