#Rachel Animorphs

[cobaltegg]

so like, what if you were the last surviving animorph but it's been canonically established that you still had your best friend's DNA in your body

[mooskobold]

When everything's made to be broken

I just want you to know who I am

[aposematic-jessica]

it always felt right to me that rachel died in animorphs. that of all the animorphs she was the one who died. not that i wanted her to, i loved her. but because any of the other kids, there would have been a poetic nature to it. jake, the leader, the sacrificial lamb on the altar of wartime—wouldn’t his death have been a kind of mercy. cassie, the bleeding heart, the pacifist with bloody hands—her death a mercy too, a final refusal. marco, the child who would have laughed his way to the grave and who followed his commanders orders to it, too—no more back to the wall, no more dead eyes. aximili, starchild, lost child soldier still fighting his parents’ war—there’s a cruel irony in him dying without ever seeing his kinsmen again. tobias, the inhuman boy, boy with a hawk’s heart—he had no one to go home to, wouldn’t dying have cut his story neatly?

but rachel? rachel, the child soldier who was more at home on the battlefield than she ever was anyone else? rachel, one cousin’s attack dog, one cousin’s murderer? rachel with the filthy, filthy hands that no tears could wash clean? rachel who couldn’t have known what to do with herself after the war was over? there’s no poetry or irony in her dying. it just makes sense. cruel, cold, statistical sense. rachel fought and fought and killed and murdered and did things no child’s psyche could survive but hers, and she died because her violent tastes were useful. and they ended with the logical conclusion! of course rachel died. that’s the thesis of the damn series, isn’t it?

[lettersfromaplatypus]

Rereading Animorphs #12 (The Reaction) for research purposes for the first time in YEARS and already by page 2 it’s reminding me why these books held me in a death grip back in middle school

[thelesbianthespianposts]

bored, have some of my favorite animorphs quotes

[jesperr-fahey]

going. crazy. about this. the whole thing, obviously, the reminder that jake is just a terrified kid under it all, that they're all just terrified kids, but especially that line "the mask came down and he was jake again." this is rachel's pov, and to her (and maybe to all of them), the mask is jake. that's the real jake, the jake they know best. the terrified kid isn't jake- the leader is. the mask is.

[brothermouse-skeleton]

Just finished reading Animorphs #49: The Diversion where Tobias finds out that his mom is still alive and in danger.

It's super stressful because Applegate would murder that poor kids mom right in front of him just to make some kind of point.

But also I think it's interesting to see how the other parents react to finding out about everything: Cassie's parents are instantly compassionate, they hug her, tell her it's going to be okay. It's no wonder Cassie is who she is.

Rachel's mom tries to fight a bear (Rachel) with a spice rack. Very genetics. Much lineage.

Jake's parents are already controllers. He can't save them. It makes sense that he doesn't get to have his parents with him, he hasn't been a child for a long time.

[solsticat]

tfw the child soldier starts child-soldiering a little too hard

[kaitoleen]

Another funny scene from Animorphs 24: The Suspicion! 😂

When Cassie's dad meets Ax for the first time! (but Cassie was just miniaturized! 😟) Ax's response makes so much sense, I can't even fault him, haha. 😅

[edenlouiseart]

My bf finally broke me and got me into Animorphs. These damn books have taken over my brain and shattered my heart.

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[dr-reids-fidget-toy]

animorphs quotes that. i... those poor kids

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Edit: I made an animorphs gimmick blog: @i-assign-you-animorphs

[vv-ispy]

Rachel and Tobias from Animorphs commissioned from @decarabiandivorce! Absolutely in love with their colouring as always, and the fall sunset atmosphere that really captures the two's relationship.

Check out their commissions here, 10/10 communication and experience :D

[robylovi]

Just a couple traumatized kids

[h-o-u-s-e-p-l-a-n-t]

RACHAEL FASHON DRAWINGS LES GOOOOOOO

[autoraton]

Excerpt from Childhood is the Kingdom Where Nobody Dies by Edna St. Vincent Millay.