[identity profile] cimplybe.livejournal.com posting in [community profile] animorphslj
I am absolutely convinced that at some point in the series, Jake mentions that he either planned to be a Navy pilot (if the Yeerks hadn't happened) or that it was something he daydreamed about as a younger kid. Or was interested in it. Or something. I can't for the life of me remember what book this was in or what he said about it.

Does anyone else remember this, or am I just adding my own imagination into the canon?

Date: 2010-09-27 04:32 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] aubergine-pilot.livejournal.com
I think I remember him mentioning he'd wanted to be a pilot - mostly because that was my dream as a little kid, too. Might have been wishful thinking, heh.

(unrelated but HI THERE, THAT'S A GORGEOUS ICON OF AERROW YOU HAVE THERE.)

Date: 2010-09-27 02:07 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] aubergine-pilot.livejournal.com
It suits him, even if it is just persistent fanon! Though I can't see him as a fighter pilot, not from the stories my (ex-Air Force) dad tells about the guys he knew who were... there's a certain temperament apparently common to the guys who go in for that, and it's kind of... Not Jake At All. More like Marco.

(As ever~)

Date: 2010-09-28 04:13 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] rayerai.livejournal.com
"Pilots aren't compensating, they're living up to their potential." ;)
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Date: 2010-09-27 05:10 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] agentak.livejournal.com
I remember that too, so I don't think you're alone on that. I just don't remember what book it was either...

Date: 2010-09-27 07:18 am (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] taira602.livejournal.com
I swear I have a like "ID card" thing gotten as part of some animorpths pack, and on Jake's it said his ambition was to be a pilot. Or I could be making that up. Maybe I'll check tomorrow....

Date: 2010-09-27 09:17 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] staysleeping.livejournal.com
I remember this too. He's saying something how he wanted to be either a pilot or a doctor or something like his dad. I think not positive though... *goes to look it up*

Date: 2010-09-28 04:17 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] rayerai.livejournal.com
Only moderately related: Who didn't daydream about being a pilot?

Date: 2010-09-28 04:45 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sunshapedgarden.livejournal.com
I can't remember if it's mentioned in the books, and if so, in what book, but there is a page on the official Animorphs website, which lists Jake's career goals as Navy Pilot and MD: http://www.scholastic.com/animorphs/characters/jake.htm

I swear there was a point at which some of the parents' names were all wrong on these pages, but it looks like they're correct now. Drove me crazy back in the day.

Date: 2010-11-30 12:54 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] rena-librarian.livejournal.com
If you're all crazy then I'm crazy too, because I remember Jake wanting to be a pilot. It might've been in the weird alternate-future book where Rachel's in a wheelchair and Marco is evil? Along the lines of "This isn't what I pictured myself doing"?

*grabs book*

Err, or not. A skim of the whole book offered no insight. =/

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