AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!
THIS EPISODE!!!! WHAT!??!?!? AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!! OH MY GOSHHHHH!!!! I LOVE THIS EP SOOO MUCH!!!!
Alright then. What I am waiting for? Let's get into it!!
Okay!!! THIS EP WAS SO FOCUSED ON FOUND FAMILY-- AND I LOVE IT!!! <33333
But I honestly love how it's focused on Zane in a way. I'll write my view on Zane in this ep at the end of this post.
Okay, I love how Wu's first instinct was to check the gaming room!! Absolutely hilarious!!
Okay.. lemme make this clear. I feel absolutely sorry for this dude
Alrighty, let's move on tooooo....
#Lloydster_Enters_The_Scene
It wouldn't be lloyd if he didn't regret his life choices, now would it?
OKAY I SWEAR I WAS CRYING WHEN I SAW THESE LAST SCENES!😭😭😭
LLOYD, BABY, U GO RIGHT INTO THAT SHIP AND RUN INTO UR UNCLE'S ARMS!! STOP THINKING THAT UR UNLOVEABLE!!!
ALRIGHT!! ENOUGH OF LLOYD!! TIME FOR ✨ZANE✨!!!
Alright in the beginning we can see Jay, Cole, and Kai complaining to Wu and saying that Zane was weird.
I honestly love Wu's wise response:
"What is weird? Someone who is different? Or someone who is different than you?"
We then get a few flashbacks where Zane acts a bit odd. Okay... not that big of a deal as of rn.
The scene then shifts to the group at dinner. Zane comes walking in with a delious-looking turkey, wearing a pink apron.
As expected, the group laughs. Even Master Wu (totally not responsible and kind of u, Wu) joins in with the laughter.
After clearing up that mess they decide to have a food fight. Now on the surface, nothing seems wrong about that. (except for the fact that they're wasting food. my asian parents would never allow that in our house, loll)
But pay close attention to Zane.
He isn't smiling. He isn't laughing.
When Jay throws a piece of food at him, he FLINCHES!!! In his mind, all the time and love he spent making the meal is being wasted and underappreciated as his family throws it around as if it's nothing. They're all playing around and joking, but he isn't laughing...
And when he goes outside and sees the stars, look how happy he is!
This is one thing I love about Zane: he finds happiness in the most simplest of things.
When he sees the falcon fly away to an unknown location. He hesitates. He looks back at the monastery where you can STILL hear their laughter. His smile fades. Then he looks at the falcon and decides to follow it. And he follows the falcon with a SMILE.
Time skip, we see Zane and the team find Lloyd's treehouse. (a pretty impressive treehouse, ngl)
Just so I don't spoil the entire ep to you, I'm gonna ignore all the fighting scenes. When the ninjas come back, they see that their monastery is destroyed. And what do they do?
They yell at Zane. They blame him.
And what does Zane do? Nothing.
He doesn't retaliate. Doesn't try to put the blame on others. He does nothing. He takes all the blows.
He leaves and we later find out it's because he saw the falcon.
But... Y"ALL! When everyone apologizes, he doesn't act smug or try to rub it in their faces-- he asks them why they were apologizing.
In his innocently, pure mind, he doesn't take anything into account. He forgives them.
This is such a pure action, that's so simple but still so deep. He loves his team so much and nothing they ever do will affect that love he has for them. (im crying y'all)
AND THE LAST SCENE!!!! 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
OH MY GOSH!!! I WAS SQUEALING WHEN I WATCHED THIS!!
(first of... Jay and Kai run really weirdly... why are their arms flapping around!?!)
"I am proud of you, Zane. One day, I promise, we will find your family."
And Zane's responce... 😭😭
"But... I've already found them"
*breaks down into happy tears*
Y"ALLL ZANE IS SOO... SO FORGIVING!!!! I can't with this nindroid😭
And lastly... look at this wholesome scene.
Here we can see a huge contrast to the beginning scene. Here Zane initiates the throwing of food. And here, everyone is laughing.
It's only a joke if everyone is laughing. It's only funny if everyone is smiling. It's only "playing around" if everyone is okay with it.
I know that this review was a bit deep, but I'm only in the 2nd ep of season 1 and I'm absolutely loving it!! I'm so glad I decided to rewatch Ninjago!
Anyways, this is all I have for now. See y'all for ep 3!!
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