#theyre so interesting

[evolutiononthebrain]

originally I was just going to put this in the tags but I have too many thoughts for that.

its interesting to me that Mumbo would manipulate Pearl this way because at the beginning of the session, he tells Grian that he can easily solve their whole problem by just letting Mumbo and Skizz each have one of his lives. Which, of course, Grian says no to.

Grian would’ve never agreed, and Mumbo knows that. It’s even more interesting that Grian loses 2 lives anyway trying to get Skizz and Mumbo back to yellow and green. It would’ve been easier and safer to just give up the lives at the start of the session, they would’ve avoided making the tnt minecraft trap and getting betrayed by Jimmy, and Grian wouldn’t have been talking to Scar to get killed because he wouldn’t be worried about his teammates. Of course, he could’ve lost 2 lives anyways even if he had helped his team, but it’s just interesting that his deaths could’ve been avoided if he’d just given them up at the start of the session.

Did anybody else get Last Life flashbacks or was it just me?

Transcript

Mumbo: Pearl, out of pure curiosity, because you're a yellow name, and you are surrounded by dark green names, right? They probably think they're way superior to you.

[CUT.]

Grian: Bdubs, Etho has no loyalty to you. He's just immediately teamed up with the next guy that's come along.

Tango: Yeah. He's a survivor, man. That's all he does: survive.

Grian: Yeah. Yeah.

[CUT.]

Mumbo: You know, if they really loved you, they would... They would get you off of yellow. Do you feel that?

Pearl: I mean, we-- we kind of said that we would only do that unless I was red, you know.

Mumbo: Right.

Pearl: Which I'm okay with.

Mumbo: Yeah. But then, you know, if they really loved you, then they'd probably get you off of yellow.

[CUT.]

Bdubs: He loves me.

Grian: If he loved you, why didn't he give you a life, huh?

Tango: Aha. Go say hello to him, see what happens, yeah.

Bdubs: He--he cares!

[CUT.]

Mumbo: How much allegiance are you feeling to your team?

[CUT.]

Grian: You're the only one left in BEST in my-- by what I see.

[c1nto]

[ethan83]

hello guys im thinking about jrwi wonderlust what about you

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[goshenightie]

Remembrance

[hatingfromacrackedscreen]

One of my favorite things about the Animorphs rotating pov is how you get to see character development happening so subtly but from so many different angles. One of my favorite examples is with Cassie & Marco’s relationship, from when she left the team to the David Arc (books 19-22), and how it explains so much of their dynamic for the rest of the series.

Marco and Cassie have one of the most interesting dynamics out of the Animorphs because of how often they disagree over conflicts/strategy, but also because of the fact that they usually end up being the de facto strategists of the team (They also both are like, in love with Jake, which also leads to really interesting moments but this isn’t about that). Naturally this puts them at odds with each other often, especially during Book #19. Cassie quits the team and voluntarily infests herself so she doesn’t have to kill Karen, something that Marco doesn’t understand and also is upset about, because now he may have to kill Cassie. After book’s end Cassie makes it back to the team and Aftran begins the peace movement. There’s a lot of threads that contribute to spiral from the book, and Cassie and Marco’s relationship is one of the subtler ones. What’s important to note is that the next book, book #20, is a Marco pov. We get to see his thoughts, and all is not forgiven. He reminisces about the recent Cassie-related events, and says something along the lines of “yeah I’m not really chill with her after the shit she pulled with Aftran.” Which I support Cassie fully, but fair enough! Not only did Cassie voluntarily cause their biggest security breach at the moment, but also he thought he, a 14 year old, was now going to have to kill his friend, another 14 year old. I would be pissed too. (Also this is another great subtle narrative thread leading into the David Arc, which derives its most central tension from this same dilemma)

However the culmination of the Cassie Marco tension comes not from either of their own pov, but from the next book, book 21 which is a Jake pov. The Animorphs all morph bugs to break into a hotel that has a Yeerk conspiracy involved, and they come close to the 2 hour limit. They all morph back successfully except Marco (the weakest morpher) who is stuck as a several foot tall giant grotesque flea. Everyone’s freaking out, but it’s Cassie who’s comes forward, places a hand on Marco, and soothingly guides him through his sheer panic, and into demorphing back to his human self. After Marco breaks down and sobs on Cassie, and Jake even notes he’s never seen Marco cry like that. Which is significant since Jake has known Marco grieving through his mother “dying”. Jake doesn’t note it, because it’s a situation he doesn’t even know about, but in this moment Marco forgives Cassie. Marco never gives her shit for the Aftran situation again, either in his narration or in others. And I love that it’s something that’s not explicitly said by Jake in this book, or Marco or Cassie in later ones, but all of the resolution of that tension between them beautify resolves in a book that’s not either of their povs and doesn’t even explicitly mention it.

Not only is that a knack to Animorphs’ character writing, but it sets the foundation for their relationship going forward. It’s why Cassie still goes to talk to Marco in Book #35 through his issues with his dad remarrying, and he ridicules her a bit but hears her out. And then by series end, when Cassie gives the morphing cube away to the Yeerks, and Jake tells everyone. Is Mr. Marco “ruthless bright line from A to B” pissed at her? No he’s over it and back to being chums with her. Because that’s Cassie his bestie now❤️ And I love that no matter how often they’re at conflict later in the series, after the flea incident it never gets as serious in Marcos narration as it was to him before, in book #20. Animorphs’ character writing amongst multiple povs is just so so soo good.

[darknoverse]

Yk maybe I will write yet another long essay about Antasma or something I don't know I love him so much and I hate a hate/love relationship with DT and like also I'm like THE bat kisser that's my job to talk about him .

Maybe a whole essay about the Antasmen too?? Idk they're so funny and nobody talks about them I have at least 10 headcanons about them

[claybyte]

im gonna write a starprince/snirius character/relationship study i think

[bebryzy]

I love soukoku i love how obsessed they are with each other i love how they refuse to ever let their true feelings show i love how they trust each other to the ends of the earth i love how they are constantly at odds i love how nobody understands each other more than themselves i love how nothing is ever simple for them i love how they can never admit how much each other’s existence means to them i love how complicated they are and how much they want to hate each other and how much they rely on each other and how they both know theyre a match for each other that cant be replaced and i just love them

[landonor]

@.LN4: LN4 🤝 CL16

[alltheglowingeyess]

i love the tiktok trend where people are like makings slideshows w dramatic pictures detailing them fighting for their lives/against professors to pass their classes 😭

50% are genuinely like "need a 43% to pass, studied for 60 hrs, no sleep, 4200 flashcards done, got a 42.4%" and the other 50% are "never showed up to class, put c for every question, but this professor still won't pass me" LIKE????

[armyghoul]

I've got one that has a why!

You can't have a donkey sleeping in your bathtub after 7 p.m in Arizona.

This law was passed in 1924 after a broken dam washed an Arizonian merchant's bathtub down into a valley while carrying his dozing donkey into troubled waters. Hundreds of people were involved in saving the sleepy, soggy donkey, so the law was signed into action to prevent endangering future bathtub-snoozing donkeys and save everyone a bunch of time and effort.

1920s people were fucking insane. leave that damn donkey alone!!!

[last-answer]

yeah i imagine that'd be Hard To Do i'd much rather just put up with the eye oh well

yeah . . . same honestly

[sharpiedoodleee]

once again i just think the intricacies of ryuus admiration of dazai and dazais continued treatment of him- even after “reforming”- should be brought up for more then just a joke

[twofoldcompanion]

i wish sharks were real

[rivalkieran]

HEARTBREAKING: character actually mildly interesting to think about but I Dont like their fans

[indirectcomedian]

thinking about unholy union tonight everyone