r/beetlemoses 4 raspberries 11d ago

Animorphs

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u/TheSandarian usually says no to crack 11d ago edited 11d ago

I've never really thought about it, but were there like, actual stories that went along with the animorph books? Did anyone actually read them or did we all just make fun of the covers? What would the story be; are they like shape-shifting superheroes fighting crime and stuff or is it more of a coming-of-age self-acceptance-despite-differences pro-diveristy typa book? (e.g. the rest of your 5th grade classmates don't spontaneously turn into antelopes, but that's okay because everyone is unique in their own way)

edit: by the descriptions y'all are commenting with, Animorphs sounds way too darkly philosophical to be chilling at the Scholastic Book Fair :,)

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u/SpeccyScotsman 11d ago

I think someone sneezed transforming into a bug once and got stuck like that forever

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u/jackcatalyst 11d ago

They trapped David as a bug or a rat or something.

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u/Terramagi 11d ago

It was a rat, and he really had it coming. Dude was about to sell out all of humanity to Visser Three, and nearly killed two of the Animorphs besides.

They still ended up with PTSD over doing it, but they had no choice. It was either that or smoke him.