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animorphslj2012-05-01 08:31 pm
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The Future of Yeerks
One of the many, many things that 54 never got into was what really happened to the Yeerks at the end of the war.
We know that those on Earth have the opportunity to become nothlits but I can't imagine that all of them wanted to. And what happened to them?
Were they forced to leave Earth? Were little Yeerk pools built to accomodate them? Were they allowed to take voluntary hosts?
Personally, I always imagined that they became nothlits or were booted off the planet. Once the war is over they aren't really in a position to force their presence anymore and I can easily see Congress or the President or the Supreme Court (or all of them) outlawing Controllers and then none of the other countries really wanting to be the one to accept Yeerks after what happened and given that they had an alternative.
America is a country where the government can tell you you're not allowed to ingest certain products, you must wear a seat belt, you are not allowed to sleep with or marry certain people, you are not allowed to have contact with certain people, you must attend school until a certain age, you must give some of your money to the government...It doesn't feel like I live in a very controlling country but then sometimes it occurs to me that if I wanted to take my life in my hands and not wear a seat belt then it really shouldn't be anybody else's business.
Would a country that forces you to wear a seat belt (at least in certain states) really allow people to share their bodies? Even if it isn't the governments business, they will make it their business and take a stance.
And I can't even find myself disagreeing with them. On the hand, people should have the right to do what they want as long as it isn't hurting others but on the other...the idea just freaks me out. I don't think I'd be able to handle talking to somebody if I knew they were a voluntary Controller. If they just switched in a conversation...creepy. And even if it would only be a few people at the start, it seems like in a few generations *everybody* would be doing it. It would be as if the Animorphs lost the war and over time the Yeerk Peace Movement spread across the Empire.
And then there's the huge potential for abuse. Sure the Yeerk is *supposed* to not control you when you don't want to be controlled but at the end of the day it's the one with the power and is allowing the time-share. If you two disagree, who wins? The Yeerk...unless it lets you win. What if it wants you to do something "for your own good"? Even if it really is for your own good, that still seems too much. Or maybe it's going to force you to do something horrible and there's nothing you can do.
Sure at that point when you went in for a feeding you could complain and get rid of the Yeerk but the damage is still done. And what if they find a way to access a Kandrona at a non-approved place and you don't get the chance? There could be secret involuntary Controllers around. And given enough time...who knows? It may be unlikely but just that possibility is too much for me. Plus it's not like infesting others is their only choice anymore and if they'd miss their hosts then there's nothing stopping them from spending all of their time with their former hosts once they become nothlits.
I just don't really see constant companionship as a plus and all of the other so-called benefits don't seem to outweigh the risks.
So that's my take on what happens after the war ends and I've yet to find someone who agrees with it but that's okay. I'm used to having strange opinions.
Other thoughts on the future of the Yeerks?
We know that those on Earth have the opportunity to become nothlits but I can't imagine that all of them wanted to. And what happened to them?
Were they forced to leave Earth? Were little Yeerk pools built to accomodate them? Were they allowed to take voluntary hosts?
Personally, I always imagined that they became nothlits or were booted off the planet. Once the war is over they aren't really in a position to force their presence anymore and I can easily see Congress or the President or the Supreme Court (or all of them) outlawing Controllers and then none of the other countries really wanting to be the one to accept Yeerks after what happened and given that they had an alternative.
America is a country where the government can tell you you're not allowed to ingest certain products, you must wear a seat belt, you are not allowed to sleep with or marry certain people, you are not allowed to have contact with certain people, you must attend school until a certain age, you must give some of your money to the government...It doesn't feel like I live in a very controlling country but then sometimes it occurs to me that if I wanted to take my life in my hands and not wear a seat belt then it really shouldn't be anybody else's business.
Would a country that forces you to wear a seat belt (at least in certain states) really allow people to share their bodies? Even if it isn't the governments business, they will make it their business and take a stance.
And I can't even find myself disagreeing with them. On the hand, people should have the right to do what they want as long as it isn't hurting others but on the other...the idea just freaks me out. I don't think I'd be able to handle talking to somebody if I knew they were a voluntary Controller. If they just switched in a conversation...creepy. And even if it would only be a few people at the start, it seems like in a few generations *everybody* would be doing it. It would be as if the Animorphs lost the war and over time the Yeerk Peace Movement spread across the Empire.
And then there's the huge potential for abuse. Sure the Yeerk is *supposed* to not control you when you don't want to be controlled but at the end of the day it's the one with the power and is allowing the time-share. If you two disagree, who wins? The Yeerk...unless it lets you win. What if it wants you to do something "for your own good"? Even if it really is for your own good, that still seems too much. Or maybe it's going to force you to do something horrible and there's nothing you can do.
Sure at that point when you went in for a feeding you could complain and get rid of the Yeerk but the damage is still done. And what if they find a way to access a Kandrona at a non-approved place and you don't get the chance? There could be secret involuntary Controllers around. And given enough time...who knows? It may be unlikely but just that possibility is too much for me. Plus it's not like infesting others is their only choice anymore and if they'd miss their hosts then there's nothing stopping them from spending all of their time with their former hosts once they become nothlits.
I just don't really see constant companionship as a plus and all of the other so-called benefits don't seem to outweigh the risks.
So that's my take on what happens after the war ends and I've yet to find someone who agrees with it but that's okay. I'm used to having strange opinions.
Other thoughts on the future of the Yeerks?
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I also imagine they could also be highly useful for diagnostics, much like Aftran was in The Sickness. And also just for research, in understanding how the brain works and functions.
Of course, as a few people have pointed out, there's a lot of issues surrounding the possibility of abuse, not to mention societal attitudes. There'd need to be strict regulations in place, like perhaps whenever the Yeerk feeds the host has to go through a process to make sure that they haven't been mistreated and that they still really want this. I also imagine that if becoming a voluntary controller were permitted, there would be a lot of stigma surrounding it.
Canon-wise, I think the most likely scenario is that all Yeerks either had to choose to become a nothlit or return to the pools forever (and most likely only the pools on their home world). Purely because they were the aggressors in a war they had just lost. There's not going to be much public sympathy for them, either from humans or the Andalites. That's not to say that any other scenario is impossible though, because history can take strange turns sometimes. But, if there's going to be any kind of voluntary co-operation or infestation between Yeerks and other species, it'd probably happen further down the line when the war is no longer an immediate memory and the species involved have had a chance to make reparations.
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But yes, even in the case of mental illness there would still definitely be a looooot of issues to consider - is it ethical, it is really worth the potential benefits, which illnesses and to what degree would justify a Yeerk and which ones wouldn't, are the potential hosts capable of making informed consent, etc etc...not to mention the effect on the Yeerk themselves. Still, it is certainly something to think about.