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Animorphs Section => Animorphs Forum Classic => Topic started by: Estelore on July 30, 2008, 12:50:14 PM
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-"Oh, Marco the funny one!" the creature cried, slappin its limp hands together. "How's Mommy, Marco? Is she alive or is she dead? Does she scream with the Yeerk in her head?"-
-"Cassie, the hypocrite? 'Don't believe in violence... except when I do.' Aximilli, the pitiful, pale shadow of his dead brother? If only you'd insisted on going with Elfangor, maybe he'd have lived. Too bad. And Tobias, ah, yes, Tobias. The boy not really so trapped as a bird, eh, but too gutless to resume life as a human? And Rachel. My very favorite Animorph." The thing smiled a lipless smile. "Rachel, Rachel. Do you feel the adrenaline rush of murderous desire? Do you feel the urge to reach out and destroy me? Of course you do. You and I have that in common."-
Okay, I don't know about the rest of you, but The Drode is OFFICIALLY my very favourite villain in the entire series. He is a self-styled 'wild card', and even though we know where his loyalties lie, we are never QUITE certain what he'll do next. He has a gift for hitting the most painful points of a personality, as the quotes above illustrate. He's dangerous, but mostly by association with Crayak. He can pretend to help you, right before he causes you to get your head ripped off.
I read a LOT of Shakespeare, and, among many other things, he reminds me of Puck / Robin Goodfellow from A Midsummer Night's Dream. He ESPECIALLY reminds me of the Puck in Neil Gaiman's Sandman graphic novel series, a being described as a "giggling-dangerous-totally-bloody-psychotic-menace-to-life-and-limb".
How do you all feel about him? Do you see my point about his resemblance to Puck (my favourite character in Shakespeare, too)?
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Ah, Puck. The Norse trickster god. Bringer of Ragnarok, I believe.
Yeah, I can see the similarities. I do like the Drode as a villain. Not much background on him, though. He serves, and is protected by, Crayak. He can't really do much besides talk smack, since he must obey the rules.
It kind of makes me with The Ellemist had someone on his side. Except he/she would be nicer. Maybe it could have been Rachel after the ending, but that's going off topic.
I never really picked a favorite villain, but I did enjoy Drode.
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Ah, Puck. The Norse trickster god. Bringer of Ragnarok, I believe.
Erm...You've confused Puck with Loki.
*on a side note, have you noticed the similarities between Loki and Prometheus?
Still and all: Drode rules!!
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Oh yeah. Loki.
Prometheus was the one who gave fire to Man, right? I'm not sure if Loki did anything for Man, but I think he's manipulative. I could be wrong though, since I'm obviously no expert on mythology.
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Here's a little run-down:
Prometheus = titan, extremely WISE, because he can see the future...as in, EVERYTHING that will EVER happen. EVER. He considers the gods unjust, so he gives fire to man, even though he KNOWS what will happen to him.
He gets chained to a rock, and every day a vulture pecks out his eyes and eats his liver, which re-grow by the next day.
Loki = god of mischief and trickery, EVIL beyond belief, but a LOT like Milton's version of Lucifer (better to reign in Hell than to serve in Heaven; gods are tyrants that prevent free will; yada yada), causes the death of Balder, everyone's favourite in Asgaard.
He gets chained to a rock, and a poisonous snake drips its acidic venom in his eyes, day in and day out. His beloved wife tries to catch the venom in a bowl, to keep it from Loki's face, but she has to stop periodically to empty the bowl. Thus, he still gets poisoned-burned.
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-"Oh, Marco the funny one!" the creature cried, slappin its limp hands together. "How's Mommy, Marco? Is she alive or is she dead? Does she scream with the Yeerk in her head?"-
-"Cassie, the hypocrite? 'Don't believe in violence... except when I do.' Aximilli, the pitiful, pale shadow of his dead brother? If only you'd insisted on going with Elfangor, maybe he'd have lived. Too bad. And Tobias, ah, yes, Tobias. The boy not really so trapped as a bird, eh, but too gutless to resume life as a human? And Rachel. My very favorite Animorph." The thing smiled a lipless smile. "Rachel, Rachel. Do you feel the adrenaline rush of murderous desire? Do you feel the urge to reach out and destroy me? Of course you do. You and I have that in common."-
Yeah, i can't even deny it. Just reading that excerpt from #27 The Exposed alone is enough to show just how bad this dude is. Its an awesome quote, definite looking glass into his character. He's not my favorite villain, but he's up there with the awesomes.
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Yeah, I like the drode he always reminded me of some of the funny villains from Digimon-sadistic with a smile >:D
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Yeah! Like Myotismon, Puppetmon (ESPECIALLY HIM!!), Piedmon, and Devimon!
(I LOVES me some Digimon!!)
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Rachel helping the Ellimist would be the ultimate way to bring her back because with an ironic price. The ultimate fighter can no longer fight or help in battle. Of course it couldn't be her exactly. Rachel would have to loose something else.
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The Drode was awesome. I loved the ending of MM #4, when Jake's about to accept his offer and he says, "Oh, never mind." I laughed my head off at that.
For some reason, I always pictured him looking like Mike from Monsters, Inc., except scarier.
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Yeah, the Drode is so funny in MM#4 ^_^ This MM#4 was very good, but with the Drode at the beginning and at the end, it was amazing ;)
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The Drode was different in that everyone else went for the standard versions of war, but he accomplished the same effect psychologically.
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The Drode was awesome. I loved the ending of MM #4, when Jake's about to accept his offer and he says, "Oh, never mind." I laughed my head off at that.
For some reason, I always pictured him looking like Mike from Monsters, Inc., except scarier.
Odd.
I always pictured him to look like an anthropomorphic raisin.
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I imagined him sorta' like this:
Compound eyes, like a fly, but green,
skin like a raisin, all violet-black and wrinkly,
vestigial bat-like wings on his back,
arms like a T-rex, all shrunken and useless,
back-bent legs, like an ostrich,
beak-like nose-mouth, almost parrot-ish.
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I imagined him sorta' like this:
Compound eyes, like a fly, but green,
skin like a raisin, all violet-black and wrinkly,
vestigial bat-like wings on his back,
arms like a T-rex, all shrunken and useless,
back-bent legs, like an ostrich,
beak-like nose-mouth, almost parrot-ish.
That's almost exactly how I pictured him, except without the wings, with regular black eyes (green rimmed) and a mouth...kind of like a lipless, snub-nosed dinosaur.
And a smile kind of like this:
(http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y296/Tzelmoth/Johnny-the-Homicidal-Maniac.jpg)
o.O
The Drode was definitely teh awesome, snivelling little badass.
...and having read all of Sandman I totally get the Puck parallels...althoug h I picture him being capable of smiling like the Corinthian... ;D
He also reminds me a lot of a similar sarcastic, all-knowing baddie from Stephen King's The Stand and the Dark Tower, Randall Flagg/Walter/The Man in Black...
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Myitt, sometimes I wish you were here so that I could hug you. :hug2:
It isn't very often that people share my literary tastes so thoroughly.
I LOVE SANDMAN!! (Especially Puck!!)
I LOVE virtually EVERYTHING Stephen King.
Also, the Corinthian RULES!!
Does Drode remind you (just a weee bit) of Desire? She/He has that same kind of knowing smile. Its as if she/he always knows just a bit more than you do, and she/he won't hesitate to use it against you, y'know?
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Awwww, virtual hugs Estie :hug2: ! ;D
I own all of Sandman and enjoy shoving it onto my friends, who must understand its ridiculous goodness ^^ Yeah, I guess in retrospect Desire kinda has that same, mischievous, kinda devious smile. The creepy Johnny smile x3
I loved the Corinthian, I have this awful soft spot for people who are bad, or somehow outlawed, or nightmares...and turn out to be good in their own way. Yays ::)
Drode and the Man in Black are similar to me in both their deprecating humor AND their omniscience...like they know what's going to happen, and can't help laughing in the heroes' faces about it. And they're both....kinda....bl ack? Eh? o.O
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Lol you want to hug her because of her taste in all that classic literature, i want to hug her cause she likes JOHNNY THE HOMICIDAL MANIAC lol what is wrong with me
but YES, good reference myitt, i love that homicidal bastard lol
I love the drode, but he couldnt get my top villian spot just cause there really isnt enough of him, such a pity. next on my fanfics to-do list is The Drode Chronicles, telling about how he became crayaks servant, so much potential there (dont expect it any time soon tho lol)
Hes kinda starting to sound like the joker (ledgers obviously haha) psychotic yet humorous, hitting the right buttons on people
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I thought the Drode was hilarious. Harmless and destructive at the same time.
That speech with him dishing out the truths was awesome :)
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The Drode reminds me *alot* of Heath Ledger's Joker. *has just seen the Dark Knight* >:D
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Stephen King and Neil Gaiman graphic novels are classic literature? Well, sure, I guess they are classics...x3
...and I love pretty much all of Jhonen Vasquez's stuff...teeheeheee. ..Nny is so screwed up, you almost feel bad for him....almost. x3
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I actually havent read sandman, but gaiman does have a few that i consider classic, modern classics, and king obviously got skillz
they are both slightly above vasquez lol
man that stuff throws me back, i used to draw happy noodle boy comics in school, there was a meeting with my parents about it lol i had some f-ed up doodles as a kid lol
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Aw, happy noodle boy's not messed up...he's just...uhh...misund erstood? Suuure...
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Drode is awesome. :D Every time he talks he gets a reaction out of me, which is pretty impressive.
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Welcome to RAF, Rowrow! I am Estelore.
Austin Powers? NICE.
Worms + Randall...I can see it, I suppose. Hmmn. Interesting concept.
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How he looks? always thought of him as a cross between Dobby from HP, Gollum from LoTR, and I dunno what.....
Brown wrinkly skin, dobby-like face, more angular and crafty, eyes with more depth but less 'cuteness', goblin like ears......
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I thought of him like a deformed raptor, i could never really picture the human head part, that just seemed silly lol
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I always imagined him as like a deinonychus with a semi-human head.
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I always imagined him as like a deinonychus with a semi-human head.
*thats* the other peice Im looking for! A deinonychus/Dobby/Goblin/Gollum cross, with the shiftiest, most agile, most disproportionate, yet most fierce aspects of each.
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I thought his appearance was already explained in the books. Why are people debating on what he looks like?
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well, just because it was described, doesn't mean everyone imagines him the same way. The blade ship and bug fighters were described plenty of times, but how I imagined them don't exactly look the same as pictures of them that I've found.
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Same here, thought for me, the Domeship and Poolship are probably the designs where I imagined them more differently from how they were described than anything else.
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I imagined him sorta' like this:
Compound eyes, like a fly, but green,
skin like a raisin, all violet-black and wrinkly,
vestigial bat-like wings on his back,
arms like a T-rex, all shrunken and useless,
back-bent legs, like an ostrich,
beak-like nose-mouth, almost parrot-ish.
Yea I pictured him looking like tht but the nI'd get scared when I picture sumthing looking like speaking perfect english plus I have his his voice sound like the guys tht plays Invader Zim.
-"Oh, Marco the funny one!" the creature cried, slappin its limp hands together. "How's Mommy, Marco? Is she alive or is she dead? Does she scream with the Yeerk in her head?"-
-"Cassie, the hypocrite? 'Don't believe in violence... except when I do.' Aximilli, the pitiful, pale shadow of his dead brother? If only you'd insisted on going with Elfangor, maybe he'd have lived. Too bad. And Tobias, ah, yes, Tobias. The boy not really so trapped as a bird, eh, but too gutless to resume life as a human? And Rachel. My very favorite Animorph." The thing smiled a lipless smile. "Rachel, Rachel. Do you feel the adrenaline rush of murderous desire? Do you feel the urge to reach out and destroy me? Of course you do. You and I have that in common."-
Tht was pure genius as soon as he said that thing about Marco's mom I knew he'd be an interesting villain. I also think it would've been a good idea to have Rachel as the Ellimist's right hand man/woman. Too bad the ellimist didnt do anything in 54 or tht idea could've worked out perfectly.
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I imagined him sorta' like this:
Compound eyes, like a fly, but green,
skin like a raisin, all violet-black and wrinkly,
vestigial bat-like wings on his back,
arms like a T-rex, all shrunken and useless,
back-bent legs, like an ostrich,
beak-like nose-mouth, almost parrot-ish.
Yea I pictured him looking like tht but the nI'd get scared when I picture sumthing looking like speaking perfect english plus I have his his voice sound like the guys tht plays Invader Zim.
-"Oh, Marco the funny one!" the creature cried, slappin its limp hands together. "How's Mommy, Marco? Is she alive or is she dead? Does she scream with the Yeerk in her head?"-
-"Cassie, the hypocrite? 'Don't believe in violence... except when I do.' Aximilli, the pitiful, pale shadow of his dead brother? If only you'd insisted on going with Elfangor, maybe he'd have lived. Too bad. And Tobias, ah, yes, Tobias. The boy not really so trapped as a bird, eh, but too gutless to resume life as a human? And Rachel. My very favorite Animorph." The thing smiled a lipless smile. "Rachel, Rachel. Do you feel the adrenaline rush of murderous desire? Do you feel the urge to reach out and destroy me? Of course you do. You and I have that in common."-
Tht was pure genius as soon as he said that thing about Marco's mom I knew he'd be an interesting villain. I also think it would've been a good idea to have Rachel as the Ellimist's right hand man/woman. Too bad the ellimist didnt do anything in 54 or tht idea could've worked out perfectly.
That was exactly what I said. Y kill her Rachel with no life after death? She wouldve been awesome as an agent of the Ellimist. And that introductory quote really defined who the Drode was. Brilliance on KA's part.
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I'm always so late with these type of threads, lol.
Anyways, I loved the Drode, he was awesome.
Love the quote you posted, Este.
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The Drode is awesome. wish there was more about him.
I always thought of his voice kinda like Stuey's (sp.?) from family guy, especially with that first taunt at marco. just think about it. "how's mummy?" hahahaha.
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as for how he looks...
http://calydarose.deviantart.com/art/the-Drode-97770343
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Skinny stoned Barney?
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creepy huh?
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I'll say lol
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I wouldn't call it creepy, no.
But it's not how I imagined it.. at all...
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sry, claire...I have no idea why I imagined it that way. .... perhaps it was subliminal. ^^
well, let me try and draw how you think it looks...
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If only I could draw better, I'd have a go.. but yea I can't.. lol
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I guesss I can try...but then...it would be my interpretation of your interpretation of the Drode. haha
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as for how he looks...
http://calydarose.deviantart.com/art/the-Drode-97770343
IDk judgeing by the books, he's pretty gruesome do I really wanna look at this...o wut the hell *clicks on link*
Holy sh!t tht looks like Barney with an eating disorder
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I already did that joke. Away with ye. Shoo! 8)
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you did....but it was still freakin funny. hahaha
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For some reason, I always pictured him looking like Mike from Monsters, Inc., except scarier.
I knew i wasn't the only one! I pictured him looking scarier and more triangular. I always imagine him as more of a Joker like guy. Creepy, funny in a really evil way, weird. Almost exactly like the Joker.
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like from batman? like the old batman for the new?
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...Think Joker, then mix him with a bipedal bird-prune.
Jeez, this stuff is not difficult.
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hahahahahah...but it would still be interpretation!
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Not when that's exactly the way Katherine described him.