I have surprisingly many thoughts on Leerans. Lord, I'm nerdy. Here we go:
--If the series had gone on for long enough to warrant more Chronicles, Leeran Chronicles would have been on my top 3 (the other two being an Arbon-centric Taxxon Chronicles and a Chee/Pemalite Chronicles--either on the Pemalite Homeworld or focused on once they made Earth, either would have been sweet). The reason for that being I think the Leeran war would have been fascinating. Not a single tactic the Yeerks used on Earth would have worked on Leera. And the stakes for would have been really high for us as readers--if Leerans had become widepread hosts it would have been bad news for humanity. Although I guess we did get a little of that in #18. Theory: Visser One's strategies were better suited for taking over Earth, and Visser Three's were better for Leera. Discuss?
--I'm going to be perfectly honest...I don't really remember what was "won" in 18. I know they accomplished their short-term goal, but that wasn't really the end of the entire war, was it? Did it have something to do with why the Yeerks don't just bring some more Leerans to Earth? Because thinking back, that strikes me as a bit of a plot hole--All the Yeerks think they need is to get a Leeran close enough to an "Andalite Bandit" to find out where they're feeding, and boom, ambush. Basically, the Leerans are the equivalent of the Yeerk's ability to know all its host's secrets...except Leerans can do it with eeeeveryone. Was the only reason we never really saw them again because they're aquatic?
--I remember The Escape being a really decisive Leera book, too. Not that any of it took place on Leera, but the Animorphs did prevent sharks from becoming the Leera-Yeerk war's equivalent of the Earth-Yeerk war's Hork-Bajir.
--I think the moment when our heroes have just morphed Leerans--and they don't know how to shut if off yet and they're unconsciously reading everyone else's mind--had the potential to be a much bigger, more far-reaching event. I mean, it could have been much more embarrassing, but on a serious note also significant in the way they related to each other after that. But, I guess, awkwardly agreeing that "none of what we heard is true, let's never speak of this again" is really the best you can do under those circumstances.
--I love Ax, but I'm pretty sure he mentions Andalites keeping Leerans in zoos. And they stopped not because it was morally unethical but because it was embarrassing. So really, he needs to shut up about us eating cows.
On a completely unrelated note, last night I was hanging out with some peeps in my grad program--two my age and one about ten years older. And I mentioned Animorphs and the older guy was like "what?" So then when I started to explain, the other two started joining in, too, and it was cool because I didn't know these two other people and I shared an interest for this (amazingly awesome) 90's book series. Until one of them said "Yeah, so Marco was really funny, but he had some dark shit going on because his brother was infested." And the other guy my age was like "WHOA. WHOA. IF YOU ARE GOING TO GIVE OUT MISINFORMATION YOU NEED TO STOP. IT WAS HIS MOM. REREAD THE SERIES, POSER." And now I have a new best friend. (This story brought to you by alcohol.)
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Date: 2011-12-05 06:50 am (UTC)--If the series had gone on for long enough to warrant more Chronicles, Leeran Chronicles would have been on my top 3 (the other two being an Arbon-centric Taxxon Chronicles and a Chee/Pemalite Chronicles--either on the Pemalite Homeworld or focused on once they made Earth, either would have been sweet). The reason for that being I think the Leeran war would have been fascinating. Not a single tactic the Yeerks used on Earth would have worked on Leera. And the stakes for would have been really high for us as readers--if Leerans had become widepread hosts it would have been bad news for humanity. Although I guess we did get a little of that in #18. Theory: Visser One's strategies were better suited for taking over Earth, and Visser Three's were better for Leera. Discuss?
--I'm going to be perfectly honest...I don't really remember what was "won" in 18. I know they accomplished their short-term goal, but that wasn't really the end of the entire war, was it? Did it have something to do with why the Yeerks don't just bring some more Leerans to Earth? Because thinking back, that strikes me as a bit of a plot hole--All the Yeerks think they need is to get a Leeran close enough to an "Andalite Bandit" to find out where they're feeding, and boom, ambush. Basically, the Leerans are the equivalent of the Yeerk's ability to know all its host's secrets...except Leerans can do it with eeeeveryone. Was the only reason we never really saw them again because they're aquatic?
--I remember The Escape being a really decisive Leera book, too. Not that any of it took place on Leera, but the Animorphs did prevent sharks from becoming the Leera-Yeerk war's equivalent of the Earth-Yeerk war's Hork-Bajir.
--I think the moment when our heroes have just morphed Leerans--and they don't know how to shut if off yet and they're unconsciously reading everyone else's mind--had the potential to be a much bigger, more far-reaching event. I mean, it could have been much more embarrassing, but on a serious note also significant in the way they related to each other after that. But, I guess, awkwardly agreeing that "none of what we heard is true, let's never speak of this again" is really the best you can do under those circumstances.
--I love Ax, but I'm pretty sure he mentions Andalites keeping Leerans in zoos. And they stopped not because it was morally unethical but because it was embarrassing. So really, he needs to shut up about us eating cows.
On a completely unrelated note, last night I was hanging out with some peeps in my grad program--two my age and one about ten years older. And I mentioned Animorphs and the older guy was like "what?" So then when I started to explain, the other two started joining in, too, and it was cool because I didn't know these two other people and I shared an interest for this (amazingly awesome) 90's book series. Until one of them said "Yeah, so Marco was really funny, but he had some dark shit going on because his brother was infested." And the other guy my age was like "WHOA. WHOA. IF YOU ARE GOING TO GIVE OUT MISINFORMATION YOU NEED TO STOP. IT WAS HIS MOM. REREAD THE SERIES, POSER." And now I have a new best friend. (This story brought to you by alcohol.)