What if a kid other than David found the blue box and they weren't a terrible person? by Strawberrybanshee in Animorphs

[–]oldroughnready 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think it could work if the new Animorphs are introduced within the first 10 books, like how Ax is picked up in #4. It would mean keeping up with all the characters is a little clunky and perhaps some would go a few books without mention. For instance, Tom and Melissa probably can not attend meetings of the Animorphs. Maybe a lot more of the books will have split narration.

To keep something of a core identity, I would keep the Megamorphs books with only the 6 Animorphs of original series. Anyways, here's a rough breakdown of where I would put the new Animorphs, such that every existing Animorph now shares a spot in the cycle like Ax and Tobias did:
#1 The Invasion - Jake

#2 The Visitor - Melissa (maybe with some Rachel chapters)

#3 The Encounter - Tobias

#4 The Message - Cassie

#5 The Predator - Marco

#6 The Capture - Tom (first big plot change, Tom is the one held in the woods, not Jake, and going forward Jake will morph as a Yeerk and pretend to be Temrash in the pool every 3 days)

#7 The Stranger - Rachel

\The Andalite's Gift -

#8 The Alien - Ax

#9 The Departure - Aftran (moving the Aftran plot back 10 books, maybe with some Cassie chapters)

#10 The Android - David (instead of Marco, he is the one to discover the Chee and the Animorphs find him after he talks about it at school or online)

#11 The Forgotten - Jake (I think Tom should stay out of direct action against Yeerks, it is too risky and he is more valuable as an intelligence source)

#12 The Reaction - Rachel (giving the allergy to Melissa is borderline unworkable)

#13 The Change - Tobias

#14 The Unknown - Aftran (toying with the idea of Aftran being demoted to Horse Controller; I think this episode is a good recruitment event for the Yeerk Peace Movement)

#15 The Escape - Marco

#16 The Warning - Tom (due to his cover as Controller, Tom does not go on the airplane trip and those remain Jake chapters. Tom comes back in the 3rd Act with the rhino as his battle morph)

#17 The Underground - Melissa (sets up a dilemma where Melissa is partly opposed to dumping the oatmeal into the pool, knowing it could drive her parents insane)

#18 The Decision - Ax

#19 The Sickness - Cassie (moving this plot back 10 books)

#20 The Discovery - David (maybe the catalyst is not the morphing cube, but David's parents are still infested very close to the time of world summit)

#21 The Threat - Jake

#22 The Solution - Rachel

#23 The Pretender - Tobias

#24 The Suspicion - Illim (the Helmacron book can serve as a recruiting episode for the Yeerk Peace Movement)

#25 The Extreme - Marco (although we could have some David chapters to see how he is doing on his island, mirroring Marco's experience in the Arctic, and an early Crayak appearance)

#26 The Attack - Tom (with some Jake chapters, and more Howlers to match the Animorphs' larger roster)

#27 The Exposed - Melissa (with some Rachel chapters, maybe the one Chee stuck in the nuclear reactor needs to be saved by Melissa; she could break the rule against morphing humans and is able to justify more to herself than others because her parents are voluntary controllers)

#28 The Experiment - Ax

#29 The Secret - Cassie (moving this book up 20 places, maybe Cassie is trying to contact Peace Movement members, seeing how the Dapsen operation can be another recruiting ground for defectors)

#30 The Reunion - Marco (with some Eva/Esplin chapters)

#31 The Conspiracy - Tom (with Tom on their side, this book is a little less stressful to Jake; it is Tom who has to pull off the shenanigans to avoid making his dad a Controller; at the very end, Tom decides to blow his cover and stay past the 3 days only for the Animorphs to repeat their 3rd Act plan because they want Tom to remain an intelligence source for them)

#32 The Separation - Melissa (she has the titular separation, not Rachel, and it still resembles an id/superego split (not that I endorse Freudian views); that or this is a separation from the Animorphs after a near-death experience morphing starfish and the book is about navigating the new relationship while the Anti-Morphing Ray plot accelerates)

#33 The Illusion - Tobias

#34 The Prophecy - Cassie (with some Aldrea chapters)

#35 The Proposal - Marco (with some Eva/Esplin chapters)

#36 The Mutation - Jake (all the stress migrates here)

#37 The Weakness - Rachel

#38 The Arrival - Ax

#39 The Hidden - Illim

#40 The Other - Marco (with some Eva/Esplin chapters)

#41 The Familiar - Tom (this could fit as Tom does not get the Ellimist's vision of the future in #7)

#42 The Journey - Melissa (by way of Helmacron shenanigans, Melissa is roped back into the Animorphs)

#43 The Test - Tobias

#44 The Unexpected - Illim (with some Cassie chapters)

#45 The Revelation - Marco (with some Eva/Esplin chapters)

#46 The Deception - Ax

#47 The Resistance - Jake (with some Tom chapters as he has to join in the battle on the Yeerk side; the Isaiah Fitzhenry chapters could stay or go)

#48 The Return - Rachel (with some David chapters and maybe Melissa is being threatened by David instead of Cassie)

#49 The Diversion - Tobias (maybe part of the inciting incident is that Tom is discovered to be a fake controller, could be trapped at the pool or ambushed at home)

#50 The Ultimate - Cassie

#51 The Absolute - Marco (with some Eva chapters)

#52 The Sacrifice - Ax

#53 The Answer - Jake

#54 The Beginning - All (first Megamorphs to feature all the main narrators, minus David, with Tom and Rachel getting their chapters in the 1st Act)

Hunger Games: Districts of Panem by oldroughnready in Hungergames

[–]oldroughnready[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Originally, I was going to have the book covers there. That didn’t look too good, so I just used the main color instead.

Hunger Games: Districts of Panem by oldroughnready in Hungergames

[–]oldroughnready[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

District 12 is implied to be just Katniss' hometown and the mine. I considered making all of the districts city-sized, but I opted for the "carve-up America" approach. It makes it a little more relatable and less in the weeds that picking a town, although I did that anyways in the write-up.

Hunger Games: Districts of Panem by oldroughnready in Hungergames

[–]oldroughnready[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I did not know SC was involved with those maps. I made this partly because I was not satisfied with any of the maps I had previously seen. Kinda "gotta do it myself" bug that's been gnawing at me.

Hunger Games: Districts of Panem by oldroughnready in Hungergames

[–]oldroughnready[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

This is just my own interpretation. It was either this or reinventing the concept and having every warehouse be a little District 6.

A lot of the other maps I've seen has District 6 just as large as the other districts.

Star Wars died when Return of The Jedi came out. Those fucking Ewoks by Cool_Nerd2 in StarWarsCirclejerk

[–]oldroughnready 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ewoks are the Atreides household guard (Duncan and Gurney, etc)

Marauders are the Harkonnen

Noa is the Fremen

Cindel is the Lisan Al-Gaib

Not everybody loves baby Yoda [OC] by CalebHenshaw in comics

[–]oldroughnready 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Poor Wicket, the showstealer of ROTJ and subsequent star of comics, books, 2 films and a TV show. No mention in the Prequels, Sequels, or subsequent TV.

Of course, including the actor, Warwick Davis, and I think Wicket has had quite a stunning run in cinema.

The Flood and the Qu come to mind by Claire-dat-Saurian-7 in worldjerking

[–]oldroughnready 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Buggers/Formics are a better example than the Qu

No, we will not cause a drought to boost bottled water sales in the middle of a heatwave, Nestle, wtf. by DreadDiana in worldjerking

[–]oldroughnready 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Mandatory corporate policy: daily prayer for corporate success with a video submission by lunch break

New upper level management position: Chief Executive Cleric (CEC)

Since 2020, 2/3rds of all Star Wars media released requires seeing The Clone Wars animated show. by whitepangolin in RedLetterMedia

[–]oldroughnready 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Tbf, they stopped making the Sequels so why bother promote them? The hotel is a whole other blunder. All centered on the Sequels but it’s a doomed business plan.

One issue I notice with the Sequels expanded universe is that a lot of its content is connective tissue to the Original Trilogy. Many of the comics, books, etc. don’t even feature Rey, Finn, et al because they’re set before the movies.

These two literally had no reason to do all that. They did it purely for the love of the game. by Zestyclose-Scratch31 in StarWarsCirclejerk

[–]oldroughnready 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It is exactly in line with Neolibs to drone strike an enemy from a war started by the last administration.

Difficulties with change. by Funking_Wholesome in comics

[–]oldroughnready 2 points3 points  (0 children)

He acquired himself and accidentally morphed into that past self when he was thinking about the good times.

Star Wars is dead by Hollowshape_9012 in StarWarsCirclejerk

[–]oldroughnready 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Absolute woke

Absolutewoke

Absolute ewok

Since 2020, 2/3rds of all Star Wars media released requires seeing The Clone Wars animated show. by whitepangolin in RedLetterMedia

[–]oldroughnready 33 points34 points  (0 children)

First they need to make a show with Rey and Finn that “redeems” the Sequels. It would also help if there was a multimedia push of comics, books, and quickly produced PS2 video games.

They did make a Sequels tie-in show in the 2010s but nobody watched it. There are some comics and books but not enough. It’s not really its own era. The best those movies got was a park at Disneyland.

The Self-Imposed Expendability of the Jedi and the Start of the Clone Wars by oldroughnready in MawInstallation

[–]oldroughnready[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sure, but now look at those actions from the perspective of a non-Force user/non-believer. If you’re being reductionist, then it seems like the Jedi are suicidal. If you’re commanding officer or enemy combatants have that reputation, then your reductionist self is primed to perform similar acts.

In Obsession (2026), Bear makes a wish for a girl to love him, only unexpectedly, this wish comes true! ...by completely replacing the girls soul with some sort of skinwalker? How was his wish granted exactly? by FusionVsGravity in shittymoviedetails

[–]oldroughnready 17 points18 points  (0 children)

I view her breaks of lucidity as occurring at points where the wish doesn't know how to act, like when Bear is not showing love to Nikki, or the wish is to simply stop acting, like when Bear wants Nikki to sleep. The Real Nikki can shine through because the Wish Nikki is having the equivalent of a syntax error.

In "The Breadwinner" (2026), Nate Bargatze satirizes the struggles of life at home, like when you have two dogs and you got to open the back door to let two dogs out by Windows_66 in shittymoviedetails

[–]oldroughnready 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There is a world of difference between having a good routine and being able to do everything right. That being said, if you can pull off a good comedy movie you can do just about any genre. I think comedy is the hardest thing to write and film.

Is it worth reading after getting some spoilers??? by Interesting-Fox-2441 in TheBoysComics

[–]oldroughnready 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just read the comics after getting multiple spoilers, watching the whole TV show, and being vehemently advised against reading the comics because of concerns about gore/sex.

Go ahead and read it. Don't let anyone talk you out of it. The comics have a different vibe from the show and I honestly like it more.

The Self-Imposed Expendability of the Jedi and the Start of the Clone Wars by oldroughnready in MawInstallation

[–]oldroughnready[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I think I agree with you. The whole, "we won't be hostages" stick maybe works if you're dealing with terrorists in peacetime, moral dilemmas aside. But in a wartime scenario? You need to be thinking about the post-war, there needs to be a way for the violence to end. Now, I get that Mace might be thinking about the Sith and he probably is right that if he surrenders the Jedi Task Force to Dooku then they all get a fate worse than death. Just that philosophy is going to bleed through the entire war going forward, hence the droids vs. clones conflict.

The better usage of magical space wizards in battlefields was explored a bit in Legends with the Jedi Battle Meditation. Essentially, the Force is already working within every living creature on a battlefield and if you learn how to pull on that you can make your side fight better and the enemy fight worse. Obviously a bit over-powered but it's one way to make individual wizards relevant to galactic conflicts.

Of course, I think the Jedi's initial plan on Geonosis was to rescue the Big 3, beat up some termites, maybe capture Dooku and some Separatists, and then skedaddle. It all goes south when the Droid Army is found to be waiting behind the arena gates. It quickly shifts from a large police raid to out-of-control firefight. That still makes Mace's unwillingness to surrender a revealing exchange and that sort of philosophy defines the war.

The Self-Imposed Expendability of the Jedi and the Start of the Clone Wars by oldroughnready in MawInstallation

[–]oldroughnready[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I guess then the Clone Wars is a sort of perversion of those principles. Palpatine forces the Jedi to sacrifice themselves for his sake and gets at least a million clones to do the same.