#forgot to erase my bullet points lmao. they're gone now

[felikatze]

finished season 10 it was good. it works as a 4 ep movie but 8-9 were back to back bangers so it falls a liiiiitle flat. a little.

onto my detailed feelings abt it

first of all congrats jaya on the engagement that subplot was ADORABLE. jay asking kai to practice the engagement is vry cute cuz it shows also that kai is EXTREMELY supportive of this relationship now whereas a long long time ago he. was not. jay is officially a wifeguy congrats. love that he asked her during the fuckin climax cuz he was afraid to die and never ask her. what’s better than battlefield proposals. props to nya for just casually accepting anyway and not sniping at him for the proper time n place. jaya have rights sometimes. the relationship is p much always at its best when it’s not the main focus and just exists in the bg to be cute.

next up cole he can never catch a fucking break can he. love that everyone was down to assume he’s fucking DEAD and actually grieving him until kai’s like “yeah he’ll come back” and then he does. cole could come back for the unbelievable fucking reason of “remember in episode 1 of the season when he left the car stuck in traffic” i wanted to scream once i realized that. THE TRAFFIC JAM WAS PLOT RELEVANT? IN THIS WAY?? goddamn. also the very very very casual implication cole may or may not be part oni cuz he DID manage to make it through the dark cloud even if he had difficulties cuz remember lloyd also had trouble at first. this will never be addressed ever i feel that in my bones and its just gonna sit there in my mind and that’s the funniest shit ever. we aint talking abt this.

i was a bit more meh on this season than 8 n 9 but it did have its moments and one of my favs was nya beating herself up over getting cole killed (cept not really) and kai going to comfort her. he’s bad at words but he’s trying. consistency in that nya tends to hone in on her own mistakes esp here compounded with grief but nicely resolved when she gets to keep the scythe of quakes for a bit and is the one to hand it back to cole.

in my paragraph outline because i have to organize by thoughts by now this just say “garmadon.” because. oh boy where do i begin. a LOT of garmadon moments in the front half of this season feel like s1/2 rehash cuz “oh noesss we have to cooperate with garmadon and he’s evil!” i do admit that this season adds back some of his charm from those first two season but then again s1/2 just did it better yeah? there’s the new aspect of him still trying to understand love and friendship when he can’t really feel it anymore which is pretty interesting. it’s a big difference to the early garmadon where his love was the main conflict to his obligatory evil nature.

tbh i feel this version of garmadon worked better in conjunction with harumi since she’s the lloyd foil and its much harder for him to carry scenes without her. also at the end he just walks out which is fun. “yeah i’m secretly conflicted but outwardly i’m 100% cold heartless evil. anyway BYE.”

i could say more abt him here but i wont k thanks

the finale for this season is REALLY well set up see cole’s car. but ALSO the tornado of creation as the final solution is set up well cuz in the beginning there’s EXTRA focus put on its mural and its importance to the history of the ninja. this way, it doesn’t feel like a deus ex machina ya.

the oni are like. schrödinger’s build up to me. cuz in the prev 2 seasons they’re talked abt as the Big Bad Destroyers Of Darkness but then again them being Gone is like The season 9 plot twist. this ofc opens the question of “well where the fuck are they then” with season 10 going “they’re here now :)” which sounds like a fine setup if that didnt leave “well where were those fuckers BETWEEN then and now” a big glaring question mark. omega is also just whatever as a villain. flat as cardboard he’s just here to be an obstacle and a mild contrast for garmadon. who cares abt him he fulfills his purpose well enough.

next up. the golden weapons they’re back i like them. remember in the s8 write up when i complained abt weapon changes. yeah :) i’m happy now.

kai being the one to make them works cuz it shows his character development a bit since him being a shit blacksmith mainly boiled down to his impatience which HAS mellowed out. comparitevely. he’s still a hothead. kinda wack that he hasn’t actually done any smithing for like 5 yrs or however long but now he can make all the fancy golden patterns. the season could’ve brought in his parents to help which could’ve been symbolic but those guys have been Gone since s7 so nah. it WORKS again it works and i get not wanting to change the designs since its been long enough to sell them in toy sets again.

anyway yeah this season works as the overglorified movie that it is and the shortness shows in the narrative depth like it’s coherent and well put together but i’m not that impressed. does not make it bad tho again it works