Before I continue…

I just want to say something about why I write fan fiction and why Power Rangers, I was in a TaeKwonDo class, I'm not sure if it was after the first class or the final class of the term, but I caught an episode of Power Rangers: SPD (yup, a Disney season) and when I saw that they were doing martial arts, I thought that if I keep up with the martial arts training, that I could be a Power Ranger, even during my out-of-sight-out-of-mind phase, Power Rangers still kept me doing TaeKwonDo, the only thing that could (and has)ever force(d) me to quit actually was a fusion that was put in my neck after a surgery to remove a benign tumor that was pressed against my spinal cord… I only came back to power Rangers in light of the 2017 Mighty Morphin' retelling, which is a shame to not see get a sequel because My favorite part of it was that Billy had autism because I have autism. (I might publish one chapter of a fanfic that I'm writing about individuals with learning disabilities becoming Power Rangers)

Also about the first exert, I won't spoil the near end of Power Rangers: Dino Thunder (like I probably did with the first story), but I will tell you this, it really rubbed me the wrong way when I watched clips of it on YouTube and the whole series on Netflix… I was so mad at everybody (Haley for not being there to give her two sense, Trent for not having a smidge more self respect than he had that moment, Tommy for feeling the need to possibly strip Trent of his morpher, Conner and Ethan for being stubborn assholes and not walking a mile in Trent's shoes and Kira for a moment much - and I do mean much - earlier than the near end) that when I got to rewatching SPD (both on Netflix and YouTube), I just felt a strange sense of satisfaction when SPD were being disrespectful to Dino Thunder.

Whether it was intentional or not, it was almost like they (Jack and Z in particular) were sticking up for a fellow orphan (yes I know, Jack and Z were the only orphans, but still), karma was a bitch… and I liked it.

I made an online petition to Hasbro to have future power rangers actors take an oath of gratitude (I find the thought of actors not being appreciative of their role as a Ranger kinda worrisome and very disappointing) which would sound something like this: "I swear to remember that being an actor in this franchise alerts it's fandom to my existence, that it's important to them that once I wear the spandex… I mean self assembling nano fiber I'm an inspiration in the eyes of the youngest among them, I will show remorse if I can't return, for weather I'll like it or not in the future, once a ranger always a ranger, may karma be the worst to me if I fail."

I'm hoping that what comes across is just that while fans do see actors that played their favorite power rangers carve out a post Power Rangers career and they are allowed to do so, the pain of them separating themselves from the franchise varies from fan-ranger to fan-ranger with those who are particularly vulnerable to such a situation being my reason why I made the online petition in the first place.

And I'm not saying that actors should reprise their role, nor attend conventions left and right, nor make fan films like the actual fandom, nor plaster their gratitude all over social media… unless that's their gratitude language; not just feeling gratitude, but expressing it as well no matter how you choose to is a bare minimum that I'm probably dead wrong to expect from any ranger actor because by watching them on Power Rangers, I'm alerted to their existence.

And concerning the deaths of every actor in the franchise, I'm kinda trying to incorporate their deaths into my head cannon of Power Rangers, you know, if the actor died in real life, then somehow so did the character(s) they portrayed (unless their character already died during the events of their respective season or even the Boom Studios comics).