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Favorite Moments in Canon
« on: February 19, 2011, 06:15:05 AM »
Hoo boy, this is a tough one. I have a LOT of favorite moments. If I went into too much detail I'd be giving a blow-by-blow review of each individual book. However, I will say I truly loved Jake's fight with the Howler. Here is a kid, a HUMAN KID, against one of a species who has destroyed hundreds of races, comparable to the Mandalorians in Star Wars or the Jem'Hadar in Star Trek, and he defeats it by OUTWITTING it, leading him over the edge of the balcony to his doom, while, at the same time, ACQUIRING him for some possible future advantage. Say what you want about Jake, that moment was SWEET! Jake's pivotal Crowning Moment of Awesome.
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Re: Favorite Moments in Canon
« Reply #1 on: February 19, 2011, 09:44:07 AM »
Jake and Cassie finally kissing in that book. The fact that their desperate kiss was also what defeated the Howlers was also a great moment for me.

When the kid with Cerebral Palsy first morphs a pigeon. I imagine there are a lot of people with similar disabilities who are as smart as this kid was. And it grates my nerves when their care takers treat them like idiots. So for me seeing that kid free for just two hours was a major bonus for me.

When Ax finally jokes about Marco being tied up.

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Re: Favorite Moments in Canon
« Reply #2 on: February 19, 2011, 10:39:02 AM »
I think the last part of the title should be Wow, KA, Wow!

Favorite moments? Some choice comedic moments with Marco and Ax. I know I laughed a lot at the end of book 9 after V3 got skunked, but nowadays I think it was bad for his character to be humiliated. He's supposed to be frightening.

Much of TAC.

I do like how they established that not all Yeerks are evil in book 19, but I also have some problems regarding that book.

Book 7, where they really hurt the Yeerks for the first time.


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Re: Favorite Moments in Canon
« Reply #3 on: February 19, 2011, 08:47:27 PM »

For me, basically all of the Hork-Bajir Chronicles. Not a moment missed, not anything overdone or brushed aside. A truly wonderful book.

And Chad, t-that's unbelievable! I was thinking something along those very lines myself, almost word for word! Have you been reading my mind? O.o

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Re: Favorite Moments in Canon
« Reply #4 on: February 25, 2011, 05:23:49 PM »
"Rachel, Go."

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Re: Favorite Moments in Canon
« Reply #5 on: February 25, 2011, 05:30:26 PM »
Yes, I have psychic powers. They're not as good when filtered through the internet, but they still work sometimes.


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Re: Favorite Moments in Canon
« Reply #6 on: February 26, 2011, 04:30:08 AM »

Oh no! Now I must hide my thoughts on where the treasure of Atlantis is hidden...

Another favorite moment for me is when Dak realizes what the Andalites are doing. The poor guy, you really feel for him. Or when Toomin finally realizes he SHOULD have adapted his race all along.

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« Reply #7 on: February 26, 2011, 09:18:49 AM »
Yes, I have psychic powers. They're not as good when filtered through the internet, but they still work sometimes.

Resident Internet Psychic at your service. And no, the fact that RIP could be an acronym for those words is a complete coincidence.

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Re: Favorite Moments in Canon
« Reply #8 on: February 26, 2011, 09:57:49 AM »

Nooooo! Why must it always be me?! :D

But seriously, no one else thought Jake outsmarting the Howler was a CMOA?

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Re: Favorite Moments in Canon
« Reply #9 on: March 02, 2011, 03:03:33 PM »
First of all Animorphs is long and so I feel daunted looking at the series as a whole, and so I'd like to focus on my favourite book in the series, the masterpiece and pinnacle in my eyes [and I'm sure for many others too], The Andalite Chronicles. I'd just like to give a write-up of certain scenes and details which stand out to me:

-The false universe created by Elfangor, Loren, and Visser Thirty-two. I liked some of the descriptions for example the green lightning blasting across the sky, the harsh Yeerk landscape providing such a contrast with the waterfall and "Hala Fala". Like Elfangor I was also fascinated by the Visser's pets, Jarex and Larex, the Mortrons with their biological wheels and amazing capability to regenerate. Also the interactions with Loren's "mother", the effects of the vortex, etc.

-Quite exhilarating ride in a Skrit Na ship in the upper atmosphere of the Taxxon home world. Of course, Skrit Na ships can handle atmosphere better than their Yeerk equivalents as the Skrit operate in atmosphere alot in order to perform their inexplicable medical experiments, so they were able to reach some unbelievable speeds, so much so that "they were drawing a line of fire around the planet!"

-Of course the Mustang was another memorable ride.

-The attack of the living asteroids, the Jahar being drained and dying in the ensuing battle, the Visser boarding the ship in this mess and then claiming the emergency air hoods so as to acquire the Time Matrix.

True, Chad earlier said that as a whole... well.


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Re: Favorite Moments in Canon
« Reply #10 on: March 03, 2011, 01:11:20 AM »
My ultimate favorite moment is all the way back in book #2 where Rachel and the others are trying out their raptor morphs for the first time. Just how innocent and so happy of being able to fly, feeling like no cares in the world.

But then some drunk high schoolers started shooting at them and Rachel got... IN. THEIR. FACE. :D

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Re: Favorite Moments in Canon
« Reply #11 on: March 03, 2011, 08:54:38 AM »
I really do love it when Toomin Discovers Music for the first time...as an Ellimist scholar, that was an awesome moment for me.
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Re: Favorite Moments in Canon
« Reply #12 on: March 07, 2011, 09:04:05 AM »
when Elfangor had his first real fight against Hork Bajir and went freaking nuts on them.

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Re: Favorite Moments in Canon
« Reply #13 on: March 07, 2011, 02:45:04 PM »
#11 Jake square-dancing in school like a BIG HONKING GOOBER and Cassie dying of laughter watching him.

#5 Marco watching Jake's tiger morph and Cassie's wolf morph nuzzling each other on board the Blade ship and feeling jealous than they had each other.

#8 Ax's first trip to a movie theatre. "I just want the brown goblets!"

Todias reading Elfangor's letter.

All of the Andalite Chronicles


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Re: Favorite Moments in Canon
« Reply #14 on: March 07, 2011, 06:07:44 PM »

The moment when Toomin has finished work on his quote unquote "body-slash-ship." Whever the heck THAT is, it still just feels and sounds so cool. ;D