here's a funny AU. Animorphs TV show. all the characters are actors in the new Animorphs TV show revival, playing it as it should be. you think this one has legs to stand on, or will it only last 1 season?
So it's the Animorphs all playing themselves in a TV show? Oh lord.
Jake: would not know how to deliver lines with the correct level of sincerity, which would for some reason come out as constant California upspeak.
Cassie: would find the whole thing unbearably silly, especially the animal "facts" that she's asked to convey.
Rachel: incredibly variable, depending on the number of the take. In the first version of any given shot she's pretty good. In the 8th, she tends to sound like she's grinding the words between her teeth.
Ax: extremely committed to acting like human acting like an andalite acting like a human acting like an andalite. Committed ≠ talented.
Tobias: meant to have a flat affect. Nailing it.
Marco: carrying this team so hard, to the point where by Episode 10 it's 80% footage of him and 20% the other five combined.
Jake as Jake: [bursting into barn] Hey guys? I have terrible news? The yeerks killed the first lady? And now they're infesting the president?
Tobias as Tobias: Oh. No. Sounds terrible. Whatever shall. We do.
Cassie as Cassie: We should [suppressing giggles] we should morph [more giggles] morph cockroach because cockroaches are [rest is lost to giggling].
Rachel as Rachel: Gee willikers, what a splendiferous idea, gosh and whizz, how swell, my pal!*
Ax as Ax: [looking straight at camera, eyes extremely wide] That is an extremely normal suggestion, Cassie. And as a fellow normal person, I feel that it is correct. Correct being an extremely boring thing to say, with no associated mouth-sounds containing any delightful consonants.
Marco: [slinging an arm around Ax's shoulders] Well, I can tell we're all a little stressed by this news, but thankfully we've got you here to come through with ideas [flourishes at Cassie]. Glad you spotted this, Big Jake — lead us to the aliens!
*First-take Rachel, decent actor that she is, tends to drop a swear word or five into her delivery. Sixth-take Rachel, sick of being corrected and passive-aggressive about it, tends to sound like a manic cartoon character.