#tiny ramblings

First off, Chiro. You know those high school students who took everything seriously and wanted to get the highest grade possible in all their classes? Yeah, that’d be Chiro in this AU, he takes everything from school to leading the Hyperforce with the utmost seriousness and is always stressing himself out whenever he doesn’t do everything perfectly. Has ungodly high standards set for himself and believes that he’s worthless if he doesn’t achieve them. Craves validation for his work. Relaxing and goofing off are foreign concepts to him and seem like a waste of time... MOST of the time, as after all he’s still a teenager, though he likes to pretend he’s not. Is still a Sun Riders fan, but closeted as he finds it embarrassing but can’t help but enjoy the show for what it is. A huffy little guy who the others have to make take a break to avoid him overworking himself. Doesn’t look all too different from Canon!Chiro, just with neater hair (both in casual and Hyper mode) and noticeable dark rings around his eyes because this kid really needs to sleep more.

Sprx, I can already envision easily, a shy little guy who’s terrified of heights and enjoys gardening. Now he’s not necessarily a pushover or weak, he's just as capable as everyone else on the Hyperforce. The guy just prefers peacefully tending to his plant babies with the sun shining to the excitement of fighting evil, but what’re you gonna do when you’re literally destined to do this shit? Gets really flustered and nervous when given compliments and will just be left glowing for hours. Still just as terrifying if anybody fucks with his family, if not more but you wouldn’t expect such a switch. The Mom friend of the team. Instead of piloting skills, Sprx has a very extensive knowledge of plant life throughout the galaxies, he knows what’s poisonous, what’s edible, what’s nearly extinct, and what shouldn’t leave their natural environment no matter what. Always seen wearing gardening gloves, boots, and a toolbelt with various gardening equipment just in case. And always has dirt somewhere smudged on his fur, he can never stay clean for long.

Gibson, I had fun with brainstorming. Instead of a scientist like in canon, in this universe, I could envision being a sort of witch doctor and/or just a straight up witch. Whereas Canon!Gibson is all about science and logic, Reverse!Gibson is all about magic and mysticism, with a giant collection of magical tomes, ingredients for spells, magical artifacts, etc. With the various amount of things in there that could fuck shit up if so much as looked at wrong, Gibson is always insisting others avoid his room for spells and meditation for their own safety. Noticeably relaxed about life yet always wanting to learn more about whatever magic is out there in the universe he yet does not possess, is always seen with a calm, little smile on his face and a look in his eyes that shows a lot of wisdom behind them. Sometimes kind of creepy with the various spells he knows, including ones of dark origin, including summoning some terrifying looking creatures he seems to know well. Overall, very chill if not mysterious, but still friendly and cares about the others a lot. Part of why he’s so mysterious is because he never goddamn explains what he’s doing. Gibson sometimes doesn’t think all the way through things before he does stuff, which never fails to bite him back. Also very quiet, tends to sneak up on the others by accident because he levitates everywhere. Wears a cute little witch hat almost too big for his head and a scarf, both with starry patterns decorating them.

Otto’s still the mechanic/engineer in this AU, only now he’s an extremely grumpy and high strung in reaction to all the nonsense that happens around him (and honestly I can’t really blame him). A perfectionist who refuses to let anyone touch or look at his inventions until he’s happy with them, which can admittedly take a while if he’s not on a deadline. Also a bit of a neat freak, which makes the organized chaos of Gibson’s room and the constant dirt on Sprx from his gardening drive him crazy. While he won’t admit it, he has a soft spot for his teammates and is the one who hovers when someone gets injured while saying he’s totally not worried, you don’t know what you’re talking about Nova. While Sprx is the Soft Mom Friend, Otto is the I’m-Sick-Of-Your-Shit-You’re-Not-Doing-That Mom Friend. Is the first to fight anyone who gives his teammates trouble, and I mean anyone. Likes being around Gibson because he gives him tea and magical remedies for his headaches, plus he just enjoys talking to Gibson about everything that’s stressing him out. Wears goggles on his head for welding and a toolbelt around his waist.

Antauri I had some trouble with, but here we go. He’s definitely a playful, impish guy in this AU (not sure about whether or not he still becomes the silver monkey here, so let’s just ignore that for now). He’s the one to none-too-gently mess with the others for a laugh whether it be by pranking them or pushing their buttons to get them riled up, especially Chiro and Otto (though messing with the latter ends with wrenches being thrown at him). Also definitely the more fight happy of the team, always eager to fight for the forces of good, almost too eager. Just wants to get the others to relax, so he gets Nova to help him sometimes pulls the others away from their work to just goof off and do something fun. Not the best at hiding his emotions and is said by many to be quite an open book. He ain’t subtle either. Very passionate about what he does in protecting Shuggazoom from the Skeleton King to the point he genuinely can’t imagine what he’d do in a time of peace. In fact, he gets rather tense and twitchy when it gets too quiet in the city with no threats to defeat in the sense he feels like it’s the calm before the storm.