#animorphs

[ace-exploring]

I thought this was an Animorohs post and was expecting to see Tobias or Ax or hell even Prince Jake himself.

[andalitean]

Remember when the animorphs ransacked animorphsverse elon musk's house and burned it down. i think our universe should do that too

[sarifel-corrisafid-ilxhel]

Some Sarifel sketches from October that I forgot to upload - or if I did upload them, I can't find them on my account!

I actually have a knit plushie of Sarifel from a friend of mine, but it's not fluffy or floppy like this one is. How did you end up as a plushie, Sarifel? Morphing isn't supposed to work like that!

[milverton]

You can get a collection of all the books here.

Proposed Animorphs Bookclub schedule

Let's do a tumblr book club for Animorphs!

The idea is to read one book a week and post about it with the tag Animorphs Book Club.

March

March 2-8: #1 The Invasion

March 9-15: #2 The Visitor

March 16-22: #3 The Encounter

March 23-29 1: #4 The Message

April

March 30-April 5: #5 The Predator

April 6-12: #6 The Capture

April 13-19 #7 The Stranger

April 20-26: Megamorphs #1 The Andalite’s Gift

May

April 27-May 3: #8 The Alien

May 4-10: #9 The Secret

May 11-17: #10 The Android

May 18-24: #11 The Forgotten

May 25-31: #12 The Reaction

June

June 1-7: The Andalite Chronicles

June 8-14: #13 The Change

June 15-21: #14 The Unknown

June 22-28: #15 The Escape

July

June 29-July 5: #16 The Warning

July 6-12: #17 The Underground

July 13-19: #18 The Decision

July 20-26: Megamorphs #2 In the Time of the Dinosaurs

August

July 27-August 2: #19 The Departure

August 3-9: #20 The Discovery

August 10-16: #21 The Threat

August 17-23: #22 The Solution

August 24-30: The Hork-Bajir Chronicles

September

August 31-September 6: #23 The Pretender

September 7-13: #24 The Suspicion

September 14-20: #25 The Extreme

September 21-28: #26 The Attack

October

September 27-October 4: #27 The Exposed

October 5-11: #28 The Experiment

October 12-18: #29 The Sickness

October 19-25: Megamorphs #3 Elfangor’s Secret

November

October 26-November 1: #30 The Reunion

November 2-8: #31 The Conspiracy

November 9-15: #32 The Separation

November 16-22: #33 The Illusion

November 23-29: #34 The Prophecy

December

November 30-December 6: #35 The Proposal

December 7-13: Visser

December 14-20: #36 The Mutation

December 21-27: #37 The Weakness

January 2026

December 28-January 3, 2026: #38 The Arrival

January 4-10: #39 The Hidden

January 11-17: #40 The Other

January 18-24: Megamorphs #4 Back to Before

January 25-31: #41 The Familiar

February

February 1-7: #42 The Journey

February 8-14: #43 The Test

February 15-21: #44 The Unexpected

February 22-28: #45 The Revelation

March (again)

March 1-7: #46 The Deception

March 8-14: #47 The Resistance

March 15-21: The Ellimist Chronicles

March 22-28: #48 The Return

April

March 29-April 4: #49 The Diversion

April 5-11: #50 The Ultimate

April 12-18: #51 The Absolute

April 19-25: #52 The Sacrifice

May

April 26-May 2: #53 The Answer

May 3-9: #54 The Beginning

[featherquillpen]

shout-out to KA Applegate and Michael Grant for standing fast in their haterism of the TV show that whitewashed their books

[andhumanslovedstories]

I truly enjoy how much Animorphs is like “here are our young heroes, each with a distinctive trope to fill in the group!” And then it makes you watch how the pressure of each person’s role grinds them to dust. And also they have homework.

[victusinveritas]

[jaztice]

Obligatory self-reblog for promotional purposes since this is happening in LESS THAN A MONTH AAAAAA (i'm doing so great y'all i'm definitely not slightly panicking it's FIIIIIIINE)

Extra Ordinary launching on March 10!

Hi everyone! Just wanted to push my upcoming Kickstarter again in case folks missed it! It’s called Extra Ordinary, a GM-full, rules-light game about being an extraordinary kid on the run from constant danger in the ordinary world. Planned Kickstarter launch date is March 10, 2025, so follow the Kickstarter page if you’re interested to stay in the loop! There's also a free Quickstart available on my itch if you want to play or read it beforehand.

Reblog to help promote the game if you so desire!

[kooldewd123]

actually the craziest impact animorphs has had on me is that i never really got an urge to eat cinnamon buns from reading them BUT the phrase "the refreshing beverage known as vinegar" has forced its way into my head every other week for years to try and convince me it would be a good idea to chug a whole glass of it

[fanonical]

good news! you're an animorph! bad news! you didn't know about the two-hour limit and got stuck in your first morph, which is whatever this wheel lands on

[chalkbird]

when you're a shapeshifter i bet letting yourself slowly fall off a rooftop only to turn into a bird and fly away feels soooo good

[carlandrea]

One of the things animorphs does very effectively is that the series gimmick (turning into animals) :

- is fantastic wish fulfillment for the kids reading it. Excellent daydream material

- ties in nicely with the series themes about violence

- it’s even educational! Seamlessly integrates Animal Facts into the narrative by making them extremely plot relevant

AND

- would genuinely be devastatingly powerful in the specific context of guerilla warfare

[thejakeformerlyknownasprince]

If you were in book 1 as old as the Animorphs( and with the others in the construction site somehow) at that time. What would you have done, in that situation?

Honestly, the kids' reactions are all pretty relatable, and feel realistic to me. They walk home, because it's faster to go through the construction site. Tobias spots Elfangor's ship, points it out to Jake... and neither of them says anything out loud, because they don't want to look like dorks in front of their friends. Cassie, caught by surprise, blurts out "it's a flying saucer!" Could see myself doing any of those.

Then, as the ship gets closer, they have a frantic whispered debate about whether to wait and see (Rachel), communicate (Tobias), or go get a camera (Marco). Jake mentions wanting to run, but not daring to do so in front of his friends. Honestly, same. To all of those.

Even Elfangor's pitch is more persuasive than most calls to action. He tells them help is on the way, that he wouldn't be asking them if there were any other options, and that all they have to do is find a way to warn the human authorities about the yeerks. He doesn't say a word about fighting battles or raiding the yeerk pool or leading a resistance movement. His pitch is basically "sorry, no time for questions, take this superpower, use it to get help, anyway [dies]".

And then their reactions to seeing hork-bajir and taxxons: Cassie's involuntary scream, Rachel's grabbing the others, Tobias's silent tears, Jake's stupid attempt to run at Visser Three, and Marco's "lips drawn back in what could have been a grin... an expression of pure terror." Again, yeah. Under the circumstances I might pee my pants for good measure, but I'm right there with them.

They're so relatable, these kids. They don't rise to the occasion, they don't have lurking superpowers, and they don't run into danger. They freeze at the sight of an alien ship. Then they trust an adult when said adult asks them to do him a favor. Then they run for their lives and nearly get killed. Tobias tries morphing, but the others don't until he shows it's okay. Jake wants to just call 911 and report the yeerks, and it takes Marco spotting the controller cop to 86 that. And then they agree to just one mission, because it's Tom. Just one, and then they'll stop. Just one, just while they wait for the andalites to arrive.

[brothermouse-skeleton]

Animorphs books be like

Page 1: I am a child soldier. My every waking moment is defined by fear and paranoia. My dreams are full of unprocessed trauma. The fate of the entire world rests on me and my friends. I failed my geography test because I do not know the difference between Equator and Ecuador. Also, I'm really hazy on the difference between geography and geology. Again, the fate of the world rests on my shoulders.

Page 13: <Now THAT is a sexy monkey>

Page 26: *The dopest animal fact you've ever heard*

Page 27: Do you know about thermals? You do? Too bad, I'm going to explain them again.

Page 36: *fart joke fart joke 90's pop culture reference barf joke*

Page 40: Rachel kills someone with her bear hands. Not a typo.

Pages 3,15,16,25,26,30,33,37,40,44,46,50,55,56,57,60: TSEEEEEEEEEEEER!

Page 47: I willed my bones to melt faster. If there was a single bone in my body in the next ten seconds, everyone I ever loved of cared about would die an excruciating death.

Page 50: Funny alien thinks he's people.

Last page: *The gang goes to Burger King to avoid thinking about their war crimes*

[benevolentfalcon]

Most sci fi/fantasy: this civil war has been waged for a thousand years. These great houses have ruled the realm for eight thousand years. These two families have been feuding for ten thousand years. This single political institution has stood for twenty-five thousand years.

Animorphs: there is a war waged across the galaxy, waged by countless species. Entire planets have been conquered, entire species have been enslaved. Multiple genocides have been committed, even by the "good guys." It's been going on about, oh, thirty-two years now.