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Originally Posted by DreamSword

Episode 15 was what took me completely out of the show, as it not only robbed many a Ranger of their greatest achievements, but also removed any and all stake for tensions the show could've had. What was shown during the finale of Season 1 is only reinforced here: Rangers have a problem? No worry, the Morphin' Masters will fix it for them!

-The Rangers didn't win the Legendary Battle through their combined efforts and valiant fighting spirit, it was all thanks to Master Green!

-Steel wasn't reincarnated as a human via his direct interactions with the Morphin' Grid as well as his obtaining of his own soul, it was all Master Green!

Needless to say I was not pleased.

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Originally Posted by KamenRanger1997

Honestly, those "achievements" were so unimportant that this new information changes nothing for me

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Originally Posted by KamenRanger1997

I may be misremembering here, but has any other couple in Power Rangers said "I love you"?

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Originally Posted by Sh Ranger

I can kind of agree that it's going to be hard for the franchise to keep up the stakes going forward, now that we know the Morphin' Masters are aligned and can just dispense miracles however they see fit. The only problem I imagine is if they play their hand too often, those enemies they mentioned might catch up to them, which could potentially suck for the Morphin' Grid and everybody connected.

Honestly though, some of those events needed explanations to make any sense. Like seriously, there was no way the Tyrannosaurus Power Coin just happened to be in a random meteor, that just happened to land in the exact place Devon was passing by. There was no way Steel revived as an original human with only Nate's DNA as a template, or else he would look like Nate. Those things had to be Master Green.



I'd think so, but none that I can immediately recall.

Jen said it, if memory serves. However, most couples won't be allowed to kiss cause that's Tommy and Kim's thing (as far as the franchise is concerned)!

Morphin' Masters helping in vague instances doesn't remove the stakes! Like Animus, they may be treated as "gods", but they're living "gods"! They have a sense of righteous arrogance and can supposedly die with the best of them.

I kinda see them as the Prophets of the Celestial Temple from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. They say that the affairs of mortals are not their concern, but they clearly care enough to influence the cultural identity of mortals. They are so evolved and powerful that they view things differently from mortals and are utterly convinced that they're in the right. They vary from detached approaches to involved ones, and you can never tell when they're going to which. To everyone who isn't a faithful Bajoran in DS9, the Prophets are just "Wormhole Aliens" who exist on a different plateau of existence. The Morphin' Masters probably have those who don't view them as gods, but as "legendary space warriors" as far as the PR Multiverse is concerned. Probably also those who view the Morphin' Grid in scientific rather than spiritual terms, same as with the Wormhole VS. The Celestial Temple thing in DS9. One could argue that much of this is a common trope in sci-fi, but this felt like a good and specific analogy to me. The only real difference is that in PR, the "gods" can be convinced if someone tells them off! The Prophets plan and/or see it all well in advance and stick with it with very little in the way of deviation. They tend not to listen well.

This is partly why I don't think answering franchise questions by gluing the Master Green to everything is a bad thing, cause she did VERY DAMN LITTLE in terms of major retcons! The machinations of the fandom wants to interpret her as having a hand in everything, but a lot of it is just guesswork. We were only given isolated examples and the way they were described took NOTHING away from the characters involved.

Meteor strikes Devon which has a radioactive Power Coin inside? God, that was weird! Saying that it was all because of Master Green helps it in some ways, but it's pretty much still weird. Steel becomes human cause of Master Green? Steel PROVED himself and Master Green saw that. It only kinda takes away some of the mystique surrounding the Grid, which has a semi-sentient thing going. It takes NOTHING away from Steel! Legendary Rangers wail on some X-Borgs and vanish like Ranger Keys in the 199 without actually dispersing their powers like the 199? Yeah, that was just explaining some weird editing and calling it a weird teleportation. They were probably summoned, re-empowered, and then sent on their merry way. I actually would've retconned the thing myself and said that they were reenergized by Sentinel Knight cause we already know that he can do that kinda thing.

Everyone on Twitter wants to say that Master Green was responsible for everything from Justin becoming Turbo Blue or Master Green was the one who revived Kendrix! Fascinating ideas, but that's all they are for now.

That might be the whole point. Giving us a face to the Morphin' Masters helped with the franchise lore, but it also gave the fandom something new to think about and speculate over. By saying that some events are because of one meddling Master, it suggests that other events might have been influenced as well. It's a retcon, but it's up to viewer interpretation as to what gets retconned! I have my own ideas, but that's all they are right now.

Does the renewed interest in the Masters mean something for the future? Possibly, as they will likely have a role in Cosmic Fury and the MMPR Reunion. Could other Masters have survived in crystal encasements? Also possible, as it's a clearly defined means of punishment and sacrifice. Could Master Green die in the near future? Also possible, as the Masters may be implied immortals, but they can also clearly be targeted!

What Rangers do doesn't necessarily connect with what the Masters say or think or do! Do the Masters revive people or does the Grid? One could say that both could do it, and that would mean that we've had a Deus ex machina from the very beginning! Could that mean that Rangers can die and then come back? It's already been shown to happen before. If they die in battle, especially in an act of self-sacrifice, then YES!