Did we ever really get to know Tobias?

[Yorick Brown]

I won't say he's underdeveloped but Tobias was the Animorph we least knew and related to the most.

I think I liked The Illusion so much because we actually got a glimpse into Tobias really was than any other book. Even Ax was less of an enigma to us then Tobias was.

[Phoenix004]

Tobias didn't exactly have a personal life (due to being trapped in morph) so I guess that made it seem like the only time we saw him was on missions or doing something connected to the war. He didn't really have a family anyway and spent a lot of time on his own or hanging out with Ax when they weren't on a mission, so we didn't really see him unwind after a mission like we saw with the other human Animorphs. Ax and Tobias didn't have a home to go to, but Ax talked about Andalite things a lot so maybe that's why you feel like Ax was less of an enigma.

Although I understand what you're saying, I think I identified with Tobias quite well. To me, all the Animorphs had a part of their personality that I identified with, which is one of the reasons I liked the characters so much.

[musicman88]

I just wish we had more background on Tobias.  I really loved #33 because it gave us a small taste, but otherwise it was just that his life sucks.

[esplin]

yea thats all we got to really see about him, but i think it was alot even though it was only a few glimpses they were good ones due to the situation

[Phoenix004]

Yeah I did enjoy #33 for the same reason. It was nice seeing some flashes of his life, especially the few pleasant ones. It was also cool seeing flashes of Elfangor's memories.

[esplin]

yeah its definatly in the top 5 of the regular books for me

[morfowt]

I didn't really like #33 that much. The part with the flashes of memory started to confuse me.

[Yorick Brown]

Everything confuses you, Morfowt.

[morfowt]

what's your point?

[Yorick Brown]

My point is is that you're a... I have no interest in getting banned again today so I'll stop here and just let you know that I was planning on saying something REALLY mean to you.

[wotw2112]

Wow.  Classy.

[morfowt]

ah ok. it's a good thing you didn't say it then. I wouldn't have cared and you'd probably get banned.

[Yorick Brown]

I wouldn't have cared...

Nope. You just would't have understood.

See ya.

[morfowt]

I wouldn't have cared...

Nope. You just wound't have understood.

hmm...well yeah that too. but even if I did understood, I wouldn't care because I don't care what other people call me as long as I feel good about myself.

[Phoenix004]

Yorick, you don't have to make fun of morfowt everytime he gets confused by something. And morfowt, you should know not to provoke Yorick.

Back to the topic, I can understand not liking #33 (even though I did) as it was the kind of book that might bore you if you weren't interested in character development. Personally I found it to be really interesting, plus we get to see Ax and Tobias bond more when Tobias is practicing his Andalite morph (that was a funny scene!)