My Ride & I

* In this universe, rollercoasters have these energies/auras/whatever you want to call them that need protecting. Bad things can happen if these energies are taken advantage of or destroyed before their time so the coasters pick out what’s called a “ride guardian” to protect them.
* Occasionally a rollercoaster can manifest its energy into a physical being who works alongside its guardian in one way or another (like Beast and Ajani did). While extremely rare, a rollercoaster’s manifestation being powerful enough to the point where it can protect itself isn’t unheard of.
* Theme parks themselves have their own guardians (like Benjamin and Alton) as well, although they’re called “representatives”. Reps are the face and/or owners of their park and make sure that all of the guardians and coasters are in check, so much energy and creatures in one place can be extremely chaotic if they don’t have somebody to keep them in line. They can have additional jobs depending on the type of energy the park has. Reps can be called to a park in many different ways but it is usually just the energy of all of the rides combined.
* Reps take orders from the highest ranking, affectionately called “Brand Bosses” by their workers. These guys make sure the reps who work for them are doing their job and make sure everything goes smoothly. BBs are often normal people/creatures with reps who came to them/are summoned, although some BBs are responsible for creating their own (like Merlin with Alton and his other family members).
* During off-season, all of the reps and their guardians go to a meeting place to discuss and share their plans for the upcoming year and to just catch up with one another.
* When a ride picks out a guardian, the subject is put into a trance and will have to urge to the park where their ride is located. 9 times out of 10 they’ll freak out when they snap out of it, but they always end up staying. Their own souls are connected with their ride and those things *will not* let them leave under any circumstances so they learn to suck it up and accept their new position pretty quickly. Luckily they learn to love their new job fairly fast as well.
* When a ride is dismantled, their guardian is fired and pretty much just goes back to their old life. The rep gives them a lot of money and just sends them back off into the world. Former-guardians are allowed to come back, of course, but are unable to experience the same kind of magic they did when they were still a guardian as they are now just another civilian.
* When a ride’s guardian suddenly dies, the ride will automatically make the rep it’s new guardian until a more suitable one comes around. Unfortunately, they’re extremely picky and hate moving on so they usually don’t ever pick a new one back out. It’s ten times worse when the ride has its own manifestation as it usually actively hates the rep they go to since they’re not it’s chosen guardian while at the same time refusing to pick a new one out.
* Sometimes a ride stops feeling connected with its guardian and will pick out a new one. The same thing goes for older guardians who aren’t able to do their job like they used to, the ride will just pick out a new one to replace them.
* Outside of the theme park lore, many different creatures and monsters exist in (and out of) this world. Anthropomorphic animals, aliens, mystical creatures, and much more are all present and most species are on good terms with humans. For years they strayed away from human interaction until the late 1900s/early 2000s when they started making more appearances. Now they’re a fairly common sight, although a lot of them don’t really prefer to live close to cities and the like. Many older people are still unaccustomed to them so the fear of monsters and the like is very much still present.
* It’s actually fairly rare for IP-based attractions to have their own guardian, no matter how tall or intense the ride itself is. Having unique lore is a major factor how strong the ride’s energy is. Because of this, many Disney and Six Flags parks don’t have a lot of guardians. However, whenever an IP attraction is revamped to take away the IP theming, energy forms and it becomes capable of picking out a guardian for itself. IP attraction-guardians still very much exist, though.
* Kiddie rides, water park attractions, and basic flat rides (bumper cars, ferris wheels, etc) don’t have their own separate guardians due to having weak energy/usually being themed to IPs. However, their combined energy usually summons one guardian to take care of all of them. Occasionally flat rides have their own separate guardians but that is only in special situations or if it’s a more extreme/unique model, it has theming/lore, etc etc.
* Rollercoasters that are powerful, but not powerful enough to manifest themself, have personalities and are able to speak to their guardian in one way or another. Basic rides are only able to summon a guardian and that’s the extent of their abilities.
	+ All rollercoasters at Alton Towers (excluding Wicker Man) are like this.

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