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Re: Time Travel
« Reply #90 on: August 29, 2008, 07:27:41 PM »
I'm not as knowledgeable in archeology, but I always thought that dinosaur bones could have been seen as dead dragons. Some people even think that large crocodiles started the myth of the dragon (understandable especially if you had no idea what a crocodile was!)

Anyway, I'd to discuss this some more, but I really must go now! I wonder if I can blame RAF for my being late for work in the morning?
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Re: Time Travel
« Reply #91 on: August 29, 2008, 07:32:30 PM »
Same here about the dinosaur thing. And yeah, the RAF thing should become a viable excuse for lateness to school or work. I mean, come on, it's RAF!!! Enough said ;)

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Re: Time Travel
« Reply #92 on: August 29, 2008, 07:35:38 PM »
I've read that dino-dragon thing somewhere . . . but I can't for the life of me think where. :-\

I suppose if your boss was also a member of RAF, s/he'd accept that as an excuse. . . .  ;)


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Re: Time Travel
« Reply #93 on: August 29, 2008, 09:15:48 PM »
I'm not as knowledgeable in archeology, but I always thought that dinosaur bones could have been seen as dead dragons. Some people even think that large crocodiles started the myth of the dragon (understandable especially if you had no idea what a crocodile was!)

Anyway, I'd to discuss this some more, but I really must go now! I wonder if I can blame RAF for my being late for work in the morning?

I've heard that the dragon is a race-memory of humanity - a combination of the major predators of our earliest ancestors (predatory birds, big cats, large snakes) and a common major destructive force (fire).  This was then reinforced by things like: gysers and other seaside phenomena, dinosaur bones (of course), and lies/exaggerated tales.

Sounds plausible to me.
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Re: Time Travel
« Reply #94 on: June 27, 2015, 01:46:39 AM »
In #7 the Animorphs are shown the future off Earth where the Yeerks have won.

In #11 the Animorphs are trapped in a Sario Rip which strands them in the Amazon Rainforest.

In #13 Tobias is briefly allowed to go back and see his past human self in order to acquire him.

In Megamorphs #2 another Sario Rip trapped them millions of years in the past, in the time of the Dinosaurs.

In Megamorphs #3 they travel through time via the Time Matrix to stop Visser Four.

In Megamorphs #4 time is altered so that the Animorphs never met Elfangor.

In #41 Jake ends up in a future time line where the Yeerks are victorious.


I think that's all of them. So, do any of you think that the time travel card was played too often? Not enough? Not described in enough detail?Personally I enjoy time travel in books, as long as it's not done badly, and since Animorphs used it well I really enjoyed it.

My favourite is probably Megamorphs #2 when they end up in the age of the Dinosaurs. Amazing book. However, it kind of annoyed me that it is never explained why they can't morph Dinos when they get back home. Unlike the previous Sario Rip in #11, the events of this book still happened and they still acquired the animals. I understand that KA obviously didn't want them all having such powerful morphs, but it would have been nice if there was an explainer.

So anyway, feel free to discuss the time travel plot lines here.

At one point, Elfangor had the Time Matrix.  Why didn't he use it to stop Prince Seerow's Kindness?

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Re: Time Travel
« Reply #95 on: June 27, 2015, 07:54:58 AM »
When he had the time matrix he screwed up. He considered himself an epic failure, in part because he was incapable of using it to accomplish anything, and had learned that playing with time was exceedingly dangerous
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Re: Time Travel
« Reply #96 on: June 27, 2015, 01:14:42 PM »
When he had the time matrix he screwed up. He considered himself an epic failure, in part because he was incapable of using it to accomplish anything, and had learned that playing with time was exceedingly dangerous
To elaborate, he, visser 3, and Loren created an alternate universe. This universe was horrible, and Elfangor wanted nothing to do with the time matrix.
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