I was fine. I slept okay. There were dreams, but I just put them out of my mind.

When I got up the next morning, I ignored the fact that my dad’s eyes were red, like he’d been crying. He was getting worse, not better, as we got closer to Sunday. To the second year anniversary of my mom’s death. But I had to put that out of my mind, too.

I had to put a lot of things out of my mind. It was getting to be a habit.

I saw Jake in the hallway at school. I pretended not to notice him.

I saw Rachel, too. She had a dark look in her eyes. Like she hadn’t slept. Like something was really wrong.

Even Cassie seemed grim. It had gotten to all of us. It’s not so easy to just forget terror. It’s not easy to just ignore the memory of your leg being ripped off. Of being dismembered. Torn apart.

One of these days, I thought, one of us is going to go crazy. Totally, lock-me-up-in-a-rubberroom nutso. It was too much. This wasn’t how life was supposed to be.

One of us would snap. One of us would lose it. It could happen, even to strong people.

I knew.

Marco, Animorphs #5 (via mugasofer)

bogleech: the-emileighain-mountains: railroadsoftware: sonypraystation: railroadsoftware: did anyone actually ever read those animorph books just stared at the covers for a concerningly long amount of time before putting it back where i found it me too Same Here are some of the spoilers you missed out on by not reading Animorphs: Five children are forced to…

Okay, question. Before following you, I hadn’t even HEARD of animorphs. And I see it a lot from you. What is it?!

derinthemadscientist: overzelos: derinthemadscientist: Animorphs is the story of five ordinary teenagers who discover that aliens invading their planet. They meet an alien from a race that opposes the invaders who gives them the ability to shapeshift into animals to fight the invaders and protect their planet. Cue wacky hijinks and cool animal shapeshifting and awesome…

walkingsaladshooter:

suzanami:

something filled up my heart with nothing, someone told me not to cry
children, wake up, hold your mistake up before they turn the summer into dust

six dumb kids playing hero.

Things to love about this:

1. Ax looking snazzy and stylish in clothes Rachel picked for him.
2. Jake looks good in yellow yo.
3. JAKE BB JAKE JAAAAKE
4. Marco totally snuggling Jake I stg
5. CASSIE/JAKE HAND TOUCH and how even in this quiet moment Jake is aware and mentally present and conscious of everything and everyone and nnnnnooooooo Jake
6. Marco is just conked. out. and it’s so. ugh.
7. Rachel and Tobias what is going on there I don’t know but it’s making my heart hurt
8. AX WITH HIS CINNABON PHOTO
9. Everythiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiing

celynbrum: talewii: okay I remember that the Yeerks were convinced that the Animorphs were all Andalites but like… didn’t they get a little suspicious when only one of them was ever actually seen as an Andalite? Knowing Andalites and the Yeerk view of Andalites (which is, to be fair, actually pretty accurate)? Nope. Because Andalites would…

Animorph survival (and occasional success), by book:

derinthemadscientist: 1: Element of surprise 2: Poor warship construction standards 3: Poor warship construction standards 4: Deus ex cetacean 5: Politics 6: Competence 7: Interference of godlike being Megamorphs 1: Luck 8: Competence 9: Andalite nasal sensitivity 10: Competence 11: Spacetime shenanigans 12: Shouldn’t have even been in danger 13: Competence (and enemy incompetence) 14:…

Thoughts on Andalite PR

citizenpublius: The Andalites are like the biggest Karma Houdinis of this series. The entire series, of course, it about dealing with Yeerk imperialism, but the Andalites are largely allowed to get away with the colonization of their own. The Yeerks, were, after all, the by-product of an attempted Andalite “uplift” of another species. Before the…

idrinkwithmyhooves: Erek the Chee is a quest delivering NPC. He joins your party for one mission, and he’s AMAZING… but you can never unlock him, even after beating the game at 100%. The Ellimist and Crayak are two assholes playing Civ, and they have TERRIBLE Next Turn issues. They have been playing this same game…

On the Ending of Animorphs

citizenpublius: Or: What Animorphs got right that Harry Potter got wrong. Obvious massive spoilers ahead: So I flashed through the last three books in the series, and I have to say, even knowing what was coming, having read this series back as a teen, I really wasn’t prepared. It’s one thing to read this series…

citizenpublius: Can we talk tho about how after the war, the grateful people of Earth pretty much made a Cult of the Main Six Animorphs? While the Animorphs themselves (except for maybe Marco) don’t necessarily encourage this, we see how the people of Earth idealized their actions and seemed to either not notice their flaws…