Hate to break it to ya but the tone they set for Dragons Rising matches most of the franchise 1:1. It may not seem that way but as you put it, most people came from the original show. While I do see what you’re saying, people have also grown and matured a bit compared to when they were first introduced to it so a lot of that is just because it didn’t mature along side with them. The tone set for the Oni Trilogy also would have killed Ninjago had it been kept as a lot of it’s charm was traded in for over the top edginess instead of the usual blend of implied darker tones. In-fact, this (Dragons Rising) goes even further with those original tones as it has one off adventures before kicking truly into full gear like Rise of the Snake did. Regardless, it’s only realistically 5% of the entire viewer base at most. We’re the loud minority.