The fate of Nora

[Darth Zakryn]

Did anyone else wonder about the fate of Nora Robinette? The math teacher who married Marco's dad? I mean, think about it: Once the war was over, if she's still alive, she's going to eventually learn Marco is still alive, and when she does she's going to deduce that PETER is still alive and try to go back to him. Marco's already told his dad that she was a Controller who set him up. So... what? What happens? Can anyone guess?

[Aldrea Hammee]

There are a few possibilities I can think of.

1. She was at the Yeerk Pool when it blew up, and she's dead.

2. She was unable to find Marco's dad.

3. She found him and learned he'd gone back to his wife (since Eva wasn't dead, Peter and Nora were actually not legally married.) Maybe she was embarrassed/horrified and decided to just move on.

4. She COULD try to screw with Peter and Eva, but I think they could just get a restraining order or something and that'd be the end of it.

It's an interesting dynamic, though. I find it hard to beleive that Marco's parents just went right back to being "nauseatingly in love", honestly. But Eva did seem pretty understanding in Visser, so maybe she was okay with it.

[Chad32]

I'm hoping she becomes a friend of the family, but Marco might get in trouble for what he told his dad. I think Eva would be the understanding type. She was thought dead for like seven years or something, and I don't think any woman would fault their husband for marrying again after almost a decade of thinking his wife is dead.

Nora was just one of those plot threads that was never tied up at the end.

[Darth Zakryn]

Yeah, pity. The Beginning should have had two parts, I think.

[Chad32]

I'm quite certain that KAA was disinterested with Animorphs by the end, which would explain why she didn't give the series a proper sendoff. Plus I think I read somewhere thta she didn't like books that tried to tied up all the loose ends.

[LisaCharly]

I'm a total Peter/Eva shipper, but I agree that the whole 'okay suddenly they're in love again!' thing was really written out. I mean, Eva had been a slave for seven years, tortured, presumed dead, and probably deprived of human contact for extended periods of time. She's going to be DAMAGED. Woman's going to have serious issues. It's not like as soon as Edriss is dead she'll just be fine and happy and go right back into the mommywife role.

My personal theory/headcanon is that Peter always had some emotional issues even before Eva's 'death' and kind of deferred responsibility to Eva, was getting therapy after #5, was able to kind of grow up and get more stable leading up to and during his marriage to Nora, and then, when reunited with Eva (who was in pretty desperate need of patience, love and TLC post-Edriss), was forced by circumstance to stay the responsible, adult one and use what he learned in therapy to help Eva.

As for Nora, I've written fic about her, and I know at least one other person has too, trying to figure out what happened to her. It's one of the most frustrating loose ends in the series. I can't see Marco telling Peter or Eva 'lawl I lied she was free all along' unless he knew that Nora was alive and well, but if she was...I don't know how that would play out.

[Darth Zakryn]

What fanfic is it called?

[Chad32]

Well there's always polygamy....

I wonder what KA's opinion of polygamy actually is? I don't think that would be a serious consideration, though. I believe most Americans look down on that way of life.

[LisaCharly]

What fanfic is it called?

Mine's Stage Laughter, and the other person's is a series of drabbles that haven't been posted to FF yet, but that I've been proofreading.

[Chad32]

That's an interesting title.

[LisaCharly]

It's here. It's really more of a Marco story than a Nora story.

[Phoenix004]

I'm hoping she becomes a friend of the family, but Marco might get in trouble for what he told his dad. I think Eva would be the understanding type. She was thought dead for like seven years or something, and I don't think any woman would fault their husband for marrying again after almost a decade of thinking his wife is dead.

Nora was just one of those plot threads that was never tied up at the end.

More like five years. It had been two years at the end of #5 and the war lasted three years. Of course it had only been maybe four years when his Dad married Nora. Even so, I doubt Eva would've blamed him.

Since she's never mentioned, I guess we're supposed to assume that she died, or something was resolved "off screen." It's an interesting discussion, but I think KA had bigger concerns when writing the end of the series.

[Chad32]

Sometimes I forget that timeline. Five years then.

[LisaCharly]

Depending on how much time passes between #35 and #45, Eva was infested for ~6-7 years and 'dead' for ~4-5. Though in #35 Marco keeps saying that it's been a little more than two years since Eva 'died', but we can probably assume that he's skewing the numbers.
Post Merged: November 22, 2010, 05:51:16 AMThis is the other Nora fic I'm aware of.

[songofsuzanna]

I'm quite certain that KAA was disinterested with Animorphs by the end, which would explain why she didn't give the series a proper sendoff. Plus I think I read somewhere thta she didn't like books that tried to tied up all the loose ends.

I read in her big defense that the whole story was a "war" story and therefore shouldn't have a clean ending.  I sort of agree with this but [spoiler]inventing this crazy mind monster just so the characters can "die fighting" is stupid[/spoiler].  I can understand if the characters are scarred for life and friendships are ruined and maybe a few go on to fight with the Andalites (because though the battle for Earth is over, the war is not) but not...that.

And it's very obvious in how she wrote the last book that she was trying to end it as quickly as she could.  When I read it, I had missed a whole chunk of the series, so I had a million and one questions at the end.  I thought maybe it was because I had missed so much but I see in this forum that I'm not the only one with questions.  Even with her defense in mind, that book just screams, "I'm copping out because I want to move onto other things."

As far as Peter and Eva are concerned, I think it's supposed to be understood that she's dead.  At least that would be the easy way out.  Sorry if I sound all negative and grouchy but I just needed to vent a little.