Dino Thunder lore post
The Dino Gems are the crystalized bodies of the ancient dinosaurs that Mesogog put under her control. When the gems were recovered by the eventual Dino Rangers (Connie McKnight, Kira Ford, Ethan James, Sasha Lorde, and Phoenix Richards), the biomechanical shells built around their skeletal structures (the Biozords) activated and went on a bit of a rampage. Hayley Ziktor, the one who accidentally helped Anton Mercer (one of the major villains of the season) fuse with Mesogog, built the Dino Morphers for the eventual Rangers. When the gems bonded to the Rangers, they sought out Hayley due to her background in biorobotics and paleontology.
The suits were designed to harness the primal energy of the Dino Gems, but also to inhibit it. The energy within them eventually start bonding their souls with the souls of the dinosaurs that eventually became the Dino Gems. While this grants the hosts unusual abilities (enhanced speed, a sonic scream, impenetrable skin, enhanced strength, and telepathy for each Ranger mentioned above), it also turned them into sort of "weredinosaur" creatures. When their stress levels reach a certain point, they undergo a painful transformation from their normal human forms to the forms of the dinosaurs they've bonded with. This transformation lasts until the spirits of the dinosaurs have decided that they've killed enough game and consumed enough blood, and relinquish the bodies back to the Rangers.
When the Rangers are calm, their powers are weaker, but they're also much more in control of themselves. When developing the Brachio Morpher and the Brachio Key, Hayley based the design on the Morphers of the Turbo Rangers. The design of the core 4 Ranger suits includes triangles that are the primary suppression agents. When the Rangers are on their last legs, the inhibiting mechanism fails, and sends them into a frenzied, bloodlusted state that Hayley has dubbed the "Predator's Effect"
When the Rangers willingly call upon the power, they are much more in control of the power. Their adrenaline levels are through the roof, but they are in control. Hayley has coined this term as "Super Dino Mode," because both the host and the spirit are aligned and agreed.
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no because actually, why did the Morphin Masters just... make the white dino gem evil? Like, why would they do that?
They gave no affiliation to the other four and then looked at the white one and went "nah see this one here? This one's gonna be spicy"
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Current AO3 Status:
CoTPP - Shards of Fire: Completed
Scarlet Thunder: Due to be released in full within the next month
Power Rangers Primal Gems - Call of The Prime Prism: Nowhere near complete, next chapter planned to be made, finalized, and released by June 15th
I’m planning a thing that’s basically just me infodumping about dinosaurs in several giant essays.
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Title: I Climbed Up a Dino
Artist/s: Cast of Smosh (Chanse McCrary, Angela Giarratana, Courtney Miller)
Performed at the Smosh Sleepover Live! stream (Audio from this Instagram post)
Note: I was about to edit the audio of the footage I collected from the stream (don't ask where) but I somehow found a clearer-quality version in the form of that insta post while searching deeper in the internet trenches lmao
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Mini Head Canon Thread #1
Trent and Gemma being friends + Flynn getting involved
-Dimensions In Danger isn’t the only time RPM has crossed over. After the two times with SPD and Overdrive’s “Once a Ranger” situation Dr K sensed some unnatural patterns of energy and opened a portal for Gem and Gemma to go through. It was secretive and kept from the other rangers.
-They found out about the main universe and had to fight a piece of venjix searching for a strong ranger to be a host for him in this new world. The year was 2008 and he went after Trent, who at the time was finishing up college but that didn’t go when the twins came along.
-He got along with Gem and Gemma but was a little shaken up at the fact that other universes exists…what does that mean for him and the others? Meh it’s fine, he’s 22 and has other things to worry about anyway right?
-The three team up against the Venjix Virus and defeat it, sadly they needed to go home in a few days. They exchanged numbers or contacts…whatever works for inter dimensional communication, Trent didn’t tell Tommy for good reasons…no need in getting him involved with universal situations that aren’t needed.
-They came back eventually and brought Flynn who was a huge comic person and he actually got to read continuations of series that were destroyed in his world, Trent took a liking to him and the two started to hang out even more. Gemma turned out to be a very good wingman, Gem was there for support. They also became a quad team of rangers to help each other out with any dimensional issues they had between their own, honestly went well tbh.
-When Dimensions in Danger occurred everyone was a little weirded out by Trent and Gemma’s formalities, most of them were put off by how energetic she was, Trent enjoyed it. He didn’t make much friends outside of high school and while the Dino rangers were in his contacts they didn’t hang out like they used to so honestly it was just nice to have some company(plus she brought along Flynn).
How did the Dino Thunder team react?
-Kira was a little shocked, she couldn’t imagine terminator actually being a thing and wanted to know ASAP if she survived in this other world. With the twins she preferred Gem more than Gemma, mainly because he’d show up to her concerts being one of the loudest attendees cheering in the crowd, unsure about Flynn but he seems fine. As long as Trent’s safe then everything will be alright, she made a song about the apocalypse due to RPM and it sold out in a week upon release.
-Ethan…he was over the moon with excitement wanting all the info about dimensions, he told Trent he’d pay for the dates and stuff as long as he brought Flynn to his workshop to discuss cool ideas and inventions. They were blue rangers and got along easily, “Can I classify him as my brother in law?” He said to a horrified Trent.
-Conner…dude does not trust Flynn at all and he’s threatened to gut him like a fish if he hurts Trent. It’s been a tough road for the dude, first Anton/Mesogog happened, the white ranger fiasco and just overall wanting him safe so its just natural to be protective of not only Trent but the others on the team. He might also be a little jealous but we don’t talk about that😭, he actually turned around a new leaf and they went to one of his famous soccer games, even attended a few of the movies he directed.
-Tommy, well he’s alright with it? He mainly wanted to ask Flynn and Gemma about their teams but Trent was very against this as he doesn’t want dude getting involved where he’s not wanted, it’s a very big issue of his(probably got it from Zordon). He did meet Dr K when Beast Morphers happened and she tried burning his lab down when he mentioned spandex.
-Anton is pretty much okay with everything as long as Trent is happy, he’s been very supportive ever since the situation back in 2004. Maybe it was just the guilt overshadowing everything when it came to his son but hey everyone loves a supportive parent.
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