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Absolutely giraffe.
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# ? Apr 29, 2023 18:09 |
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# ? May 27, 2024 02:25 |
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giraffe
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# ? Apr 29, 2023 18:57 |
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someone awful. posted:wait so You wasn't included on important stuff like the ant mission, but marco entrusted the thing about his mom's being visser one to You? what is this book You was Marco's friend pre-books and had gone over to his house before Eva disappeared. I think its more 'like Jake, You also recognized Eva when you ran into her in book 5 and are keeping it quiet'.
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# ? Apr 29, 2023 20:39 |
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Giraffe wins! Let’s end this farce. The First Journey – Chapter 25 quote:You leap behind a tree and accomplish your giraffe morph. Your legs grow so rapidly that you crack your head on a branch. Your neck stretches. Your skin is patterned with tan and brown. So yeah, that’s the resolution to the final conflict of Alternamorphs #1 The First Journey. You kick a dog. Granted, that dog is Visser Three and you kick him hard enough that it absolutely humiliatingly demolishes him—as is befitting a typical Visser Three Defeat scenario—but still... One of the all time great Animorphs climaxes this ain’t. Seriously, how loving sad would it be for all of Esplin’s years and decades of plotting against Edriss of every meticulous move and counter move in his chess game to orchestrate her demise and his ascension if he just decides, “gently caress it, I’m gonna maul her to death with a dog morph?” I think whoever ghostwrote this book just couldn’t think of a proper way to end it so they threw narrative sand in the reader’s face and jumped out the window. quote:“Yeah,” you say, and run out. Should have ended the book right there. Full stop. quote:Except for the motive of Visser Three. He manipulated the Sario Rip to go back farther in time.” So that’s you’re thesis statement for the book “None of this matters, so don’t worry about it.” You will NOT be there to fight more battles because this is the only time this incarnation of You appears in the series. Alternamorphs #2 The Next Passage will see us embody an all new You with an all new backstory and narrative to explore. Thus ends our first Animorphs COYA adventure, only one more book to go and we’ll have wrapped up the series completely front-to-back. I’ll be posting all the unseen death chapters tomorrow before we move on to The Next Passage on Monday. Thank you to everyone who read along and participated in the voting, you’re all the best, and if you haven’t already, be sure to hop on over to the other thread and catch Epicurius’s Let’s Read of Everworld by Kathrine Applegate and Michael Grant, which is currently in the early chapters of Book 1: The Search for Senna.
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# ? Apr 30, 2023 05:16 |
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I can't believe giraffe was useful.
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# ? Apr 30, 2023 14:39 |
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he would never shoot a giraffe
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# ? Apr 30, 2023 15:08 |
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Okay, so before we move on, let’s get the unseen death chapters out of the way for the sake of completion. The First Journey – Chapter 4 (Decision Point #1, Fly) quote:It’s not that easy to catch a fly. You open the window of your bedroom and wait by the sill. After about twenty-five minutes of trying to snatch one out of midair and coming up empty, you get smart. You put out a bowl of sugar water and wait. As soon as a fly lands, you snag him. Cause of death: Stupidity. The First Journey – Chapter 6 (Decision Point #1, Hamster) quote:Your hamster heart beats furiously. You’re scared. You’re scared of everything. Everything is bigger. Everything wants to eat you. You hide behind what, as a human, you’d consider a large hedge. But it’s only a leaf of a geranium. Cause of death: Cat. The First Journey – Chapter 9 (Decision Point #2, Hyena) quote:The hyena morph roars to life - a creature bound by one instinct: To kill. No death this time, actually the ONLY time in the book that a bad choice doesn’t end in a death, but getting Nothlit’d as a hyena whose instincts can’t be controlled is a pretty lovely fate for You. The First Journey – Chapter 15 (Decision Point #3, K-9 German shepherd) quote:Your ears grow straight up. Fur sprouts on your face and hands. You fall onto all fours. Suddenly, you smell everything. Oil. Car exhaust. Human smells. Mice. And over in the corner, a paper bag with a peanut butter sandwich. Cause of death: Visser Three. The First Journey – Chapter 18 (Decision Point #4, Monkey) quote:You’d felt out of place in the rain forest. First of all, the bugs alone are enough to send you screaming toward the horizon. If there’d been a horizon. Cause of death: Hork-Bajir controller. The First Journey – Chapter 23 (Decision Point #6, Hyena) quote:It’s the fastest you’ve ever morphed. Maybe panic helps you. Your powerful hind legs develop first. Then, you face flattens, your teeth grow. You feel the power in your muscles. You feel the urge to make your kill. Cause of death: The Police. Bonus kill: Visser Three also dies in the crossfire. The First Journey – Chapter 24 (Decision Point #6, K-9 German shepherd) quote:A K-9 dog is highly trained for tracking. It is also trained in defense. It is a match for a pit bull. Cause of death: Visser Three… again. That’s it. That’s all the possible chapters from Alternamorphs #1 The First Journey. The correct morph choice path to make it through the “plot” of the book, such as it is, unscathed is: Ferret > German shepherd > Ferret again > Hyena > Parrot > Chameleon > Giraffe. In terms of morphs acquired by You in the “canon” timeline we have:
Acquiring the Fly, Hamster, Parasol ant, Monkey, Jaguar, and Poison arrow frog all lead immediately to deaths, so those ones don’t count, unfortunately. In all, this book is one of the shortest, if not THE shortest books in the series with the PDF version clocking in at a mere 48 pages, with a solid third of its chapters being one or two-page dead ends to pad things out. Most of the actual books ran the gamut from 60 to 70 pages, with the Megamorphs books usually clocking in at just under 100. Alternamorphs #2 The Next Passage is also similarly short, but it’s structure is a little more complex than The First Journey’s at the very least. But we’ll touch on that tomorrow. For now though, farewell You Version 1, you killed Visser Three twice but had to commit quantum suicide in order to see it done, but that’s still more than the canon crew of jokers ever managed to pull off. We salute you as this timeline collapses and you are erased from existence in favor of You Version 2, aka “David, but not evil…?” nine-gear crow fucked around with this message at 03:51 on May 1, 2023 |
# ? May 1, 2023 03:44 |
I hate this because of pit bull defamation that was all the rage at this time
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# ? May 1, 2023 12:51 |
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New month, new book, same bullshit. Welcome to our final outing for this Let’s Read thread: Alternamorphs #2 The Next Passage. This second COYA book covers the plots of Book #20 The Discovery, Megamorphs #2, and Book #26 The Attack, and focuses on a reader character that is functionally David, but now his/their fate is in your hands as a reader to decide. While The First Journey focused exclusively on “pick your favorite animal” morph choices, The Next Passage’s decision points are going to be slightly more esoteric and plot-focused. There’s also actually a branching plot path system to the book that DOESN’T immediately end in either instant death or Nothlitism. Alternamorphs #2 The Next Passage is credited to K.A. Applegate (aka Kathrine Applegate and Michael Grant) on the cover and was ghostwritten by Emily Costello, who wrote Book #42 The Journey, AKA the “Helmacrons are back, let’s do a Fantastic Voyage pastiche inside Marco’s body” book. In terms of publication timeline, Alternamorphs #2 falls between Animorphs #40 The Other and Megamorphs #4 Back To Before. We don’t need to rehash the rules, but in case anyone is stumbling in here brand new, basically we’re going to go through the book until we reach a decision point, at which point the thread will vote on which option to embark upon and simple majority wins. If we reach a dead end, we’ll go back to last decision point and try again until we find a route that makes it to the end of the book. The Next Passage – Introduction quote:My name is Rachel. Wow, who would think the first major decision point is do we even want to bother reading this one? nine-gear crow fucked around with this message at 01:27 on May 4, 2023 |
# ? May 4, 2023 01:06 |
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i'm a completionist, even for things that suck so yes
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# ? May 4, 2023 01:21 |
I have no memory of this place, so sure, I'm actually looking forward to this.
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# ? May 4, 2023 01:37 |
nine-gear crow posted:
no
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# ? May 4, 2023 04:16 |
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Mama didn't raise no bitch, we gonna read it.
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# ? May 4, 2023 04:23 |
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We're too far in, no turning back now.
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# ? May 4, 2023 06:18 |
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I vote
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# ? May 4, 2023 07:23 |
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read the book
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# ? May 4, 2023 14:48 |
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The Next Passage – Chapter 1 quote:The new kid. Meet You Two. You Two is a typical teenage shithead. Like I said, think David, but their capacity for evil is maybe in our hands instead of whim of fate and circumstance. You Two doesn’t think highly of other kids their age, from the sound of it and would rather just be left the hell alone. I think it’s going to be real lovely [indefinite amount of time] for You Two going forward. Especially since they just found the Morphing Cube in the wreckage of the construction site from the start of The Invasion. The Next Passage – Chapter 2 quote:Day Two at the new school. I just love the fact that Visser Three rang the doorbell of You Two’s house, waited like 30 seconds and when no one answered, just ordered an entire commando team of Hork-Bajir to go in hot and tear the place up. For a guy with no sense of humor, the Visser remains a master of comedic timing. The Next Passage – Chapter 3 quote:<You are not getting the blue box,> says the other blue-deer alien. We’ve got two choices ahead of us:
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# ? May 4, 2023 21:13 |
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Turn over the box. It worked for Cassie!
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# ? May 5, 2023 03:03 |
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quote:<Then this human will be separated from his head. I understand that’s usually fatal in humans.> McTimmy posted:Turn over the box. Agreeing with the author insert is never wrong.
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# ? May 5, 2023 04:00 |
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whoof, i forgot this was literally a copy-paste of the david book intro. may as well give up the box
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# ? May 5, 2023 04:08 |
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I don't remember David's dad being there in his book. Give up the box. Best to do what the violent person says and not trust voices in your head.
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# ? May 5, 2023 07:08 |
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kiminewt posted:I don't remember David's dad being there in his book. He was. Exact same injury, too. This literally is a note-for-note rehash of the #20 intro.
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# ? May 5, 2023 07:43 |
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I guess it's time for my second reread of this thread!
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# ? May 5, 2023 07:55 |
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Turn over the box. What's the worst that can happen, it's some kind of paperweight?
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# ? May 5, 2023 12:15 |
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I kind of like this one so far, probably because it's a copy paste of a book that's actually good. That deer dude seems like a nice guy, I think you should turn over the box.
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# ? May 5, 2023 17:24 |
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The Next Passage – Chapter 4quote:You ignore the pleading voice in your head. You whip the blue box out of your backpack. Now, you see here kids, this is what happens when you acquiesce to fascists. You get brainwormed and become a fascist tool yourself. So congrats, You Two is now another proud and loyal footsoldier of the mighty Yeerk Empire. They will probably meet their end at the hand of the Animorphs, or just typical Yeerk infighting or stupidity in due time.
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# ? May 6, 2023 01:23 |
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Well, that was a short book!
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# ? May 11, 2023 01:25 |
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Acebuckeye13 posted:Well, that was a short book! lol I wish. Sorry, I've been neglecting my posting duties because unlike Epi, I'm not suffering from any kind of debilitating ailment, I'm just a lazy shithead and I hate using my brain. I'll have another set of chapters up later tonight.
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# ? May 11, 2023 01:32 |
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nine-gear crow posted:I'm just a lazy shithead and I hate using my brain. ? you're not supposed to morph other humans. Stop copying my dna.
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# ? May 11, 2023 01:37 |
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Also I feel mildly guilty keeping this thread running for two whole extraneous books like a zombie thread while Epicurius is plugging away at Everworld in the other thread and not getting any real reader engagement with it, or at least not as much as this thread has had so far.
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# ? May 11, 2023 01:38 |
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Ah! I thought everworld was going to get tacked on to this thread. I ca'nt raed apparently!
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# ? May 11, 2023 01:39 |
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nine-gear crow posted:Also I feel mildly guilty keeping this thread running for two whole extraneous books like a zombie thread while Epicurius is plugging away at Everworld in the other thread and not getting any real reader engagement with it, or at least not as much as this thread has had so far. i wouldn't feel guilty about posting Alternamorths. it seems popular...people like it. For those who missed the link to Everworld and want to catch up, it's https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=4030277
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# ? May 11, 2023 03:06 |
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Epicurius posted:i wouldn't feel guilty about posting Alternamorths. it seems popular...people like it. Well on that note then! So the thing about every choice in the book being a binary between only two options is that we, sadly, only get one shot to gently caress up and then we immediately know the right answer unlike the first book where we at least had three choices to experiment with. So let’s get back at it and NOT turn over the morphing cube to Visser Three like a moron this time: The Next Passage – Chapter 5 quote:“No!” you say defiantly. “The box is mine.” This book is at the very least a little better at describing the morphing process and embodying an animal than the previous one, I will give it that. Also our first hints of “David” starting to peak through the tabula rasa of You Two with their assertion that the morphing power is just flat out a weapon, and they want to use it to get revenge on the Yeerk with it for what Visser Three just did to their parents. The Next Passage – Chapter 6 quote:The pleasure fades out of Cassie’s face. “A weapon. Yeah, I guess that’s what morphing is or us.” Why am I thinking this seems more like a Crayak situation than an Ellimist one, given how things suddenly got incredibly all caps screamy and confrontational. Seems a little out of character for our favorite dipshit altruist god gamer, doesn’t it? Oh well, when God shows up and tells you to pick a button, you loving pick a button, so what will it be, folks? or
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# ? May 11, 2023 03:28 |
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The real question is, when is someone going to post a read-through of Vegemorphs?
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# ? May 11, 2023 03:32 |
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Roadie posted:The real question is, when is someone going to post a read-through of Vegemorphs? All power to whoever that dumb bastard might be, but in the words of the G-Man, "this is where I get off".
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# ? May 11, 2023 03:34 |
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B? I don't know why Everworld never hooked me, but if Epicurial does Remnants, I'll be there. I remember Remnants being a _weird_ mess.
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# ? May 11, 2023 03:35 |
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It doesn't help that this is requires reader input, whereas I'm content to silently read Everworld. I suppose I should be more vocal about my opinions from chapter to chapter! Anyway this is a dumb choice with no context and I hate it. B.
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# ? May 11, 2023 17:31 |
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Yeah, kind of weird to give a choice with zero context. Not a fan of shouty Ellimist. Let's press B!
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# ? May 11, 2023 18:27 |
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uhh B i guess? I don't really blame Ellimist for not liking You Two, if we're supposed to be some alternate timeline version of david, but the shouting is weird
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# ? May 11, 2023 21:13 |
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Its not every book that has god specifically come down and yell at you, the reader. Weird rear end choice. Pick B
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# ? May 11, 2023 21:22 |