Oh god it's like one of those Kingdom Hearts: Explained videos where I think they're joking but then all the comments are like "yep that about checks out."

Late to the conversation, but I think you missed an important step in the story. Ellimist tries to fight Crayak head-on, but their constant struggle causes more and more collateral damage, and he gets burnt out, thinking that defeat is inevitable. So he gives up and runs away. He flees to a planet of aliens (that will one day be the Andalites), makes an alien body for himself, and lives with them. He marries and has a child, but the child dies and he despairs again. But his wife tells him she wants to have another child, even if it might die. This gives him a revelation on how to fight Crayak: not by directly battling him, but by nurturing life farther and faster than Crayak can stomp it out. And this works well enough that Crayak has to resort to trapping him in a black hole. I wouldn't normally necropost like this except that I just came from the Knives Out Go video, which is also about two opponents, one of which tries to aggressively conquer and disrupt, and the other who beats them by focusing on structure and pattern. And I thought that was worth drawing a comparison.

I always figured they were more like moth creatures than birds, which makes this especially funny to see Toomin portrayed the entire time as a low-poly goose LOL

I have shown all my animorphs friends this and they all have DIED laughing but then went something like "i mean he's not wrong"

Animorphs is a neat allegory for war and it expanded into an allegory for proxy wars *AND* has a compelling twist on Good vs. Evil. Fucking insane.

The general consensus I get is that Visser is the best Animorphs side story, but I really like Ellimist better. It's been nearly two decades since I read that book, and I still remember its story. There's just a weird impact to a random guy (alien, but still relatable), struggling to survive, and somehow becomes the most powerful being in the universe. I think this is because the discussion of morality between good and evil is well executed for a children's book. And I guess because the Ellimist created the Pemalites that's why I like him so much.

I still love the little detail at 2:46 where Toomin puts his sunglasses down dramatically except he's a goose so they don't cover his eyes at all because his eyes aren't front-facing.

"Special Thanks: The Ellimist" lmao perfect

OH MY GOD. I have hoped you’d release this segment as a separate short video for SO LONG, but I never thought you’d actually do it! Thank you for this New Year’s Day present, this perfectly encapsulates how weird and wonderful Animorphs can be.

Ellimist seriously got a badass backstory XD

That one dub tilting father into aeons of Losses is so accurate

So after watching the part in the original vid and now this excerpt again i was like 'Yeah, cute meme-y reduction, but lets find out how the story actually unfolds". Yeah. No. This is like, literally what happens. Pretty much beat for beat actually. Alright.... For some strange reason tho this actually sells me _more_ on the series. What an amazing ride of sheer balls to the wall, neo-epic madness. It feels like nobody involved in this had any reason to go as hard as they did for a serial YA novel with that sales infrastructure and it's own comfortable market share already in place before release, but boiiii did they ever.

You all might enjoy Ellimist the band. It's debut album (Ellimist) depicts the story of the Ellimist with both song and lore.

This has the same crackhead energy I expect on April 1st… how did I forget this was in the Animorph II video?

It's a shame that the Ellimist Chronicles put the most boring, lazy interpretation of Alien God on the cover and not a ketran design that would fit in with the other species of the Animorphs galaxy.

Can you upload a short four hour Animorphs lecture next please? 🙏

1) he's alive! 2) master has given dobby animorphs content, dobby is subscribed!

Of the chronicles, this was my favorite. In addition to the weird alien bullshit, which is my jam, it provided a representation of a gamer who was not only benevolent, but gained skills that were vital to his efforts. Back then, you didn't get that often. Hell, compare: howlers.

God I loved this book as a kid despite it being an incredibly weird trip

this is the best backstory for the goose from Goose Game i could ever imagine

If I recall from The Ellimist Chronicles, Ellimist's abilities are from the fact that not all of him is in the black hole. Meaning he is both in and out of the universe simultaneously.

Pretty much the best run down of one of my favorite books from the whole series!

Yes more animorphs for 2022!

As in like, the Animorphs Ellimist?! Now THATS a deep cut from my childhood. This is great!

I still have this book from when I was a kid. I don't remember anything about it but it sounds sick and I might revisit it now, thanks!

Honestly, it started out pretty wild and just got ramped up from there....Impressive! x'D

Love "Special thanks: The Ellimist"

No effing way did you release this. I was just talking about Animorphs with some co-workers yesterday and, as this is one of like six in the series I don't have, I wanted it. Are you watching me?

"Toomin loses over and over again to father until he finally gets good" - And by "gets good" Ravenscraft means invents music singing about how much of a loser he is. ... Seriously read the Ellminist chronicles this is how Toomin winds up beating father.

Don't forget that the Ellimist playstyle before The Game was to rectify destruction by encouraging life. An interesting concept of virality...

YESSSSS. I love your Animorphs stuff. More more more.

Came here right after reading Ellimist Chronicles. Literally absolutely correct.

Well you've posted again time to watch your entire upload history again to refresh me. I do this every time

See, you used the sims, but I always thought the best comparison was them essentially playing Sid Meier's Civilization games. It fits way too well with how the books describe what they're playing and is made all the funnier because I don't believe for a moment K.A. even knew about the series. :D

*checks phone* Yeah I got time

So good. Keep being you. I will find your content from across the black holes of reality, regardless of proxy wars.

He's back! More shorts to fill the void please. Happy New Year!

I wonder what kind of stuff Applegate smoke to be able to make an alien god like this

I love the few videos you have. I hope you still find fulfillment and pleasure in making what you've made up to this point. But if not, best of luck.

This is my New Year's present and I am grateful.

This is excellently done!

i remember reading the ellimist novel for the first time back in 2020 in my animorphs binge and im still mad at how ingenious it is ngl xD

CRYING AT THE GOOSE. I CAN'T UNSEE

I always thought of 'em as owls for whatever reason, but frankly I can't fault you for using goose.

My favorite line in this segment was "…and then the moon attacks them." Who else does?

Delicious new years content.

I'm so drunk watching this. I love this channel

I enjoyed this deeply

Greatest gift to start 2022

I never read the ellimist stuff but it sounds WILD

best video i've seen this year

Any day I see animorphs content is a good day

This has bill wurtz energy.

So thrilled to hear the saga of the gamer geese again

Great, it’s two nerds playing Stellaris.

God damn Animorphs

Thanks for the vid

Had this been uploaded previously? I feel like I've already seen this.

incredible graphic story telling

perfect thank you

Thanks, I know less about animorphs than I did before this video

Holy shit. That was a fever dream. I would know, I just got over COVID

So good!

Based. Geese have ruled the galaxy before, and they will again, soon.

I only super casually read the books growing up, so any of this could be made up Animorphs lore for all I know, but I'd accept it.

A Very Animorphs New Year?

hehe yay lol funny side note im totally playing a curly haired boy trapped as a falcon i my dnd game :D

10/10 good content.

We see you

So is this like an analogy for nuclear warfare? I used to read animorphs as a kid but forgot legit all of the plot except for the beginning...

…I can’t tell whether video games are a metaphor here or not, because I think they are but also that’s definitely something that could be written into animorphs

quality 👍

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Gamers today wouldnt understand. There's no pay to win on this story.

What's the image from the "your direct inspiration did it" part from? It looks familiar, but I can't place it

i’ve decided to start believing in this as my religion

Thank goodness! I thought for a while that you stopped uploading right after I subscribed... But thankfully I was wrong.😁 Came for the Animorphs, staying for Beast Wars!

I see...

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What’s the “direct inspiration” you mention?

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Careful Gamers, what you're about to embark on is a journey where the REAL game begins. It's the Gamyest Game that this universe will ever witness. Get ready for an 3p1c 420 360° noscope to your cerebellum of emotions.

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Crayak getting the same cosmic powers was a misstep. The book just kind of shrugs and says "whelp, Crayak got the same powers somehow" Crayak should have started out with Illimist powers, because he was from another universe and the power scale was different there. Then Toomin falls into a blackhole and gets caught up power-wise, and eternal chess game ensues. Replace one line of narration for a completer and more logical backstory for Crayak.

Teeeeeeeeeeeeease

This sounds like a shitpost

0:34 I mean, you're not wrong, capitalism is pretty much like that, but does that not apply to any society? Does communism not require most participants of a society to expend vast amounts of time and labor to keep things running? Can survival even happen without that? Is this not an apt metaphor for... life itself?