It never really made sense that the Animorphs never saw need to turn into other humans much but it's Not That Kind of Story
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Replying to @arthur_affect @mermaidofhyrule
I mean I'm pretty sure they did here and there And now because I'm an XCOM addict I want to make XCOM 2 but with teenage shapeshifters
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Replying to @BootlegGirl @mermaidofhyrule
There were a few instances but they mostly said they found it unethical
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Replying to @arthur_affect @mermaidofhyrule
Which is I think a product of the times, kids stuff used to have stricter morality
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Whereas now we have Star Wars cartoons with the protagonists turning to the Dark Side and committing murder
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Animorphs ended with them giving morphing powers to a whole lot of disabled kids to use as cannon fodder. Ethical they were not.
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Replying to @MichaelOfHealy @MichaelHealy18 and
Yes except that disabled people's rights don't fit the morality of the censors they had back then
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It was intentionally unethical -- they point out the plan makes perfect sense while also being horrifying
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Replying to @arthur_affect @BootlegGirl and
Who would Yeerks never bother to infest? Disabled kids. Who would leap at the chance to learn to shapeshift? Disabled kids
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Totally but it's kind of messed up that's a moral line they'll cross but using morphing to impersonate people is dismissed as wrong.
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For them it's an issue of consent - the "auxiliary Animorphs" are all their age or older when they consent to sign up
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Replying to @arthur_affect @MichaelHealy18 and
They're still not actually adults, but meh
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Replying to @arthur_affect @MichaelHealy18 and
Whereas morphing a sentient being they treat as a kind of physical violation
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