If the yeerk threat was real...

[Shenmue654]

Ehehehehe. This is a very interesting question. Assuming Animorphs existed, I would probably think for a while that the whole thing was a bizarre hoax created by K.A. Appelgate, or maybe a crazed fan. But eventually I would catch on that the Sharing had a whole website and everything, and I'd become compelled to go to a meeting myself in order to find out. Since I wouldn't, and the members would seem utterly normal...

...I would ask to become a voluntary host. If the Yeerks didn't exist I'd just seem insane, and if they did they'd know instantly what I was talking about. Let's play the odds here. First off, I would be one of a couple thousand of these and if Earth wins, finding out who was a sell-out and who wasn't wouldn't really be the first thing on their mind. Second, it's heavily unlikely that Earth would actually win that kind of war and I'd prefer to be on the winning team. Well, not precisely on the team. But being a team player's body isn't a half-bad second option.

Third...if the Yeerk was totally unreasonable, I'd simply retreat into the back of my own mind. My imagination is vivid enough that I can't even imagine what it would be like if I didn't have to control my own body. If the Yeerk decided to try and stop me from doing this because said Yeerk is sadistic, I would be understandably upset but impressed. So then I'd purr like a kitten in the back of his head and he'd be some combination of confused and incredibly amused by the series of thoughts that would unfold next, calling me an utterly delusional fool. But I would be a conveniently subservient and maybe even helpful (if the Yeerk'd let me) host, especially if he was less unreasonable.

As for the possible "death of loved ones" thing...most Yeerks wouldn't take that approach. Even someone as evil as Visser Three. They would instead attempt to convert my parents first. And since only the Empire would know I was voluntary, if human beings won I would promptly manipulate my way back into their good graces. That is, unless family members had seen me inside the Pool from where they were. I would have to be fairly careful while watching TV. : )  Either way my emotional sanity would have a 60% chance of being assured, hopefully no one important would be dead, and I would not be dead.

My god. I am one sick, twisted ****. O__O;

[Gumby]

Well, I would probably blast you as well.

[Dameg]

You already have my answer: I'm a voluntary host

lol Seriously, it'd depend how I know about it. I mean, everything depend of time and place and the way you know things... What are the ways to found out about this kind of invasion?
- Being captured
- Catch a conversation between 2 Aliens talking about invasion
- Seeing a Hork-Bajir... or meeting an Andalite...
- Want to be a member of the Sharing or another Scoot-like association...
Something else?

So here the answers:
1- Being captured, forced to become a Controller: I'd try to change the mind of my Yeerk, to show him we could be friends, etc. If he's a jerk and I can't succeed, then I'd try to bother him the most I can! lol I also can be f*cking jerk
2- Catch a conversation: it depends what the conversation is about... But I'd probably try to know more about it, to be sure. I'm curious, and I like to have proofs... so I'd probably follow them, or something like that, and... finally be captured (see answer 1 )
3- Seeing a Hork-Bajir-Controller: if he sees me, I'm dead (lol that's a good answer) or captured (answer 1), if he doesn't see me then I'm sure about what's happening and would probably try to tell it to most people I can... You RAFians first of course... and nobody would trust me, except Paladin, and I'll be captured (answer 1)
3- Meeting a free Hork-Bajir or an Andalite: I'd probably try to help them... if they want my help, and if I can do anything...
4- Going to a scoot-like association: there's no way I'd do such a thing! I hate the scoots! lol

Well, I'd prefer to be a voluntary, so even caught, I'd try to become friend with my Yeerk.

[Johnny Xtreme]

Easy answer if I had read books or not doesn't matter if I found about aliens takin over minds my plan is already in place.

Step 1: Acquire HUGE amounts of explosives. Now I know that people will say this is impossible, but I ain't talkin nukes here. FIREWORKS. Can get em' most anywhere and easy to hide.

Step 2: Locate someplace where the Yeerks seem to congregate The Sharing or whatever they usuin as a front. Volunteer to be a "willing" host.

Step 3: Enter Yeerk Pool and walk up ramp however when I reach the top rip off my shirt revealing the fireworks. With a triumphant yell of "**** YOU!!!" I light the fire works and jump in the Pool. BOOM! No more Yeerks. I have a warriors death and a hero's legacy.

[Gumby]

Um, good initiave, but a couple problems, or things that could be fixed.

1. Not Fireworks, how 'bout making pipe bombs?
2. Instead of blowing up the yeerks in the pool, how about you maybe dump in a galleon of rat poison?
3. You need to find a pool entrance.
4. You need to get past the BioFilter. (Solution: get a yeerk slug somehow, cut off a bit and take it with you. THat way biofilter will find only human AND yeerk DNA)
5. Why go kamakazi? Guerrila warfare would be much better solution.

[voodooqueen126]

Well, part of me wants to join the Yeerks I mean lets face it, it would be exciting. The space travel, the battling, rising through the ranks and becoming someone important, having inter galatic species at my control...you get the point.

In real life people with this kind of psychological make up because terrorists. Congratulations.

[Xan]

Fertilizer bombs are easy as hell to make.
Find the sharing HQ.
Rent a cheap ass rental car under a false name.
Blow up the sharing HQ with a car bomb.

Also, I would try to find out who the Yeerk leadership (human-controller) wise and try to take them out.
Rack the body count and create as much chaos within their ranks as possible.

[Unknown User]

Fertilizer bombs are easy as hell to make.
Find the sharing HQ.
Rent a cheap ass rental car under a false name.
Blow up the sharing HQ with a car bomb.

Also, I would try to find out who the Yeerk leadership (human-controller) wise and try to take them out.
Rack the body count and create as much chaos within their ranks as possible.

Yeah but Xan, what about all the innocent non-controllers that are hanging out at the meeting of The Sharing that you'll bomb?

Well, part of me wants to join the Yeerks I mean lets face it, it would be exciting. The space travel, the battling, rising through the ranks and becoming someone important, having inter galatic species at my control...you get the point.

In real life people with this kind of psychological make up because terrorists. Congratulations.

I'm no terrorist, that is a whole diffrent ball game.

[Gumby]

Yes, but you might piss off a sub visser or visser, and you know what happens to peeps who do that...

[voodooqueen126]

Several interviews were conducted with Pakistani members of the Taliban: a huge factor was "a love of adventure and a desire for excitement" and despite many in the media saying 'it's about poverty and political disenfranchisement/western colonialism/israeli aggression" more potent factors seem to be a desire to feel important and powerful...
Of course all humans want adventure, power and importance, but we haven't all found the right cause...perhaps fighting the yeerks would be that cause.

[Talix]

Since my hometown is quite small and in Alabama i'm pretty sure that it'd be a while before they went there. I'd probably go back home and gather a team.  If possible steal a Gleet Biofilter and set it to kill yeerks.  Otherwise probably just live off the grid and fight whenever plausible.  Either that or make them do something publicly. Like youtube a dracon beam shot.

[Johnny Xtreme]

Um, good initiave, but a couple problems, or things that could be fixed.

1. Not Fireworks, how 'bout making pipe bombs?
2. Instead of blowing up the yeerks in the pool, how about you maybe dump in a galleon of rat poison?
3. You need to find a pool entrance.
4. You need to get past the BioFilter. (Solution: get a yeerk slug somehow, cut off a bit and take it with you. THat way biofilter will find only human AND yeerk DNA)
5. Why go kamakazi? Guerrila warfare would be much better solution.

1. PIPE BOMBS!!! They're illegal and EXTREMELY hard to make. Fireworks are legal to purchase and make bigger BOOM!!!
2. Where the hell am I gonna get a galloen of rat poison AND how am I gonna sneak that into the pool.
3. I said I would volunteer to be a willing host. They will take me to the pool.
4. I'm gonna be a willing host. They would turn off the Biofilter.
5. Even though I'm tellin them I'm gonna be a willin host they will NOT let me outta their sight just in case I wuss out. If I go kamikazi I have a warrior's death and a hero's legacy which is what I want.

[Shenmue654]

Not really. <__<; You'd just go down as the really stupid guy who caused a lot of damage to the Yeerk Pool. Your reasoning assumes humankind will win, and this is not a given in a real-life situation. That, and this assumes there is only one Yeerk Pool on Earth. The series already implies if not states that there are several. Even if the Visser were present by some coincidence, killing him isn't going to kill an invasion this big.

Second...even if they did revere you...wanting to be a hero is kind of selfish and immature. I'd prefer to be nobody anyone knew about (at least not directly, indirectly if I'm VERY lucky) and live in comfort. <___<;

[Gumby]

1. Pipe bombs are EASY to make along with a wide array of other pyrotechnics and explosives. And I think breaking a law or two is worth blasting alien invaders, don't you?

2. You can get it at wal-mart and you can sneak it in the same way you would a few pounds of fireworks.

3. They'd probably infest you first, then go to the pool.

4. no, they'd leave the BioFilter on. Why would they turn it off if you are a controller voluntary or not?

5. Warriors death, yes. Heroes legacy, no. Just somewhat idiotic. You blow up a hundred or so yeerks which would be soon replaced by the pool ship. Hell, in book 6 Jake parboiled over one thousand, so a couple hundred wouldn't make a difference, specially with over 17000 more in the poolship.

[Myitt]

I pretty much agree with Dameg (I don't think I'd join the scoots...er scouts...either XD hehe sorry that makes me giggle.  The Girl Scoots!  hehe...I'm too easily amused.)

I'd try and reason with a Yeerk if I were captured, though odds are they probably wouldn't be all bastardly-but-with-a-grudgingly-good-soul like my silly rebel characters.  Odds are I'd get stuck with a jerk who wouldn't give me the time of day.  Living with that, and watching myself turn my family into slaves?  Yeah, that would suck.  So in reality, barring some luck with getting a decent Yeerk with whom I could at least rationalize, but wouldn't know about beforehand, I'd probably be involuntary.  At least at first.

If I overheard someone talking about aliens really existing, just offhand?  Hell yes I'd follow them and strike up a conversation, the Borg be damned! XD  They could either be just crazy and paranoid, or telling the truth.  Hopefully telling the truth...and hopefully not an alien themselves, resulting in me being shoved into a van and "assimilated".

Now if I knew about the Yeerks and had a way to fight them, like the Animorphs?  I guess I'd fight, but I think it helps that the Animorphs had each other for support.  If I had friends who were also in the fight, I'd probably be much more likely to fight with them.  If I were by myself, I'd be scared sh*tless and probably cry in a corner x3  I am not superhero material...but then again, neither were the Animorphs, mostly.