#esplin 9466

[thejakeformerlyknownasprince]

AU idea I wonder if you have any thoughts on: for whatever reason Edriss is the Yeerk that gets Alloran and Esplin gets Eva. Do both of them even become ranking Vissers or does Edriss-Alloran speedrun the whole plotline?

Marco: Hey Dad, I think Mom's been replaced by an imposter.

Peter: What? No. Honey, is this because she grounded you again?

"Eva": Your FILTHY, DISGUSTING species will rue the day you ever tried to mess with me! I WILL get a better host, and I WILL crush you all! DISGUSTING LITTLE APES!

Peter: Okay, Marco, we're going to back away slowly, then get in the car, and then flee the country.

"Eva": MY contribution to the bake sale was insufficient? NOT AS INSUFFICIENT AS THE CONNECTIVE TISSUE IN YOUR NECK WILL PROVE WHEN I SEVER YOUR HEAD — 

— a long time ago, in a galaxy far far away — 

"Alloran": Awwww, Elfangor and Arbron, you're so cute!

Elfangor: Uh... thanks?

"Alloran": I'm going to keep you as my very own, and we'll have tea parties, and if you ever contradict me then I'll break all four of your legs, and we'll be the happiest family ever!

[twenty-of-your-minutes]

Undercover Boss:

Yeerk Pool Base

Esplin 9466 the current Visser three is leader of the invasion of Earth. This week Esplin is going undercover among the Yeerk Pool Base personnel morphed as Matt the human candrona technician.

Visser Three narrating: “You get so caught up in returning the Empire to its rightful state-tuh…that you miss a few things. I’m looking for-for-forword to having some real talk-kuh with some real folks…fol-kus.”

Visser Three: “Hi. I’m Matt-tuh, I’m a candrona technician.”

Visser Three: “Hey what do you guys think about Visser three? Do you believe that hes going to finish what Visser one started?”

Zedriss 345 Human controller: “What has she started?”

Rastren 824 Hork-Bajir controller: “You know, I will say this for Visser three, I think he gets a bad rap. He’s trying to accomplish something that has never been done in the history of the Yeerk Empire. Taking over a class five species? All while holding off Andalite Bandits? That’s impressive.”

Visser Three: “Yes! YES!…Exactly.”

Zedriss narrating: “I’m 90% sure Matt is Visser Three.”

Zedriss: “Yeah, this has actually been a rough year for my host’s family. He lost our son back in April. He was in the Anti-Morphing Ray program. And we’re getting by…”

Visser Three: “Wow… I’m sorry about that. Must be hard.”

Visser Three narrating: “Hearing that Zedriss lost his host son really struck a nerve with me…Especially since I’m the one who killed him.”

Visser Three: “A pool mate of mine saw Esplin in the Yeerk pool and he said that Epslin had 8 palps. That Esplin was shredded.”

Rastren: “What? Your friend is a liar. Esplin 9466 is a punk bitch. That worm looks like he weighs 3 ounces soaking wet inside that Andalite scum head.”

[Epslin is staring at Rastren and a tail blade pushes to his throat]

Visser Three: “Oh, no, he’s choking on food”

<I know what’s in your mind, and it…is…STUPID!>

[Visser Three hits Rastren with the flat of the tail blade]

Rastren narrating: “Dude, Matt straight up sucks!”

Visser Three: “I have a bombshell announcement to make, guys. I’m not Matt. I am–“

Zedriss: “Visser Three”

Rastren: “You’re Visser Three. We know. I knew when you knocked me into the soda machine.”

Zedriss: “I knew from, ‘Hi, I’m Matt-tuh.’”

[kooldewd123]

the whole "andalite bandit" thing is actually pretty laughable when you take step back and look at it. because when you compare the animorphs' actions to the way that andalites actually act - they don't really do that good a job of selling it. "if we never talk, we won't give them any hints we're human!" meanwhile every single andalite who comes face-to-face with visser three immediately starts cursing him out. "let's fight them with earth animals!" as if any self-respecting andalite warrior (ax included) wouldn't just use his tail blade given the opportunity. "we must never let them see us demorph!" the andalites have basically no reason to worry about hiding their identities - as far as they're concerned, there's no way the yeerks could ever hurt them in a way that matters, anyway.

and the biggest irony of it is that visser three is the single yeerk who should have the easiest time seeing through this, seeing as how he is the yeerk's foremost expert on andalite behavior even ignoring the fact that he is currently infesting one, but he's such an arrogant blowhard that once he gets the idea of "andalite bandits" into his head he absolutely refuses to entertain the notion that he's wrong.

[jbk405]

I re-read The Hork-Bajir Chronicles yesterday apropos of nothing, and I think I may rank this as the best individual entry in the Animorphs canon.

Though it provides a lot of backstory to the mains series, I feel that it stands alone and can be understood in isolation. The context of the main series will obviously make it more impactful, but it doesn't need that context.

The story itself is tragic and beautiful. You can tell from the beginning that it's not going to have a happy ending. Because it's a story about war coming to a peaceful people, and that by its very nature is a tragedy. Even if the Hork-Bajir had defeated the Yeerk invasion and kept their freedom and bodily autonomy, it still would have been a tragedy. Because they would no longer be who they were before.

We cry for Dak Hamee, who had hoped he was meant to lead his people into a new era, and not that he would see the end of his people. We see him break through one mental barrier after another as his worldview expands, and every time he does the old Dak dies and a new one is born, because he cannot remain what he was. He knows that the stars are not flowers.

We understand Aldrea, even with all of her arrogance and self-interest and condescending paternalism. She meant well underneath it all, and when push came to shove she made the Right Choice. Even if it couldn't save her people in the end.

We hate Esplin 9466, who becomes every bit as cruel and self-interested as he will be when he becomes Visser Three, but within that hate we can understand the yearning for more once he's been shown more. He, like all the Yeerks, had been content in their lives before they learned there could be more for them. We can hate them for how they sought to gain it, but can we blame them for simply wanting more?

The cover art is also some of the best in the entire series. All of the Chronicles entries had the best art in general. There is fantastic color and composition in the art itself, plus very developed posture and stance in the figures. They look like living aliens instead of mock-ups or awkward mannequins.

Obviously I'll recommend that anybody new to the Animorphs series should start with #1 (The Invasion) and proceed in order. But if you want to dive into the series at its best, I think this is the place.

[monstrousgourmandizingcats]

Visser Three to Aftran in #29

[jus-kira]

Looks like yeerks like cinnamon buns as well!

I LOVE IT!!!!!AHHH

[pyrochord]

question. how the heck did visser three get a limo, and isn't that just a bit unsubtle, and how did he even get the idea to get a limo in the first place. you laugh but this is actually a valid question because who could he have possibly seen in a limo and how did that give him the idea to get one of his own. what did he think he was accomplishing by getting to go around in a limo. buddy I hate to break it to you but that's not as cool 😎 as you think it is

[cyber54prime]

Last Animorphs sketch for now is Visser three