#kandrona

[thejakeformerlyknownasprince]

About the Yeerk three-day time limits, since that post drifted across my dash just now.

I’ve always kinda hypothesized that the Yeerk homeworld’s rotation is rather slower than ours, and so what we think of as every three days would be every day for a Yeerk.

No idea if this holds up in practice, but it’s a thought

Yes, that works! Because we know that kandrona is their homeworld's sunlight. So maybe they evolved near the pole of their homeworld, and can survive months-long periods of only having an hour of sunlight per (72-hour) day.

That's also an interesting twist on the question of how hungry any given yeerk is at any given time. Like, a human can get by eating once a day — we might've done that for millennia, depending on how anthropologists interpret it — but that's probably not optimal for us. Two meals a day (e.g. ancient Egypt), three meals a day (e.g. modern U.S.), or continuous grazing (e.g. 1600s Haudenosaunee) seems to be better for our digestion. But there's some evidence eating once a day might be better for circulatory health.

There's also evidence that a human who eats once a day can get by for longer on less food than one who eats thrice a day. I'm a "miss one meal, pass the fuck out" type of modern human; my homeostasis demands that I eat every ~6 hours if I don't want to be unconscious. One meal every 72 hours sounds monstrous to me. BUT we know it's possible for humans to be happy/healthy with one meal a day if that's how they grow up. So I think "yeerks are constantly hungry" and "yeerks are comfortable, as long as they don't go 70+ hours without an hour in kandrona" are both valid interpretations of canon.

Plus: aliens. They can be as (un)comfortable with the feeding schedule as you headcanon them being.

[kooldewd123]

one of the funniest underrated parts of animorphs to me is the fact that time travel is a surprisingly common plot point, and yet it kinda gets glossed over because it almost never factors into the story in a way that actually matters. like. jake dies crossing the delaware but gets better on a technicality. there were aliens on earth at the same time as the dinosaurs but the asteroid got them too. time travel is a known phenomenon that the andalites have studied, but we don’t actually get any explanation for it because ax was distracted in class that day. everyone went back in time 24 hours and then died and forgot everything. two separate members of the main cast are different varieties of time anomalies and really the only effect it has on them is tobias getting over his family issues. jake is shown a prophetic vision of a world where the yeerks win and we just never get an explanation for what the fuck that was about. every time time travel is brought up, it contradicts at least one other time travel plotline. this is the series that taught me to never take time travel seriously in fiction and i can’t thank it enough for that. this is hilarious.

[cluelessrebel1988]

If I Ran The Zoo (or how I would plot out an Animorphs TV/streaming series if I had the time/ability/resources)

So this is something I've been kicking around in my head on-again, off-again for a couple years now, and I thought I'd put it out there, just for the lols (do people still say that?)

My thought process is for a 5 season arc, with each season being somewhere in the neighborhood of 13-15 episodes long, give or take. There would be a few changes with the order of things, and a few minor characters would play a bigger role. I'm not going to go episode by episode, but just sort of outline the big arcs for each season. I'm not in any way suggesting that this is the best way to do it, just that this is how I would do it.

Season 1

This season obviously would start the events of The Invasion and would primarily incorporate events/plot points from the first 10 books, including finding Ax in his crashed ship (though I would move that to either take place in the first episode, or in the second half of the two-part premiere), Tobais getting stuck in his hawk form (and getting an episode or two dedicated to him coming to terms with that), and introducing Erik and the Chee (Erik would be introduced as a friend of Marco's early in the season, with his identity as a Chee being revealed in the second half of the season).

The only major plot point from that run of the series I wouldn't put into play just yet is the reveal of Marco's mother as Visser One (although I would be very much establishing her through flashbacks, dreams, etc., so people will recognize her when Visser One does show up).

The main arc of the season would involve the Kandrona Ray and the events of The Stranger, with the team meeting the Ellimist and learning about the ray and its significance and plotting to take it down to try to end/expose the invasion. Erik and Ax tagteam providing info about the ray and its use, but it's the vision from the Ellimist that gives Rachel the final clue, again, as in the book, with that occuring at the end of the penultimate episode. The season finale is solely focused on devising and executing the plan to destroy the ray. The plan would succeed, which would prompt Visser One's return, revealing her host to be Marco's mother as the cliffhanger for the season.

Obviously, we would be exploring the kid's home lives more, with the relationship with their families and friends and the whole 'work-life balance' thing that comes with fighting a guerilla war against an alien invasion. Not to the point where they're having to fake illnesses to skip school every episode, but enough to show that it's putting a strain on their relationships. I would also explore Rachel's relationship with Melissa Chapman more and have Melissa be a bigger supporting character in the show. We'd also introduce Karen and Aftran in this season, revealing her to be a controller early on, but something that Cassie doesn't find out until the end of the season

Season 2

Season 2 would pick up a few weeks after season 1, as The Alien did with The Stranger. The kids learn that their hope that the invasion would reveal itself with the Kandrona ray destroyed were in vain and that Ax knew that. The premiere would largely follow the plot of that book, with the Animorphs attempting to integrate Ax into society and attempting to take the fight to Visser Three with the help of a Yeerk traitor, and Ax telling the others about the Law of Seerow's Kindness. Ax would get a lot of development this season, with the events of The Deception coming into play.

Tobias would help free the Hork-Bajir as in The Change and get his human form back as a morph, and the reveal that he is Elfangor's son would be included in this season as well (Obviously we're tapping into the Andalite Chronicles for flashbacks in at least one episode this season to help set that up).

Marco's main character arc would revolve around learning that his mother is Visser One, keeping it a secret, only to have the others find out later, thus incorporating The Predator and The Escape. Also Visser One is the big bad for the season, delving more into her conflict with Visser Three. The season would end with her supposed death following the Animorphs' thwarting of her plans

For Cassie, we cover the utilize adapted versions of The Departure and set up for The Sickness, with Karen/Aftran and Cassie perhaps getting trapped somewhere and forced to work together to get out of it, laying the groundwork for Aftran to be captured by Visser Three. The season finale would also center around the efforts to rescue Aftran.

Jake and Rachel will have arcs and roles to play in each of these stories as they each start to fall into their respective roles as leader and fighter, respectively. If they get their own arc, it would be around trying to save Tom specifically.

Additionally, Melissa is still around in her expanded role, but with a new friend: David, who would be introduced fairly early in the season in a recurring role (Melissa is also recurring at this point). She and David will have a B-plot where they become friends and are together when David finds the morphing cube, the discovery of which also occurs in the finale.

Season 3

Obviously, the primary source for the main arc of season 3 is the David Trilogy, with The Discovery in particular serving as the source for the season premiere. It plays out mostly the same, with the Animorphs learning that David and Melissa have the cube and plans to sell it online. They try to retrieve the cube before the two of them can attract the attention of the Yeerks, but ultimately fail, leading to the battle at David's house. They manage to get Melissa and David out of the house before they can be captured, and are forced to reveal themselves and tell them what's happening, essentially recruiting them into the Animorphs.

The events of the rest of the trilogy, with the threat to the UN summit or some similar event involving world leaders as a target that they have to keep the Yeerks from taking advantage of -- as well as with David and Melissa's reactions to being Animorphs -- would take up the majority of the plot this season. Obviously Melissa becoming an Animorph opens up some new potential for her arc, especially around her relationship with her dad and trying to come to terms with him being a controller (and the fact that Rachel has been keeping this a secret all along). She and David would have similar arcs around their parents being controllers, but while David ultimately turns against the Animorphs, Melissa does not (although David tries to convince her to). The season ends with the gang trapping David in a rat morph, as the books do.

One of Melissa's major character traits is her interest in technology, something she used to bond with her father over (working together to take things apart and then put them back together before be became a Controller to try to keep her safe) and I imagine her and Ax developing something of an awkward friendship as she tries to ask him about the morphing technology and other Andalite technology, with him being reluctant to share due to the Law of Seerow's Kindness. But, as he's grown closer with the Animorphs, he would eventually acquiesce and they would begin to bond. The two big relationships (Rachel and Tobias, and Cassie and Jake) also take major steps this season

The other major arc for the season involves other Andalites, incorporating The Arrival and The Other, with the reveal that other Andalites are on earth and some are there to help...or are they? The season would also end with Tobias getting captured by the Yeerks to begin the laying of the groundwork for the discovery that the Animorphs are not, in fact, Andalite bandits.

Season 4

The events of The Illusion and The Test would be adapted for the season premiere, including the introduction of the Yeerk resistance (led in this series by Karen/Aftran) and Tobias's capture and torture, with the main difference being that it is Tom (who has largely been a secondary or tertiary villain thus far) being the one who conducts the torture. During the interrogation, Tobias lets something slip that most of the controllers in the room don't pick up on, but Tom does, leading him to investigate and setting up for the finale, which would be largely and adaptation of The Diversion, with the race against time to save their families taking up the majority of the episode. Melissa is able to save her parents, her father proving to be an asset in the final season with his knowledge of how Yeerk technology works.

This season as a whole would focus on escalating the war between the Animorphs and the Yeerks. The stakes become higher, as are tensions following David's betrayal. Visser One returns, learning that Marco is one of the Animorphs and we incorporate the events of Visser, seeing the Animorphs rescue her.

Following Tobias's capture and torture, Rachel becomes more angry and vengeful, setting up for her arc over the final season (we've seen hints of her violent streak over the series up to this point, but it gets more intense this season).

Season 5

With their secret out, the Animorphs regroup in the Hork-Bajir valley and try to figure out their next move. The final arc of the series would play out largely how it does over the course of the final books, with the team recruiting more Animorphs to help them with their mission, and even trying to recruit government and military officials to aid in the fight. Tom gets the morphing cube, adding controllers with the ability to morph (other than the newly appointed Visser One) to the threat against the Animorphs. The final battle would be a multi-pronged attack, with the bombing of the Yeerk Pool being part of the final assault and not a separate battle.

Rachel gets aboard the blade ship and kills Tom before being killed herself. In an effort to make up for the harm he caused, Hedrick Chapman sacrifices himself to both ensure the Yeerk Pool bomb goes off and to save Melissa one final time (the pair of them were in charge of building/detonating it, along with Ax), and Jake orders the flushing of the Yeerk Pool on the the Pool ship, alienating Erek and the rest of the Chee going forward. All of this is in the penultimate episode.

The series finale follows the aftermath of the war in The Beginning, and, as the books did, the series would end with Jake, Tobias, and Marco (and probably Melissa) being recruited to help save Ax from an as-yet unknown threat.

And there you have it, my outline for how an Animorphs series could/should play out. As I said at the start, this is just my idea and others might have different thoughts about what order the arcs should go in and what significant changes (if any) would be made. Please be kind with any criticisms, and if you'd like to share your thoughts with me, my inbox is open. I also did a fancast for the series a few years ago if anyone's curious about who would play who

[sarifel-corrisafid-ilxhel]

This is a reminder for all Controllers: Please do not leave signs saying "Free Barbecue" on the door to the Visser's quarters again. Inciting a Taxxon stampede is an offense punishable by Kandrona starvation.

[lizardsfromspace]

Scenes from the First Debate

Trump, in response to a question about women's rights: "And that's why we need to ban electric cars, electric cars don't go far do they, we need to ban them to protect the beautiful American smog we grew up with"

"RFK Jr": "I agree. I used to think that the government had radio beams that they put in the vaccines, but now I understand the beams are harmless, skin-beautifying Kandrona Rays. Just as my father...'s brother shared himself with America, I'll sign legislation to end the loneliness epidemic by putting a chapter of The Sharing in every school in America."

Biden: *having an intense psychic duel with a mote of dust he thought was a moth*

[regexkind]

Getting the ol' Kandrona-starvation for installing a Gleet BioFilter across the drive-thru window of this Starbucks. I know it's a breach of covert operations, but damn were there a fuckton of flies making their way past the air curtain

[mando-of-esverr]

Head Canons || Gastropoda Classifications

Deep in the Unknown Regions of Space resides the planetary system Solk, the center of the Gastropoda Empire. Like all planetary species, the Gastropoda (Or Ga'spoda for short) consists of several varieties of sentient parasitic slugs, each one driven to take and subdue their host in ways unique to their caste. Although there are several castes or types of Gastropoda, very few actually traverse beyond their home world of Solk N'iar. This is due to their military culture where strength, cunning, and longevity are the primary "virtues" in their society, and the skill in controlling one's host as qualifiers for those allowed to leave their home world of Solk N'iar.

Gastropoda Dominus

The strongest and most plentiful of the Gastropoda Empire, the Gastropoda Dominus aren't pretty to look at but are the most feared type of Gastropoda within the Ga'spoda Empire. Easily recognized by their gray, segmented bodies, Gastropoda Dominus make up an enormous portion of both the leadership and rank-and-file soldiers of the Ga'spoda Empire. They are the nightmares had by the enemies of the Ga'spoda Empire, parasites able to turn everyday people into agents of an Imperial spy network. By wrapping themselves around the brain of their host, the Gastropoda can completely overpower and control their host's neural network and nervous system. Doing so, they turn their host into a perfect cover for their operations while the hosts become terrified prisoners in their own minds. Once situated around the brains of their chosen hosts, Gasropoda Dominus can use their host's body and memories as if they were their own, blending seamlessly into their host's lives as they continue their infiltration work. Like working with a biological computer, the Dominus can access memories like files, download them to their own minds, and upload memories and information to their host's brain for later use. However, should their host become uncooperative or attempt to escape or distract them, the controlling Dominus can suppress their consciousness, cutting the mind off completely from the outside world. By blocking the host mind from its own body by supplanting itself as the new "brain", the host could eventually become merely an echo, a whisp of consciousness in their own head. It's a terrible way to go and is only done by the cruelest of Gaspoda Dominus. However, not all Dominus are so monstrous to their hosts. Some allow their hosts to aid them voluntarily, thus reducing the need to use such extremely damaging methods. Cooperation is preferred to brain death since having a willing host lifts a sizable burden off of the Gastropoda themselves. Much like a starfighter with an R2 unit, more benign Gastropodas treat their hosts less like people and more like astromechs there to assist them.

Gastropoda Somnus

The second most common pod of the Gastropoda is the Gastropoda Somnus. Gentler in their take over of their hosts, Gastropoda Somnus are easily identified by their three, length-wise segmentation of a single body with wing-like fins or appendages on either side. They are not as brutal as the Dominus but just as cunning. Rather than dominating their host by force, Somnus slugs infest their host and then subtly use and manipulate them while they are asleep. Excreting natural sedatives in their slime, Somnus often control their host by putting them into a perpetual doze, making them feel as if they are sleeping or lucid dreaming. With their host properly sedated, the Somnus slug is free to do its will as an imposter and Ga'spoda Expansion agent. Usually, Somnus aren't noticed even by their own hosts, this sort of slug prefers to manipulate from the background rather than battle in a direct confrontation like a Dominus. Direct confrontation increases their metabolism, causing them to burn through normal nutrients and Kandrona nutrients incredibly fast, necessitating more than a few Kandrona pool visits a week. However, just as the Dominus are known as the strongest of the castes, the Somnus are known as one of the most cunning to leave their homeworld of Sulk N'iar. They are sly and clever, making them impeccable intel agents and spies. They utilize their cunning in dealing with both hosts and other Gastropoda alike. They are ambitious but not nearly as forceful as the Dominus. Still, there is a great rivalry between Dominus and Somnus, with Dominus Gastropoda seeing Somnus as weak, and Somnus seeing Dominus as arrogant and lazy. This has led to quite a few feuds between the two castes, though the Somnus continue to be seen as lesser ranked due to their more subtle abilities.

Gastropoda Implexus

The rarest of the outbound castes, Gastropoda Implexus are easily recognized by the Y-shape of their head and main body, with the rest of them being thin and ribbon-like in comparison to the other Gastropoda. Their coloration mimics the underwater plant life in their environment, giving them ample opportunity to stick to and invade a host passing through the pond weeds of their home. Implexus are the weakest of the Gastropoda castes allowed off of Solk N'iar, and are only used in the most extreme of circumstances. Unlike Somnus and Dominus Gastropodas, Implexus Gastropodas do not dominate the conscious minds of their hosts. Instead, they mesh deeply with the minds of their hosts and manipulate the subtle impulses of their host, utilizing their intimate connection with the host brain to work as a kind of additional, directed subconscious. With this natural instinct and survival mechanism to "blend in", the Implexus became most commonly known as "Enmeshers" as they would enmesh themselves with the identity of their host, blending their mind and their host's mind until the Implexus was as much the host as the host was the Implexus. This was soon recognized as a useful tool for conditioning and the Implexus Gastropodas began being used militarily in transforming unwilling hosts into willing members of the Gastropoda Empire from the inside out. However, this all came with one drawback: the Implexus's lack of object permanence. Biologically designed to stay in their host once taking it, Implexus have the unfortunate deficiency of memory retention. Because of this, they utilize their host as an external memory bank, storing their memories in their host. Unfortunately, this leads to another form of memory deficiency. By remaining in a host for too long, the Implexus risks forgetting its identity as a Gastropoda, which isn't much of a problem while living on Solk N'iar. However, outside of the Solk system, Implexus often forget their identities and die from Kandrona starvation. Unfortunately, the Gastropoda Imperial Military Council still considers this to be a "worthy sacrifice", as Implexus hosts often return as loyal, willing hosts. So, it has continued utilizing Implexus Enmeshers to capture and recondition hosts for willing service, at the cost of their population. However, there have been training programs set in place in an attempt to mitigate the mortality rate of the Implexus, in which these Enmeshers are meant to rotate between hosts to avoid enmeshing too deeply while also reconfiguring the subconscious of various hosts and opening them up to further conditioning. This method has also revealed the medical purposes for which Enmeshers can be used, namely in the recovery and rehabilitation of overly-broken hosts whose mental faculties (destroyed by either a Dominus - most common, or a Somnus - less common) or physical brain damage have begun affecting their slug or their physical wellness. With their native abilities, Implexus naturally encourage the healing of these aspects of their host, as doing so also benefits them. Fortunately, though, the use of Enmeshers has dwindled thanks to the increasing scarcity of their population and the growth of the other Gastropoda caste populations, and breeding pools have been established to restore the Implexus numbers in areas beyond Solk N'iar.

Gastropoda Hybrids

Implexus / Dominus

With the usefulness of Enmeshers hampered by their delicate biology, efforts have been put into play to try and breed a new cast of hybrids to try and counter the Implexus drawbacks. One of the more successful hybrids has been the Implexus Dominus. Recognized by the y-shaped head of its Implexus heritage and the lightly segmented body of a Dominus, an Implexus Dominus. Like a normal Implexus, this hybrid can sync with its host's mind so well that the host won't even realize they're a host. Capable of reaching into their host's subconscious without losing themselves, I/D hybrids can willfully goad and condition their hosts without becoming fully enmeshed with them. As such, these hybrids can do the job of an Enmesher with any host instead of being bonded to just one. On the other hand, these hybrids can also function as Dominus Ga'spoda, taking over their hosts and performing to similar levels as purebred Dominus. One additional perk to being a hybrid though is their ability to upload and download information and skills to and from their host. This makes training and conditioning one's hosts much easier as the implanted memories and information can be utilized to condition their hosts into more agreeable states. These hybrids are rare, however, with very few managing to receive the needed gene balance to be a hybrid of both castes instead of sliding into one or the other.

Somnus / Dominus

Unlike Implexus/Dominus hybrids, Dominus/Somnus hybrids are less rare and more uncommon amongst the Gastropoda. With the two castes being far more compatible in abilities and temperament, Dominus/Somnus hybrids are known for their cool, mellow temperaments, their keen ambition, and their ability to dominate and sedate their opponents - even in their pools! They are cunning and subtle, often laying traps for others - sometimes because of the political games of their society, and other times just to see others fall into them. They are hardy, like the dominus, but have eyes for subtleties that make them excellent spies, diplomats, and doctors within the Gastropoda Empire. The hybrid programs are still ongoing however, and information is always being updated regarding these new types of emerging Gastropoda. - coming soon -

Somnus / Implexus

Unfortunately, there has been no success in creating a Somnus/Implexus hybrid. But that hasn't stopped the Gastropoda Empire from trying and seeing what can come out of it.

[tomberensonsghost]

Touching grass isn’t enough, I need to consume Kandrona rays in my native habitat.

[andalitean]

I had a thought about morph-capable Controllers. Does morphing "reset" Does morphing "reset" the Yeerk's three-day Kandrona starvation counter, the way it heals traumatic injuries? If so, it might explain the fridge problem of "how'd Visser Three exit Alloran's body to feed without Alloran morphing and running?" While also adding to the horror of the situation because it'd mean that unlike all the other hosts who get some small freedom when their hosts feed, Alloran's never in ANY control. Oof.

Oh wow. Yeah maybe. it would explain why he begged them to kill him when he was temporarily free (did this actually happen or am i making it up)

[thejakeformerlyknownasprince]

How would things change if the time limits switched? Yeerks need kadrona every two hours (so way more portable generators or have them installed in yeerk run building bathrooms maybe? ) But the Animorphs can stay in morph for up to three days (way more surveillance opportunities/longer battles...)

I think that in a world where yeerks need kandrona every two hours, the invasion can't happen like in canon. We know a kandrona generator is "the size of a small car" and that yeerk pools don't work without it (#7). The yeerks might have to take a few decades and improve kandrona technology (i.e. #41) and then invade Earth, because an invasion would be too risky without that tech.

That said, the yeerks are fleeing the andalites as much as they are colonizing planets — the andalites control their homeworld, part of why they're stealing everyone else's. So maybe the yeerks try to make do, for lack of time. Probably they'd equip humans with thermoses of kandrona à la AniTV, and then help controllers create excuses to slip out every two hours. The thermoses might have to be refilled often, but there's a system for that in canon.

However, as anyone who's ever raised an infant can tell you, humans do not function well if their sleep is constantly interrupted every two hours. So lots of tired/confused controllers. And all kinds of other issues — work shifts with an "on" component, long tests, driving really far, needing a security team 24/7, being in hospital, etc. It'd preclude taking most important people as hosts, including anyone who regularly flies on airplanes. Animorphs can go for weeks without morphing, and can pop briefly out of morph in a pinch (even underwater and in the yeerk pool as needed). Yeerks literally die without kandrona, and they can't leave their hosts unattended for even a second; Mr. Pardue gets like 10 seconds of freedom in #8 makes a huge mess.

Ergo, I don't think they could pull off an invasion. There are too many humans with too much weaponry to launch an open attack from Day 1, but a quiet attack won't be able to get those with social power. And it'd run up against a thousand instances of (for instance) Jean and Steve taking Tom to deprogramming therapy because he hasn't been sleeping and has been carrying a thermos everywhere for weeks so clearly SOMETHING is wrong. So the yeerks are already quite underpowered, before we touch the issue of the andalites being wildly overpowered in this universe.

[its-a-full-galaxy]

@red-flight / @sundanceofapache liked this for a starter!

Face rubbed the back of his neck. It had been almost two weeks since his and Hobbie's single day of freedom, since he watched the light fade from his eyes, dying right in front of him. Even Ton hadn't died in front of him like that.

The slug, Brava, insisted he wasn't dead, that he couldn't be any worse than he was before Kilzan set him up with Loran to visit the Lounge. Neither of them had been there beforehand, the area having been reserved for willing hosts to engage in entertainment and recreation while their Gastropoda handlers basked.

Face wasn't sure he believed him, but he believed the threat Kilzan posed in giving Face to someone else if he didn't cooperate with his slug. So he did his best to get back on routine; sit with Hobbie, talk a bit, holding his own bedside vigil until either he or the older pilot finally gave out. The Lounge held no temptation for him, not when his fellow pilot was languishing.

Finally, one of the pool guards signaled and Face sighed. "Well, it's time to go," he said dismally. "Hopefully Brava will have better news today. Anyway, I'll keep you updated if anything happens." He reached over and gave the unconscious pilot's shoulder a squeeze before pushing himself to his feet and glumly striding to his seat where Brava was no doubt waiting for him.

Face sat down at the booth, gazing at what looked like a modified Rebellion Starfighter helmet resting on a small stand. A thick, black tube sprouted from the top of it, connecting to the side of the Kandrona pool where he knew the slug would come in from.

Face sighed heavily and hoisted the helmet onto his head. He grimaced as the helmet activated, the suction cups inside pressing against his head as warm liquid filled his ears. In moments, he felt his handler and winced, gritting his teeth as the slug traveled from his ear to his brain. Usually it didn't hurt, Brava was good about that, using its natural numbing agent to make the transition as quick and painless as possible. But this time, this time it did. Was Brava angry? Had something happened in the pool?

He felt the rippling sensation along his scalp that came with the slug settling in and he acknowledged the slug.

'Welcome back,' Face said cordially. 'Everything go alright? You're not usually this rough on entry.'

[theidiotabides]

My own hawk eyes returned, so superior to the Hork-Bajir vision. I turned my gaze on Visser Four. The head moved. He was still alive. Then I saw a smaller movement. I fluttered my wings and hopped over. I darted my beak down and snapped up the gray slug that was crawling down the doomed man’s cheek. <The Yeerk,> I said. The others came over. Cassie was human. Rachel mostly so. Marco as well. Just kids now, in a ditch, behind a burning tank, surrounded by bodies. <What should I do with him?> I asked. Marco held out his hand. He took the Yeerk. “We can’t let him get a new host. Can’t take him back to our own time. He knows now that we’re humans. We leave him here, he dies slowly of Kandrona starvation.” “They say it’s a horrible way to die,” Cassie said. Marco held the Yeerk out to Ax. <No,> the Andalite said. <I have enough to answer for.> Ax looked at Rachel, then looked away. “No,” Rachel said as Marco offered the Yeerk to her. <Not me, either,> I said. “I see,” Marco said, nodding slightly. “No one’s anxious to add another stain on their conscience? Everyone’s had enough?” He flipped the Yeerk almost casually through the air. Threw it into the flaming hulk of the tank. “Starve or burn,” Marco said, trying in vain to sound tough and indifferent. “His only choices. This is quicker.” -Megamorphs 3: Elfangor's Secret

Crying, screaming, throwing up, etc.

[sarifel-corrisafid-ilxhel]

I am currently battling a fever (finally caught the 'Rona after nearly four years of avoiding it because friends went to DenFur and brought it home). With this in mind, I have several questions:

Does drawing andalites count as rest? Like, is rest "minimal activity" or is rest "You must be horizontal", because I'm not good at staying horizontal when I don't feel well.

What fever temperature would start messing a Yeerk up?

How many blankets should I be buried in?

Does anyone have any chicken noodle soup I can eat?

Can Andalites eat chicken noodle soup? Like, Ax says snail protein is fine, so I imagine chicken would be as well, but what about the noodles? Would they be too carbohydrate rich for an Andalite?

Can Yeerks eat noodles? I like to imagine they eat algae or plankton while in the pool - Kandrona doesn't contain any vitamins or minerals, it's just radiation, so they should need a source of vitamins and minerals. I just wonder if a Yeerk slowly nibbling on a noodle is viable.

[lavendertownsghost]

I have so many unconnected ideas for an Animorphs crossover with Hermitcraft/Life Series/Empires and since I know I'll never connect them into an actual story, I figured i may as well post them so anyone who wants to can try and piece them together or pick and chose what that want to use.

The characters are in no real order, and all of the 'younger' characters are in high school instead of middle school. I have no idea where this would be set.

Character stuff:

Doc is an Andalite and he has the same morphing allergy that Mertil had, and in a battle many years before the story starts he losses not only part of his tail, but an arm, leg, and two eyes (a main eye and a stalk eye). Instead of accepting his 'shame' and being outcast as is Andalite custom, Doc made his own prosthetics. This pissed off the vast majority of Andalites and he was exiled to some backwater planet (aka Earth). Doc was fine with this since he was a bit fed up with the Andalite's strict culture. He lives in a forest near whatever location is the main one for the story. There's also an alternate backstory where Doc is still morph-capable and left the Andalite homeworld on his own. In this version he uses the Frolis Maneuver to make a human persona and is a part time teacher at the school the other characters go to.

Ren is a human who recently graduated high school and friend of Doc's. He either found Doc in the forest or discovered he was an alien (depending on which version of Doc's backstory is used) and helped him learn more about humans.

Cleo is a fried of Ren's and a teacher at the school. Her younger cousin Scott lives with her. (She's possibly infested by Joe, a member of the Yeerk Peace Movement)

Scott is in high school and currently lives with his older cousin Cleo after his parent's sudden death in a car crash. Scott firmly believes his older brother Xornoth is responsible for their parents death, but he has no solid evidence so he can't go to the police.

Xornoth is Scott's older brother, and was infested by a Yeerk sometime before the start of the story. His parents noticed his behavior change and were about to look to deeply into the Sharing, so Xornoth's Yeerk cut their brakes and had them killed. Xornoth was old enough to live by himself so he doesn't live with Scott and Cleo. Xornoth was already naturally charismatic, so he ends up recruiting a lot of people for the Sharing. He hates it.

Joey was in the same grade as Xornoth before they graduated, and was seduced convinced to join the Sharing by him. Despite the fact that the only time the two of them can talk freely is when they're in the cage together at the Yeerk pool, they become good friends.

Sausage is someone else who was recruited into the Sharing by Xornoth, but I'm thinking of having his Yeerk be part of the Peace Movement (don't know if the Yeerk is an existing character).

Impulse is a teacher at the school, and is infested by Tango (official name Tangriss 373), a member of the Yeerk Peace Movement. The two get along really well, and Impulse is in the process of making a small portable Kandrona source in case he and Tango need to run.

Skizz is Impulse's childhood best friend, and knows about Tango (who has infested him briefly at Skizz's request). The trio is currently trying to decide weather it's safer for Skizz to be infested by another Peace Movent Yeerk so he's not pursued by the Sharing or remain separate so he's not under their scrutiny.

Scar is in high school and Jellie is his cat. I'm debating weather or not to make Jellie sentient, either as an Andalite refugee, someone stuck in morph somehow, or another alien species disguised as a cat. If she is one of these, Scar knows about it.

Jimmy and Lizzy are siblings in high school, and Lizzy is dating Joel.

Grian and Pearl are also siblings in high school. Their parents foster a lot of kids, and they consider Martyn and Bigb (both recent high school graduates) their brothers as well.

Gem and Mumbo are also students at the high school.

Bdubs and Etho are teachers at the school.

Xisuma is the principal of the school (possibly with EX as his Yeerk)

(I know there are some Empires people / Hermits not on here, I don't know enough about them to have ideas for them)

Plot Stuff:

The main Animorphs are most likely some combination of Grian, Pearl, Jimmy, Lizzy, Joel, Martyn, Bigb, and Scott.

Doc is probably the one to give them the morphing cube (no idea how he has one).

Part of me wants to be evil and have Ren get stuck in wolf or dog morph.

The Yeerk Peace Movement storyline starts MUCH earlier than canon, since several notable characters are Yeerks. Leading into that, several Yeerks and their hosts get morphing power.

Like I said, feel free to use any parts of these however you want! I'd appreciate if you could credit me and let me know if you're doing something with them so I can see it!

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who woulge? "kandrona" it is my yeerk.

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Book 8 is real interesting cause this is the first time we actually see how Jake uses Marco (by having him intentionally try to get information from Ax), and also see some of Jake's own aggressiveness coming out (pushing Ax against the wall of the school, pissed off that Ax knew the yeerks kill hosts to not leave witnesses).

Ax mentions that this information might've caused Jake to not attack the Kandrona, but I also think there's a fundamental misunderstanding between Ax and Jake.

Ax is already familiar with what war looks like and what you can expect from it, and then he made a tactical decision to not bring up the consequences to Jake. I feel like, by Ax's response, he doesn't realize that Jake is only learning what to expect from war as he goes along, and doesn't quite understand that Jake perceives their relationship as friendship (while Ax perceives their relationship more like comrades in arms).

None of that is ever really addressed, but man it would've been real fun and interesting if it had.