#its cassie trying to stop genocides its tobias eating roadkill because he has to fight a war and to sleep in a bed is to give up the war

[dishsaop]

rereading animorphs and once in a while marco will say “people dont understand the word ruthless. they think it means ‘mean.’ its not about being mean. its about seeing the bright, clear line that leads from a to b. the line that goes from motive to means. beginning to end. its about seeing that bright, clear line and not caring about anything but the beautiful fact that you can see the solution. not caring about anything else but the perfection of it.” and then repeat it, over and over, "i can see the bright clear line and i know she can too" as he tries over and over again, as he tries to lead a group of his friends to kill his own mother, who is host and slave to the leader of a race of parasitic slugs who have so much genocide and incomprehensible crimes on their hands its impossible to describe in a succinct post

and then they go to school the next day and giggle about cinnabon, play video games, and steal back a doodle saying "cassie ♡ jake" from another students house. bc theyre all like. 13 years old. and the second they stop having to carry the weight of a species and a war on their shoulders, theyre really fucking written like 13 year olds k.a. applegate did such a good job with this series

#youve heard the memes but like im totally serious when i tell u k.a. applegate shoved the horrors of war down the throats of middle #schoolers across the country and yelled THEY WILL TRY AND GLORIFY WAR TO YOU BUT WAR ISNT GLORY ITS UR FRIENDS DESSICATED BODY IN YOUR ARMS #ITS 'rachel moved. her leg frozen to the ground did not' #ITS 'jake watched his guts spill. remorphed nearly drowning and attacked. jake watched his guts spill out again. he remorphed nearly dr-' #ITS rachel muttering 'i am the warrior king' as she sobs into the ground #its cassie doing brain surgery its marco understanding why the chee dont commit violence so he does the violence himself #its cassie trying to stop genocides its tobias eating roadkill because he has to fight a war and to sleep in a bed is to give up the war #its its its ITS A GOOD SERIES #im making animorphs and gregor the overlander required reading for every child whose parents talk about soldiers like theyre a good thing #m text