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Title: If you were doomed to be a nothlit....
Post by: CounterInstinct on June 07, 2008, 10:36:00 PM
If you were doomed to become another creature permanently, excluding a human form, what form will you choose?
Title: Re: If you were doomed to be a nothlit....
Post by: esplin on June 08, 2008, 12:25:33 AM
yeerk, or howler
Title: Re: If you were doomed to be a nothlit....
Post by: CounterInstinct on June 08, 2008, 12:32:37 AM
personally, i wouldn't stand being a Yeerk, my host would/might hate me too much and my morals may not bear it... hehehehe... i guess the bird of prey thing still is kinda cool.... being able to fly and all....
Title: Re: If you were doomed to be a nothlit....
Post by: esplin on June 08, 2008, 12:36:50 AM
yeerks can be anything though, and howler would be 3 years of bad ass
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Post by: Terenia on June 08, 2008, 01:28:12 AM
I agree with Esplin. Yeerk.

Or Andalite. That'd be pretty bad-ass.


If you're limiting it to Earth animals? Ummm....I'm stuck between wolf and hawk.
Title: Re: If you were doomed to be a nothlit....
Post by: RYTX on June 08, 2008, 01:31:44 AM
Yeah, but yeerks also have the very likely option of being helpless slugs so...no
Howler yes
Earth animals: Eagle

Animals not in Animorphs and hard to convince people of in real life: Dragon. And if available that overrides all others.
Title: Re: If you were doomed to be a nothlit....
Post by: Terenia on June 08, 2008, 01:42:15 AM
Howlers would be awesome, but the whole three-year thing kinda kills it for me. How long do Yeerks live, anyways? A long time, I think...

As long as there's a full-proof way of restraining potential squashers I wouldn't mind being a helpless slug while I soak up some Kandrona. :) It's only once every three days, after all.
Title: Re: If you were doomed to be a nothlit....
Post by: estrid on June 08, 2008, 01:48:54 AM
andalite if can be non earth animals.

for earth animal, that gets tuff, cuz there are lotsa things id wanna be.

even tho red tails are my fave, they are too small, and so i'd rather be a golden eagle, cuz no1 messes with them. or a mountain lion, they are cool. or a parrot, cuz they live a long time, and can talk.
Title: Re: If you were doomed to be a nothlit....
Post by: Mongoose on June 08, 2008, 05:10:06 AM
It depends, do you want to stay in the fight or not (were you even in the fight in the first place)?
If yes, then bird of prey is the best option, I'll go with red kite.
However if you're not in the fight then I want to lie back and be stuck as something I can at least have some fun with. Dolphin would be cool, or perhaps some kind of monkey. Perhaps a cat, if you're looking for home comforts.
Or, because I pretty much have to, I want to be a mongoose!
Title: Re: If you were doomed to be a nothlit....
Post by: morfowt on June 08, 2008, 05:14:26 AM
I think I want to be a dog. I'd love to just be happy all day long.
Title: Re: If you were doomed to be a nothlit....
Post by: CounterInstinct on June 08, 2008, 06:05:19 AM
well, i don't want to be all powerful or anything, I just want to be happy spending my days on Earth as a nothlit.... hehehehe....
Maybe I could just be a house pet, so I can still stay with my family? A dog? yeah... i wonder what it is like to be happy all the time....
Title: Re: If you were doomed to be a nothlit....
Post by: musicman88 on June 08, 2008, 09:13:13 AM
A bird of prey is always a good choice.  It's either that or being a housecat.  I could be lazy all day, go out and "hunt" at night, and make my way through tight places and sneak around.
Title: Re: If you were doomed to be a nothlit....
Post by: AniDragon on June 08, 2008, 10:24:15 AM
I'd probably be a dolphin. I know that they still have predators to worry about, but most of the time their life is full of playing and eating fish. Sounds like a fun time to me. :D Plus they're intelligent enough that even if I lost contact with humans, I'd still have some form of companionship with other dolphins.
Title: Re: If you were doomed to be a nothlit....
Post by: Toominator Z on June 08, 2008, 10:38:56 AM
Someone mentioned it on the old forum and I thought it was the most perfect shenanigans morph ever. A shape-shifter. Be anything you want even as a nothlit!

If it had to be realistic though, I'd probably go monkey. I love climbing and jungle plus monkeys are very social, intelligent, and notoriously promiscuous! lol.
Title: Re: If you were doomed to be a nothlit....
Post by: ANna on June 08, 2008, 04:10:46 PM
An andalite. But I guess if it has to be an animal then... a cat maybe. They've got it easy. Just sleep all day. :P
Title: Re: If you were doomed to be a nothlit....
Post by: OrcaMorph on June 08, 2008, 04:14:31 PM
I pick a silverback gorilla.  Practically human, only more badass.  I can still use all human conveniences like toilets, computers, toothbrushes, cars, etc, and I can also bench press a truck.  I can still get layed by very open-minded human women.
Title: Re: If you were doomed to be a nothlit....
Post by: Terenia on June 08, 2008, 05:34:08 PM
O_o

You might crush the toilet.
Title: Re: If you were doomed to be a nothlit....
Post by: RYTX on June 08, 2008, 05:41:44 PM
I pick a silverback gorilla.  Practically human, only more badass.  I can still use all human conveniences like toilets, computers, toothbrushes, cars, etc, and I can also bench press a truck.  I can still get layed by very open-minded human women.

Oh! So that's how AIDs got started ::)
Title: Re: If you were doomed to be a nothlit....
Post by: estrid on June 08, 2008, 06:01:10 PM
could be u know
Title: Re: If you were doomed to be a nothlit....
Post by: CounterInstinct on June 08, 2008, 07:15:23 PM
or worse, that would start a new disease... or a new mutant....  ;D
Title: Re: If you were doomed to be a nothlit....
Post by: ANItiger13 on June 08, 2008, 07:25:05 PM
I would probably want to be an Andalite as an alien or a bird of prey (preferably a Pereguin Falcon).
Title: Re: If you were doomed to be a nothlit....
Post by: CounterInstinct on June 08, 2008, 08:19:06 PM
If i were stuck as a peregrine falcon, or better, a bald eagle, I could do a new show. The Amazing Bird-boy.  ;D
Title: Re: If you were doomed to be a nothlit....
Post by: morfowt on June 08, 2008, 08:20:43 PM
you'd get competition from tobias though, and he's had a lot of experience, so he's going to be hard to beat.
Title: Re: If you were doomed to be a nothlit....
Post by: CounterInstinct on June 08, 2008, 08:22:28 PM
oh yeah... so it would probably be, The Adventures of Bird-boy and his sidekick Boy-Bird! Pretty unoriginal name, plus people would keep forgetting who was the sidekick... Even though I would most likely be the sidekick to Tobias, no one will pretty much remember who was who's sidekick....  ;D
Title: Re: If you were doomed to be a nothlit....
Post by: Toominator Z on June 09, 2008, 07:16:09 AM
O_o

You might crush the toilet.

Psh, you might crush the very open minded human women.
Title: Re: If you were doomed to be a nothlit....
Post by: Terenia on June 09, 2008, 07:25:11 AM
If I ever found myself a silverback gorilla with a very openminded human woman trying to make the moves on me I might be inclined to crush her.

Is it murder if you're a gorilla?
Title: Re: If you were doomed to be a nothlit....
Post by: morfowt on June 09, 2008, 07:28:45 AM
I don't know. I don't recall any gorillas in prison...probably not even illegal. :p
Title: Re: If you were doomed to be a nothlit....
Post by: esplin on June 09, 2008, 07:31:25 AM
If I ever found myself a silverback gorilla with a very openminded human woman trying to make the moves on me I might be inclined to crush her.

Is it murder if you're a gorilla?

lol i might have to agree with you, you might be killed by poachers or something
Title: Re: If you were doomed to be a nothlit....
Post by: Mongoose on June 09, 2008, 10:56:54 AM
I don't know. I don't recall any gorillas in prison...probably not even illegal. :p

Animals don't go to prison, they go to sleep.
Title: Re: If you were doomed to be a nothlit....
Post by: Duff on June 09, 2008, 11:11:46 AM
wolf or hawk might be fun, but id prob go with chimp

i could end up in showbiz or as a cool trained chimp for some rich chick, or be the mascot of a street gang, straight G'd up
Title: Re: If you were doomed to be a nothlit....
Post by: zaprowsdower on June 09, 2008, 11:19:29 AM
A cat. Cats are completely independant; I have two and it's slmost impossible to make them do anything. That reflects me a little.
Title: Re: If you were doomed to be a nothlit....
Post by: Estelore on June 09, 2008, 12:01:22 PM
Five possibilities:
1. Gyrfalcon (have you seen one? AWESOMENESS)
2. Swallow-Tailed Kite (most beautiful flyers on Earth)
3. Orca (OWNS the ocean!)
4. Raccoon (have you ever ticked off a raccoon? If you have, you'd understand WHY.)
5. Skunk (NOBODY messes with a skunk...except hawks...who have no sense of smell.)
Title: Re: If you were doomed to be a nothlit....
Post by: Qwerty the Charliecorn on June 09, 2008, 02:34:19 PM
From Animorphs? Yeerk or Andalite.

Earth creatures? I don't know, maybe a dolphin or a whale. I always loved the water.
Title: Re: If you were doomed to be a nothlit....
Post by: zaprowsdower on June 09, 2008, 02:37:51 PM
Estelore's right-coons are FIERCE! The other day my dad and I trapped one that was eating the cats' food and it tried to attack us when we tried to open the cage >:(!
Title: Re: If you were doomed to be a nothlit....
Post by: nothlitlifestyles on June 09, 2008, 07:08:03 PM
If only I could think of an animal that could swim, live on land, and fly. Then I'd know my answer. I guess a dog (with a good owner who had a pool) that would be alright.
Title: Re: If you were doomed to be a nothlit....
Post by: Estelore on June 09, 2008, 07:09:03 PM
Waterfowl and Seabirds.
Easy!
Title: Re: If you were doomed to be a nothlit....
Post by: Shock on June 09, 2008, 08:29:50 PM
fansansy? dragon

realistilic, a Puma.

but really, why would you want to change? the human form is the most adaptable on the planet and thanks to our nifty oppoisable thumbs, we can pretty much do anything.
Title: Re: If you were doomed to be a nothlit....
Post by: Estelore on June 09, 2008, 11:51:48 PM
Actually, the most adaptable on the planet are, in no particular order:
1. Mosquito
2. Bee
3. Ant
4. Termite
5. Peregrine Falcon and Barn Owl (which has an unfortunate 2-year lifespan)
6. Starling (foul little bird!)
6. Pigeon (foul little bird!)
6. Gull (foul little bird!)
7. Rat/mouse

Yes, I know there are 3 sixes. Starlings, Gulls, and Pigeons are, in my opinion, Hellspawn.
Title: Re: If you were doomed to be a nothlit....
Post by: Nomad Frog on June 10, 2008, 12:27:43 AM
Gotta go with the classic Red-Tailed Hawk...unless I wanted to be spoiled, then it would have to be conditional upon having a great owner, in which case I'd be a ****atiel.

Runners up are: Black Bear, Siberian Tiger (only in a zoo, in the wild is too cold and risky for my liking), housecat (spoiled variety), and bottle-nosed dolphin.

6. Starling (foul little bird!)
6. Pigeon (foul little bird!)
6. Gull (foul little bird!)

Yes, I know there are 3 sixes. Starlings, Gulls, and Pigeons are, in my opinion, Hellspawn.

I second that...add Mockingbirds to the list of Hellspawn...
Title: Re: If you were doomed to be a nothlit....
Post by: Reaper on June 10, 2008, 01:09:08 AM
Any sense of sci-fi/fantasy? A demonic beast of the deepest, most blackest times infenity pits of hell demon beast.

Realism? A fish of some form. Or a dolphin. Something in the water.
Title: Re: If you were doomed to be a nothlit....
Post by: CounterInstinct on June 10, 2008, 04:07:54 AM
a mosquito has an even shorter lifespan than a falcon, as far as i know.  ;D
If you really want to live life long, you most likely have to be a strong predator.
Title: Re: If you were doomed to be a nothlit....
Post by: morfowt on June 10, 2008, 04:26:52 AM
actually some turtles live for over a hundred years. wouldn't a turtle or tortoise be a better choice if you want to live long?
Title: Re: If you were doomed to be a nothlit....
Post by: CounterInstinct on June 10, 2008, 04:37:06 AM
Hmm... actually, if you live your life as a starfish, you might live forever, just split yourself before you die of old age.
Title: Re: If you were doomed to be a nothlit....
Post by: SuperBlue on June 10, 2008, 11:41:58 AM
An Andalite or any animal with a long life span(Most likely a sea turtle)
Title: Re: If you were doomed to be a nothlit....
Post by: Duff on June 10, 2008, 01:39:52 PM
an owl, so then me and tobias could share a meadow and be roomates lol
Title: Re: If you were doomed to be a nothlit....
Post by: Estelore on June 10, 2008, 01:54:26 PM
Actually, the Barn Owl is the one that only lives 2 years. Falcons can live to be 30.
Title: Re: If you were doomed to be a nothlit....
Post by: zaprowsdower on June 10, 2008, 03:41:38 PM
Not really an animal, but
A Klingon :headbang:.
DaHjaj 'oH QaQ jaj Daq Hegh!
Today is a good day to die!
Title: Re: If you were doomed to be a nothlit....
Post by: Toominator Z on June 10, 2008, 03:54:45 PM
How do you judge that? A good day to die, I mean. Something to do with star alignment?
Title: Re: If you were doomed to be a nothlit....
Post by: nothlitlifestyles on June 10, 2008, 04:10:51 PM
Waterfowl and Seabirds.
Easy!

Yeah..... but they all seem so...... small and pathetic. I mean Im not saying I would have to be some big macho killing animal or anything but imagine life as a duck.... It just doesnt seem that fascinating
Title: Re: If you were doomed to be a nothlit....
Post by: zaprowsdower on June 10, 2008, 04:12:32 PM
How do you judge that? A good day to die, I mean. Something to do with star alignment?
Nono, it's the Klingon battle cry. They say it out of battlelust and to wipe away hesitations as they go into battle.
Title: Re: If you were doomed to be a nothlit....
Post by: Estelore on June 10, 2008, 04:51:42 PM
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Yeah..... but they all seem so...... small and pathetic. I mean Im not saying I would have to be some big macho killing animal or anything but imagine life as a duck.... It just doesnt seem that fascinating


Clearly, you have never been up-close-and-personal with a angry goose...or swan *shudder*.

A swan can be seven feet long, from bill to tail, with a nine foot wing span.
They can break a man's arm with their wings.
If you really need an idea how non-pathetic waterfowl are:

The Trumpeter Swan can weigh 40 pounds. It is actually the heaviest flight-capable bird on Earth.
It can fly between 40 and 60 miles-per-hour, without sleep or food, for two thousand miles in one go.
Can you honestly imagine moving that much weight, that fast, over that kind of distance?
Its wings are beyond belief, they are so strong.

It can run fast, too, if you've ever ticked one off while it was nesting. *ouch*

Geese are easily as fast and as vicious, they're just a bit smaller and better at higher altitudes.

Ducks are no pushovers, either. You don't KNOW fast until you've irritated a flock of Canvasbacks.


Seabirds have some of the sharpest bills of any bird.
Gannets can dive 100 feet under water from 200 feet in the air to go after deep-water fish, and they can swim back to the surface, swallow the fish, and regain ALL THAT ALTITUDE in a space of two minutes.

Albatrosses are HUGE, and nothing hunts them. They don't even have to flap, most of the time.


Don't knock the water birdies until you get to know them. :)
Title: Re: If you were doomed to be a nothlit....
Post by: zaprowsdower on June 10, 2008, 07:03:14 PM
What do you DO in your freetime, Estelore ??? :o?
My Klingon likes to down a nice, tall glass of prune juice after finishing with your Trumpeter Swan :evilgrin27: ;).
Title: Re: If you were doomed to be a nothlit....
Post by: Estelore on June 10, 2008, 07:05:11 PM
He'd have to catch the swan first. ^-^



Klingon bones break just as easily as Human bones. ^-^


In my free time I read. A great deal of that reading is devoted to my interest in ornithology.
I've loved birds all my life. It is why I read #23 first. It had a hawk on it!
If you wanna' know something about birds, I'm the one to ask.
Title: Re: If you were doomed to be a nothlit....
Post by: estrid on June 10, 2008, 07:06:22 PM
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Yeah..... but they all seem so...... small and pathetic. I mean Im not saying I would have to be some big macho killing animal or anything but imagine life as a duck.... It just doesnt seem that fascinating


Clearly, you have never been up-close-and-personal with a angry goose...or swan *shudder*.

A swan can be seven feet long, from bill to tail, with a nine foot wing span.
They can break a man's arm with their wings.
If you really need an idea how non-pathetic waterfowl are:

The Trumpeter Swan can weigh 40 pounds. It is actually the heaviest flight-capable bird on Earth.
It can fly between 40 and 60 miles-per-hour, without sleep or food, for two thousand miles in one go.
Can you honestly imagine moving that much weight, that fast, over that kind of distance?
Its wings are beyond belief, they are so strong.

It can run fast, too, if you've ever ticked one off while it was nesting. *ouch*

Geese are easily as fast and as vicious, they're just a bit smaller and better at higher altitudes.

Ducks are no pushovers, either. You don't KNOW fast until you've irritated a flock of Canvasbacks.


Seabirds have some of the sharpest bills of any bird.
Gannets can dive 100 feet under water from 200 feet in the air to go after deep-water fish, and they can swim back to the surface, swallow the fish, and regain ALL THAT ALTITUDE in a space of two minutes.

Albatrosses are HUGE, and nothing hunts them. They don't even have to flap, most of the time.


Don't knock the water birdies until you get to know them. :)



i was not aware u were a fellow animal nut!!!! yay, im not the only 1! ;D
Title: Re: If you were doomed to be a nothlit....
Post by: zaprowsdower on June 10, 2008, 07:10:05 PM
Y'all need to read up on your Klingonology-they have bone chain-mail in their chests, so they can take a beating from a bird any day of the week 8).
Title: Re: If you were doomed to be a nothlit....
Post by: estrid on June 10, 2008, 07:12:44 PM
i'd rather stick to reading bout real animals, or animorph related aliens :P
Title: Re: If you were doomed to be a nothlit....
Post by: nothlitlifestyles on June 11, 2008, 01:46:38 AM
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Yeah..... but they all seem so...... small and pathetic. I mean Im not saying I would have to be some big macho killing animal or anything but imagine life as a duck.... It just doesnt seem that fascinating


Clearly, you have never been up-close-and-personal with a angry goose...or swan *shudder*.

A swan can be seven feet long, from bill to tail, with a nine foot wing span.
They can break a man's arm with their wings.
If you really need an idea how non-pathetic waterfowl are:

The Trumpeter Swan can weigh 40 pounds. It is actually the heaviest flight-capable bird on Earth.
It can fly between 40 and 60 miles-per-hour, without sleep or food, for two thousand miles in one go.
Can you honestly imagine moving that much weight, that fast, over that kind of distance?
Its wings are beyond belief, they are so strong.

It can run fast, too, if you've ever ticked one off while it was nesting. *ouch*

Geese are easily as fast and as vicious, they're just a bit smaller and better at higher altitudes.

Ducks are no pushovers, either. You don't KNOW fast until you've irritated a flock of Canvasbacks.


Seabirds have some of the sharpest bills of any bird.
Gannets can dive 100 feet under water from 200 feet in the air to go after deep-water fish, and they can swim back to the surface, swallow the fish, and regain ALL THAT ALTITUDE in a space of two minutes.

Albatrosses are HUGE, and nothing hunts them. They don't even have to flap, most of the time.


Don't knock the water birdies until you get to know them. :)


I'll make sure to never underestimate any bird EVER again. Your right I have never been up close and personal wth one. Thank you for enlightening me. lol. I'll also make sure to never upset a duck when at the park too.
Title: Re: If you were doomed to be a nothlit....
Post by: CounterInstinct on June 11, 2008, 05:56:03 AM
I think Marco mentions something about how powerful and good flying morphs ducks really are in the final arc. He was pretty surprised they never acquired the duck before.
Title: Re: If you were doomed to be a nothlit....
Post by: morfowt on June 11, 2008, 06:04:13 AM
yeah #51. I was wondering that too.
Title: Re: If you were doomed to be a nothlit....
Post by: zaprowsdower on June 11, 2008, 08:11:13 AM
If they had gotten duck morphs early on, they could've gotten to places a lot faster and that might've made changed the storyline even :P.
Title: Re: If you were doomed to be a nothlit....
Post by: morfowt on June 11, 2008, 05:19:12 PM
like they wouldn't have to ride the plane in #16?
Title: Re: If you were doomed to be a nothlit....
Post by: zaprowsdower on June 11, 2008, 05:24:51 PM
Yeah, and that would certainly make Jake perhaps less anxious in his decisions in the later missions ^-^.
Title: Re: If you were doomed to be a nothlit....
Post by: Kharina on June 12, 2008, 01:39:20 PM
Maybe a horse: a domesticated one, that is.  Nice and easy life (food and protection from predators provided), but you still do some work (being ridden).  Wouldn't want to sit around all the time.  Plus, it's a very athletic form to be in :)  Although it would depend on what your owner was like.

Or maybe a bird of prey, because it would be fun.  Or, like others have said, a Yeerk, if you were assured a supply of voluntary hosts, because then you still kind of have the opportunity to change form, even as a nothlit.
Title: Re: If you were doomed to be a nothlit....
Post by: Estelore on June 12, 2008, 01:43:21 PM
A Yeerk inside a morpher who has morphed my original form, become stuck in that form, and suddenly fallen into a catatonic state.

It'd be like being in my own body, sorta'.
Title: Re: If you were doomed to be a nothlit....
Post by: Duff on June 12, 2008, 01:50:50 PM
If they had gotten duck morphs early on, they could've gotten to places a lot faster and that might've made changed the storyline even :P.

yea, and ducks arent as manueverable or as quick over short distances if i remember, so they wouldnt have had all those cool aereal fights and stuff

and come on, having ducks as their main travel morphs? lameness lol
Title: Re: If you were doomed to be a nothlit....
Post by: Estelore on June 12, 2008, 01:52:00 PM
Geese are infinitely better.
Title: Re: If you were doomed to be a nothlit....
Post by: zaprowsdower on June 12, 2008, 03:47:06 PM
Geese/ducks, whatever...waterfowl then.
And they didn't have that many aerial battles, I think, they spent most of the time in bird morph getting from A to B and scoping out places.
Travel is better as waterfowl, but they could've been prey birds for the steak-outs.
Title: Re: If you were doomed to be a nothlit....
Post by: AniDragon on June 12, 2008, 03:49:12 PM
Actually, they were usually seaguls for steak-outs, weren't they? Since seaguls are more common, and less suspicious.
Title: Re: If you were doomed to be a nothlit....
Post by: zaprowsdower on June 12, 2008, 03:53:12 PM
Only, at the beach, I think :P.
Title: Re: If you were doomed to be a nothlit....
Post by: morfowt on June 12, 2008, 05:25:19 PM
no. not just the beach. they were in seagull morph in #28 when they were about to land on the truck.

why can't they just have both raptors, and ducks/geese...
Title: Re: If you were doomed to be a nothlit....
Post by: Estelore on June 12, 2008, 05:30:20 PM
Pigeons. They used pigeons, away from water.

Starlings would have been smarter, actually. They're a LOT faster in level flight, although pigeons are no pushovers, either.
Starlings out-number pigeons ten to one on Earth.
Title: Re: If you were doomed to be a nothlit....
Post by: estrid on June 12, 2008, 06:54:30 PM
when did the animorphs ever morph pigeons? they didnt. altho that woulda been a smart idea. cuz they always scoped the area as a bird of prey, and then they had to do all this complicated spacing out stuff, when they all coulda just done pigeons, or crows, for the survallence missions.
Title: Re: If you were doomed to be a nothlit....
Post by: Venom on June 12, 2008, 07:03:16 PM
they did gulls though, which are almost as inconspicuous
Title: Re: If you were doomed to be a nothlit....
Post by: Estelore on June 12, 2008, 07:04:22 PM
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they didnt


Yes, they did. So did the auxiliaries.
Title: Re: If you were doomed to be a nothlit....
Post by: Kelly on June 12, 2008, 07:30:55 PM
one of those turtles that live to be like a hundred haha.
nah..I dunno hey..i reckon a dog :)
Title: Re: If you were doomed to be a nothlit....
Post by: ANItiger13 on June 12, 2008, 07:33:39 PM
nah..I dunno hey..i reckon a dog :)

A dog would be kind of cool. Especially how they described it in the books. Along with the dolphin.
Title: Re: If you were doomed to be a nothlit....
Post by: Kelly on June 12, 2008, 07:38:15 PM
yeah always happy!
Title: Re: If you were doomed to be a nothlit....
Post by: estrid on June 12, 2008, 11:03:17 PM
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they didnt


Yes, they did. So did the auxiliaries.


oh well, the auxilaries did, but they don't count persay, cuz im talking bout the main animorphs, and how they shoulda done pigeons insteada birds of prey
Title: Re: If you were doomed to be a nothlit....
Post by: Xan on June 12, 2008, 11:31:55 PM
Hmm how about this for a non-earth morph?

Predator!

Cloaking, a laser turret on your shoulder, plasma discs and razor sharp blades.
Title: Re: If you were doomed to be a nothlit....
Post by: Kelly on June 13, 2008, 12:35:29 AM
ew no way, I don't wanna live as scum
Title: Re: If you were doomed to be a nothlit....
Post by: CounterInstinct on June 13, 2008, 08:32:44 AM
Yes, power isn't everything. Since you will bcome a nothlit, might as well live a fun life than a life full of terror and hate. A peregrine falcon would be so cool. You're faster than a cheetah... in fact, you're faster than most human vehicles!
Title: Re: If you were doomed to be a nothlit....
Post by: Chad32 on June 13, 2008, 02:00:43 PM
Three years of badass for the win!

Or maybe a Yeerk. I could be anything, at any time. Being an Andalite could be cool, but as you know they aren't born with the ability to morph.

Hork-Bajir Seer could be fun.

As Human animals go, I'm not sure. Probably a large dog.

Edit: Trust me when I say they all had pigoen morphs, and used them to scope areas around town. Though they should have done the duck morphs earlier on instead of explaining how birds of prey couldn't travel long distances well over and over. Ducks or geese or whatever. They should have done it earlier than they did.
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Post by: Estelore on June 13, 2008, 04:01:35 PM
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Edit: Trust me when I say they all had pigoen morphs, and used them to scope areas around town.


Thank you. I KNEW that I couldn't be the only person here who knew it.
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Post by: AniDragon on June 13, 2008, 04:22:36 PM
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Edit: Trust me when I say they all had pigoen morphs, and used them to scope areas around town.


Thank you. I KNEW that I couldn't be the only person here who knew it.

I don't recall them EVER using pigeons. They refferenced a couple of times that "seagulls and pigeons can go anywhere without being suspicious", but they never actually morphed pigeons.

I don't think Tobias would have forgiven them if that had. LOL.
Title: Re: If you were doomed to be a nothlit....
Post by: morfowt on June 13, 2008, 05:58:49 PM
they never morphed pigeons. maybe they did accquire sometimes, but they didn't morph pigeons.
Title: Re: If you were doomed to be a nothlit....
Post by: Hunter on June 13, 2008, 11:29:50 PM
ok here are my choices:

non-earth animal: prolly an andalite, or a predator (ya know, off AVP)
earth animal: mebby a house cat, or a dolphin
Title: Re: If you were doomed to be a nothlit....
Post by: Venom on June 13, 2008, 11:37:18 PM
it'd be fun to be a snake (i may have already said this)
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Post by: estrid on June 13, 2008, 11:43:31 PM
marco, jake, tobias, ax, rachel, and cassie never morph pigeons. the auxiliries do, but the main animorphs don't what book does it say they do?


also, i'd also love to be a mountain lion. they are so cool, (did i say that already? cant member)

OR a leapord, cuz they have those super strong jaws.  OR a fox, cuz they are smart and cunning
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Post by: CounterInstinct on June 14, 2008, 06:42:15 AM
we don't probably need the smart and cunning... humans have lots of smarts and cunnings (unless you're a total airhead which is unlikely).
A leopard sure looks and sounds cool... or a jaguar... but i bet flying is loads cooler... if I were to become a nothlit... I want to become a raptor... preferably a falcon or a hawk.
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Post by: Estelore on June 14, 2008, 12:15:43 PM
Wolves and Coyotes are both a Helluva lot smarter than foxes. Have you MET a fox? They're cool, but they have a bad habit of hunting the same areas over and over, until something comes along and eats them.
They are also frequent roadkill.
Coyotes are MUCH smarter, and they have better survival skills and a wider range.
Wolves would be a lot more conspicuous, of course, but they make the smartest dogs look like idiots.
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Post by: Regrel on June 14, 2008, 03:16:07 PM
wow this is a really good question. If I had to choose I'd go along the lines of a hawk of some sort. I've always wanted to just fly away on a nice day.

A wolf though would be a pretty good one to be stuck as.
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Post by: esplin on June 14, 2008, 03:31:26 PM
BMTH lulz.
If I pick an earth animal I would say like a prized stallion, super expensive horse.  Let people pamper me and Im still bad ass and beautiful.
Title: Re: If you were doomed to be a nothlit....
Post by: Bladeh Mercury on June 14, 2008, 03:37:56 PM
Stupid internet connection was low, wasn't able to post earlier

i would like to be a cat, don't mistake those cute little faces.
or an Andalite. They have amazing capabilities and such. I admire them almost.

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Post by: esplin on June 14, 2008, 03:44:05 PM
cats?!

i never would have expected ms. paw :]
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Post by: Bladeh Mercury on June 14, 2008, 05:35:30 PM
no, really. It isn't that suprising? I would choose a cat.
I'd think it would be obvious to some people: I LOVE CATS!

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Post by: morfowt on June 14, 2008, 07:27:26 PM
yeah. your avatar and signature are full of cats
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Post by: CounterInstinct on June 14, 2008, 10:45:51 PM
yes.... just by looking at ur sig and avatar.... i would never had guessed.... ^^
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Post by: Terenia on June 14, 2008, 11:26:14 PM
A dog would be a fun animal to be. They know how to have a good time, can be mean if they have to, and are sociable creatures.

The short life span would suck though.
Title: Re: If you were doomed to be a nothlit....
Post by: CounterInstinct on June 15, 2008, 12:03:01 AM
About 10 years of a life span isn't so bad already... Its better to live a good, short life, than a dreadful, long one....  :)
Title: Re: If you were doomed to be a nothlit....
Post by: estrid on June 15, 2008, 12:25:48 AM
Wolves and Coyotes are both a Helluva lot smarter than foxes. Have you MET a fox? They're cool, but they have a bad habit of hunting the same areas over and over, until something comes along and eats them.
They are also frequent roadkill.
Coyotes are MUCH smarter, and they have better survival skills and a wider range.
Wolves would be a lot more conspicuous, of course, but they make the smartest dogs look like idiots.

ya, but foxes look better. they just have an elegance about them that other canines don't have. except for maybe the jackal, cuz they are fox like.

 and yes as a human mind i'd automatically be smarter but still, having the foxes cunning instincts on my side would be cool to
Title: Re: If you were doomed to be a nothlit....
Post by: Fire Warrior on June 15, 2008, 05:34:43 PM
I would maybe pick Andalite or Hork-Bajir or Siberian Tiger or Red-tailed Hawk.
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Post by: zaprowsdower on June 15, 2008, 05:44:05 PM
If were talking fantasy, than a dragon, or a centaur.
Has anyone ever found an Animorphs/mythology fanfic. That'd be cool 8).
Title: Re: If you were doomed to be a nothlit....
Post by: CounterInstinct on June 15, 2008, 07:30:10 PM
that could probably be an MM5...  :P
I wonder how mythological creatures go against the Visser's monster of the week...  ;D
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Post by: zaprowsdower on June 15, 2008, 07:38:10 PM
NEXT, ON FOX...
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Post by: UEDfleet on November 29, 2008, 05:18:38 AM
Polar Bear, those guys have the life.
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Post by: yrkd88 on November 29, 2008, 05:00:23 PM
In terms of companionship and a good length lifespan I'd pick elephant. They're very social, live almost as long as humans do, and are big enough to take care of most predators that want to eat them(especially if there was human intelligence behind the wheel). However, having to worry about poachers or certain farmers in countries that don't want elephants near their gardens or crops could be a problem.

For a non-earth animal, i'd say an Andalite or perhaps a Yeerk...though if I were a Yeerk, I would only want to take voluntary hosts. Though i'm not sure i'd want to be stuck working under someone like Visser Three though >.<
Title: Re: If you were doomed to be a nothlit....
Post by: Liz on November 29, 2008, 06:24:17 PM
I'd like to be a horse.  They're kinda cool.   :P  Or an Andalite, that'd be amazing!
Title: Re: If you were doomed to be a nothlit....
Post by: Galladerotom on December 02, 2008, 08:26:50 PM
This is a bit of a cliche but a dog or cat. I'd be something that would be around people alot easier and taken care of. (I'm really thinking practicly here). Maybe even a parrot I could insult people and get away with it that would be sweet.
I'd like to be a horse.  They're kinda cool.   :P  Or an Andalite, that'd be amazing!
and yes horse would be awsome.
Title: Re: If you were doomed to be a nothlit....
Post by: Dameg on December 03, 2008, 06:51:47 AM
Andalite, Hork-Bajir, Yeerk, Leeran... must be ok for me ^^
For animals: kafit, hawk or eagle or other bird of prey, a feline (panther, tiger...) or a snake or a lizard...
Title: Re: If you were doomed to be a nothlit....
Post by: Damien on December 05, 2008, 08:14:10 PM
Here is my list in order...

Andalite
Wolf
Hawk
Dolphin/ some kind of water related mammal
or Hork Bajir
Title: Re: If you were doomed to be a nothlit....
Post by: demos666 on December 05, 2008, 08:25:56 PM
Andalite
Hork Bajir
or sea turtle (long life :) )
Title: Re: If you were doomed to be a nothlit....
Post by: Dameg on December 06, 2008, 04:25:54 AM
I forgot: shark or dolphin, of course!
Title: Re: If you were doomed to be a nothlit....
Post by: Estrid#2 on December 08, 2008, 04:22:16 AM
Non Earth Animal: Andalite
Earth Animal: Some kind of bird that lives a long time

Also being trapped as another human wouldn't be too hard  :P but that wouldn't be much fun, You have a chance of running into your
double  :-\
Title: Re: If you were doomed to be a nothlit....
Post by: Arbron on January 06, 2009, 10:27:01 PM
icat, cause many people love cat. or leeran, cause it'd be fun to know what do people think
Title: Re: If you were doomed to be a nothlit....
Post by: QIfry on January 06, 2009, 11:58:35 PM
I would get stuck in an animal that would have humans pamper you for the rest of your life.

Like a Giant Panda, Red Panda, etc, etc, etc.

Don't have to worry about predator or anything. That's just me.
Title: Re: If you were doomed to be a nothlit....
Post by: Cloak on January 07, 2009, 12:45:46 AM
I have mentioned this before -- in one of my first posts on RAF -- but if I became a nothlit, I'd be a male Siberian tiger.  Male simply because I'm male.  I already feel a somewhat spiritual connection to the species, so that would be natural choice for me.

I would probably live in the wild, though, if I could, I probably be someplace where my family (consisting only of my elder sister, mother, aunt, and neice at this point) can visit me easily. . . . Of course, I would honestly miss listening to Weird Al. . . .

. . . Sorry, I just had an image of my neice riding my feline back. *chuckles*

Back to the topic.  The only other option I would consider would be an owl.  I confess, there would be some temptation to become a Yeerk nothlit, but I don't think I would even consider that.  Especially considering the other two options.

And I did notice others mentioning tigers too.  Hawks, also.  Perhaps a poll to go with this thread . . .
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Post by: Uza-chan on January 07, 2009, 12:32:56 PM
Honestly? I'm stuck between a bird of prey, wolf, and a dolphin. I love all three animals so idk which animal I'd be stuck in XD
Title: If you were a nothlit...
Post by: pandas795 on September 27, 2011, 11:38:53 AM
If you were a nothlit, what animal would you be stuck as? If you had a power to morph again after a long time from being stuck, would you live the rest of your life as a human forever or be able to morph whil living as a nothlit?

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Post by: EverEstreen on September 27, 2011, 09:31:29 PM
Considering that we're not fighting a war against the Yeerks, I would want to spend the rest of my life as a panda. Yup, I'm a fan of pandas too. :) Other than how cute they are, pandas get the best treatment in the animal kingdom. All the pandas do. They get to just lounge around and play, sleep, eat whenever they want, not worrying about natural predators. This goes for pretty much both wild and zoo pandas, though I think it's getting harder for wild pandas to find bamboo shoots to eat.

If I had to think about fighting the Yeerks, though, I'd rather be stuck as something dangerous so I can help fight, but also a common animal so I don't stand out to Controllers. Tobias's red-tailed hawk is actually a great choice, since it fits into the nearby habitat, even if it's not the greatest animal for fighting.

Still, I wouldn't be able to give up being human, not matter what nothlit perks there are.
Title: Re: If you were doomed to be a nothlit....
Post by: goom on September 28, 2011, 03:17:55 AM
existing (albeit old) topic. merging.
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Post by: yunyun on October 08, 2011, 08:19:01 AM
Hawk. Or falcon. Or eagle. Or if possible, fairy.
Title: Re: If you were doomed to be a nothlit....
Post by: Grace on October 08, 2011, 12:45:42 PM
I'd be a dog. People love them, and if being a dog gets boring, I could mess around with thought-speech, gaining fame and fortune as a "Psychic Dog" that actually was psychic.
Title: If you were going to be stuck as a notlit, what animal would you choose?
Post by: aligator359 on January 30, 2012, 09:44:22 PM
I asked myself this question, and I thought I would either be a hawk, dolphin, or wolf. They all seem like a good choice to me.  :)
Title: Re: If you were going to be stuck as a notlit, what animal would you choose?
Post by: Chad32 on January 30, 2012, 09:50:10 PM
Something with opposable thumbs so I can live in kind of a similar lifestyle to what I'm living now. I can still grab things, use tools, and such.
Title: Re: If you were doomed to be a nothlit....
Post by: goom on January 30, 2012, 10:09:28 PM
merging. :)
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Post by: Noelle on January 31, 2012, 12:45:24 PM
Hrms.  I think if we were able to pick Animorphs universe creatures, I'd go Andalite.  I'd kill to have an Andalite brain, I'd get 15 degrees and be some sort of scientist/professor/writer by the time I was 30.  (Though, that just opens the question...would I get the Andalite intelligence, or would I be stuck with the human intelligence...) Oh well, even if I kept my human brain Andalite would be pretty cool.

If going with just earth animals, I think either a dog or a horse.  Being a talking dog would be pretty BA...lol.
Title: Re: If you were doomed to be a nothlit....
Post by: Cloak on January 31, 2012, 03:03:55 PM
I may have mentioned this before, but I'll be reiterate.

Tiger, all the way.  Male Siberian tiger.  (Hey, that's what I am under this cloak. ;))
Title: Re: If you were doomed to be a nothlit....
Post by: OneGirlRevolution on February 02, 2012, 12:19:08 AM
If we can choose species from Animorphs, I'd be a Hork-Bajir. Mostly peaceful, yet dangerous-looking...that'd be awesome.

Otherwise, I'd be stuck between a bird of prey and a dolphin.
Title: Re: If you were doomed to be a nothlit....
Post by: radgeek on February 02, 2012, 01:17:13 AM
Could I be an Andalite?

If I had to choose an earth creature than I would say female house cat.  They are mean witches.
Title: Re: If you were doomed to be a nothlit....
Post by: Noelle on February 02, 2012, 01:02:41 PM


If I had to choose an earth creature than I would say female house cat.  They are mean witches.


As a future vet tech, I'm not supposed to say this...but it's true.  Cats are terrible.  ;_;  I thought going to vet tech school would help me get over my minor fear of cats, lol nope.  Made it 10x worse.   :XD:  (But at least now I know what to do when its screeching like a banshee and trying to kill me.  :-\ )
Title: Re: If you were doomed to be a nothlit....
Post by: Cloak on February 02, 2012, 02:57:46 PM
You are like Shadow, then, Noelle.

She's afraid that Sheba (a nearly thirteen-year-old blue-point Siamese) would scratch her if she brushed her.  But, yet, Sheba knows better than mess with me.

On-topic, I'd might consider an owl . . . but, chances are I'd pick a male Siberian tiger over that. . . . I think they live longer than owls, too -- I know the tigers can live up to two+ decades . . .
Title: Re: If you were doomed to be a nothlit....
Post by: NecrosisDemon on February 03, 2012, 06:35:14 AM
That's a tough question but I'd go for the lammergeier/bearded vulture. They are so beautiful! (http://www.google.nl/search?q=lammergeier&hl=nl&client=firefox-a&hs=J9c&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&prmd=imvns&source=lnms&tbm=isch&ei=7cUrT6euD8aY8QOi5vD2Dg&sa=X&oi=mode_link&ct=mode&cd=2&ved=0CBMQ_AUoAQ&biw=1680&bih=956)
Title: Re: If you were doomed to be a nothlit....
Post by: tobiasfangor95 on August 06, 2012, 10:01:43 PM
A dog. I mean, sure, their life spans aren't as great as other animals, but you could be a lovable golden retriever and you could live in a house with a family :)
You could be the greatest dog ever. AND THOUGH SPEAKING ABILITIES. Kinda like Brian from Family Guy except I can't walk on two feet.

After watching Finding Nemo and those realistic graphics, maybe a whale. So I could finally see the water, deep water, and not be scared of drowning.... but I think i'd stick with a dog.

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Post by: Underseen on August 06, 2012, 10:11:11 PM
I agree with tobiasfangor. Dogs are fun, even the livespan is bad.
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Post by: nK0de on August 08, 2012, 01:51:56 PM
cat! :D eat and sleep all day! now that's the life :D
Title: Re: If you were doomed to be a nothlit....
Post by: Red on August 13, 2012, 07:49:43 AM
Yeah, definitely a cat!
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Post by: Kelly on August 21, 2012, 07:06:32 PM
I'm sticking with my original decision from 2008 - a dog. As long as I get treated the way I treat my dog!
Title: Re: If you were doomed to be a nothlit....
Post by: redtailedsaffa on November 18, 2012, 08:06:36 AM
I think I'd go with the Siberian tiger if I was looking for power, but then, bird of prey, the flying and all... now THAT is really cool. Oh yeah, I'm going with peregrine falcon. (Jake has a lot of nothlit-worthy morphs, doesn't he?  :) )
Though I have a doubt! If you get stuck as an Andalite, do you still retain the morphing power?
Title: Re: If you were doomed to be a nothlit....
Post by: Cloak on November 18, 2012, 10:08:24 AM
Not likely.
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Post by: SitsInCorner1! on November 29, 2012, 02:37:44 AM
If I wanted to still maintain contact with my family and friends somehow I would go with being a crow nothlit or some kind of pretty bird.
If I didn't care about family or friends I would go with being some kind of shark (maybe a whale shark).
Title: Re: If you were doomed to be a nothlit....
Post by: Valennia on March 20, 2013, 03:00:31 AM
Yeah, definitely a cat!

Same! I love cats! But we'd definitely be shortening our lifespans.. :(
I guess that would be something else to take into consideration, when choosing to be a nothlit.
Title: Re: If you were doomed to be a nothlit....
Post by: theyoungphoenix on March 21, 2013, 02:06:46 AM
I'd have to be a bird-of-prey. I mean, what could be better than flying?
Or mabey a python..... that'd be really cool too.......
Title: Re: If you were doomed to be a nothlit....
Post by: Tim Bruening on September 19, 2015, 07:31:42 PM
Hork-Bajir
Title: Re: If you were doomed to be a nothlit....
Post by: heliumapple on March 02, 2018, 01:46:29 PM
Definitively a peregrine falcon.

Mainly because I would have the thrill of flying at high speed but also because their diet consist of something I would mind eating if I had to.

(also, they're migratory birds and are able to travel 500km a day when they migrate. If I get too bored, (nearly) nothing would stop me from exploring places I wouldn't have bothered to visit before or fly to Florida and watch some rocket launches (of course, I would mainly watch Falcon 9 launches for the small irony of it).
Title: Re: If you were doomed to be a nothlit....
Post by: CatMorph on March 13, 2018, 01:40:41 AM
Cat is the easiest choice, just eat and sleep all day, but they only live about fifteen years, and if you end up in a shelter and no one adopts you, you're screwed.

I'm tempted to choose an apex predator like a wolf, but what am I going to do when I'm too old to hunt or I get injured.

I think a seagull might be a fun choice because I can fly anywhere without being noticed and eat anything.

Tobias is right, bird of prey is probably the best choice.

Wait, parrots live a long time and can almost talk.



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Post by: Dylan on May 13, 2018, 07:20:55 PM
Bottlenose Dolphin sounds fun