08.12.2019 - By Jenny, Ted, and Gray
In this episode:
- Jenny, Ted, Gray, and guest host Claire closely read The Departure, discussing premise rejection and what we owe to each other
- Why is this one so good, you guys??
- The toll that war is taking on Cassie and the Animorphs
- Cassie’s moral instincts and the imperative to change
- Plot holes and earned happy endings
- Yeerk empathy, society, and gender
- Ableism in character, metaphor and worldbuilding
- Parasite morality, predator morality, android morality, and humanism