Animorphers DT

Yeah, because in situations where you are with another character and you both want to form back it would be kind of awkward to have a conversation after the transformation if they are naked. Ie. If Dan were to take Emma flying

When I wrote a storybook thing with some of my friends on Google Docs, two of the main characters could morph into griffins, and we just naturally went with the no-clothes idea (the clothes were ripped/left behind when morphing). It kept the characters from overusing their powers, in a way. Knowing that it'd be a pain to find clothes again, they'd stay in their griffin form for as long as they could.

I think this would preset plenty of really interesting conflicts in our storybook. Like, with no opposable thumbs, the other students are going to have to depend on Cole a lot to open doors and such, unless they want to morph back to human form with no clothes. Stuff like that. Maybe they'll have to return to their house after every mission or steal from a store or something to get clothes back (and, since I think most of our characters are good people, pay the shop owners back somehow) or keep a bag of clothes hidden somewhere.

If we go off of what @Hattable said...

Suppose Neon tries on a suit during the test trip, then Cole sees an opportunity to sell them. So he stashes a few in his bag (but of course Neon would take his own).

Then, once the Animorphers convene, since I plan to have Neon be one of the last forms revealed (cute kitty shows up, everyone loves cute kitty, then everyone feels really awkward once it turns out to be Neon), maybe he could show the Animorphers how the suit works. He'd have already worked out the suit, like his powers, ahead of time. It'd be in his personality to show off, and then gloat that he's the only person who has a suit. Cue Cole pulling out one of his own, and then everyone gets one.

@Chaser's got it. If we go with that, I'm all for the special suits.

I like Chasers idea

@Hattable Your avvie and what you just said, matches so well XD

Also I am up for these special suits.

Okay I just had to catch up on the 41 messages that I missed while I was asleep. Jeez, this SB is really moving fast.

Anyway, I agree with @Chaser's idea about the fabric and everything. And @HazelGrace16
Yes that would be a little awkward !

Wow, lots to catch up on. o.o I like the idea of the special suits.

But I like the idea of a time limit. It would cause more tension and they would need to plan ahead more if they ever tried to work together for something. I think it would be good if the time limit was say, 2 hours and when it's up, they turn back into humans. Yes, that's dangerous for the bird morphs, but it also puts the other morphs in danger. Say Jinx is fighting someone as a tiger, and suddenly he's human, disoriented, and weaponless? Not a good situation. It ups the danger. It's more exciting! That's my opinion, anyway.

Plus...I have an idea for Jinx's death if we do that.

I like the way @Nightcrawler put the time limit. If they were animals for too long, they wouldn't get stuck that way but be forced to turn back into humans. And we could still incorporate the idea of them having some side effects from staying in animal form that long. I think the time limit could ad some danger and complications as Nightcrawler was saying. I like it.

And I guess the suits are fine. Looks like I'm pretty much out-voted so what's a girl gonna do. I think that's the best compromise between no suits and normal clothes morphing with them, though.

I'm sorry but I don't like the time limit. Some side effects of being too long in morph sounds ok, but the DNA I don't think would have a time limit. The scientists would have taken care of that. The suits sound good though. Perhaps we could take a poll to decide whether or not to have a time limit?

AstralHunter wrote:Question: What happens to the clothing once they change? Are you going to stick with the original solution?

The original solution being the series' explanation, which is that tight-fitting clothing can morph along with the characters. In fact, Sunshine summed it up quite nicely:

Sunshine1113 wrote:In the book series, they could wear clothes when they morphed if they were skintight and they couldnt morph shoes. They couldnt morph anything baggy.

↑ What she said.

Stegosaurus wrote:Also another question: is there a time limit for how long you can morph into an animal and stay that animal?

In the original series, Ax the Andolite served as a mentor of sorts to the Animorphers. (The Andolites were the creators of the technology that allowed you to morph.) He therefore warned them of the dangers of morphing and staying in an acquired form for too long. However, since your characters won't have a mentor for some time - or at all - that idea should rather be abandoned.

Stegosaurus wrote:Also if they were stuck in their animal, they would only be another animal in the animal kingdom soooo I think there shouldn't be a time limit on how long they are their animal.

How dare you call Tobias just another red-tailed hawk! D: (Tobias was a character who got stuck in his red-tailed eagle form while hiding from the antagonists. True, he could still morph afterwards due to the help of the Ellimist, but that explanation would take too long.)

LeftyWriter wrote:The no-clothes thing is weird but it just seems really unrealistic for it not to be an issue.

Hattable wrote:*cough* And kids turning into animals isn't unrealistic?

@Hattable, there exists what is known as "Willing Suspension of Disbelief". In Fantasy Fiction, the authors just hold magic responsible for everything, so readers have no problem there; however, Science Fiction tries to make the improbable possible, so as long as the explanations are creative and make sense to a certain degree, the audience/readers is/are willing to believe it, otherwise they would defeat the purpose of the story.

But people are only willing to go so far before the suspension breaks.

Think about it from a logical point of view. Turning into animals is an impossibility, because if the DNA of all of your body's cells were to change from human to tiger, for example, you couldn't transform, since the cells have already been created - the body would then classify either the cells or the DNA as foreign, attack it, and you'd die. If this is the stance everyone has, then you can all drop the SB on grounds of it being impossible. But that is not the point, and that's where the willing suspension of disbelief comes in.

@LeftyWriter is right to be concerned, because if this were actually to happen, clothing would be a major issue indeed. Clothes don't have DNA, and even if it did, every single fiber would have to contain the same DNA as their wearers. With tight-fitting clothing, the suspension can still remain intact, but for any clothing to morph along? That's asking a bit too much.

@Sunshine1113's and @Chaser's idea is the best solution thus far. Also, if you are adamant on keeping the time limit, then @Nightcrawler's idea would work - I suppose the original series' idea of your body being fully healed whenever you morph (whether into an animal or back to a human) is being kept as well?

Finally posted, sorry it took so long, had so much college/school work stuff lately >.<

@Sunshine1113

ohmygerd I am still laughing over the part with:

Mrs. Gwen Anthony. Has a nice ring to it doesn't it? In fact it has a perfect ring to it.

Anthony rather give the ring to Charlotte

@LordZeus, I'll throw a poll up just to make things easy.

I suppose the original series' idea of your body being fully healed whenever you morph (whether into an animal or back to a human) is being kept as well?

So... If they're fully healed when they morph back does that mean that when they morph into an animal again that they're still injured in that form or does their animal form heal when they morph out of it? I guess I kind of like the idea of them still being injured when they morph out of it... But that may be just me.

I think they should remain injured when morphing between forms. I had a thought for why, but I just lost it. >.>

Also, I'm really busy this week. ;-; I should have my post up by Friday, at the latest. I know I said Wednesday, but gaaaah. ;-;