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Star Man posted:I would think they called Ax the pokey-man because of his pokey tail And if the line immediately after wasn't Ax saying they wanted to "train him" you'd be right Vandar posted:The Pokemon reference is probably one of the least dated references in the series imo. I remember when I dropped off the series, about the time of the ghost writers, was when I saw a South Park reference in a dream Rachel was having.
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mind the walrus posted:And if the line immediately after wasn't Ax saying they wanted to "train him" you'd be right In my defense, I've all but forgotten about pokeyman being a mispronunciation of Pokémon. I haven't heard it said like that in over twenty years.
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Chapter 19quote:<Prince Jake! We must retreat.> Ax had already begun to morph. Feathers sprouted from his blue fur. I mean, sadly, Jake is right. Also, Tobias is thinking more about family. Chapter 20 quote:I floated above the roof. Her windows were open a crack. The window shades banged in the breeze. I mean, it's good to see that, in spite of Jake's grief, he's still on top of Tobias.
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# ? Oct 9, 2022 03:36 |
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It's refreshing when the book immediately calls out the insanity of taking your time with bodysnatching space slugs.
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# ? Oct 9, 2022 04:28 |
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I think of all the Animorphs books I read as a kid, this is one of the ones I reread the most. The stakes are higher than ever, the status quo is irrevocably changed, and it's legitimately well-written. Plus I always loved Tobias books, and this is a great conclusion to one of his biggest arcs.
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# ? Oct 9, 2022 07:29 |
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I read the endgame books a lot as a kid. The stakes are high and the kids make some big decisions. But I really liked Tobias, so I read this one a lot. I also like dogs and he turns into a cool looking German Shepherd on the cover
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# ? Oct 9, 2022 07:57 |
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Yeah, I was a fan of Loren from the Andalite Chronicles so this was definitely one I read a bunch of times.
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# ? Oct 9, 2022 07:58 |
I sure hope the German Shepherd makes it out OK
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Comrade Blyatlov posted:I sure hope the German Shepherd makes it out OK I've not read this one, but I'm sure the dog's DNA will be just fine!!
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# ? Oct 9, 2022 08:10 |
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Outside of the horrifying event with the Water Buffalo, the dinosaurs they killed in the Megamorph books and the innocent Red-Tail David killed I can't really think of much animal murder. Tons of Animorph injuries in animal form, but very rarely do we see actual animals suffer.
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# ? Oct 9, 2022 08:18 |
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Zore posted:Outside of the horrifying event with the Water Buffalo, the dinosaurs they killed in the Megamorph books and the innocent Red-Tail David killed I can't really think of much animal murder. cow book
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# ? Oct 9, 2022 08:48 |
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Visser Three set wild animals on each other in the book where Visser One was captured and he was pretending those are the andalite bandits.
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# ? Oct 9, 2022 12:19 |
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Sorry. No new chapters tonight.
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# ? Oct 10, 2022 05:54 |
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Epicurius posted:Sorry. No new chapters tonight. it's ok get your family out we understand
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Mazerunner posted:it's ok get your family out we understand No probably he's gonna sleep on it and have a think about whether it will just all blow over on its own
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# ? Oct 10, 2022 20:30 |
freebooter posted:No probably he's gonna sleep on it and have a think about whether it will just all blow over on its own GODDAMNIT
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# ? Oct 10, 2022 21:19 |
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Ok, I decided to put this off until today instead of doing it tonight, and nothing bad happened at all! BTW, if I happen to be unavailable exactly once every three days going forward, that's cool, right? Yea, that's cool. Chapter 21 quote:The place was nearly empty. An old woman flipped through a National Enquirer at the front. Two little boys fingered the candy bars next to her. Loren was on the other side of the store, in the meager grocery section, making her way down one of the aisles. A lone cashier manned the counter. Ax really leaning into the gang life here. Chapter 22 quote:If you’re ever blind, you do not want me as your guide dog. Trust me on this. So at least we know why she forgot about him.
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Epicurius posted:Ok, I decided to put this off until today instead of doing it tonight, and nothing bad happened at all! BTW, if I happen to be unavailable exactly once every three days going forward, that's cool, right? Yea, that's cool. I thought we'd long-since established that you were a Yeerk operative? Why keep hiding it now?
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# ? Oct 11, 2022 03:38 |
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nine-gear crow posted:I thought we'd long-since established that you were a Yeerk operative? Why keep hiding it now? If I'd spent all my life swimming blind around a slime pond, and then got a human host, I'm pretty sure I'd be a yeerk inoperative. Just sitting there going "ooohh" at things like chocolate or sunlight.
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Tree Bucket posted:If I'd spent all my life swimming blind around a slime pond, and then got a human host, I'm pretty sure I'd be a yeerk inoperative. Just sitting there going "ooohh" at things like chocolate or sunlight. Not going to lie, eating is pretty amazing. It's a lot better than autotrophy mixed with absorption of and trace minerals in muddy sludge....or, so I've heard. It's not something I'd know much about, being human and all, and totally used to things like food and vision and other human stuff. Only people who have opposable thumbs and don't know how to do zero-space travel in this thread, my cool fellow bipedal friends.
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# ? Oct 11, 2022 03:58 |
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I trust that Marco and Ax are looking after the real Champ somewhere, but jeez, the writer could have allayed any fears with a throwaway line! edit - actually they probably took him to Cheeland and he's having a blast
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# ? Oct 11, 2022 08:25 |
Someone post Champ plz
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# ? Oct 11, 2022 08:33 |
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One of Ax's best moments, the only downside being it's not in his book so we don't get his thoughts and explanations about it.
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disaster pastor posted:One of Ax's best moments, the only downside being it's not in his book so we don't get his thoughts and explanations about it. He really is the worst spy, and it's adorable.
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No, he's clearly a dangerous fellow, causing mayhem wherever he goes
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# ? Oct 12, 2022 00:09 |
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Yeah, this is definitely one of Ax's best bits in the series Especially since its also basically the last time he gets a real comedic scene, Jake's parents being taken and their cover getting blown is about the lightest plot we're gonna get from here to the end
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# ? Oct 12, 2022 00:13 |
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the bit about Loren needing to grocery shop at convenience stores and really everything about her situation is very real and heartbreaking, even if amnesia is a bit of a tidy answer; Tobias putting himself as her dog and getting physical affection is also the kind-of warm-yet-twisted energy that made this series so enjoyable goddamn kid you're throwing yourself into a psychic Erlenmeyer flask of pain
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Chapter 23quote:he window shade in the kitchen glowed pink in. the morning sun. I morphed my human self again. Made a pot of coffee. Poured myself a cup. Like I needed caffeine. I took a seat at the kitchen table. And waited. So, he confronted her and told her. Hope she's not a Yeerk. Chapter 24 quote:<I can get her out.> I like the idea that the Hork-Bajir have formed rival deciduous and coniferous factions. Someone needs to introduce them to the larch and brong them together. I also like the fact that the Hork-Bajir love Cassie's parents, because how can you not, really?
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Epicurius posted:Chapter 24 If they ever discover eucalypts it will cause immediate civil war. Or maybe get them drunk. Or both.
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Chapter 25quote:e huddled in the semidarkness. In the pedestrian tunnel that ran under the street, connecting one side of the park to the other. I was in guide dog morph. Rachel and Marco were human. So this is tense. Will they be able to get out of there in time? Chapter 26 quote:<This is not a test, Tobias. GET OUT!> You may say it's a mistake to let Loren use them morphing cube,but Elfangor would have wanted it to. I do kind of wonder how they're going to get it out, though, with Yeerks all over the place. But hopefully, they won't recognize it.
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# ? Oct 13, 2022 03:55 |
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Well this answers a question I had about nothlits that I hadn't bothered asking yet: acquire a nothlit's DNA and you get their new form rather than their original. Though there may be some Ellimist nonsense happening that's making this specific situation more complicated
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# ? Oct 13, 2022 21:00 |
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Did they ever test that out prior? Hell of a gamble to make.
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# ? Oct 14, 2022 02:21 |
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Chapter 27quote:<Excuse me. Coming through. Sorry for the emergency remodeling.> Sadly, no thermals. Loren's doing a great job flying, though. Chapter 28 quote:The chopper’s downdraft pounded us. Loren skidded against the building. I pitched. Rolled. Righted myself. I like Tobias and Marco together.
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# ? Oct 14, 2022 02:52 |
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Can an adult be an Animorph or is that just a teen thing?
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# ? Oct 14, 2022 06:22 |
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dungeon cousin posted:Can an adult be an Animorph or is that just a teen thing? Sadly, we will be coming eventually to the series's excuse/explanation for "No Adult Animorphs" and... It sucks. Okay. It really loving sucks. It is the height of intellectual laziness and storytelling cowardice, and I'm incredibly pained to say it. Like I get that Applegate and Grant were winding the series down, but this book kicks so many doors of possibility down for what could be done in the story now that the rules are completely out the window and they just kind of spend the rest of series staring at the floor pretending it's the only thing that exists. nine-gear crow fucked around with this message at 07:43 on Oct 14, 2022 |
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dungeon cousin posted:Can an adult be an Animorph or is that just a teen thing? Ax is older than them by a few years, isn't he? nine-gear crow posted:Sadly, we will be coming eventually to the series's excuse/explanation for "No Adult Animorphs" and... It sucks. Okay. It really loving sucks. It is the height of intellectual laziness and storytelling cowardice, and I'm incredibly pained to say it. Aren't we like 4 books from the end?
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# ? Oct 14, 2022 07:44 |
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Fuschia tude posted:Aren't we like 4 books from the end? We are. Grant has said in interviews that he knows the end of the series was rushed and they had talks about getting their deal with Scholastic extended to write another 5 or 6 books, but Applegrant were so burnt out and ready to be done with the series at that point, they said no, which meant that some stuff wound up faster than it probably should have.
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# ? Oct 14, 2022 13:09 |
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Sorry, I had to work until midnight and am now going to bed. Animorphs tomorrow! We're going to be finishing the book!
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# ? Oct 15, 2022 05:08 |
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Epicurius posted:We are. Grant has said in interviews that he knows the end of the series was rushed and they had talks about getting their deal with Scholastic extended to write another 5 or 6 books, but Applegrant were so burnt out and ready to be done with the series at that point, they said no, which meant that some stuff wound up faster than it probably should have. In some ways a blessing, in some ways a curse.
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Chapter 29quote:<I’ve got more flight time than any chopper pilot alive.> I said. <Let’s see how low she’ll go.> RIP Granny Controller. And, yea, Loren can see. The blindness and scarring were caused by the accident, not genetic, so morphing fixes them. Chapter 30 quote:“Champ! Here you go, boy. Catch.” Loren tossed the Frisbee. It sailed out over a meadow at the edge of camp. I guess Granny Controller didn't die after all. I'm also not entirely sure Tobias is right about Tom, but Jake needs to believe it. I also like the Hork-Bajir have fully embraced voting, much to the dismay of Rachel's mother. So that's the book. We'll take tomorrow off, and then Monday we're going to start The Ultimate, which is a Cassie book, and was ghostwritten by Kimberly Morris, who also wrote The Arrival (about the Andalite hit team on a black op to wipe out the Yeerks on Earth (with extermination of humanity an acceptable risk) and The Return (which we just read, about Crayak using David to tempt Rachel). Epicurius fucked around with this message at 03:11 on Oct 16, 2022 |
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