Animorphs #67: The Loss (What the f*** this is all about.)

[Elfangor]

Another good one (though i do think the secret about The One was released to soon)

[capnnerefir]

Yeah? I don't know; this seemed like a good time for it.

[capnnerefir]

I didn't like this one as much as some of your others. The bringing-people-back-from-the-dead trick is getting kind of old. Have you now revived every animorph who's ever died? Yeah, I think so. Dead people should stay dead, especialy those who die nobly, or their death loses some of it's impact, from a narative standpoint.

Also, you brought Santorelli back from the dead, but failed to show the impact this had on Tobias. I think that deserves more emphasis.

Oh yes, stop leaving out the "e" in "clothes!" I don't think you did that in this one, but you do it all the time and it's getting old.

Also, when did Tobias tell Menderash about the new war? It was promissed that he would, and implied that he did, but you never actualy showed it happen, or described Menderash' reaction. ("My duty is to my people, I must tell them." "I agree to help, I assign myself to your command." "I understand that you can't go public with this, but let me go and come back with a small team troops who know what they're doing and could be of some help." c'mon, something. It's not very Andalite to just accept the situation and complacently roll with the punches, not saying anything.) There was a minor feeling of WTF about it.

EDIT: Sorry, I forgot that Menderash already knew. I feel stupid.

[capnnerefir]

Believe me, I didn't take bringing back the dead lightly. I completely agree that if you just let people hop across the line between life and death all the time, it loses all real meaning and then the characters are never in any sort of real danger. Trust me when I say that I do not plan to bring anyone else back from the dead, no matter how much I may want to. I brought Jake back for a few reasons, most of which will have to be revealed later, lest they spoil some of my future plot ideas. But, to summarize, from here on out, when someone dies, I fully intend for them to stay dead.

As for Santorelli, I really wanted to show the effect he had on Tobias, but I just couldn't find an opportunity for it. This is, after all, a Marco book, and I focus far too much on Tobias as it is. I should probably have tried harder to find some way to show it, but it seems I failed in that aspect.

I know how to spell "clothes"...I don't know how that keeps happening. I really, really don't know. It'd tick me off, too...

Don't worry about the Menderash confusion; little mistakes like that happen, and if Menderash hadn't already known about the war, I'd feel the same way. Of course, if he didn't already know, I wouldn't have had Tobias request to speak to him about it...