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* BiTheWay: Marco, who was confirmed by WordOfGod to be bisexual in canon, admits that [[ChildhoodBestFriend [[ChildhoodFriendRomance Jake]] was his first crush, though by the time of the story, he's more into Rachel.
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* LastKiss: On the Arn homeworld, [[spoiler:Marco, on the verge of death after being grievously wounded, sheepishly admits that a kiss from his first love -- [[BiTheWay Jake]] -- wouldn't be the worst way to go out. Jake obliges.]]
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* {{Troll}}: Marco's internal narration and conversations on the Arn homeworld, where he carries on with [[MesACrowd eight other Marco morph clones.]] He's unable to stop himself from cracking wise and making [[YourMom immature jokes]] out loud (to other version of himself) and internally (to everyone), even in life-or-death situations or when comforting the dying.
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** [[spoiler:After being severely wounded in battle, Ax agrees to remain in his morph armor to heal his wounds, resulting in the death of the original Aximili. The morph clone takes on the name Helium and no longer thinks of himself as Ax.]]
* MeaningfulRename: Following the Recap chapter, [[spoiler:Aximili comes to terms with the fact that his injuries are too severe to heal, and agrees to remain in his morph armor past the time limit, healing himself at the cost of his continued consciousness. The morphed copy, which Ax describes as his "revenant," declares that Aximili-Esgarrouth-Isthill has completed his purpose and finished his journey, renaming himself Helium -- named for the atom which floats but does not burn, which contains three or four parts, as he does, a combination of Aximili, Temrash, Elfangor and Tom's minds.]]
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* PunyEarthlings: Ax has a very derisive opinion of humans, though he slowly warms up to them. He describes thought-speaking with Andalites akin to holding hands, while humans "feel like rocks in This attitude lessens after hosting Temrash, whose lived experience as Tom heavily colors his head," mannerisms. Eventually, he even makes pop culture references and he doesn't bother to translate "stick-speak," as he terms human languages, unless actively needing to.speaking normally.
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** [[spoiler:Jake, Marco, Garrett, Tobias and Rachel are killed by Visser 3 in a failed ambush, and Ax is gravely injured. They are restored thanks to Tom's morph copies of them being given to [[ConvenientTerminalIllness some civilians in a cancer ward,]] who sacrifice themselves to become ''nothlits'' of the Animorphs. Ax's death is treated somewhat more seriously, and his morph duplicate sheds his former identity, renaming himself Helium.]]
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* ForWantOfANail: This is the Ellimist's preferred way of operating, as seen in the Interlude chapters. All of fate seems to operate according to his grand, eon-spanning machinations. A tenth of a degree difference in a supernova, the last words of an alien dying alone on a battlefield, or a slight breeze on an already windy day can change minor decisions millenia later.
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* YouCantFightFate: Ax certainly seems to think so by the late game, arguing that no matter what choice the Animorphs or their allies think they make, the Ellimist has been manipulating all of history to lead them to make that decision according to his will.
--> '''Aximili:''' Whichever path we chose, it was ''always'' the one the Ellimist wanted. Inevitably. Infallibly. To think otherwise is sheer folly.
--> '''Aximili:''' Whichever path we chose, it was ''always'' the one the Ellimist wanted. Inevitably. Infallibly. To think otherwise is sheer folly.
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* MindHive: After realizing that being the only Andalite in light-years is causing him to slowly GoMadFromTheIsolation, Ax voluntarily agrees to host Temrash, the Yeerk formerly infesting Tom Berenson. Ax, Temrash, the [[LivingMemory of Elfangor,]] and the remnants of the still-living Tom which imprinted on Temrash, get along generally well, as Ax slowly begins to exhibit the others' traits, such as Tom's catchphrases and human gestures, to Jake's dismay.
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* MindHive: After realizing that being the only Andalite in light-years is causing him to slowly GoMadFromTheIsolation, Ax voluntarily agrees to host Temrash, the Yeerk formerly infesting Tom Berenson. Ax, Temrash, the [[LivingMemory LivingMemory of Elfangor,]] Elfangor, and the remnants of the still-living Tom which imprinted on Temrash, get along generally well, as Ax slowly begins to exhibit the others' traits, such as Tom's catchphrases and human gestures, to Jake's dismay.
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* MindHive: After realizing that being the only Andalite in light-years is causing him to slowly GoMadFromTheIsolation, Ax voluntarily agrees to host Temrash, the Yeerk formerly infesting Tom Berenson. Ax, Temrash, the [[LivingMemory of Elfangor,]] and the remnants of the still-living Tom which imprinted on Temrash, get along generally well, as Ax slowly begins to exhibit the others' traits, such as Tom's catchphrases and human gestures, to Jake's dismay.dismay.
--> '''Marco:''' It was Ax -- not the lost, frightened cadet, but the strange, unsettling hive-mind that had slowly been incubating inside of him, the shadow of a dead warrior and a fragment of an eldritch nightmare bound up with the mind of an alien kid and the ghost of my best friend's brother.
--> '''Marco:''' It was Ax -- not the lost, frightened cadet, but the strange, unsettling hive-mind that had slowly been incubating inside of him, the shadow of a dead warrior and a fragment of an eldritch nightmare bound up with the mind of an alien kid and the ghost of my best friend's brother.
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* MindHive: After realizing that being the only Andalite in light-years is causing him to slowly GoMadFromTheIsolation, Ax voluntarily agrees to host Temrash, the Yeerk formerly infesting Tom Berenson. Ax, Temrash, the [[LivingMemory ''dain'' of Elfangor,]] and the remnants of Tom which imprinted on Temrash, get along generally well, as Ax slowly begins to exhibit the others' traits, such as [[TheCatchPhraseCatchesOn Tom's catchphrases and human gestures,]] to Jake's dismay.
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* MindHive: After realizing that being the only Andalite in light-years is causing him to slowly GoMadFromTheIsolation, Ax voluntarily agrees to host Temrash, the Yeerk formerly infesting Tom Berenson. Ax, Temrash, the [[LivingMemory ''dain'' of Elfangor,]] and the remnants of Tom which imprinted on Temrash, get along generally well, as Ax slowly begins to exhibit the others' traits, such as [[TheCatchPhraseCatchesOn Tom's catchphrases and human gestures,]] gestures, to Jake's dismay.
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* AFormYouAreComfortableWith:
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* GoMadFromTheIsolation: Ax is first trapped in a sunken spacecraft with only the LivingMemory of his brother for companionship, and even once rescued and befriended by the Animorphs, the lack of a PsychicLink that Andalites normally have with their peers gives him what he describes as schizophrenia. He remedies this by voluntarily hosting a Yeerk, Temrash, whose constant mental feedback and companionship benefits him greatly.
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* MindHive: spoiler:After After realizing that being the only Andalite in light-years is causing him to slowly GoMadFromTheIsolation, Ax voluntarily agrees to host Temrash, the Yeerk formerly infesting Tom Berenson. Ax, Temrash, the [[LivingMemory ''dain'' of Elfangor,]] and the remnants of Tom which imprinted on Temrash, get along generally well, as Ax slowly begins to exhibit the others' traits, such as [[TheCatchPhraseCatchesOn Tom's catchphrases and human gestures,]] to Jake's dismay.
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* HowDareYouDieOnMe: [[spoiler:Jake frequently morphs Cassie to help him grieve her death, eventually coming to this conclusion. While he and the others survive the meteor strike to carry on the war, he views Cassie's decision to sacrifice herself attempting to save a bystander as her abandoning the cause, letting her die a hero while the others struggle to make a difference. It's part and parcel with his HeroicSelfDeprication over his death and subsequent revival on his first mission.]]
* MindHive: spoiler:After realizing that being the only Andalite in light-years is causing him to slowly GoMadFromTheIsolation, Ax voluntarily agrees to host Temrash, the Yeerk formerly infesting Tom Berenson. Ax, Temrash, the [[LivingMemory ''dain'' of Elfangor,]] and the remnants of Tom which imprinted on Temrash, get along generally well, as Ax slowly begins to exhibit the others' traits, such as [[TheCatchPhraseCatchesOn Tom's catchphrases and human gestures,]] to Jake's dismay.
* MindHive: spoiler:After realizing that being the only Andalite in light-years is causing him to slowly GoMadFromTheIsolation, Ax voluntarily agrees to host Temrash, the Yeerk formerly infesting Tom Berenson. Ax, Temrash, the [[LivingMemory ''dain'' of Elfangor,]] and the remnants of Tom which imprinted on Temrash, get along generally well, as Ax slowly begins to exhibit the others' traits, such as [[TheCatchPhraseCatchesOn Tom's catchphrases and human gestures,]] to Jake's dismay.
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** The Yeerks, as a whole, also come off as this. Essak, the Yeerk in Marco's father, describes the indescribable joy he felt the first time he saw the stars, as Yeerks, in their natural state, are blind, mute and deaf. He made it his goal to bring knowledge of the sky back to his pool to motivate them.
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** The Yeerks, as a whole, also come off as this. Essak, the Yeerk in Marco's father, describes recounts the indescribable joy he felt the first time he saw the stars, as Yeerks, in their natural state, are blind, mute and deaf. He made it his goal to bring knowledge of the sky back to his pool to motivate them.
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* DeathOfPersonality: When morphing sentient beings, the morpher can 'awaken' the personality of the body, including their own, to speak with them or access their memories. The extremely temporary nature of the morph's lifespan -- including the fact that, from their perspective, they went to bed one night and awoke with minutes or hours to live -- is heavily PlayedForDrama.
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** [[spoiler:Jake gets locked in self-morph after the first attack on the Yeerk pool, which in the fic is treated as being in a permanent coma. Erek King eventually manages to wake him up.]]
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* ColonyDrop: Visser Three drops an asteroid on the Animorphs' hometown to kill two birds with one stone: [[spoiler:the Animorphs themselves, and the increasingly mutinous Aftran pool. He succeeds in taking out [[HeroicSacrifice Cassie,]] and all but two Yeeks from the pool.
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* CompositeCharacter: Eva (Marco's mom) seems to have inherited some of Loren (Tobias's mom)'s backstory elements.
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* CompositeCharacter: Eva (Marco's mom) Marco's mom, Eva, seems to have inherited some of Loren (Tobias's mom)'s the backstory elements.elements of Tobias' mom, Loren.
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Cassie refuses the Ellimist's offer to teleport her to safety, away from a meteor strike. In her place, she demands he save Marco's dad and Tom, both controllers, as well as Erek the Chee. Cassie attempts to integrate a trapped child into her morph and fly to safety, but she is shot down by a Bug fighter and dies in the impact.]]
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* NamedByTheAdaptation: Marco Levy, Tobias Yastek, and Cassie Withers. In canon, their surname was never mentioned.
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* TeleFrag: As morphed bodies are Z-space 'constructs,' the morphs and everything with them are lost when returning to their base form. One Yeerk learns this the hard way while infesting a morphed Tobias, only to be shunted off into Z-space and scattered into nothingness as he morphs back.
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* StarfishLanguage: The Arn language is comprised of concepts and emotions transmitted by colored patterns projected across their bodies, which is translated in the narrative as stream-of-consciousness. On their homeworld, the Arn record their deeds and life stories with bio-engineered flowers which grow across entire hillsides.
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** [[spoiler:Cassie is killed by the asteroid after trying to rescue the kid in the Yeerk pool.]] It is strongly implied that this death is permanent.
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** [[spoiler:Cassie is killed by the asteroid after trying to rescue the a kid in the Yeerk pool.]] It is strongly implied that this death is permanent.
* BrownNote: Thought-speak directed at non-Andalites is this. Upon his first contact with humans, Ax causes seizures and hallucinations when trying to communicate with a grateful family he [[IWasJustPassingThrough arbitrarily rescued from danger.]] Tobias describes Ax's unpracticed thought-speak as like razor blades being dragged across his brain. Garrett is particularly good at this, using a sort of psychic scream to incapacitate hundreds or thousands of people at once.
* ColonyDrop: Visser Three drops an asteroid on the Animorphs' hometown to kill two birds with one stone: [[spoiler:the Animorphs themselves, and the increasingly mutinous Aftran pool. He succeeds in taking out [[HeroicSacrifice Cassie,]] and all but two Yeeks from the pool.
* ColonyDrop: Visser Three drops an asteroid on the Animorphs' hometown to kill two birds with one stone: [[spoiler:the Animorphs themselves, and the increasingly mutinous Aftran pool. He succeeds in taking out [[HeroicSacrifice Cassie,]] and all but two Yeeks from the pool.
* HiveMind: In this adaptation, this is how Yeerk pools work. An individual Yeerk is sentient, but each forms only a small sliver of the immensely brilliant collective intelligence.
** The ''eib'' which Andalites possess is implied to be sort of like this, a sort of communal background consciousness, the result of being a highly social and telepathic species.
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* PunyEarthlings: Ax has a very derisive opinion of humans, though he slowly warms up to them. He describes thought-speaking with Andalites akin to holding hands, while humans "feel like rocks in his head," and he doesn't bother to translate "stick-speak," as he terms human languages, unless actively needing to.
* SufficientlyAdvancedAlien: The Ellimist and Crayak. The Interludes explicitly describe the Ellimist as a player at a ''very'' intricate computer, slightly manipulating things as arbitrary as [[ForWantOfANail a gust of wind, making a woman in the past decide to take a coat]] to change the present.
* SenseFreak: Ax's nigh-unstoppable fixation on taste. In the original narrative, Ax had an unhealthy love of cinnamon buns, bordering on the psychotic. Reckoning!Ax is no different, but the consequences of a person who is literally unable to control themselves is PlayedForDrama when Ax ruins a mission, and their cover, upon encountering the buns for the first time.
* SufficientlyAdvancedAlien: The Ellimist and Crayak. The Interludes explicitly describe the Ellimist as a player at a ''very'' intricate computer, slightly manipulating things as arbitrary as [[ForWantOfANail a gust of wind, making a woman in the past decide to take a coat]] to change the present.
* SenseFreak: Ax's nigh-unstoppable fixation on taste. In the original narrative, Ax had an unhealthy love of cinnamon buns, bordering on the psychotic. Reckoning!Ax is no different, but the consequences of a person who is literally unable to control themselves is PlayedForDrama when Ax ruins a mission, and their cover, upon encountering the buns for the first time.
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As of December 2018, it is still being written at the semi-regular pace of a chapter every few months.
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As of December 2018, March 2020, it is still being written updated at the a semi-regular pace of a at least one (very long) chapter every few months.
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* AdaptationalBackstoryChange:
** Tobias. In canon, he was raised by two neglectful relatives. In this version, he becomes a rough orphan living in an institution who went from one adoptive family to another.
** Tidwell. In canon, he was a teacher at the kids' school. In this version, he's a private security guard.
** Tobias. In canon, he was raised by two neglectful relatives. In this version, he becomes a rough orphan living in an institution who went from one adoptive family to another.
** Tidwell. In canon, he was a teacher at the kids' school. In this version, he's a private security guard.
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* ComicBookMoviesDontUseCodenames: Subverted. Nobody uses the name "Animorphs" at first, until Marco comes up with it while trying to boost Jake's morale. The name sticks.
* CompositeCharacter: Eva (Marco's mom) seems to have inherited some of Loren (Tobias's mom)'s backstory elements.
* DeathByAdaptation: [[spoiler:Cassie dies in the meteor strike.]]
* DecompositeCharacter: Aftran seems to have been split into two characters:
** Aftran 927 has the same relationship with Karen as her canon counterpart.
** [[spoiler:The Aftran coalescion]] inherits the "let's cooperate with the humans" part.
* CompositeCharacter: Eva (Marco's mom) seems to have inherited some of Loren (Tobias's mom)'s backstory elements.
* DeathByAdaptation: [[spoiler:Cassie dies in the meteor strike.]]
* DecompositeCharacter: Aftran seems to have been split into two characters:
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** [[spoiler:The Aftran coalescion]] inherits the "let's cooperate with the humans" part.
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* Animorphism: Obviously. Although morphing animals is less important than in canon, as the kids use more varied applications of their power (passing as other humans, smuggling weapons, telepathy).
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->'''Marco''': "You know who does have brains, though?” I continued. “The Yeerks. Maybe a thousand of them already. A thousand human brains, a thousand slaves, except those slaves can’t even think without their masters knowing about it. There is nothing standing in their way except us—did you get that? This isn’t some movie, where humanity’s going to rise up and pull some bullshit trick out of its ass. The Yeerks are winning. Did you not see Elfangor get eaten? Do you not understand the stakes? He was coming to destroy the planet because he thought that might be the only way to stop them."
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[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/5627803/chapters/12963046 Animorphs]]: [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11090259/1/r-Animorphs-The-Reckoning The Reckoning]] is a [[RationalFic rational fanfic]] of the {{Animorphs}} series by Duncan Sabien, aka [=TK17Studios=].
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[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/5627803/chapters/12963046 Animorphs]]: [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11090259/1/r-Animorphs-The-Reckoning The Reckoning]] is a [[RationalFic rational fanfic]] of the {{Animorphs}} Literature/{{Animorphs}} series by Duncan Sabien, aka [=TK17Studios=].
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* AdultsAreUseless: Defied. Tidwell provides tactical and technical advice to the kids [[spoiler:that helps them blow up the Yeerk pool]]. Later, Tobias notes that [[spoiler:the government agents he contacts are all serious and competent]].
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* AndThenWhat: That question is asked a few times in the background.
** Garett complains that, even if they completely destroy the Yeerk forces on Earth, they will still be in danger when the much larger reinforcements arrive.
** Tobias muses that there is no way to predict what will happen if they do win the war, since the advance technologies the aliens have brought to earth will cause massive unpredictable societal shifts.
** Rachel points out that a most of the protagonists' strategies have been "find biggest, shiniest target and blow it up, then deal with the consequences".
* AnimalEspionage: Downplayed. The Animorphs acquire most of their intelligence by morphing other humans and reading their thoughts.
* Animorphism: Obviously. Although morphing animals is less important than in canon, as the kids use more varied applications of their power (passing as other humans, smuggling weapons, telepathy).
* AntiHero: The main characters all commit extremely brutal acts.
--> This was a side of Jake I’d never seen before—cold and cruel and completely uncaring. [...] He sounded like a killer, like a sociopath, like—
--> ''—like somebody whose father is being held captive in a concentration camp inside his own head. ''
** Garett complains that, even if they completely destroy the Yeerk forces on Earth, they will still be in danger when the much larger reinforcements arrive.
** Tobias muses that there is no way to predict what will happen if they do win the war, since the advance technologies the aliens have brought to earth will cause massive unpredictable societal shifts.
** Rachel points out that a most of the protagonists' strategies have been "find biggest, shiniest target and blow it up, then deal with the consequences".
* AnimalEspionage: Downplayed. The Animorphs acquire most of their intelligence by morphing other humans and reading their thoughts.
* Animorphism: Obviously. Although morphing animals is less important than in canon, as the kids use more varied applications of their power (passing as other humans, smuggling weapons, telepathy).
* AntiHero: The main characters all commit extremely brutal acts.
--> This was a side of Jake I’d never seen before—cold and cruel and completely uncaring. [...] He sounded like a killer, like a sociopath, like—
--> ''—like somebody whose father is being held captive in a concentration camp inside his own head. ''
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* AscendedExtra: The names of the posters in the {{Website/Reddit}} chapter are derived from ''The Reckoning'' fans from the ''r/rational'' subreddit.
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* AuthorFilibuster: Rachel has a long internal monologue on the value of life, and how she's been dismissing the gravity of the deaths she's seen and caused.
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[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/5627803/chapters/12963046 Animorphs]]: [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11090259/1/r-Animorphs-The-Reckoning The Reckoning]] is a {{Animorphs}} [[RationalFic rational fanfic]] by Duncan Sabien, aka [=TK17Studios=].
The story is a retelling of the original Animorphs canon, where all characters are smarter and many aspects of the universe are more realistic or internally consistent. By the author's description, "Visser Three is competent, the Yeerks are moving rapidly, and the Animorphs are actually trying to win (but are inexperienced and unprepared)."
The story is a retelling of the original Animorphs canon, where all characters are smarter and many aspects of the universe are more realistic or internally consistent. By the author's description, "Visser Three is competent, the Yeerks are moving rapidly, and the Animorphs are actually trying to win (but are inexperienced and unprepared)."
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[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/5627803/chapters/12963046 Animorphs]]: [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11090259/1/r-Animorphs-The-Reckoning The Reckoning]] is a {{Animorphs}} [[RationalFic rational fanfic]] of the {{Animorphs}} series by Duncan Sabien, aka [=TK17Studios=].
The story is a retelling of the originalAnimorphs ''Animorphs'' canon, where all characters are smarter and many aspects of the universe are more realistic or internally consistent. By the author's description, "Visser Three is competent, the Yeerks are moving rapidly, and the Animorphs are actually trying to win (but are inexperienced and unprepared)."
The story is a retelling of the original
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* AdaptationalHeroism: In canon, Marco was extremely reluctant to take any part in the war, only started to truly invest himself when Visser One's identity [[LukeIAmYourFather was revealed]]. This version Marco is much more invested, and berates the others for not realizing how important their role is.
* AdaptationalIntelligence: A staple of RationalFic. All characters tend to make significantly better decisions than in canon, and make a serious effort to consider the long-term consequences of their decisions. Visser Three in particular goes from the AxCrazy BadBoss to TheChessmaster who feels SurroundedByIdiots.
* AdaptationalIntelligence: A staple of RationalFic. All characters tend to make significantly better decisions than in canon, and make a serious effort to consider the long-term consequences of their decisions. Visser Three in particular goes from the AxCrazy BadBoss to TheChessmaster who feels SurroundedByIdiots.
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* ActionGirl: Rachel, as per canon. She kills seven {{Mook}}s in her first fight (some of them armed with guns) and gets into more fights over the course of the story than any other protagonist.
* AdaptationalHeroism: In canon, Marco was extremely reluctant to take any part in the war, and only started to truly invest himself when Visser One's identity [[LukeIAmYourFather was revealed]]. This version of Marco is much more invested, and berates the others for not realizing how important their role is.
* AdaptationalIntelligence: A staple of RationalFic. All characters tend to make significantly better decisions than in canon, and make a serious effort to consider the long-term consequences of theirdecisions.choices. Visser Three in particular goes from the AxCrazy BadBoss to TheChessmaster who feels SurroundedByIdiots.
* AdaptationalHeroism: In canon, Marco was extremely reluctant to take any part in the war, and only started to truly invest himself when Visser One's identity [[LukeIAmYourFather was revealed]]. This version of Marco is much more invested, and berates the others for not realizing how important their role is.
* AdaptationalIntelligence: A staple of RationalFic. All characters tend to make significantly better decisions than in canon, and make a serious effort to consider the long-term consequences of their
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* NamedByTheAdaptation: Marco, Tobias, and Cassie. In canon, their surname was never mentioned.
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* AFormYouAreComfortableWith:
** [[SufficientlyAdvancedAlien The Ellimist/Crayak]] uses one to better engage the main characters.
** The protagonists quickly start thinking of the Chee's holograms as being this.
* AlienInvasion: Of the infiltration type. Notable in how seriously the invasion is portrayed: people are suffering, the aliens are overwhelmingly dangerous, and characters are very aware that humanity may actually be defeated.
* AliensSpeakingEnglish: Played with. The Yeerks speak the languages of their hosts, and the Andalites can communicate ideas telepathically. Ax and Elfangor are also capable of understanding and communicating in English, thanks to a [[TranslatorMicrobes translator implant]].
* AllMenArePerverts: When Rachel morphs into Marco to read his mind, she notes that his thoughts almost immediately go ''there''. Not that [[PowerPerversionPotential he's completely wrong]].
* AllPowerfulBystander: The Ellimist and Crayak, as in canon. Although the fact that neither of them cuts loose [[BlueAndOrangeMorality isn't treated as a bad thing]].
* AlwaysChaoticEvil: Defied. Tobias and Jake note that the war feels a lot less black and white when they consider the Yeerk's probable motivations for waging it. Cassie notes that the protagonists are NotSoDifferent: the Yeerks think they can get what they want through slavery, the Animorphs think they can get what they want through murder.
* AnyoneCanDie:
** Rachel points out that some of the protagonists are likely to die before the war is over.
** [[spoiler:Jake gets locked in self-morph after the first attack on the Yeerk pool, which in the fic is treated as being in a permanent coma. Erek King eventually manages to wake him up.]]
** [[spoiler:Cassie is killed by the asteroid after trying to rescue the kid in the Yeerk pool.]] It is strongly implied that this death is permanent.
* ArchaicWeaponForAnAdvancedAge: Averted. Andalite lasers can slice through concrete and Yeerk armor like warm butter. At one point, the protagonists steal a weapon from the Yeerks that shoot antimatter pellets (although they never get to use it).
* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: At the end of a long session of extremely grave confessions between each of the kids, Marco tells the others "Well, if we’re not going to have any secrets anymore, I might as well go ahead and confess: [[UsefulNotes/PCVsConsole consoles are better than PCs]], I liked [[Franchise/StarWars the prequels more than the originals]], and I’ll take regular fries over curly fries any day of the week".
* AssimilationBackfire: The Yeerks tend to absorb their hosts' personalities over time.
** [[spoiler:[[BigBad Visser Three]] becomes violent, ambitious and uncaring of the Yeerk people after infesting Alloran]].
** [[spoiler:Aftran, the main Yeerk colony on Earth, becomes slightly more pacifist after prolonged isolation and overwhelming exposure to human minds. This [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness gets them killed by Visser Three]].]]
* BadBoss: {{Deconstructed}}. After Visser Three [[spoiler:[[WeHaveReserves kills the entire coalescion Aftran]] with a meteor strike]], Telor's mouthpiece tells him in clear terms that he is no longer trusted, never mind how much they need him.
* BatmanGambit: Jake explicitly has this as a quasi-superpower. He is very good at anticipating his enemies, and manages to locate and infiltrate the Yeerk pool that way.
* NamedByTheAdaptation:Marco, Tobias, Marco Levy, Tobias Yastek, and Cassie. Cassie Withers. In canon, their surname was never mentioned.
mentioned.
* SufficientlyAdvancedAlien: The Ellimist and Crayak.
* TranslatorMicrobes: How Ax can communicate with the kids. The translator is stated to work at least with American English thanks to a database Elfangor somehow collected during his time on Earth.
** [[SufficientlyAdvancedAlien The Ellimist/Crayak]] uses one to better engage the main characters.
** The protagonists quickly start thinking of the Chee's holograms as being this.
* AlienInvasion: Of the infiltration type. Notable in how seriously the invasion is portrayed: people are suffering, the aliens are overwhelmingly dangerous, and characters are very aware that humanity may actually be defeated.
* AliensSpeakingEnglish: Played with. The Yeerks speak the languages of their hosts, and the Andalites can communicate ideas telepathically. Ax and Elfangor are also capable of understanding and communicating in English, thanks to a [[TranslatorMicrobes translator implant]].
* AllMenArePerverts: When Rachel morphs into Marco to read his mind, she notes that his thoughts almost immediately go ''there''. Not that [[PowerPerversionPotential he's completely wrong]].
* AllPowerfulBystander: The Ellimist and Crayak, as in canon. Although the fact that neither of them cuts loose [[BlueAndOrangeMorality isn't treated as a bad thing]].
* AlwaysChaoticEvil: Defied. Tobias and Jake note that the war feels a lot less black and white when they consider the Yeerk's probable motivations for waging it. Cassie notes that the protagonists are NotSoDifferent: the Yeerks think they can get what they want through slavery, the Animorphs think they can get what they want through murder.
* AnyoneCanDie:
** Rachel points out that some of the protagonists are likely to die before the war is over.
** [[spoiler:Jake gets locked in self-morph after the first attack on the Yeerk pool, which in the fic is treated as being in a permanent coma. Erek King eventually manages to wake him up.]]
** [[spoiler:Cassie is killed by the asteroid after trying to rescue the kid in the Yeerk pool.]] It is strongly implied that this death is permanent.
* ArchaicWeaponForAnAdvancedAge: Averted. Andalite lasers can slice through concrete and Yeerk armor like warm butter. At one point, the protagonists steal a weapon from the Yeerks that shoot antimatter pellets (although they never get to use it).
* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: At the end of a long session of extremely grave confessions between each of the kids, Marco tells the others "Well, if we’re not going to have any secrets anymore, I might as well go ahead and confess: [[UsefulNotes/PCVsConsole consoles are better than PCs]], I liked [[Franchise/StarWars the prequels more than the originals]], and I’ll take regular fries over curly fries any day of the week".
* AssimilationBackfire: The Yeerks tend to absorb their hosts' personalities over time.
** [[spoiler:[[BigBad Visser Three]] becomes violent, ambitious and uncaring of the Yeerk people after infesting Alloran]].
** [[spoiler:Aftran, the main Yeerk colony on Earth, becomes slightly more pacifist after prolonged isolation and overwhelming exposure to human minds. This [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness gets them killed by Visser Three]].]]
* BadBoss: {{Deconstructed}}. After Visser Three [[spoiler:[[WeHaveReserves kills the entire coalescion Aftran]] with a meteor strike]], Telor's mouthpiece tells him in clear terms that he is no longer trusted, never mind how much they need him.
* BatmanGambit: Jake explicitly has this as a quasi-superpower. He is very good at anticipating his enemies, and manages to locate and infiltrate the Yeerk pool that way.
* NamedByTheAdaptation:
* SufficientlyAdvancedAlien: The Ellimist and Crayak.
* TranslatorMicrobes: How Ax can communicate with the kids. The translator is stated to work at least with American English thanks to a database Elfangor somehow collected during his time on Earth.
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[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/5627803/chapters/12963046 Animorphs]]: [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11090259/1/r-Animorphs-The-Reckoning The Reckoning]] is a {{Animorphs}} [[RationalFic rational fanfic]] by WhatWouldEnderDo, aka [=TK17Studios=].
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[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/5627803/chapters/12963046 Animorphs]]: [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11090259/1/r-Animorphs-The-Reckoning The Reckoning]] is a {{Animorphs}} [[RationalFic rational fanfic]] by WhatWouldEnderDo, Duncan Sabien, aka [=TK17Studios=].
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!!''Animorphs: *The Reckoning'' provides examples of the following tropes:
* AdaptationalHeroism: I canon, Marco was extremely reluctant to take any part in the war, only started to truly invest himself when Visser One's identity [[LukeIAmYourFather was revealed]]. This version Marco is much more invested, and berates the others for not realizing how important their role is.
* AdaptationalHeroism: I canon, Marco was extremely reluctant to take any part in the war, only started to truly invest himself when Visser One's identity [[LukeIAmYourFather was revealed]]. This version Marco is much more invested, and berates the others for not realizing how important their role is.
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!!''Animorphs: *The The Reckoning'' provides examples of the following tropes:
* AdaptationalHeroism:I In canon, Marco was extremely reluctant to take any part in the war, only started to truly invest himself when Visser One's identity [[LukeIAmYourFather was revealed]]. This version Marco is much more invested, and berates the others for not realizing how important their role is.
* AdaptationalHeroism:
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The story is a retelling of the original Animorphs canon, where all characters are smarter and, and many aspects of the universe are more realistic or internally consistent. By the author's description, "Visser Three is competent, the Yeerks are moving rapidly, and the Animorphs are actually trying to win (but are inexperienced and unprepared)."
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The story is a retelling of the original Animorphs canon, where all characters are smarter and, and many aspects of the universe are more realistic or internally consistent. By the author's description, "Visser Three is competent, the Yeerks are moving rapidly, and the Animorphs are actually trying to win (but are inexperienced and unprepared)."
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The story cycles between points of view, with a different point of view for each chapter (in a fashion similar to the canon books), including the six main characters, Visser Three, and various secondary characters. Each of them has their own strengths, weaknesses and their perspective on the plot, and the series has been praised for avoiding the pitfall of making one super-smart MarieSue protagonist, featuring several compelling, complementary characters instead.
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The story cycles between points of view, with a different point of view for each chapter (in a fashion similar to the canon books), including the six main characters, Visser Three, and various secondary characters. Each of them has their own strengths, weaknesses and their perspective on the plot, and the series has been praised for avoiding the pitfall of making one super-smart MarieSue MarySue protagonist, featuring several compelling, complementary characters instead.
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->'''Marco''': "You know who does have brains, though?” I continued. “The Yeerks. Maybe a thousand of them already. A thousand human brains, a thousand slaves, except those slaves can’t even think without their masters knowing about it. There is nothing standing in their way except us—did you get that? This isn’t some movie, where humanity’s going to rise up and pull some bullshit trick out of its ass. The Yeerks are winning. Did you not see Elfangor get eaten? Do you not understand the stakes? He was coming to destroy the planet because he thought that might be the only way to stop them."
-->--''Marco, describing the story's stakes''
[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/5627803/chapters/12963046 Animorphs]]: [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11090259/1/r-Animorphs-The-Reckoning The Reckoning]] is a {{Animorphs}} [[RationalFic rational fanfic]] by WhatWouldEnderDo, aka [=TK17Studios=].
The story is a retelling of the original Animorphs canon, where all characters are smarter and, and many aspects of the universe are more realistic or internally consistent. By the author's description, "Visser Three is competent, the Yeerks are moving rapidly, and the Animorphs are actually trying to win (but are inexperienced and unprepared)."
The story cycles between points of view, with a different point of view for each chapter (in a fashion similar to the canon books), including the six main characters, Visser Three, and various secondary characters. Each of them has their own strengths, weaknesses and their perspective on the plot, and the series has been praised for avoiding the pitfall of making one super-smart MarieSue protagonist, featuring several compelling, complementary characters instead.
As of October 2016, it is still being written at the semi-regular pace of a chapter every few weeks.
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!!''Animorphs: *The Reckoning'' provides examples of the following tropes:
* AdaptationalHeroism: I canon, Marco was extremely reluctant to take any part in the war, only started to truly invest himself when Visser One's identity [[LukeIAmYourFather was revealed]]. This version Marco is much more invested, and berates the others for not realizing how important their role is.
* AdaptationalIntelligence: A staple of RationalFic. All characters tend to make significantly better decisions than in canon, and make a serious effort to consider the long-term consequences of their decisions. Visser Three in particular goes from the AxCrazy BadBoss to TheChessmaster who feels SurroundedByIdiots.
* AdaptationPersonalityChange: Tobias. In canon, he was a quiet loner with poor social skills. In "The Reckoning", he becomes a rough orphan who went from one adoptive family to another.
* NamedByTheAdaptation: Marco, Tobias, and Cassie. In canon, their surname was never mentioned.
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-->--''Marco, describing the story's stakes''
[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/5627803/chapters/12963046 Animorphs]]: [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11090259/1/r-Animorphs-The-Reckoning The Reckoning]] is a {{Animorphs}} [[RationalFic rational fanfic]] by WhatWouldEnderDo, aka [=TK17Studios=].
The story is a retelling of the original Animorphs canon, where all characters are smarter and, and many aspects of the universe are more realistic or internally consistent. By the author's description, "Visser Three is competent, the Yeerks are moving rapidly, and the Animorphs are actually trying to win (but are inexperienced and unprepared)."
The story cycles between points of view, with a different point of view for each chapter (in a fashion similar to the canon books), including the six main characters, Visser Three, and various secondary characters. Each of them has their own strengths, weaknesses and their perspective on the plot, and the series has been praised for avoiding the pitfall of making one super-smart MarieSue protagonist, featuring several compelling, complementary characters instead.
As of October 2016, it is still being written at the semi-regular pace of a chapter every few weeks.
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!!''Animorphs: *The Reckoning'' provides examples of the following tropes:
* AdaptationalHeroism: I canon, Marco was extremely reluctant to take any part in the war, only started to truly invest himself when Visser One's identity [[LukeIAmYourFather was revealed]]. This version Marco is much more invested, and berates the others for not realizing how important their role is.
* AdaptationalIntelligence: A staple of RationalFic. All characters tend to make significantly better decisions than in canon, and make a serious effort to consider the long-term consequences of their decisions. Visser Three in particular goes from the AxCrazy BadBoss to TheChessmaster who feels SurroundedByIdiots.
* AdaptationPersonalityChange: Tobias. In canon, he was a quiet loner with poor social skills. In "The Reckoning", he becomes a rough orphan who went from one adoptive family to another.
* NamedByTheAdaptation: Marco, Tobias, and Cassie. In canon, their surname was never mentioned.
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Rachel
Cassie
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