i'd rather be tobias but if i have to be jake then...
You don't have to be the leader or anything like Jake, just pick your team based on the connections the others had to Jake. They don't have to be anything like the Animorphs, although bot the purpose of balance it would be handy.
It's nice seeing this thread revived, especially since my picks have definitely changed.
We all know that in Animorphs #1 Jake walks into the construction site along with his best friend, his cousin, the girl he has a crush on and a guy he barely knows. So with that in mind, who would be in your Animorph team? (Feel free to switch genders of people as appropriate)
Mike's Animorphs Team:
Best friend: Dan. He's been my best friend for over a decade now and lives less than five minutes away from me. He's smart, slightly cynical and funny.
Cousin: I have two cousins, both male, who live about an hour's drive away. They're nice guys, but I don't know them very well anymore. If I had to pick one of them, I'd say Jonathan as he's closer to my age (less than a year older than me) and he's fluent in about nine languages now I think. Besides that I don't know if he has any useful skills.
Crush: That could be difficult as I don't have a specific crush right now, although there are a few girls I do like, most of them have boyfriends. I won't say any names on the off chance that one of them is reading this!
Guy I barely know: Owen. He's a friend of a friend that I've met a few times who seems to share some of my hobbies.
My Revised Animorphs Team:Best friend: Georgina. Known her for about 5 years now and we've become much closer in the last year or two. She's very much a Cassie type person, as she loves animals (met her through work) and she's pretty good at reading people. Definitely someone I want on my team.
Cousin: I'm going to choose my cousin Jonathan again, as he's my age and I know him better than my other cousins. He's very sarcastic, extremely talented with foreign languages (lost count of how many he knows) and aside from drinking a lot I see no reason not to have him on my team (except for the fact that he's currently living in Spain temporarily).
Crush: Two and a half years later and I still can't think of anyone to put here, lol. I'm not really crushing on anyone and 90% of the girls I know are in a relationship anyway. If I was forced to choose, it would be one of three girls I know from school/college.
One is a black belt in Jiu Jitsu, but she's not very smart and I don't think I'd entirely trust her with the morphing power. The second is smart, kind and very trustworthy, but I have no idea what skills she has. The third is quite similar to the second, with the added bonus that I think she once had a crush on me (if you can believe that, lol).
None of them are currently single or live in the same town as me.
Guy I barely know: Tough choice, but I'll pick Daniel, a guy I know from my Karate class. He's slightly younger than me, a Purple Belt and one of the coolest and most badass guys in our class. He's kind of like if someone merged Marco and Rachel together. I would want him on my side in a fight.