#Score: 8/10

[jesncin]

Since you said to enjoy the flashfam’s vibes and both Ma’al and JC have had interest in at least one Silver Fox… Jay Garrick will be too powerful

I got a lot of asks recommending me DC silver foxes ever since I made a running joke of Ma'al/Johnstantine being into foxy grandpas, and I've been saving them with the intention to draw a joke comic response- but now I just wanna draw some fine old men y'know? The mood is striking. I finished reading up on Jay's recent comic solo and it is SO cute, I love him dearly.

[front-facing-pokemon]

[antirepurp]

he had such sad eyes

[fiddler-sticks]

Ninjago seasons and specials ranked by how good the music is (with commentary)

Just a comment before we start: This does not include Weekend Whips or any other intros. Just the score that plays under episodes and credits music

21. Skybound

There's just barely any music for this season due to budget cuts or something of the like, and what music that is there I'm just not super enthused about or I forgot about

20. Crystalized

While there's a good amount of music for this season, I didn't find it super special or appealing, and it was just kind of meh like the season itself

19. Legacy of the Green Ninja

I hate to put this here, but something's gotta go here so it might as well be S2. The music was pretty great and there's a LOT of it, plus it's available to the public on an album, but really the only tracks from this season that stick out to me are Day Jobs and The Final Battle

18. Rebooted

Again, don't dislike the music, but something's gotta take these spots and I can't even recall any pieces from this season except for X-1 Joyride and Built to Protect

17. The Island

The score for this season is miles better than the plot and execution, but there's not a lot of it. There was like, one piece I could find on youtube. It was great though! Really fit the island vibe

16. Fire Chapter

It was pretty hard to decide whether The Island or Fire Chapter went here, but eventually I decided on Fire Chapter just because it had more tracks, plus the ongoing and reused Serpentine theme. None of the tracks really stood out to me, but I loved that they reused the Serpentine theme from the first few seasons for Aspheera and her minions

15. Seabound

This one is here for a combination of reasons from The Island and Fire Chapter. It has a lot of music, plus it fits the ocean theme super well. None of the tracks stood out to me except for the one reused one from Wu's Teas when they're all walking out in their diving gear though, so that's why it's this low

14. Hunted

I absolutely love the plot of this season and the hunter's theme, but the only thing that really stood out to me as 'Wow, this is amazing was Dragon Hunt'. It's also super all over because of the whole realms thing, which obviously doesn't make for a very consistent soundtrack. The Resistance Never Quits is a great track, too

13. March of the Oni

Now we start moving into the great seasons. 13th place might seem low, but considering how flipping amazing the other soundtracks are I think this is well-placed. It's diverse, but all fits together and the two moods are nicely separated, unlike whatever was happening in Hunted. I really like the nice, flowy, and clean tracks when we're around the ninja, and the choppy, dissonant music with the whispers and uncommon time signatures for the Oni never fails to give me good chills

12. Hands of Time

I'm gonna be honest with you and say that I was going to put this one a LOT lower, but then I decided to give it a relisten, and DANG. I can't believe I forgot how much of a BANGER this soundtrack is! Especially the ongoing theme. I think I forgot just because the plot of the season is so forgettable, but the music definitely goes hard

11. Rise of the Snakes

I think this is probably the most expected ranking on this list. The soundtrack is great, but it's not amazing. It's really hit-and-miss, honestly. You have bangers like Falcon Chase, Taking the Bait, Weapons Take Flight, and Race to Ouroboros, but the rest of it is kind of bland and forgettable in my opinion

10. The Lego Ninjago Movie

It seems like no one talks about the score for TLNM when we should absolutely be talking about it! It's great! You should really go listen to it. The percussive flute tracks by Greg Pattillo are especially good. Pieces like Sibling Rivalry, The Rise of Kitty Kitty, and Wise Master Wu are also super great!

9. Sons of Garmadon

I honestly can't remember why I put this so high, but I trust more-awake-Fiddler's judgment. It's got a great score, it's just that not a lot of it is super memorable for me. The very beginning of the season (the first bit of Sons of Garmadon Heist) gets stuck in my head all the time though

8. Pilots

Even though there are only 3-4 tracks in both episodes (depending on whether or not you count the Overture), all of them are amazing. Attack of the Skeleton Army, Discovering Spinjitzu / Dragon Ride, and especially Training Course all go hard, and I love that the very first taste of Ninjago we ever got had such great music. Like, be honest. Do you think that Ninjago would've taken off if it had some crap MIDI, mass-produced music in the background? I personally don't think so. We owe a lot to Vincent & Kramer for the Ninjago we know today

7. Day of the Departed

Considering that this special has like, only one track, this is pretty fuckin' high for just one piece of music among whole seasons worth of music. I cry pretty much every time I hear Maybe I'm Departed, and it hits so much harder after Kirby Morrow's passing. Also, little self-promo here, if you haven't listened to my version of Maybe I'm Departed yet, what are you doing?

6. Prime Empire

Prime Empire's music is just fucking sick. It goes so hard and perfectly fits with the cyberpunk/video game vibes of the season. It's so diverse, too, with tracks from Scott's Stowaway Part 2, to Stayin' Aflight, to Fourth Mile Marker, to the Noir Whip. I'd say one of my favorite parts in the entire thing is when a West Side Story reference appears in the soundtrack of Confidential when two or three of the goons are snapping like the Jets lol. My favorite track in Prime Empire would have to be Fourth Mile Marker, just because it's so beautiful, and the melody also reminds me a lot of the theme from Schindler's List, which is just a beautiful theme

5. Dragons Rising

DR is all the way up here despite being so new because the music is already so iconic in my eyes. I haven't even really paid attention to the 'remixes' of old pieces yet, I'm just in love with the original music. It's so unique, and you really can't mistake it for any other season. I especially love the credits from The Merge Part 1, and Tradition of the Ninja

4. Master of the Mountain

I originally had this at #3, but I made a last-minute decision to bump it down one. Not because of anything about it though. It's fuckin' epic. I love the ongoing theme, and in the suite, I absolutely love at the very beginning the few notes played by handbells. Also in the suite, from about 5:49 to the end is the most epic, magical, grandiose thing I've ever heard in my life and you need to go listen to it right this second. Exit tumblr, listen to it, then come back for the top 3. I'll be here when you get back. And one more thing I love about the score is that it's constantly in different and weird times, and cuts out beats when you're least expecting it. Also, I know I said I wouldn't bring Whips into this, but I absolutely love that the beginning is in 6/8. First whip not in 4/4 let's gooooooooo

3. Ice Chapter

Honestly, I was super torn about whether I should put this one at #4 or #3, but in the end, I chose this spot for a number of reasons. The whole thing just gives off winter vibes, I absolutely love the folk aspect of it for the Formlings theme, the Ice Emperor theme is so freaking dark and scary, and there are so many bangers! Namely Akita Finds Her Animal Form and Twice As Stubborn

2. Possession

If you know me, this might come as a surprise seeing as how much I love this season and its music, but it's actually second place for me. It is home to my favorite piece from Ninjago ever, though, which is Ghost Story. I've probably made dozens of posts about the geniusness of Morro's theme and music when he's around and talked about, so I won't go into great detail about that. Just know that the well-known bit features the tritone (often called the devil's interval) played on a fiddle and/or viola (the fiddle was considered the devil's instrument back in ye olden days). Anyway, I highly recommend that you go listen to Ghost Story because it's just a wonderful piece that beautifully tells Morro's story through music

1. Tournament of Elements

I always go back and forth on whether ToE or Possession is my favorite season, but there was no doubt in my mind that ToE is my favorite from a musical standpoint. It's so diverse, yet fits together so nicely. The music features a lot of traditional drums and chanting, really fitting the whole island/fight club/cult theme. The season also has a bunch of bangers, spanning from Gauntlet of Humility, to Thinking About Yourself, Rooftop Ruffhouse, And That's The Kink, I Am the Titanium Ninja, Lloyd's Flashbacks, and who could forget Sneaking Around, the credits music for a bunch of episodes in a lot of other seasons

So, do you agree with my ranking? Feel free to reblog with thoughts or your own rankings!

[catboydan]

i have to fucking study for the citizenship test this year, i gotdamn forgor

[decolonize-the-everything]

So I had a doctor's appointment finally. I've been waiting months. It was just supposed to be a setup appointment with a new doctor and for me to tell them about my knees.

But they wanted to know everything, all my symptoms, and so I told them what I could remember (and wrote down).

They did labs immediately because while hidden I do have physical symptoms I was able to show them on the spot. And I was clearly unwell so something was up right? And they came back normal. Y'all I've never had normal labs. Usually I'm low iron/vitamins or something so that's how my symptoms have largely been written off "here take this supplement, kthnxbye." But no. Not this time. Normal. They even tested for thyroid issues. Fine.

And my mom has lupus and I have chronic pain, fatigue, and a consistently stressed nervous system :)

You know what that means

[shower-racoon]

just got 100% completion in Paper Mario: the Origami King. fun game, although I wasn't too fond of the Rubber Band and Fire Vellumental bosses in practice

[doctorwhoisadhd]

the 10th doctor kissed a male zygon on the mouth in the 50th anniversary. the 14th doctor called isaac newton hot in the 60th anniversary. you think david tennant will do something gay as the Doctor for the show's 70th anniversary

ok not to be like no fun allowed but 10 does NOT count for this at ALL bc 1) the zygon in question was disguised as a woman at the time and i cant even find evidence for that particular zygon being male (NOT saying you're lying, i'd just like to see what your evidence is). and 2) he is by appearances easily the straightest doctor in that he kissed 8 different women onscreen (BY FAR the most of any modern who / torchwood / sja / class character!!! and in fact he is the ONE single character who kisses 5+ different people who does not kiss people of both binary genders) and ZERO men and never said or did anything truly explicit unlike every other modern who doctor. and like when i say that please keep in mind that i am talking about a FICTIONAL CHARACTER which is different from a real person. if a character only does lowkey things that can be waved away by the audience yes they might be queer from a queer fan's perspective but how a queerphobic cishet person is going to receive them is very different.

that said i do think david tennant would do that yes

[icewindandboringhorror]

more photo diary posts.. various life images...

[theoscarsproject]

Yentl (1983). A Jewish girl disguises herself as a boy to enter religious training.

Absolute vanity project on Babs' part, but y'know what? If more vanity projects were this good, cinema would be a better place. 8/10.

[tastelesssandwiches-reheated]

Done with harmony of dissonance, liked it a lot more than circle of the moon

Though playing it right after that game made this one feel like too much of a cakewalk, I've heard that it was easy before but even then

On the upside I never felt like I needed to grind at all, not even on money

...though admittedly I did since I didn't know beforehand it was gonna be unnecessary to do so

With how easy it is I'd say it's a great starting point for anyone looking to get into the series, at least on the metroidvania type games

now all I have left to play is Aria, kinda excited since I never 100%'d it before

(I know there's Maxim mode for harmony still, but I can't be bothered to play through the game all over again even if I'd be speeding over it, so just let me post this and pretend that I did it)

[cometrose]

finally playing the archon quest here are my live thoughts

melus and silver oh no! they weee good npcs i will remember them

mona she’s so cute

poor navia we have been with her through some of the most traumatic moments of her life

lowkey wanted to ship navia and the knave for a second there but their color pallets are so contrasting i couldn’t

10 minutes of my life lost forever to talk about hunting metaphors

i don’t think i’m in a rush but this is so wordy though i do appreciate character building and a walk down memory lane but sheesh like i’m getting sleepy yawn

i’ve been at this since like uhhh it’s been over 3 maybe 4 hours god help

whoever said this quest wasn’t that long (they might have talking about a different archon quest) has to die i’m so serious

furina my dear she’s so cute very lovely

oh no my lovely furina

all fontainians being fish and water people is kind of crazy

childe is like a blorbo in law he’s not my love but my friend loves him so i have to squeal and coo when he makes an appearance and he was very cool

this all is kind of funny cause creating artificial people is almost always a sin like homunculus or clones like you’re almost always going to get smited by the divine for messing with the laws of nature i assure 9 times out of 10 they’re gonna fucking lose it on you for that

focalors design makes me itch

furina my poor girl my poor lady

oh my poor poor furina

if i was a god i would be a silly one who just makes flowers bloom or dances in the breeze i have no desire for any piece of authority that shit sounds like monkey balls especially if you want to be a good god a trickster god actually sounds nice

aww neuvillette

i still cant vibe with skirk’s design but her personality is good

there goes childe my pookie in law

who?

this shit is long as ball

i’m pleased that charlotte has appeared throughout these fontaine ordeals especially since she was the first fontaine character we met

HOW LONG? IS THIS?

i had to take a break to do life stuff so mind you i started this at 8 in the morning it is past midnight so it’s the next day we are almost done but probably not probably still gonna take another fucking hour throw me off a cliff!

the knave was nice i look forward to working with her in the future but her model irritates me she seems like the person to stand with her legs together but her model makes them stand apart like her very sleek and streamline form is ruined by her wide leg posture and i don’t appreciate it

if a person from fontaine and a person from sumeru had a child would they still dissolve? if two fontainians moved to inazuma and had a kid there would they still dissolve? what about generations later after mixing with native inazumans? i feel maybe this was mentioned but i don’t remember

wait whose descender 1 and 2 then? cause i thought one of them was the heavenly principles and the other was the primordial one unless they’re the same thing

where’s furina…

IM FREE!!

[disdaidal]

I have a big English test tomorrow and all I can think about is watching tv shows and making new gifs.

[psilactis]

GOOD MORNING

[chemmerson]

*whispers* icandothisicandothisicandothis

[tartt9]

thinking thoughts about how jamie grew up wanting to be an 8, wore 51 (his academy number) all of the years he sat on city's bench, then went on loan as a striker to richmond and immediately got their 9 without working towards it

thinking about how jamie alway wanted to be an 8 but james always wanted him to be a 9

thinking about how jamie saw the 9 on his back his loan year as proof that he was better than everyone else on the team even as a loanee

thinking about how jamie earned the 9 through s2, he truly dedicated himself to being the best striker he could be even if he missed playing midfield

thinking about "we just figured you'd wanna keep doing what you do best for us - playing striker and scoring goals" "erm... yeah - yeah... if you want, yeah." boy does not want to keep playing striker but he will do whatever his coaches tell him to do

thinking about how jamie grew to love his 9 through s2 and s3, even when they switched to total football and he was finally back to playing more like an 8 just like he'd wanted to be growing up (or maybe a 10, but zava has corrupted the 10 in his mind, and jamie plays defence way too much for him to be a true 10™)

thinking about how jamie had a whole speech to give their new gaffer about "i know i'm not really a striker anymore but i'd really like to keep my 9" bc he's grown attached to his number at richmond and he's got the star power to say what number he wants to wear now (the way roy played like an 8 but wore 6 his whole career)

just.....thinking about jamie's relationship with the 9, being told that it was all he should want growing up, getting it without earning it, and then earning something like it through s2 and s3. earning the right to the number he wants, yes, but also earning the right to call himself a playmaker for richmond, earning his teammates' trust and friendship, earning their affection, and he did it all in a number that's the inverse of roy's - roy didn't smile his whole career, but jamie is a deeply, deeply caring person on and off the pitch, he's always got a smile for his teammates to spare, he takes roy's plays from his chelsea days and makes them his own,,,,

just thinking about jamie in 9 and how much the 9 means to him now and why he wouldn't give up being richmond's 9 for the world