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Should the Animorphs have made new members despite David?
« on: July 15, 2008, 01:16:34 PM »
(Why am I talking about David so much?)

I know that we got the auxilaries later on, but do you think after the David disaster, the Animorphs should have gotten new members? I mean, they had the box now and who knows how much easier missions would be with extra assistance. What do you think? Maybe Melissa?

I could sort of see the recruitment like the meeting between Morpheus and Neo in The Matrix.

"What if, everyone around you wasn't exactly who they said they were? Do you want to know the truth?"
"Yes"
"Touch this blue box and I'll show you how far the rabbit hole goes"

;D Or something like that!
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Re: Should the Animorphs have made new members despite David?
« Reply #1 on: July 15, 2008, 04:47:47 PM »
Hmmmmm, interesting.
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Re: Should the Animorphs have made new members despite David?
« Reply #2 on: July 15, 2008, 07:51:07 PM »
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Re: Should the Animorphs have made new members despite David?
« Reply #3 on: July 15, 2008, 08:35:34 PM »
I think he's made more threads in the animorphs forum than any other member. as for the question, it would be good idea, but I don't think they'd do it in fear of creating another traitor. and personally, I don't really like the idea of melissa becoming an animorph.

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Re: Should the Animorphs have made new members despite David?
« Reply #4 on: July 15, 2008, 09:14:10 PM »
Melissa would've been too risky.

They really should've just kidnapped Tom, staged a death, and given him the morphing power. That wouldn't have helped with the plot though.

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Re: Should the Animorphs have made new members despite David?
« Reply #5 on: July 16, 2008, 10:43:12 AM »
How so??
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Re: Should the Animorphs have made new members despite David?
« Reply #6 on: July 16, 2008, 12:28:46 PM »
stage a death?
That would mean they'd have to find tom from everyone, including his family, or stage a death for all of them too. I don't think even could have lead a world saving team for a place in the woods for that long.
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Re: Should the Animorphs have made new members despite David?
« Reply #7 on: July 16, 2008, 08:30:14 PM »
They wouldn't because they worked better as that small team. The other teams worked cause they were separated
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Re: Should the Animorphs have made new members despite David?
« Reply #8 on: July 16, 2008, 08:37:14 PM »
Plus, how would Tom live? He can't live in the other Animorph's homes. He would feel as if the Animorphs have taken his human life away, just like David's.
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Re: Should the Animorphs have made new members despite David?
« Reply #9 on: July 22, 2008, 01:58:12 PM »
What human life? Tom was a prisoner of his own body by an alien slug!

He would have felt GRATEFUL and certainly not bitter like David.
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What seed, what root did it grow from?
Who's doing this?
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Re: Should the Animorphs have made new members despite David?
« Reply #10 on: July 22, 2008, 01:59:36 PM »
Plus, how would Tom live? He can't live in the other Animorph's homes. He would feel as if the Animorphs have taken his human life away, just like David's.

He could live with the hork-bajir, but as you said  he would feel as if the animorphs had taken his human life away. BUTTTTTT  him being a controller and all, dont ya think he'd just  be happy hes free?
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Re: Should the Animorphs have made new members despite David?
« Reply #11 on: July 22, 2008, 02:01:37 PM »
What human life? Tom was a prisoner of his own body by an alien slug!

He would have felt GRATEFUL and certainly not bitter like David.

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Re: Should the Animorphs have made new members despite David?
« Reply #12 on: August 13, 2008, 03:02:11 PM »
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This great evil - where's it come from?
How'd it steal into the world?
What seed, what root did it grow from?
Who's doing this?
Who's killing us, robbing us of life and light, mocking us with the sight of what we mighta known?
Does our ruin benefit the earth, aid the grass to grow and the sun to shine?  Is this darkness in you, too?  Have you passed through this night?

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Re: Should the Animorphs have made new members despite David?
« Reply #13 on: August 17, 2008, 06:57:14 PM »
Wait, they couldn't have done that with Tom....don't you see? The Yeerks would not have let Tom just "go missing" or have a death faked. They would've hunted him down, he was getting higher in the ranks. If he all the sudden went missing or dead, and then another "Andalite Bandit" showed up, they'd put 2 and 2 together. And then they'd kill Jake's family. And maybe Jake in his sleep. Or whatever.

I really think that more members wouldn't have provided much. They were a unit. They knew each other. One more body to protect and try not to leave behind might have been too much. Especially someone who is not like the auxilary morphs. Someone who could make up their mind to go wherever and do whatever they wanted. David was the classic example of what would've happened.

You lost everything, the aliens are trying to control your mind or destroy you, and we are the only hope to save the world. Here is a power greater than anything you've ever known. But you can't use it unless it is to help us kill things. You can't even go anywhere or do anything without telling us. We own you now. And if you don't listen, we will murder your family who has already been taken by aliens...... ok?

I'm glad they didn't recruit anyone else. I wanted them to, but if we wanted the series to be the way it is (classic), the new animorph wouldn't have made a very large impact on the war. And if the new animorph didn't make a significant impact, why add him/her?
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I nodded and wiped away my tears. "Yeah," I said. "Until then, we fight."

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Re: Should the Animorphs have made new members despite David?
« Reply #14 on: August 17, 2008, 10:43:00 PM »
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You lost everything, the aliens are trying to control your mind or destroy you, and we are the only hope to save the world. Here is a power greater than anything you've ever known. But you can't use it unless it is to help us kill things. You can't even go anywhere or do anything without telling us. We own you now. And if you don't listen, we will murder your family who has already been taken by aliens...... ok?

::) I'm pretty sure the Animorphs would use a little more tact, compassion and plain old subtlety if they had started recruiting
This great evil - where's it come from?
How'd it steal into the world?
What seed, what root did it grow from?
Who's doing this?
Who's killing us, robbing us of life and light, mocking us with the sight of what we mighta known?
Does our ruin benefit the earth, aid the grass to grow and the sun to shine?  Is this darkness in you, too?  Have you passed through this night?