since @icy-watch has finished seabound (my condolences btw a heartbreaking season finale to get through) I feel I should remind us all of one of the BEST FIGHT SCENES IN NINJAGO
thinking about how in meme we see John smiling a lot more rather than in double when he’s almost entirely emotionless
But also with this he still has those expressionless moments that look a lot more like how he does in double.
This is making me think alot. What’s John actually like? Is he really truly as stoic as we see him? I have a lot to believe that’s more so his true personality when he’s not pretending to be a monster. But it’s interesting how in meme we see him smiling alot and showing a lot more emotion.
There’s even in this one part where he’s shown to be legitimately scared, questioning his own existence.
and even in this one minigram we see him a lot more happy and social able here rather than his stoic demeanour in neoplasm (just to note we know it’s John here, as he uses to first person pronouns ore).
Although this minigram could be John masquerading as Mikoto potentially, I’m not entirely sold in that. And it’s interesting how lively he’s interacting with the other prisoners here even though we know that he’s scared of them and lashes out and pushes them away, so why’s that not happening here?
Maybe a theory I have is something about him being treated as human vs being treated as a monster. In neoplasm when he first comes out, he instantly lashes out at es and threatens them but when es calms down and doesn’t react as expected and treats him as normal. John retreats and drops the facade. Maybe this could be a response to actually being treated as a human instead of a scary monster to run away from as he tries to show. But he’s never had this type of interaction before so he just lets it happen. Maybe he’s not lashing out in this minigram because maybe he doesn’t want to be treated as a monster? The ordeal he’s trying to put himself through is very painful and has probably pushed him to the breaking point so maybe he desires this kind of interaction.
idk anymore I’m just spitballing basically. I still don’t understand if he’s really as stoic as he seems to be but at the same time I don’t think it’s a facade but maybe he’s only that way because he’s basically lost everything? Aughdjbsiwbsowbwjdjs