yea, totally crazy. Grant said after the first few books, they were literally given zero notes for the entire rest of the series and were left to their own devices, they just had to keep up that insane production chedule.

They were allowed to go as dark and complex as they wanted and explore any topic, which really paid off.

Yea, I love this book as well, certainly near the top of my list this reread.

Erek, and I think you’re right; I seriously doubt a Chee would be capable of performing surgery on a living being because they would have to cut into flesh, which must be considered violence by their extremely strict pacifism.

As for the kandrona, there are a lot of limitations that the chee put on themselves when interacting with the Animorphs and other species, regardless of the apparent consequences. They still interfere when they feel they should, but often don’t, although it seems like chee boundaries are easier to define than those of the ellimist or crayak.

the chee also tend to momentarily lend support, but have made it clear they are actively disinterested in being lomg-term assets in an ongoing war, which operating, maintaining, providing supplies and building infrastructure for a kandrona pool would require.

When I was growing up, Cassie was probably my least favorite character, but every subsequent reread she grew on me more, and especially during my latest reread, until she may now be my favorite character, or at least her books and emotional dilemmas are the ones most interesting and resonant with me these days.

I feel like she’s the only one taking the whole situation gravely seriously from the beginning and truly considering all the angles, while everyone else is caught up in the adventure of it all, albeit through different lenses(Rachel violence, Marco strategy, Jake responsibility, but all “for the war”, “to beat the Yeerks”, which is never Cassie’s only goal, or even starting point.

Yeerks are absolutely people, and I think the authors are taking great pains to make that very clear in this book specifically in case readers missed all the hints pointing that way so far(I sure did). There are sides to the war, but the sides are comprised of individuals. Personhood is a dynamic that will continue to be explored and developed throughout the series.

the yeerks are definitely slavers by and slaves to their biology.

If any of my answers sound curt, I’m being reeeeal careful about spoilers.

i haven’t noticed any change in functionality yet, just got a new update last week.

I’m still with jerboa. very straightforward, fewer bells and whistles but it’s always worked fine. if you want more tweaks and options, summit was nice, just overgilded for me.

oh geez, haha, might be time to switch clients. That’s the official lemmy markdown formatting, it should work on everything.

haha that’s crazy!

nope, but this format should work:

View source and you can see the actual formatting, it’s just a few colons before and after.

For sure, i remember that line specifically tripping me up each time I read 29.5 despite the alternate-universe setting.

The only thing I ask with this community is that since people are still coming to the series for the first time and finishing it for the first time(literally just had another new finisher pop in last month suggesting a podcast, Nevermorphed, hosted by a first-time reader), try to keep post titles/images spoiler -free and mark revealing body posts and comments with spoiler tags.

That’s great. you mean halfway through 29 or on elfangor’s secret, which is insaaaaane?

you can make replies or make your own posts, i think the more seeds we plant the more comfortable future posters will be.

Responding here first: Please make posts about any Animorphs content you feel about. Your thoughts, fan art, any positive and especially thoughtful Animorphs content. My entire intention in creating this com was a landing page so that other fans could contribute their thoughts about every aspect of the series. I’m extremely grateful to have another contributor(zero obligation at all), and I may start co-reading the latter half with you so that I can respond more enthusiastically to your comments.

I care about this series a lot and thank you for being here.

Oh wow, great designs, the hork-bajir and iskoort are very cool

cool, was their daughter with them at signings, how’d you talk to her?

And do you have any pictures of that 3D printed yeerk? post them uuuup.

woo! nice, congrats.

Applegare and Grant had a ton of oversight and story control, so they would plot out the key plot points and the ghostwriters had almost no creative control as far as the overall plot, and i think there are even certain important passages in the ghostwritten books that are written by Applegtae and Grant.

I think that was for the better because the quality stays near peak the entire series.

The only reason there are ghost writers at all was because the schedule, Scholastic demanded was so insane. 54 books in about 5 years, so an entire book every 5 weeks or so, and that’s leaving out the chronicles books, and the mega morphs, which are definitely worth reading, especially the Chronicles.

totally crazy, but Applegate and Grant were determined to specifically make a successful series no matter what, and they just threw themselves completely into it, and when buck wild for half a decade, creating this universe.

Apparently, they didn’t even realize anyone really cared about the books, just that the series had been successful enough that they could continue to write what they want it to write.

Somewhere in 2010, they began receiving fan mail that never got through scholastic before and realized how much the series had touched so many people and have expressed a lot of gratitude since then.

Hahah YES!

yess-uh. Suh.

oh wow i thought the ghostwriters started way earlier, i didn’t know the first confirmed is 25. dang, 25 is great, i wouldn’t be about to tell either.

haha yeah for sure, i’m a bit crazy about spoiler avoidance myself.

enjoy! its a great reread, the entire series really holds up and has a great ending. It’ll be even better reading them as an adult.

Feel free to post your thoughts and ideas as you go through the books, no pressure of course.

It’s just nice to read one of these books and go 'holy shit, that was also amazing!" and someone says “it is amazing” back, haha.

That was my inspiration for the community.

amazing on both counts, and it’s great you have so many more to read! enjoy, it just keeps getting better and I think you’ll really like the complete series.

i meant which book are you on in your reread, but it’s always wise to be cautious regarding the yeerks.

The names don’t ring a bell, but I think I was more of a lurker reading things rather than actively participating, so I doubt I would have remembered them.

You know, i just looked up RAF and apparently it’s back online as of 2025 with some new posts.

whoa, good pull.

i honestly can’t be sure, but i was on pretty much every animorphs forum back in the day just in case everything was real and Richard’s is ringing a bell.

what do you remember from RAF, why did it stick out?

and have a great time on your reread! where sre you at?

good find! i listened to a lot of morph club cast but it was a reread for thr hosts, and although they were often surprised, I’d like to hear from someone with fresh eyes on the series.

To be a catty bitch: oh no shit?

The comments by Americans recently recognizing their shitty government and issuing sincere warnings to people who have been aware of the American peril for decades reminds me of student drivers earnestly explaining how important turn signals work to their driving instructors.