SKY META
This started out as a fandomhigh-related post about how I'm going to play Sky, but as things tend to do inside my head, it blossomed into something a LOT bigger. So bear with me, this will have a point.
( TILDIR musings on Sky. )
( TILDIR musings on Sky. )
Or, in FH parlance, "You poke her and emo comes out!" We're...kind of bizarre.
One of the things that's always struck me about Sky is that he's frakking huge. I used to have links to two screencaps I found while I was doing my mad hunt for things to make into Z icons, one from I don't know when and the other from the end of the finale. Both had been cropped so that Z was in the frame but only the shoulder of the red Ranger she's standing next to was, and the demonstrated size difference between Jack and Sky was kind of staggering.
Anyway, Sky's this huge guy and he like, never uses his size. He doesn't try to make himself smaller or anything, but if he really wanted to be a jackass, he could completely physically dominate everybody around him with the exception of Cruger. I think he's supremely confident, and I think he knows exactly how big he is and what space he inhabits (and I think that if their individual powers say something about their personalities his backs that up), but he doesn't feel the need to use it to intimidate. Which is why when he was bodyswitched I was so surprised when no one noticed something was wrong. Especially Syd, because Sky would never pull that kind of body language with her.
So, yes, I don't think Sky is a jerk, I just think he's very confident and military and I'm very babbly, hi.
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I like your thoughts on Sky's physical attributes; and you're so right. On the surface, with his high marks, physcial capability and over-achiever drive, he could've all too easily fallen into the category of asshole jock.
You know the ones, the guys who like to flush geeks in toilets, give wedgies to freshmen and run over kids during try-outs. He so could've been the guy to push Bridge around on a regular basis; as you said he's so much bigger, and although Bridge does well fighting, at the beginning of the series it's easy to see that Sky is the much better fighter. I have no doubts that he could easily wipe the floor using Bridge as a mop if he wanted to.
But he didn't do that. Sure, he thought Bridge was odd and got annoyed with him, but instead of calling him names or pushing over, he usually just rolled his eys and moved on.
And I agree with the bits on your take of Wootox. Hadn't really thought of that much before myself. Thanks for letting me drop in on ya! :)
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And that's one of the reasons I 'ship Bridge/Sky, because you're right, he could've picked on Bridge and made Bridge be afraid of him, but he chose to be friends with him instead. He is short with Bridge on occasion, yeah, and sometimes makes him feel like crap when teasing him, but for the most part they're not two guys you'd expect to be such good friends. Sky cares about his little buddy a lot, especially more toward the end of the series- "Missing" is one of my favorite episodes for this reason. Sky's very clearly agitated the whole time, like when he, Sam and the girls go to talk to Piggy- he paces in the background, nervously fiddles with things, and is uncharacteristically quiet.
So yes- he can hurt feelings and be a little abrasive and hard to approach, but he also cares about his friends and would do anything for them, and they have to know this or else they wouldn't stick so close by him. They, especially Jack, were steadfastly and unquestionably on his side when he took on Mirloc for example, in spite of all the times he's been a jerk to them.
*sigh* &hearts
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Gotcha. Yeah, not having Jack around would do that to her- Z adapted to life at SPD pretty easily, but not having Jack around would probably make it a lot harder for her, especially if he was in a bitty confinement card and not just in a jail cell for a few hours before changing his mind. *g* Indeed, knowing that Jack was likely going to be there anyway was probably a big booster for her.
Anyway, Sky's this huge guy and he like, never uses his size. He doesn't try to make himself smaller or anything, but if he really wanted to be a jackass, he could completely physically dominate everybody around him with the exception of Cruger.
Oh, definitely. Sky's is a big fella- 6 feet tall or more easily. I have a few pics of all of the Rangers standing together, and Sky is at least 3-4 inches taller than Bridge, who's next tallest (and Matt's 5 foot 8, I think he said on his Website). He's easily a foot taller than Syd, who's the shortest, but then again, Syd's all around a tiny gal. And not only is he big, he takes care of himself- he's physically fit and eats right and so on. So yes, you're right, if he wanted to be a jerk, he could cow and bully the others and they'd be almost entirely unable to fight back (both due to his size and his shields) but he doesn't. He prefers to act with restraint and maturity.
Which is why when he was bodyswitched I was so surprised when no one noticed something was wrong. Especially Syd, because Sky would never pull that kind of body language with her.
Yeah, that episode really bothers me for that reason. I've noticed that oftentimes when Sky's upset, angry, or worried, he'll isolate himself from the others and not talk (like in "Missing", when he, Sam and the girls go to interrogate Piggy, he's clearly agitated the whole time, he nervously paces in the background and his speech is very short and clipped- which isn't like him). Wootox!Sky avoided the others and barely spoke, so that should have been a tip to the others that something wasn't right along with the body language. He wasn't paying rapt attention to Cruger, his hair was mussed, and he was generally acting cocky, casual and not Sky-like. You'd think that since Bridge and Syd were training with him for at least 2 years, they'd notice...
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