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no offense but i think when critiquing jay’s (and let’s be real all of the OG four ninja’s) behavior in the pilots and early seasons, a lot of people ignore that the cultural context and attitude about misogyny and especially misogyny in children’s media is VERY different today than it was in the late 2000s/early 2010s

#not saying it’s great but lots of the shit early seasons jay gets flack for was standard for male protags. ESPECIALLY if part of the plot #was *them unlearning it*. yknow. what they were trying to show with the resolution of the sam x arc #i’m not saying they did it really well but the cultural attitudes in the US about gender have VASTLY changed since 2011 #like when the netflix show cut sokka’s misogynistic jokes everyone was upset that they were taking away a character growth moment .#not saying ninjago has equivalent writing quality *but* those storylines come from the same cultural narrative that was prevalent at the ti #time. guy character flirts with girl -> doubts her abilities -> doesn’t believe she is actually as skilled when she gets her overblown #Girlboss Moment -> awkward reconciliation bc all these plots were written by middle ages men who haven’t been teenagers since the 80s #text✨#ninjago #ninjago was very firmly a boy’s show. it had consequences. and like… just in general you gotta take the context that story choices were #made in into account #okay thanks for reading the ramble 👍 jay rose early seasons enjoyer (with caveats) strikes again #i’m running on four hrs of sleep before a long work day gurantee i’ll reread this in 12 hrs and find seven mistakes

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