Richard's Animorphs Forum
Animorphs Section => Animorphs Forum Classic => Topic started by: Chad32 on January 10, 2009, 07:38:27 PM
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What if instead of calling for help and waiting to be rescued, Ax used his shark morph and left on his own? How do you think he'd fair without any guidance from the animorphs? What if he was less willing to join the group, and spent books 4-8 trying to defeat the Yeerks on his own? Possibly trying to take down the pool by himself, or something. We know that much of the ceiling of the pool was held up by forcefields early in the series. I once came up with the idea of finding a generator within the complex, and destroying it to shut down the forcefields holding the place up.
In MM4, he found his way to a parked bladeship on the mall. I forget why the bladeship was parked there, but the way it played out for him in MM4 likely wouldn't happen in a timeline where the animorphs actively resisted the Yeerks.
If you were going to do it differently, how would you do it?
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what do you mean, like a lone wolf vigilanty type?
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Well, he wouldn't be considered a vigilante by his people. But he would try to do what he could, while attempting to not seek help from another species. Up until he realised it was impossible, and would join the animorphs.
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The idea is good and it might have worked with some Andalites, but Ax isn't a typical arrogant Andalite, he'd realise that he couldn't fight the Yeerks on his own and his people have no laws against him helping the Animorphs (unless he breaks the law of Seerow's Kindness).
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Ax was very young too...
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You think AX isn't arrogant? Surely not as arrogant as some, but it's still there.
This is just hypothetical anyway. Something new to talk about.
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Ax was a little bit arrogant, but not overly arrogant like the other Andalites we met.
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The arrogance wasn't present in Elfangor or Arbron. Maybe they started messing with the Andalite school system afterwords. Ax claims he has pride for his people, but he also says that it is just him and not his culture.
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*Sigh* Okay. Let's pretend he was arrogant. Just to keep this thread on track and hope it goes somewhere.
What do you think the other animorphss would think of some kid going nuts around the food court, then demorphing when the mall cops tried to grab him?
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Yeerk trick
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maybe but I think they'd figure it out
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honestly, i think if Ax tried to do it by himself....he would die fighting...
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We already know what happens then, don't we?
In Megamorphs 4, Ax isn't rescued by the Animorphs, remember? So he alerts the humans via TV?
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We know that much of the ceiling of the pool was held up by forcefields early in the series.
what? when was this stated in the books?
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I think he would probably hear the word "Andalite Bandit" when he first tried to attack the pool. Thinking that maybe there were some Andalites who were either unable to answer his call or simply had reached the dome too late, he may attempt to find them, rather than still attacking the pool, especially if he was hoping for a prince to follow.
But how would he find the pool in the first place? Let's face it, asking for a Happy Meal with "Extra Happy" wouldn't go off in Ax's head as odd or weird. And it's not like they really announced their presence. Him simply deciding that the Sharing was his best option would be ridiculous unless the Andalites had intercepted communications about the Sharing--including name.
If anything, he'd probably join to "better learn human interaction" and end up a Controller.
Just a thought. Or six.
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We know that much of the ceiling of the pool was held up by forcefields early in the series.
what? when was this stated in the books?
Possibly Visser. Maybe earlier. I distinctly remember someone saying that much of the ceiling was being held up by a forcefield.
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hahaha, tray. you think he would really become a controller?
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I could see him possibly being drawn to the Sharing, but not to the point of becoming a controller. If he was infested, then they'd find out more quickly that the other bandits were Human.
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Not necessarily. If he truly believed that there were still Andalites on Earth, they wouldn't figure it out. Let's face it, Visser Three has an Andalite host, and he never figured it out.
They must have seen the dome go down, but Elfangor still got past their defenses, same with Gafinilan(sp?) and Mertil.
Plus, it would definitely be an odd twist. The second Andalite Controller. Do you think Visser Three would take the younger Andalite for himself?
And I still think he'd end up joining them without really thinking about what he was doing.
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Anytime infesting the animorphs is mentioned, Visser Three says he'd give them to a loyal leutinant. I believe this is because he'd have to start over gathering dangerous morphs if he switched bodies.
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yeah, he wouldn't take Ax. he's too young.
but I think he would give him to a trusted much lower ranking officer. Wouldn't want any power to get to people's heads know what I mean?