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Re: Rank the Animorphs from Fave to Least Fave
« Reply #75 on: July 30, 2008, 06:53:58 PM »
what's the difference?

Quickly:

Probability: the chance that something will happen without regard to actual outcome

Luck: pure chance occurence regardless of likelihood
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Re: Rank the Animorphs from Fave to Least Fave
« Reply #76 on: July 30, 2008, 07:05:05 PM »
I honestly don't understand the difference yet.

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Re: Rank the Animorphs from Fave to Least Fave
« Reply #77 on: July 30, 2008, 07:52:30 PM »
It's fairly pronounced.

One depends on the outcome the other doesn't.  One deals with odds, the other doesn't.
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Re: Rank the Animorphs from Fave to Least Fave
« Reply #78 on: July 30, 2008, 08:01:24 PM »
ok...sort of understood.

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Re: Rank the Animorphs from Fave to Least Fave
« Reply #79 on: January 24, 2012, 10:15:28 AM »
My rank from favourite to least favourite.
1)Rachel,
2)Tobias,
3)Ax,
4)Jake,
5)Marco and
6)Cassie.

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Re: Rank the Animorphs from Fave to Least Fave
« Reply #80 on: January 24, 2012, 12:11:32 PM »
That's a tough question, because I like Rachel and Tobias equal...

1. Rachel (She is a very extreme character, she is split in these two halves, she is the warrior that would do everything to win the war, bur on the other side she is a very  affectionate character, especially at the beginning of the series, and that is what I love so much in this character.)
2. Tobias (He is the character I feel most related to because I was a long time a bully magnet to and so I can understand his feelings in the beginning. And I think he is a really strong character before Rachel dies and I like this very much)
3. Marco (He's so funny and very intelligent but also pretty ruthless and that's a really interesting combination)
4. Ax (He is also very funny and I loved his books)
5. Jake (I never liked him very much, although I know how hard it must have been for him to be the leader but I always thought he was a but boring)
6. Cassie  (Never liked her. She was way to morally and I really hated that she was always right. That bothered me really much)


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Re: Rank the Animorphs from Fave to Least Fave
« Reply #81 on: January 24, 2012, 03:24:08 PM »
then:
  • tobias
  • cassie
  • rachel
  • jake
  • ax
  • marco

now:
  • rachel*
  • tobias*
  • ax
  • marco
  • jake
  • cassie
*i'm on the fence between liking tobias or rachel more, so i flipped a coin.

this seems to be pretty close to a lot of others' lists.

I used to really like Cassie. I was a major hippie when I started reading the books, and the idea of her being a talented morpher appealed to me. However, after a while, she just got on my nerves.

ditto. and it doesn't help that quite a few of her books were my least favorites in the series (buffahuman, kangaroo cassie etc.)

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Re: Rank the Animorphs from Fave to Least Fave
« Reply #82 on: January 24, 2012, 03:32:24 PM »
1. Ax
2. Jake
3. Rachel
4. Marco
5. Tobias
6. The Auxiliaries
7. Buffa-human
8. Cassie

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Re: Rank the Animorphs from Fave to Least Fave
« Reply #83 on: January 24, 2012, 03:36:01 PM »
The buffa-human is an Animorph...?  0_o

1. Tobias
2. Rachel
3/4. Ax
3/4. Marco
5. Jake
6. Cassie
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Re: Rank the Animorphs from Fave to Least Fave
« Reply #84 on: January 24, 2012, 03:40:03 PM »
The buffa-human is an Animorph...?  0_o


Not really, but in my brain he was more of an animorph than Cassie.   :P

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Re: Rank the Animorphs from Fave to Least Fave
« Reply #85 on: January 25, 2012, 11:49:11 PM »
1. Rachel
2. Marco
3. Ax
4. Tobias
5. Jake
6. Cassie

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Re: Rank the Animorphs from Fave to Least Fave
« Reply #86 on: February 21, 2012, 06:53:28 PM »
1. Marco: Funny, loved his character, complex, and his books were often my favorites.

2. Ax: Several times he cracked me up. I also loved many of his books.

3. Rachel: Favorite of the girls. I thought she had the best morphs. Sometimes she got a little too violent though and she got a few goofy books.

4. Tobias: Liked the character though sometimes he whined a little too much for my taste. I also didn't like that he never got a battle morph after getting his powers back.

5. Cassie. She was my favorite when I first read the series. She loved animals and knew a lot about them. However, sometimes her moralizing gets on my nerves. It's not so much that that is a bad thing, it's just that sometimes she makes a moral issue when there is not even one there.  I think KA using Cassie as her voice was a mistake. Cassie couldn't really develop or grow because KA had to be right. It would have been better if she had used one of the Chi instead. Cassie had some very goofy books as a result.

6. Jake. Ok I don't hate Jake. Compared to the others though I just found him boring. I usually dreaded when a Jake book was going to be released because those were the ones that I had the most trouble getting through. I will say that he was the best choice for the leader.

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Re: Rank the Animorphs from Fave to Least Fave
« Reply #87 on: March 31, 2012, 09:41:50 PM »
1.- Jake: He is as human as everyone but has enough b***s to get things done and not get killed by remorse (almost but not all the way). He is the best choice  for a leader, I mean he was brave and mature enough to understand that a life, even his brothers, wasn´t worth the whole world!!!
2.-Marco: Made me lol so hard and his conflict with visser 1 and his father made him a deep character.
3.- Rachel/Ax: Not so fave, Rachel was brave and everything but being so crazy doesn´t appeals to me, and Ax man is plain hilarious, but lacks depth and is (obviously) alien to the group.
4.- Cassie/Tobias: Three hugging and self pity get old way too fast. I hated the way Tobias was always complaining about his life. As for Cassie, not beign willing to kill in a war is lame, and the last nail in her coffin is the fact she let Tom scape with the cube.
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Re: Rank the Animorphs from Fave to Least Fave
« Reply #88 on: April 01, 2012, 04:27:06 PM »
I've probably posted here before, but I can post again.

Marco: He's funny, smart, and overall a good character. He can be ruthless, but in their situation sometimes ruthlessness is needed.

Tobias: This is probably the closest character to what kind of person I am. I was the dork who always got picked on, and if I got powers I would want to use them. He was one of the most willing to fight because it gave him a purpose in life. Now my life isn't as bad as his, and I wouldn't like to get superpowers just to find out the world was being invaded by alien parasites, but I related to him somewhat.

Ax: also funny in a different way, and pretty cool. His conflict over loyalties can get in the way when his people are involved, but to me it's understandable.

Rachel: Quite the interesting character. Brave, confident, but also compassionate. I always believed if anyone would come out of this war more or less ok, it would be Rachel, but obviously some disagreed. Including the author.

Jake: Jake is low mostly because he's bland. He's the everyguy, and while I don't have any problems with him, I'm not highly interested in him either.

Cassie: Down at the bottom for holding too tightly to what I believe are childish morals. She's more of a loose cannon than Rachel is. During book 29 she chooses herself over the world, and in the final arc she makes a huge mistake then makes excuses and hopes for the best instead of just taking the blame and admitting what she did was really stupid.


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Re: Rank the Animorphs from Fave to Least Fave
« Reply #89 on: April 02, 2012, 12:09:37 AM »
Hmm, this is tough. I didn't and still don't actively dislike any of the Anis, although I do find some of them more compelling than others. All of them were necessary to the fight and I seriously believe that had any of them died during the course of the books, it would have been game over.

Marco: I pretty much love everything about him. Including (and possibly because of) his mean/ruthless streak. I liked how he brought levity to even the darkest situations. Out of all of them, Marco had the strongest (IMO) reason for not wanting to fight - but he did anyway, which is really brave.  I thought and still think that out of all the Animorphs, Marco received the best treatment in terms of character development and I always looked forward to his books, poo always seemed to hit the fan when it was his turn in the rotation, LOL.

Cassie: Despite being so different from Marco, I thought they were two sides of the same coin. Cassie had a real mean/manipulative streak and I thought that was an interesting contrast to her predominantly compassionate nature. I'd argue that she was the unofficial second in command...in retrospect especially, it's quite apparent how much Jake relied on her opinion and looked to her before deciding whether or not to go through w/ something. I also appreciated how she continued to fight despite being a pacifist...her moralizing got extremely grating and frankly, she was hard to like towards the end of the series, but at the same time, I blame the ghostwriters for dropping the ball on her character. In the first half of the series Cassie was a lot more humorous, and wasn't nearly as self-righteous. I always thought it was cool how she'd often be the one to come up with the plans despite not wanting to fight in the first place (just like Marco).


Jake: I know a lot of fans found him boring but I couldn't disagree more. I think Jake was an amazing character, from the beginning to the end of the series. Here you have this regular kid with what seems like the picture perfect life, when in actuality he's basically in a living nightmare: his brother is a slave, his parents are totally oblivious, and the fate of the Earth (possibly the universe) is on his shoulders. Out of all the Anis, Jake was the biggest wildcard, IMO. He was the least predictable in terms of his decision-making...just when you think he'd go one way, he'd decide on something completely different, which was realistic considering the evolution of his character. On an emotional note, I liked that despite being chosen unanimously as the leader, he was so deeply insecure, which was most apparent during his own narrations. The Jake books were not always as action packed but they always made me wonder how the hell he'd be able to live a normal life if he survived the war. I guess we all saw how that turned out. :(

Ax: I like Ax a LOT, especially earlier in the series, but to be honest, I didn't make a huge effort to get a hold of his books later in the series. I loved reading about the world through his eyes and I appreciated how he philosophical he got when it came to the heavier issues. His viewpoints really made me think.

Rachel: At the beginning, Rachel was probably my favorite, but like Cassie, I think her character suffered greatly at the hands of the ghostwriters. Just like Cassie's over the top moralizing, Rachel's violent nature got way too hamfisted for me. Rachel was definitely the bravest, but IMO, it was never b/c she was blindly reckless. The ghostwriters disagreed with that apparently, which is why I often found myself rolling my eyes at some of the truly stupid risks Rachel would take. I just think she lost most of her complexity by the time the last few books came around.

Tobias: I know he's last on my list, but I don't hate him at all. I just don't think he's nearly as interesting as so many fans find him, heheh. On paper, his story is probably the most interesting, his character just never really struck a chord with me. Maybe it's b/c I couldn't relate to him being bullied, the outsider, etc...his narration was frequently too emo for my tastes. I did find myself agreeing with him a lot when they would all debate whether or not a certain tactic would be justified. He was like the perfect balance between Marco and Cassie in that way.

tl;dr I know. I seem to have a lot of feeling on this topic.  ;)

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