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Re: Official website Update
« Reply #15 on: January 25, 2011, 08:19:54 PM »
I took that quiz YEARS ago and got 100%. Easy as hell.

yeah, the quiz was a joke.
maybe RAF should make a harder quiz and propose it to scholastic? that might be good on the website. :)

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Re: Official website Update
« Reply #16 on: January 25, 2011, 08:30:05 PM »
LOL we totally should :P I have the right program for it but I've never made anything like that with it
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Re: Official website Update
« Reply #17 on: January 26, 2011, 10:35:45 PM »
I couldn't remember which Animorphs has the sickness after Ax... And the last morph they all got at the end...
I also got: "That's not right at all. You aren't a Yeerk, are you?" (how did they know?!)
But I can't see the last questions...

I always got the "Close, but no cigar," which wasn't even Animorph related.
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Re: Official website Update
« Reply #18 on: January 26, 2011, 10:37:28 PM »
     And there weren't any David related questions.

     Honestly! Why introduce a character like that and never use him ever again?!?!?!!??!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
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Re: Official website Update
« Reply #19 on: January 27, 2011, 01:13:09 AM »
Because David existed less to be a character in his own right than as a way to explore the loss of innocence in the kids and reinforce their paranoia. David forced them to confront their own brutality and humanity and pushed Rachel into a place of profound discomfort with herself; he removed the last hope the Anis had of trusting anyone; he pretty much sealed the deal on what they were willing to do to stay alive. He was a fine enough character on his own but his role was really to reinforce the motifs of the series, and once he did that there wasn't a heck of a lot he would have added.

He's more powerful because he only plays a major role once - his story is memorable and has a lasting impact despite his relatively brief appearance. David would have had to become a less intimidating villain if he'd shown up more often, because there's only so often you can have him appear unbeatable and scary and still get away - look at V3's villain decay versus V1's. Was Taylor scarier the second time around? Was Crayak? David certainly wasn't, and I doubt even in a different scenario he could be because they already got away from him before despite him having the upper hand in just about everything. It undercuts how seriously you can take him the next time you see him.

Admittedly, I'm not hugely fond of David, but the David Trilogy is one of my favorite parts of the series because she uses David really well to highlight the dehumanizing effect of the war, and David makes a heck of an intimidating villain.

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Re: Official website Update
« Reply #20 on: January 27, 2011, 01:38:44 AM »
Because David existed less to be a character in his own right than as a way to explore the loss of innocence in the kids and reinforce their paranoia. David forced them to confront their own brutality and humanity and pushed Rachel into a place of profound discomfort with herself; he removed the last hope the Anis had of trusting anyone; he pretty much sealed the deal on what they were willing to do to stay alive. He was a fine enough character on his own but his role was really to reinforce the motifs of the series, and once he did that there wasn't a heck of a lot he would have added.

He's more powerful because he only plays a major role once - his story is memorable and has a lasting impact despite his relatively brief appearance. David would have had to become a less intimidating villain if he'd shown up more often, because there's only so often you can have him appear unbeatable and scary and still get away - look at V3's villain decay versus V1's. Was Taylor scarier the second time around? Was Crayak? David certainly wasn't, and I doubt even in a different scenario he could be because they already got away from him before despite him having the upper hand in just about everything. It undercuts how seriously you can take him the next time you see him.

Admittedly, I'm not hugely fond of David, but the David Trilogy is one of my favorite parts of the series because she uses David really well to highlight the dehumanizing effect of the war, and David makes a heck of an intimidating villain.


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Re: Official website Update
« Reply #21 on: January 29, 2011, 01:39:34 PM »
I took that quiz YEARS ago and got 100%. Easy as hell.

yeah, the quiz was a joke.
maybe RAF should make a harder quiz and propose it to scholastic? that might be good on the website. :)
Totally a good idea!!

Another funny thing would be a test to know which character of Animorphs you're the closest. I suppose it existed before but... a new, complete, with a lot of characters (even the bad guys) would be fun. I think I saw one a few years ago but there were only 6 results (the 6 Animorphs)...
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Re: Official website Update
« Reply #22 on: January 29, 2011, 05:12:17 PM »
Another funny thing would be a test to know which character of Animorphs you're the closest. I suppose it existed before but... a new, complete, with a lot of characters (even the bad guys) would be fun. I think I saw one a few years ago but there were only 6 results (the 6 Animorphs)...

http://www.scholastic.com/animorphs/games/quiz/index.asp

Yeah and it was way to easy to figure out which answers were for which animorphs.

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