OH MY GOD, is that Jason Scott????
May. 5th, 2017 01:14 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
thatsweirdrightTwenty three years and some odd months ago, interdimensional head in a tube Zordon of Eltar recruited a team of teenagers with attitude to fight against evil space witch Rita Repulsa. There is a Jason Lee Scott in that story, but it's not this Jason.
For this Jason, it's 2017, not 1993, they're allowed to say "shit" (except Billy), and people die. The teenagers with attitude part is a little more accurate, though, as everyone in this incarnation of the Power Rangers is something of an outsider.
Jason used to be one of the popular kids, actually, until a badly thought out prank ended in a car accident, expulsion from the football team, house arrest, and a knee injury. Now he's somewhat of a social pariah for destroying Angel Grove High's chance for football greatness, as well as his own future college prospects. Because pinning the hopes and dreams of an entire small town on one teenage boy's ability to do the sportsball is a totally healthy thing to do.
One night, while out gallivanting in the local, uh. Gold mine (??? IDEK), he and four other "weirdos and criminals" (tm Sam Scott) happen upon some mysterious colour-coded coin-like things. And then they get hit by a train and wake up a full day later crushing phones and ripping doors off hinges.
SURPRISE THEY'VE GOT SUPERPOWERS NOW. They meet this reality's version of Zordon, who is less Wise Interdimensional Being and more Angry Dad Stuck In A Spaceship Wall (Angry Wall Dad for short). Angry Wall Dad explains that Rita Repulsa's gonna steal all the gold in the general vicinity to make a giant monster who will then rip the magical life-giving crystal out from underneath the local Krispy Kreme.
I swear, I'm not making this up. Actually, part of me is a little offended that someone else got paid to make this stuff up.
Anyway, local teens save the day, learn important lessons about friendship and teamwork, THE USUAL.
Now on to the stuff about Jason himself. Remember that thing about house arrest? Yeah. He had one of those ankle monitors that was supposed to ensure he was obeying a curfew. His friend Billy hacked it, which was handy for being able to run around saving the world and stuff. Not so handy when the Angel Grove Sheriff's Department finds out about said hacking. Hence his arrival in Fandom, which as far as the AGSD is concerned, is a "reform school", thanks to some clever records manipulation on the part of Angry Wall Dad. So no, he's not super pleased to be here, but he'll probably warm up to the place once he realizes nobody's gonna be making him run laps at ungodly hours or do bunk inspections and all that other nonsense you see on those "scared straight" daytime tv talk show specials.
Also the fact that nobody here gives a shit about the fact that he is Angel Grove's Ex Golden Boy will probably help.
Kimera, you say, did you not mention something about ripping doors off hinges and getting hit by trains? YOU BET I DID. The 2017 reboot of the Power Rangers franchise (which is also simultaneously still actively producing canon material in the original universe, but never mind that) is about more than just brightly coloured spandex armour. Oh no. These kids also get a ridiculous amount of super strength (please do not punch him unless you also have super strength. You will probably break something.), the ability to run up mountains like they're the fuckin' Dragonborn, and the power to leap over large chasms in a single bound. No super healing, though, so if someone can punch harder than a train, there might be bruising.
He can also "morph" which will result in some pretty sweet-looking red armour, but since rule number one of Being A Power Ranger is No One Can Know That You Are A Power Ranger, that probably won't be happening anytime soon.
Also his default response to bullies is to slap them across the face.
In conclusion it has been way too long since there was a Power Ranger at Fandom High, and I desperately needed to fix that.
For this Jason, it's 2017, not 1993, they're allowed to say "shit" (except Billy), and people die. The teenagers with attitude part is a little more accurate, though, as everyone in this incarnation of the Power Rangers is something of an outsider.
Jason used to be one of the popular kids, actually, until a badly thought out prank ended in a car accident, expulsion from the football team, house arrest, and a knee injury. Now he's somewhat of a social pariah for destroying Angel Grove High's chance for football greatness, as well as his own future college prospects. Because pinning the hopes and dreams of an entire small town on one teenage boy's ability to do the sportsball is a totally healthy thing to do.
One night, while out gallivanting in the local, uh. Gold mine (??? IDEK), he and four other "weirdos and criminals" (tm Sam Scott) happen upon some mysterious colour-coded coin-like things. And then they get hit by a train and wake up a full day later crushing phones and ripping doors off hinges.
SURPRISE THEY'VE GOT SUPERPOWERS NOW. They meet this reality's version of Zordon, who is less Wise Interdimensional Being and more Angry Dad Stuck In A Spaceship Wall (Angry Wall Dad for short). Angry Wall Dad explains that Rita Repulsa's gonna steal all the gold in the general vicinity to make a giant monster who will then rip the magical life-giving crystal out from underneath the local Krispy Kreme.
I swear, I'm not making this up. Actually, part of me is a little offended that someone else got paid to make this stuff up.
Anyway, local teens save the day, learn important lessons about friendship and teamwork, THE USUAL.
Now on to the stuff about Jason himself. Remember that thing about house arrest? Yeah. He had one of those ankle monitors that was supposed to ensure he was obeying a curfew. His friend Billy hacked it, which was handy for being able to run around saving the world and stuff. Not so handy when the Angel Grove Sheriff's Department finds out about said hacking. Hence his arrival in Fandom, which as far as the AGSD is concerned, is a "reform school", thanks to some clever records manipulation on the part of Angry Wall Dad. So no, he's not super pleased to be here, but he'll probably warm up to the place once he realizes nobody's gonna be making him run laps at ungodly hours or do bunk inspections and all that other nonsense you see on those "scared straight" daytime tv talk show specials.
Also the fact that nobody here gives a shit about the fact that he is Angel Grove's Ex Golden Boy will probably help.
Kimera, you say, did you not mention something about ripping doors off hinges and getting hit by trains? YOU BET I DID. The 2017 reboot of the Power Rangers franchise (which is also simultaneously still actively producing canon material in the original universe, but never mind that) is about more than just brightly coloured spandex armour. Oh no. These kids also get a ridiculous amount of super strength (please do not punch him unless you also have super strength. You will probably break something.), the ability to run up mountains like they're the fuckin' Dragonborn, and the power to leap over large chasms in a single bound. No super healing, though, so if someone can punch harder than a train, there might be bruising.
He can also "morph" which will result in some pretty sweet-looking red armour, but since rule number one of Being A Power Ranger is No One Can Know That You Are A Power Ranger, that probably won't be happening anytime soon.
Also his default response to bullies is to slap them across the face.
In conclusion it has been way too long since there was a Power Ranger at Fandom High, and I desperately needed to fix that.
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Date: 2017-05-06 05:55 am (UTC)