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Offline Fwahm

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Which animorph had the hardest time in the war?
« on: October 10, 2009, 04:19:51 PM »
This is a poll topic, as I'm curious to hear about your opinions.  In my opinion, the order would go

Jake = Tobias > Aximili > Rachel > Marco Cassie

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Re: Which animorph had the hardest time in the war?
« Reply #1 on: October 10, 2009, 05:27:32 PM »
Hardest time in the war? Depends on what you mean by hardest. Cassie had the hardest time BEING in the war. Up to the last book, I would say Tobias was the most affected by it.

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Re: Which animorph had the hardest time in the war?
« Reply #2 on: October 10, 2009, 05:43:41 PM »
I'd say Cassie had it really hard, since being in the war went against her very being. Ax had it the least hard because he had been born and trained in the war.

After the war, I'd say Rachel and Ax, then Jake and Tobias, the Marco and Cassie. But during the war, it would be different.


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Re: Which animorph had the hardest time in the war?
« Reply #3 on: October 10, 2009, 07:00:05 PM »
After thinking about it a while...

Tobias, Jake, Ax, Cassie, Marco, Rachel

There is a quote... something like... "Only the dead have seen the end of the war!" or something like that.

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Re: Which animorph had the hardest time in the war?
« Reply #4 on: October 11, 2009, 03:42:34 PM »
Cassie> Rachel and Tobias>Jake>Marco>Ax

I think Cerulean's right, during and after matter, but over all I put it like that.
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Re: Which animorph had the hardest time in the war?
« Reply #5 on: October 11, 2009, 10:39:17 PM »
i think it depends on what you mean by the hardest time...

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Re: Which animorph had the hardest time in the war?
« Reply #6 on: October 12, 2009, 03:08:22 PM »
Physically and emotionally traumatising, I suppose.


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Re: Which animorph had the hardest time in the war?
« Reply #7 on: October 12, 2009, 08:05:38 PM »
What did you mean by "the hardest time", Fwahm?

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Re: Which animorph had the hardest time in the war?
« Reply #8 on: October 13, 2009, 08:10:45 AM »
Jake>Ax>Tobias>Marco>Rachel>Cassie
Cassie always had that perpetual "I don't want to do this, but I'm doing it for a good reason" thought protective bubble which I think really benefited her. Marco moreso than Rachel because he had higher stakes what with his mom.
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Re: Which animorph had the hardest time in the war?
« Reply #9 on: October 13, 2009, 07:30:50 PM »
Tobias and Jake probably tie. Tobias, well, that doesn't really need to be explained; but Jake [spoiler]had to kill his own brother,[/spoiler] and he led the whole resistance from the get-go. Rachel did give up the most, obviously, but she also enjoyed the actual war to some extent, so it wasn't terribly hard for her. I'd say it was very hard on Marco, probably more than the series indicates, as his personality allows him to deflect tough questions and he rarely displays any emotional vulnerability. He sort of had to keep the Animorphs together with his humour and reason, even though he was initially opposed to fighting back in the first place. Cassie definitely had trouble with her moral quandaries, but when her losses are stacked up to those of the others, they don't really compare. Ax had it bad, being so far from home; but in terms of the actual war, I'd say he didn't have it so tough. He did have to deal with the Visser Three rivalry, though.

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Re: Which animorph had the hardest time in the war?
« Reply #10 on: October 15, 2009, 05:54:28 PM »
I think it is Tobias, Ax, Jake, Cassie, Rachel and Marco.

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Re: Which animorph had the hardest time in the war?
« Reply #11 on: October 15, 2009, 06:04:59 PM »
I think the harshness of war was distributed evenly amongst them. They all constantly suffered one way or another. I don't think any of them could say they suffered any less.
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Re: Which animorph had the hardest time in the war?
« Reply #12 on: October 18, 2009, 12:15:45 PM »
Hardest time, I'd have to go with Jake...
Marco is totally on the other end of the spectrum, though, all things considered... if you factor in after the war...  :2cents:
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Re: Which animorph had the hardest time in the war?
« Reply #13 on: October 20, 2009, 04:08:19 AM »
Sorry to bump, but I'm shocked that you guys seem to think Rachel had a relatively easy time with it. I think, her death notwithstanding, she was the most emotionally broken of any of the Animorphs--save maybe Jake. Rachel started out the series as a strong female character who wanted something more than what the world wanted out of her. She found that through the war, and at first she really liked it. But she completely lost herself to that and, unlike all the others (save Jake), wasn't ever really given the chance to deal with the terror and emotions she put herself through because she felt that she was strong enough to deal with it. So she had to keep getting stronger and stronger, until she lost herself. There are two ways to completely lose yourself to the war, I guess--to become too weak to fight it, or to give yourself up completely to the fight and rush.

Rachel had to give herself up completely. There was nothing in her salvageable after the war. She could NOT have coped or found a way to integrate herself into normal society. At best, she could be a ruthless military spy of some sort.

Jake is fairly similar in regards to being unable to find his place in the world afterward.

However, I believe that Tobias would have been able to do this--especially with Loren back--until Rachel died. Cassie and Marco ("the only real survivors") were obviously able to, though not perfectly. Ax, well, I don't get his resolution or situation. So I'm going to say he didn't have as hard of a time AFTERWARDS as DURING and that was due mostly to his separation from his culture.

So speaking from an after-the-war standpoint, looking at who would be most capable of integrating themselves back into society:

Cassie > Ax > Marco > Tobias > Rachel = Jake

Easiest to Hardest, sorry it's in the opposite order!

During the war, life sucked for all of them, but I could see it sucking a *little* less for Rachel because loving it was the only way she could deal with it and Cassie because her justification seemed to help her cope. Tobias had that bird thing, but he also seemed to be more happy with himself than before the war because he finally had a makeshift family of sorts ("go to your friends, tobias. they are your family now.") and belonged to something. and as MM4 shows us, Tobias had a better life in the war than he would have had without it. Jake's position sucked during the war as did Ax's and Marco's. So I really don't want to say that they can be RANKED for their sufferings during it...they all seem pretty damn equal.
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Re: Which animorph had the hardest time in the war?
« Reply #14 on: October 20, 2009, 10:43:50 AM »
I feel Rachel had a relatively easy time with it because I feel she was styronger than she was made out to be. I feel she could have coped after the war, judging from the books she narrated. She's not some Blood Knight like the others see her. She didn't totally lose herself, because if she had she wouldn't have refused Crayak's offer in the last book she narrated, or hesitated to finish off V3.


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