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animals or aliens
« on: December 17, 2009, 01:21:40 AM »

Sorry if anyone already posted this topic.  I was just wondering what hooked you into Animorphs more, the turning into animals or the saving the world from aliens parasites?   

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Re: animals or aliens
« Reply #1 on: December 17, 2009, 01:41:44 AM »
Aliens. Animorphs was my springboard into sci-fi geekery.
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Re: animals or aliens
« Reply #2 on: December 17, 2009, 01:50:07 AM »
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Re: animals or aliens
« Reply #3 on: December 17, 2009, 03:47:08 AM »
I'm going to be the first to say "animals."  Yeah, the aliens were awesome, of course.  But what kid hasn't wondered what it was like to be a hawk, or a cat, or a dog?  Animorphs, for me, was sort of a dream come true in that aspect.  I always used to play around and pretend that I could morph.

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« Reply #4 on: December 17, 2009, 04:35:27 AM »
I would say aliens.

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« Reply #5 on: December 17, 2009, 09:10:05 AM »
Probably transforming into Animals.  There are plenty of other things out there that deal with aliens, but not so many kids transforming into animals plot lines...
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Re: animals or aliens
« Reply #6 on: December 17, 2009, 10:12:34 AM »
The majestic mix of the two

I guess I'd say the animals were my more favorite part, but I don't know if just that would have drawn me to the series without the aliens there

I know michael and ka wanted to do a series about kids turning into animals and then they had to come up with a threat and landed on aliens so i guess the animals drew them in too

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Re: animals or aliens
« Reply #7 on: December 17, 2009, 10:19:51 AM »
For me, the aliens. The idea that our planet was being destroyed by a secret invasion right under our noses was really compelling. Not to mentioned it explained a lot about my science teacher.

I remember being weirded out by morphing at first -- unsure and almost uncomfortable reading about it. I'm not positive if this was a reflection of Cassie's moral dilemma about where to draw the line, or if it was an unease with the idea of having to eliminate one's body and replace it with a different one in order to be successful.

After the first couple of books, though, I found I perceived the morphing as a really cool and useful tool and, although I was interested in the depiction of the animals' instincts, it was reading about how a few kids formed the Yeerk resistance that snagged me right from the beginning.
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Re: animals or aliens
« Reply #8 on: December 17, 2009, 11:24:30 AM »
It's hard to say. Book 8 was the first one I read, so the first cover I saw was an alien turning into a Human. Or the other way around as I thought before reading the book. The story itsself had a blend of serious and comic to it.


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Re: animals or aliens
« Reply #9 on: December 17, 2009, 07:45:49 PM »
Probably more the aliens for me. I have been, and always shall be, a sci-fi fan. I don't think the series would have grabbed me at all without also having the animals, though.

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Re: animals or aliens
« Reply #10 on: December 18, 2009, 12:27:56 AM »
At first it was the whole turning into animals thing.  The covers are what attracted me initially.  Prior to Animorphs I had been really into this comic book series called Terratopia, where a bunch of kids can turn into one totem animal using a necklace and hippie powers to save the Earth from pollution and whatnot x3

But I already liked aliens at that point, and the fact that there was a great intergalactic storyline with great alien characters and races pretty soon overruled even my love of the whole animal mind aspect x3

So I guess, in a nutshell-- for this party, I came for the animals, but I stayed for the aliens :D



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Re: animals or aliens
« Reply #11 on: December 18, 2009, 12:36:40 AM »
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Re: animals or aliens
« Reply #12 on: December 18, 2009, 01:45:22 AM »
Animals.  I was never really into aliens...still am not.  Animorphs is the only exception.  :P

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Re: animals or aliens
« Reply #13 on: December 18, 2009, 01:52:55 AM »
the animals definitely at first.
i looked at the covers and saw humans turning into animals.

instant win.

the addition of the aliens through enough spice into the mix to keep me hooked.

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« Reply #14 on: December 18, 2009, 05:12:45 PM »
Definitely the animals. in fact if the covers didnt show them morphing I probably would have never even gotten into the series
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