3) Top Five Favourite Animorphs Characters (in order of importance)
- Marco (as much as I love Jake, I believe Marco might've actually been the better leader in the long run if Jake wasn't so good at managing tempers because in the final arc, ruthlessness is exactly what they needed and Jake had to go through losing his family to get there, while Marco had that quality inherently. Aside from that, he was just a surprisingly deep character and in my opinion had the largest amount of quotes in the widest spectrum; hilarious, depressing, heartwarming, awesome.)
- Aftran 942 (Aftran, Aftran, Aftran... I told myself I only found her to be a compelling character, but I finally knew I loved her when I was distraught about her exit despite her getting a happy ending. Ugh. I always wished one of Cassie's subsequent books would open with her asking advice from whale!Affy as dolphin!Cassie, and I remember secretly hoping in the midpoint of #54 when Cassie and Marco tackled Jake into the ocean that all 3 of them would meet up with / have a chat with her... ridiculous, I know.)
- Ax (I normally don't think much of the alien co-leads in sci-fi series, but Ax is just so well-written that I quickly developed a soft spot for him and eventually legitimately enjoyed his books. My heart just went out to him - he was an Andalite youth outside of his planet and away from his people. He dealt surprisingly well, and I've always felt the Animorphs were a little more dismissive of him than they should've been.)
- David (not that I actually enjoyed his character, but his trilogy had some of the most compelling scenes in the entire series and are some of the books I've re-read the most. His entire plan to take out the Animorphs was actually getting along quite smoothly for a while there, considering he was up against 6 opponents who had been morphing and in the game for about a year longer than him. He also had a very charged final conversation with Rachel in The Return, which is the only part worth reading in that book.)
- The Drode (sometimes, less is more, which is the case with him - I just love how succinctly he can summarize the individual Animorphs in the shortest and harshest words possible - he's just one of those villain cronies you love to hate.)
I don't really feel like covering the other sections. Some of them just repeat themselves with slight differences, and I doubt I have any interesting comments to add anyway.
