The first thing I thought of when the word "omega" came to mind was a character in one of the Power Ranger series I used to love as a kid. Going through old videos from the series brought back a lot of memories and how I used to feel watching such shows. At one point as a kid, my ambition was to become a power ranger. That obviously didn't happen, but when I think of it in some sense, I somehow became a power ranger. I'll explain.
You see, in one of the short snippets I watched, there was a sixth ranger that was so special, he basically stole the show. Usually, in every power ranger show, there are either (or mostly) five main rangers, or otherwise three, and then there would be a sixth or special ranger that is somewhat different and special. That's who the omega ranger was. He was somehow way more powerful than the red, blue, green, yellow, and pink ranger.
The Omega Ranger was so strong and powerful, and even had way more sophisticated technology than any other ranger, that he could take on enemies on his own and flawlessly win. He was confident of that and somehow arrogant about it. He said to the others in the snippet, "I don't need you guys." And that was the end of the snippet, but in another snippet, he was patrionizing rather than condescending to his teammates, the other rangers. He said, "It was thanks to us all."
Both snippets were from different times in the show, but I needed not to watch the entire series to remember what happened, or at least understand "the point." The Omega Ranger had gone through some life lessons that made him realise at one point that we all need one another at some point in this life. And that was part of what the Power Ranger shows were about, aside from the entertainment.
Leadership, teamwork, service, hope, faith, humanity, responsibility—to mention a few—these were the virtues that all of the Power Ranger series mostly taught. It goes way deeper, but my point here today was how such shows managed to teach people [or mostly kids] life lessons in the form of entertainment. And the truth is, they somehow lie somewhere in our hearts.
So somehow, I grew up understanding to some degree what it means to have hope, to serve humanity, to truly be a leader, and that with great power comes great responsibility, not just by listening to my parents and learning from my experiences, but by even watching TV shows.
So even though I never had super powers or ever owned morphers to morph me into the power ranger forms, it's safe to say that I still managed to become a power ranger.
Oh, and mistakes, yeah, I make them sometimes. I made one yesterday and quite a lot in the last year alone, even though I could have known better, being a "power ranger," heh, but that's life in it's entirety. That's what makes us human. The human experience isn't perfect, but we always grow and evolve.
By the way, the show was Power Rangers S.P.D. [Space Patrol Delta], and it was my favourite.
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