Totally Random Animorphs Thoughts

[Gafrash]

Who here thinks Andalites have enough finger-strength to snap their fingers?!

[RYTX]

I find myself devoid of a reason as to why, when they morph smaller animals, they only morph one.
Instead of sending excess mass to z-space, would it be possible to just convert it into enough replicable to be of equal mass to your body, then go biblical on Yeerk-butt
Swarm of locust morph!

[Aluminator (Kit)]

Heck, if you're going that far, why not have them draw on the apparent inherent mass in Z-space and become their own army? Form of army ant colony! Go go gadget pride of lions! Power of thirty million swans!

Okay, I admit, that started out sincere, but went to... not as sincere the more I thought about it. If they can morph multiple animals, you just open up another huge can of worms.

This can of worms is named Cassie.

[Unknown User]

I wonder why Taxxon mothers don't eat their own children during birth, there has to be fluids of some kind that would attract mom or at least other taxxons? Or a better question, how do taxxons procreate?

[Aluminator (Kit)]

I assume they don't have the "2-sexes" thing going on. Maybe they're produced by a queen or something, similarly to hive insectine creatures on Earth. Or maybe they all go to the sea and produce an explosion of baby-making goo. And maybe (since I'm speculating wildly anyway), when baby Taxxons are born, there are fluids, but these fluids are specially designed to be repulsive to other Taxxons. As the baby grows, the production of those hormones or whatever would wear off.

Maybe they grow in pods! They emerge fully formed! Actually, I kinda like that one...

Hey, here's a question. Why in the world can Taxxons swim so well? I don't remember their world being described with any oceans or seas or much water at all.

[VisserZer0]

I always did kinda wonder about Taxxon reproduction.

How was Ax able to "suck a snail through his hoof"? I always got the impression that Andalites didn't actually consume their food. I thought they just soaked up the nutrients.

[Chad32]

I kind of figured Taxxons were born independant. Meaning when they come out, they're ready to run and that's what they do. The fluid may be odorless or tasteless or something else.

I also wonder why they are good swimmers, as I kind of thought of the Taxxon world being a desert world like tantooine from Star wars. As unrealistic as that kind of world is.

[MoppingBear]

I kind of figured Taxxons were born independant. Meaning when they come out, they're ready to run and that's what they do. The fluid may be odorless or tasteless or something else.

I also wonder why they are good swimmers, as I kind of thought of the Taxxon world being a desert world like tantooine from Star wars. As unrealistic as that kind of world is.

They are, and they are adapted for "swimming" through their hive, and through sand.  Swimming through water is much easier.

[Aluminator (Kit)]

Y'know... all those things that depict stuff that can "swim" through sand... I'm pretty sure that's not even remotely plausible... kind of like teleportation devices, they're just a standard of the genre...

[MoppingBear]

Y'know... all those things that depict stuff that can "swim" through sand... I'm pretty sure that's not even remotely plausible... kind of like teleportation devices, they're just a standard of the genre...

Taxxons at the very least are shown to eat the sand in front of them, and then expel it out behind them to simulate the swimming.  This process would presumably be more efficient with water.

[Unknown User]

I always wondered where Andalites go to meet each other when their home planet has no cities? Also, how much grazing land does each family have? Do some share? I NEED CULTURAL AND OTHER BASIC INFO!
K.A. Didn't tell us enough about her Alien children.

[anijen21]

I completely agree--a third of TAC took place on the Taxxon Homeworld, all of HBC and most of #34 took place on the Hork-Bajir homeworld, half of TEC took place on Ket, and an entire regular series book took place on the Iskoort Homeworld, who we never heard from again, and NOT ONE SCENE TOOK PLACE ON THE ANDALITE HOMEWORLD.

what's up with that

[estrid]

whats up w/that is that KA sucks at explaining things. she does not have the capability to do that.

[VisserZer0]

I completely agree--a third of TAC took place on the Taxxon Homeworld, all of HBC and most of #34 took place on the Hork-Bajir homeworld, half of TEC took place on Ket, and an entire regular series book took place on the Iskoort Homeworld, who we never heard from again, and NOT ONE SCENE TOOK PLACE ON THE ANDALITE HOMEWORLD.

what's up with that

There was that weird distorted version of time that Elfangor, Loren and Visser Three created. That included part of the homeworld but it was a weird, time-warpified version. Hey, at least we know what color the sky is.

[anijen21]

yeah with a paragraph summary of how Andalite society works. DOESN'T COUNT.