[identity profile] joking.livejournal.com
So I've been trying to piece together Loren's timeline for a fic I'm working on, and I've realized it's ridiculously complicated and self-contradictory. I've done my level best to string it together, and I've decided to share it with all of you so you can comment with any corrections, or use it for your own Loren fics (because there is never enough Loren fic.)

Loren's Objective Timeline (as it actually happened):

1969: The Andalite-Yeerk war begins (according to dates in The Hork-Bajir Chronicles)

1974: Loren is abducted by Skrit Na and has adventures with Elfangor (5 years after the beginning of the war according to Elfangor in the Andalite Chronicles)

1979: Through the handwavium of the Time Matrix, Elfangor and Loren appear on Earth. Loren appears eighteen as she should be, because of weird aging effects of the Time Matrix mini-universe, but no one remembers she was gone. (The Andalite Chronicles)*

1982: Tobias is conceived. Elfangor is whisked away from Earth and Loren's memories and timeline are altered.

1985: Loren gets in a car accident and loses her vision and her memory. Tobias goes to live with his aunt and uncle. (Estimated based on Loren's memory of Tobias: "They brought a little boy to me after the accident. A baby really." To be described that way - first as a little boy, then corrected to baby - indicates developmentally that Tobias was somewhere between 2 and a half and 3. This fits Tobias having no memory of her, as most people remember nothing before age 4.)

2000: Tobias gives Loren the morphing power and whisks her away to the Hork-Bajir valley (year estimated in this Wiki article)

Loren's Subjective Timeline (as she knows it):

1979 - 1982: Loren marries Tobias' fake dad, who Tobias believes to be his dad until #23, though on second thought they may not have been married (Tobias' fake dad is discussed at the end of the Andalite Chronicles and in #23 by DeGroot)

1982: Tobias is conceived. Presumably according to Loren's memory and everyone else's, fake dad is the father, but via Ellimist timey-wimeyness and laser-guided amnesia, Elfangor is the father.

1982 - 1985: Tobias' fake dad dies. No indication of whether this was in the same accident that disabled Loren or if it happened earlier than that. (Tobias says his fake dad is dead in #23 The Pretender, and Loren's story in #49 indicates that Tobias' dad was dead by the time she was recovered enough from the accident to form memories)

1985: Car accident

2000: Loren meets Tobias

*Thanks to everyone in this comment thread for clarifying this point
[identity profile] poparena.livejournal.com
An intense story full of emotional drama, high stakes, action, mystery and mini-golf. (plus an extended discussion on the relationship between Tobias, Elfangor and the Ellimist)

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[identity profile] aareavis.livejournal.com
I want to start off by saying that Tobias is my favorite character. We have a lot in common (except for the hawk thing, of course). I have a little crush on him and R/T has ruined me for normal ships in other fandoms.

Cut for length and disillusionment )
[identity profile] buffyangellvr23.livejournal.com
Someone is looking for Tobias claiming to be his cousin. She says she wants to give him a home. Tobias is finding it harder and harder to live as a hawk and is drawn in by the chance to be human and have a family. But there's more to his 'cousin' than she seems, and a big secret is about to be revealed.


This is one of my favorite books. And the reveal wouldn't have been unexpected I don't think, even without us being told in Andalite Chronicles. There were other hints dropped.

We find out a bit more about the Hork-Bajir colony and how they've been growing.

I like the irony at the end, how the Yeerks think he'd be a waste. I also like his little thought-thing. < message recieved father, message recieved. >

I'm curious as to what comments will come out about Tobias's dilemma and his difficulties being a hawk. I think he's a bit afraid in a way...he wants to be strong and be the predator hawk and he's afraid like predators are of showing weakness. I bet a little of it was from being bullied too. Still, it conflicts with his human self.
[identity profile] cimplybe.livejournal.com
Summary

Someone’s looking for Tobias. Someone who says she’s his long-lost cousin. Tobais isn’t sure the person is telling the truth. But she’s really nice, and knows a lot about him. And what she tells Tobias definitely gets his attention.

It seems a lawyer has discovered Tobias’ father’s last will and testament. So, Tobias needs to attend the reading. His ‘cousin’ even offers to go along. But something just doesn’t feel quite right. That’s when Tobias, the other Animorphs, and Ax decide to do a little checking on this ‘cousin.’ And what they discover will change the rest of Tobias’ life…

Prompt:
The Family You Choose

Rules:
- Common sense: be nice, be literate, be mature. If you can’t handle that, we’ll ask you to leave.

- Start on topic. If your conversation takes you into the land of ferrets and their evil quest to take over the world, run with it. But please at least start off talking about the book or subjects at hand.

- The questions and prompts are optional. Do not feel obliged to keep your comments only to what we have posted. They are a guide, a starting point, not a limitation.

- There is no time limit.

- Don’t delete your comments, unless it’s for the purpose of fixing typos.

- Keep your discussion to the current or previous books.

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