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Offline wolfev

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the original rough draft
« on: June 06, 2008, 05:45:44 PM »
Does anyone know if there are any copies of KA's original rough draft for animorphs known as "The Changelings" I heard there are some interesting differences.
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Re: the original rough draft
« Reply #1 on: June 07, 2008, 03:47:15 AM »
Well, I think Jake there has a different name. Also, Cassie is not a part of the "Changelings", but replaced by "Jake's" younger brother. Wikipedia has some little background info on it.
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Re: the original rough draft
« Reply #2 on: June 07, 2008, 02:40:27 PM »
i wanna see this
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Re: the original rough draft
« Reply #3 on: June 07, 2008, 02:43:44 PM »
From the Anibase: In the original manuscript for this book, back before a proposed trilogy called "Changelings" became the Animorphs series, Jake was named Matt and had a little brother named Joseph. Cassie didn't exist at all! Good thing for Rachel this was changed later on -- she would have been totally outnumbered by the guys. Of course knowing Rachel, she would have handled it just fine.
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Re: the original rough draft
« Reply #4 on: June 07, 2008, 02:45:30 PM »
I would have been interesting to see this.
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Re: the original rough draft
« Reply #5 on: June 07, 2008, 06:33:05 PM »
Are there any known manuscripts floating in the web or some library somewhere? Or is K.A. Applegate pulling a J.D. Salinger on us all lol. Seriously though, I would love to read what the original story. Imagine in Animorphs was a trilogy. That would be interesting. But wait, imagine if in this same Animorphs trilogy world Harry Potter was a series as long as the Animorphs.
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Re: the original rough draft
« Reply #6 on: June 07, 2008, 07:38:47 PM »
Hehehee, i wonder how Marco and Joseph competed for Jake's attention... haha!
Anyway, I bet Rachel would be more of a sexist now by that time.
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Re: the original rough draft
« Reply #7 on: July 17, 2008, 05:23:53 PM »
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uh... Rachel's dead


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Re: the original rough draft
« Reply #8 on: July 17, 2008, 05:28:02 PM »
um...what? rachel didn't die in the first book. so what are you talking about?
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Re: the original rough draft
« Reply #9 on: July 17, 2008, 05:30:06 PM »
oh I read it wrong lol
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Re: the original rough draft
« Reply #10 on: July 17, 2008, 08:49:29 PM »
someone just find the manuscript please. Watch, there probably was even weirder stuff like Rachel having Red hair and morphing lasting without a limit.
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« Reply #11 on: July 17, 2008, 09:01:12 PM »
Yeah, that would be cool
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Re: the original rough draft
« Reply #12 on: July 20, 2008, 01:39:07 PM »
I'd love to read this, if anyone can find a print of it!
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Re: the original rough draft
« Reply #13 on: July 20, 2008, 01:44:43 PM »
can't we get the mods to contact K.A. and have her send it over.
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« Reply #14 on: July 20, 2008, 05:28:10 PM »
She'd have to be open to contact, and they'd have to be open to the idea. Ask them!
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