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Offline crystalclear

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Re: Deeply Affected
« Reply #30 on: June 05, 2008, 08:19:35 AM »
I read goosebumps, famous five, and some other series but the ones that got me obsessed with are Animorphs and the famous five ;D. Animorphs was awesome, I remembered waiting for the new book to come out each month ;D

I wouldn't say I'm affected, though, other than it made me a book worm of some sort ;)
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Re: Deeply Affected
« Reply #31 on: June 05, 2008, 09:07:51 AM »
Yeah, I liked the Goosebumps too, especially those series that you would get to choose how the story goes. The Animorphs, in my opinion, is a large small bit better than the Goosebumps series, although the Alternamorphs kinda let us down. The Goosebumps version of Alternamorphs was way cool.
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I'm just a writer, and my main goal was always to entertain. But I've never let Animorphs turn into just another painless video game version of war, and I wasn't going to do it at the end. I've spent 60 books telling a strange, fanciful war story, sometimes very seriously, sometimes more tongue-in-cheek. I've written a lot of action and a lot of humor and a lot of sheer nonsense. But I have also, again and again, challenged readers to think about what they were reading. To th

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Re: Deeply Affected
« Reply #32 on: June 05, 2008, 09:09:34 AM »
I don't know about deeply affected, but doing a marathon reading (and listening to the radio show [at least what was out at the time]) of all the books in around a month definitely had an impact on me :-)

Even if it was at the age of 19...

Never really read them as a kid, though I do remember them being in the Scholastic Book Fair ads.

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Re: Deeply Affected
« Reply #33 on: June 05, 2008, 08:11:46 PM »
Right now, I'm still deeply affected. I still feel sorry for the Bird-boy. Tobias never got what he wanted...
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Re: Deeply Affected
« Reply #34 on: June 06, 2008, 03:16:04 AM »
You know what's funny? When I first started reading Animorphs, back in my younger years of course. (I started reading them in the fourth grade. Im almost done with college now.) it never really hit me that Animorphs was a war story. I knew it was a serious tale, and the characters were constantly fearful and stressed over their involvement in the ongoing battle. But I never saw Animorphs as an actual war story.  Maybe because it was targeted towards a younger demographic. I was just enjoying the action-adventure comedy aspect of it. I didn't fully grasp the magnitude of what I was reading until I went back and reread the series.

Which is probably why I hated the ending. Because i thought the ending would be much happier to suit the kids that were reading it. Boy was I wrong. I respect KA for the last book but I still dislike some parts. And I do indeed see the series for what it was. A war story.

Recently I went back and read the last couple chapters of #48 The Return, and MAN! Talk about intense! All these crazy emotions that I dont recall feeling the first time came rushing at me. I felt despair and sympathy for Rachel. It was awful seeing her that way but it totally defined her character to the core and who she really was.

I go back to a quote in a MM4.

Jake: I gave in. I can't believe I gave in.

Ellimist: You have been strong for a very long time.

Rachel: But he shouldn't have to! None of us should have to. This is enough! This has gone on too long!

And continuing to read that last section, it was then that I realized how broken not only Rachel and Jake were, but ALL of them. It was terrible. And an excellent characterization by KA. These kids were really tired and I could feel that. So realistic.

KA created the best book series of all time. Well, at least for kids.
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Re: Deeply Affected
« Reply #35 on: June 06, 2008, 03:52:29 AM »
Do you like the ending or not?  Like MAKE UP YER MIND, DUUUDE.

Sheesh.
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Re: Deeply Affected
« Reply #36 on: June 06, 2008, 07:18:32 AM »
Isn't it clear that he likes the ending? How much realistic it is?  ;D
Plus, he isn't talking just about the ending. He was also talking about how the characters and the story ended up to be. By books 40+, it was clear that the animorphs were tired, mind, soul, and body wise. They have already given up so much of their humanity for this war. That would be totally ruined if the ending was like, "All was well".
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I'm just a writer, and my main goal was always to entertain. But I've never let Animorphs turn into just another painless video game version of war, and I wasn't going to do it at the end. I've spent 60 books telling a strange, fanciful war story, sometimes very seriously, sometimes more tongue-in-cheek. I've written a lot of action and a lot of humor and a lot of sheer nonsense. But I have also, again and again, challenged readers to think about what they were reading. To th

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Re: Deeply Affected
« Reply #37 on: June 07, 2008, 01:21:11 AM »
Quote from: StormRider on June 06, 2008, 03:52:29 AM
Do you like the ending or not?  Like MAKE UP YER MIND, DUUUDE.

Sheesh.

'Sheesh,' i didn't even know this thread was about whether or not you liked or hated the ending. I sure don't see that question anywhere...

But if you really want to know.

I hated it.

Happy?
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Re: Deeply Affected
« Reply #38 on: June 07, 2008, 04:59:18 AM »
Smite Stormrider to the ends of the Earth then, young Padawan...  ;D
just joking...

anyway,I think the last book was pretty good, though, although it made me feel sorry for everyone in the series.
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I'm just a writer, and my main goal was always to entertain. But I've never let Animorphs turn into just another painless video game version of war, and I wasn't going to do it at the end. I've spent 60 books telling a strange, fanciful war story, sometimes very seriously, sometimes more tongue-in-cheek. I've written a lot of action and a lot of humor and a lot of sheer nonsense. But I have also, again and again, challenged readers to think about what they were reading. To th

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Re: Deeply Affected
« Reply #39 on: June 07, 2008, 05:23:34 PM »
stormrider is done, and i think theres a thread for oponions on the ending
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Re: Deeply Affected
« Reply #40 on: January 13, 2009, 07:18:42 AM »
Okay, this thing is showing me a warning
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But I'm going to ignore it because I can't resist.

I guess I was always into reading since I was a kid, and I was only introduced to Animorphs when I found a dog-eared tattered copy of the Visitor in our school library when I was 9. I didn't understand half of it then, so I went back to Enid Blyton. But later, in the sixth grade, I rediscovered Animorphs when I saw a copy in the mall and ever since I've been obsessed with the series. But this was three years back, by which time, most of the books were already out of print ... I remember my desperation to read book 54, but being unable to find it anywhere until I found the e-books.  ;D

Yeah, I just stared at the screen when Rachel died and it took me a few minutes to realize there were tears on my face.

I guess this Animorph obsession of mine is going to last forever, what got me hooked to the series was the fact that KA could express such a variety of emotions so fantastically in a sci-fic book. All those insightful quotes on war and shades of grey ... they were so simple and meaningful. The characters were also something I could relate to ... her books sorta transported me into their world. Most of the stuff she wrote was so realistic ... an accurate pen-portrait of the ugliness of war. -sighs-

Part of me even agreed with the ending [though 'the One' was a definite no-no] I don't think I would have liked a cheesy ending like Tobias and Rachel happily ever after/Cassie and Jake marrying etc. She kept the books grounded to reality till the end.

Kudos to KA!
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Re: Deeply Affected
« Reply #41 on: January 13, 2009, 07:29:58 AM »
I'm not exactly sure why animorphs effected me so much. Maybe because I got into the series near the beginning, and because the earlier books were so well written. I don't know why I continued thinking about Animorphs every single day, years after it ended. Especially since I disliked how it ended and donated all the books away.

It was just a fantastic series that, unfortunately, fell too deep into darkness by its end.
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Re: Deeply Affected
« Reply #42 on: January 14, 2009, 12:30:45 AM »
Quote from: Anyalee-Sirinial-Isthil on January 13, 2009, 07:18:42 AM
Okay, this thing is showing me a warning
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Warning: this topic has not been posted in for at least 120 days. Unless you're sure you want to reply, please consider starting a new topic.


But I'm going to ignore it because I can't resist.

I guess I was always into reading since I was a kid, and I was only introduced to Animorphs when I found a dog-eared tattered copy of the Visitor in our school library when I was 9. I didn't understand half of it then, so I went back to Enid Blyton. But later, in the sixth grade, I rediscovered Animorphs when I saw a copy in the mall and ever since I've been obsessed with the series. But this was three years back, by which time, most of the books were already out of print ... I remember my desperation to read book 54, but being unable to find it anywhere until I found the e-books.  ;D

Yeah, I just stared at the screen when Rachel died and it took me a few minutes to realize there were tears on my face.

I guess this Animorph obsession of mine is going to last forever, what got me hooked to the series was the fact that KA could express such a variety of emotions so fantastically in a sci-fic book. All those insightful quotes on war and shades of grey ... they were so simple and meaningful. The characters were also something I could relate to ... her books sorta transported me into their world. Most of the stuff she wrote was so realistic ... an accurate pen-portrait of the ugliness of war. -sighs-

Part of me even agreed with the ending [though 'the One' was a definite no-no] I don't think I would have liked a cheesy ending like Tobias and Rachel happily ever after/Cassie and Jake marrying etc. She kept the books grounded to reality till the end.

Kudos to KA!

try and use spoilers (for the consideration of those who haven't finished the series yet).
[spoiler]without 'ram the blade ship' and 'the one', it would have been a much better ending.
rachel dying was kind of needed, but i still cried. i remember, oh how i cried.[/spoiler]
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Re: Deeply Affected
« Reply #43 on: January 15, 2009, 04:38:28 PM »
When I read these as a young tike, yeah I loved the animals and actual aspect that it could be a reality, but I think I was specifically drawn to the diverse characters and their interactions, which can be applied to almost any setting. Jake is an excellent leadership model. It could have been about five/six (weird human kid with stalk eyes and scorpion tail) in a library and it would have still been interesting. We can't tell you what library we are in or what we are reading. Its too risky and we have to be careful. Really careful. Because if the librarian finds us, well we just won't let him find us. The thing you should know is that the entire young adult section is in trouble. Yeah, even Remnants.
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Re: Deeply Affected
« Reply #44 on: January 15, 2009, 09:23:42 PM »
That made me laugh.
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