Richard's Animorphs Forum
Animorphs Section => Animorphs Forum Classic => Topic started by: Animorphsjake on August 09, 2008, 06:31:48 PM
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I have a little brothrer ( hes 11) and if I ever saw him go to a sharing meeting, I think I'd cry (even though im a boy)
Its just so sad, thinking there's a helpless, innocent brother of mine being controlled, and he thinks no one knows. It gets tears in my eyes thinking of it.
I'd probaly starve the yeerk, and take my brother to Toby and Ket and Jara. Then he'd be safe Then i'd take my parents and we would have to live there.
If you have a sibling what would you do?
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pretend I don't know, and just go on living my life. anything else I do could end up getting me killed or turned into a controller.
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pretend I don't know, and just go on living my life. anything else I do could end up getting me killed or turned into a controller.
This. It seems like the best strategy. But I'd make sure that under no circumstances would I ever be alone with him.
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pretend I don't know, and just go on living my life. anything else I do could end up getting me killed or turned into a controller.
I'm sorry, but to me that sounds kinda heartless. Even if I didn't like my siblings (which I do) I still couldn't just pretend they weren't being enslaved by evil aliens. Plus there is the fact that if I don't do anything, they will turn on me sooner or later and I will be killed or enslaved anyway, so I might as well die trying to save someone I care about.
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I'd do something. I'm not sure what I'd do, though. I just wouldn't feel safe living in the same house as a controller.
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Plus there is the fact that if I don't do anything, they will turn on me sooner or later and I will be killed or enslaved anyway
That's why you watch out for those things. and if you live and wait long enough, an opportunity to save them will come.
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*sigh* That's a tough question. I love my older sister so much. It would hurt to know that for who knows how long, I'd been talking to someone else. Knowing she was in there the entire time. What's even creepier, is if she told me about this "great new group" called "The Sharing" I would totally go with her and join. Even request to be a full member. Amazing, how people can have such a big influence on younger siblings.
If I knew? Well, I'd panic, at first. I'd probably grab my money stash, pack a bag full of food and water, and head out the door. I'd probably come to my senses, though, before my absence was noticed, and return home.
Perhaps I would make an attempt to starve the Yeerk, but that would be difficult, considering I'd be fighting a nineteen year-old, as well as a very angry alien who would not hesitate to hurt me. I'd have to find a place to keep her for three days. Yeah, I don't think I'd be able to starve the Yeerk.
Like morf, I'd have to just deal with it and pretend I didn't know. Getting killed or infested wouldn't be worth it, considering my chances of actually freeing my sister would be unbelievably small. And if I were infested, I'd have to worry about freeing both of us. Couldn't handle that.
If I were an Animorph, now, I think I'd be tempted to do something very bad to that Yeerk. And I WOULD, more or less, have a way of keeping her hidden and tied up for three days...
If I ever found out she was voluntary... I don't know what I would do then.
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I'd know. It'd make it harder to live with them, but there isn't much I could do without the possibility of getting infested myself. I can't really try to do things like starve them, cuz that would give away that I know.
So, pretty much what morf said.
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That's why you watch out for those things. and if you live and wait long enough, an opportunity to save them will come.
I think this is one case where waiting would be a bad thing. After all, it's going to be a lot harder to "make your move" nearer the end of the war when there are a lot more Controllers around.
I'm not entirely sure what I'd do, but I wouldn't just bury my head in the sand. If I was an Animorph then that would help, but otherwise I'd just have to come up with a plan.
And if I found out they were voluntary... I'd be very angry and upset at them. I don't think I'd ever forgive them for that.
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I'd find out her feeding schedule, first, and then try and form a plan around that. If my parents were still free, then I'd try to arrange a "suprise trip" around the time she's due to feed (would take less time to starve the Yeerk). If this succeeds, then the whole family can... go into hiding. ^^; Join the witness protection program or something.
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You don't really have to hold them for three days to starve the Yeerk. Just figure out their schedule, then grab them on the third day right before they try to leave for the pool.
If my sister's life was really crappy enough to justify becoming a voluntary controller, then trying to free her wouldn't be the highest priority on my list of helping her.
Then again, she may become voluntary because she figures they're going to take her one way or the other. They can't just let her walk out. So she decides sitting on a couch watching TV during her Yeerk-free time is better than sitting in a cage with nothing to do but wait.
If I was an Animorph, I'd rescue her and have her go missing. Better for my parents to worry about where she is than for her to be infested. Then again, I'd probably try to help them too.
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If voluntary, I'd just forget it. Obviously they're happy being a controller, so let them be.
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I have a 28 year old brother, that's married. I'd let him get taken. It'd do wonders for his social status. Right now, all he does is work and then goes home and plays World of Warcraft until he goes to bed, wake up, goes to work, repeat. I actually haven't even talked to him in the last 3 months, cause he doesn't even have time to talk. He's always busy with some Raid or another.
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If voluntary, I'd just forget it. Obviously they're happy being a controller, so let them be.
Thats not entirely true. remember in in 11# (I cant reember exactly what book num, its when rachel morphs into a crok) and the celebertie she and cassie has a crush on is on the yatch, and the controllers are persuaadeing him into thinking being a voluntary host is great.
So I'd bet if you had a sister that voluntary and she escapes the pool, comes to you, she'd say it was a horrible expierience.
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If voluntary, I'd just forget it. Obviously they're happy being a controller, so let them be.
Thats not entirely true. remember in in 11# (I cant reember exactly what book num, its when rachel morphs into a crok) and the celebertie she and cassie has a crush on is on the yatch, and the controllers are persuaadeing him into thinking being a voluntary host is great.
So I'd bet if you had a sister that voluntary and she escapes the pool, comes to you, she'd say it was a horrible expierience.
hmm...that wouldn't really count as voluntary to me. if the host hates it and resists, then it's involuntary no matter how they were infested.
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depends on so many things:
What I know about the Yeerks
What they no about me
Measures going on against them overall
How annoying the sibling has been lately
I'd like to say of course I'd doing anything to save em but that's a big risk, your own life and who knows how many others, big call, so most likely I'd honestly try to wait it out till things got desperate
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Aw man if one of my sisters or parents was a controller, I'd start crying...
lol I'd probably try and do something, but not if it means I could risk my life and the rest of my family's lifes..
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my sister's too young to be of any use to the Yeerks but my brother on the other hand, if he was a controller, I'd find a place where no one could find me(probably my bedroom when no one's home) and start freaking out and crying, but if I were an Animorph, I'd go into my battle morph keep locked up somewhere for three days and never let him see me in my human form unti I know the Yeerk is dead(He cnt know who I am until it's over cuz the plan might not work)
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I'm the oldest in the family. My brother is turns 19 end of the month and my sister is 15. If I had any knowledge of the Yeerks I would most certainly try to free them or do something. My siblings and I are pretty close.
If I didn't know anything I'd probably just wonder what was so great about this Sharing group. Then again, I probably wouldn't think anything of it. My brother was in Boy Scouts, they both take fencing and they're in Venture Crew.
I'm at school in a different state 8 months out of the year so I obviously wouldn't notice much then. But when I'm home for the summer I would certainly notice when my sister would rather go to a Sharing meeting then watch a movie or go on a walk (we love to go on walks together).
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Newbie here (haven't posted on a forum since the Turquoise City one, a Pokemon Forum).
Anyway, to the business at hand. If it were my elder sister, I'd go to hell and back to save her (especially if my seven-year-old neice was also taken). However, if my younger sister (or my biological father for that matter) were Controllers, I probably wouldn't care all that much. I know it's heartless, it might even be ruthless, but to describe them, I will use an Avatar reference -- my younger sister is as manipulative as Azula and my father is as indifferent to me as Ozai is to Zuko.
Again, I'm new, and I think I'll be hanging around for a while.
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Newbie here (haven't posted on a forum since the Turquoise City one, a Pokemon Forum).
Anyway, to the business at hand. If it were my elder sister, I'd go to hell and back to save her (especially if my seven-year-old neice was also taken). However, if my younger sister (or my biological father for that matter) were Controllers, I probably wouldn't care all that much. I know it's heartless, it might even be ruthless, but to describe them, I will use an Avatar reference -- my younger sister is as manipulative as Azula and my father is as indifferent to me as Ozai is to Zuko.
Again, I'm new, and I think I'll be hanging around for a while.
For the most part, I get along well with my biological family. However, when I consider my step dad, I start to see where you're coming from. Welcome to the forum by the way, feel free to introduce yourself in the Introductions board.
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If i knew, i would literally rip the damn thing out.
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Hypothetical conversation between the younger sibling, and older who is thought to be (but isn't actually) a Controller:
Younger sibling (holding onto the older siblings shoulders, practically talking through him/her): ARE YOU STILL IN THERE?
Older sibling: Y-yeaaaahhh?!? *WTF*
YS: DON'T WORRY! I'LL FIND A WAY TO SAVE YOU!
OS: .................wh at?!?
YS: DON'T GIVE UP ON ME! I LOVE YOU!
OS: hokay, time to cut down on the sugars, kiddo.
Seriously, though. I think you can never tell what you'd do until you're actually in that situation. There are too many factors involved...
Is he/she voluntary?
How far along into the invasion is it?
Is there a chance that killing the Yeerk would actually be the safest route to take?
etc.
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Assuming I knew about Yeerks, I would do everything I could to keep my sibling safe with a yeerk in his/her head. Keeping an enemy close keeps me posted on basic yeerk activity. If I freed him/her, it would endanger me and the rest of my family, but there are definite benefits on following a known controller.
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i'd brainstorm different ways to save him while keeping me and my family safe..i think it'd become an obsession.
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i think it'd become an obsession.
It'd be hard not to -- that is, if it was someone that you really cared about.
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Yea, but it wouldn't be smart to free them. Look what happened after Jara Hamee and Ket Halpak escaped. The Yeerk leaders dont become leaders through kindness.
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Whoa! This is a tough topic, too! One us Animorphs fans can't help but wonder when falling upon.
I think my teenage-self would been totally reckless, genuinely trying to be smart and brave inspite of his outrage, but ultimately naive and not knowing what he was in for, totally. As a result he WOULD most likely have ended up killed or worse... caught. For I WOULD HAVE NEVER been able to live with the knowledge of my bro or my sis or ANYONE close to me being ONE OF THEM. Not if I COULD do something about it.
I would have done SOMETHING...
Today, I don't have the same energy and have more at stake. I would suppress my negative emotions and keep them in check a lot better than in those days. I would go about a lot more subtly and never make a move without any certainty. It would take time and patience acquiring as much info as I could, but always meticulously devising and re-devising a plan that would give me circumstances to have 3 days by myself with that Yeerk, starving that Yeerk out of his or her head. I would proceed pushing to relocate my family and I elsewhere remote overseas or something.
Having read the entire series, I know that a lot more falls into the shades of gray though. I can't picture them being voluntary, but you know...
Definitely would not let them eat ANY sort of oatmeal. Don't care if it's only the instant maple and ginger type. Better safe than sorry.
And I would push it even further, by making friends with some Andalite that is tripping the Earth and talk him into taking me to the Yeerk Homeworld and let me acquire a Yeerkbane Vanarx, come back and eat the bloody thing straight from their head. PS: Not that I would know one exists.
Awesome topic!
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And I would push it even further, by making friends with some Andalite that is tripping the Earth and talk him into taking me to the Yeerk Homeworld and let me acquire a Yeerkbane Vanarx, come back and eat the bloody thing straight from their head. PS: Not that I would know one exists.
How do you know if that doesn't do some long-term internal damage to the host? I don't think the long-term effects on the host is mentioned in the books (please correct me if I wrong -- I've been making a lot of errors lately).
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And I would push it even further, by making friends with some Andalite that is tripping the Earth and talk him into taking me to the Yeerk Homeworld and let me acquire a Yeerkbane Vanarx, come back and eat the bloody thing straight from their head. PS: Not that I would know one exists.
How do you know if that doesn't do some long-term internal damage to the host? I don't think the long-term effects on the host is mentioned in the books (please correct me if I wrong -- I've been making a lot of errors lately).
I don't think it does, but I doubt the Vanarx would normally care about a host. I doubt evolution gave them the means to take the Yeerk but save the host. The eating process would probably result in chunks of brain being taken out and eaten as well as the Yeerk.
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Hmmm . . . that's probably an accurate (and, may I add, disgusting) possibility.
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Sounds delicious.
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:o
Wait a minute, that sounds like something my old high school friend Clint D-- never mind surnames.
. . . You were joking, right? Starsword?
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About the brains? I think so, I have yet to have a hankering for brains. But you never know until you try.
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Hahahahaha! Cracker! TOTALLY overlooked the fact that my hypothetical sibling's brain could be at stake!
I don't think it is mentioned how exactly the animal slurps the parasite out of the host, but it certainly can't be pretty. The brain is such a sensitive tissue, it would certainly get ripped along the desperate Yeerk that would be hopelessly clinging for life.
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I would do everything in my power to keep it quiet. I would hurt so bad on the inside and just want to tear the slug from his head...I would have to keep quiet though for my own safety. I would just have to keep on hoping that those "Andalite bandits" would save the day. :p
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I would be more worried about my family members safety.
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I would try and plan lots of reclusive family vacations that are for more than 3 days. :) Although knowing my luck that would just result in myself being infested.
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I would try and plan lots of reclusive family vacations that are for more than 3 days. :) Although knowing my luck that would just result in myself being infested.
yeah, same. I'd ask for a week or so vacation for the whole family, or plan a rescue attempt that will probably fail
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I don't have a sibling, but I'd be wishing the oatmeal would work without the insanity. I'd be tempted to starve it out too.
I'd rather have a situation like my regular OC Animorph...her sister is YPM.
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I'd find out as much as I can, eventually I'd sit down with them, and give them my best "Evil mastermind" demonstration possible. Convince them that I would help, provided I'm not made a controller.