Oh, that's a really good point! I'd never thought of that but, as much as it would irritate Jake and Marco (and others) to have the Andalites make decisions about what happens on Earth, they definitely wouldn't just okay Yeerks still infesting people.
Not with how they tend to rush to extremes (Quantum Virus and 'quarantining' Earth when the Yeerks still haven't even taken one damn city in all the years they've been there anyone?) and hate the Yeerks with an unholy passion. This has taken up at least forty years for them and cost them so very much that they're not going to take their chances and hope that the humans don't lose control of them. Making them nothlits is risky enough but at least then they can make sure they're really nothlits and not morph-capable Yeerks.
And, aside from Cassie, would anyone *really* care if the Yeerks aren't allowed to infest willing people? Some would probably be relieved that's out of the way.
If, for whatever reason, the humans did fight for the right to be voluntary Controllers (I can't honestly see anyone with any sway aside from Cassie doing so) then the Andalites and the humans would not be on such good terms at the conclusion of the war.
Brilliant!
Date: 2012-05-02 02:50 am (UTC)Not with how they tend to rush to extremes (Quantum Virus and 'quarantining' Earth when the Yeerks still haven't even taken one damn city in all the years they've been there anyone?) and hate the Yeerks with an unholy passion. This has taken up at least forty years for them and cost them so very much that they're not going to take their chances and hope that the humans don't lose control of them. Making them nothlits is risky enough but at least then they can make sure they're really nothlits and not morph-capable Yeerks.
And, aside from Cassie, would anyone *really* care if the Yeerks aren't allowed to infest willing people? Some would probably be relieved that's out of the way.
If, for whatever reason, the humans did fight for the right to be voluntary Controllers (I can't honestly see anyone with any sway aside from Cassie doing so) then the Andalites and the humans would not be on such good terms at the conclusion of the war.