What’s a random headcanon you have for this character?
T.J.: I actually think he would have had the best chance of reforming the Psycho Rangers if he had been the leader--and possibly if he was given the chance to just fucking talk to them.
Cassie: I actually prefer her being ace unless she's hooked up with Ashley or the pink Psycho Ranger. I also prefer not to think of her as even a little straight because the Phantom Ranger thing was a little gross.
What’s something you wish the fandom did with this character more?
T.J.: Like, in general, it would be really nice to see him written in things that had him on main. It doesn't even have to be long, as long as it's interesting.
From the moment you transfered to the school, it was made abundantly clear to everyone that T.J. was immediately smitten with you. He fought aliens on a weekly basis, yet he couldn't muster the courage to ask you out on a date - something Carlos teased him for relentlessly.
In the beginning, during your first few weeks settling in, you were aware of his feelings, as well as the gossip mill that traveled fast through the school. Although you knew how he felt, you waited for him to make the first move, but after two months you gave up waiting, deciding that maybe he wasn't as interested in you as you were made to believe which deeply disappointed you.
A year went by and when a new semester started, you decided that you would no longer wait for T.J. and accepted a date with a boy in your math class. The news spread quickly through the school, and Cassie and Ashley tried to keep T.J. unaware of it, but the news reached his ears and the newly appointed Blue Space Ranger was devastated.
There had been several moments in which he worked up the courage to ask you out on a date. But his comm would beep and he would have to dash off to the next emergency, or he would back out in fear of rejection. Hearing you had a date with someone else, made him believe he had lost his chance.
But fate had a way of bringing two people together, and when the restaurant you were eating in was attacked by Astronema's Quantrons, it was T.J. who was sent in to clear the building with Carlos while Andros, Cassie and Ashley fought the Quantrons.
The building was starting to fall apart, the floorboards opening up do to the severity of the attack and T.J. heard your screams and rushed to your aid. You gasped when the hatch of the elevator opened, surprised to see the Blue Ranger you had seen on the news as of late. T.J. was equally surprised to find you clinging on for dear life and swallowed down his nerves and his worry, calling out to you.
"Don't worry. I'll get you out."
He climbed inside while Carlos waited to help you both out. T.J. approached you, his eyes scanning over your figure for any injuries, relieved when there was none.
One of the cables of the elevator snapped and you screamed, T.J. instinctively bringing you to his chest as the elevator shook.
"We haven't got much time!" Carlos called down to him.
T.J. looked down at you, "Ready?"
You nodded and put your hands on his shoulders as he gave you a boost, Carlos grabbing your hand while T.J. pushed your foot up. He sighed in relief when you made it up, and you looked around the shaft, seeing two doors had been pried open, explaining how they managed to reach you.
T.J. ran, jumping off the wall, and Carlos caught his hand, pulling him out of the elevator. Carlos climbed up first, and you looked at the shaft, seeing only darkness and T.J. put a hand on your shoulder, seeing how frightened you were.
"Come on. Let's get you out of here."
The second cable snapped and T.J felt his feet leave the roof of the elevator, instinctively clutching the cable, and wrapping an arm around your waist. Your scream echoed through the shaft, as you buried your head in his chest, afraid to look down.
Carlos sighed in relief, reaching out his hand for you to take. You swallowed thickly, unaware of TJ's heart hammering in his chest as you took Carlos's hand, the Black Ranger pulling you to safety before repeating the action with T.J.
Your eyes swept across the destruction as the two Rangers led you outside. Quantrons prevented you from leaving and T.J. and Carlos stood in front of you, prepared to fight.
You watched in amazement as the two fended off the Quantrons. For a few minutes it appeared as if they were winning until the Black Ranger was sent flying outside and the Blue Ranger hit the wall, falling onto his stomach as he demorphed. You were shocked when you saw T.J. lying on the ground, groaning in pain, but didn't hesitate to run over to him.
You were grabbed by Quantrons before you could reach him and you screamed in frustration when you couldn't break free. "T.J!"
The Quantrons led you outside and T.J was right behind them, knocking them away from you. You stared at him in relief, as he placed a hand on your arm.
"Get to safety."
You nodded, biting the inside of your cheek worriedly. "Be careful."
T.J. watched as you rushed outside, seeing you speak to a paramedic before he turned to the Quantrons while morphing, ready to fight.
You held the blanket over your shoulders, your eyes focusing on the building that was becoming more unstable, waiting for T.J. to come running out. Ten agonisingly long minutes later, he did.
You sighed in relief when he exited, seeing he was unharmed. Your attention was drawn to the paramedic who had checked you over, leaving the ambulance when given the all clear.
You were about to head home when T.J. approached you. "Y/N!" He jogged over to you, walking beside you once he had caught up. "Are you alright?"
"Aside from the worst date of my life? I'll be fine." You sent him a small smile. "And don't worry. Your secret is safe with me."
T.J. smiled, both relieved you were uninjured and that your date had been a disaster. "Thank you."
Believing that's why he had come over, you sent him a smile before turning away. "Do you want to go out sometime?" T.J. stepped forward and you turned to him.
You were surprised, but not opposed to the idea. "Okay. Sure. Why not?"
"Thursday? Say...five o'clock?" He suggested.
You nodded. "Sounds great."
T.J. smiled. "Great!"
You bit the inside of your cheek as you stepped forward, kissing his cheek. "See you around." You smiled before walking away and this time T.J. didn't follow, too stunned to move. Carlos walked over to him with Cassie by his side.
"So..."
"We're going out on Thursday." T.J. grinned.
"That's great!" Carlos patted his shoulder.
"I told you she would say yes."
Suddenly T.J. came to realize that he had no plans for your date, panicking on the spot. "Oh, no! Where will I take her?"
Carlos shook his head, leading him away from the destruction, the trio heading home. "You'll think of something. You've been in love with her for a year. You know everything about her. You'll think of something."
T.J. nodded slowly, remembering you had kissed his cheek. Seeing the dreamy smile on his lips, Cassie smiled while Carlos chuckled. It would be difficult for T.J. to focus on anything except the kiss you had left on his cheek for a while.
HUMAN FORMS OF THE PSYCHO RANGERS. Black and yellow look kinda accurate to their tv version but I wish red was darker like his tv counterpart. PINK AND BLACK CALLED KARONE MOM!!!!!! Lol now I can’t stop imagining psycho red calling Andros uncle lol just to piss Andros off.
also it’s confirmed that the psycho rangers used to be actual people. To quote Karone later on in the issue
“They were people. Just like me. They were destroyed. Broken and reprogrammed. Just like me. They were turned into weapons. Just like me”
The psychos get new names in this comic.
Psycho Pink whose adorable through out the comic is called Nokrea.
Psycho red is called Virgil
Yellow is still Yellow( no surprise there)
Blue is called Axe(the writers had the chance to name him tomahawk after neziblue weapons name in Megaranger but they didn’t take it..shame)
While black is called Photon
Over all I liked the comic. It showed the human side of the psychos so to speak(them engaging in group bonding activities with Karone) lol there’s a cute bit with psycho blue where he pretty much wonders what soda is and thinks Karones just making stuff up
also that one comic detailing the origin of psycho green(that’s so notorious for being hard to find is included here)
