#spd ot5

[aletterinthenameofsanity]

SPD OT5 playlist!

This one's a little different: because there's not just one one-shot for them and instead a sort of miniseries within the big series, I decided to just put together all the songs for their fics in one place. It ended up being not that much longer than the other playlists because I can't find my notes for the original SPD fic, so I just have the songs I literally indicated in the fics themselves, plus one or two additions that fit the VibesTM.

Anyway, say hi to the SPD OT5, who just like Jayden/Antonio, you cannot convince me wasn't canon in the original story. Like, have you SEEN the SWAT arc? The sleepovers? The fact that the entire series' backbone is their growing relationship with each other? S.P.D. more than any other series feels like a story about the relationship of the team, the underdogs against the world, and clearly that bled into my inspiration at the time as S.P.D. got like eleven fics and 42k+ words total? INCLUDING a couple of spin-offs involving their daughter and Dani Rocca (Chip/Xander/Vida's daughter) joining the team?

Anyway, I'm going to link the miniseries here instead of the one-shot fic for those exact reasons.

@skyland2703 @madhare0512 @khruschevshoe @liveinalovelyway @disastardly @augment-techs @our-raven-strife-universe @infinitysgrace @estel-eruantien

[khruschevshoe]

Come let me love you

Let me give my life to you

Let me drown in your laughter

Let me die in your arms

Let me lay down beside you

Let me always be with you

Come let me love you

Come love me again

-John Denver, Annie's Song

Sometimes, when Jack is looking at his arm, at the familiar green and red and pink and purple ink on his skin, he sometimes wishes- and he hates admitting it- but he sometimes wishes that there was blue there as well. He can’t explain the reasons why it feels oh so wrong to not have blue ink on his arm as well, why he feels like there's something not complete about the colors of the marks on his arm, but he can't help it. And it makes him feel like a piece of shit, thinking that way, because he fucking loves all of his Soulmates. Each one of them carries a piece of his heart, and he loves them to the ends of the Earth. His day would not be complete without Bridge’s rambling logic, Syd's flair, Z's selfless heroism.

But he also knows that he wouldn't be the same man without Sky's stubbornness and attention to detail tempering out Jack's more reckless tendencies. Sky is just as important a part of the team as the rest of them, and sometimes Jack wishes that that extended to the marks on his wrist.

-aletterinthenameofsanity, these scars on my heart I own them (we are unbreakable)

[maverickkkkz]

Is this a safe space for ot5 shipping? 🥹

They all have such good chemistry I can't just ship two of the SPD rangers I have to ship them all! My favourite is definitely Sky/Bridge but Sky/Jack is a close second, and Bridge/Z is also cute, Z/Syd, Syd/Jack- You see where I'm going with this

[augment-techs]

Ship Bingo: (I’m DOUBLY curious about this)

1) Nate/Zoey

2) Adam/Rocky/Aisha (main universe)

3) Bridge/Jack SPD

Nate/Zoey: *tosses Zoey so hard into Roxy that they fall into a closet and the door locks behind them* Nate is a twink. He is BASICALLY the KING of Power Ranger Twinks. Honestly, they should have just remained good friends that act like total losers around each other, gushing about how great the other is, while NOT devolving into heteronormative bullshit.

Adam/Rocky/Aisha: TRIPLE BINGO, FUCKERS!!!

I SWEAR, the fact that Boom! is unwilling to give these three the poly relationship they are DESTINED for, really brings home how much they are TRYING to come into the twenty-first century, but just can't seem to understand that not everything has to be bisexual or a mono-relationship oriented or perceived. Matt has really grown on me, but he and Aisha really aren't a good fit (she does not need to go through that awkward shit that is coming down the pipeline); and while Adam and Rocky are together in 90% of their panels, we have yet to tilt JUST ENOUGH IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION YET.

Bridge/Jack: I'm...actually kind of stunned I got any kind of bingo out of this. I like them when the SPD team is in an OT5, but when pairing the lot into just doubles my brain tells me that Bridge is probably completely on the Aro-Ace spectrum. Maybe he could tilt towards Autochorissexual, but he's just such a loveable goof that I could easily see him as a virginal clergyman in another life. Jack, on the other hand, is smooth as a marble and would make an EXCELLENT partner with anyone, so to each their own.

[augment-techs]

Comics: Skull/Billy in every universe + Matt in the aftermath of the Etarian war as ot3 when I’m in the mood; Coinless Bulk/Kim; GGPR/post-Death Ranger Bulk/Jason; Goldar/Scorpina; Zophram|Zedd/Zordon; Zack Taylor/Violet Arias GGPR; Stone Canyon OT3; Trini/Zack/Jason for the Omegas; Andros/Zhane+TJ specific to Countdown to Ruin and Beyond the Grid; Coinless Adam/Scorpina and/or Scorpina/Trini as a small poly; Coinless CONSTELLATION in the aftermath of Drakkon New Dawn (aka, everyone has slept with almost everyone else, but the romantic entanglements are varied and odd);  Ari/Remi; David Trueheart/Stan Skullovitch ( @lordkingsmith​ AU variant) 1969 Ranger OT5; TEEN Tommy/Kim; ADULT Tommy/Kat; JJ Oliver/Anara. Live Action: Tommy/Kat Stone Canyon OT3 Mike/Kevin Lauren/Mia/Emily Trent/Cassidy/Devin Betty/Devon Monty/Victor Leelee/Clare SPD OT5 Sky/Z Sky/Jack RPM OT5 Dr. K/Gemma Chip/Xander/Vida Andros/TJ Andros/Zhane Cassie/Nokrea|Psycho Pink Maya & Bulk (strictly during the settling process on Terra Venture or on Mirinoi) Dustin/Marah (sloooooooooooow burn; or just friends) Eric/Wes/Jen (or just the boys when Jen goes away) Jarrod/Camille Tommy/Skull/Bulk ( @lordkingsmith​’s fault for the thought; also works for comics, but in moderations) Kat/Doggie Adelle/Ms. Appleby Amelia/Javi Ollie/Aiyon+Zayto Izzy/Fern Scorpina/Goldar/Rito Skull+just about anyone as long as it’s from his generation and preferably not Kimberly (because the og show made it gross) Billy/Zack I could go on and on and on. PR’17: Trini/Kim, Jason/Billy. Boring but serviceable.

I kinda wanna know, ranger fam, what are your favorite Power Rangers ships??

Like #1 or smth??

[operationoverdrive]

[kathillards]

peace to the ones who pray

b-squad ot5 | 2.3k words | post-series read on: ao3

After Jack leaves, there’s an underlying tension to the way Z’s muscles move, the tick of her smiles, the hole in the happiness. Sky notices, if only because he’s her leader, and partly because he pays too much attention to Z anyway, but he knows it doesn’t get better after a few days, or a week, or two weeks.

When Kat pulls them aside to inform them, off the record, that Cruger is considering adding a C-Squad cadet to their team as a green ranger, it only gets worse. That’s the first night she shows up at his room in the night, half-sleepy, half-not.

“Sorry,” she mutters, rubbing her eyes when he looks up from his book to see her standing in the doorway, just a silhouette against the dim lights of the hallway. “I thought – I don’t know.”

He’s her leader, and her friend, so he puts the book away and asks, “Thought what?” as gently as possible. Since he’s Sky, it’s probably not as gentle as it could be, but Z’s not gentle either, so he doesn’t think she minds. “Why don’t you come in?”

keep reading

[queenvernage]

Bridge and/or Syd from Power Rangers SPD? :D

oh that’s a hard AND. you know i love my spd kiddos!!

bridge

favorite thing about them: he's such a little weirdo~ i love a quirky boyo (we also stan one jewish icon)

least favorite thing about them: it feels like bridge gets dismissed a lot by his friends... wish he was a little more appreciated

favorite line: in perspective when jack tells his version of the story and bridge is like "excuse you i don't count crybots!" but then he tells his version and he's still... counting crybots.

brOTP: BRIDGE AND BOOM IS A GOOD FRIENDSHIP AND Y'ALL PLAY IT ALL THE WAY DOWN

OTP: i used to really ship bridge/syd but i would like to take this moment to introduce you to the spd ot5 agenda

nOTP: none :)

random headcanon: bridge was 100% inspired to join spd by the megaforce power rangers (and is a lengendary war survivor).

unpopular opinion: i don't think bridge would make a good red ranger, no matter what logic "once a ranger" tried to give us

song i associate with them: someone new by hozier

favorite picture of them: iconique

syd

favorite thing about them: SHE'S LEARNING! SHE'S GROWING! SHE'S SHARING HER BIRTHDAY!

least favorite thing about them: they really leaned into the "vapid, blonde, princess" trope and syd is so much more than that but she doesn't get credit for it.

favorite line: "now i'd like to give you a gift: half my birthday. it'd make me really happy if you'd share it with me." (like dis if u cri evr tyme)

brOTP: SYD AND RIC! just a girl and her robo dog against the world

OTP: see above

nOTP: not a huge fan of the just sky/syd dynamic but you throw anyone else in the mix there too and i'm here for it!

random headcanon: bridge and syd were best friends DAY ONE at the academy!

unpopular opinion: syd's diamond/rock fist thing was a cool power

song i associate with them: lovefool by the cardigans

favorite picture of them: these braids were a GOOD LOOK for her

[differentcoloredkids]

i kinda start watching some of the power rangers tv series' but lmao i have NO IDEA where to start. i'm not sure i really wanna start rewatching the original 90s series, but do you have recommendations on the newer seasons? are there any that are generally considered to be better than others? or do you have any favorites or thoughts on good ones to start out on? thanks for your help. i LOVE legacy btw. i read it all in the last two days, and it's amazing! YOU'RE DOING AMAZING SWEETIE!!!

omg this is so sweet dslkfj;dskfj ummmmm i Do have pr recs but idk how useful they are since everyone is different BUT here u go:

MEGAFORCE / SUPER MEGAFORCE (2013-2014) - plot: 5 teenagers are chosen to defend the earth against an alien invasion

pros: a dudebro-hated favorite but it’s personally one of my favorites, if not my actual top favorite; overall very fun and has throwbacks to other PR seasons since super megaforce was an anniversary season; also has superb f/f pink/yellow ship subtext but tbh the entire two seasons are pure ot5 and ot6 material

cons: pacing is kinda off sometimes but imo it’s Pure

SAMURAI / SUPER SAMURAI (2011-2012) - plot: 5 samurai from

pros: also another dudebro-hated favorite but i love it for the same reasons as i love megaforce; a guest star in the last few episodes of super samurai is my entire reason for existing

cons: japanese themes with no japanese actors

RPM (2010) - i personally haven’t watched this one but i’ve heard it’s amazing

SPD (2005) - plot: 5 teenagers (?) are chosen to become power rangers at a police academy set in the future to fight off aliens or something

pros: police rangers, a black red ranger, a jewish green ranger, evil ranger team, rangers have civilian superpowers; overall pretty great

cons: not very many poc

DINO THUNDER (2004) - plot: 3 teenagers end up in detention and end up having to stop a dinosaur man from resurrecting the age of the dinosaurs

pros: honestly feels like Power Rangers (2017) but like The Predecessor if u watch it after watching the movie; tommy oliver (from MMPR) returns as the mentor; overall a solid season and one of my faves

cons: pacing and writing was very weird for tommy so he’s all over the place and like..... disappears or is unavailable for action a lot which honestly is not too far a shot from his MMPR days; only one female ranger on the entire team

NINJA STORM (2003) - plot: three ninjas from a ninja academy are the last relatively-capable-ish ones left to step up to the plate when the rest of their academy is kidnapped by an evil villain

pros: super funny, basically invented power rangers imo; great storytelling; plays with A LOT of fourth wall breaking; first female blue ranger

cons: japanese themes with no japanese actors; only one female on the entire team

also thank you!!! i’m so glad you enjoyed legacy! fdsl;jflsdjf i honestly cried a bit when i read this message, you’re so sweet

[kimberlyannharts]

                                          SPD OT5 Edition

                                               june 1st - 30th

every ranger deserves their time to shine so that’s why few of us have banded together and we want you to join in! whether its gifsets, fanfic, fanart, a collection of headcanons, fanmixes, or liveblogging your favorite episode - don’t hesitate to show this month's ship some love!

tag your posts with ranger lovefest so we can all find each other and reblog!

                               this months ship is: SPD OT5

[powerprincesses]

*slides you 5 dollars* do spd (side note i was such pr trash when i was little i used to go around doing to weird arm thing they did as a salute around my house)

MY MOM CAN SING THE THEME SONG TO THIS DAY ANON. TO. THIS. DAY.

first are foremost the theme song is overlooked but it goes just as hard as all the other disney era theme songs

THE OT5 IS REAL AND CONFIRMED IT IS STRONG AND ALIVE my crops are watered, syd shared her birthday with jack, my land is flourishing, s.w.a.t. is a real episode that happened, the children are singing

jacksky......elmo_on_fire.gif

ENEMIES TO FRIENDS TO LOVERS BITCH 

FUTURISTIC SETTING WITH ALIENS AND ROBOTS I LIVE ONLY TO DIE

little known fact about pr is that theodore jay jarvis johnson invented the color red just so jack landors could wear it. incredible i know

CIVILIAN POWERS BUT EVERY TIME IT’S WAY COOLER THAN NOT HAVING CIVILIAN POWERS A DUDEBRO CRIES

no for real tho i, like, shed a tear when sky did the shield thing 2 protect the team....he Cares

worldbuilding.....character backstory (THEY WERE BULLIED i’m crying right now)......a cool ass villain spaceship

fuck y’all i honestly have so much fun during the shitty little teamups.... they were trying their best, sorta

the judgement scanners are, quite honestly, the best thing in the world

kat manx exists and she morphed and i love her...my cat mom

found family bitch

RED’S A GIRL....YOU GOT A PROBLEM WITH THAT

actually the whole a-squad plot was 100.emoji

i already said jack but imma bring him up again bc he is the greatest and the best and i love him so so muc h

sydney drew? iconic. fuckin looked a monster in the face and was like “i do not have time for this oh my god” like GIRL.....U COULD DIE but she does not care bc she is incredible

like the CONSTANT joke was “we have to wait for syd to do her makeup” or “syd is distracted by pretty diamonds” etc etc but do u doubt that she could hand ur ass to u?? no. bc she’s incredible

my daughter elizabeth delgado who grows up 2 marry syd yes she is also incredible and show stopping

girls didn’t have to wear skirts and that was p cool

they named the cat kat and the dog doggie

[aletterinthenameofsanity]

Does anyone here remember when I decided to grab three randomass characters from two different seasons of Power Rangers, NONE OF WHICH HAD EVER APPEARED ONSCREEN TOGETHER, and went, hey, I wonder what the hell would happen if we shipped them together? Just for shits and giggles? And wrote a coherent 6k oneshot that actually made their character arcs deeper and make more sense than the show's? Now that was a proper crackship!

(Anyway, I was putting together the last of the playlists for this series and stumbled upon my Matt Griffin/Heckyl/Levi Watson fic. And remembered how batshit insane I could be back in the day. Because I don't remember how I thought of this concept, just that it worked out weirdly well. Also led to some of the funniest scenes in the series when Chase/Ivan found out that Heckyl was not only Riley's brother's Soulmate, but that Heckyl and Matt had another gold ranger as a Soulmate. I'm still tempted to write the world's funniest family dinner ft. Heckyl, Matt, Chase, Ivan, Brody, Levi, and Preston.)

[aletterinthenameofsanity]

RPM OT5 playlist!

You want relationship development? Welcome to my favorite relationship development in the entire Power Rangers series, aka my RPM OT5. Now, this one does not make as much instinctual sense as the SPD OT5 or Casey/RJ or Jayden/Antonio, where the relationship development is the backbone of canon, but writing these five idiots was so satisfying that I wrote the original one-shot in FIVE DAYS and that was my record on length of a one-shot until DECEMBER OF LAST YEAR. (You can also tell because I keep going back and writing extra chapters for this fic because I can't resist playing in its universe.)

@skyland2703 @madhare0512 @khruschevshoe @liveinalovelyway @disastardly @augment-techs

[augment-techs]

Wondering what gay rare pairings do you have for PR, wanted to see if there was some I had in common👀?

Might write some one shots of them!

Oh what a lovely jar of worms to open up. As far as I'm concerned ALL of the PR characters are queer, but let's see what I can actually put down that has standing in any capacity.

MMPR/Boom! Comics/Shattered Grid/Beyond the Grid (they overlap so much):

Billy Cranston/Eugene "Skull" Skullovitch Jason Scott/Farkas "Bulk" Bulkmeier Kimberly Hart/Aisha Campbell Tommy Oliver/Jason Scott Violet Arias/Zack Taylor/Jason Scott/Trini Stone Canyon OT3 Kiya/Trini Matt Cook/Skull/Billy (in that order) Bulk/Skull/Tommy (I have a friend whose fault this is) David Trueheart/Stan Skullovitch (same friend) Daniel O'Halloran/Trek Daniel O'Halloran/Terona Washington Jamie Gilmore/Nikolai Chukarin 1969 Rangers OT5 Grace Sterling/Andrea Virgil | Red Psycho Ranger/Photon | Black Psycho Ranger Nokrea | Pink Psycho Ranger/Yellow Psycho Ranger Andros/T.J. Johnson Andros/Zhane Dhaza/Maavi Remi/Ari Goldar/Scorpina Lord Drakkon & Omega Jason Scott (platonic) Lord Drakkon & Red Sentry Skull (sexual) Black Sentry Adam Park/Scorpina Scorpina/Coinless Trini Black Sentry Adam/Red Sentry Skull (they need someone in hell) Coinless Zack/Coinless Trini/Coinless Bulk Ranger Slayer Kimberly/Coinless Bulk Heckyl & Cam & Kim (platonic friends) T.J. Johnson & Kelsey Winslow & Karone & Mia Watanabe & Conner McKnight (background rangers UNITE as platonic babies) J.J. Oliver/Anara Turbo/In Space: Andros/Zhane Cassie/Ashley Rangers OT6 Psycho Rangers OT5 Lost Galaxy: Maya & Bulk (platonic, platonic, platonic--I just like the idea of her having a friend who isn't a ranger) Damon/Leo Lightspeed Rescue: Chad/Joel Kelsey/Dana Chad/Marina Carter/Ryan (queer-platonic) Time Force: Eric/Wes/Jen Eric & Trip (opening up that circle of friends for Mr. Grumpy) Katie/Nadira Wild Force: N/A Ninja Storm: Dustin/Shane/Tori/Cam Tori/Kapri Marah/Dustin Dino Thunder: Kira/Ethan/Conner Cassidy/Trent/Devin Elsa/Hayley SPD: Kat/Doggie (no, I DO NOT care about the wife) A Squad OT5 B Squad OT5 Jack/Sky Z/Sky Mystic Force: Leelee/Clare Leelee/Clare/Phineas Xander/Chip/Vida Operation Overdrive: N/A Jungle Fury: R.J./Fran Fran/Lily/Camille Jarrod & Casey (good for trauma healing) RPM: Ziggy/Dillon Summer/Scott/Flynn OT5 Gem/Dr. K/Gemma Samurai: Lauren/Mia/Emily Antonio/Jayden Mike/Kevin Spike Skullovitch & Rangers (friend, friend, friend, pleeeease; I don't want them fucking him and he's too good for them) Megaforce: Emma/Jake (another friend got me into this, even though I have never watched anything from this series except for the Big Showdown) Dino Charge: Koda/Ivan/Heckyl Ninja Steel: Calvin/Preston Victor/Monty Hyperforce: N/A Beast Morphers: Betty/Devon

Dino/Cosmic Fury: Javi/Amelia Ollie/Aiyon Izzy/Fern Zayto/Ollie/Aiyon Once & Always: Billy/Skull & Zack Rocky/Adam/Aisha TomKat

[skyland2703]

The SPD Kids cuddle piling because Syd has absorbed a million teddy bears.

That’s it, that’s the post.

[kathillards]

hey y’all looks like it’s time for fanfic writers’ appreciation day again (i think it was technically yesterday? but i was working all day yesterday soz) and last year i made a post about my favorite pr fanfics which still stands all of those are fantastic and you should go check them out and comment! 

this year i’m gonna appreciate myself and talk about my own fave fics i’ve written (no toku this time i promise) and then tag people to do it for themselves :)

peace to the ones who pray (spd ot5, 2.3k words, rated G) - post-series, the spd team finds they don’t like sleeping alone in their beds anymore, so they find a solution. somehow my only spd fic i’ve posted but a real fave because it’s my og team and i just love writing their dynamics together, especially the jack/sky scene.

the energy never dies (troy-centric, troy/emma, 3.4k words, rated G) - a study into troy’s dreams, how they work, what he sees, and how they lead him to where he’s meant to be. probably my fave fic i’ve ever written because i love troy more than my own life and i also love playing with grid theory.

lionheart (scott/dillon, 1.6k words, rated T)  - post-series, scott gets into an accident and it kickstarts dillon into realizing he doesn’t want to leave him again. i love it because i love my boys and i love the prose and the second-person pov and just how much dillon loves scott it’s just... such a good ship. too good for us tbh.

heartbreak is the national anthem (kat-centric, 8.6k words, rated T) - character study of kat and all the people she’s loved and lost throughout her time as a ranger and beyond, obviously i am tumblr user kathillards so this is basically my love letter to my number one girl and all the ships that i love for her.

all i know is a newfound grace (jake/emma, 4.2k words, rated T) - post-series, the megaforce team goes to an ice rink and jake struggles with being broken up with gia and having feelings for her best friend. i just love my megaforce team fics and the dynamic of the kids, i especially love writing jake and his conflicting feelings as he tries not to fall in love with emma and fails miserably, as always.

if you want to do this with your own fics or if you want to rec other peoples’ fics, it’s all good with me, just spread fanfic appreciation where you can! tagging ppl i know are fic writers but anyone is welcome to make their own post: @norihisahyuga @sofiaboutellla @torihansons @hunterbradley @sparkyyoungupstart