mastedons

[mastedons]

zack follows all the black ranger fan pages and is in all the fan clubs. and he brags to the others about what people are saying in there. if there wasn't a fanpage for the black ranger, he'd make it himself. he's also in the red ranger fan pages just to hype the black ranger up out of spite.

he also will get into a war with anyone who ranks yellow last. because he loves @sabortooths 💛

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𝙌𝙐𝙄𝘾𝙆 𝙌𝙐𝙀𝙎𝙏𝙄𝙊𝙉, 𝙃𝘼𝙏𝙀 𝙏𝙊 𝙄𝙉𝙏𝙀𝙍𝙍𝙐𝙋𝙏…

private 𝙕𝘼𝘾𝙆 𝙏𝘼𝙔𝙇𝙊𝙍 from 𝙥𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙧 𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙧𝙨 (2017).

———— 𝘿𝙄𝘿 𝙄 𝙅𝙐𝙎𝙏 𝙃𝙀𝘼𝙍 𝙒𝙀'𝙍𝙀 𝙋𝙊𝙒𝙀𝙍 𝙍𝘼𝙉𝙂𝙀𝙍𝙎?

BASICS

FULL NAME: Zackariah Taylor

NICKNAMES: Zack, Black Ranger

AGE: 18-21

GENDER: Trans man

PRONOUNS: He/him 

SEXUAL ORIENTATION: Gay

LANGUAGES: English, Mandarin Chinese

LIVING CONDITIONS: Resides at the Melody Mobile Home Park with his mother

PERSONALITY

POSITIVE TRAITS: Perceptive, brave, fun-loving, caring, hyperactive, boisterous, creative, unorthodox, humorous

NEGATIVE TRAITS: Cocky, rebellious, reckless, noisy, stubborn

POWERS & ABILITIES

POWER RANGER PHYSIOLOGY: Superhuman strength, superhuman leaps, superhuman durability, superhuman climbing, morphing (powerful black armor covering his body)

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I’m pretty sure I’m a superhero.

POWER RANGERS   — (2017) dir Dean Israelite

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zack and trini taking care of each other

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trini’s eyes roll, more out of habit than a genuine response to what he’s said.  “ why, so you could just tell him to wear all black? ”  it’s tempting to trash talk the boy, because it might make her feel better, even if only for a little while, but she knows at the end of the day, trini doesn’t have a real problem with him—  he could be a good guy for all she knows. she just hates him for the mere possibility of kimberly having any interest. not the response she should have, because as her best friend, trini should be happy at the idea of kimberly finding someone after ty. instead, all she feels is sick, knowing that it won’t be her.

she lifts her shoulders in a half-hearted shrug, blunt nails picking at the tears in her jeans.   “ he’s not… horrible looking. ”  he’s not very attractive, either, but that might have a little to do with her lack of attraction to men and even more to do with the jealousy burning inside her.  “ she was out of ty fleming’s league, too. ”  and anyone else kimberly’s ever dated, she’s sure, but she wasn’t around to see her with anyone else. trini sighs, stretching her arms behind her, trying (and failing, probably) to appear as though she doesn’t care.  “ maybe. i could just ask her, i guess. ”  but she won’t, afraid that kimberly might understand why she cares, or almost just as bad, she might take it as encouragement.

he scoffs,  a dumbfounded look on his features.  “hey,  is that so bad?  i don’t see you wearin’ much else either!”  he claims,  his lips tugging into a grin.  “but why would i help him?”  this time,  it’s not joking.  he means it.  he should be happy for kim too at the possibility of her moving on  -----  but though he’s close with kim,  he has always felt closer to trini.  and his heart tugs him in that direction,  protective over trini’s feelings and not wanting her to have to see anything that can only hurt her,  even though he know she will pretend to be strong about it regardless.   

“he’s, like, a four.  maybe a stretch,”  he insists,  shaking his head.  “see,  dude,  that’s why she knows better than to settle for less anymore.  she ain’t dealin’ with that crap anymore.  i believe that.”  he hopes not, anyway.  he leans forward,  reading into his words and immediately suspecting that she won’t.  so instead,  he tries to take the weight off her shoulders,  acting just as natural as she’s trying to act.  “i could,”  he says,  shrugging his shoulders.  “yeah,  i could.”  and he doesn’t say why,  but he’s sure she knows  ----  so she doesn’t have to fear whatever it is that kim could think about her asking about it.  “hey,  you know i’m not shy!  i wanna know too.”   

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“ kim was talking to that guy earlier today. the blonde. i don’t know his name. ”  she knows his name, unfortunately, but it feels less pathetic if she pretends she doesn’t, like she doesn’t care enough to —  but she could still hear the echoes of kimberly’s voice saying his name, michael, her chest aching every time she thinks about it. it swells with more than just hurt, guilt sliding it’s knife between her ribs, because she knows she has no right to feel jealous. she and kimberly are just friends. that’s all they’ll ever be, so the flashes of rage she feels when she thinks about it are unwarranted —  but she can’t help it, no matter how much she tries.

“ do you think she might… —  ”  trini hesitates, knowing that wondering aloud if kimberly might actually like the guy would give her away. (though she knows just as well that zack’s already aware.)   “ i don’t know. never mind. ”   /  @mastedons​

he’s softer, calmer every time she talks to him like this  ----  revealing her feelings,  even in a way that isn’t so direct.  he doesn’t ever expect it to be,  so when she starts to hint at them,  he knows to change his demeanor.  it’s more than she usually gives them  (  or any of them,  he imagines  )  so he never wants to scare her away from it.  “the one with the really BAD style?  he could use a few pointers from me,  i think...”  he mumbles.  “so why would he waste her time?”   it’s a genuine question;  does she really believe that kim might be interested in him?  zack doesn’t imagine so.  he’s got a good read on people,  despite sometimes pretending he’s clueless  (  especially when it comes to trini and kim.  )  

“---- like him?”  he finishes for her,  his voice gentle in a way that shows her it’s okay to wonder.  even if she didn’t have feelings for her,  it’s okay to wonder.  “no,  no way!  guy like that?  i think she was just bein’ nice.  ya know,  she’s tryin’ to do that  ----  tryin’ to be nicer to people.”  he can tell she’s trying to prove something to herself and everyone around her,  but he already knows.  “she’s way outta his league anyway.”

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trini only offers a half-amused huff in response, because there’s no point in trying to argue with him over this. she takes the black dress into her hands, still mostly unsure about the idea of trying it on at all, even if it was her own idea. “ what, because it’s our colors? gross. ”  he’s right, though; it’s more fitting for her than anything else on that rack, even if it is his color.  “ jason’s going to love that, ”  she deadpans, though she knows jason is the reason he chose it in the first place. knowing that he’s going to tell the others about this makes her hesitate, pausing before she could even take a step toward the dressing rooms.  “ do you think she’ll care that i went shopping without her? again. ”  because for the last dance, she chose her outfit with zack’s help, too. most of it has to do with the fact that she genuinely does like spending time with him, no matter how much shit she gives him the entire time, and his opinion does matter to her; then there’s the panic that comes along with the idea of having to see kimberly in god knows how many dresses, knowing it’ll only make her stomach flutter the whole time.  “ i mean… she can go with olivia. so it’s okay, right? ”

he rolls his eyes and shakes his head.  “black is a universal color,”  he argues,  a grin forming on his lips.  “but,  hey!  i’m not going to complain if you’re rockin’ yellow AND black.  they got great together,  don’t you think?”  he thinks so.  for them,  too  ——  because although trini may give him a lot of crap,  she’s the one person, other than his mother, that he’s closet to.  his grin grows proudly.  “dude,  right?  i’m doing it,”  he insists.  he doesn’t need to get anything to wear.  he has something that will work; this is entirely for trini’s benefit.  he can tell she feels awkward about it all and he doesn’t want that for her.  he thinks for a moment and shakes his head.  “people wanna go shopping with people who have the same style at them,  right?  you and i aren’t so far off!  she’d understand,  right?” he doesn’t really know how kim might feel about it,  but he wants to soothe that worry for trini regardless.  “besides,  her and olivia  ——  they probably work well together.  i mean,  as shopping buddies,  obviously,  since that girl totally loves jason  ——  for some reason.”  and maybe,  kim’s eyes are on trini,  but he’s not going to say that.  it’s just something he’s started to pick up on.  he’s always been good at reading people,  though that doesn’t feel fair to spring on trini. “you don’t have to feel bad about hanging out with your friends,  y’know.  yeah, that’s right, i called myself your friend.”

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the tension in her body relieves slightly when he promises not to take any pictures, chest rising and falling with an elongated sigh. trini hesitates, tempted to say that nobody wants to see that, but he’s right to offer—  the idea of not being alone comforts her, even if she’s not willing to admit it.  “ don’t wear yellow. you’re not tainting that color for me. ”  before she could let herself consider the possible repercussions of it, she adds,  “ or pink. ”  she wanders over to the dresses, unsure of where to even start. right away, trini’s able to tell what she doesn’t want—  her eyes glazing over anything floral or frilly, not even entertaining the idea of them. when she’d first decided to try a dress, she’d figured she’d go for yellow, because it feels safer, more comfortable, but— “ all the yellow ones suck. ”

“for the record, i can make any color look good, and you’re wrong for tryin’ to stop me,” he taunts, big grin on his face that contrasts hers. but his features soften as she warns him against pink too. his smile only grows, looking back at her more thoughtfully, though he knows better than to tease her about it. “no pink. got it. really takin’ away my options here though.” but it doesn’t really matter to him. what matters is that trini feels more comfortable in whatever way she needs to.  he quickly moves over to a rack of yellow dresses as she insists they all suck, determined to find something that’s more her speed. “they can’t ALL suck. hey, what about this?” he asks, reaching for one that’s mostly black with hints of yellow ---- something he thinks might be the perfect balance for her.  “it’d look good on you! and i mean that in a ‘ zack, please don’t compliment me but i deserve this compliment anyway’ kinda way,” he mocks with a grin.  “try it on. oh!  i know just the one for me,” he insists, quickly reaching to grab a red dress, mostly just to piss jason off with a picture. “how ‘bout it?”

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zack and trini taking care of each other

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Reblog if you're supposed to be dead...but Oops! Look who's back

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sabortooths‌

“ freedom’s not really what i associate with dresses. ”  it’s the opposite. it’s memories of her mother shoving dresses into her arms, ordering her to try them on, telling her that they’re not leaving until trini picks one.  “ no one. i could wear the same thing as last time. ”  it’s not the worst idea in the world, not when kimberly kept telling her how good she looked. (the fact she still cares about that, months later, pisses her off to no end.)   “ don’t be stupid. ”  trini’s hand is raised to the side of her head, rubbing at her temple as she frowns, staring down at the ground.  “ i could—   try on a dress. just to see. ”  she’s hesitant about the concept, but there’s a chance she might not entirely hate it without june around to say anything.   “ if you take pictures, i’ll actually kill you. ”

“i meant----”  he almost explains,  but at the risk of getting punched,  he decides against it.  “hey,  you could.  what’s the big deal in that anyway?” he’s surprised at the offer,  and he doesn’t say anything for a moment,  almost waiting for her to quickly take it away.  “whoa,  hold on,”  he quickly blurts,  hand waving in front of her.  “no pictures.  promise.  i’m not dying before this dance.  but  ----  i might have an idea,”  he insists,  his eyes glancing around the store for a moment.  he can tell she’s slightly uncomfortable at the idea,  so he wants to find a way to make it somewhat easier for her.  “what if i try one on too?  you don’t have to be alone.  and why should you get all the fun anyway?”  but it’s a genuine offer,  something he’s more than willing to do if it sets her at ease.  “and as long as i look good -----  which,  of course i will  -----  you can take all the pictures you want.”

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“i could name so many  --------  starting with FREEDOM.  whoa,  maybe i should wear a dress .  .  . “  he pauses to think for a moment,  eyes drifting upward,  then meeting her again.  “wait,   who says you gotta wear a dress anyway?  i’m wearing this jacket.  i know that.”  he tugs at the edges of his jacket,  an accessory he’s rarely ever without ---  one handed down from his father,  before he left.   that,  and he can’t really afford to splurge on something ' special ‘ just for one night.  “or ----  hey,  maybe we should just morph.”  

“  give me one good reason why i should wear a dress.  ”  / @mastedons​   

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sometimes people speak and you know what i just dont listen

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Insp

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sabortooths‌:

regret follows shortly after, because this all feels stupid after waiting so long just to be here in the first place. but in a way, that has something to do with it, because if kimberly’s been waiting just as long as trini has, even if she hadn’t been fully aware of it, the last thing trini wants is to disappoint her.  “  it wasn’t like tag.  ”  trini grumbles, mostly just because it’s easier to argue over something insignificant than to actually put her insecurities into words. she lets out an elongated sigh, still avoiding actually looking up at him.  “  it’s just—   she’s dated enough shitty people. and i don’t want to suck, too.  ”  not that it’s hard to be better than kimberly’s exes, since she’s not a popular asshole, and she definitely doesn’t plan on cheating on her, but that’s not what this is about. trini doesn’t just want to be better than what kimberly had before. she wants to be good for her, and after everything trini’s been through with her mother, it’s hard for her to accept that she might already be.   “  she just… deserves—   i don’t know. a lot.  ”

he has spent enough time with trini,  and gotten to know her well enough,  to know that he has to read between the lines when it comes to actually getting the truth out of her.  and what he’s getting from her now is that she really doesn’t believe that she is good enough for kimberly,  in some sense.  he hears her assume she may be a shitty person too,  and his face noticeably falls,  brows furrowed in confusion.  “you haven’t wondered why she never dated anyone since meetin’ you,  huh?”  he asks,  letting out a small scoff and shaking his head.  “‘cause she finally realized she could do better. you’re better,”  he says with no hesitation.  “what are you really scared of?  this ain’t just about losing her,  is it?”  he asks,  voice quieting slightly.  “this is about you,”  he points out,  speaking more hesitantly than he usually is.  “what makes you think you don’t deserve it,  huh?  her?”