Hello everyone. My name is Aphrodite. Of course, that's not my real name. I won't tell you my real name, because there are aliens out there who want to capture me and make me do things I don't want to do.
I guess I always identified with Rachel, growing up. Everyone looks at me and thinks, "Oh hey, an airhead model. I wonder if she's as dumb as she looks," when really, I was an honors student who probably knows more about the intricate workings of the universe- and how to construct language- than most who would assume such awful things about me.
There is also a great, raging beast inside of me that wants to rip everything to shreds. I don't take gymnastics, but I do take movement, yoga, stage combat, and that sort of thing. My chief totem is also a bear.
There's also the matter of fighting an intergalactic war against soul-stealing aliens. But shhhh. Most people shouldn't know about that. I mean, that's crazy, right?
In all seriousness, this is true- in one way or another. But I've changed a few details here and there. I'm not actually dealing with any physical slugs that crawl into brains or anything. More like, "Oh. This energy wants to take me over. It's not really me. It's just my ego. Well, buck up, Aphrodite, you can't let evil win. The whole universe is rooting for you, so, even though you're afraid, you have to keep going. That's the way things are."
Sometimes I wonder what would have happened to Rachel if she hadn't had actual slugs to fight actual physical battles against. Sometimes I wonder if I am that result in a parallel universe. If there are numerous such results. Sometimes I wish I could have had my mission call to me as early as hers did. I guess I'll just have to take mine as it comes in my mid-twenties, as a jaded adult.
I've been lurking on these forums for a long time. I recently decided to do another reread of the Animorphs series, which you'd so kindly uploaded. Today I was about to start in on #15, but when I clicked to read, the usual website now only takes me to the forums. It says:
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I figured, okay, cool. I should register. I love this series. Maybe I'll find an interesting conversation or two. So I did. And I tried again to read #15.
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It logged me out.
So I guess there's bugs or updates or who knows what. So... no reading. But I thought I'd say hi. What's up?
