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Ax's books start at 8, and happen every ten books. Tobias' books start at 3, and are the same way. However, the others go in order of Jake, Rachel, Cassie, and Marco.

Did anyone ask the Applegates why they did this instead of just going Jake, Rachel, Tobias, Cassie, Marco, Ax, and so on?

Is it because Ax and Tobias don't really have social lives like the others? That they live in the woods and don't really have separate lives besides Yeerk resistance?


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Re: Why were Ax and Tobias' books spaced farther apart from the others?
« Reply #1 on: June 17, 2008, 11:01:36 PM »
I think it says in the anibase these words:

"I guess they thought that tobias and ax wouldn't be as popular. Boy, were they wrong (me: yes they were)"

or something like that.

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Re: Why were Ax and Tobias' books spaced farther apart from the others?
« Reply #2 on: June 18, 2008, 09:48:05 AM »
I agree, the Tobias and Ax books were almost always better than the others.
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Re: Why were Ax and Tobias' books spaced farther apart from the others?
« Reply #3 on: June 18, 2008, 10:52:32 AM »

Did anyone ask the Applegates why they did this instead of just going Jake, Rachel, Tobias, Cassie, Marco, Ax, and so on?


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Re: Why were Ax and Tobias' books spaced farther apart from the others?
« Reply #4 on: June 18, 2008, 11:02:28 AM »
i always wondered this too
cause they were good characters

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Re: Why were Ax and Tobias' books spaced farther apart from the others?
« Reply #5 on: June 19, 2008, 02:06:48 AM »
well even if this wasn't the answer, it would cause problems for the cover morphs. Tobias doesn't regain his morphing power until #13. they already did hawk to tobias for #3. what are they gonna do for #8 if it was a tobias book. they could have tobias regain his power in #8, but I don't know. it gets confusing then...

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Re: Why were Ax and Tobias' books spaced farther apart from the others?
« Reply #6 on: June 19, 2008, 05:48:57 AM »
Well, since they were the most popular characters... making their own stories rare makes them even more popular.... in a sense right? Rarity makes things more valuable.
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Re: Why were Ax and Tobias' books spaced farther apart from the others?
« Reply #7 on: June 19, 2008, 05:56:35 AM »
I think the editors said to give them fewer books. They probably thought kids wouldn't be able to relate to Tobias and Ax as much. They were, of course, wrong; every kid knows what it feels like to be an outsider.


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Re: Why were Ax and Tobias' books spaced farther apart from the others?
« Reply #8 on: June 19, 2008, 09:10:59 AM »
What Morfowt and MrLarry said is very true. #8 could have been the book that Tobias got his powers back, but I think it was likely better they did it a little later. That was something that never crossed my mind.

And many kids know exactly what it feels like to be an outsider. Children can be cruel beasts. Do you think Ax and Tobias might actually have been less popular if they had fewer books? Rarity does increase value in many things.


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Re: Why were Ax and Tobias' books spaced farther apart from the others?
« Reply #9 on: June 19, 2008, 11:48:27 AM »
The original order was Jake, Rachel, Tobias, Cassie, Marco. Ax was originally just going to trade with Tobias, making the order Jake, Rachel, Tobias/Ax, Cassie, Marco. Near the end, they moved Ax to the end of the sequence, making the order for the last few Jake, Rachel, Tobias, Cassie, Marco, Ax.

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Re: Why were Ax and Tobias' books spaced farther apart from the others?
« Reply #10 on: June 20, 2008, 05:25:48 PM »
I view it as a way to force the masses to delay gratification, thus making the Ax & Tobias books infinitely better.

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Re: Why were Ax and Tobias' books spaced farther apart from the others?
« Reply #11 on: June 22, 2008, 01:44:12 AM »
tobias was my fave character, and the character i related to the best of the 6, which is proly y he was my fave. it def mad me mad that he had so few books. but i never saw an actual explanation. there should have been one tho >:(
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Re: Why were Ax and Tobias' books spaced farther apart from the others?
« Reply #12 on: June 22, 2008, 11:04:20 PM »
maybe it was harder to come up with plots for them because they were so different and seperated from the rest, where the regular 4 could have more human interaction fuel their plots, easier to progress them
it makes sense that the editors or w/e asked for less tho
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Re: Why were Ax and Tobias' books spaced farther apart from the others?
« Reply #13 on: June 22, 2008, 11:38:06 PM »
but even tho ax and tobias were spaced out from the rest, they still did stuff. it woulda been cool to have them go human and just chill at the mall. ax at the mall could always be an awesome plot in and of itself. maybe KA was just lazy to think of plots for those 2 cuz yes, it musta been harder but still, im sure she coulda thought of good plots had she tried :-\
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Re: Why were Ax and Tobias' books spaced farther apart from the others?
« Reply #14 on: June 22, 2008, 11:56:28 PM »
maybe KA was just lazy to think of plots for those 2 cuz yes, it musta been harder but still, im sure she coulda thought of good plots had she tried :-\
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