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Maybe if you fed him some fuckin food he wouldn’t be out here killing baby skunks cassie
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# ? Sep 14, 2020 04:20 |
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Epicurius posted:This is more of Cassie being Cassie. It's well written, and I agree with what other people on here have said, but this still gets on my nerves a bit. Yeah, it's really grating to have Cassie talk endlessly about How Nature Works, about how it's red and not green and about "cute, cuddly animals who slaughter to live," but then get self-righteously furious at Tobias, who's suffered and given far more than she has for this war, for... killing specifically to eat, which he needs to do because he's permanently a hawk, remember, Cassie?
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# ? Sep 14, 2020 04:47 |
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Yes, the traumatized 14-year-old's emotions do not make logical sense. Excellent deduction there Sherlock.
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# ? Sep 14, 2020 13:39 |
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Terror Sweat posted:Maybe if you fed him some fuckin food he wouldn’t be out here killing baby skunks cassie That's what they used to do, but Tobias switched to hunting and eating once he accepted that he was a hawk forever.
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# ? Sep 14, 2020 13:41 |
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freebooter posted:He's a good sport and a smart cookie. I really think Applegate does a good job of giving him an important role to play in every book - even if it's just character-wise, rather than contributing to missions etc - despite being inevitably sidelined to some degree because he's stuck in morph. What book is it that Tobias gets his morphing power and his human morph back?
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# ? Sep 14, 2020 14:52 |
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ninjahedgehog posted:What book is it that Tobias gets his morphing power and his human morph back? 13, so not that far off
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# ? Sep 14, 2020 17:59 |
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The Secret-Chapter 17quote:“Well, this is more than slightly insane,” Marco said. It was later that same day, Sunday evening. We were all gathered around the skunks’ den. “We’re going to raise little, stinky skunk babies?” Lets talk about dog eating. This has become a sensitive topic, because a lot of times, when it's brought up, it's done in a racist way. Dogs aren't eaten in the US. They're kept pretty much entirely as pets. So the accusation that a culture, or people from that culture, eat dogs, a lot of times, has the connotation of barbarism involved in it, because of the kind of xenophobic idea that there's something wrong about eating dogs that's not wrong about, say, eating pigs. On the other hand, like a friend of mine who grew up poor in the Missouri Ozarks and who's family stayed alive in his childhood with the help of a lot of poaching and illegal hunting, told me, "You'd be surprised how many animals are made of meat." Dogs were eaten in a bunch of different societies around the world, and there are a few breeds of dog that were bred primarily as livestock, including the Nureongi breed in Korea, the poi dog of Hawaii, the Tahiti dog of Tahiti, and the Xolo dog of Mexico, bred by the Aztecs. Traditionally, they were eaten by the Aztec, by some North American Native American groups, by Polynesians, in parts of China, Korea, and Vietnam, and in certain parts of West Africa, although for medicinal instead of nutritional reasons. It's extremely rare nowadays. Dog eating was never particularly common in Europe, except in emergency situations, and as a lot of European culture and values spread around the world, so did the taboo against it, even in societies that never had that taboo. Modern South Korea, for instance, has been taking a lot of steps to try to wipe it out, largely as a sop to western xenophobia. In case you're curious as to how dog meat tastes, people who have eaten it have described it as tasting a little bit like a combination of beef and mutton. quote:<Do you eat cats?> Fair point. This is a stressful sort of thing. quote:Jake gave Marco a long, skeptical look. “So, in other words, you’ll be glad to help.” Cassie is, as has been mentioned, the most emotionally intelligent of the group, and she's now turning that understanding on herself. Keep in mind, though, the rest of the group is helping. The Secret-Chapter 18 quote:Over the next two days we protected and nurtured a foursome of baby skunks. And as impossible as it seems, it worked. More or less. I don't know if I really see Marco as a Ramones fan. Sort of before his time. quote:At first, I was the only one to morph the skunk mother. Then Ax did it. Then the others, one by one. I almost felt jealous. So, that's got to be bad fot their relationship. But, there we go. The confrontation is starting.
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# ? Sep 15, 2020 01:41 |
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Kinda curious if an animorph could involuntarily shift in their sleep during a nightmare. The termite episode alone seems like that would spark some vivid, ingrained trauma. Though I guess that's true for just about every book so far.
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# ? Sep 15, 2020 16:54 |
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Grammarchist posted:Kinda curious if an animorph could involuntarily shift in their sleep during a nightmare. The termite episode alone seems like that would spark some vivid, ingrained trauma. Though I guess that's true for just about every book so far. Doesn't this happen in the book where Rachel gets allergic to an alligator morph?
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# ? Sep 15, 2020 18:22 |
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The Secret-Chapter 19quote:“We have an hour to make plans and get ready,” Jake said. “One hour. Less, since we have to get into position.” i don't know that I believe that. Even if they can get him to agree to this, he's important enough that having him as a Yeerk would be useful/ quote:“So what do we do, attack?” Rachel asked. “Just storm in and mess everything up?” Well, this brings stuff to a head. The Secret-Chapter 20 quote:There was only one way for a person to reach the Yeerk logging camp by car. They had to drive down the long, dirt road that the Yeerks had cut through the forest. I liked this chapter. I liked Cassie and Tobias's conversation, because I think it helped bring to focus a lot of her doubts.
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# ? Sep 16, 2020 01:13 |
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It'd be kinda funny if the solution to all this was to morph a Bald Eagle and do a photo shoot of an endangered species nesting in the path of a logging operation. Or morph the gorilla and start a Sasquatch rumor to overwhelm the Yeerks with conspiracy theorists.
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# ? Sep 16, 2020 06:06 |
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Grammarchist posted:It'd be kinda funny if the solution to all this was to morph a Bald Eagle and do a photo shoot of an endangered species nesting in the path of a logging operation. Or morph the gorilla and start a Sasquatch rumor to overwhelm the Yeerks with conspiracy theorists. There will be a book coming up where the dilemma is solved by creatively using a morph at a PR event, for what that's worth.
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# ? Sep 16, 2020 06:30 |
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nine-gear crow posted:There will be a book coming up where the dilemma is solved by creatively using a morph at a PR event, for what that's worth. Is this when they all go elephant and rhino to trash the G8 meeting or are you referring to something else? fake edit - just realised you're talking about the parrots
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# ? Sep 16, 2020 07:09 |
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Ax referring to the skunk kits as "the small ones" broke my heart in half for some reason. I really liked Tobias and Cassie, I don't think we've really seen that pairing and I think between the two of them, they're the heart of the Animorphs. I remember the termite section loving me up almost as bad as the ants in book 5 as a kid. Can't wait to see what this forum does with the next book 😈
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# ? Sep 16, 2020 07:16 |
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freebooter posted:Is this when they all go elephant and rhino to trash the G8 meeting or are you referring to something else? No, it's when Marco gets Not Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Yeerk Celebrity, to lose his cool and strangle him while he's morphed as a poodle in the middle of a press event by razzing him non-stop with thought speak and it torpedoes both his acting career and infesting hapless humans career. Jesus Christ, they do this a lot it seems...
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# ? Sep 16, 2020 07:17 |
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nine-gear crow posted:No, it's when Marco gets Not Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Yeerk Celebrity, to lose his cool and strangle him while he's morphed as a poodle in the middle of a press event by razzing him non-stop with thought speak and it torpedoes both his acting career and infesting hapless humans career. I literally had no idea what any of you were talking about and thought it was some intro event involved with (book 16 spoiler) jake being a rhino and crashing into the bill gates house or maybe the david stuff? No idea. This series breeds compete uncertainty
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# ? Sep 16, 2020 07:20 |
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QuickbreathFinisher posted:I literally had no idea what any of you were talking about and thought it was some intro event involved with (book 16 spoiler) jake being a rhino and crashing into the bill gates house or maybe the david stuff? No idea. This series breeds compete uncertainty I don't know if it's a good or a bad thing that there's so many recurring instances of certain things in this series that even when you're being completely specific about events it leads to not just single, but MULTIPLE questions of "Wait, did you mean [other time this exact thing happens]?"
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# ? Sep 16, 2020 07:26 |
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nine-gear crow posted:I don't know if it's a good or a bad thing that there's so many recurring instances of certain things in this series that even when you're being completely specific about events it leads to not just single, but MULTIPLE questions of "Wait, did you mean [other time this exact thing happens]?" You're an Animorph now. You can't tell anyone your name. You can't tell them where you're from...
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# ? Sep 16, 2020 07:34 |
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nine-gear crow posted:No, it's when Marco gets Not Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Yeerk Celebrity, to lose his cool and strangle him while he's morphed as a poodle in the middle of a press event by razzing him non-stop with thought speak and it torpedoes both his acting career and infesting hapless humans career. ...Kind of weird that there's at least two books in this series about both uncontrolled morphing and celebrity Controllers shilling for the Sharing. I love that this book seems to be a pretty forgettable one for a lot of people who read it, and it's still full of horror and philosophical discussions. That's just how Animorphs is.
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# ? Sep 16, 2020 09:43 |
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I think that the Sharing is almost a Scientology stand in so it makes sense that they have so many celebrity backers.
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# ? Sep 16, 2020 15:21 |
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This book is great but isn't the next one where Marco goes to see the offspring in concert as a dog?
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# ? Sep 16, 2020 15:48 |
The Kids Aren't Alright
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# ? Sep 16, 2020 18:57 |
That is the most 90's middle school thing ever and I love it.
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# ? Sep 16, 2020 19:17 |
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I'm almost glad I never read these books. I have less time now, but I think I need this brand of kid-gorilla-guerrilla shenanigans more than ever.
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Karma Comedian posted:This book is great but isn't the next one where Marco goes to see the offspring in concert as a dog? It is that one. One of the brain worms coming up that always stuck with me for some reason was Cassie referring to Nine Inch Nails as Nice Is Neat. The lineup of the concert in book 10 is so funny. (Incredibly minor book 12 spoiler with zero plot relevance)
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# ? Sep 17, 2020 00:49 |
QuickbreathFinisher posted:It is that one. One of the brain worms coming up that always stuck with me for some reason was Cassie referring to Nine Inch Nails as Nice Is Neat. The lineup of the concert is so funny. You've got that one wrong, Nice is Neat is Cassie's mother trying to be cool.
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# ? Sep 17, 2020 00:50 |
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The Secret-Chapter 21quote:Visser Three. No, sorry. That was just the other tiger. quote:I looked toward the clearing. Now I could see it - a huge, orange-striped tiger was racing toward Farrand. But he was too far away. It had all happened too suddenly. Jake wasn’t in position. I didn’t even know where the others were. Probably still morphing. Tobias always goes for the eyes. quote:<Yeee hah!> Tobias cried. Arm amputation watch. quote:Just beneath me, the other Controller from the Jeep kicked Farrand, who was struggling to get up. So how many times in this series has an animorph gotten captured? The Secret-Chapter 22 quote:I woke up in a sort of large box. It was dark, but not totally without light. There were small round holes drilled in the sides of the box. Airholes. I could see the commissioner, Farrand, unconscious on the floor beside me. Worst boss. quote:Farrand moaned. He moved his head a little, but then became quiet again. When all you have is a skunk, make skunkade?
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# ? Sep 17, 2020 01:05 |
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It may be a little formulaic but I'm really coming to enjoy all the books that start off with using a morph for fun, harmless purposes that "Jake wouldn't approve of." Especially when it's Jake. Just teens being teens, turning into seagulls so they can steal people's french fries or whatever. e: well the timing on that post stank like a skunk
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# ? Sep 17, 2020 01:08 |
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Comrade Blyatlov posted:You've got that one wrong, Nice is Neat is Cassie's mother trying to be cool. You've got it wrong, Cassie lies to her mom that NIN stands for Nice is Neat so that she can get the CD
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# ? Sep 17, 2020 01:09 |
Speaking as someone that doesn't have skunks in his country, is it really that bad?
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# ? Sep 17, 2020 01:15 |
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Comrade Blyatlov posted:Speaking as someone that doesn't have skunks in his country, is it really that bad? it’s loving horrible
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# ? Sep 17, 2020 01:19 |
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It's really bad.
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# ? Sep 17, 2020 01:29 |
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On a scale from "smells good" to "skunk spray", rotten eggs are closer to the "smells good" side, and if you get sprayed it lingers for a longass time.
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# ? Sep 17, 2020 01:30 |
Let me rephrase that. Is it "drop your weapons in the middle of a serious situation" type bad?
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# ? Sep 17, 2020 01:33 |
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Comrade Blyatlov posted:Let me rephrase that. It's "Can't hold on to your weapons because you're too busy vomiting" type bad.
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# ? Sep 17, 2020 01:40 |
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Comrade Blyatlov posted:Let me rephrase that. If you get hit in the face as they seem to have been, quite reasonably.
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# ? Sep 17, 2020 01:40 |
Huh. I guess it's one of those 'have to experience it to believe it' things.
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# ? Sep 17, 2020 01:50 |
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Comrade Blyatlov posted:Huh. I guess it's one of those 'have to experience it to believe it' things. A couple weeks ago, a skunk sprayed something across the street from us at about 2AM. I know it was 2AM because both my girlfriend and I immediately woke up in a fight-or-flight panic. That was from probably 50 feet away.
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# ? Sep 17, 2020 01:56 |
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From what I understand, skunk spray is basically organic mace.
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# ? Sep 17, 2020 04:48 |
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That said, skunks only spray if they feel threatened. Otherwise they're pretty friendly animals. Some people even adopt them as pets.
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# ? Sep 17, 2020 04:51 |