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[hyperpotamianarch]

I have one point I'd like to add, re:Sazed. You mention him asking Ax about engineering, but you forget his specialization is actually in religion. He'll be way more interested in the Andalite rituals and culture than in their technological prowess. Andalites have a fascinating culture, IMO, and Sazed would definitely add it to his collection.

Hero of Ages spoilers:

if he does record that, I think it wouldn't be very useful for restoring Scadrial. Same with Christianity of Judaism if he hears of them from the Animorphs. While they're fascinating, those aren't Scadrian religions. Also, everybody in Scadrial will be shocked to hear about the existence of moons, but this is a funny detail you can't really notice when reading the books.

I just saw you wrote for Mistborn. What would Animorphs/Mistborn AU look like?

I just really wanted to write Marsh, okay?

I just— *gestures* *Tom Berenson, Luke Castellan, Simon Heap, Marsh/Ironeyes, Thom of Trebond, Billy Hargrove, and Cal Trask fall out of my coat* — I am so normal about it any time the protagonist has an older brother who fucks with dark forces beyond his ken and pays a disproportionate price for his hubris.

2. I've gotten this request before, and to be honest I'm stumped. Animorphs and Mistborn take place in such different universes, each with its own thorough and intractable worldbuilding, that I wouldn't know where to start.

[hyperpotamianarch]

We're preserving ancient Babylonian culture! You cannot abolish that!

I know this rabbi who is genuinely delightful to have a conversation with because he just says the most unhinged things like they’re fact, and doesn’t explain himself.

Me- So… Rav David. What’s with gay people in Judaism?

Rav David (happily married to his wife with children) - I’m up for reinterpreting the Halacha to make same sex relationships the only acceptable ones

Me- Did you hear about the law Oklahoma just passed ?

Rav David- I don’t believe Oklahoma has the right to statehood. Neither does Rhode Island, but that’s a separate issue

Me- Jeez- the government want to cancel Jewish American history month!?

Rav David- we should just abolish the concepts of months altogether- Jewish and secular. There’s no reason for them.

[hyperpotamianarch]

האמת שאני לא יודע, גם ספירת העומר אז לא ממש שמעתי שירים לאחרונה. אני חושב שזה משתנה מפעם לפעם.

לאחרונה הקשבתי מספר פעמים לשירים כמו "טלמכוסז מום" של אוברלי סרקסטיק פרודקשנז, או לשיר ההוא על אזהרות הטריגר של מגנוס ארכייבס. אבל מהשירים שאני תמיד חוזר אליהם...

אולי "איט וויל בי מי" מאחי הדוב 2. או "הו אייד בי" מהמחזמר של שרק, או סימני דרך של יהורם גאון.

(במחילה על השימוש בתיעתוק, לא רציתי להקשות על הקריאה.)

מה השיר האהוב עליכם, ולמה?

[hyperpotamianarch]

בחירה מצויינת. שיר מאוד נחמד.

מה השיר האהוב עליכם, ולמה?

[hyperpotamianarch]

Quick reminder: divine providence is when events support my narrative; coincidence is when they support yours. History is when it fits my belief, historical revisionism is when it fits yours. Facts is when it supports my argument, opinions is when it supports yours. I'm right, you're wrong. I'm big, you're little. I'm smart, you're dumb. And there's nothing you can do about it.

[hyperpotamianarch]

Yeah, sorry, I need this on my dash.

Please remember that Drash and Pshat aren't the same, thank you.

Me whenever I see a religious Hot Take (tm) based on literal reading of the text

[hyperpotamianarch]

I’m this close to writing down the first half of my HMC fan fiction, and I want to gift it to you, but unfortunately I don’t know your ao3 account name, so if I don’t know what it is, I won’t be able to gift it to you when I post the full chapter.

First of all, I'm honored, truly. Thank you.

Second, my ao3 account is Trutharchivist.

And yeah, I think that's it. Thank you very much.

[hyperpotamianarch]

זה מה שקורה כשאין סמכות ממורכזת בדת שלך.

וואו, ממש סטינו מהנושא. התמורה במוצ"ש ארבלג את הפוסט שלך - אולי אפילו אם משהו לא קשור בכלל.

בנוסף, במסגרת פוסטים על יום העצמאות: בשנה הקרובה נעבור את שנות העצמאות המלאות של מדינה מאוחדת בארץ. לחשמונאים היו 77 שנה, ממלכת דוד ושלמה המאוחדת הייתה רק 76.

זה ניתן לויכוח כתלות במתי מגדירים את תחילת עצמאות החשמונאים, כמובן.

[hyperpotamianarch]

All right, then. Firstly, a lot of what you wrote actually fits better than what I thought of. Tom being a demigod as well could very much add to the whole deal, so sure. He's also a child of Zeus. If I actually get around to the crossover dynamics we'll see how that goes with him being controlled by a yeerk.

Your Rachel idea is great, no notes. Mine is based on a particular theory on how Aphrodite became what she is that isn't mentioned in PJO at all. Anyway, Nike probably fits her better, thank you, I'd never have thought of it.

In hindsight, it's very stupid of me to not pick Apollo for Cassie, you're 100% right about the healing part. Plus, she's the one who probably had the most visions of the team, for a series that doesn't really have prophecies.

Tobias being unclaimed makes a lot of sense. I do think this will need to be resolved eventually, like book 23 did, but to begin with him being unclaimed makes a lot of sense. The curse part veers a little more into the actual crossover territory, as I assume it's a stand in for him being a hawk? An odd alternative could be making him kind of similar to Arion: born to a god who was in the form of an animal at the time. It would be weird (and Arion is also the child of two gods), but might be interesting? IDK, I'm not sure I'm thinking on this clearly enough.

I'm going to insist of Hermes/Athena for Marco, though - Hermes more likely. It is true that Persephone has cheated on her husband like any other greek god or goddess (see Adonis), but I feel a bit reserved about giving her a demigod child. It's an area that can be explored, true enough - but I don't really think Marco is the right person for that. I'm not sure that the semi-chthonic goddess of spring really represents what you suggest here, or that it's close enough to Marco to fit. So, again, sticking with Mercurian Marco.

I can't speak of David, really - I didn't like his trilogy and don't think I ever cared for the characters. But he is the seventh Animorph. In the crossover this needs to be addressed - maybe there's a prophecy that one of the seven will betray them all or something, that's definitely not a tired trope that we've seen many times already!

Anyway, thank you for your suggestions!

Well, since I've already arrived at the conclusion my PJO posts tend to get more traffic (even though that's very clearly not a hard-and-fast rule - I'm pretty sure my post about Minos stands at 4 notes or something), I've decided to be tricky and write a crossover post. Now, you've already seen my attempt at Reverse dæmorphing (if you've been following things; if you haven't, it's here). This is something I started thinking of a little before writing this post. So, some similar thought processes were applied - though the post you're currently reading is a little more of a "shitpost", as they are called.

So, without further ado: who I think would be the godly parent of every Animorphs member, what I think would be the battle morph of major PJO characters, and possible added bonus of theoretical dæmon forms for the PJO cast. Vague ideas about each direction of the crossover type discussed in said reverse Dæmorphing post (setting and characters of one franchise with overarching elements of the other interwoven in) might appear by the end.

First, godly parents of the Animorphs cast below the cut:

Jake is your standard protagonist, kind of. So it'll be very easy to slate him under one of the Big Three - probably Zeus, if so. He does have something for battle tactics and strategy, so Athena might be fitting - but that might be a problem with Marco later on.

Rachel is mostly well known for her ruthlessness and something of a bloodlust. In that, it's very easy to slate her under Ares and end it here. However, due to having watched an OSP video claiming Aphrodite probably originated from a Middle-Eastern fertility and war goddess, and due to Rachel's tendency to also be kind of a more girly girl, I think it'd be interesting to place her under "daughter of Aphrodite that just always hungs around cabin 5. No one dares question her". Now, one might notice that I kind of completely ignored Jake and Rachel's families - kind of noticeable, considering they're the only Animorphs with living siblings, and the fact said siblings do affect their characters in some ways. So a second reminder: this isn't serious, as of yet. If I ever reach the section of "world of x but implement elements of y" it's going to become an actual problem. A good alternative would be their siblings being mortal, though.

Cassie, now, is a bit of a problem. Possibly because I go too much with surface characterization. Cassie is the animal lover, "tree hugger" as Marco calls her, with the two veterinarian parents. This is, the only greek godess associated with the safety of wild animals I can currently remember is Artemis. The goddess with explicitly no children of her own. Of course, Cassie could be a follower of Artemis, but I don't really think it's a good idea. Beyond the standard point of the virginity oath clashing with her relationship with Jake - which I could ignore like I did with Tom, Jordan and Sarah - I don't actually think it fits her that well. She could be the daughter of Demeter, as this is another nature associated goddess, but Demeter is more concerned with plants, and cultivated ones at that. So I don't really think it's a good idea. A good alternative would be being a Satyr, as they love nature and are not restricted to plants. However... all satyrs are men. That's a hard and fast rule. You'll notice that there's never a mention of a female Satyr - when Coach Hedge talks about his mother, it's clear she's a cloud nymph. No other female relative of a Satyr is ever mentioned. At all. Neither are there female Centaurs, for that matter - and I believe ToA was the first to introduce a male driad, making most nymphs female. Same with Harpies, inasmuch as we've seen them as a species. I could probably research and find out the mythical reason for that. Or I could do the same as everyone inventing a demititan or halfblood children of Echidna/Nix/other beings that only had either divine or monsterous children and make up a female descendant of Pan. Is she a Satyr? shrugs. She's a Thing. That exists. For some unfathomable reason. In theory I could've made her a Poseidon legacy like Frank, but I don't think it's a good idea with how it breaks Morphing. I mean, if Frank's barrier initially was lack of familiarity with the animals he thought of, Cassie... well, Cassie will hack this ability and will be way better than Frank with it, very quickly. Sure, she might be unable to do dragons at first, but any animal that was treated in the Wildlife Rehabilitation Clinic is an immediate go at the very least. On that note, the interaction between godly powers and the morphing technology needs to be considered... but that's a topic for the end.

Marco always get presumed comic relief. In which case, if we were to go with that shallow a description, he will be the perfect Hermes kid. Sure, being funny isn't their primary function, but it befits a trickster god. Only Marco isn't the crafty guy: he's more of the bright clear line, planning type of guy. So maybe he is Hermes, but I think Athena should also be taken under consideration. Hermes is a catchall for a lot, though, so he might still fit.

I... don't really know about Tobias. Half of his struggle through the books is him not being human anymore. He's always an outcast, bullied unwanted. Plus, he already has a secret father he didn't expect: Elfangor. Which doesn't really cover the definitions, but still probably worth remembering. I thought of putting him down as Apollo - he who shoots far must see far as well. In addition to the god of prophecy angle that may sort of fit if you look at it diagonally? I don't really have much.

Ax is a whole different beast. Literally so, considering he's an alien. Depending on how I do this I could try and fit him with an Olympian - say, Dionysus (very weird idea). So... Umm... Let him just be himself? Maybe the child of some Andalite deity, maybe just a regular ol' Andalite. I'm not going to make him a centaur, though, as that would end up being rather boring and would take away from his character. How do aliens fit within the PJO continuity? That's for that section about the crossover that I'm totally going to write!

So. Um. I have done Olympian parent for each of the Animorphs. I suppose it means it's time for the other side: battle morphs for the cast of Percy Jackson. I'm going to go with the seven for it - not exactly balanced, but I don't really have a good idea for a seventh Animorph at the moment. I would also note: Grover in that scenario is not getting the morphing power. Because I don't want to start going at it with him. He's the most likely to be the team's Cassie (outside of the slightly pacifist tendencies, I suppose) - actually, note for the legendary section-that's-totally-going-to-be-there, if Cassie and Grover meet one of their immediate points is Grover asking animals for permission to acquire them. Because he can do that. Coach Hedge probably can as well, but he's not really the type. Anyway, the seven's battle morphs:

We'll start with Percy. The obvious possibility is to make his battle morph a horse. A shark could also be possible but has some severe limitations, so that's a no-go. Horse is also kind of problematic, because... well, I'm not sure how good it'll be in battle? I just... I don't know. I mean, a horse can definitely kick people, and it can work. Maybe one of Diomedes' carnivorous mares? He never got to touch them, but maybe he could find a way. Plus, using mythical creatures is a great idea! I'd have suggested a pegasus, perhaps, though that one isn't exactly as useful.

If we went with the horse for Percy, an owl would be the obvious one for Annabeth... only it's not really a battle morph. I mean, sure, Tobias fights as a hawk, and an owl would be even more useful than the hawk in the dark, but... with Tobias it's due to the circumstances, and I don't think it's ideal. Works for espionage, but not as the primary attack morph. So instead, I'm going to be boring and call back to a canonical moment: when immune from Circe's magic, Annabeth suggest she turn her into a Jaguar. It was a throwaway line, more or less, and doesn't necessarily holds much interest. But I do think it fits: a very dangrous animal that can lie in wait to strike, and is very dangerous from up close. The last point might be true about many predators - I suppose it might fit Jaguars less than I think, I don't really know enough to tell.

Next is Jason. Which I have no doubt everyone will tell me is a wolf person. He was raised by wolves, after all. Maybe his flying morph will be a golden eagle or something because of his father, but sacred animals can only take you so far. I'm afraid I don't have a better idea than a wolf right now.

Leo is going ape because he would like to keep his opposable thumbs. He's not a one-to-one Marco equivalent, but there are some superficial similarities. So maybe he also goes for a gorrila. A smaller primate might not have enough firepower (heh). I don't really know. A chimpanzee, maybe? Is it apparent that I have no understanding whatsoever in animals? (The Animorphs did acquire chimps at one point. And horses. And I do think Jake acquired a Jaguar during that one Sario Rip effect story? And obviously, wolf is Cassie's battle morph. And yet, I don't really know enough about either to know if it's suitable. I'm currently ignoring that under the flimsy excuse that this is a shitpost.)

Next is Piper. And considering I was pulling all of those from the depths of Tartarus without any aid from the Muses so far, I think I've run dry. Because I'm not sure what would be a suitable morph for her. Maybe I should stick with a mythical creature for her - I'd say Empusa (because charmspeak), but those are kind of too humanlike. Ditto for the Gegeines, who seem to be the Giants' foot soldiers in the same way Scythian Dracaena were for the Titans' - and the latter... Well, would likely never agree to be acquired, but can work. Especially since my next idea for Piper was a snake, because of the Song of Snakes thing. She probably has a dove morph that she never actually acquired - courtesy of her mother. Might be occasionally useful, usually it's just left unused. So, in conclusion - probably snake, be they mundane or mythical.

Frank is the one I could just skip. He doesn't need the morphing technology, and already kind of has a battle morph: an elephant. Can draw parallels between him and Rachel, I don't know, I'm really just speaking rubbish here.

Hazel is going to be the death of me. Do you get it? Because she's the daughter of Pluto? And he's the god of death? nervous laughter followed by dead silence Oh, yeah. I'm doomed. It's important to note, though, that the limits of the battle morphs are actually ones of plausible acquiring and battle capabilities. Which should probably make this task slightly more achievable. Hazel is our horsegirl. Which would've been great if we didn't have Percy already on horse duty. Plus, she likes riding on them. She's the cavalry, by definition. A unicorn could be great, though. Didn't she handle them through controlling the jewelry in their horns once? I don't remember if it was indicated that she gotten along with them or not. Anyway, at this point I'm tired and willing to accept this. Hazel morphs a unicorn.

So, now that I'm done with that part, it's time for crossover thoughts! This is bound to be fun!

Maybe I'll stop here for now, though, and keep the rest for a reblog. It's all bad enough as it is.

[hyperpotamianarch]

shrug if you want to, go ahead. No guarantee at any level of interest from me, though.

Attention all tznius keeping humans (and really all skirt wearing people who like practical skirts):

Remember how a few years ago, shells with actual crew necks were popular, and then they weren't? And before that, formal but lightweight leggings that could go under skirts were popular until they weren't? And before that, lightweight oblong scarves perfect for hair wrapping were popular and then they weren't?

Flat front stretch back midi skirts with pockets are popular and in style this season!!!!! Get them NOW before the fashion world moves onto something else!! Do not miss this moment!

Seriously I just did a Kohl's stock up and am considering a Target one too. They aren't even that expensive in the scheme of durable clothing from major retailers.

This is not a drill!

[hyperpotamianarch]

כן, מסוגל להסכים עם הנקודה הראשונה שלך. אישית, בבלוג שלי, אם אעשה קיו אני חושב שאנסה להימנע מפוסטים בשבת, אבל זה לא באמת קשור. אין בעייה.

כרגע אין אפיפיור גם ככה, אז זה בסדר.

בנוסף, במסגרת פוסטים על יום העצמאות: בשנה הקרובה נעבור את שנות העצמאות המלאות של מדינה מאוחדת בארץ. לחשמונאים היו 77 שנה, ממלכת דוד ושלמה המאוחדת הייתה רק 76.

זה ניתן לויכוח כתלות במתי מגדירים את תחילת עצמאות החשמונאים, כמובן.

[hyperpotamianarch]

תראה, אם אפילו בן גוריון הקדים את הכרזת העצמאות כי הבריטים יצאו מהארץ בשבת, גם אתה יכול. אבל שוין, כל אחד והבחירות שלו.

(או שאתה יכול לאחר את זה ליום עזיבת הבריטים את הארץ, אבל אף אחד לא מציין אותו.)

בנוסף, במסגרת פוסטים על יום העצמאות: בשנה הקרובה נעבור את שנות העצמאות המלאות של מדינה מאוחדת בארץ. לחשמונאים היו 77 שנה, ממלכת דוד ושלמה המאוחדת הייתה רק 76.

זה ניתן לויכוח כתלות במתי מגדירים את תחילת עצמאות החשמונאים, כמובן.

[hyperpotamianarch]

מתי הוא אמור לצאת, אם ככה? (מקווה שלא בשבת או משהו... לא כי נראה לי שזה משנה לך, אבל זה אומר שייקח לי זמן לראות אותו.)

בנוסף, במסגרת פוסטים על יום העצמאות: בשנה הקרובה נעבור את שנות העצמאות המלאות של מדינה מאוחדת בארץ. לחשמונאים היו 77 שנה, ממלכת דוד ושלמה המאוחדת הייתה רק 76.

זה ניתן לויכוח כתלות במתי מגדירים את תחילת עצמאות החשמונאים, כמובן.

[hyperpotamianarch]

I'm not a woman, and I don't understand much in fashion or the practicality of given skirts. I am, however, all in for pockets for women. Possibly related to my aunt's "a pocket for every dress" thing, but I just personally like pockets and think my sisters being deprived of them is a crime. So, to whom it may concern.

Attention all tznius keeping humans (and really all skirt wearing people who like practical skirts):

Remember how a few years ago, shells with actual crew necks were popular, and then they weren't? And before that, formal but lightweight leggings that could go under skirts were popular until they weren't? And before that, lightweight oblong scarves perfect for hair wrapping were popular and then they weren't?

Flat front stretch back midi skirts with pockets are popular and in style this season!!!!! Get them NOW before the fashion world moves onto something else!! Do not miss this moment!

Seriously I just did a Kohl's stock up and am considering a Target one too. They aren't even that expensive in the scheme of durable clothing from major retailers.

This is not a drill!

[hyperpotamianarch]

אנחנו יכולים לעשות רוטציה! נראה כמה אנחנו יכולים להרוס את המדינה ביחד.

שלום!! 👑 ו📸 למשחק השאלות!!

תמונה אהובה עלי בטלפון:

זה מנובמבר, אני הלכתי עם אבא שלי לקומיקון שטוקהולם ופגשתי את דון רוזה! יש לי גם תמונות אחרות משם אבל הם יעשו לי דוקס. בתמונה יש ציור מקורי (ממש הדף שהוא צייר עליו) שקניתי ב-£350 זאת הייתה חויה מטורפת וזה פריט ממש מגניב שיש לי.

👑 איזה מוטואל יהיה הראש ממשלה הכי טוב?

@agam-shel-barvadim כי אני חושב שזה יהיה ממש מצחיק/מעניין לראות אישה בלי סבלנות לפוליטיקה בתור ראשת ממשלה.

[hyperpotamianarch]

Well, since I've already arrived at the conclusion my PJO posts tend to get more traffic (even though that's very clearly not a hard-and-fast rule - I'm pretty sure my post about Minos stands at 4 notes or something), I've decided to be tricky and write a crossover post. Now, you've already seen my attempt at Reverse dæmorphing (if you've been following things; if you haven't, it's here). This is something I started thinking of a little before writing this post. So, some similar thought processes were applied - though the post you're currently reading is a little more of a "shitpost", as they are called.

So, without further ado: who I think would be the godly parent of every Animorphs member, what I think would be the battle morph of major PJO characters, and possible added bonus of theoretical dæmon forms for the PJO cast. Vague ideas about each direction of the crossover type discussed in said reverse Dæmorphing post (setting and characters of one franchise with overarching elements of the other interwoven in) might appear by the end.

First, godly parents of the Animorphs cast below the cut:

Jake is your standard protagonist, kind of. So it'll be very easy to slate him under one of the Big Three - probably Zeus, if so. He does have something for battle tactics and strategy, so Athena might be fitting - but that might be a problem with Marco later on.

Rachel is mostly well known for her ruthlessness and something of a bloodlust. In that, it's very easy to slate her under Ares and end it here. However, due to having watched an OSP video claiming Aphrodite probably originated from a Middle-Eastern fertility and war goddess, and due to Rachel's tendency to also be kind of a more girly girl, I think it'd be interesting to place her under "daughter of Aphrodite that just always hungs around cabin 5. No one dares question her". Now, one might notice that I kind of completely ignored Jake and Rachel's families - kind of noticeable, considering they're the only Animorphs with living siblings, and the fact said siblings do affect their characters in some ways. So a second reminder: this isn't serious, as of yet. If I ever reach the section of "world of x but implement elements of y" it's going to become an actual problem. A good alternative would be their siblings being mortal, though.

Cassie, now, is a bit of a problem. Possibly because I go too much with surface characterization. Cassie is the animal lover, "tree hugger" as Marco calls her, with the two veterinarian parents. This is, the only greek godess associated with the safety of wild animals I can currently remember is Artemis. The goddess with explicitly no children of her own. Of course, Cassie could be a follower of Artemis, but I don't really think it's a good idea. Beyond the standard point of the virginity oath clashing with her relationship with Jake - which I could ignore like I did with Tom, Jordan and Sarah - I don't actually think it fits her that well. She could be the daughter of Demeter, as this is another nature associated goddess, but Demeter is more concerned with plants, and cultivated ones at that. So I don't really think it's a good idea. A good alternative would be being a Satyr, as they love nature and are not restricted to plants. However... all satyrs are men. That's a hard and fast rule. You'll notice that there's never a mention of a female Satyr - when Coach Hedge talks about his mother, it's clear she's a cloud nymph. No other female relative of a Satyr is ever mentioned. At all. Neither are there female Centaurs, for that matter - and I believe ToA was the first to introduce a male driad, making most nymphs female. Same with Harpies, inasmuch as we've seen them as a species. I could probably research and find out the mythical reason for that. Or I could do the same as everyone inventing a demititan or halfblood children of Echidna/Nix/other beings that only had either divine or monsterous children and make up a female descendant of Pan. Is she a Satyr? shrugs. She's a Thing. That exists. For some unfathomable reason. In theory I could've made her a Poseidon legacy like Frank, but I don't think it's a good idea with how it breaks Morphing. I mean, if Frank's barrier initially was lack of familiarity with the animals he thought of, Cassie... well, Cassie will hack this ability and will be way better than Frank with it, very quickly. Sure, she might be unable to do dragons at first, but any animal that was treated in the Wildlife Rehabilitation Clinic is an immediate go at the very least. On that note, the interaction between godly powers and the morphing technology needs to be considered... but that's a topic for the end.

Marco always get presumed comic relief. In which case, if we were to go with that shallow a description, he will be the perfect Hermes kid. Sure, being funny isn't their primary function, but it befits a trickster god. Only Marco isn't the crafty guy: he's more of the bright clear line, planning type of guy. So maybe he is Hermes, but I think Athena should also be taken under consideration. Hermes is a catchall for a lot, though, so he might still fit.

I... don't really know about Tobias. Half of his struggle through the books is him not being human anymore. He's always an outcast, bullied unwanted. Plus, he already has a secret father he didn't expect: Elfangor. Which doesn't really cover the definitions, but still probably worth remembering. I thought of putting him down as Apollo - he who shoots far must see far as well. In addition to the god of prophecy angle that may sort of fit if you look at it diagonally? I don't really have much.

Ax is a whole different beast. Literally so, considering he's an alien. Depending on how I do this I could try and fit him with an Olympian - say, Dionysus (very weird idea). So... Umm... Let him just be himself? Maybe the child of some Andalite deity, maybe just a regular ol' Andalite. I'm not going to make him a centaur, though, as that would end up being rather boring and would take away from his character. How do aliens fit within the PJO continuity? That's for that section about the crossover that I'm totally going to write!

So. Um. I have done Olympian parent for each of the Animorphs. I suppose it means it's time for the other side: battle morphs for the cast of Percy Jackson. I'm going to go with the seven for it - not exactly balanced, but I don't really have a good idea for a seventh Animorph at the moment. I would also note: Grover in that scenario is not getting the morphing power. Because I don't want to start going at it with him. He's the most likely to be the team's Cassie (outside of the slightly pacifist tendencies, I suppose) - actually, note for the legendary section-that's-totally-going-to-be-there, if Cassie and Grover meet one of their immediate points is Grover asking animals for permission to acquire them. Because he can do that. Coach Hedge probably can as well, but he's not really the type. Anyway, the seven's battle morphs:

We'll start with Percy. The obvious possibility is to make his battle morph a horse. A shark could also be possible but has some severe limitations, so that's a no-go. Horse is also kind of problematic, because... well, I'm not sure how good it'll be in battle? I just... I don't know. I mean, a horse can definitely kick people, and it can work. Maybe one of Diomedes' carnivorous mares? He never got to touch them, but maybe he could find a way. Plus, using mythical creatures is a great idea! I'd have suggested a pegasus, perhaps, though that one isn't exactly as useful.

If we went with the horse for Percy, an owl would be the obvious one for Annabeth... only it's not really a battle morph. I mean, sure, Tobias fights as a hawk, and an owl would be even more useful than the hawk in the dark, but... with Tobias it's due to the circumstances, and I don't think it's ideal. Works for espionage, but not as the primary attack morph. So instead, I'm going to be boring and call back to a canonical moment: when immune from Circe's magic, Annabeth suggest she turn her into a Jaguar. It was a throwaway line, more or less, and doesn't necessarily holds much interest. But I do think it fits: a very dangrous animal that can lie in wait to strike, and is very dangerous from up close. The last point might be true about many predators - I suppose it might fit Jaguars less than I think, I don't really know enough to tell.

Next is Jason. Which I have no doubt everyone will tell me is a wolf person. He was raised by wolves, after all. Maybe his flying morph will be a golden eagle or something because of his father, but sacred animals can only take you so far. I'm afraid I don't have a better idea than a wolf right now.

Leo is going ape because he would like to keep his opposable thumbs. He's not a one-to-one Marco equivalent, but there are some superficial similarities. So maybe he also goes for a gorrila. A smaller primate might not have enough firepower (heh). I don't really know. A chimpanzee, maybe? Is it apparent that I have no understanding whatsoever in animals? (The Animorphs did acquire chimps at one point. And horses. And I do think Jake acquired a Jaguar during that one Sario Rip effect story? And obviously, wolf is Cassie's battle morph. And yet, I don't really know enough about either to know if it's suitable. I'm currently ignoring that under the flimsy excuse that this is a shitpost.)

Next is Piper. And considering I was pulling all of those from the depths of Tartarus without any aid from the Muses so far, I think I've run dry. Because I'm not sure what would be a suitable morph for her. Maybe I should stick with a mythical creature for her - I'd say Empusa (because charmspeak), but those are kind of too humanlike. Ditto for the Gegeines, who seem to be the Giants' foot soldiers in the same way Scythian Dracaena were for the Titans' - and the latter... Well, would likely never agree to be acquired, but can work. Especially since my next idea for Piper was a snake, because of the Song of Snakes thing. She probably has a dove morph that she never actually acquired - courtesy of her mother. Might be occasionally useful, usually it's just left unused. So, in conclusion - probably snake, be they mundane or mythical.

Frank is the one I could just skip. He doesn't need the morphing technology, and already kind of has a battle morph: an elephant. Can draw parallels between him and Rachel, I don't know, I'm really just speaking rubbish here.

Hazel is going to be the death of me. Do you get it? Because she's the daughter of Pluto? And he's the god of death? nervous laughter followed by dead silence Oh, yeah. I'm doomed. It's important to note, though, that the limits of the battle morphs are actually ones of plausible acquiring and battle capabilities. Which should probably make this task slightly more achievable. Hazel is our horsegirl. Which would've been great if we didn't have Percy already on horse duty. Plus, she likes riding on them. She's the cavalry, by definition. A unicorn could be great, though. Didn't she handle them through controlling the jewelry in their horns once? I don't remember if it was indicated that she gotten along with them or not. Anyway, at this point I'm tired and willing to accept this. Hazel morphs a unicorn.

So, now that I'm done with that part, it's time for crossover thoughts! This is bound to be fun!

Maybe I'll stop here for now, though, and keep the rest for a reblog. It's all bad enough as it is.

[hyperpotamianarch]

You know what, I think I'm not very good at continuing to write posts after a long pause. Maybe this "from the Drawer" thing was a bad idea.