So Ron Cobb died today. One of my biggest influences.
I figured while I was here, I'd use his Mixed Media Mandala to analyze the Animorphs. What parts of their psyche do they emphasize or sublimate?
Interesting. So Jake and Cassie, and Rachel and Tobias, literally fill the holes in each other's interactions with the universe. And yet... Jake and Tobias, and Cassie and Rachel, are just as healthy for each other. Ship as you will.
Marco is... not even close to playing with a full psyche deck, but he provides Jake specifically with the B layer he requires to function. Tobias is almost nonfunctional through having so much on the board at once, as is Cassie, and the two of them alone lack objective viewpoints of the world, but only that lack lets them live. They see the world as it could be, not as it is. One could argue the same about Ax, even though I put it in?
Ax... poor guy. In his defense, he doesn't have a human psyche. I wonder what would happen if Andalites designed a chart like this. The axes would be ego and aesthetics. Optimism? Hm.












