Terenia: There were also reports of rising terrorism on Earth against the aliens. Remember Jake? He was given the job of training morph-capable recruits to go fight the terrorists. I think it's safe to say any human-morphed Yeerk would be an immediate target. Or any former Controller who hates Yeerks or suffered deeply at their hands would probably have no hesitation in cornering them, beating them up, even killing them, etc, probably while the police and government look the other way. And the sad thing is I can even sympathize with them. But I'll get to that further down.
yunyun: I think more people would be inclined to hate them. High up in that list are those whose bodies were forced to kill, which essentially made THEM murderers. Another type of enraged former Controller might be the husband-boyfriend/wife-girlfriend whose body was used to have "relations" with their partner mainly to keep up their cover, turning it into rape. You can see the list goes on and on. In fact, I'm surprised the humans who were instantly freed from Yeerk control in Book #54 didn't instantly grab the Yeerk and go nuts, after all that they've done, stomping them and squishing them, etc. K.A. dropped the ball on that one; she wrote from Cassie's POV that the freed hosts were keeping the ships flying and were all working together like one big happy family, with not a single one of them disagreeing, but humans are NOT that cooperative, especially after enduring a horrible trauma. But then again, I tend to think more negatively of humans than optimistically, so I could be wrong.
Darth Revan: Sorry, but humans are NOT that understanding, especially those in the government. The
nothlit Yeerks were a former threat to their planet, morphed or not, so tracking them would be a logical and, as they would say,
necessary precaution for them to take. Sure, there would be civil rights groups who would probably protest that treatment and lobby for Yeerk rights, but would the majority of people really be
that inclined to stand up for them, especially if they were former Controllers? And hey, the government can do anything it ****ing wants in the name of national security. National security is everything to the government as well as the military. Look at all the millions of lives they destroyed in the communist hunts of the fifties, turning thousands into outcasts, many of which were innocent of the accusations that were so harshly brought upon them. When has the government shown even the slightest
inkling that it can make the right choice? There can be good people in the government, yeah, but as a whole, the entire entity is malicious and corrupt, in my opinion. Anyway, please don't be offended. I'm not critizing you personally.
And in any case, aren't we supposed to be talking about post-war Earth?
I agree with Terenia; I think the Yeerks would be more inclined towards choosing to morph permanently into human form more than any other creature, despite the difficulties they knew it would create, because humans can move around and manipulate their environment and walk and talk without thought-speak and share the most similarities to the sentient species they wanted to conquer. Here are some more things said about what happened on post-Yeerk Earth:
1) The U.S. built a spaceship that would be ready to launch "three years from now" in 2000, a year after the Animorphs left to look for Ax. I'll get to the ramifications of that down below.
2) The Andalite fleet disbanded into smaller numbers.
3) The Americans are probably pissing themselves because a woman became President. Look at all the problems and racist issues we had when a simple BLACK MAN, a MAN, got elected into office. Imagine all the **** a female President would face, especially in radically changing times such as these.
4) The Kelbrid are planning to attack the Andalites.
And here are some questions I'd like to raise.
1) Did 9/11 still happen in post-war Earth?
2) Who is President? We know it wasn't Bush that was elected after the war, because K.A. wrote "her" at some point. Is it one of the female congressmen or senators? Or former governor? Can you think of any female politician we know that would fit the bill?
3) What happened to Osama bin Laden and Saddam Hussein?
4) Perhaps the most unsettling question of all, what's going to happen when different countries on Earth build their own spaceships, go into space, and form their colonies, separate from other countries on Earth? What happens if one of them gets embroiled in a war with another country? How can two countries controlling colonies on other planets possibly wage war while living on the same planet? This is really scary, at least in my opinion, because it can easily and probably WILL very quickly escalate to the point where it will get out of control and lead to the deaths of millions. The Andalites should have taken the hint and just bombed Earth. **** the Animorphs.
5) Why did the government give the Hork-Bajir Yellowstone? It's an active SUPERVOLCANO. And it IS set to go off sometime, maybe not now or even for another 100 or 1,000 years, but it WILL happen. Is this just the government's way of giving a giant middle finger to the Hork-Bajir? Maybe Toby should address that in Congress. The implications of this are really quite disturbing, when you think about it. That said, what WILL happen to post-war spacefaring Earth once Yellowstone does give up the ghost and erupt?
6) If the Animorphs told the Andalites about the Yeerks possibly becoming symbiotes (unless they're complete idiots), then I foresee one of several things happening. The Andalites could offer the Yeerks the chance of becoming symbiotes with all of their technology to help them, and they accept. Or they refuse. Or the Andalites don't tell them and plan to keep the Yeerks around to use in case of a future crisis, sort of like the biological weapon in
Outbreak. It seems like the sort of thing corrupt government and military officials might do. Imagine the Andalites using the Yeerks in the Kelbrid Wars? Or even worse, putting mind-control implants on them to do their bidding in the Kelbrid Wars?
Well, that's my two cents. Feel free to verbally eviscerate me.
P.S.: BTW, what does insanity level mean? I've got a 3.4 insanty level.