Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers 25th Anniversary Special

[superboyprime]

'Every Power Rangers story I’ve written has answered a question I had. “Why is brave Goldar so scared of Lord Zedd?” “Why is a seemingly gentle creature like Finster in Rita’s team?” Next week, I get to ask “How did Karone never face consequences for her actions as Astronema?”' - Trey Moore

"The Sweetest of Dreams" by Magdalene Visaggio and French Carlomagno:







"Golden Ideas" by Sina Grace:









"The Trial of Astronema" by Trey Moore and Dajung Lee:

Comments

[crinos]

Yeah, Andros, that was a pretty fucking stupid plan.

"Okay, so I made this Hologram of my sister's evil alter ego, so you guys can punish it instead of my sister, so every one is happy."

"Okay I have three questions: One, why did you make it so the Hologram could interact with and potentially kill people when we've well established by this point Astronema was a Genocidal war criminal? Two, why do you think anyone would give two shits about inflicting punishment on a hologram of Astronama as opposed to the real flesh and blood person? And three, just how much paint WERE you huffing when you came up with this nonsense?"

[superboyprime]

It being a hologram is a secret. The cover story is as Andros says, that it's the dark side of his sister, split off from the good.

He fakes the holo-Astronema getting killed in an explosion while fighting the court security, so now everyone thinks Astronema's dead.

[thezmage]

I appreciate the comparatively deep cut that is addressing the In Space/Lost Galaxy rangers, but I’d appreciate a story that moved forward so much more than one that simply strive to fill in a blank.

[superboyprime]

Arguably it does move Karone's story forward. She decides to head off on her own for soul-searching in that last page.

[jlbarnett]

wasn't a fan of the Trial of Astronema story, without a Trial of Zedd, Rita or Divatox story

[crinos]

Well, between the three of them, we know that Rita became the Mystic Mother (as seen in the first comic above, I assume that's Mystic Mother). And I know in one of the tie in games for the Playstation Lord Zedd became evil again (Not sure of that counts). No idea what happened to Divatox.

For those guys, I would assume since they weren't utterly disintigrated by Zordon's ultimate Goodness wave like all the other Pre Lost Galaxy villains, everyone assumed they were harmless and not worth going after (I mean Hell, when Rita and Zedd got purified they started dancing. It seems to imply they have no memory of their past evil selves.

[jlbarnett]

no, it implies the exact opposite. They still knew and felt affection for each other, it showed they were overjoyed with their second chance at life. Plus Rita ascending to the post of Mystic Mother implies she still has knowledge of magic

Anyway Karone also wasn't disintigrated by the goodness wave meaning she should get the same reward

[lbd_nytetrayn]

I always figured that Zedd, Rita, and Divatox were implied to be like Astronema -- kidnapped as children and corrupted into evil beings. Astronema just seemed to be the latest.

If that's the case, why shouldn't they be tried the same?

[icon_uk]

One would hope that one cannot become the embodiment of all good magic without at least some penance being served.

[icon_uk]

Nice to see the two most powerful sorceresses in the PR world having a heart to heart,

Udonna's story is even sadder when you remember that Koragg IS Leanbow (she doesn't know that and won't for another 18 years or so) and she would still be mourning the loss of her son (Who she ALSO thinks is dead, but who will reunite with her as the Red Mystic Force Ranger whose power comes from the Phoenix).

Also sad that both actresses are no longer with us.

[thanekos]

Tying Grumm to Astronema makes sense.

[long_silence]

Yeah I'd love to see a continuation of this story where Karone tries to make amends to Kruger and helps him set up SPD

[jlbarnett]

disagree given Dark Specter's behavior leading up to his take over