Author Topic: Marco: Accident Prone?  (Read 3136 times)

0 Members and 4 Guests are viewing this topic.

Offline wotw2112

  • Sr. Member
  • ****
  • Posts: 419
  • Karma: 12
  • Gender: Male
Marco: Accident Prone?
« on: June 26, 2009, 04:19:35 PM »
It just seems to me that of all the Animorphs, K.A. enjoyed seeing Marco get fatally wounded more than the rest.  Maybe I'm wrong but it was always Marco who was getting the most severe wounds and the nearest to death (save at the end of course).

I recall multiple times when he was gutted, Erek had to shock him back to life at least once, and he died as a ****roach.

Maybe I'm way off base on this but it always seemed like he usually took an extra beating.

Anyone recall any other such instances or disagree?
"Well, that idea might make a stupid idea feel better about itself."
"His goat killed you?"
"I love you shovel."
"Your conscience calls you on the telephone?"

Offline Darth Revan

  • Master of the Star Forge!
  • Gold Donor
  • *********
  • Posts: 15291
  • Karma: 408
  • Gender: Male
  • Now you see the true Dark Lord of the Sith!
Re: Marco: Accident Prone?
« Reply #1 on: June 26, 2009, 04:23:45 PM »
Oh I agree whole-heartedly. I think it was a way to freak you out. Marco was the comic relief, he was the group's light. And if you think he's going to die, it makes you care just that much more.
RAFengaged to Midnight_Huntress


Offline Kitulean

  • Jr. Xtreme Member
  • ******
  • Posts: 1481
  • Karma: 203
  • Gender: Male
  • Kit Army Second
Re: Marco: Accident Prone?
« Reply #2 on: June 26, 2009, 05:12:18 PM »
I remember reading somewhere about Marco being one of her favorites. Ironically, a lot of good writers tend to treat their favorites like crap and tear them through the emotional and physical wringer.

Offline Chad32

  • God
  • ********
  • Posts: 11951
  • Karma: 195
  • Gender: Male
Re: Marco: Accident Prone?
« Reply #3 on: June 26, 2009, 05:35:24 PM »
Bad stuff happened to everyone. Though I don't recall quite as much happening to Cassie or Ax. I haven't noticed a significantly higher number of things happening to Marco.


Ani-Master 2014!

Offline anijen21

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 666
  • Karma: 49
  • Gender: Female
Re: Marco: Accident Prone?
« Reply #4 on: June 26, 2009, 07:06:11 PM »
Actually, yeah. His tail got shredded as a Dolphin. He got pulled apart as an ant. Erek had to restart his heart as a Gorilla. And that was all in the first decade of books.
I go off topic on purpose.

Offline AlothAssassin

  • Banned
  • ****
  • Posts: 438
  • Karma: 11
  • Gender: Male
Re: Marco: Accident Prone?
« Reply #5 on: June 26, 2009, 07:12:44 PM »
Every single one of the kids got messed up.

It wasn't just the M-Dizzle.
"Yorn desh born, der ritt de gitt der gue, Orn desh, dee born desh, de umn børk! børk! børk!" - The Swedish Chef.

“He is very wise man and very strong - although perhaps not so strong as his father Barbara.  Tough guy!" - Borat, on President Bush.

Offline morfowt

  • God
  • ********
  • Posts: 8333
  • Karma: 112
  • Gender: Male
  • this is my avatar. it's a picture of nothing...
Re: Marco: Accident Prone?
« Reply #6 on: June 26, 2009, 09:37:37 PM »
I'm gonna have to agree with AlothAssassin. Marco doesn't seem to take any more beating than the others did, save tobias because he was usually lookout as a hawk...

jake got squished as a fly
rachel got eaten by stomach acid, twice I might add
cassie exploded as a flea when jake demorphed from dragonfly
ax got his arm hacked off before

Offline AlothAssassin

  • Banned
  • ****
  • Posts: 438
  • Karma: 11
  • Gender: Male
Re: Marco: Accident Prone?
« Reply #7 on: June 26, 2009, 09:50:11 PM »
I mean, Marco in #10 only gets so screwed in that battle because he's the narrator.  And had to black out in order for the story to move on to Erek killing everyone and everything in sight like the murderous metal dog-man bloodlusting obliterator that he is.   ;D

They all lose an arm or get stabbed or slip on their own blood at some time or another.
"Yorn desh born, der ritt de gitt der gue, Orn desh, dee born desh, de umn børk! børk! børk!" - The Swedish Chef.

“He is very wise man and very strong - although perhaps not so strong as his father Barbara.  Tough guy!" - Borat, on President Bush.

Offline Liz

  • Gold Donor
  • *********
  • Posts: 6204
  • Karma: 164
  • Gender: Female
    • Facebook
Re: Marco: Accident Prone?
« Reply #8 on: June 26, 2009, 09:52:35 PM »
I'm gonna have to agree with AlothAssassin. Marco doesn't seem to take any more beating than the others did, save tobias because he was usually lookout as a hawk...

jake got squished as a fly
rachel got eaten by stomach acid, twice I might add
cassie exploded as a flea when jake demorphed from dragonfly
ax got his arm hacked off before

Yep, and Tobias got tortured, not to mention being stuck in morph...

Offline Chad32

  • God
  • ********
  • Posts: 11951
  • Karma: 195
  • Gender: Male
Re: Marco: Accident Prone?
« Reply #9 on: June 26, 2009, 09:53:39 PM »
Yeah, he had to pass out in 10. I mean, you don't really want his describing what Erek actually did to those controllers, did you? I imagine it would be similar to watching a child pick bugs apart, in how one sided that battle slaughter was.


Ani-Master 2014!

Offline anijen21

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 666
  • Karma: 49
  • Gender: Female
Re: Marco: Accident Prone?
« Reply #10 on: June 26, 2009, 09:54:21 PM »
actually I would have loved that description

/sick fascination with violence
I go off topic on purpose.

Offline Gaz

  • RAF's Resident Coffee Addicted Pirate
  • God
  • ********
  • Posts: 16842
  • Karma: 264
  • Gender: Female
  • Forsooth!
    • Rachel Recaps
Re: Marco: Accident Prone?
« Reply #11 on: June 26, 2009, 10:05:57 PM »
It's almost tempting now to do a re-read and make a list of all the serious injuries each the characters endures. It would be tedious, but would probably show that one character doesn't get beat on more than another.

Offline Terenia

  • Jr. Staff
  • *****
  • Posts: 10125
  • Karma: 490
  • Gender: Female
  • Got it memorized?
Re: Marco: Accident Prone?
« Reply #12 on: June 26, 2009, 11:09:51 PM »
actually I would have loved that description

/sick fascination with violence

Ditto, but I'm not sure Scholastic would have agreed. :(


In some books they are more casual about mentioning injuries than others. Especially the injuries of others who aren't narrating. I remember reading a few times something along the lines of, 'oh, Jake was minus an ear and a leg, and someone had gutted Marco'. Earlier in the series stuff like that would have gotten more description. But I guess the Ani's....got used to getting their limbs hacked off?
« Last Edit: June 26, 2009, 11:11:45 PM by Terenia »

Best Fanfiction Author 2008
Best Roleplay Writer 2009
RAFian Artist of the Year 2010
Best Roleplay Writer 2011
Best Roleplay Writer 2013

Offline wotw2112

  • Sr. Member
  • ****
  • Posts: 419
  • Karma: 12
  • Gender: Male
Re: Marco: Accident Prone?
« Reply #13 on: June 26, 2009, 11:31:08 PM »
It's almost tempting now to do a re-read and make a list of all the serious injuries each the characters endures. It would be tedious, but would probably show that one character doesn't get beat on more than another.

That would certainly be definitive.  I guess it's just a general feeling I got throughout the series: that Marco just gets beat on more (not to say they all didn't get their fair share).
"Well, that idea might make a stupid idea feel better about itself."
"His goat killed you?"
"I love you shovel."
"Your conscience calls you on the telephone?"

Offline ThinkAgain

  • Jr. Xtreme Member
  • ******
  • Posts: 1299
  • Karma: 73
  • Gender: Male
  • What to say?
Re: Marco: Accident Prone?
« Reply #14 on: June 26, 2009, 11:46:39 PM »
In some books they are more casual about mentioning injuries than others. Especially the injuries of others who aren't narrating. I remember reading a few times something along the lines of, 'oh, Jake was minus an ear and a leg, and someone had gutted Marco'. Earlier in the series stuff like that would have gotten more description. But I guess the Ani's....got used to getting their limbs hacked off?

It may have been ghostwriter's preference - some people may not want to go into depth describing gore. Still, losing limbs loses it's glory when a quick 45 second demorph will fix it right up. I remember a scene from one of the books, I can't remember which number, Rachel beats a Hork-Bajir to death with her own severed arm.

Still, anything not immediately lethal can be almost completely disregarded - if it won't kill you within two hours, you've got bigger things to worry about. Losing an ear or an eye sucks, but you can still fight until you can demorph. Being gored or losing a limb is the only real way to create stress; trying to escape a fight to demorph creates tension in what would otherwise be an almost monotonous fight. Still, after it becomes almost as a habit, the anxiety created by it will eventually decay, and this will likely also show in the author's writing.

Also, while depressing, it may have been as simple as a publisher saying that describing internal organs isn't what they want in their books.

Back to topic, I have noticed that Marco was definitely the most injured towards the beginning, but as the books progressed, it seemed as if it was about even for everyone. Each character somewhere along the line had a defining moment, given in different books. If everyone was gutted in every book, it would get very boring very quickly.

What does it mean to be free?