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Re: Errors In Animorphs series
« Reply #90 on: May 03, 2009, 08:33:20 PM »
methinks the lady doth protest too much
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Re: Errors In Animorphs series
« Reply #91 on: May 04, 2009, 01:10:20 PM »
protest about what?
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Re: Errors In Animorphs series
« Reply #92 on: May 04, 2009, 04:42:03 PM »
In book 8 Ax says something along the lines of "If I live to be two centuries" but then later Lirem is all "Centuries ago I was Seerow's aristh." Not only does this contradict the timeline established in the Hork-Bajir Chronicles, BUT it seems to contradict itself which is a little disheartening but w/e it's still one of my favorite books.

sry I don't want to get the banhammer for being all off topic, I'm still not quite sure how strict you guys are :/
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Re: Errors In Animorphs series
« Reply #93 on: May 04, 2009, 04:50:36 PM »
Well you have to consider it could have been an exaggeration

meaning just " A long time ago"

like someone saying "I have been waiting for you for centuries where have you been?"

"Centuries ago I was Seerow's aristh." may just be "A long time ago I was Seerow's aristh"
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Re: Errors In Animorphs series
« Reply #94 on: May 04, 2009, 04:56:39 PM »
Exaggerating is a human trait. Andalites wouldn't/don't exaggerate.
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Re: Errors In Animorphs series
« Reply #95 on: May 04, 2009, 05:04:51 PM »
let me find the actual quotes:

<Prince Seerow. Yes. He was my first prince. Did you know that? Many centuries ago when I was an aristh like you.> BOOK 8 P. 11

idk I'm not getting *sarcasm* out of that context, but you're right, it could be like "GOD I HAVEN'T HAD CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES IN DECADES" or w/e

I am too lazy to find the other one but w/e you get the idea
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Re: Errors In Animorphs series
« Reply #96 on: May 04, 2009, 05:27:17 PM »
Again, Andalites don't exaggerate, plus it was an official Ax was reporting to, he wouldn't say 'lax phrases such as "It was forever ago."

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Re: Errors In Animorphs series
« Reply #97 on: May 04, 2009, 05:38:33 PM »
idk that captain was joking a little when ax called him "old hoof and tail..."

I don't understand the argument that andalites don't have a concept of humor. A lot of Andalites make a lot of jokes throughout the course of the series. I always just assumed that, like humans, they have a propensity to take themselves way too seriously.
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Re: Errors In Animorphs series
« Reply #98 on: May 04, 2009, 05:47:38 PM »
The aristh made a joke, and the captain only wanted to ease the tension.

If you were to address an iterstellar ambassador through an unsecure and unregistered communication device, they wouldn't be joking around with you.

Also, the overall tone of the andalite Ax was conversing with was not light-hearted at all. If anything, he was a douche. His tone through-out the entire convo was that of a hard-ass. he wouldn't be cracking wise to appease some lowly aristh.
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Re: Errors In Animorphs series
« Reply #99 on: May 04, 2009, 06:25:12 PM »
lol cracking wise

IN MY DAY WE COULDN'T JUST GIVE TECHNOLOGY TO INFERIOR SPECIES! IN MY DAY THEY HAD TO EARN IT! YOU YOUNG WHIPPERSNAPPERS DON'T KNOW HOW GOOD YOU'VE GOT IT
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Re: Errors In Animorphs series
« Reply #100 on: May 05, 2009, 02:35:31 AM »
Some Andalites seem to be dull in humor others like Arbron were not.
We are being stereotypical  Aximili and Elfagor might have been a little dull  but remember those two are Related
Arbron and Alloran made jokes. of course we didn't get to hear Alloran's humor but it is mentioned that he was a prankster that loved to play and things like that
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Re: Errors In Animorphs series
« Reply #101 on: May 05, 2009, 03:49:20 PM »
Sure, but years in the war will make a jokester into a hard-ass. Like Ax mentioned, Andalites aren't known for having a sense of humor, it doesn't mean there aren't andalites with a sense of humor, it just means that the population as a whole is mostly serious.

I'm positive that on the home world, there are kids having fun, and families laughing their tails off, but in the military, you're not going to get many funny guys.
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Re: Errors In Animorphs series
« Reply #102 on: May 05, 2009, 05:19:13 PM »
idk I think that was more ax having a stick up his butt than anything. I think he was taking himself *very seriously* at this point, but the glimpses of him we get from before him show him to be a girl-watching, slacker, tagalong kid.
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Re: Errors In Animorphs series
« Reply #103 on: May 05, 2009, 09:37:00 PM »
Quote from: anijen21 on April 05, 2009, 05:25:13 PM
I just started re-reading the series from the beginning, and there are tons and tons of errors. One thing that really struck me was this line in book one:

"four Andalites, standing all together, looking like a strange gathering of deer with solemn faces. Two of them looked very small--kids. I realized this was a picture of the Andalite's family." p. 20

couldn't it be that elfangor was one of the children?
that could be his brother and parents!
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Re: Errors In Animorphs series
« Reply #104 on: May 05, 2009, 10:50:26 PM »
Quote from: gµm on May 05, 2009, 09:37:00 PM
couldn't it be that elfangor was one of the children?
that could be his brother and parents!

omg

eta: okay sarcasm doesn't translate well over the internet, so...please tell me my irony-meter just needs to be recalibrated
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