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How did Elfangor know that Jake and the gang were not Controllers?
« on: June 07, 2008, 07:49:02 PM »
@ topic: How did he know? What if he gave the morphing power to a Yeerk without knowing? How did he know these 5 kids weren't infested yet?
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Re: How did Elfangor know that Jake and the gang were not Controllers?
« Reply #1 on: June 07, 2008, 07:51:48 PM »
well if a controller saw an andalite or an andalite ship, wouldn't he be a little angry, or at the very least say "andalite!" ? I don't really know how to explain it. But if a controller saw an andalite, you'd know he was a controller by the way he acts.
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Re: How did Elfangor know that Jake and the gang were not Controllers?
« Reply #2 on: June 07, 2008, 07:53:36 PM »
I don't think theres a way he could have been 100% sure, but I'd say their reaction to him and his ship suggested they were human with no previous contact with aliens. It was fear, but fear of the unknown rather than fear of a threat
We've seen Yeerks are notoriously bad at concealing themselves when there's an Andalite in the room, but I suppose all it would have taken was one controller in the ranks and it would have been all over.
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Re: How did Elfangor know that Jake and the gang were not Controllers?
« Reply #3 on: June 07, 2008, 09:55:47 PM »
Yeah, but they could easily have been pretending. The Yeerks are supposedly smarter than humans. If I were a Yeerk, I would have pretended to be an average human, and when Elfangor was down, headed into his ship to see if there was anything worth stealing in there. Like, an Escafil device.
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Re: How did Elfangor know that Jake and the gang were not Controllers?
« Reply #4 on: June 07, 2008, 10:15:07 PM »
Yeah, but Yeerks are way too arrogant and angry when an Andalite is around. For one, if you were a Yeerk, you would not expect Elfangor to give you morphing power since they believe in Seerow's kindness.

Yeah, if the Yeerk was Visser One or someone of equal self control and slyness, the Animorphs would be pretty much blown. Otherwise, the Controller would hiss "Andalite", or not get scared or surprised.
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Re: How did Elfangor know that Jake and the gang were not Controllers?
« Reply #5 on: June 07, 2008, 10:27:58 PM »
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For one, if you were a Yeerk, you would not expect Elfangor to give you morphing power since they believe in Seerow's kindness.
Yes, but they wouldn't need Elfangor to help them. There's always Visser 3.

Yeah, but I see what you're saying. A Yeerk would probably lose control.
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Re: How did Elfangor know that Jake and the gang were not Controllers?
« Reply #6 on: June 07, 2008, 10:30:47 PM »
Yeah... Visser Three can use the box.... hehehehe... but still, I think the guy is waaaay too greedy to share anything he has...  ;D
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Re: How did Elfangor know that Jake and the gang were not Controllers?
« Reply #7 on: June 07, 2008, 10:36:42 PM »
That's also true. He'd probably destroy the thing and get rid of it, then claim it had been stolen for an excuse to kill someone. :p
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Re: How did Elfangor know that Jake and the gang were not Controllers?
« Reply #8 on: June 07, 2008, 11:08:14 PM »
yeah, that's cool. hahaha, that's more the Visser Three everyone loves.  ;D
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Re: How did Elfangor know that Jake and the gang were not Controllers?
« Reply #9 on: June 08, 2008, 12:38:28 AM »
cause hes baller. :]

elfangor took a huge chance, its part of the awesomness
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Re: How did Elfangor know that Jake and the gang were not Controllers?
« Reply #10 on: June 08, 2008, 06:08:42 AM »
He saw their time-lines in TAC, he'd have know if there was a yeerk involved.
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Re: How did Elfangor know that Jake and the gang were not Controllers?
« Reply #11 on: June 08, 2008, 06:11:11 AM »
hmmm... yeah, but still, he only saw that Tobias and the gang would intersect timelines, he didn't see what would happen. If he did, then he would have known that he would die at the construction site and give them morphing power in the first place.
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Re: How did Elfangor know that Jake and the gang were not Controllers?
« Reply #12 on: June 08, 2008, 07:15:27 AM »
The yeerk would have had it's own timeline because it's a separate entity. It makes sense, trust me.
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Re: How did Elfangor know that Jake and the gang were not Controllers?
« Reply #13 on: June 08, 2008, 07:47:16 AM »
well, Elfangor couldn't have seen all the people whose timelines that interacted with Tobias... that would be plenty much....
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Re: How did Elfangor know that Jake and the gang were not Controllers?
« Reply #14 on: June 08, 2008, 10:18:59 AM »
I don't think he really "knew" past an instinct that they weren't controllers. He took a chance, and it turned out to be the right choice. It could have easily gone bad.
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