it was contrived, and this may just be retroactive reading, but when Crayak was introduced later and this whole concept of a "game" introduced in TEC, I always kind of assumed that was just whatever compromise they had made regarding Tobias. Which makes me wonder what the Ellimist gave up to Crayak in order to get that.
idk I was thinking about the *contrivedness* of Animorphs a little bit in rush hour one day and I kind of concluded...yeah, this series is hella contrived. The fact that EVERY SINGLE KID has some unknown stake in the war, that they're *preselected by some higher power* because of their unknown investment was terribly unlikely and kind of ungraceful storytelling...but hell, I'm here still talking about it ten years later because it all just played out so beautifully, you know?
naturalistic storytelling is great, but I think you've got to keep not only genre in mind, but also the need to fuel dramatic tension when thinking about this stuff. I mind it on a micro level, but on the grand scheme of things, Animorphs would have been much different without it.
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Date: 2010-10-19 12:54 am (UTC)idk I was thinking about the *contrivedness* of Animorphs a little bit in rush hour one day and I kind of concluded...yeah, this series is hella contrived. The fact that EVERY SINGLE KID has some unknown stake in the war, that they're *preselected by some higher power* because of their unknown investment was terribly unlikely and kind of ungraceful storytelling...but hell, I'm here still talking about it ten years later because it all just played out so beautifully, you know?
naturalistic storytelling is great, but I think you've got to keep not only genre in mind, but also the need to fuel dramatic tension when thinking about this stuff. I mind it on a micro level, but on the grand scheme of things, Animorphs would have been much different without it.