#Baby Andalite

[pixelsilver]

Young andalites are born with underdeveloped eyestalks, practically nubs on their head. This is to protect the very delicate budding nerves at the end of each stalk while they're in the pouch. Once out of the pouch, the eyestalks start developing. The eyelids start completely glued closed in a similar manner to a young kitten or puppy. As they grow, the nerves lengthen and grow, causing the very elastic skin to stretch inch by inch while the eyes develop slowly at the ends of the nerves. By four months, they're completely developed. Once they're able to see out of them, the very first thing they seem to always look at is their own faces. If it's just because it's more comfortable to curl the newly developed stalks inward or if they're just fascinated with their newly discovered self, which this is around the time they start being able to recognize themselves in a mirror. But this habit soon stops when they start developing thought speak and an new fascination with the world around them.

[thejakeformerlyknownasprince]

How would a caregiver stop an Andalite toddler from trying to eat whatever they step on? Do they have a 'get that out of your hoof' phase?

2. Yes.

Booties. Like the dogs wear on the Iditarod Trail. Given how much human toddlers object to wearing shoes, this goes about as well as you might expect.

[if-you-are-tired-clap-your-hands]

Some old andalites model I did. I really tried to make Visser 3 a bit more different than Ax and Elfangor, and I think the result isn't too bad. Though his face expression make him looks like a cartoon villain.

[rattraptmnt]

Just finished book 54 of Animorphs 🥲🥲

[onceuponymous]

Trying a few new things with Andalite dolls. Not sure I'll reuse Snouty's design, but I like fluffy spotty baby and Tan Belly

[death-by-physics]

Oh! A baby Andalite.

Baby Andalite who's info dumping and calling Jake a Prince

Book 4 of Animorphs! Let's go!

The Message

Oh! It's Cassie's time to shine!

[theeccentricraven]

Ten Tips to Naming Characters

I’ve seen many aspiring writers express both in person and on social media that they struggle to come up with names for characters. Some have even said, “Why is it so hard?” I, however, have never found it hard to come up with character names. I’ve even been told, “Lucky you!” I wouldn’t say my instinct is just luck. From a young age, names have been fascinating for me, partly because I’m from a big family that had baby name books hanging around. If you’re struggling with character names, there are ten tips that make coming up with a character name a breeze. 

Think of your favorite names

We all have favorite names. I sure do. Sometimes when coming up with a name for a character, especially the protagonist, I use a name that’s always been one of my favorite’s. Presto. My character has a name. 

2. Read baby name books and websites

Baby names books or websites can be your best friend. They can help you find names under certain languages, provide meanings, common associations, popular names by country and region, and a great list you can steal from. 

3. Study name symbolism and meaning in literature 

When you study names used in literature as well as popular entertainment, you can find interesting symbolism that describes the character. For example, in Nathanial Hawthorne's “The Scarlet Letter” there’s a character named Arthur Dimmsdale. “Dimmsdale” in Old English means “gloomy valley”, a description that fits his character. The TV series “Lost” had special meanings behind the name of each character, such as how Jack Shephard takes on the role to be the leader of the group.

4. Consider the vibes surrounding your character

Oftentimes when I come up with a character name, I think about what kind of vibes I feel with that character and ask myself what name goes with those vibes. There might be a feeling or emotion I feel goes with a name that suits the character. If I think of a character who I feel has a strong desire for justice, then I could give the name Justin.  If there is a character who I associate with love and affection or valiance, I might give the name Valerie.

5. For fantasy and sci-fi, mix and mash words

If you’re writing fantasy and sci-fi, you don’t need to be a full on linguist like Tolkien was, unless you passionately want to be. Coming up with elf names, magic names, alien names, etc. can be done just by mixing up existing words. Sometimes I take the halves of words, mix them up, and combine them. Animorphs author K.A. Applegate has said that she came up with the Andalite word “nothlit” by seeing a sign for Hilton Hotel and rearranging the letters. 

6. Name a character after someone you would like to pay homage to or mock

Sometimes I name characters after someone I knew in real life who deserves tribute. I’ve also come up with villain names by naming them after people I don’t like or notable people in real life. Be careful with this technique to avoid getting sued.

7. Study languages

Again, you don’t need to be a linguist like J.R.R. Tolkien, but if you learn another language or study linguistics in general, it’s interesting to learn the characteristics of languages. I’ve studied a lot of Spanish and Irish Gaelic that I like to use for my character name creation.  

8. Take names from other sources, like movies, books, mythology, religious books, history, places. 

In the end, you can just steal names from places, movies, books, the Bible, etc. You wouldn’t want to do this for a unique name the author invented or one that is heavily associated with an iconic character. There are plenty of names that are free for grabs. Maybe you would like to name your character after your favorite movie side character, favorite villain in a book, favorite Bible figure, favorite saint, favorite mythological hero, or favorite historical figure, etc. 

9. Use name generators

I haven’t used these myself, but I’ve seen there are a number of websites that can be helpful name generators. Examples:

www.fantasynamegenerators.com 

www.behindthename.com 

10. Don't overthink it

This might be the most important tip. I think the main reason why some writers struggle is that they overthink it. While the tips above are nice, they aren’t required. You don’t need to have literary symbolism behind the name or allude to some significant historical figure. In the end, it can be as simple as just using a name that you like or just randomly picking from the millions of names in baby name websites and Wikipedia.

I hope that helps. Have fun!  

Photo by Tatiana Syrikova: https://www.pexels.com/photo/crop-unrecognizable-freelancer-typing-on-laptop-during-tea-break-3975677/

[tunashei]

First Impression of Animorphs!

I'm listening to the Animorphs series while I work, through Animorphs Aloud - a fan made reading of the series. Here are my first impressions/random thoughts about them! Spoilers below if you haven't read them.

Book 8: The Alien

OOOOOOH AX POV! Ax Pov! This is not a drill! I am so hype

Oh the mental imagery of Ax watching the space battle above him while sitting alone in this artificial dome is so...so emotional. The strange disconnect of watching helplessly in a veritable garden of eden as your brother and others fight above you in the cold vacuum of space. I'd like to draw it

And then the absolute terror of being ejected from your ship and falling into the ocean of the nearby planet. Stuck beneath miles of water pressing down on you. Chills

Also now I'm really curious what the surface of the sea looks like if you're looking up at from below many miles

Ooooh we got little diary entries! Very amusing! This book is starting off so strong

Loving the amount of planning for taking Ax to a movie, they've learnt from previous times!

One of the reasons I was so excited for Ax pov is stuff like learning all these Andalite words, and bits of biology, the different ways of observing things. Alien perspective is so interesting

Confession time, I listened to this book before Megamorphs 1 which is before this book in the timeline. So I had no idea was a Veleek was and was rather confused they'd beaten one

I love the regular forays into Ax's Adventures with Food. Please don't eat cigarettes baby

I was cracking up at work for this whole sequence. Got some funny looks.

Going to make a prediction. Seerow's Kindness is referring to Andalites helping out the Yeerks somehow. Also Seerow is Visser Three's Andalite Host.

My man eat with he feet

I'm so here for Ax and Tobias best buds friendship

Ax confirmed canonically hetero this is a sad day for us all :(

Ok why after the semi-disaster of the movies would you take Ax to school, that is one of the most stressful confusing environments for anyone. Also schools have registers they're not going to just let you bring in a new kid

Unless maybe the teacher won't care because they've got a bloody Yeerk dying in their head! The book has predicted this predicament!

However, very unrealistic that the kids fled the room instead of crowding around the freaking-out teacher. You'd spend 20 minutes chasing them out the room and they'd still crowd around the door peeping in.

Oh this is...a bad thing to have hidden Ax. Poor Jake. This whole conversation is very tense. Ax bringing up his brother as if to remind Jake he's already lost HIS brother to this war

Ax is always described as blue-and-tan, implying he's more blue than tan. I have a hard time believing people would think he's a deer from a distance considering his colours

Huh...wouldn't it be weird to never have moonless nights? The stars are always brightest on those days, great for stargazing. I wonder how bright the night would be if you had multiple moons. Or would it not be additive?

Fascinating evolutionary implications from a species having a biological clock that makes them war every 62 years. Some kind of mass population cull? Ensuring only the strongest breed?

Ok this is pretty funny but actually made me reconsider how we appreciate stuff?? Actually kind of mindblowing. We really don't appreciate food as an art form. After I'd listened to this bit at work, my boss gave us all a tin of chocolates. Ate them on the way home and took some time to really savour the flavour. My life is being enriched by these books.

'He was a male-as all human fathers are' Implication Andalites can have female fathers??? Maybe. Would be cool.

Ax totally winning at social interaction

Aw Ax, you are being very brave :(

Huh so this Yeerk controller loved another Yeerk? I could have sworn in a previous book it said they were incapable of love, I think the one where Jake gets infested

Poor Ax. You really feel his struggle in being compared to his brother, now having to take the blame

The yeerk just fuckin bailed out the andalite?! I was not expecting this. You beat Visser Three?!

Aight so the Visser's andalite was not Seerow. He's just...some guy. Ngl was hoping for a bit more info on that, I've been very curious how Visser Three got an andalite which no other Yeerk has acomplished

Although...they're on the home world? Maybe there are other andalite controllers. Ruh roh

You guys are absolutely going to regret not putting this andalite out of his misery. He's literally begging for death and you know the horrors of being infested, and will be an incredibly powerful enemy again if you leave him. I mean, you couldn't even try to lug him out of there? How many people are going to end up killed in the future because Visser Three remains an andalite?

Called it on Seerow's Gift being helping the Yeerks. I kind of get it though I'd feel sorry for any sapient species that had to life it's entire life as a slug in a pool

Winced when Ax confessed his fears of giving humans help that would lead them to be conquerors, and Marco brushing it off. Humans would absolutely become conquerors, it's in our history

Wow. This is definitely my favourite book so far. I expected it would be, I'm very into xenofiction (when a book is written from a non-human perspective) but I think the emotional journey was also great in this. The ending was a bit quick and weak. But overall great.

[jodjuya]

More bitching about Animorphs #38.

But also I'm somewhat mollified because the writing does pick up a bit from chapter 11 onwards...

Cassie channels her inner Luke Skywalker. Unfortunately for her, Marco has also seen Star Wars, and he's not on board with this nonsense.

Cassie, what the fuck are you even talking about?? Assassinating one's nemesis is the cowardly, easy way out??

Cassie Animorphs! You! are! a! guerrilla! terrorist! Now is not the time to be channeling the Marquess of bloody Queensberry!

No, just because you, Cassie—unwilling child soldier and aspiring pacifist—don't perceive assassination to be a valid tactic of asymmetric warfare, doesn't mean that it is therefore "murder".

At least Marco knows which genre of story he's in... :/

Following this outburst, Jake is all like "I'm just too fucking tired to even breathe, let alone figure out what to do about these dropkick Andalite Irregulars and their big talk... "

And then a whole bunch of stuff happens very quickly:

Rachel is all like "no really, wtf is our plan?!"

So Marco (lightly) SLAPS RACHEL ACROSS BOTH CHEEKS in a 'snap out of it' gesture, ordering her to "wise up" and accept that they've lost the war.

Rachel, naturally, flips the fuck out and starts beating up Marco. Marco cowers on the ground and receives his beating until Jake physically steps in to pull Rachel off of him.

Tobias is like "okay, yeah, fuck this; I'm done. goodbye forever" and he peaces outta there

Then Rachel fucking GOES OFF! She's all like "I don't remember ever seeing MY signature at the bottom of the Geneva convention! And I am SO DONE with this pathetic baby shit! So fuck all you fucking losers, I'm going solo! Time to show these fucking Yeerks what REAL fucking terrorism looks like!!!" and she leaves too.

Then Cassie is like "I'm out too; if this is unwinnable then how can we justify continuing to kill Hork-Bajir Controllers when they're basically just innocent victim prisoners of war??"

(so I guess this is genuinely some character growth? she's so sickened by war she can't bring herself to continue. It's not just lazy flanderization)

Then Marco bails too

And Ax is the last man standing. He reaffirms his oath of loyalty to Jake, but Jake is like, "nah man, we're done here. No more Animorphs. Go hook up with the Andalite Ginyu Squad to get yourself home."

Next chapter: Ax hooks up with the Andalite Irregulars, and notices that they give him sus vibes... 🤔

[pixelsilver]

Worst thought I had: Female andalites have mammary-like glands towards the end of their tails that the babies step on and crush to extract, nutrient filled, thick, paste like stuff; that's full of anti-bodies.

[jabbers-artsy-hoard]

Just posting a collection of all the Andalite specific art I’ve done so far. Really, I realize I’ve been focusing the most on Kess and Mir.

I have other Andalite ocs besides just them. They just have such a great dynamic with each other, and with their human boyfriend Ferris.. I love to explore them and their interactions.

But I also have Kalevhim, Issakar, Yorinil, and the little baby Isari. I need to explore all of them more too. Especially Kalevhim and Isari.

[thejakeformerlyknownasprince]

one thing that I love about your eleutherophobia fics (among many many things) is that, despite being free of a Yeerk haunting his mind, Tom has now unwittingly replaced that with a reader listening to every thought and memory that he cares to share with us through the first person point of view. He’d be mortified if he ever broke the fourth wall ;)

thanks for your lovely writing and blog! definitely part of what’s keeping me going in these very weird times

Thank you! And yeah, I think a lot about the unique narration style in Animorphs, because I'm trying to imitate it. There's always an awareness that the characters are telling a story — the books open with the narrator going "I can't tell you my last name", and Marco especially will use imperatives like "don't tell anyone I said that." Clearly you is the reader, and each of the kids is meant to be aware that the reader is there.

There are some fascinating hints (handwaving Jake's line in #53) about who each narrator considers their audience. The Chronicles all state outright that each is an account of oneself (X) consciously crafted for one particular audience: Elfangor's talking to Tobias, Aldrea and Dak to Seerow Jr., Visser One to the Council (and Eva), and Toomin to Rachel. Ax says that he's narrating for his fellow andalites, so that they can better understand Earth (#8). Jake implies he's narrating for his great-grandkids: "I'll need to buy a footlocker" (#31). Tobias at one point implies he's talking to his imagined therapist (#23), but I also think you could argue that he's talking to the Ellimist (#13) or his dad (#33).

The others are a little trickier. Cassie seems to have Jake's same educational bent, but I'd argue she's trying to teach about the biology rather than the ethics of the war. Marco is probably talking to a kid his own age who thinks they're reading a sci fi novel. He's defensive ("call me Mr. Ruthless" as he feels empathy for baby seals), he's misdirecting ("now you know how I got a blowhole" instead of clarifying his role in the war), and he's desperate to impress ("I'm slightly not tall"). But he also references the reader "vegging out" and "watching TV." Rachel? I'd argue Rachel is talking to her own adult self. She doesn't care what others think of her, but she cares a lot about living with herself. She's trying to define who she is and who she wants to be, more than anyone else on the team.

[ravenya003]

Stuff I Read/Watched in July...

Captain Underpants and the Invasion of the Incredibly Naughty Cafeteria Ladies from Outer Space (and the Subsequent Assault of the Equally Evil Lunchroom Zombie Nerds) by Dav Pilkey

The Bad Guys: The Furball Strikes Back by Aaron Blabey

Dawn and the Big Sleepover by Anne M. Martin

Kristy and the Baby Parade by Anne M. Martin

Diadem: Book of Names by John Peel

Diadem: Book of Signs by John Peel

Diadem: Book of Magic by John Peel

The Two-Faced God by Caroline Lawrence

The Sewer Demon by Caroline Lawrence

The Thunder Omen by Caroline Lawrence

The Book of Shane by Nick Eliopulos

Tales of the Fallen Beasts by Brandon Mull and others

The Andalite Chronicles: Elfangor by K.A. Applegate

Tides of the Dark Crystal by J.M. Lee

Flames of the Dark Crystal by J.M. Lee

The Bandit of Sherwood Forest (1946)

Tales of Robin Hood (1951)

Ivanhoe (1952)

Son of Robin Hood (1958)

The Scarlet Pimpernel (1982)

Ivanhoe (1982)

Robin Hood: Prince of Sherwood (1993)

The Adventures of Robin Hood: Seasons 1 – 4 (1955 – 1959)

Ivanhoe (1997)

The Tudors: Season 3 (2009)

Slow Horses: Season 1 (2022)

More details on blog...

[grandwretch]

whatever you do, don't think about how disappointed original timeline elphangor would be about the fact that after seeing the depths of the andalites' sins, ax went back to the andalites and died for them. just don't think about it.

don't think about how angry he would be, not at ax, but at the ellimist and his fellow andalites, that he gave up everything (his wife, his life, raising and knowing his own son) to save the universe and they couldn't even save his own baby brother who had already won the war for them

don't think about it!!!!!!!!!!!

[thegayestandalite]

Chapter 2

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Ripping through the forest was a menagerie of ridiculously out of place animals. Mostly out of place.

The animorphs, a group of shapeshifting children fighting an intergalactic war with space slugs and with who your very future rested squarely on.

They were on the run before their morphs could even finish, tearing through scratchy thickets and leaping over rotted logs. The smell of forest heaving into their nostrils and lungs.

Tobias was first, a child in the shape of a red tailed hawk, he spotted the craft in his own domain - the open sky.

Ax, another - smaller- andalite, was at the relay point so he could communicate with though speak* and update his comrades with what Tobias was telling him.

Another andalite, male, injured, airily unhappy and Apparently

Making enemies - and then befriending? A squirrel.

*An essential form of speaking when you have no mouth

———————————————

Along with his wounded arm, he was also nursing an injured upper torso and was willing to wager with the absolute fire of hell streaking through his legs he had managed to break a few bones as well.

[You are my only friend in the world, hopefully harmless tiny creature,] he intoned sadly.

This wasn’t Harbringer of Death, she left a while ago. This new curious cutie was Baby Killer.

[Squirrels don’t have friends,] Tobias answered, absolutely correct, [Only malice.]

The alien - the blue one- ‘s head snapped up and his stalk eyes swiveled around.

He took a measured moment.

[That’s good to know,] he said carefully. [Are you the…squirrel?] He watched the tiny animal nervously twinge back and forth. Squirrel certainly felt like a good jumble of iterations to identify the creature.

[No.]

A feathered, winged creature with a dull brown coloring flapped onto a closer branch.

Baby Killer was displeased and fled in a chattering of disapproving sounds. She’d have her day.

[I’m the bird,] the feathered thing added helpfully. The Alien Noted the cruelly shaped beak and wicked black talon on each toe. No wonder the squirrel felt uneasy.

[Hello, ] he responded back, cordially.

[Sooo,] the bird hopped on one foot and ruffled his feathers, [Noticed you crashed your ship there,] the pointy bird said conversationally. He tilted his head over towards the treacherously crashed ship.

[Yes, I see why you’d make that mistake, perfectly understandable, but in reality the ship there crashed itself, despite my loudest protests.]

[Uh huh. Yep. So…just wondering here if you could use any help for, you know, the injuries and the- the blood?] He noted the blue blood smeared and seeping through his blue furry fingers that clutched and obscured an obvious wound. It was planted over firmly on the basis that he wasn’t going to be any happier actually seeing it.

[Could be, could be, and who are you?]

A distinct silence.

[Ah.]

Anyone who didn’t want to reveal themselves while using andalite technology, was likely not in fact, an andalite.

The cracking of dry foliage and rustling of plants caught his attention, and what he saw, precisely was, a large creature, a larger creature, a larger larger creature and hells help him an even larger creature than that. All compiled with claws and teeth. Seems he stumbled into something here.

The second Larger creature, the one with stripes he noticed secondarily - stepped forward from the pack.

[Who are you, and what are you doing here,] He demanded.

He scoffed inwardly, this one had all he bravery of a knock kneed artish.

[Ah, you see, what I’m doing here and who I am is, hm None of your business.]

Stripe jerked his head back, startled.

They all seemed to be staring at him in confusion, not that he was any judge of these particular alien’s expressions.

The first, smallest creature, still about 3/4 of his size, stepped up and looked at Stripe. [Look, he’s injured, let’s just get him back and take a look at these injuries.]

Ah yes, Good officer, bad officer. The oldest play in the galaxy.

But his hearts creaked to a halt.

A final, very familiar creature came into view.

Aximili-esgarrouth-isthill.

The injured andalite stretched to full impressive length along the grass and fallen leaves, his tail looped nonchalantly and narrowed his eyes in a hooded gaze.

A prickle of cold swarmed down his shoulders and backs, his fur bristling along the way.

[ In actuality, your assistance is not needed here or anywhere,] he said Coolly.

Stripe gaped.

[ Dude, in case you haven’t noticed, what choice do you have? I’m willing to bet you can’t morph or you wouldn’t be hemorrhaging to death right now.] This was from the walking torso.

Bor’ij, the injured andalite, snapped his head and glared with the intensity of all four eye. Inner truth time, he had yet again, forgotten about morphing. He had gotten that ability a bit late in the game.

[What choice do I have? I have plenty of choices, I have so many fucking choices right now, Up to my tail in them, so kindly Fuck Off.]

A moment of shock.

A moment of private silence as the aliens conversed with each other.

He ignored them, opening his hand held telecommunication unit. He knew his cell wasn’t going to be very pleased about the crashing and..the injuries…he quickly typed out his message and hit send while very pointedly ignoring the band of..morph..creatures. Meatures? No, putting two words together to make a new one was stupid.

He fiddled with his device, signing into the encoded extra-military network, that had turned more social rather than utilitary

The creatures…crearphs? No…Had still not gone away. He scrolled down his screen, still keeping a wary but observant non-Chalant eye on them. Some stories on friends’ adventures, signs of depression and anxiety from this wearing war, pictures of interesting and terrifying flora and fauna, obligatory check ins so your friends still knew you were alive and his personal favorite - awful dishonorable lewd pictures that no decent andalite- he paused to press and save into his collection- would ever associate themselves with.

The large striped creature with entirely too much tooth in Bor’ij’s opinion, stood awkwardly unsure of what to do with this clearly injured alien that was actually dead set on ignoring them.

[Who are you waiting for?] He hazarded.

[Who are *you* waiting for,] he snapped back, [I’m waiting for somebody to mind their own damned business, start stepping off the other way. You have the ability, I believe in you.]

Just then, his communicator blipped. He took a look at his screen and smiled. Predictably his cell, his friends, where cursing him to pieces, haha. His hearts started to beat faster and he put on his best straight face he could to avoid looking like an idiot when he read how close they were. Well..how close he was..they….but also him.

*Just keep from dying before we get there*, they scolded.

[Ok,] Strippey said, [Ok. Everyone. Let’s go.] The earth aliens looked at each other uncertainly.

Bor’ij smiled to himself, they were a social animal, they looked to a leader for direction. Intel was so easy.

The smallest furry animal seemed to stare urgently at Strippey. He’ll call her..Legs. The one most dedicated to her altruistic instincts that a social animal needs to protect their group to survive, he made a note of it.

But the leader, Strippey, the metaphorical knock kneed foal, will win out, because he has a clever plan to Not Leave. Probably even sneak inside cruiser should he decide to stumble into it. The pain radiated from his side as he accidentally reminded himself off his injuries.

Bor’ij flipped his comm back on and preceded to ignore their existence . He barely registered their leave, but for the briefest ting in his hearts that Aximili had not even attempted to talk to him.

[holodeckprotocols]

animorphs book 53 (the answer) #thoughts

i cannot even begin to describe the full body chill i just had reading the words "my name is Jake Berenson"

AHHH oh my god conformation of the length of the war!! they're 16!! BABIES!!

i know my reviews must seem xD random and hyperbolic but I promise I just feel this strongly about animorphs. i am capslock screaming every time I read one

i often think about how lonely it must be to be toby. no one truly understands her :(

I know it's inevitable given the structure of the story but ugh, man, I hate to see the military involved.

deeply shaken by the knowledge that Jake is now 6 feet tall. I'm trying to so hard to make my brain accept that he's 16 now. I know he's canonically big/tall for his age but my god, childhood really is over :(

good god this is a mess. this taxxon slaughter is ugly but god. what's the alternative?

OMG ARBRON???

never ever expected to see him again! holy shit!!

a taxxon alliance. holy shit. never expected that

"The Andalite High Command can drop dead" Rachel said. LOL. honestly. it was absolutely useless, thanks

oh my god RACHEL. Jesus. threatening to kill ax!!!!!

the taxxon plan seems so obvious now that it's right on front if me. of course their existence is fraught. of course they'd want an out.

WHY is ANYONE trusting TOM

oh no i hate this. what is Jake planning. 

he's just straight up blackmailing erek huh. Jesus.

honestly erek is so OP that I'm a little surprised they haven't resorted to this dirty play sooner. still, it's awful

what did he ask Rachel to do!???

I know it's just a hologram but Cassie being ripped apart is so awful

oh my god the slaughter of the other animorphs while jake can only watch :(((

oh my god, did he kill all of them? holy fuck. no. I don't want to believe it.

seventeen thousand yeerks. has there ever been a death toll that high?

WHAT NO

HOW CAN IT END THERE