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Offline Homer

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Think Animorphs will do better with some vulgarities and sex scenes?
« on: January 07, 2009, 12:36:30 PM »
sometimes i think the books will do better with a few uttered vulgarities...
like when rachael is mad with david...
or when jake is mad at some failure...
or elfangor just saying it to visser 3 for fun.

its like quite obvious applegate knows the f word... so its a pity really that she replaces those instances where they can be used with less strong words... makes the words a bit impotent really. Eg. "David you stupid jerk" sounds weak compared to "**** you David" ... Ya?

and jake and cassie...
sometimes u just wish they get it over and done with... its always a kiss here, a hug there, eye contact... and you wonder: when will u guys just GET DOWN to it  :o
ah well sometimes i do... just wish applegate will add sometime like: "And that night i brought cassie to my house, and there on my bed we finally did it." Y'know? No need to get all detailed, as long as she just makes it clear that it happened. What do you think?

Pls pls pls don't report me for putting this post. I did it in good faith, trust me  ;D
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Re: Think Animorphs will do better with some vulgarities and sex scenes?
« Reply #1 on: January 07, 2009, 12:43:10 PM »
For a children's series, no. She was already pushing the boundaries as it was.
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Re: Think Animorphs will do better with some vulgarities and sex scenes?
« Reply #2 on: January 07, 2009, 12:44:57 PM »
I don't think it would work unless the series was for... an older audience.
I wouldn't mind if they let out a few more swears since, well, if they're really mad saying "CRAP!" doesn't really do much imo. I think they should say stronger things since she has no problems showing the "darker side of war".
About the romance thing, idk, I mean, especially for Jake x Cassie, I always saw their relationship as... innocent. They seemed so private about their relationship and the only time they ever kissed was after a mission, as Cassie said in book # 34. If anyone, I think it'd be Tobias x Rachel to go for that... extra mile? idk lol
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Re: Think Animorphs will do better with some vulgarities and sex scenes?
« Reply #3 on: January 07, 2009, 12:51:02 PM »
lol thats why I listen to Animorphs the Radio Drama (unsensored) cause they get all the stuff thats hidden
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Re: Think Animorphs will do better with some vulgarities and sex scenes?
« Reply #4 on: January 07, 2009, 12:56:15 PM »
I think K.A hit the right balance with Everworld in terms of swearing and innuendos, and if she had done the same thing with Animorphs if it had been marketed for an older audience, then I think it would've been fine.

As for a high amount of swearing though, I think it would've been ridiculous to have that in Animorphs, mainly because you have to remember that these are 12-13 year old kids. They are going through hell, with enslavement, morphing changes,... death, but they are still kids. They're not gonna go "f*&k you" again and again with every battle when they're still too young to pick up those types of habits. I could see it happening in the final arc maybe, since they are 16 at that point, but before that it would've been OOC for them. You don't need swearing to make the series more mature or "darker". As Nohenson said above, the boundaries were already being pushed for a middle grade series.

Also, sex scenes? Really? They're 12 year old kids. I could see rape/forced breeding coming into play, but again, I didn't feel the series had to go that far to be mature enough.
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Re: Think Animorphs will do better with some vulgarities and sex scenes?
« Reply #5 on: January 07, 2009, 12:59:27 PM »
Eh, I've seen kids using that language all the time. And they were never 12 in the series, iirc. They started at 13 and ended the war at 16. And most 13-16 year olds drop the F-Bomb approximately two hundred and twelve times... a day. :P

Besides, they had more of a reason to swear than most teenagers.

That said, when I write them I still prefer to save the cursing for important moments. Because if they start swearing all the time it loses the impact.
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Re: Think Animorphs will do better with some vulgarities and sex scenes?
« Reply #6 on: January 07, 2009, 02:42:48 PM »
Quote from: Cerulean on January 07, 2009, 12:59:27 PM
Eh, I've seen kids using that language all the time. And they were never 12 in the series, iirc. They started at 13 and ended the war at 16. And most 13-16 year olds drop the F-Bomb approximately two hundred and twelve times... a day. :P

So, very, very, if unfortunately true.  I still think it's hilarious that Marco couldn't call bat **** bat **** in A17.

As far as sex scenes, the short answer is no, not necessary, but I've got more to say on the subject after I think it over.
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Re: Think Animorphs will do better with some vulgarities and sex scenes?
« Reply #7 on: January 07, 2009, 04:01:13 PM »
Quote from: Cerulean on January 07, 2009, 12:59:27 PM
Eh, I've seen kids using that language all the time. And they were never 12 in the series, iirc. They started at 13 and ended the war at 16. And most 13-16 year olds drop the F-Bomb approximately two hundred and twelve times... a day. :P

I suppose that varies with different locations then, because I hardly ever heard anyone drop the F-bomb when I was 13, or from someone my age. This was also the time when Animorphs first came out, so I was basically the same age as the characters, so if I saw that kind of language in the books, then it would've totally pushed me away from relating with the characters. It wasn't until I reached high school at 16 when swearing started to become a more common thing.

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Re: Think Animorphs will do better with some vulgarities and sex scenes?
« Reply #8 on: January 07, 2009, 04:06:12 PM »
Yeah, I lived through a sheltered childhood too.
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Re: Think Animorphs will do better with some vulgarities and sex scenes?
« Reply #9 on: January 07, 2009, 05:05:19 PM »
I agree I would have liked to see a Everworld-level of swearing. Ha.

I don't think sex scenes would be necessary.  I can't think how they would really add to the story.  Maybe for Rachel and Tobias it would add something to the complications of their relationship, but I dunno.
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Re: Think Animorphs will do better with some vulgarities and sex scenes?
« Reply #10 on: January 07, 2009, 05:18:39 PM »
Sex scenes? In Animorphs?

I mean, yeah, might  be more realistic if one or two of them were sexually active at that age, sure. But would it add anything to the story, really? KA was covering enough pretty advanced subject matter as it is. Animorphs was a war story, not a melodrama. Save it for the HarperTeen romance shmuck.

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Jake: So Marco, what's your favorite position?
Marco: Humpback Whale... Don't ask.
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Re: Think Animorphs will do better with some vulgarities and sex scenes?
« Reply #11 on: January 07, 2009, 05:34:17 PM »
wasn't there a thread like this already?.. ::)

it's a childrens' book anyways. maybe if she re-made the series.
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Re: Think Animorphs will do better with some vulgarities and sex scenes?
« Reply #12 on: January 07, 2009, 06:06:18 PM »
haha thats funny homer & dahjo :)
i like it the way it is now
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Re: Think Animorphs will do better with some vulgarities and sex scenes?
« Reply #13 on: January 07, 2009, 06:24:02 PM »
yeah, i like the animorphs they were. everworld is everworld, but animorphs is animorphs. maybe if it started out like that, but not now.

swearing maybe, and sex, no. i dun think there isn't much needed for that.
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Re: Think Animorphs will do better with some vulgarities and sex scenes?
« Reply #14 on: January 07, 2009, 06:43:07 PM »
I could see sex again if it was older, but a vulgarity or two would be perfect.

I can remember plenty of "OH ****!" moments in the series
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