#baboo

[novastar134]

It's taken me years to figure out how I wanted to represent the Monkey King / Baboo for our miraculous au (Miraculous Mayhem) and finally am quite happy with him

He's committed many a sins lmao but I love him regardless

[ghostiidasponk]

BabyZul

[awesomecoyote337]

Drag and Tokusatsu Villains: The Shared Language of Camp

There’s a surprisingly natural overlap between drag performance and tokusatsu villain design, especially when viewed through the lens of camp.

Drag characters and tokusatsu villains both operate in a heightened visual language that prioritizes spectacle over subtlety. Drag characters and tokusatsu villains often operate as larger-than-life personas: bold silhouettes, vibrant colors, ironic/punny names, and performative flair.

Camp is about a love of exaggeration, stylization over realism, and theatricality.

The same applies to many Tokusatsu villains from Japanese Super Sentai and its American adaptation Power Rangers.

Earlier Power Rangers seasons balanced camp with imported footage constraints.

If you compare Power Rangers Dino Charge to earlier series like Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, the difference becomes clear:

Take for example: Rita Repulsa vs Poisandra

Rita Repulsa from Mighty Morphin Power Rangers already fits surprisingly well into drag naming convention with names that are often playful, ironic, or pun-based and alliterative. (Rita Repulsa as in repulsive)

Rita Repulsa's design has towering, sculptural hair, heavy gold accents, flowing robes, and an exaggerated witch silhouette. Her personality is built on theatrical tantrums ("Oh I have such a headache!") and grand declarations ("Ah! After ten thousand years I'm free! It's time to conquer Earth!"). Her camp comes from excess emotion and theatrical delivery.

With Power Rangers Dino Charge, the franchise leans harder into camp than many previous seasons. The villains don’t just resemble drag archetypes—they function like them.

Poisandra's design is candy-colored bright pink, heart-themed, and has exaggerated lashes. She's Sledge's marriage-obsessed bride-to-be, embodying the "bridezilla diva" archetype. She isn’t just a villain who happens to be feminine, she performs hyper-femininity as villainy.

Rita is theatrical, but rooted in witch archetypes and still framed as a witch.

Poisandra is theatrical and conceptually stylized around a singular camp theme. Poisandra is theatrical in a way that feels closer to a drag performance of villainy.

Characters like Poisandra are built around a single aesthetic concept and designs feel like runway concepts, much like a drag runway category.

Wrench serves as the tech genius with a whiny, dramatic flair (Tin Woodsman-inspired armor with spade motifs and a crying face theme).

Curio, Wrench's stitched-together doll-like creation (made as an early wedding gift for Poisandra), in a shark-hat hoodie with glowing eyes and striped scarf.

In Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, camp is present, but rooted in archetypes (witch, warlord, monster). Rita Ripulsa (witch), Goldar (the loyal warlord), and Baboo (the bumbling monster sidekick). The designs, while elaborate, are often rooted in sci-fi/high fantasy archetypes. (Knasty Knight, Minotaur, Genie, Cyclops, etc).

Older villains were often based on broad archetypes (witch, warlord, monster). Newer ones feel like runway concepts.

Cavity — confectionary/tooth decay theme

Puzzler — puzzle theme 

Gold Digger — treasure theme

Half-Bake — autumn theme

In short: early Power Rangers gave us camp within archetypes. Dino Charge gave us archetypes as camp.

The villains in Power Rangers Dino Charge function less like a traditional evil empire of "Evil Space Aliens" and more like a drag troupe or stage cast. They have extended banter scenes, recurring relationship arcs (Sledge and Poisandra’s toxic romance), and distinct gimmick-driven personas.

In the end, both drag and tokusatsu villains remind us that leaning all the way into exaggeration, stylization, and theatricality is what builds the most memorable characters.

[augment-techs]

In an attempt to be more active on tumblr blogs and sending asks and stuff :3

Favorite silly moment(s) from the GGPR comics! :33

....Oh, there are so many, omg...

Starting off: Jason's introduction and the utter joke that THIS is supposed to be a 15 year old (with the little narrative bubbles trying to impress this upon us even further and failing pretty miserably).

Their first unbelievable fuck-up happening on their literal first day. Because, really, they had one job--and THIS ABSOLUTELY PROVES that, yes, they're teenagers, they can't handle the one job.

Kim looking like a gutter rat is so pleasing to me. It gives me so much joy.

Actually, you know what? Her general humiliation is kind of a favorite reel for me. Like, especially with people she generally doesn't respect throughout canon. My pleasure in this never dims.

Awkward teenage super hero incidents by failing at speaking in code is pretty good, too. Honestly I think Matt gets points pretty early on for this...just this:

I have a lot of favorites, not least of all the early Dan Mora work. The Putty Infiltration Arc pleases me infinitely on rereading it, but silliness is hard to pinpoint, so this is the best I can do, really.

[comicsiswild]

Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (2016) #44

[melomenon]

I can't believe the Power Rangers comics are real

(It's so important that you read it in their voices)

[skyland2703]

Just gonna toss some random PR at you and see what sticks now that you're out of hibernation:

MMPR #121 is out and I....hate it:

I really, really, really want to be happy that we get to see Adam and Rocky and some character development in the wake of their possession, and get an entire issue based around Billy, but it all really just goes downhill from here. The only nice thing I can say is that Hendry Prasetya's art has gotten very smooth and I quite like it compared to previous chapters.

However, revisiting old Dual MM and PR chapters has made me happy finding little gold nuggets around that actually speak to true personality:

Next to Dan Mora, Marco Renna mighty be my favorite artist for this series. At least I can stand to look at Zedd with this style.

And also: THIS ☝🏿☝🏿 I miss this kind of thing.

I know we've all had fun throwing rocks at the Eltarian War Arc, but I cannot be the only one that sees the VERY EASILY streamlined version of events where this would have been perfect for Identity Reveal, Action Survivor, Big Damn Heroes, Big Ego/Hidden Depths, The Chosen Zero, Karmic Jackpot, Kleptomaniac Hero, Chekhov's Gun, Everything is Trying to Kill You, Strolling Through the Chaos, and an Establishing Character Moment tropes for...our babies Q_Q Honestly, so much fanfic possibility. Wish I could figure out how to make it work...

Also, just random pics of the minions being CUTE.

AYIYIYIYIYIHFRBHJTFBRVDCENDFR

This is the best thing i could've gotten coming out of hibernation, tbh. THANK YOU.

what the FUCK have they done with Billy's HAIR. Why do they look like THAT. (They've drawn Adam and Rocky beautifully but wtf billy.)

Feeling SO bad for adam and rocky they look BROKEN 🥺

Who's the lady in red?? Is she a ghost?? Can nobody else see her??

Zedd looks very overconfident, and is talking about how overconfidence will be the end of them... hmmmmmmmmm

i really like Zedd's art style! Marco Renna does a GOOD JOB O.O

But seriously wtf was that with Billy's hair.

i think i screamed at this. THIS IS CHARACTER <3

7. THEY HAVE AN EXECUTION ORDER TO MELT ALPHA???? i know it's supposed to be a serious scene but THAT many eltarian soldiers for one alpha, it's making me laugh awdhydfsvfadwfrgt 8. BULK AND SKULL BULK AND SKULLLLLLL!!!!!!!! HELLO BABIES!!! I love this style for them, they look so CUTE and smushable and cheek-pullable. Skull being depressed about Candace and bulk distracting him and cheering him up AND THE WAY THEY RUUUUNNNNN *wipes stray tear from eye* BEAUTIFUL CHILDREN <3

9. who is this man. why does he look like that girl from hinger games. 10. did they melt the alpha yet??

11. THIS ART STYLE. FOR THEM. YOUR HONOR I LOVE THIS PANEL (and they're shooting Matt. Lol i love that) 12. The empyreals?? IS THAT A BLUE KATAPPA 13. Jailbreak blue lady is Candace, I assume?? (She'd have looked prettier with blue hair, tbh. Why couldn't they just make zordon the bald eltarian. Why'd they have to make ALL ELTARIANS bald????) 14. Bulk and Skull are literally interviewing aliens. I don’t know how amazing THAT is, but also i cant stop laughing at the image of Mr. Blue katappa in my head.

For reference, this is Katappa.

Angry old general man who is one of the biggest memes here.

15. ERNIEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 16. "Honestly, so much fanfic possibility. Wish I could figure out how to make it work..." <- you say, let me read this arc. Then I'll yell at you about it.

17. WAS THIS YOUR TRAP TO MAKE ME FALL INTO THE ENDLESS PUDDLE OF THE ELTARIAN WAR????? because i think it worked 18. GOLDAR!!!!!! Kim going "saved by gOlDaR?? I’m gonna need a minute" *cackles*

19. Taking a minute to appreciate THIS. How CUTE. AUGH. 20. and Goldar in that veryyyy last panel. BRO. GOLDIEBRO. I FEEL YOU. it's the downfall era for ALL of us. WHY MUST WE SUUUFFFERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

i have so many thoughts here awdsfghbdfjsvns I NEED TO READ THIS ARC!!!!!!!!!! THANK YOU AUGMENTT ASDNRGHJFDSCSEJDFG

[twink-shadow]

my childhood was filled with fire and lava.. why would I want to revisit it?

-@twink-silver

So that we can discuss and work through your trauma as a family. And perhaps give you a jumping-off point for therapy.

Besides; did you not say that you don't remember past nine years old?