ok so my brother and I are rewatching Ninjago for old times sake and I foRGOT HOW INTENSE SEASON 6 WAS SO I'M GONNA RETELL IT FOR YOU

ALRIGHT WE START OFF WITH THIS KICKASS INTO

https://youtu.be/05Fxik8RODk

AND THEN THE NINJA ARE BOSSED AROUND BY DARETH INTO IMPROVING THEIR IMAGE AND NYA IS BULLIED INTO BEING A FEMALE ARCHETYPE BY THE MEDIA SO SHE BEATS THE CRAP OUT OF SOME TRAINING BOTS AND THE SHOW LOW-KEY CALLS OUT THE CRAZY FANDOM COMPOSED MOSTLY OF TEENAGE GIRLS

THEN WE GET OUR VILLAIN WHEN THIS DUDE ON THE LEFT

UNLEASHES THIS DUDE

WHO IS A DJINN WITH A LONG NAME I DON'T WANT TO GOOGLE AND HAS THE POWER TO GRANT 3 WISHES BUT ALWAYS TWISTS THEM INTO MAKING YOU GIVE UP YOUR SOUL TO HIM BY WISH #3

SO NATURALLY THE FIRST DUDE (NAMED KLAUS) IS A GHOST AND WANTS TO GET HIS SPELLBOOK BACK SO HE WISHES FOR IT

BUT THE SPELLBOOK BURNED IN A FIRE SO IT TURNS TO ASH AGAIN

FORCING KLAUS TO MAKE ANOTHER WISH

SO HE DECIDES TO WITH TO BECOME MORTAL AGAIN

AND ALL SEEMS WELL UNTIL

HE SCREAMS IN A G O N Y  AND COLLAPSES ONTO THE FLOOR IN PAIN WHILE THE DJNN IS LIKE "BECOMING MORTAL IS A PAINFUL PROCESS... ALL THOSE INSIDES RESTARTING" AND KLAUS IS LEGIT LIKE YELLING OUT "MY ARMS MY HEAD" ETC WHILE ROLLING AROUND ON THE FLOOR

SO HE SAYS SOMETHING LIKE "MAKES YOU WANT TO WISH IT ALL AWAY, DOESN'T IT?" AND KLAUS JUST SHRIEKS "I WISH FOR IT ALL TO GO AWAY" AND THE DJINN STEALS HIS SOUL

AND I WAS JUST SITTING THERE LIKE HECK MAN I REMEMBER WHY I LIKED THIS SHOW BEFORE THEY DON'T MESS AROUND

SO THEN THERE'S MORE PLOT STUFF AND THE NINJA SEE ON TV THAT SOMEONE IS IMPERSONATING THEM AND FRAMING THEM FOR A TON OF CRIMES AND THEY'RE LIKE "HECK WE'RE THE MOST WANTED PEOPLE IN NINJAGO RIGHT NOW" AND THEY'RE SITTING NEXT TO THESE GUYS WHO ARE EATING IN THE STILL-BEING-REBUILT TOWN FROM LAST SEASON THAT THE PREEMINENT (LONG STORY) DESTROYED AND THEY'RE LIKE "MAYBE THESE GUYS ARE FANS AND CAN HELP US" BUT THE DUDES SAY SOMETHING LIKE "YOU EXPECT US TO HELP YOU AFTER YOU DESTROY OUR HOME AND CLAIM TO SAVE IT" SO THE NINJA HAVE TO FIGHT THEM OFF WITHOUT ACTUALLY FIGHTING

SO THAT'S THE END OF EPISODE ONE AND EPISODE 2 STARTS UP W/ THEM SORT OF ON THE RUN AND IT CUTS TO THE POLICE ANSWERING QUESTIONS ABOUT THE "PUBLIC ENEMY #1" AND THEN THIS DUDE NAMED RONIN (who is legit my favorite character both because he's shamelessly, selfishly morally grey and also reminds me too much of Harvey) WHO HELPED THEM LAST SEASON IS OFFERED A BOUNTY SHOULD HE CAPTURE THE NINJA

AND HE'S LIKE "I'LL FIND YOUR NINJA BUT YOU HAVE TO WIPE MY CRIMINAL RECORD CLEAN AND PAY ME ENOUGH TO FILL IT UP WITH MONEY"

SO NOW WE FIGURE OUT CANONICALLY THAT RONIN IS A MERCENARY AND ISN'T GOING TO BE STOPPED JUST BECAUSE HE HELPED THEM UP IN SEASON 5

AND THEN HE PROCEEDS TO CAPTURE LEGITIMATELY ALL OF THEM, STARTING WITH ZANE AND LLOYD IN THIS REALLY WELL-CONSTRUCTED SEQUENCE WHERE ZANE TRIES TO SCAN FOR INFORMATION BUT IS HACKED

(you see the girl on the right hand side? that's pixal -- she was Zane's love interest who was "killed off" and downloaded into his consciousness as a guide)

"Well would you look at that, Tin Can? I'm in your head."

RONIN HACKS INTO HIM AND STARTS SHUTTING HIM DOWN BIT BY BIT WHILE LLOYD LOOKS ON IN PANIC

SO RONIN SHOWS UP AND A GUNFIGHT STARTS

AND HE CAPTURES LLOYD

(meanwhile the Djinn steals the Realm Crystal, which is basically this thing that lets you travel through the 16 Realms, of which Ninjago is one of them)

THEN HE GETS KAI AND NYA IN A CAR CHASE SEQUENCE 

THEN HE GOES AFTER JAY AND COLE IN THE AMUSEMENT PARK, WHERE THEY FIGURE OUT THAT THE DJINN CAN SHAPESHIFT AND THAT'S HOW HE FRAMED THEM

"Look at that. I'm a winner."

AND LEGIT THEY GET TAKEN TO JAIL END EPISODE

I REACHED MY PICTURE LIMIT BUT I'M GONNA YELL ABOUT THIS SOME MORE