#the ellimist

[brothermouse-skeleton]

"God's a gamer, but he's kinda trash at it." K. A. Applegate, The Ellimist Chronicles, circa 2000 A.D.

[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

[stagbeetleturnedloser]

[tomberensonsghost]

Sorry i turned your boyfriend into a hawk. Yeah he wouldn’t tell me if he was happier as a hawk or a human so. Anyway talk to you soon.

[kinsey3furry300]

Are we just never going to talk about that time in the 7th animorphs book, during the introduction of the Ellimist, which is a serious scene and a big fucking deal, when Rachel runs at Tobias to hug him because she's not seen his human form in ages, startling him, and he panics and so just starts flapping his arms like a bird in an attempt to get away.

Like... I need fanart of this specific scene.

[thejakeformerlyknownasprince]

Hey did the Rachel in your ‘verse hear the Ellimist’s story still?

Y'know, I still haven't decided whether "yes" or "no" is the funnier answer, so maybe I should put it to the masses:

[kooldewd123]

tobias gives off such intense egg vibes that the ellimist can't stop himself from fucking with him. god himself shows up to give tobias a divine quest and decides to throw in a solid dose of dysphoria along the way.

[fanonical]

jake: yeah, turns out god is real jake: his name's the ellimist and he's a HUGE DICK

[pickapok]

All these Animorphs posts across my dash just got me thinking about how the whole conflict across the series is essentially the result of two artifical elder god gamers playing a 4X strategy game on a cosmic scale with real lives and civilizations at stake.

And that's kind of fucked up.

[thelesbianthespianposts]

absolutely love that in book 26 the ellimist asks them to be his champions in stopping the genocide of an entire alien race and then they meet the aliens they’re protecting and they instantly have second thoughts

[joemerl]

No, do not just wave that issue away. I want to see them explain Tobias' situation to an Andalite.

Andalite: <You humans found a way to undo the two-hour time limit?!>

Animorphs: Um, no. The Ellimist did that. The second time that we met him.

Andalite:

[brothermouse-skeleton]

RIP The Ellimist, you would have loved playing Guitar Hero and getting routinely brutalized in Civilization

[jesperr-fahey]

been on a bit of a lull in my animorphs reading journey because i'm on the ellimist chronicles right now and i just don't.. like him? like the book is fine, there's some interesting scifi world building with his species and their home planet and all that, but i simply do not vibe with him as a character and i don't really care about his backstory.. i already didn't really like him in the main series, but i honestly think he was more interesting as a mysterious seemingly all powerful figure!! i think explaining him as a Guy takes away from all that

idk, just curious if other animorphs fans have different opinions- does anyone actually like the ellimist? what are your thoughts on this book?

[tomberensonsghost]

Dude at party: So what kind of music do you listen to?

Ellimist, who can hear the non-diagetic music of the universe: Uhhh, mostly 'ominous'.

[ziekaramaik]

Whenever you think the Animorphs act out-of-character in the ghostwritten books, tell yourself it's because the Ellimist and Crayak were secretly changing their personalities as part of their game.

The only good thing about Ellimist and Crayak is that we can probably blame every plot hole in the series on them.

[thejakeformerlyknownasprince]

Today i learned there's a band called Ellimist that produced an album based on the ellimist chronicles... 😮

Apparently they're progressive metal (found here) — I'll have to check them out!