Episode 47: This Episode is Mostly Rants

Animorphs #47 (The Resistance)

In this episode:

  • Jenny, Ted, and Gray discuss The Resistance

  • Approximate Rant Tally: 

    • Jenny: 4

    • Ted: 5

    • Gray: 9

  • This book was a wasted opportunity, especially as we get to the end of the series 

  • The depiction of Trekkies 

  • Jake is a true monster in this book 

  • The nobility of war 

  • Let's get into it: It's Civil War Rants Time

    • (a.k.a. Gray does Wikipedia research) 

  • The Hork-Bajir battle is a bad analogy for the Civil War

  • 90s lip-service to color blindness

  • “Both sides” bull-shirt

  • A few things we do like, including ominous omens

  • The Smurfette problem

  • An extremely plausible plan to flood the valley

  • Marco x Ax is now canon

  • Jake needs a nap

  • The cover of the next book breaks Gray’s predictive abilities

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