feathers and friends, together alone

4) how would your character react if they were gifted something handmade?

she would genuinely tear up at the gesture. she would be so grateful but would feel so guilty, because someone wasted their time and energy making something for someone like her. if they knew the kind of person that she was, if they knew the monster lurking beneath the sparkly headbands and knitted sweaters.. they'd be disgusted. she knows they would. that's why she'd refuse to take it at first, but would probably give up and accept it if the other person insisted enough.

14) what thought or memory is your character aching to share with someone but for whatever reason, has never had the chance?

there's nothing she wants more than to confess her feelings to kaz. she's so in love with him that it hurts, but after facing countless rejections, she's terrified of the fallout. she cherishes their friendship more than anything, and is convinced that she'll ruin everything if she tells him how she feels. and besides, she tells herself, he clearly isn't interested; he throws himself at girls and flirts with anything with long hair and a pulse. pretty and shallow.

she was never an option. she knew that. but she's just grateful that he's in her life at all, even if he sees through her. she's used to loving from a distance, and kaz is no different. she knows how to take what she's given.

16) how does your character think that whatever they're going through is going to end?

by finding the one. her knight in shining armor, her prince charming-- the one that will sweep her off her feet and whisk her away like so many stories of princesses in towers and royal chariots. iris is so, so desperate for love because, for her entire life, she was starved of it. she clings to fairy tales, to romance, because she wants a happy ending-- even if she thinks she doesn't deserve it.

Traitors have no homecoming.

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Scarlett and Experion haunting Skylar’s mind, the realization that the home she once knew and the friends she grew up with are gone, leaving her isolated from her people and her culture on a planet full of people who will never understand her or know her as anything more than a hero… OOHHH Skylar Storm I THINK ABOUT YOUUU…. hurts more if you think about a past Scarlett x Skylar btw (pro tip)

Cast's main morphs

Leo

battle: lion (yes, like his name. also he's the mc so he's gotta have the coolest morph. + male lions are symbols of courage and leadership)

air: crow (i just think it suits him. crows are incredibly intelligent and social! Leo's morphs all have the theme of "this animal isnt the strongest/fastest/wtv but they draw their strength from their friends" bc thats really the core of Leo's character.)

sea: bottlenose dolphin / small shark. they probably all morph to sharks or orcas for naval battle.

Adam

battle: grizzly bear (Adam's the tank of the group so all of his morphs are huge. I also think he'd like a wolf morph for traveling.)

air: bald eagle (they're a huge bird. they're also seabirds which suits Adam! i think he'd be the best at marine missions out of the whole group. also bald eagles make cute squeaky noises which i think fits Adam bc like his bite is worse than his bark.)

sea: humpback whale (or a great white shark for battle/maneuverability)

Bree

battle: i know what you're thinking BUT cheetahs are actually very fragile and not good for fighting at all, Bree wants to be fast but she also wants to be in on the action. Her main battle morph would be a ram (amazing climbers, can ram things with their skulls) or antelope/gazelle (great endurance/agility, plus they're pretty & she enjoys goring people w her horns), specifically a springbok since they're among the faster species and one of the few where females have horns suitable for fighting.

Bree would definitely be the spy of the group (and shes an estreen) so she has the widest range of morphs in general. Does morph a cheetah at some point.

air: peregrine falcon (fastest bird/animal in the world, reaching speeds of up to 240mph in a dive)

sea: swordfish (they can reach speeds of 60mph!)

Chase

battle: jaguar (ik I'm overusing big cats but LISTEN. jaguars are amazing all-terrain animals—agile like a leopard, strong like a lion, good swimmer like a tiger—and i am SICK and TIRED of them being so underrated.)

air: owl (specifically like a pygmy owl or something, cue short jokes. owls have great night AND day vision & are incredibly silent which i think suits him.)

sea: orca (social, intelligent, and vicious!)

Dani

battle: spotted hyena

air: vulture

sea: hammerhead shark (all these animals are stereotypically 'villainous' but are actually incredibly social and friendly!)

Dani would be an estreen, too, but bc of her condition (see notes at the bottom) itd be unreliable, 50/50. She can sometimes morph hybrid animals half-way, sometimes she randomly demorphs, that kind of thing. Definitely uses the DNA combination trick to her advantage even though its dangerous (when combining DNA from diff species etc).

Marcus

battle: tiger (either white or pseudo-melanistic, or both. Marcus would be very into the aesthetics of morphing & try to make all his morphs match.), polar bear (to go up against Adam), or snake

air: gyrfalcon (largest species of falcon, they have a stunning black and white coloration)

sea: orca, sperm whale, or leopard seal (depending on his needs)

Marcus' whole thing is that he's always trying to out-do the others' morphs. He acquires a tiger morph to out-do Leo & Chase's land battle morphs and a polar bear to out-do Adam's. Marcus acquires a sperm whale, which is larger and more deadly than a humpback (he acquires an orca, too, after Chase defeats him in orca morph— similar to how he copied Chase's levitation in the Vanishing after he "defeated" him in Bionic Showdown). Bree has the fastest bird morph so Marcus acquires a bigger one. And all of Marcus' favorite morphs are solitary animals.

Marcus morphs into humans the most often. Like Bree, he has a lot of different morphs because he spies a lot (he's also an estreen).

Douglas & Donald would probably have to be Andalites in this AU. Douglas was a disgraced Prince who morphed into a human permanently then had ABC&D (maybe a morphing experiment to try and make the ability genetic?), he ends up working with Krane (Visser Three) afterward. Donald ended up morphing permanently as well so he could raise AB&C after Douglas' "death". Marcus isn't Douglas' biologically but rather a kid he took in and gave the morphing technology to save his life (or at least that's the story he told Marcus, it's later revealed that Marcus' bio mom was the host body for Visser One at the time and Douglas took him in as a slight/threat against her). Marcus works for the Yeerks but isnt a Controller himself.

Dani was infected with a Yeerk as a punishment/ warning to Douglas (maybe a retaliation after Marcus?), however the Yeerk became addicted to oatmeal. Now Dani provides information to the Animorphs when she can decipher her Yeerks' ramblings, but other than that she's only useful on missions 70% of the time.

Incredibly awkward meeting ….

Leo’s danger senses are tingling and he just *knows* theres something up with this TA that Bree’s introducing him to, and she seems familiar in a sinister way and he can’t *quite* put a finger on why.

I need to draw it ... (I already have drawn it but as a very messy sketch in class notes)

I think that unlike Chase, who wanted to get the super special rocks out of a desire for his abilities to be acknowledged as valuable on their own, she would probably go on her own to get the mission over with (possibly because the time the mission was rescheduled to coincided with a field trip, or a school dance, or some kind of "normal" activity that she'd already signed up for/planned to go to).

I think the fact they are both irritated by Donald's dictacting/controlling nature would be a good start. Douglas had to have noticed this when he was spying on them for months. So maybe the idea that they both want to separate from Donald and desire to do their own things would be an appealing component.

Donald has pretty much controlled Bree's life since he got his hands on the bionic kids. The show has shown us on several occasions that she wants to be normal and Donald won't let her.

Donald has also controlled in a way Douglas before as well. The brothers started the company together, but when Donald disliked what Douglas was doing he took controll. If it's not Donalds way he won't have it.

The best way I can imagine Douglas getting into Bree's head would be promising a normal life (one possibly similar to the one he promises Marcus). He could offer her the chance to do what she's wants, not what Donald demands.

#AVALANCHE! BREE!!!!!!!!!!!#hashtag my influence...#no but oh my gosh yesssssss#DOUGLAS TRYING TO MANIPULATE HER THROUGH THE FATHER DAUGHTER THING!!!!! OOOOHHH YOU GET IT!!!!!!!!#if i'm being honest i think a lot of the parallels people try to draw between chase and douglas r just a lot more prevalent with bree#like sure douglas draws parallels with chase because he sees it in the adam-chase dynamic#but bree's relationship with donald is what is really the most similar to douglas#douglas sees donald as someone who refuses to see and recognize/his worth and ideas. he sees that as causing the rift in their relationship#ignoring the fact that douglas is clearly ignoring all the evil shit he did#bree is often overlooked in her own house. especially by donald!!#i always think back to 'concert in a can' for the most obvious instance of this#he promises to do things with her and then ditches her for her brothers#it isn't until the end of the episode where he really tries to forge a connection with her#i think unlike avalanche! chase bree wouldn't immediately come back because she would never betray her family. that's specifically because#chase is so seen by davenport. he's the most like him.#even if she doesn't trust or really believe douglas she would need to see that her family sees her and actually respects her wants#and desires. think something like the leo-chase scene in 'sink or swim' sans-triton app#donald needs to be more willing to be open about how much he cares about his kids when it's not literally life and death...#especially bree. because he sees so many of her desires as frivolous. avalanche arc with bree would need to end with her gaining#back a portion of her autonomy

@scootersscooter 's tags I love them a lot. Finally on my computer so I can easily copy them and put them on my blog forever and ever (also definitely your influence! Avalanche Bree has me in a chokehold ....

CANT BELIEVE I FORGOT ABOUT CONCERT IN A CAN as *the* Bree feeling overlooked episode fkda;jdfal;