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What would you rather have happened to the Animorphs?
« on: March 24, 2009, 05:14:25 PM »
 I mentioned in another thread, that it felt like that as soon as the Animorphs accepted the responsibility of leading the resistance on Earth, their fate was sealed. They fought against nearly insurmountable odds. And then, even when they won, they lost everything, their friendships, relationships, and actual people.
 For example, when Rachel chose that path, she became destined to fall by it. Even if she lived she would have been unhappy living a normal life.

 They didn't realize the war would change everything.

 So here's my question, aside from not having a book series to read, would you rather have had the Animorphs not become the Animorphs? Or is their present fate (all dead for all we know), better than what they would have had before?
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Re: What would you rather have happened to the Animorphs?
« Reply #1 on: March 24, 2009, 05:27:11 PM »
Nope.
They had the choice to run when elfangor crashed, and they had the choice to fight or pretend nothing was happening.
I think it's important that they chose to do it, so I don't think it should've been any other way.
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Re: What would you rather have happened to the Animorphs?
« Reply #2 on: March 24, 2009, 05:30:27 PM »
They always had a choice, and they made the best ones possible in their situation. They did the right thing and I wouldn't have it any other way.
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Re: What would you rather have happened to the Animorphs?
« Reply #3 on: March 24, 2009, 05:31:55 PM »
i'd take it just like it is now.
maybe change the last book, but they needed to be the animorphs.

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Re: What would you rather have happened to the Animorphs?
« Reply #4 on: March 24, 2009, 05:37:36 PM »
LOL most of us have already read what would happen if they never became the Animorphs so it's safe to say they did the right thing by staying in the war
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Re: What would you rather have happened to the Animorphs?
« Reply #5 on: March 24, 2009, 06:01:18 PM »
i'd take it just like it is now.
maybe change the last book, but they needed to be the animorphs.

i agree but the last book dosent need to be changed

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Re: What would you rather have happened to the Animorphs?
« Reply #6 on: March 24, 2009, 07:20:32 PM »
Well, if they didn't choose that choice, Earth would have been doomed.

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Re: What would you rather have happened to the Animorphs?
« Reply #7 on: March 24, 2009, 07:27:49 PM »
well...i guess people would have died either way..
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Re: What would you rather have happened to the Animorphs?
« Reply #8 on: March 24, 2009, 08:38:54 PM »
No, if they hadn't take that choice, and there would be no Analite Bandits.

Just the continuation of the original plan, and it's inevitable success. Not as many deaths, just the total and complete enslavement of the human race.

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Re: What would you rather have happened to the Animorphs?
« Reply #9 on: March 24, 2009, 10:25:37 PM »
either way, the Animorphs woulda died whether they became Animorphs or not, at least since they did become Animorphs, they had at least 1 survivor instead of all 6 of them dieing(see: Megamorphs 3...I think....it's either 3 or 4)
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Re: What would you rather have happened to the Animorphs?
« Reply #10 on: March 25, 2009, 09:33:30 AM »
Well, I think it depends on the Animorph, really.  (I'm going to ignore Megamorphs 4, and pretend that they would have had the chance to live normal lives had they not been Animorphs . . . . and I'm also ignoring the fact that there would have been no book series, and only considering what would have been better for the Animorphs themselves).

Tobias would never have been happy.  He may have eventually committed suicide, but even if he didn't, he'd have lived a miserable life as a normal kid.  For him, I vote no.

Rachel was a lot better off before she discovered the darkness inside her.  That's something you can never un-learn.  And without the war, she'd have been perfectly content in her ignorance, and would have just kept on shopping and doing gymnastics like she'd done before.  For her, I vote yes.

Jake was like Rachel in a lot of ways.  He sort of discovered a darker side of himself, too.  And its obvious that the war changed him for the worse.  For him, I vote yes.

Marco . . . . he's easily the most adaptive of the Animorphs.  He complains a lot, sure, but he can handle almost anything that gets thrown at him.  He made it through the war okay, but he would have done fine without the war, too.  For him, I vote unsure.

Cassie.  She's . . . a tough one to say, actually.  She hated the war, that much was obvious, but was it ultimately good for her as a person?  I think so.  I might even say that she needed it.  She was so naive before, and even during most of the war.  She just saw the morally right way of doing things, and never the necessary way.  If she had lived a normal life, with an attitude like that, and as polarized in her beliefs as she is, she would have gotten steamrolled when she finally hit the real world.  Good guys finish last, as they say.  I mean, it took a freaking war to make her see that her view of morality isn't all there is.  And even then, I'm not sure the message really stuck (she seemed to get it in parts of the final arc, but in book 54 she seemed to go right back to being her old self).  So, for her?  I guess I'm still voting unsure.  The war was bad for her in the short-term, but possibly good for her in the long-term.  It's fine to be nice, and to hold onto your morals, but you need to be able to at least see beyond them.

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Re: What would you rather have happened to the Animorphs?
« Reply #11 on: March 29, 2009, 03:54:43 PM »
 :crazy: I can't understand how the voting process works here.

I would say them choosing to stay was the right option. They ended up saving the world.