what if rangers had animalistic side effects to their powers?
One day, the dino charge team finds shelby eating out of the garbage bin at 2AM. This is how they find it out.
Ceratopsians like triceratops have been considered the boars of the cretaceous.
i’m absolutely obsessed with the trope that prolonged exposure to the power has physical effects on the rangers !!
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- jungle fury/wild force rangers develop that condition that allows the genetic code of stripes to be seen
- rangers with the powers of predators (tigers, lions, dinosaurs) realise one day that their canines are just slightly too sharp
- rangers with the powers of birds (eagles, hawks) discover they can see a lot further than they used to. they could find a paperclip dropped through the floorboards if they wanted to
- the megaforce rangers once reported that when Jake wasn’t paying attention his “s”’s elongated when he spoke
- their diets change; not to a huge degree, but enough to be noticeable. more cravings for meat, fruit, and salads depending on the animal
- sometimes, when the “animal hind-brain” is more in the forefront of their thoughts, the word “team” is replaced with thing like “pack,” or “flock,” or “pride.” it’s not something they talk about, but it’s a nice feeling - being able to think like that
- certain cat and reptile rangers’ eyes become slightly reflective when hit by light. things like night and distance vision become the norm, certain animal rangers have had their eyes form slits or different pupil shapes based on the physiology of their animal counterparts
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the dino charge rangers in particular have had fun with this
- as a joke, Chase once tried standing completely still when Tyler entered the cave to test if he inherited the t-rex’s motion-based vision and scared him half to death when he suddenly called out. they don’t talk about it.
- when a battle got tough and she dropped her sabre, Shelby resorted to headbutting the aliens. the team called it awesome, she never revealed that she was momentarily confused about the lack of horns on her head, and she never will
- Koda is constantly at war with his love of meat and his dinosaur counterpart being largely a herbivore, having to compromise by asking Shelby to put salad on all his burgers. he’s incredibly social and is always looking out for his “herd,” making sure they’re together when they’re out. it’s a bit like a sheep dog (not that the rangers will ever tell him that)
- Riley sees pros and cons to his velociraptor traits. on one hand, he has successfully recreated every single trap from Home Alone and is incredible at lock-picking. on the other hand, he once hissed at a fox he thought was getting too close to the team on a picnic, so..
- Chase has a collection of caps that he likes to cycle through. the team can never get a straight answer out of him about why he’s always wearing them, he refuses to say. after an intense research session, Riley discovers the parasaur’s head crest, and how it was used for communication or mating displays. bringing it up got his phone thrown down the tunnel to the cave
- Ivan likes high places. a lot. he’s always got an eye on things like trees and ladders and their potential to be climbed. if there’s a high place that could seat a person, Ivan is perched there. sometimes the team leave piles of boxes or ladders around just to see if he’ll get up there; they make it a game (so far they’ve had a 100% success rate. one day they’ll have him sat on one of the skeletons in the museum, just you wait)
- Kendall has developed an innate need to go swimming. if she’s near a body of water that she could feasibly get in, she’s got one eye on it at all times. so far only Tyler has noticed (‘stupid hunter vision’) and she lives in fear of the day he may reveal it to the rest of the team. when she does swim however, she discovers she can hold her breath a lot longer than before
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anyway here’s this cause i just talk and talk and talk
