How should #54 have ended? (Unmarked spoilers!)

[Redtailednothlit]

I really disliked the character Cassie became after the war. I wasn't a huge fan of her anyway, but after the war, I disliked her even more.

[YeerkSalad]

I liked her a bit after The Departure, but she was never my favorite. She was an obnoxious hypocrite, but she felt like a real person.

[Tim Bruening]

The Helmacrons shrink everyone on Earth!

[Phoenix004]

I really disliked the character Cassie became after the war. I wasn't a huge fan of her anyway, but after the war, I disliked her even more.

Well it's not like she was most people's favourite anyway I didn't particularly like her any less after the war, but I do dislike the fact that she was left out of the final mission. I get that she has character flaws, but she's not a coward and she wouldn't just stay behind because Jake told her to. I could definitely have seen her sneaking aboard in morph to join the others.

[YeerkSalad]

You, phoenix, just got all the ingredients out for a big bowl of fanfic soup.

[Chad32]

I really disliked the character Cassie became after the war. I wasn't a huge fan of her anyway, but after the war, I disliked her even more.

Well it's not like she was most people's favourite anyway I didn't particularly like her any less after the war, but I do dislike the fact that she was left out of the final mission. I get that she has character flaws, but she's not a coward and she wouldn't just stay behind because Jake told her to. I could definitely have seen her sneaking aboard in morph to join the others.

I'd honestly be surprised if she wanted to go. Given the choice, she wouldn't want to get involved in another war. Even if it is the save Ax, because she's not actually as much of a people person as she's painted to be.

[Phoenix004]

You, phoenix, just got all the ingredients out for a big bowl of fanfic soup.

It's the only type of soup I know how to make.

Cassie might not have wanted to go, but I'm sure she would have felt obligated to. She still cared for Jake and she definitely owes Ax that much.

[Chad32]

Yet she proved early in the series that she's willing to abandon her group if it means changing herself.

[Dylan]

Despite that I'm the only here who does like Cassie, I also feel like she should have gone along with the others in that final mission against the one. It doesn't feel right that all of the everyone except Cassie went out fighting.

[Chad32]

That's part of the reason I think they weren't really meant to survive, because KA couldn't bear to put her pet character through that.

[Redtailednothlit]

I don't know if anyone else here has read the Harry Potter series, but the postwar parts of #54 felt somewhat like the "19 years later" epilogue to HP...

[YeerkSalad]

I've listened to the HP audiobooks. (Oh, the shame!)
The postwar parts had very different... tones. While HP's was kind of cheesy - worst. names. ever. - Animorphs's was [spoiler]much more depressing.[/spoiler]

[Tim Bruening]

Spoilers may be unmarked here. If you haven't finished the series, don't read this thread!

I would have ended the series similarily, but the final book would be a LITTLE more epic. I didn't like V1's surrender. He didn't seem as crazy and impulsive as his character usually was.
INSTEAD...
Let's say that Jake hasn't flushed the Pool into space yet - they entered from a different direction. Also, let's say that there are some escape pods near the Pool. (Do you see where I'm going with this?) The Animorphs become pretty distracted with Rachel's death and all, and V decides that the Blade Ship is screwed. At the bare minimum, this coward wants to survive. He attempts to get to the Pool's pods while the characters are getting the feels. Ax leaves them to it and chases the visser to the Pool. Marco gets an idea and follows them. Cue epic Andalite fight scene. Eventually, after a large dose of awesome, V1 is knocked into the Yeerk Pool.
V1 is now in the perfect spot for what Marco needed.
He presses a button.
A shieldy airlock thing closes over the Pool.
V1 and over 17,000 other Yeerks are flushed into space.

Adding to the awesome V1/Ax fight would be the two changing form as they fight!  V1 would treat us to all his awesome monsters!

[YeerkSalad]

I would prefer an "andalite vs andalite" situation opposed to "andalite vs everything ever," but your premise is interesting to think about.

[Tim Bruening]

I would prefer an "andalite vs andalite" situation opposed to "andalite vs everything ever," but your premise is interesting to think about.

I figure that Visser 3/1 would use every tool at his disposal to win!  So would Ax.