KASU

[goom]

yeah, it'd be difficult to voice emotion via though-speak if you couldn't lower/raise your voice.
i guess she turned it into regular 'private' talk.

[Gafrash]

Maybe as they became more experienced with thought-speak they developed the ability to distinguish direction and different voices and all that.  That's the only explanation I can think of other than KA just changing her mind about how it worked.

That actually sounds like a good enough explanation. Experience. Simple as that.
For both the characters AND the author, who had done a good establishment of these things as the series developed.

[Green armadillo ette]

There is also the one where Erek's name is spelled Eric. It's on page 24, paragraph 3 in either the book where Ax morphs a cow/bull or the Illusion or the Arrival.

[OllieRaiden]

In regards to the not being able to distinguish thought speech debate.
I recently reread The Hork-Bajir Chronicles, and when Aldrea morphs Alloran, she uses thought speech, as well as her appearance, to fool the guards in to thinking that she is Alloran. When she uses the computer, it also says something about thought speech recognition, knowing the voice was Alloran's. Haven't got the book to hand right now, but I'm fairly sure that was the case.

And, with that in mind, the idea of thought speech becomes even more confusing.

[Chad32]

I guess if the person is capable of tlaking, then it will be their voice that they speak with. When Cassie morphed Rachel and spoke, it was Rachel's voice because it as her vocal chords. Same way with Alloran's thought speech. right?

[Ss112]

There is also the one where Erek's name is spelled Eric. It's on page 24, paragraph 3 in either the book where Ax morphs a cow/bull or the Illusion or the Arrival.

That also happened in #45. Erek is spelt "Erik" once.

[MoppingBear]

There is also the one where Erek's name is spelled Eric. It's on page 24, paragraph 3 in either the book where Ax morphs a cow/bull or the Illusion or the Arrival.

That also happened in #45. Erek is spelt "Erik" once.

its entirely possible the animorphs never saw his name written and have only heard it said so they dont know how to spell it.

[King D]

I guess if the person is capable of tlaking, then it will be their voice that they speak with. When Cassie morphed Rachel and spoke, it was Rachel's voice because it as her vocal chords. Same way with Alloran's thought speech. right?

In 41, The Familiar, when Jake goes to that alternate future thing he meets Tobias in Ax morph.  At first Tobias uses Ax's voice and then changes to his own human voice.

[Chad32]

I guess they can do both if they want to.

[Aluminator (Kit)]

I guess that would make sense- Ax in human morph apparently has the ability to thought-speak (sometimes  ), so why shouldn't someone be able to use either voice in a thought-speak capable morph?

Interesting side note, thought-speak must not be gender-differentiated. Rachel speaks to Visser 3 on many occasions, and he never realizes she's female. With Andalite attitudes towards females, you know it would have caused a lot of problems if he'd realized some of the "Andalite Warriors" he was fighting were female.

I like to picture Visser 3 with a thought-speak voice like Alpha from Up

[Gafrash]

Yeah, good point on the gender thing. But also the age thing. Kinda like when you can tell by the tone of the voice, whether it's a toddler, a kid, a teenager, an adult, or a person of the third-age. I too wondered if Visser 3 could tell if he was speaking to a teenage girl, and not a male Andalite warrior.

[OllieRaiden]

I have a possible addition!

In 'The Andalite Chronicles', Elfangor is introduced to books. "The bound papers were called books or magazines. Loren had explained them to me. A sort of extremely primitive computer file."
But doesn't Ax call books more advanced, thus implying that Andalites have books too?

[IamElfangor]

I may be way behind the times, and this may be one if the most talked about things on this forum, but why can't the Animorphs use thought speak outside of a morph? Jake did in book oneThe Invasion when Tobias morphed Dude (his cat) in Jakes bedroom, but after that it was said it couldn't be done. I am late to the series and have read up to book 32 and andalite and Hork bajir chronicles and 'egamorphs 1-3, so no spoiler replies please.

[Kitulean]

Very well known KASU (Katherine Applegate Screws Up) Short answer? After the first book came out, she changed her mind.

[goom]

merging this with the 'KASU' thread.