Yeerks as humans?

[Darth Zakryn]

Ok, in The Beginning all the Yeerks got the morphing technology and morphed permanently into some other form. What do you think? Did some of them morph human? If so, that brings up the question: HOW are they going to fit into society? I like to think the governments they live within will tag them so that they can track them. Maybe ordinary humans will form anti-Yeerk societies with slogans like "Slugs are not humans!" "No to Yeerks!" and so on against the new Yeerk-humans. What do you think about a Yeerk who was inside a human's head and then morphs to human and gets married to somebody? How is that normal human going to feel? Especially if that human lost somebody to their evil race? And how would that Yeerk contribute to anything in that human government, considering they are not human and would probably not consider themselves to be?

One of my earliest fics for Animorphs that I abandoned because it was too hard involved a vengeful human who lost a loved one in the war targeting and killing former Yeerks now-turned-human while the governments turned a blind eye and Cassie is forced to test her own morals as she tracks down the killer behind these attacks (basically one of the few, if the only one, to do so).

Discuss, please!

[MoppingBear]

I started exploring a similar situation in the fic I am writing, thought I haven't gotten past chapter 2.  In it, there is definite anti-yeerk sentiment, but for the most part it's non-violent.  Racism would definitely be a problem for those that became human.

[Terenia]

I have two different roleplay characters that I'm looking into creating a fic about that are in that situation. They are Descendents (term coined by Baron) - that is, their parents were Yeerks trapped as humans.

In my version of events the "grubs", or children of former Yeerks, are watched over carefully. They are registered in the government databases and sent to separate schools. The early years after the invasion there was a lot of segregation. The children were kept at boarding schools and fed anti-Yeerk propaganda to prevent an uprising.

Then, after a generation or so there was an civil movement for equal rights. Things got better, but still not great. Reyna, one of my characters, is a fourth generation Descendent and she lives in a world where they are supposedly "equal", but still face prejudice and derision and have their status clearly labeled on all official documents. Most hospitals will not take their insurance and many jobs will not hire them.

[Myitt]

Here's a similar topic:

http://animorphsforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=4216.0

I love this idea, and it brings up all kinds of moral issues.  Would Yeerk-humans be allowed the same civil, legal and employee benefits as other humans?  Would they be granted citizenship in their country of residence?  How would the neighbors feel about having a creature that was once a member of a race of enemies living next door, even if the nothlit was peaceful?

Would Yeerk-humans be allowed to be married to each other?  To other humans?  Could they adopt or foster a child?  Considering we have and have had trouble letting non-traditional, homosexual or mixed race groups of humans have these rights, I'm almost certain we'd never extend them to aliens that most people would still consider "the enemy". 

[Darth Zakryn]

Those sound like excellent fics! And that's sort of what I was thinking of Myitt. I can totally see humans doing that. What nation WOULD want former brain-stealing parasites living within their borders? I'm thinking maybe most Yeerks acquire non-sentient animals like you said...

[Terenia]

We'd probably give the Yeerks some third-world country with no sustainable resources and build a big wall around it so they can't get out.

I hate the idea of them becoming nothlits with non-sentient animals, though. That just takes the genocide to a whole new level.

[NateSean]

To say nothing of what pressures the Andalites will be placing on human governments in handing over Yeerks who may be responsible for specific crimes against the Andalites.

[Myitt]

What about the Peace Movement Yeerks?  Are they treated differently, or lumped into the same categories as the other forced-nothlits? 

How would the government even be able to tell a Yeerk's military record, or that he wasn't lying about it?  Steal the memory dump tech? 

Gah.  I always kinda wished Aftran had been allowed to morph human.  I mean, seriously, there's no reason not to--they already have Ax living in the woods, with a frolis maneuver morph, and she'd be able to help instead of being an important character that ends up being a whale of a write-off.   

[Shock]

I hate the idea of them becoming nothlits with non-sentient animals, though. That just takes the genocide to a whole new level.

and that brings up the question of zoophilia and the resulting offspring...

anyways, back to the topic!

[Tim Bruening]

We'd probably give the Yeerks some third-world country with no sustainable resources and build a big wall around it so they can't get out.

I hate the idea of them becoming nothlits with non-sentient animals, though. That just takes the genocide to a whole new level.

So stash the Yeerk-humans in the Gaza Strip with Hamas?

Or put them in District 9 with the other aliens?