Day Thirty: Your thoughts on the ending.
Here is your only warning of the SPOILERS ahead.
Well…I hate it and I love it. I mean WHY WHY WHY would she do that?!?! So much pain and heartache and death. I don’t even LIKE Rachel and I still cried like a baby. And the Auxillaries…we didn’t even know most of their NAMES. And then the time skip and everyone’s depressed and Jake and Cassie broke up (though she didn’t deserve him anyway dammit) and Tobias is so alone and Ax is gone and then the fucking One and “Ram the Blade ship” and ALL MY FUCKING TEARS.
But at the same time…it was a war. No wars have happy endings (except for Harry Potter but then I guess his life sucked so much anything was better). Everyone was depressed because their childhood was spent killing aliens. Jake ordered his cousin to kill his brother. Marco…well he had just all the fuckedupness with his mom going on in those 3 years. Tobias lost his love. Ax had to choose a home and he went back to his family. Cassie…well Cassie stopped having to kill people so she was perfectly happy with all the morality rainbows she was shooting out her butt.
They had to move on with their lives the best they could and K.A. really reflected that. She taught her fans that war and death didn’t end well, no matter who won. But sometimes freedom is worth that consequence. So as much as I hate this ending I also really love it. Because for a children’s sci fi series that’s as far from reality as possible…it was real.
Day Twenty-Nine: Your favourite alien species.
Difficult…I know it’s not the Andalites. As cool as they’re supposed to be, they always bored me. I mean I love Ax and Elfangor but as a whole, the Andalites seem too stuffy and militaristic for my tastes.
I always like the yeerks except…not really. The ones who are actually nice are really cool and make me like the yeerks, but for the most part…yeerks are just parasites.
Hork-Bajir are too dumb, Arn are too arrogant, Taxxons are too hungry, Pemalites are were too trusting, Helmacrons are too violent…
You know I think I’ll go with the Ketrans. They were a cool people. And they had that awesome game that I would love to play. Yeah Ketrans.
Day Twenty-Eight: The Ellimist or Crayak?
The Ellimist!
Aside from him being, you know, the good guy, his story is just awesome. He’s a nerd who became a super nerd and then nerdified the rest of the universe. The ultimate nerdfighter. He’s got the most epic video game of all time and he’ll never be bored of it. He’s just that epic.
Day Twenty-Seven: <We are the Helmacrons, lords of the galaxy!>
Yeah, sure you are. Listen, mind telling me how you got all those men enslaved? Cuz there’s a few guys around here that could really use some of your um…charm.
Fuck.
Day Twenty-Six: Would you be for or against an Animorphs movie?
For, definitely, as long as it was made by the fans and had a BIG budget.
I know there are people who disagree, but I think a movie adaptation of a book should be as true and faithful to the book as possible. Usually a fan will do that and still be able to make necessary changes. And if we could work together I know we’d make a KICKASS movie script that would work as a stand alone and still be open to sequels. Because this is an awesome fandom and I have faith in us. Plus a good number of us have been writing Animorph movie scripts for the last 10 years.
But we’d also need a big budget if we want to avoid anymore arm wrestling puppet Andalites. And we do want to avoid that don’t we. As much as we all hate love the tv show, it would be really great if we can afford to show off Animorphs the way it should be. Which is probably a rated R totally CG action/horror/sci fi movie ala 300. How else are we gonna show Rachel getting her bear arm torn off and then beating someone with it?
Day Twenty-Five: If you could make one change to the series, what would it be?
I’d be in it!
Ok seriously, I’d probably introduce the Auxillary Animorphs earlier on. I always believed they should have introduced more people to the group earlier, either as back up or side teams. Even without starting an all out war, sooo many more guerrilla attacks could have been done if they had side teams. Have Rachel, Marco, and Ax all lead a separate team of Animorphs. Cassie doesn’t feel like fighting? No need to be a wolf short. Jake’s dad wants to take a family vacation? Send Tobias and a few Auxiliaries to help out with Tom. Having trouble doing surveillance around school and sleep? Pair up with an Auxiliary instead. And this is assuming they want to be extra careful and keep an eye on them. I’m sure some of them would earn enough trust to be out on missions alone.
Oh and if I had a second change? I’d go back and look for the morphing cube fucking ASAP. And then have Ax keep it in his scoop and only tell Tobias or Jake. David would never be an issue, the Helmacrons…well that might just be a different set of issues actually, and maybe less chance of the yeerks getting the cube. Honestly I just don’t trust Cassie with it anymore XP
Day Twenty-Four: Who do you think matured the most throughout the series?
Keeping in mind that I haven’t read most of the series in a few years…I think Ax.
He started out as a good, young soldier. He always looked to his leader and followed orders. When in doubt, follow the chain of command. But a lot of times that meant he didn’t really consider his choices, or went along with something he disagreed with just because his Prince told him to.
Now I know that being a mature adult sometimes means doing things you don’t want to, but there is a definite maturity that comes with thinking through your choices and sticking with what you believe is right, even when your commanding officer tells you otherwise. Ax learned a lot of that in 18, showed some more in 38, and by the end of the series it was hard to know who the hell was giving him orders. Compared to the obedient aristh from the beginning of the series, he was a completely different Andalite. That’s maturity.
Well I Finished
I finally finished the Animorphs 30 Day Challenge. Only took a year >.>
I have the rest of the “days” queued so they’ll show up throughout the next 3 or so hours. Sorry for you guys who don’t give a shit about these posts but they’ve been a long time coming.
Day Twenty-Three: Share some headcanon.
LETS TRY THIS AGAIN.
Headcanon…damn that’s kinda difficult. I don’t do a lot of headcanoning, and I really wanted to do some long posts to make up for taking a damn year to finish this. Oh well, have some alternate shipping:
Marco has had a huge crush on Rachel since before the series. He realized it soon after his mom’s “death” when she and Jake helped him get through the funeral and grieving process. He’s never asked her out though, he just sticks with flirting jokingly because he knows it will never happen. At first it was too weird with her being Jake’s cousin, then she went and grew like half a foot taller than him, and then she started dating a bird. He knows it won’t end well if he says something about seriously liking her so he doesn’t, and keeps asking other girls out in an attempt to get over her. It never works. This is also why he doesn’t have a serious girlfriend at the end of the series, he’s still not over his first love.
Day 21 - 22
Day Twenty-One: It’s natural for a leader to make some mistakes. What are some mistakes you think Jake made in the war against the Yeerks?
This one’s kind of difficult because I’m not really a strategic person and I don’t understand war at all…I guess the main flaw I see in his leadership is how he used the others.
Not that he used the others but how he did it. He was able to see who would be best to use in every situation but we never see him really talking to them about why. Rachel was constantly worrying about being sucked into her warrior self and becoming a monster. He used her skill and personality as the best warrior without question. But even when she asked for reassurance all he could give her was “you were the one for the job”. Sometimes people need more reason than that. Even if he didn’t think he could do that himself he could talk to Cassie. She was known for being in tune with everyone’s feelings AND had a thing for him. It would’ve been easy enough for Jake to use HER skills and let Cassie explain his reasoning for him in a way that would make the others feel better. Of course he should still try to explain himself.
Day Twenty-Two: An unpopular opinion you have about the series.
Ok this one’s so easy I had to just put it in here.
I don’t really like Rachel and I definitely don’t like Rachel x Tobias. Can’t stand it in fact.
I also don’t like Cassie but that seems to be a pretty popular opinion actually. It’s hard to find someone who doesn’t like Rachel or have her and Tobias as their OTP. I just always found Rachel way too…close minded. Her best friend always NEEDS a makeover because her clothes aren’t fashionable, her boyfriend SHOULD WANT to be human because being a hawk is bad, there MUST be something wrong with her because she loves to fight so much. Her constant rants about the way things should be never let me enjoy her as much as I should, since I usually love the pretty violent types.
As for Rachel x Tobias, I just don’t think they’re a good match. He made his choices and she always tried to convince him he was wrong. It was one thing in the beginning, when he was stuck with no choice and she helped him, but after book 13 he was making the CHOICE to stay a hawk. He identified at least partially as a hawk and he wanted to be one. Even if we say he didn’t, he was only doing it to fight, that should be a good enough reason on it’s own. Yet Rachel constantly pressured him to stay human and abandon the fight. She would never have done it and she expected it from him. I’m sure they had feelings for each other, I wouldn’t doubt they loved each other, but no it’s not something I want to emulate in real life and I really wish they’d found others to be with instead. (Rachel x Marco for example is something I totally support)
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Day Twenty: How has Animorphs influenced your life?
Wow ok…hope people are ready for a novel.
I started reading Animorphs when I was about 10-11. Those were hard times for me, like a lot of other kids. I was alone, no friends, picked on every day at school. When I started reading Animorphs though it was like I found something worthwhile. Here was this dreamworld full of adventure and aliens and friendsand it was so much better. I guess people usually experience that with more classic stories like The Chronicles of Narnia or The Lord of the Rings, or even Harry Potter, but for me it was Animorphs.
same here! each and every one of the 6 were my friends…and i cried every time that they couldn’t afford to. ;_______;
And as if that wasn’t enough, after my obsession waned and I stopped reading the series I started getting depressed again. After a while I realized that I had stopped hoping that there was a better world out there, that there was anything better than what I had. (And what I had wasn’t that great) So I picked up Animorphs again and started hoping again and I was happy. I’m not ashamed to say that I believe somewhere there are kids fighting aliens, most likely in another dimension. And I do ask people if they are controllers if they start acting weird. Because believing in Animorphs has made me happier and being happy is probably the most important thing you can be.
i had an almost similar experience. :) but it’s true, i was depressed myself…for a long time too. it didn’t help that i didn’t know anyone else who was just as obsessed as i was. i wasn’t all that “content” until i read the series again. XD
have you ever imagined that some animals might be one of the animorphs? i actually keep thinking that they’re around. xD
Oh and Animorphs has also given me an unhealthy obsession with cinnamon buns >.>
me, i love Oatmeal :>
Ah kindred spirit! I shed so many tears reading those books! And it’s really hard to find people as into the series in real life. I found a lot of people online who are even more into Animorphs than I am, but I still haven’t found anyone in my city who’s read more than a couple books. And yep, I still talk to every insect before I squash it, just in case XD
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Day Twenty: How has Animorphs influenced your life?
Wow ok…hope people are ready for a novel.
I started reading Animorphs when I was about 10-11. Those were hard times for me, like a lot of other kids. I was alone, no friends, picked on every day at school. When I started reading Animorphs though it was like I found something worthwhile. Here was this dreamworld full of adventure and aliens and friends and it was so much better. I guess people usually experience that with more classic stories like The Chronicles of Narnia or The Lord of the Rings, or even Harry Potter, but for me it was Animorphs.
And as if that wasn’t enough, after my obsession waned and I stopped reading the series I started getting depressed again. After a while I realized that I had stopped hoping that there was a better world out there, that there was anything better than what I had. (And what I had wasn’t that great) So I picked up Animorphs again and started hoping again and I was happy. I’m not ashamed to say that I believe somewhere there are kids fighting aliens, most likely in another dimension. And I do ask people if they are controllers if they start acting weird. Because believing in Animorphs has made me happier and being happy is probably the most important thing you can be.
Oh and Animorphs has also given me an unhealthy obsession with cinnamon buns >.>
Day 18-19
Day Eighteen: A Funny Aneurysm Moment.
Ok…I give up. I had an idea for this one when I thought it just meant something really funny…but it doesn’t. And I have no idea of any good moments so I’m skipping this one before it takes me another 3 months to finish this.
Day Nineteen: Three favourite quotes/conversations.
Now this one’s easier! Well a little bit, there’s so much good stuff it’s hard to choose. I think I’ll put it behind a cut though, I like long quotes :p
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Day Seventeen: Three heartwarming moments.
Ok these name 3 moment days are getting really annoying. Uggghhh these are books full of war and killing and I have to find things that warm my heart. And btw did I mention I love Tobias?
1. Jara Hamee and Ket Halpak in 13. The only 2 free Hork Bajir on the planet and they’re married and they’re adorable. I always loved how obvious their love was even as nonhuman as it was.
2. Also in 13 , when Tobias tells his past self to go through the construction site with Jake and them. Even after months living in the wild as a hawk, having to hunt for every meal and pretty much abandon every hope of being human, he still chose it over the life he had before. He loved his life more that way, and maybe that shouldn’t be heartwarming but to me it is.
3. I shouldn’t. I know I shouldn’t. BUT C’MON! Andalite Chronicles is ALL ABOUT heartwarming. Elfangor and Loren go through a whole book of adventures, Elfangor lives as a human, and then they get married! I can’t even say anything else about that it’s too adorable >w< Of course then the Ellimist comes and fucks everything up for them and Tobias, and at the same time makes everything possible for them and ugggghhhh lets just leave it at heartwarming gushy love feelings.
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Day Sixteen: Three moments of nightmare fuel.
This one has been so hard! I actually kinda blame Animorphs for making me really apathetic to normal nightmarish things. And horribly afraid of things people don’t mind.
So the only 3 I could come up with:
1. Melissa confessing that she didn’t think her parents loved her anymore. At first glance this seems like more of a tear jerker than nightmare fuel but think about it. You’re 13, just trying to get through middle school but happy with your loving family and your cat. Then suddenly everything changes. Maybe not everything at once but slowly your parents stop coming in to say goodnight, stop the random loving touches and glances. They only do what they have to, until you start wondering what you’ve done wrong to make them stop loving you. That’s frightening.
2. John Berryman never being born. It’s a common enough saying, “I wish I was never born”, “I’ll make you wish you were never born”. But in Megamorphs 3, Visser 4 changed the past so much, in so many ways, that the Animorphs could think of no better way to fix it all then to stop his parents from meeting. The guy was never born. And to top it off, he was probably completely innocent. The yeerk was the real culprit and it’s probably still around inhabiting some other poor soul.
3. Jenny being forced to kill herself. When Edriss 562 (Visser 1) first came to Earth, Jenny was one of her hosts. When Edriss was done with Jenny and wanted to change hosts, what did she do? She had Jenny drag her new host, Allison, into her pool. She ordered Jenny’s body to hold Allison while she swam into her brain. And before she left she ordered Jenny’s body to breathe. After so much time trapped and unable to do anything to escape, her captor forces her to drown. And she can only feel herself do it, can’t do anything to stop it. Fuck >.<
