Also interesting to point out that there were plenty of government officials, security personnel and members of the military who were under control of the Yeerks. There's also the military personel who were killed in direct conflict with the Yeerks. There are going to be some grudges.
My point exactly.
Some of them, probably. Other Yeerks might be happier with a Hork-Bajir morph, since the Hork-Bajir are physically stronger and more agile and only need tree bark to eat. And more would probably take the form of animals like hawks (since we know a few were willing to trap themselves and their hosts just to escape the war) and whales. (Aftran)
But the ones who morphed a sentient being for whatever reason would have issues.
True enough, but as a hawk or a dog you can't really manipulate your environment or be an active member of society. I imagine some of them might have chosen animal morphs, but the remaining ones would probably choose Hork-Bajir, like you said, or human, if nothing more than to campaign for Yeerk rights for Yeerks still stuck on their home world.
I'm going to weigh in and say that an attempt may have occurred. But airport security would have been ramped up by this time and I doubt it would have been successful. I also doubt that airplanes as we know them would exist in the Animorphs version of the 21st century.
Probably for the best, too. Though that does still raise the question of what happened to Osama bin Laden and Saddam Hussein on post-war Earth. What would Osama and Saddam think of aliens allying with the United States, the infidel capitalist nation? Maybe he didn't try to attack, at least on 9/11/2001, for that reason. Of course, you could then also argue he is among those rising terrorist groups who are actively targeting the aliens.
My guess is the governer whom Marco, Tobias and Ax went to see.
Good guess, but there are plenty of female politicians in the government, and we have to look at the time period they occupied (the late nineties) to see who might have succeeded. The governor is at the top of the list, then comes certain influential or successful ones like Hillary Clinton, Nancy Pelosi, and the like. Sarah Palin.... meh. I personally don't have anything against Sarah Palin as a person, just as a politician, and it's my own personal opinion, so don't go biting my head off over it. Even if you are completely wrong.
(j/k)
And California might sink into the sea with the right Earthquake. Was Elfangor giving Earth a big finger (or however many fingers an Andalite might give for it to be considered obscene) by giving the morphing power to five kids from California? No. The Time Matrix was buried there, his son happened to be with those kids and he knew he'd have to meet them eventually anyway.
As for the supervolcano bit, how many people really knew that ten years ago? A handful of university scientists don't count. I mean how many people the world over knew about the Yellowstone Superguyser? Most average people don't know Yellowstone from Jellystone so I'm pretty sure the vast majority, politicians included, weren't aware of the concept of Yellowstone's geological history. Heck, most people who saw 2012 probably think it was made up and wouldn't listen to anything you told them otherwise.
In terms of why the Hork-Bajir were placed there? It has trees and mountains. That about covers it.
Point taken with the California bit (though the idea of an Andalite middle finger seems somewhat amusing to me), but there's no denying that this is still going to cause some major issues down the line, unless the Hork-Bajir move at some point, but more likely they'll spread all over the planet, or at least the U.S., because they can breed faster, so I imagine the main group will stay in Yellowstone, or at least some small community.
How about all of my other questions?
Yesterday, you probably noticed I seemed a little abrasive, and I guess it's time to fully explain why. I was hit by a car and spent most of the night in the hospital. Thankfully, only my arm and leg were affected, but it still hurt like hell and I got on my laptop and came on here. Maybe I should have waited until today. Plus I really wanted to go home, and now I am.
My main question is about human colonies? How can we
possibly explore space with all of our differences? We are NOT united as a single species, which we
are, no matter what some racists might say, and we have a horrendous history of not being able to coexist peacefully with other nations, so it is inevitable that war between colonies and countries will eventually break out. Going into space just escalates our own petty differences and most likely only increases the body count. And how would the Andalites react to that? Would there be an Andalite-human war? This comes back to what I was saying earlier: There can be decent and just individuals among the human race, probably more than you think there are, but as a group itself, the human race is corrupt, petty, and prone to mistakes.
