Lord Ras - Blog Posts

Ok so idea that probably won't happen but what if the reason Jay is evil is because he somehow rembers kai but like only the name face and that their vaugly friends and through manipulation from ras and he just keeps ignoring the rest of the Ninja. Idk just a funny thought

So it's basically confirmed that lord Ras comes from the Chima realm right So that would indicate chima is one of the murged realms meaning that we could possibly get a crossover.

Additionally nexo knights is also a 3D Lego show and therefore make (in my opinion) anouther good realm to add but idk just a thought.

I'm really hoping NDR will somehow write a balance to this because these two ideologies are not inherently bad until pushed to the extreme (like all ideologies, I suppose!) I would be pretty disappointed if they painted the Ninja in the good entirely, but I trust Doc Wyatt!

So I already seen some people talk about how Ras teachings about pushing against the universe and taking what you want is actually good as opposed to how the teachings of Lloyd/ the ninjas side where it’s more….. about going with the flow of the universe is bad.

And I GET where they’re coming from. I really do! I understand that these ideas are/could be read as “it’s better to just let everyone walk all over you and let destiny do its thing and you have no control over anything and you just gotta let stuff happen. No you cannot fight for what you want and go against “the flow of the universe” or whatever” but it really is a matter of how you read it because the way I see it:

Let’s look at it this way. You cannot force people to do things they want just because you want them to. You cannot force yourself to love someone just like you can’t force someone to love you as much as you want it. You cannot forcefully change someone’s identity or personality just because you don’t like how they are and you cannot forcefully change yourself to be someone you really aren’t just to appease others. You cannot force and entire population to bow down to you because you simply find it fun. You cannot force everyone to agree with you and unleash anger upon them when they don’t. You cannot change nor rewrite the past and you cannot puppeteer others peoples lives because it would be more beneficial to you. You cannot bring someone back from the dead and you cannot create the perfect person. This is why, Rass ideas, about, taking things by force, bending the universe to your will to get the stuff you want, is bad. It’s selfish. It’s harmful. Hell it can even be harmful to oneself.

I don’t think that the ninjas teachings/ideas supposed in any way signify that ni matter how unfair something is you just have to let it happen or some shit like that because we know that’s not true, considering how the ninja are constantly fighting villians who do unfair shit. I mean this is pretty obvious but still.

Not everything’s gonna go your way and not everything is in your control and that’s ok. Once one learns to accept change, or how life doesn’t always go as planned, that some things that you don’t like might occur, they’ll be able to live at peace. As much as you wish for something there’s also things you have to respect. From boundaries to nature. From someone you love not loving you the way you wish they did to having to move away to somewhere new, being able to adapt and grow is something essential in life and essential towards being at peace.

Again, I understand why people would interpret the two sides of these ideas in dragons rising in such a way where both are right and wrong. And tbh I also agree and like seeing it that way, in the way that there should be a balance between both. Especially with all the themes about balance in Ninjago, but I still wanted to drop my interpretation of these ideas here and why I can also see how ras teachings can be wrong while Lloyd/the ninjas right. But again? The world isn’t black and white.

i havent caught up on dr yet. but heres what i understand wildlife shipping is from what ive seen

ras got arin in the divorce. apparently.

Ras learns about the LGTBQ

based off this lol (The summer that hikaru died manga)

My dumbass baby

thinking abt how ras was the one who resurructed the very people who once massacred and commited genocide on his ancestors, the people who see him and his kind as nothing but items and 'wretched beasts'. his ancestral opressors who he thought he would be able to control, who he thought he'd be able to change and bend their actions to his will, only for him to be beaten just like his ancestors once were

despite the fact that he was willingly working for them, he was still betrayed by them. he was still nearly killed by them. just thinking abt that

I love Ninjago Dragon Rising Season 2 Part 1.It has everything most of us love!

- Angst

- character improvement

- shocking and exciting moments

- funny jokes

- FUCKING SHIP MOMENTS

And my favorites, SIBLING MOMENTS!!!!!!there were a lot of RGB moments but god when Nya helped Kai with training it hit the nail on the head for me.Seeing these two as kids having fun again interspersed with their training, I watched it about 5 times just like when Nya also unlocked the Rising Dragon technique.

Jay also came back for a good minute. I was squealing and screaming like crazy.

how else does he get messages from his master be so ffr

for some reason i decided to draw lord ras as a break from character design, i dunno i kinda fucks with it though

Pathetic meow meow

Here's the second part with the ones I liked less I guess

Something, something part II of This.

*Take a deep breath*

LEGO NINJAGO!!! MAKE THE WOLFCLAN-GANG A CHAOTIC "Family" GANG, AND MY LIFE, IS YOURS!!

So Ras did forge the gravestones, I'm not surprised it's very on brand for him, I just hope they show how he did it at some point in the future.

Happy Ides of march on tumblr!

Especially for by beloved Ninjago fandom!

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I love the little pose Ras do whenever he try to say something wise:

He just look so cute when he does that, I hope that we will see more of his goofy side in season 3.

Ras I love what you doing but maybe you can wait 10 seconds that the person you try to manipulate left the room before doing your evil laugh?

Ras is really tring to manipulate Arin with the whole "I'm not really the bad guy" spiel when he use an ancient ritual to give his followers dark powers by shattering their goodness.

Season 2 episode 14:

Finished the season today and I really like it!

One massive improvement over season 1 in my opinion is the villain : Ras, Cinder and Jordana have a toxic workplace relationship that is very fun to watch.

Just finished dragons rising s2!! even though I’ve already seen some spoilers for s3p1, IM STILL SO EXCITED TO WATCH IT !!!!!! more of my hyped thoughts abt s2 are below (WARNING: spoilers for Dr s2! just incase some ppl haven’t watched it yet. oh, and a yap warning.. bc yeah.. I talk a lot. help.)

pros/everything I loved - the overall plot of this season, continuing from where we were in s1, is absolutely AMAZING! the stakes get higher with each episode, creating such an epic buildup that pays off wonderfully in the finale, but still leaves you with questions about what will happen next. the pacing is GREAT. I loved this season EVEN MORE THAN DR S1! if I’m being honest, I think that dr s2 is one of my favorite Ninjago seasons, like ever. s2 and s5 will always be personal favorites of mine, but in terms of writing and story, and even animation (bc the freaking shading is BEAUTIFUL), dr s2 takes the cake for me. from Lloyd’s arc of getting over and adapting to his visions, the mystery during the tournament, to Arin’s well written and ultimate betrayal— this season is seriously outstanding in nearly every single aspect. all of the characters (even if some didn’t get as much screen time as others), are written extremely well and are very interesting and entertaining to watch. every character has so much thought put into their writing, and that makes them so much more emotional and easy to get attached to. for example; despite Arin’s betrayal and ignorance towards Sora, the writing does not make you hate him— rather, feel bad for him, and understand where he’s coming from, which is what makes his character in this season so interesting. and what makes his writing even better, is that this arc for him, was being built up since season 1. making Arin’s betrayal a slow burn affect is 100%, the BEST way they could’ve wrote this route for his character. I also want to talk about Lloyd, because undoubtedly, I find him and Arin’s character writing to be the best out of any of the characters this season. obviously, Sora, Nya, Wyldfyre and Kai all get their important and emotional moments/arcs as well, but I just felt that Lloyd and Arin really stuck out to me in terms of writing. I love Lloyd’s arc of having visions, eventually getting over them, and then having them come back to haunt him during the last few rounds of the tournament; it was just really enthralling to watch how he dealt with it. Nya’s reaction to learning that Jay had lost his memories was so heartbreaking to watch :( I like that Nya was telling Kai about it during the end of the finale, that was a nice touch. speaking of Kai, holy shit? he’s the goat?? he was trapped in the nether-space for idek how long, and the MOMENT he gets out he just starts BEATING THE EVER LOVING SHIT OUT OF NOKT! I kid you not, I replayed that scene about 15 times. like oh? my gawd? the line: “don’t you DARE touch her! ..that’s my sister.” DID NOT HAVE TO GO SO HARD BUT IT DID! there’s still so much i wanna say about how much i loved this season, and i wanna go more in depth about the character arcs and the villains, but this is getting pretty lengthy already, so I’m just going to stop here before i get even MORE carried away.

cons/things I didn’t like - legit my only gripe with this season is that we didn’t see more of wolf-walker/wolf mask Jay. I think it would’ve been better if we saw him for more than just one episode, or at least have him sideline all the other battles with Lord Ras and Cinder, driving the heartbreaking point home that Jay isn’t on the ninja’s side anymore. but I guess if they kept him there Nya would’ve kept pestering him 😭 I understand why they took Jay out early, but depending on power levels it also doesn’t make sense. not saying that Jay is stronger than Nya, but i believe in one of the Ninjago books, we find out how Ras recruited Jay- and while yes, Cinder almost killed him using Shatterspin (before Ras told him to stop), Jay was still one of the longest to last against Shatterspin without using the Rising Dragon technique. it’s also notable that at that point, Jay didn’t even know how to fight? if he lost his memory he doesn’t remember any of his training either, correct? idk, you’d think with Ras’s training AND knowing how to use Shatterspin, Jay would’ve lasted more than just one round. oh well. this isn’t really something that ruins the whole season for me or anything, this one nitpick is pretty much nothing compared to how many things I DID love about this season, but it’s still a writing decision I don’t really care for.

and thats all my yappings.. I’ll definitely come back to talking about this season, perhaps I’ll make separate posts on each character/aspect of dr s2 I want to analyze, but for now, that’s all. thanks for reading this huge thing! I really appreciate it!! 💙💙