Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-43474522-20190818013740/@comment-3214109-20190919221617

Ronan5497 wrote: TheLoner wrote:

1. They never show us that. They can't just tell us and make us pretend that it's real.

5. They had to train him all the day because it was now their responsability. Train Lloyd to become the Green Ninja was part to make him grow as a character, make him mature, make him realize that there are things more importan in the life than read comics. In other words, it was part of his character arc.

In the movie, aside to fix his daddy issues and learn the meaning of the color of his suit (Which comes out of nowhere, by the way), I don't remember that he had to pass to something to recover the trust of his friends or take back the responsability that is being the Green Ninja (Which are struggles that they show us in the movie, but they never touch them later on) 1. Well it did seem like that to me since they went to school and Zane mentioned his mother scolding him but those are just my thoughts.

5. Yes but enjoying childhood and life is also important. The Ninja scolded Lloyd for thinking about comics when they themselves also have the responsibility of protecting Ninjago yet they skipped training to play video games in S1 and again in S11.

He had to pass to something? What do you mean exactly? Sorry English is not my first lenguage. 1. First rule of storytelling, if you want to your audience to believe something in your screenplay (In this case, the family of the other Ninja) Show, don't tell

5. Yes, it's important, but the point of Lloyd's character arc in S2 was about maturing (these are fictional stories what we're talking about, if it would've been the real life, Lloyd would've been traumatized)

What I mean is that in order to recover the trust in his friends he had to earn it from his action, show them that he is trustworthy again. That was the "Something" he had to go through. In storytelling, if you raise a problem that involves your protagonist (In this case, the lost trust of his friends) you have to make him pass through situations that make him change as a person and, once that has happened, fix his/her issues raised in the story before

5. Yes I know but I still think that episode gave the wrong message since maturing doesn't mean giving up the things you like or your youth and dedicate all of your time to your responsibilities so I didn't find it necessary to have Lloyd not only give up comics but also literally give up his childhood altogether. People can act mature, take care of their responsibilities and still take a break and engage in fun activities like watching TV, playing video games or reading comics. I'm not trying to change your mind, I'm just adding my two cents.