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Comrade Blyatlov posted:I specifically recall it being honky tonk blues for some reason i remember this too
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# ? May 29, 2020 00:16 |
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The Encounter-Chapter 25quote:<Take off! Move!> Visser Three commanded the crew of the truck ship. Careful! That hawk's got a gun! quote:At last, exhausted, I could do no more. Hey, they actually did something! They took out a Yeerk supply ship. Well, technically, Tobias did, while the rest turned into fish and got trapped in a reservoir. Still, this is their biggest victory to date! And now they're all plunging to their death. Too bad they can't turn into animals or something.
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# ? May 29, 2020 00:19 |
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cptn_dr posted:We posting Animemes now? This is absolutely destroying me rn lmao
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# ? May 29, 2020 01:49 |
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# ? May 29, 2020 05:25 |
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I am HERE for the Mignolamorphs
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# ? May 29, 2020 07:13 |
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Well they survived (probably?) that's more than I was expecting.
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# ? May 29, 2020 15:13 |
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Radio Free Kobold posted:Well they survived (probably?) that's more than I was expecting. Their survival is, very literally, up in the air, until this afternoon/evening when i post the next chapter. But I think it's fair to assume that, in a 60 book series, Applegate wouldn't kill off four of the five protagonists in book 3.
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# ? May 29, 2020 15:34 |
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I mean there's nothing saying you can't morph into a bird mid-air so as long as they're not unconscious or something they're probably fine, right? R-right?
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# ? May 29, 2020 18:34 |
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Radio Free Kobold posted:I mean there's nothing saying you can't morph into a bird mid-air The limiting factor isn't the morphing technology, it's its speed competing with gravity.
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# ? May 29, 2020 18:40 |
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You thought this was a series about five teens with attitude against evil body snatching aliens, but turns out it's just one emo hawk.
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# ? May 29, 2020 19:38 |
here's a fun calculator. the text says they were 700 feet up but that wouldn't even give them ten seconds, so i'm just gonna assume tobias is really lovely at judging distances in actual units and/or it's Dramatic™
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# ? May 29, 2020 19:40 |
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Writers are bad at math.
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# ? May 29, 2020 20:03 |
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The Encounter-Chapter 26quote:They fell. Oh, no! It's Tobias's hawk girlfriend! (Is it fridging when it's a bird?)
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# ? May 29, 2020 22:56 |
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Marco should be an osprey not an eagle. Immersion ruined.
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# ? May 30, 2020 13:24 |
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The Encounter-Chapter 27quote:The Yeerk truck ship burned. What was left was eliminated by the Yeerks. No evidence was left behind. No proof that we could show to the world. So that's The Encounter. The Animophs got a win (sort of) for once. And Tobias rediscovered his humanity. It was sad. Nothing tomorrow, but feel free to talk about the book if you want, and then Monday we start on Book 4-The Message. It's a Cassie book!
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# ? May 31, 2020 00:03 |
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wizzardstaff posted:I think they've discussed this plan already so it's not really a spoiler to talk about their reasons for not doing it: Ignoring the needs of the narrative (and the fact that they're kids who aren't exactly the most logical/reasonable), the most logical thing to do would probably be to travel really far to some other countries where the Yeerks haven't infiltrated (and it shouldn't be that difficult to get an idea of what regions they occupy) and reveal the situation to leadership there. The whole mind speech thing (or recording a video of them morphing or whatever makes this very easy to do in a way that wouldn't risk themselves and would convince the listener/viewer that the situation is real. While a "hot war" is bad, it's also practically inevitable in the long run (and there's a decent chance the Yeerk's couldn't engage if they thought they would lose).
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# ? May 31, 2020 02:05 |
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Ytlaya posted:Ignoring the needs of the narrative (and the fact that they're kids who aren't exactly the most logical/reasonable), the most logical thing to do would probably be to travel really far to some other countries where the Yeerks haven't infiltrated (and it shouldn't be that difficult to get an idea of what regions they occupy) and reveal the situation to leadership there. The whole mind speech thing (or recording a video of them morphing or whatever makes this very easy to do in a way that wouldn't risk themselves and would convince the listener/viewer that the situation is real. Where would you go? Is there a government that you would trust with this? One that you believe would handle it properly, that wouldn't just lock you in a black site research center for the rest of your life? That would be willing to let you walk free while knowing what you could do? I can't think of any.
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# ? May 31, 2020 04:52 |
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How would you even figure out what regions have Controllers or not?
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# ? May 31, 2020 05:37 |
During this secret war in which aliens are mind controlling humans, why do the resistance not merely tell the government what's happening?
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# ? May 31, 2020 06:20 |
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Honestly not a bad idea, with their mind speak they could probably tell everyone at like an Uno meeting while being a literal fly on a wall or something. With all the world leaders hearing voices at the same time, they might not even dismiss it.
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# ? May 31, 2020 06:51 |
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I was pretty sure that they were under explicit instructions from Elfangor to lay low and sabotage Yeerk operations until the Andalite cavalry (haha) could arrive. But I just went back and checked page 1 of the thread and it’s the opposite—he tells them to warn as many people as they can. But as people have said...who can they trust? It’s a very teenager situation to have your body changing in unexpected ways and not knowing who to go to for guidance.
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# ? May 31, 2020 07:03 |
Not to mention existing authority figures are shown to be infiltrated - police, their high school - their decision to go on hit and runs makes a lot more sense
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# ? May 31, 2020 07:11 |
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I can't wait to see what kind of stuff we get into next book. There was some real heavy poo poo in here.
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# ? May 31, 2020 11:14 |
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If they tell someone and they turn out to be a Controller then they basically have to kill them on the spot like Cassie did to that cop. A pretty serious disincentive to running around telling people, because otherwise they're giving stuff away and will be under attack soon.
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# ? May 31, 2020 20:47 |
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Comrade Blyatlov posted:Not to mention existing authority figures are shown to be infiltrated - police, their high school - their decision to go on hit and runs makes a lot more sense
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# ? May 31, 2020 22:49 |
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I always thought they should kidnap known controllers and tie them up for a few days without revealing their own identities. Those people will already 100% believe in the Yeerk invasion and they can't turn traitor because they would get instantly snapped up and reinfected. Use those people to start isolated resistance cells and spread the word.
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# ? Jun 1, 2020 05:55 |
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Kchama posted:If they tell someone and they turn out to be a Controller then they basically have to kill them on the spot like Cassie did to that cop. A pretty serious disincentive to running around telling people, because otherwise they're giving stuff away and will be under attack soon. Just tell people telepathically while remaining unseen as some easy to hide animal. OctaviusBeaver posted:I always thought they should kidnap known controllers and tie them up for a few days without revealing their own identities. Those people will already 100% believe in the Yeerk invasion and they can't turn traitor because they would get instantly snapped up and reinfected. Use those people to start isolated resistance cells and spread the word. We've seen some people are doing this willingly or semi willingly, see Chapman. Might work with say Tom who they know isn't a collaborator, though we don't know if starving out a yerk wouldn't also kill the host or something. Avalerion fucked around with this message at 07:04 on Jun 1, 2020 |
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Book 4-The Messenge-Chapter 1 quote:My name is Cassie. That's right. It's a Cassie book. quote:I can't tell you my last name. I wish I could. But I can't even tell you what town I live in or what state. We have to disguise our identities, we Animorphs. It's not about being shy. It's about staying alive. Would I turn into a squirrel in a room full of carnivorous animals? No. But I'm not Cassie. In the TV show, Cassie was played by Nadia Nascimento. She's from Vancouver, and acted between 1996-2001. She was mostly in TV movies, but was in an episode of The Outer Limits, and was on an episode of the Disney Channel show "So Weird". After she left acting, she got a job in marketing for the company Invoke Media, and worked on the development and marketing of Hootsuite. I don't know if she's still there.
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# ? Jun 2, 2020 00:03 |
Huh. Yup, she looks very Cassie.
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# ? Jun 2, 2020 00:10 |
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Epicurius posted:My name is Cassie. WOOP! WOOP! BAIL OUT! BAIL OUT! ABANDON THREAD! (J/K, this is a Good Cassie Book.)
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# ? Jun 2, 2020 00:16 |
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nine-gear crow posted:WOOP! WOOP! BAIL OUT! BAIL OUT! ABANDON THREAD! Be nice. There are a bunch of good Cassie books.
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# ? Jun 2, 2020 00:20 |
Many good Cassie books on both sides
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# ? Jun 2, 2020 00:30 |
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Epicurius posted:Be nice. There are a bunch of good Cassie books. Both Cassie and Rachel get shafted with some of the worst books in the second half of the series but it averages out since they have some great ones in the first half.
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# ? Jun 2, 2020 00:33 |
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Soup du Jour posted:Both Cassie and Rachel get shafted with some of the worst books in the second half of the series but it averages out since they have some great ones in the first half. And I wonder if that’s a matter of the ghostwriters just not getting their characterization as well as Applegate and Grant did. Because I remember reading this one and going “Wait, why the gently caress does everyone hate Cassie? She’s kind of great.”
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# ? Jun 2, 2020 00:34 |
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nine-gear crow posted:And I wonder if that’s a matter of the ghostwriters just not getting their characterization as well as Applegate and Grant did. Because I remember reading this one and going “Wait, why the gently caress does everyone hate Cassie? She’s kind of great.” The ghostwriters definitely did her dirty. Part of it I mentioned earlier in the thread: disaster pastor posted:There's a formula for several of her books that's essentially, "here are multiple sides to this interesting problem, which has no right answer! But Cassie's right." The other part is that once we're in her ghostwritten books, the subtleties are stripped from her characterization and she comes off as a self-righteous hypocrite who would, at her extreme, let the others die rather than risk hurting an animal or even a Yeerk. But since the books are always on her side, it almost always ends up as "welp, we should have listened to Cassie!" and nothing interesting ever comes of it; even Rachel calling her out on it is meant to show how wrong Rachel is. It's worth noting that both parts are less of a thing in the Megamorphs books (which were never ghostwritten) and, with one major exception, in the final arc (which had much tighter outlines IIRC).
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# ? Jun 2, 2020 01:53 |
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Cassie's good books are some of the best in the series. Cassie's bad books (of which there are considerably more) are some of the worst. In conclusion, Cassie is a land of contrasts.
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# ? Jun 2, 2020 02:25 |
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This, however, is a pretty good book (Except for one part in the end that I think is kind of stupid and I plan on mocking whale Jesus), so don't worry, new Animorphs fans! You're going to have a good time. (Also, when a mod or IK gets around to it, could you change then name and number of the book to Book 4: The Message? Thanks!)
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# ? Jun 2, 2020 02:38 |
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Before anyone complains, yes, I know dolphins aren't fish, ok? This is the best I could do.
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# ? Jun 2, 2020 09:00 |
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You buffoon. You clown. Dolphins are not-Safety Biscuits posted:Before anyone complains, yes, I know dolphins aren't fish, ok? This is the best I could do. -aw man.
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# ? Jun 2, 2020 09:34 |
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Safety Biscuits posted:Before anyone complains, yes, I know dolphins aren't fish, ok? This is the best I could do. Time to raid Pet Island’s supplies of thread tags.
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