You ever think about how Garmadon felt seeing Wu turned into an evil cyborg in Rebooted?
Garmadon has suffered most of his life fighting the literal evil in his veins. He’s been possessed by the literal embodiment of evil.
And then he sees his little brother suffering a very similar fate. Being used by the same bastard that used him as a vessel. (Yeah it was technically Pythor that turned him into a cyborg, but he was still under the Overlord’s influence. He turns back after he’s kicked out of the system so-)
Yeah Tech Wu was forgettable but you can’t tell me it didn’t have Garmadon feeling messed up. That’s PRIME Spinbro angst material.
(Plus it continues the trend of the Overlord tormenting the FSM family).
Oh I actually think about it constantly because omg hcchhchchc
Because yesssss, like, Garmadon literally just had to deal with Overlord’s possession of him and now he sees his brother under Overlord’s control, even if for a short while
Overlord’s relationship with the FSM’s family (and especially his relationship to Garmadon considering the venom and the history between them during the dark island arc) is so under explored it’s actually painful
And like I can get that the series only had like a 10 episode average each season, so it’s kinda hard to dive in deeper into the complexities of it all and I can forgive it, but then Crystalized happened and they fumbled it so bad, 30 episodes and they couldn’t do Overlord or his history with the FSM’s family justice chhcchhchc
Ok the point I’m trying to make here, is that there’s SO much angst you can explore when it comes to the brothers’ relationship and how Overlord was the catalyst to destroying it
I actually really love Tech Wu as a concept, he’s super interesting, but the show didn’t do him justice, and it especially didn’t bother exploring how each of the brothers felt during and after it happened ✋😔💔
Like we never even get any sort of scene with Wu about how he felt under Overlord’s control cause, and hear me out on this one, wouldn’t make sense to say Wu would’ve probably felt what Garmadon felt during his time in S1-2? Wouldn’t Wu get to semi-experience, and understand on a surface level, what the venom did to his brother? And even the possession Garmadon went through?
I feel like Garmadon definitely wouldn’t appreciate his possession experience to ever befall one of his family members like that, cause he’s been there and it was an absolutely horrifying experience, I’m kinda baffled we don’t see Garmadon actually rage at it
So yeah I think Garmadon would’ve gone through the five stages of grief at the sight of his now controlled little brother </3
Made me wanna draw something for it hxhxhxh
Honestly in general the spinbros can’t catch a break I swear to god, first Garmadon turns evil and by twisted fate Garmadon is banished to the Underworld and they get separated as a result and Wu has to live life all by himself for years
Then when Garmadon finally turns good, it’s Wu who turns evil, and now they have to fight each other.. again
Then s4 rolls around and Garmadon doesn’t even spend much time with Wu at all cause he’s forced to join the ninja to Chen’s island with no means of communication, then Garmadon finally gets back from the island and Chen tries ruining the Bros’ relationship and divide them
Then immediately after, Garmadon gets fucking cursed and now Wu lost his brother a second time, followed immediately by Garmadon dying when the cursed realm gets destroyed
That means Wu has to live life and spend years without his brother again
Then Wu gets lost in time and ages back to a literal baby and so he doesn’t even get a say in or the ability to contribute to both guide the ninja and stop the SOG from resurrecting his brother from the dead through a twisted ritual that will bring his brother back to life evil… again
Then Garmadon gets back evil and Wu (through his little baby eyes) has to see the twisted form of his brother stalking and trying to kill him.. again (I swear Wu’s terrified scream in that hallway when he sees Garmadon tears my heart to pieces each time)
Then when Garmadon finally slowly gets back to his senses and starts bettering himself as a person, Wu has to let Garmadon travel his own self discovery journey, and Wu has to live all by himself.. again
And to date, these two haven’t officially got their relationship back to they way it was before Garmadon got fully corrupted by the venom and banished to the Underworld
And all this mind you, was all because of Overlord in the first place, he really just cursed this poor family with a lifetime of pain, suffering and grief, and I honestly don’t think people give him enough credit for being the destructive force that he is
It makes you wonder how lonely both the spinbros feel, cause you can tell each of them have holes in their hearts where each of them used to be for the other
Wu, being the absolute goat he is tho, will always be there for his brother whenever his big bro is ready to amend their relationship <333
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