As our lovely fandom has a plethora of these...

[natural-blue-26.livejournal.com]

...and we all have our own 'pet' favorite characters, be they extended family members of the Animorphs or the less utilized Villains/Monsters of the Week, and I'm curious to (hopefully) see some discussion over which 'minor' players everyone had they relate to/stuck with them/think deserved their own spin-off or Chronicles/etc.

Five minor or one-off characters that you wish could have gotten more face time. (Or would show up again)

(Originally posted by iceshade at fannish5 here.)

Comments

[kleenexcow.livejournal.com]

What, no Mertil and Gafinilan? Has that slash fad faded from this community?

I agree wholeheartedly with all of the desire for more, more, more Loren. Homegirl was a badass! And, you know, she probably would have had something to say re: end-of-series Tobias. Also, Eva, because one can never have too much Eva.

I also wanted more of the Governor...was it alluded to that she was Cassie's president, or is that my personal canon?

Also, this is an obscure choice, but I'd have liked a late-series appearance by either Mr. Feynman (Might not be exactly his name, but I'm going from memory here) or Professor Powers. You know, a little payoff from learning about the only pre-Animorph people who every showed any interest in Tobias whatsoever by having one of them briefly show up later as a Yeerk. Maybe that crosses the thin line between Marco and Tobias' respective backstories, but, it would have been interesting.

For my final choice, I'm going to pick a family unit: the Berensons. Particularly Steve and Dan. One's a doctor and the other's a failed gymnast turned TV personality. Not to mention some core differences in the children they raised. Surely there's an interesting dynamic of personalities there. But we never got to see them together! For all that Jake and Rachel were family, there was very little extended familial interaction (minus, y'know, the David arc), which I guess was mostly explained by the divorce business, but still I wanted more.

[natural-blue-26.livejournal.com]

What, no Mertil and Gafinilan? Has that slash fad faded from this community?

I'm sure our mod, etc, will be along at some point. Although the whale icon up top was indirectly a shout out to that lol. Glad that crossed the mind of someone else too.

Homegirl was a badass! And, you know, she probably would have had something to say re: end-of-series Tobias.

Very much so! Argh, Tobias, be nicer to your mommy! *smacks*

You know, a little payoff from learning about the only pre-Animorph people who every showed any interest in Tobias whatsoever by having one of them briefly show up later as a Yeerk.

Oooooooooooh, Tobias's English teacher from the dance? Verrrrrrrry interesting choice. I bet he would have been one of the few people that noticed when Tobias stopped showing up for his class, too. And if he made the connection from Tobias being with Rachel at the dance to possibly meaning something...? *ponders*

I'm going to pick a family unit: the Berensons. Particularly Steve and Dan. One's a doctor and the other's a failed gymnast turned TV personality. Not to mention some core differences in the children they raised. Surely there's an interesting dynamic of personalities there. But we never got to see them together! For all that Jake and Rachel were family, there was very little extended familial interaction (minus, y'know, the David arc), which I guess was mostly explained by the divorce business, but still I wanted more.

YES. YES TO EVERYTHING. ♥

[kleenexcow.livejournal.com]

Oh, I don't mean that slash is a fad, I just meant M/G particularly. It seemed at one point like it was everywhere. I mean, clearly, Cassie/Aftran lesbianwhalehatesex is here to stay!

OMG IF TOBIAS' TEACHER WAS YEERKED SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE HE WAS POKING AROUND LOOKING FOR HIM?! B/C THE YEERKS' RED FLAGS WENT UP OVER SOMEONE LOOKING FOR ELFANGOR'S SON AND THEY THOUGHT MR. F WAS AFFILIATED WITH THE ANDALITE BANDITS?! AND TOBIAS FOUND OUT ABOUT THIS?! OMG, THE ANGST WOULD HAVE LASTED FOREVER!!

[blue_rampion]

The beauty of Cassie and Aftran's whale love is ETERNAL. It will last foreveeeeeer!

/disappears back into the ether

[natural-blue-26.livejournal.com]

/disappears back into the ether

*snatches at mod a few seconds too late*

HOW DOES SHE DO IT???

[kleenexcow.livejournal.com]

It's weird. Despite the fact that being suddenly whisked into Z-Space is pretty much statistically impossible, it happens more often than you might think.

[natural-blue-26.livejournal.com]

It's weird. Despite the fact that being suddenly whisked into Z-Space is pretty much statistically impossible, it happens more often than you might think.

...This describes so much that happens at this comm so well.

[natural-blue-26.livejournal.com]

OMG IF TOBIAS' TEACHER WAS YEERKED SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE HE WAS POKING AROUND LOOKING FOR HIM?! B/C THE YEERKS' RED FLAGS WENT UP OVER SOMEONE LOOKING FOR ELFANGOR'S SON AND THEY THOUGHT MR. F WAS AFFILIATED WITH THE ANDALITE BANDITS?! AND TOBIAS FOUND OUT ABOUT THIS?! OMG, THE ANGST WOULD HAVE LASTED FOREVER!!

OH GOD. OH GOD.

You need a school vacation to write this- quick, someone invent a nationally recognized long holiday!

[bevam.livejournal.com]

Seconded- MAKE THIS EXIST

I would like to see fics about anybody tangentially connected to the animorphs finding out about them after the fact- imagine suddenly finding out that the weird kid in your class who was always skipping of was actually fighting a crazy secret war instead of turning up for math. It would be pretty hard for anybody to wrap their heads around that.

Also, there can never be enough Erek <3

[natural-blue-26.livejournal.com]

I would like to see fics about anybody tangentially connected to the animorphs finding out about them after the fact- imagine suddenly finding out that the weird kid in your class who was always skipping of was actually fighting a crazy secret war instead of turning up for math. It would be pretty hard for anybody to wrap their heads around that.

This would indeed be awesome!

[with-rainfall.livejournal.com]

HUG AN ANIMORPH DAY. Because that would totally be recognised after the war.
/runs away

[natural-blue-26.livejournal.com]

OMG WHY DOES THIS NOT EXISTTTTTT

[joking.livejournal.com]

Re: Dan: Rachel never got to whisk him away to the valley at the end and there was ZERO angst about it. Oh come on. Rachel would be so torn up about not being able to save her dad. And then after the war, Dan suddenly finding out that his eldest daughter was in a war against aliens and died killing his elder nephew?!

[natural-blue-26.livejournal.com]

I HAVE NEVER UNDERSTOOD THIS EITHER.

Rachel+Dan moments have always naaaaaw'd me... And then KAA/etc forgot about him, which makes me a very sad panda. -_-