#Hork-Bajir Chronicles

[tobiasmasonpark]

Reading the chronicles books from Animorphs

[rays-animorphs]

so, I lost track of the order the non-numbered books are supposed to go in and am reading the hork bajor chronicles relatively late.

I am…really not happy with how Seerow’s Kindness is going. Why that particular narrative. Why. “Oh, guess the prejudiced people were right, and the obviously evil race is in fact evil and should never have been treated like people.” Why.

Granted I’m on like chapter 2. So it is possible the rest of the text will shed a different light on things. For now it’s somewhat painful to read though.

[yalikejazz9]

Made this for my sci-fi class,

(The teacher is also a fan of animorphs so I couldn't not)

[thejakeformerlyknownasprince]

Animorphs audiobooks — how did they choose the Chronicles narrators?

Look. I LOVE how Scott Brick reads The Ellimist Chronicles — he might be my favorite narrator yet. He comes off as super condescending but with a hint of melancholy. Like he really is this infinite cosmic gamerboy wearily explaining the universe to a stupid little human.

But why the hell is MacLeod Andrews (who normally voices Jake) narrating The Andalite Chronicles? Like, I can appreciate not wanting to cast an entirely new voice for Elfangor, but Adam Verner (who voices Ax) is RIGHT THERE! Or you use Michael Crouch (who voices Tobias) if there's a schedule conflict. Why would you recast the guy who does Jake as Elfangor? Why would you then NOT do that for the other Chronicles?

Because I could see an interesting argument for having Jake's voice narrate Elfangor's story, IF we then got Tobias's voice narrating Dak and Aldrea's story, then Rachel's voice narrating Toomin's story, then Marco's voice narrating Edriss's story. This still begs the question of why Jake and not Ax, but at least that way it'd be consistent.

[autoraton]

horked bajir

[kooldewd123]

The parallels in the Hork-Bajir Chronicles are driving me crazy. Oh, a group of peaceful individuals is forced into guerrila warfare? They're forced to grapple with sacrificing their own morality in exchange for the survival of their race? They're just trying to hold out for long enough for the Andalites to come save them, but the Andalites see them as so low priority that by the time they get around to helping, it's too late? The Andalites ignore a species that the Yeerks see as their greatest asset? Dak Hamee names his son after an Andalite, and his grandson, Jara Hamee, names his daughter after a human? Dak, a Hork-Bajir seer, witnesses the rise of the Yeerk empire, and his great-granddaughter, Toby, another Hork-Bajir seer, is instrumental in its downfall? Holy shit I can't take much more of this.

[auntphibian]

Since y'all really liked my other animorph art, here's one from the Hork Bajir chronicles.

The more I read these books the more I hate the Andalites, which I think is suppose to be the natural progression of the reader.

First off, Seerow's kindness is just tragic all around. If I was super advance and saw intelligent life stuck living in mud puddles or monkies I'd want to help them as well. But at the same time I understand the Yeerks. If my choices were mud puddle/monkey or I could take a host and experience the joys of sight and sound.... i think I'd take a host. It's all around such a tragic situation and it's such an amazing story to hear play out.

And man, the Hork Bajir. Poor Dak, you learn your entire species was specifically made to be less intelligent and now every other species looks down on you for that. I feel bad for Aldrea too of course. Seeing your entire family killed then forcing a war on peacful species because it's that or enslavment.... just... man.

I love these chronicle breaks but it's really not much of a break when it's so much freakin sadder. But I do love Aldrea and Dak, they wefe adorable. Very Tarzan and Jane but with way more war and way more tragedy.

[lilliankillthisman]

I will say, though... I get it. I'm a Visser Three apologist to my core and this book has only cemented that. Like...

This line got me, OK? His whole thing has me in a chokehold. He's awful, he's a loser, he has the most cliche villain lines imaginable, and he's my favourite character in the series bar none.

[inkmaze]

animorphs will just drop a passage in a volume that will rotate in your thoughts for decades to come

[drowningcrickets]

MORE andalite content will be coming soon, and in higher quality

this is just the beginning

[elfangorsson]

Had anything, anything at all gone differently, could the yeerks and the Arn had formed an alliance? The Arn could have easily made hosts for the Yeerks. I'm imagining they could create something without a typical sentient mind and a lots of space in their heads for the yeerks to inhabit. Because that's the Yeerks' motivation, to have enough host bodies. I think if they had that they wouldn't need a war.

Obviously a big theme of the story is different species not being able to work together outside of a few individuals. But the solution seems so simple. (I haven't read the entire series so if it's somehow touched upon lmk)

[foundfamilyhq]

[toothlessloveshiccup]

[joemerl]

Writer's Month 2023, Day 5: word: sun | setting/AU: poolside

Available on FF.net here.

Summary: Everything is improving for the Yeerk Empire. All it cost was everything they'd ever known.

Word count: 394

[kooldewd123]

since I'm doing my whole "reread all of animorphs" thing I figured now is as good a time as any to actually finish off my collection, which I've been procrastinating forever. I just ordered a bunch of them off eBay and... holy shit I don't think I've ever seen animorphs books in such good condition before.

not sure how well it comes across on camera, but these practically feel off-the-shelf new, and it is absolutely surreal to experience that when this is a series I've interacted with almost exclusively through Goodwill, garage sales, and the local library. I've just been sitting here admiring these covers for the past half hour.

[lilliankillthisman]

Incredible Visser 3 lore in this one... he's been an Andaboo from the beginning that's so cute