Richard's Animorphs Forum

So, my Sario Effect fic progress so far. The first ten chapters are finished, uploaded on both AO3 and FFN. This is the first quarter of the whole story done. It'd be a short break before the next quarter comes along so I hope you'll enjoy the start until then.

Full close up version covers - DA: https://www.deviantart.com/vickie-believe/art/The-Sario-Effect-Book-Covers-858259173 or reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Animorphs/comments/jbpt06/the_sario_effect/

Wow. Ok. This might seem like out of out of left field for anyone on this forum, especially if there are some who came across this title.

So this is both a fanart I did, a book cover for a megamorph fanfic under the same name I have been revamping and editing several times. It's only this year, I've fully reworked the story to something I both enjoy and feel it's much easier for readers to follow, as well as keeping true to the canon sources. I originally was thinking of not uploading here as I've done recently on others (since I never do posts here for the longest time) but honestly, the amount of work I've done for this artpiece was too good not to show it around as much as possible.

I might get the general response for old viewers of "oh the same thing again?" And "what is this" from new viewers. It's partly "the same thing" but with a lot of shredding down complex ideas that gave me writer blocks I couldn't continue with. And what the concept is, is this: the main element being what if the Animorphs discovered a Yeerk and a human working in harmony and the second being that it involves the use of time travelling but done cleverly (without time paradox problems).

The concept takes a lot of different approaches to "what ifs" and puts me in a challenge of writing something the Animorphs have never experienced before and have to learn how to resolve it or look at it through a different lens - without losing the plot which my previous versions did several times. Now I've structured the story better (fingers cross this all goes well or else I'm eating my hat at a sixth or seventh failed attempt at this concept) so I decided to upload the first chps and this book cover this month. This concept also has challenged me in creating two original characters that their cooperation challenges the Animophs that it's not an easy and simple mission like in the books. So I do hope overall, the story, the art, the interactions, development, the references and the two original characters will be enjoyable for you all.

AO3: https://archiveofourown.org/works/26859931/chapters/65534977
FFN: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13713783/1/The-Sario-Effect

You can read the summary in the Inside Cover above (or the bigger versions in the top first links).

Also I'm using my animorphs fan blog as a way to announce updates to this fic (rather than spam comments here every update). And other than just my fic or my art, I also do now and then reblog other Animorphs related works too. So check it out. Link: https://bluehedron.tumblr.com/post/632033451245207552/bluehedron-bluehedron-newest-and-final?fbclid=IwAR36KLgqEBu35LX6Tslwss_Nt34oMUlOmThPPTgdUXevRpNVCmRc_0HxgEI

The graphic novel straight up gives them a Clydesdale-like appearance, more horse than human but with deer-like hind legs. It's wild to look at. Visser Three looks (and because graphic novels are a visual medium, acts), weird as hell. I think the artist hasn't quite nailed drawing him. Elfangor is...Actually just fine. Perfect. Tobias and the kids look good, too.

here's the first episode, for anybody interested.

if anybody is in contact with them, and they deliberately didn't take them down (file host issues?) let me know and i'll remove this.

I've heard bad things about the modern Babysitter's Club adaptation.