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Re: Erek stuff
« Reply #15 on: January 27, 2011, 10:55:28 AM »
That is a good question, I wonder...
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« Reply #16 on: February 07, 2011, 07:30:46 AM »
Had a strange thought.

Ever since I learned that Erek King was the name of a kid who won the Scholastic contest, I thought, wouldn't it be cool if the real Erek King had an account here? I mean, do we know anything about that kid?
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« Reply #17 on: February 07, 2011, 01:16:10 PM »
No, but we should make a website that he may one day stumble across (www.ErekKing.com) that tells him we would enjoy having him as a member. Lets just hope he didn't die in some kind of Accident.
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Re: Erek stuff
« Reply #18 on: February 07, 2011, 01:35:51 PM »
Quote from: Unknown Steph on February 07, 2011, 01:16:10 PM
No, but we should make a website that he may one day stumble across (www.ErekKing.com) that tells him we would enjoy having him as a member. Lets just hope he didn't die in some kind of Accident.

That wasn't the only fan-created character, you know. The first time we see a Hork-Bajir seer, in #5, was inspired by someone who, like me, used to go to The Chee Database named Erin Dover.

Her Hork-Bajir character, Daroneasa, is the inspiration for Toby Hamee.
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« Reply #19 on: February 07, 2011, 01:47:43 PM »
Aldrea and Crayak were fan inspired too.

I didn't know that about Toby Hamee. It seems odd that KA never acknowledged that, as she was usually pretty good about giving the fans credit for inspiring her to do things a certain way.

Unlike JK who insists the idea for Harry and Ginny had nothing to do with fans insisting that those two would wind up together.
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Re: Erek stuff
« Reply #20 on: February 07, 2011, 01:55:11 PM »
That well-spoken Hork-Bajir controller was supposed to be a Seer? I never knew that. I just figured the Yeerk took extra effort to learn to speak well.

Though of course I didn't know there were intelligent Horks until much later in the series.
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Re: Erek stuff
« Reply #21 on: February 07, 2011, 01:56:48 PM »
Quote from: NateSean on February 07, 2011, 01:47:43 PM
Aldrea and Crayak were fan inspired too.

I didn't know that about Toby Hamee. It seems odd that KA never acknowledged that, as she was usually pretty good about giving the fans credit for inspiring her to do things a certain way.

Unlike JK who insists the idea for Harry and Ginny had nothing to do with fans insisting that those two would wind up together.

Odd fact: The real Erek King is African-American, while the book Erek is caucasian.

About that Horkie: The term Dover used was Hork-Bajir Thinker. I guess KAA thought that was too insulting to the rest of the species and changed it to Seer for #13/#23/HBC.
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« Reply #22 on: February 07, 2011, 02:11:38 PM »
Quote from: Chad29 on February 07, 2011, 01:55:11 PM
That well-spoken Hork-Bajir controller was supposed to be a Seer?

Oh crap, I had a brain fart. He said Book #5.

No, that wasn't a Seer. That was one of Visser One's Hork-Bajir. Visser Three's Hork-Bajir were always speaking a mixture of English and the Hork-Bajir tongue. Visser One trained hers to speak perfect English.

That wasn't the Hork-Bajir talking, it was the Yeerk.

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Odd fact: The real Erek King is African-American, while the book Erek is caucasian.

That doesn't surprise me in the slightest actually.
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Re: Erek stuff
« Reply #23 on: February 07, 2011, 02:17:27 PM »
Quote from: russianspy1234 on January 27, 2011, 10:13:33 AM
And then the crystal was gotten rid of.  Did the other Chee even know?

Most likely.  The CheeNet, remember?

Aldrea and Crayak were fan-inspired?  Wow, I didn't know that.  Do we know anything about who came up with either of them?
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« Reply #24 on: February 07, 2011, 02:24:25 PM »
Not so sure about the who. But in high school, back when they posted KA applegate's responses to fanmail, I used to read it pretty religiously.

Following book 6 there were a lot of requests for a follow up on the Big Red Eye that Jake saw as Temrash was dying. And there were also a ton of requests for a female Andalite characters.

That's why I got so angry with people dissing KA over the ending of the series. Everyone flipping out because of, "Ram the blade ship".

I mean, come on, she gave her readers everything they asked for. Not to mention, she gave us a whole new species on a silver platter to write fanfiction for. She even encouraged the fanfiction authors by making references to them in her responses to the fans.

But that's not for this discussion. Anyhow.
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Re: Erek stuff
« Reply #25 on: February 07, 2011, 02:27:24 PM »
Quote from: Baranth on February 07, 2011, 01:56:48 PM
Odd fact: The real Erek King is African-American, while the book Erek is caucasian.
Where did you see that? I used to be part of the fan club or whatever when I was younger and the newsletter had a "WINNER OF THE MORPH YOURSELF CONTEST" thing in it and had the real Erek's entry and picture and he looked pretty white to me...

I can scan and post pictures when I get home later tonight.
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« Reply #26 on: February 07, 2011, 04:09:18 PM »
That contest had a couple winners actually.
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Re: Erek stuff
« Reply #27 on: February 07, 2011, 04:11:38 PM »
I would love to win a contest for my favorite book series, though I never got an opportunity.
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Re: Erek stuff
« Reply #28 on: February 07, 2011, 08:14:18 PM »
Okay found it!
[spoiler]This is from Issue #5 of the Animorphs Alliance News Flash thingy.


And here are the 2nd and 3rd place winners from the backs of books 10 & 12. The second place winner's name was also Eric, spelled differently though. (Sorry I know it's a ****ty scan)



Now to be really creepy... I think this might be the real Erek King all grown up. Omg I'm such a creep D:
http://www.myspace.com/erekk[/spoiler]
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Re: Erek stuff
« Reply #29 on: February 07, 2011, 08:18:54 PM »
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