Hot take: If kai was the green ninja it would of totally ruined his character, having kai making bad decisions to try become the green ninja then learning to cope with not being the green ninja and instead makes it his mission to protect lloyd was so much better, Kai becoming the green ninja would of made him too cocky and we saw what happened when he had the power in season 4...
@@Skonellissue i think the only way i could see kai as the green ninja working would be if he became the green ninja but then realised its not all its cracked up to be, but even then its kinda ehh. i think kai realising he was a protector of the green ninja instead is much better and ties into his protective nature as a character alot more which i love. kai as the red ninja on top
Tbh, if any of the og ninja was to become the green ninja, it would have been Zane or Cole. At the point jay and ESPECIALLY kai were not ready. They would have been impulsive about a lot of hard decisions and would have cost the team a lot of battles. I don't think Kai was ready to be the green ninja until Wyldfyre came along and made him step up
Not so hot take while love triangle was annoying and unbearable to watch, it both put Jay and Cole's friendship in a strong test and later helped them to realize their value to each other as friends and strengthed their friendship.
my hot take is zane should’ve never been a robot, i wish he kept his human side, would’ve been more interesting if he was maybe a cyborg instead tbh :,)
Yes, I think it would’ve been cooler if he kept his human face and shown the nindroid one when he’s hurt. ALSO I think he should have had a breakdown after he turned his emotions back on, I was waiting half the season when I watched it expecting that and didn’t get it. And he should be scared about losing his memory now because of the ice emperor
Indeed i think he should've had his humanity and humor like in the good ol days of season 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5. Nowadays he is kinda corporate sounding and sounds like he only has basic emotions, i can't feel his humanity.
Hot take: Nya’s grey and azure color scheme is better than the dark red and azure. It gives her her own identity in my opinion and also suits the water element better
Hot Take: season 11 is AWESOME!!!!!! It is very well executed, and while it does retread a bit of old ground. The animation, plot, character work and everything else is AWESOME!!
Hot take: Season 7 is good Season 11 is bad. The island is not BAD, a good little introduction to Seabound which i really adore Seabound is a gem Crystalized is overhated (though its not good either, i just think they missed a lot of potiental when writing this season, etc they could have brought nya back in the end to help fight the ninja with the overload that would have been super cool) Dragons rising is overhated S2 Part 2 is a gem.
whats an mcu? thats good, i kind of wish they had ended with crystalized bc i liked that ending (other than halumi being good, and a few other moments etc).
Just a correction here 4:45 : Tommy Andreason confirmed Cole never liked Nya, he was just confused and he also never liked Vania romantically, especially bc they have some... considerably... age gap so yeah, messed up.
This is a long one but in my defense I’ve had this concept in mind since 2022: I have something that is basically a more detailed version of the last hot take: adding fleshed out full oni characters like Mystake except obviously much younger. Maybe the merge created new oni by jumbling around time. Or not all the oni came to ninjago and were destroyed. Either way i think the best way to introduce them would be like they did with mystake, to introduce a supposed human that seemingly has no powers. And then gradually reveal more and more about them as they establish a bond with the ninja, until the fact they are an oni gets uncovered. It’s lightly implied that oni can sense dragon and oni blood just like dragons. So I think maybe the oni accidentally brings up that Lloyd is part oni just like Harumi did. And since the oni has been given or had memories of the oni back in the oni and dragon realm, it kicks off this whole arc, it would be really cool for the oni to be around the same age as Sora or Wyldfyre (in oni years because they probably work much differently) and is a student of Lloyd. But lloyd ends up being the one learning from them through the oni teaching him stuff about themself. learns to come to terms in a healthy way with his oni heritage by genuinely learning about positive attributes of oni. And learns how to tap into oni power, and oni form) Maybe this oni has connections to the first spinnitzu master or is even descended from the same oni parent, making them a distant cousin.
Cole doesn't have to be gay to like Geo, he can be bisexual, have liked Vania but not been with her but have started to like Geo. Some people simply forget that bisexuality is a possibility. There is not just gay or lesbian, there are several sexualities out there, but many ignore them out of ignorance.
Ok HOT HOT take there is a huge chunk of the ninjago fandom that is way too toxic and obsessed with the old show. It was amazing yes, but dragons rising is better on nearly every level, and the changes made like Geo and Cole should stick around. Change is a part of life and if you don’t like it, then maybe it’s time to let Ninjago go. They're doing huge amounts for representation in the show, but in the grand scheme of things these changes arent massive. A flag here and there, a scene where Cole and Geo smile at eachother, yet there’s so many self proclaimed fans that think this is the end of the world when their fun kids show about brightly coloured ninja has a flag in it.
fr dragons rising isnt even that bad, s2 part 2 was great. at first i didnt really like them adding new characters but after taking a break to watch the first 2 seasons, they were pretty good, people are just rude for no reason is. they are either people who use "nolsagia" for an excuse or smth different idk
I wish Morro had not died at the end of season 5 and had a redemption ark in season 6 And could have been part of Jay's team in skybound and could have provided ninja with info about nadakhan as wu new about him and there could have been a flashback
Hot Take: The Final Battle and Season 2 of the original series is the most overrated part of Ninjago. The Final Battle is just Lloyd flying around, being eaten by The Overlord and then The Overlord dies. It’s kinda underwhelming for what was hyped up to be the big climatic final battle back in the day. Most of Season 2 is either filler or not interesting.
Yeah fair enough, but I loved that scene as a kid, as well as the episode when the mud thingys (I forgot their names :( ) eat Wu. I had an obsession with my least favourite (at the time) characters being eaten. I had dreams about it
Another hot take (for jay ofc) in season 3 of Dragons rising, I hope they SHOW jay using his powers. jay is one of the only ninjas to not have showen anything cool with his powers (exepct in a few scenes). if season 3 can actually do what they never have done in 1 whole era, i would be happy
Here are a few of my hot takes: 1. Colia is better than Cleo. 2. Zane’s sacrifice in season 3 made Lloyd’s ultimate spinjitzu master arc pointless. 3. Skylor should’ve joined the ninja team after season 4.
Cleo isn't exactly canon i guess hes like the new jay they are just really good friends and zane sacrificing himself was useless because he just came right back and looked worse if they could have did a plot twist where we doctor Julian was still alive he would be able to repair him and master chen could have just kidnapped both of them the whole titanium idea was the worst thing Tommy andreson could think of
Hot Take: Some of Ninjago's recent new Villains are much better than the classic Villains (Classic Villains: These Villains appear from Season 1 to Season 7) Another Hot Take is that, instead of introducing new Threats, Ninjago should use/reuse villains they have at their disposal (The Mechanic being one of the examples of this)
Crystallized had good ideas and plot points, they were just done poorly. Such as ninja on the run, Harumi coming back, council of the crystal king, dragon forms and oni Lloyd.
You should definitely do more of these my hot takes are Wu needs to be in Dragon’s Rising no making him a ghost or bringing him back in the series finale he needs to actually be dead because that’s the only why the ninjas will reach there fuller potentials as characters.
lloyd is the elemental master of life right so he needs an opposite , a main rival other than his father ....... the elemental master of ......DEATH *_*
Dangit, I thought commenting early would do the trick (I did see most of these comments on the post TBF, and there're good picks) I agree with almost all the takes on the takes. The only one I really disagree with his that Nya would be better evil. I just don't think DR would have done Jay more Justice than what they are doing. He is just such a woos so often, and he's my favorite, so you know they're really failing him. (Not right now, this is the first time in years he's actually been remotely daunting) Anyway, this was probably one of my top 3 favorites of your videos and I watched almost all of them. I am SUPER passionate about Ninjago discussions too so I would absolutely love more.
I feel like because Cole is an overly affectionate person it's hard to pinpoint who he likes romantically or not. I'm personally like Cole/Geo but I do think that most other people have proof of their ships cuz Cole is overly touchy. Like holding Geo and Vania's hands near all the time, that little hand on face rub thing he did with Nya in DR S 1. My head cannon is that after becoming a ghost he does this as a way of comfort and stability cuz he doesn't know when he will be loosing the ability to touch again.
Honestly ever since I was a kid I never was able to take Jay seriously cause he was just a comic relief character with a horrible love triangle with Cole for multiple seasons, and they way the completely made Kai a douchebag and super out of character in that point of the show with skybound to make Jay look good now I haven’t seen SkyBound since it first came out and will rewatch it, but man that what it seemed like to 11 year old me in 2017
I actually have a hot take The island is a season just because it has four episodes doesn’t mean it’s really a special season 10 has 4 episodes so why don’t we consider that a special
Yea but the thing is the island is 44 minutes just like the pilots and Day of the departed while season 10 is 88 minutes basically movie length people always over look this but I respect your opinion
My hot take is if/when Morro returns he possesses Euphrasia and becomes the voice in her head that guides her to victory and later on it is revealed that he possesed her and he becomes a mentor to Euphrasia teaching her the ways of the wind and how to fight properly. Yes i do think Euphrasia is bad at hand to hand combat, like she got smoked by Cinder on her own turf in the could kingdom, plus her use of her elemental abilities are quite poor and basic/simple. So a proper mentor would be a good idea. Another hot take: A guy that used to rule the elemental powers of wind, water, lightning and everything else in a storm would return to Ninjago and reclaim his used to be powers and become the Master of The Storm and have like a giant fort either in the coulds or hidden in a terrible storm floating on the water. And yet another hot take: Season 11 was the final straw, after season 10 when the ninja defeated the oni, that should've litterally been the last of conflict, if they had left ninjago how it was and not expanded on it except for legacy maybe, then ninjago could've aged like wine, maybe fine wine, but atleast decent wine. Plus when eradicating the litteral incarnation of evil for the third time (The Overlord, Crystal King or Dark Lord) you would expect all conflict to be eradicated. But noo, everything was just so incredibly profitable so they rebooted it for a third time. Now garmadon is missing, Jay is evil, Cole is cole (And maybe gay, i dont discriminate but i think cole should've stayed with vania and helped raise the next elemental master of earth instead of dying of old age with no next person to inherit his powers and let fate decide who get's them, no thought about an evil guy getting the powers. Nope not at all. I have a problem where i keep yapping and yapping, plus i have a thing where i can talk about one thing and change the subject really easily and smoothly. I need help to stop yapping, got any ideas?
2. What? Weren't the elemental masters like separate ppl (FSM's guardians) unless you mean FSM who didn't have control over wind or water iirc and you listed them both 3. Lil bro u can give a person of your choice elemental powers (like with the previous elemental master of ice giving his powers to Zane). Also surrogate mothers exist. Also also if he had a child with Vania they could very much be evil, having good parents doesn't make you good automatically.
@@Silvergrapeisme when i said final straw i meant that that was it, i’m basicly done with watching it for fun and i decided to only watch it for the lore. Then i started watching it for fun again in crystalized.
I also had a thought, people keep saying loyd should have a dragon form since he's part dragon, but Wu didn't know dragon form existed, so it would make sense if he didn't, but honestly I think it would be cool.
Hot Take: Cole x Vania is not as good as Cole x Geo Oh also 7:14 didn't Nya literally give up the option to see whether she was the green ninja or not just because she preferred to be someone of her own creation
My personal hot takes 1: I feel like it would’ve been skibiti to expand a bit more on some of the earlier season villains a lot more for me It felt like Arcturus was underdeveloped and could’ve done more before killing him off (still a badass villain though) 2: we should’ve had more screen time of the elemental masters from chens game it would’ve been cool to get more screen time and expand on the dynamics between them since we got invested in them in season 4 but never saw them again for multiple seasons
DOTD is in top 3, Yang is the best sensei, Nindroid 2011 should be canon,Lloyd caused more than half of seasons so he is not "hero" he is just trying to clean his mess, season 8 is the worst one beacouse of ruining garmadons character by reviving him as evil character. I think that is it
My hot take is Ninjago season 7 is one of the best seasons and I wish we got the og version of season 7(samurai x was Wu the time twins travel to the future and we’re met with the future versions as shown in season 5)
Not sure if this is a hot take: Evil Jay should not be the Master of Lightning anymore, because Lightning has become more yellow than blue, while Jay's color scheme became darker, so I think Jay should become the Master of Storm (The Island/Wojira), which would fit with the expected Storm theme of DR Season 3. And Storm like the power we saw in The Island and Seabound is just darker lightning. Darker Jay, Darker Lightning.
I do agree that master Wu should’ve died in crystallized and have garmadon take over as master to the ninjas after Wues death because garmadon being a master to the ninjas after wus death would be a great character to garmadon because that’s closer to a sensei garmadon return that we could have gotten if master Wu died and garmadon took over as the ninjas master like he did in rebooted when he was taking over as sensei to the ninjas after master Wu was captured by the overlord that’s why I agree that master Wu should’ve died in crystallized and have garmadon become a master to the ninjas following master wues death in a similar way to garmadon being a sensei to the ninjas in rebooted during wus absence that would perfect for garmadon to reclaim that title following the death of master Wu if garmadon does return in ninjago dragons rising I’d love to see him become a master to the ninjas rather if it’s human master garmadon or master lord garmadon or just master garmadon to the ninjas I’m fine with either one I’d just like to see garmadon reclaim his sensei or master title again you know now I also do see why people would have also preferred it if master Wu and garmadon died by the overlord because it sets up the stakes of the ninja actually going all in to ending the overlord and his crystal army for good and it would also would make Lloyd go all in to destroying the overlord for good with his golden oni form following the death of master Wu and his father garmadon and with master Wu and garmadon both being dead it would make sense for Lloyd to take to reclaim his master title to the ninjas following garmdon and master wues death in honor of master Wu and his farther garmadon which is what I wish we gotten with ninjago crystallized into ninjago dragons rising but I’m also fine with master Wu being lost In the merge and Lloyd just becoming master Lloyd garmadon to new ninjas like arin sora and wildfire following wues absence though I still would have preferred it if master Wu and garmdon died in ninjago crystallized because that would cause Lloyd to destroy the overlord with his golden oni form and become a master to new ninjas like Arin sora and wildfire in honor of master Wu and garmdons death with Lloyd garmadon being the last master to guide the new ninjas following master Wu and garmadons Death that’s what I wish we gotten with crystallized but I’m also fine with Lloyd becoming a master following the absence of master Wu during the merge
Hot take Lloyd should have not been the green ninja if a new character was introduced to be the green ninja they could have do so much more with Lloyd maybe Lloyd will join Garmadon and maybe turn evil and if ninjago was still going to this day Maybe like Lloyd will Turn good join the ninja we will maybe see Garmadon and more and I think Lloyd gets too much attention in dragons rising
Hot take: Dragons Rising is amazing and should definitely continue. A lot of people don’t like it for some reason because old Ninjago is better. Old Ninjago is obviously the best of all time, but that doesn’t mean Dr can’t live up to be that good.
not a hot take but a theory that i made from falling down a rabbit hole.what if someone is creating elemental powers after the merge whether it be wu or ras's master.
I have two hot take 1) The s3 love triangle should have never happened it could of even be replaced with something else like Kai being an overprotective big brother to Nya so he and Jay fought a lot about it, I know the love triangle was important for Jay's and Cole's friendship especially in s4 but they could of done something different 2) Cole being gay or bi won't ruin his character, I've seen so many comments on Geode tiktoks or videos complaining about how Cole is ruined, what happened to OG Cole and what happened to Vania or the love triangle and him liking Nya even though Tommy Andreasen confirmed Cole was confused and liked the attention Nya was giving him and Doc Wyatt confirmed that Cole and Vania are just friends and I don't think people understand that, It's okay to have your ships but don't hate on other people's ships with no good reason, not to mention Zane's, Jay's and Nya's characters weren't ruined from getting into a relationship so Cole's shouldn't either doesn't matter if he's with a man or not
I gotta hot take (I dunno if it's conisdered hot but oh well) Ninjago is a kids show but that doesn't mean that people who ain't kids can't enjoy it just look at shows like the owl house which are aimed at kids yet adults enjoy it and that's the same with Ninjago just because it is a kids show doesn't mean it can't have topics like mental health or death
Here’s a theory I came up with last night and it’s probably the darkest thing ever What if the show really ended after the oni breached the monastery door. At least in that universe and everything after is just a dream to everyone in there. Everything was just engulfed in darkness and destruction instead Kinda like how people believe the world actually ended after 2012 because everything has been different since then
Non canon villains are mostly better than canon ones. Im talking about: Spykor,Gahrann,Nindroid 2011,time ninja and insect master, also nya should remain samurai x
Hot Take: Kai is a better Main character than Lloyd. Kai as the main Ninja from S1-S7 gave characters time to shine while S8-15 most of them were just Lloyd focused
Ninjago hot take: Spoiler alert!! Honestly, in Season 3 if jay can be a big part of season 3 but not show him often, i be happy. maybe show us key elements in part 1 and then the rest in 2. people are complaing that jay isnt showen often but as a jay fan, i think that slowly jay slowly could mean something. (idk what but they might will show us)
Honestly I don’t agree with the theory that said Nya would have been better evil cause it shows while jay is evil that Nya has really cared for him over the years unlike other seasons when jay was being a creep
Got take: geo should die- (it would be interesting also I think they added too many new characters for dragons rising so it would balance things and ads drama and gives lava (Cole x Kai) a chance)
lava shippers try not to shit on geo's entire character challenge ok but real talk, geo's character hasn't been fully fleshed out enough for his death to make much of an impact on the story. it'd just be pointless and unnecessary. also, wdym by "too many new characters"?? all of their universes just melded together, they're bound to meet many new people. like the previous reply said, kai already has skylor as a love interest. sure, their relationship is far from perfect, but it's still canon. lava has next to zero chances of becoming canon so idk why their shippers decided to reach a new level of delusional the moment geo came into existence. you can still ship them without them being canon, that's a core value of shipping and its basis. you can ship lava without trying to fight people that don't; you're literally ruining things for other lavashippers as well
@@nichirinbullets I don’t hate him. I can see your opinion, it’s a pretty good one, when I said geo should die I meant later on so he could flesh out his character more
I don’t rlly ship geode but I don’t rlly ship lava, but I personally don’t think geo should die, like bro was just introduced 😭💀I do find it kinda “annoying” that geos character kinda revolves around Cole in a way. I think he should get some scenes to himself. I don’t hate lava either
8:31 he's the least hard on Arin out of all of his teachers. 8:35 every single ninja was visibly saddened when Kai left. 8:38 yeah, that whole scene did happen. Did the guy who gave this take watch season 2?
I don't think Lloyd is a bad master,just not perfect,he helped sora win the tournament of the sources and she's progressing in spinjitzu. Arin was learning under Lloyd's teachings,I just don't think Lloyd know how to make arin relearn his self taught spinjitzu, and arin's downfall was mostly his own fault since he let himself get tricked by Ras and he let his insecurities consume him, unlike Lloyd,who overcomes them,and becomes a better master as a result
Here are a few hot takes Cole and Vania are just friends. There is nothing in season 13 that implies that they're anything more than that unlike with Cole and Geo. Also, Vania is confirmed to be 18 and Cole is at least 3 or 4 years older than her. The Fire Chapter is better than the Ice Chapter. While definitely not one of my favorite seasons, the Fire Chapter is just a really fun and more laid-back season that you can simply sit down and enjoy. Its biggest crime is that it comes immediately after Ninjago's 3 darkest seasons. The Ice Chapter on the other hand is the messiest season with so much wasted potential. You're telling me that Zane spent 60 years in the never realm while the rest of the ninja spent at the very least 2 weeks there even though they arrived only about a day after Zane did. And we all know how they wasted the evil Zane plot. Lloyd shouldn't get a love interest. Not every single character in fiction needs to have romantic feelings for someone else and Lloyd already has so much to deal with right now he really does not at all need one. Also, Lloyd and Akita probably couldn't happen because Akita is most likely dead, and you can thank the Ice Chapter's bad writing for that. I really liked this video. You really feel like just some guy who's not trying to be professional and just wants to talk about Ninjago and Transformers.
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Hot take: Ninjago should’ve ended after hands of time tbh after the character models changed after the movie came out I just couldn’t vibe with the show anymore
THIS ⬆⬆⬆ COMPLETE AGREE! the end was sad and all but in cannon it's like it never happened, what's the point of making a whole season if no other character will know that happened??
@@GreenBean-27-z8e The point was Jays character development Fixing his relationship with Nya And i think it was a genius idea because the viewer saw their relationships and developments in a way that doesn't effect the story that much and the other characters
@@mmdsiker8632THIS bro, in the few seaons their relationship has heen kind of weird up untill skybound, nya admiting some stuff to jay, and then jay finally becoming better and stopping his weird habbits, even thought people hate skybound, one thing is true, jaya wouldnt have been good if it wasnt FOR skybound. but the ending of skybound was kind of nosense, wish the ninja stilled remeber OR the ending where something fixed everything
Hot take: Season 7 is good Season 11 is bad. The island is not BAD, a good little introduction to Seabound which i really adore Seabound is a gem Crystalized is overhated (though its not good either, i just think they missed a lot of potiental when writing this season, etc they could have brought nya back in the end to help fight the ninja with the overload that would have been super cool) Dragons rising is overhated S2 Part 2 is a gem.
Hot take: we need to see an elemental war before the end of Ninjago. It would definitely have crazy fight scenes and emotions
Omg yess
hot take: we do not need an end of ninjago it needs to go on forever 😭
I wish cole kept his ghost powers after he came back to human form he could have been danny phantom of ninjago universe
facts😂😂😂
Hot take: If kai was the green ninja it would of totally ruined his character, having kai making bad decisions to try become the green ninja then learning to cope with not being the green ninja and instead makes it his mission to protect lloyd was so much better, Kai becoming the green ninja would of made him too cocky and we saw what happened when he had the power in season 4...
kai becoming the green ninja wouldve made his character so insufferable lmao
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@@Skonellissue i think the only way i could see kai as the green ninja working would be if he became the green ninja but then realised its not all its cracked up to be, but even then its kinda ehh. i think kai realising he was a protector of the green ninja instead is much better and ties into his protective nature as a character alot more which i love. kai as the red ninja on top
Tbh, if any of the og ninja was to become the green ninja, it would have been Zane or Cole. At the point jay and ESPECIALLY kai were not ready. They would have been impulsive about a lot of hard decisions and would have cost the team a lot of battles. I don't think Kai was ready to be the green ninja until Wyldfyre came along and made him step up
@@astroherelol yeah I agree
Not so hot take while love triangle was annoying and unbearable to watch, it both put Jay and Cole's friendship in a strong test and later helped them to realize their value to each other as friends and strengthed their friendship.
my hot take is zane should’ve never been a robot, i wish he kept his human side, would’ve been more interesting if he was maybe a cyborg instead tbh :,)
Yes, I think it would’ve been cooler if he kept his human face and shown the nindroid one when he’s hurt. ALSO I think he should have had a breakdown after he turned his emotions back on, I was waiting half the season when I watched it expecting that and didn’t get it. And he should be scared about losing his memory now because of the ice emperor
Yeah Cyborg Zane makes more sense to me too. It would make more sense why he didn't know he was a robot
Indeed i think he should've had his humanity and humor like in the good ol days of season 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5. Nowadays he is kinda corporate sounding and sounds like he only has basic emotions, i can't feel his humanity.
Hot take: Nya’s grey and azure color scheme is better than the dark red and azure. It gives her her own identity in my opinion and also suits the water element better
Facts
i really liked march of the oni/s10 nyas desgin
but other than that yea i agree
Hot Take: The Overlord messed with the Love Tester Machine to sow divide and mistrust within the ninja team.
That’s a cool theory
My hottake is that they should have kept airjitzu and elemental dragon or at least give arin and sora variants of those abilities.
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This is why s12 is a W
those are not hot takes lol
Not a hot take but a FACT 🗣🗣 100 Percent agree
Hot take: jays eyebrow is better then the freckles
Hot Take: season 11 is AWESOME!!!!!! It is very well executed, and while it does retread a bit of old ground. The animation, plot, character work and everything else is AWESOME!!
Hot take: Season 7 is good
Season 11 is bad.
The island is not BAD, a good little introduction to Seabound which i really adore
Seabound is a gem
Crystalized is overhated (though its not good either, i just think they missed a lot of potiental when writing this season, etc they could have brought nya back in the end to help fight the ninja with the overload that would have been super cool)
Dragons rising is overhated
S2 Part 2 is a gem.
I didn’t hate hands of time, it’s just not memorable to me. I agree with the other takes tho
Hot take: Ik the series will never truly end and basically become an mcu but if it ever did, it should end the way it started, with the 4 og ninja
Oh shit, that’s a strong one. I like it, would bring a lot of emotions with it. Maybe ending with them hiding four weapons
whats an mcu? thats good, i kind of wish they had ended with crystalized bc i liked that ending (other than halumi being good, and a few other moments etc).
@@Silvergrapeisme marvel cinematic universe
3:22 cole never liked nya jay forced him into a spot where it seemed he was getting into her, but he was just being a friend to nya
Just a correction here 4:45 : Tommy Andreason confirmed Cole never liked Nya, he was just confused and he also never liked Vania romantically, especially bc they have some... considerably... age gap so yeah, messed up.
This is a long one but in my defense I’ve had this concept in mind since 2022: I have something that is basically a more detailed version of the last hot take: adding fleshed out full oni characters like Mystake except obviously much younger. Maybe the merge created new oni by jumbling around time. Or not all the oni came to ninjago and were destroyed. Either way i think the best way to introduce them would be like they did with mystake, to introduce a supposed human that seemingly has no powers. And then gradually reveal more and more about them as they establish a bond with the ninja, until the fact they are an oni gets uncovered. It’s lightly implied that oni can sense dragon and oni blood just like dragons. So I think maybe the oni accidentally brings up that Lloyd is part oni just like Harumi did. And since the oni has been given or had memories of the oni back in the oni and dragon realm, it kicks off this whole arc, it would be really cool for the oni to be around the same age as Sora or Wyldfyre (in oni years because they probably work much differently) and is a student of Lloyd. But lloyd ends up being the one learning from them through the oni teaching him stuff about themself. learns to come to terms in a healthy way with his oni heritage by genuinely learning about positive attributes of oni. And learns how to tap into oni power, and oni form) Maybe this oni has connections to the first spinnitzu
master or is even descended from the same oni parent, making them a distant cousin.
I think Ninjago shouldve been a Anime
That would be 🔥
Great one. We need it to become a series
Cole doesn't have to be gay to like Geo, he can be bisexual, have liked Vania but not been with her but have started to like Geo. Some people simply forget that bisexuality is a possibility. There is not just gay or lesbian, there are several sexualities out there, but many ignore them out of ignorance.
W take tbh
I don’t think Cole is specifically gay, idrk what I head canon him as but it’s not straight 😂
@SymphonyDaBeanD Yeah, definitely not straight lol
Ok HOT HOT take there is a huge chunk of the ninjago fandom that is way too toxic and obsessed with the old show. It was amazing yes, but dragons rising is better on nearly every level, and the changes made like Geo and Cole should stick around. Change is a part of life and if you don’t like it, then maybe it’s time to let Ninjago go.
They're doing huge amounts for representation in the show, but in the grand scheme of things these changes arent massive. A flag here and there, a scene where Cole and Geo smile at eachother, yet there’s so many self proclaimed fans that think this is the end of the world when their fun kids show about brightly coloured ninja has a flag in it.
fr dragons rising isnt even that bad, s2 part 2 was great. at first i didnt really like them adding new characters but after taking a break to watch the first 2 seasons, they were pretty good, people are just rude for no reason is. they are either people who use "nolsagia" for an excuse or smth different idk
100% agree
agreed
I wish Morro had not died at the end of season 5 and had a redemption ark in season 6
And could have been part of Jay's team in skybound and could have provided ninja with info about nadakhan as wu new about him and there could have been a flashback
Hot Take: The Final Battle and Season 2 of the original series is the most overrated part of Ninjago. The Final Battle is just Lloyd flying around, being eaten by The Overlord and then The Overlord dies. It’s kinda underwhelming for what was hyped up to be the big climatic final battle back in the day. Most of Season 2 is either filler or not interesting.
Finally someone said it
I think the build up to the final battle itself is very good and thematic, but thinking back on it the final battle is definitely overrated.
Yeah fair enough, but I loved that scene as a kid, as well as the episode when the mud thingys (I forgot their names :( ) eat Wu. I had an obsession with my least favourite (at the time) characters being eaten. I had dreams about it
Ninjago is for kids like many other shows (gravity falls, steven universe, etc), but it also appeals to an older audience
Another hot take (for jay ofc)
in season 3 of Dragons rising, I hope they SHOW jay using his powers. jay is one of the only ninjas to not have showen anything cool with his powers (exepct in a few scenes). if season 3 can actually do what they never have done in 1 whole era, i would be happy
Um zane and Kai hasn’t either
@kastenedwards1217 yeah hope they do 2
@@Silvergrapeisme not really only thing Kai got was rising dragon and Zane also has that, so their still on the same level as I’m power ups
Here are a few of my hot takes:
1. Colia is better than Cleo.
2. Zane’s sacrifice in season 3 made Lloyd’s ultimate spinjitzu master arc pointless.
3. Skylor should’ve joined the ninja team after season 4.
Cleo?
@ idk what people are calling Cole + Geo.
Cleo isn't exactly canon i guess hes like the new jay they are just really good friends and zane sacrificing himself was useless because he just came right back and looked worse if they could have did a plot twist where we doctor Julian was still alive he would be able to repair him and master chen could have just kidnapped both of them the whole titanium idea was the worst thing Tommy andreson could think of
@@JWP_STUDIOSit’s called Geode/lost shipping but I just call it geode
Hot Take: Some of Ninjago's recent new Villains are much better than the classic Villains (Classic Villains: These Villains appear from Season 1 to Season 7)
Another Hot Take is that, instead of introducing new Threats, Ninjago should use/reuse villains they have at their disposal (The Mechanic being one of the examples of this)
Crystallized had good ideas and plot points, they were just done poorly. Such as ninja on the run, Harumi coming back, council of the crystal king, dragon forms and oni Lloyd.
100% agreed!
9:46 bro, that's not a hot take, that's a fact
You should definitely do more of these my hot takes are Wu needs to be in Dragon’s Rising no making him a ghost or bringing him back in the series finale he needs to actually be dead because that’s the only why the ninjas will reach there fuller potentials as characters.
lloyd is the elemental master of life right so he needs an opposite , a main rival other than his father ....... the elemental master of ......DEATH *_*
please do mine
Hot take: evil jay is kinda a stretched out version of the ice emperor storyline.
Which is good tbh, i would like jay to be evil for a few seasons (or parts) until he can finally become good.
@Silvergrapeisme i just hope when and if he comes back to being good it isn't for a similar reason as zane
Real,i want it like nya saving him or smth. Like nyas case when she was still part of the ocan and regained hr memorie@@Kajeff-
Dangit, I thought commenting early would do the trick (I did see most of these comments on the post TBF, and there're good picks)
I agree with almost all the takes on the takes.
The only one I really disagree with his that Nya would be better evil.
I just don't think DR would have done Jay more Justice than what they are doing.
He is just such a woos so often, and he's my favorite, so you know they're really failing him. (Not right now, this is the first time in years he's actually been remotely daunting)
Anyway, this was probably one of my top 3 favorites of your videos and I watched almost all of them.
I am SUPER passionate about Ninjago discussions too so I would absolutely love more.
wow first time saying one of my takes and it gets picked 😃 I'm happy.
also yeah that's what I meant when I said he should come back, not when he wants since he has absolutely no control. but as in if someone gets hurt.
Thanks for commenting your hot take :D
one of my hot takes is the ninjago movie/sog/hunted masks are one of if not the best ninja masks
:O
Theyve honestly grown on me recently, especially paired with their respective armours, so yeah I agree!! They're really good
my hot take, I think the love triangle was entertaining and I hate wu since season 11 because since then he is really out of character
I feel like because Cole is an overly affectionate person it's hard to pinpoint who he likes romantically or not. I'm personally like Cole/Geo but I do think that most other people have proof of their ships cuz Cole is overly touchy. Like holding Geo and Vania's hands near all the time, that little hand on face rub thing he did with Nya in DR S 1. My head cannon is that after becoming a ghost he does this as a way of comfort and stability cuz he doesn't know when he will be loosing the ability to touch again.
Not much of a hot take but i think kai wouldve destroyed in tournament of sources
Honestly ever since I was a kid I never was able to take Jay seriously cause he was just a comic relief character with a horrible love triangle with Cole for multiple seasons, and they way the completely made Kai a douchebag and super out of character in that point of the show with skybound to make Jay look good now I haven’t seen SkyBound since it first came out and will rewatch it, but man that what it seemed like to 11 year old me in 2017
I actually have a hot take
The island is a season just because it has four episodes doesn’t mean it’s really a special season 10 has 4 episodes so why don’t we consider that a special
Yea but the thing is the island is 44 minutes just like the pilots and Day of the departed while season 10 is 88 minutes basically movie length people always over look this but I respect your opinion
@ ok I don’t really know that so thanks for the information
My hot take is if/when Morro returns he possesses Euphrasia and becomes the voice in her head that guides her to victory and later on it is revealed that he possesed her and he becomes a mentor to Euphrasia teaching her the ways of the wind and how to fight properly. Yes i do think Euphrasia is bad at hand to hand combat, like she got smoked by Cinder on her own turf in the could kingdom, plus her use of her elemental abilities are quite poor and basic/simple. So a proper mentor would be a good idea.
Another hot take: A guy that used to rule the elemental powers of wind, water, lightning and everything else in a storm would return to Ninjago and reclaim his used to be powers and become the Master of The Storm and have like a giant fort either in the coulds or hidden in a terrible storm floating on the water.
And yet another hot take: Season 11 was the final straw, after season 10 when the ninja defeated the oni, that should've litterally been the last of conflict, if they had left ninjago how it was and not expanded on it except for legacy maybe, then ninjago could've aged like wine, maybe fine wine, but atleast decent wine. Plus when eradicating the litteral incarnation of evil for the third time (The Overlord, Crystal King or Dark Lord) you would expect all conflict to be eradicated. But noo, everything was just so incredibly profitable so they rebooted it for a third time. Now garmadon is missing, Jay is evil, Cole is cole (And maybe gay, i dont discriminate but i think cole should've stayed with vania and helped raise the next elemental master of earth instead of dying of old age with no next person to inherit his powers and let fate decide who get's them, no thought about an evil guy getting the powers. Nope not at all.
I have a problem where i keep yapping and yapping, plus i have a thing where i can talk about one thing and change the subject really easily and smoothly. I need help to stop yapping, got any ideas?
i agree with 2nd
2- would be interesting to see.
3-. what do you mean by final straw? sorry i dont understand some things.
2. What? Weren't the elemental masters like separate ppl (FSM's guardians) unless you mean FSM who didn't have control over wind or water iirc and you listed them both
3. Lil bro u can give a person of your choice elemental powers (like with the previous elemental master of ice giving his powers to Zane). Also surrogate mothers exist. Also also if he had a child with Vania they could very much be evil, having good parents doesn't make you good automatically.
@@Silvergrapeisme when i said final straw i meant that that was it, i’m basicly done with watching it for fun and i decided to only watch it for the lore.
Then i started watching it for fun again in crystalized.
@@Sateriasis_Venomania Oh, well i screwed up badly didn’t i?
@AugustMeidalLings yk I like that you admit to being wrong, it's a nice change of pace. u seem like a nice person
I also had a thought, people keep saying loyd should have a dragon form since he's part dragon, but Wu didn't know dragon form existed, so it would make sense if he didn't, but honestly I think it would be cool.
I'm surprised I didn't cause any riots with my take ngl
hot take: there should be a ninjago prequel. for before kai joined. And when zane jay and cole met
Hot Take: Cole x Vania is not as good as Cole x Geo
Oh also 7:14 didn't Nya literally give up the option to see whether she was the green ninja or not just because she preferred to be someone of her own creation
My personal hot takes 1: I feel like it would’ve been skibiti to expand a bit more on some of the earlier season villains a lot more for me It felt like Arcturus was underdeveloped and could’ve done more before killing him off (still a badass villain though) 2: we should’ve had more screen time of the elemental masters from chens game it would’ve been cool to get more screen time and expand on the dynamics between them since we got invested in them in season 4 but never saw them again for multiple seasons
I would really like a ninjago season about the snake war before the ninjas
Hot take mini pix 7 is the Best thing to come out of crystallize next to the pixane kiss
Hands of time is overhated tbh
Hot take: sensei garmadon should’ve taken over as master after season 4
DOTD is in top 3, Yang is the best sensei, Nindroid 2011 should be canon,Lloyd caused more than half of seasons so he is not "hero" he is just trying to clean his mess, season 8 is the worst one beacouse of ruining garmadons character by reviving him as evil character. I think that is it
My hot take is Ninjago season 7 is one of the best seasons and I wish we got the og version of season 7(samurai x was Wu the time twins travel to the future and we’re met with the future versions as shown in season 5)
Not sure if this is a hot take: Evil Jay should not be the Master of Lightning anymore, because Lightning has become more yellow than blue, while Jay's color scheme became darker, so I think Jay should become the Master of Storm (The Island/Wojira), which would fit with the expected Storm theme of DR Season 3. And Storm like the power we saw in The Island and Seabound is just darker lightning. Darker Jay, Darker Lightning.
Based on s10 it seem like garmadon when revied was never truly evil but instead a dark version of wu arc in s9
Peak video man this series will be goated if it continues
It shall :D
@ cool
I do agree that master Wu should’ve died in crystallized and have garmadon take over as master to the ninjas after Wues death because garmadon being a master to the ninjas after wus death would be a great character to garmadon because that’s closer to a sensei garmadon return that we could have gotten if master Wu died and garmadon took over as the ninjas master like he did in rebooted when he was taking over as sensei to the ninjas after master Wu was captured by the overlord that’s why I agree that master Wu should’ve died in crystallized and have garmadon become a master to the ninjas following master wues death in a similar way to garmadon being a sensei to the ninjas in rebooted during wus absence that would perfect for garmadon to reclaim that title following the death of master Wu if garmadon does return in ninjago dragons rising I’d love to see him become a master to the ninjas rather if it’s human master garmadon or master lord garmadon or just master garmadon to the ninjas I’m fine with either one I’d just like to see garmadon reclaim his sensei or master title again you know now I also do see why people would have also preferred it if master Wu and garmadon died by the overlord because it sets up the stakes of the ninja actually going all in to ending the overlord and his crystal army for good and it would also would make Lloyd go all in to destroying the overlord for good with his golden oni form following the death of master Wu and his father garmadon and with master Wu and garmadon both being dead it would make sense for Lloyd to take to reclaim his master title to the ninjas following garmdon and master wues death in honor of master Wu and his farther garmadon which is what I wish we gotten with ninjago crystallized into ninjago dragons rising but I’m also fine with master Wu being lost In the merge and Lloyd just becoming master Lloyd garmadon to new ninjas like arin sora and wildfire following wues absence though I still would have preferred it if master Wu and garmdon died in ninjago crystallized because that would cause Lloyd to destroy the overlord with his golden oni form and become a master to new ninjas like Arin sora and wildfire in honor of master Wu and garmdons death with Lloyd garmadon being the last master to guide the new ninjas following master Wu and garmadons Death that’s what I wish we gotten with crystallized but I’m also fine with Lloyd becoming a master following the absence of master Wu during the merge
Hot take Lloyd should have not been the green ninja if a new character was introduced to be the green ninja they could have do so much more with Lloyd maybe Lloyd will join Garmadon and maybe turn evil and if ninjago was still going to this day Maybe like Lloyd will Turn good join the ninja we will maybe see Garmadon and more and I think Lloyd gets too much attention in dragons rising
Hot take: Dragons Rising is amazing and should definitely continue. A lot of people don’t like it for some reason because old Ninjago is better. Old Ninjago is obviously the best of all time, but that doesn’t mean Dr can’t live up to be that good.
not a hot take but a theory that i made from falling down a rabbit hole.what if someone is creating elemental powers after the merge whether it be wu or ras's master.
I have two hot take
1) The s3 love triangle should have never happened it could of even be replaced with something else like Kai being an overprotective big brother to Nya so he and Jay fought a lot about it, I know the love triangle was important for Jay's and Cole's friendship especially in s4 but they could of done something different
2) Cole being gay or bi won't ruin his character, I've seen so many comments on Geode tiktoks or videos complaining about how Cole is ruined, what happened to OG Cole and what happened to Vania or the love triangle and him liking Nya even though Tommy Andreasen confirmed Cole was confused and liked the attention Nya was giving him and Doc Wyatt confirmed that Cole and Vania are just friends and I don't think people understand that, It's okay to have your ships but don't hate on other people's ships with no good reason, not to mention Zane's, Jay's and Nya's characters weren't ruined from getting into a relationship so Cole's shouldn't either doesn't matter if he's with a man or not
Great video Man!
Glad you liked it! :D
I gotta hot take (I dunno if it's conisdered hot but oh well) Ninjago is a kids show but that doesn't mean that people who ain't kids can't enjoy it just look at shows like the owl house which are aimed at kids yet adults enjoy it and that's the same with Ninjago just because it is a kids show doesn't mean it can't have topics like mental health or death
Here’s a theory I came up with last night and it’s probably the darkest thing ever
What if the show really ended after the oni breached the monastery door. At least in that universe and everything after is just a dream to everyone in there. Everything was just engulfed in darkness and destruction instead
Kinda like how people believe the world actually ended after 2012 because everything has been different since then
Non canon villains are mostly better than canon ones. Im talking about: Spykor,Gahrann,Nindroid 2011,time ninja and insect master, also nya should remain samurai x
You don't have to watch the previous seasons of Ninjago before Dragons Rising since it wouldn't matter.
I think seasons 1-10 would matter, but not any of the Wildbrain seasons.
Hot Take: Kai is a better Main character than Lloyd. Kai as the main Ninja from S1-S7 gave characters time to shine while S8-15 most of them were just Lloyd focused
Not sure if he’s a better main character but I do think that the other seasons should have been a bit less Lloyd focused
@SymphonyDaBeanD Lloyd is one of my favorite ninjas but the writers treat him like his the only main character when the show has six main characters
@ agreed
I don’t think Cole’s gay but what if he’s bi?
Ninjago hot take: Spoiler alert!!
Honestly, in Season 3 if jay can be a big part of season 3 but not show him often, i be happy. maybe show us key elements in part 1 and then the rest in 2. people are complaing that jay isnt showen often but as a jay fan, i think that slowly jay slowly could mean something. (idk what but they might will show us)
Hot take season 7 is very good
Honestly I don’t agree with the theory that said Nya would have been better evil cause it shows while jay is evil that Nya has really cared for him over the years unlike other seasons when jay was being a creep
Got take: geo should die- (it would be interesting also I think they added too many new characters for dragons rising so it would balance things and ads drama and gives lava (Cole x Kai) a chance)
Kai already has skylor?
@@ADag-dt4tx *side eye
lava shippers try not to shit on geo's entire character challenge
ok but real talk, geo's character hasn't been fully fleshed out enough for his death to make much of an impact on the story. it'd just be pointless and unnecessary. also, wdym by "too many new characters"?? all of their universes just melded together, they're bound to meet many new people. like the previous reply said, kai already has skylor as a love interest. sure, their relationship is far from perfect, but it's still canon.
lava has next to zero chances of becoming canon so idk why their shippers decided to reach a new level of delusional the moment geo came into existence. you can still ship them without them being canon, that's a core value of shipping and its basis. you can ship lava without trying to fight people that don't; you're literally ruining things for other lavashippers as well
@@nichirinbullets I don’t hate him. I can see your opinion, it’s a pretty good one, when I said geo should die I meant later on so he could flesh out his character more
I don’t rlly ship geode but I don’t rlly ship lava, but I personally don’t think geo should die, like bro was just introduced 😭💀I do find it kinda “annoying” that geos character kinda revolves around Cole in a way. I think he should get some scenes to himself. I don’t hate lava either
8:31 he's the least hard on Arin out of all of his teachers.
8:35 every single ninja was visibly saddened when Kai left.
8:38 yeah, that whole scene did happen.
Did the guy who gave this take watch season 2?
Jaya is best ship in ninjago 🙂↕️🤚
I like season 6 and don't mind the bad dialogue in it
we need more videos like this
They will come :D
I don't think Lloyd is a bad master,just not perfect,he helped sora win the tournament of the sources and she's progressing in spinjitzu. Arin was learning under Lloyd's teachings,I just don't think Lloyd know how to make arin relearn his self taught spinjitzu, and arin's downfall was mostly his own fault since he let himself get tricked by Ras and he let his insecurities consume him, unlike Lloyd,who overcomes them,and becomes a better master as a result
Hot take Krux is the better twin
Hot take: aspheera is a better chen than chen himself
Hot take:garmadon shouldn't have come back.
2 minutes ago this video had 2 views also can I submit a Hot take for tye next video
I belive a ninjago writer stated Cole and Vania where just friends correct me if I'm wrong.
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Here are a few hot takes
Cole and Vania are just friends. There is nothing in season 13 that implies that they're anything more than that unlike with Cole and Geo. Also, Vania is confirmed to be 18 and Cole is at least 3 or 4 years older than her.
The Fire Chapter is better than the Ice Chapter. While definitely not one of my favorite seasons, the Fire Chapter is just a really fun and more laid-back season that you can simply sit down and enjoy. Its biggest crime is that it comes immediately after Ninjago's 3 darkest seasons. The Ice Chapter on the other hand is the messiest season with so much wasted potential. You're telling me that Zane spent 60 years in the never realm while the rest of the ninja spent at the very least 2 weeks there even though they arrived only about a day after Zane did. And we all know how they wasted the evil Zane plot.
Lloyd shouldn't get a love interest. Not every single character in fiction needs to have romantic feelings for someone else and Lloyd already has so much to deal with right now he really does not at all need one. Also, Lloyd and Akita probably couldn't happen because Akita is most likely dead, and you can thank the Ice Chapter's bad writing for that.
I really liked this video. You really feel like just some guy who's not trying to be professional and just wants to talk about Ninjago and Transformers.
Single Lloyd >>>>>
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Morro should not come Back in seasone 3 it would not Make sense for him to come Back only reason i think of is nostalgia
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the best ninjago sip is kai and lloyed
Hot take: Lloyd and Nya > Jay and Nya
as long as they are not dating then sure.
I agree ngl
@ why not?
@ why not?
Shipping wise or friend wise?
Hot take: Ninjago should’ve ended after hands of time tbh after the character models changed after the movie came out I just couldn’t vibe with the show anymore
Hot take sky bound is horrible it should have never existed
THIS ⬆⬆⬆ COMPLETE AGREE! the end was sad and all but in cannon it's like it never happened, what's the point of making a whole season if no other character will know that happened??
@@GreenBean-27-z8e The point was Jays character development
Fixing his relationship with Nya
And i think it was a genius idea because the viewer saw their relationships and developments in a way that doesn't effect the story that much and the other characters
@@mmdsiker8632THIS bro, in the few seaons their relationship has heen kind of weird up untill skybound, nya admiting some stuff to jay, and then jay finally becoming better and stopping his weird habbits, even thought people hate skybound, one thing is true, jaya wouldnt have been good if it wasnt FOR skybound. but the ending of skybound was kind of nosense, wish the ninja stilled remeber OR the ending where something fixed everything
kai is overated
Definitely no one ever admits it
@@Lloydproductions4171 yeah also its like Charizard in Pokemon he gets everything I think Zane and Lloyd are better mainly lloyd
I’d say Kai’s overhated but overrated if ppl say “he should have been the green ninja”
Hot take: Season 7 is good
Season 11 is bad.
The island is not BAD, a good little introduction to Seabound which i really adore
Seabound is a gem
Crystalized is overhated (though its not good either, i just think they missed a lot of potiental when writing this season, etc they could have brought nya back in the end to help fight the ninja with the overload that would have been super cool)
Dragons rising is overhated
S2 Part 2 is a gem.