It's getting busier at work, but still had the time to do some morphing for fun! At the weekend I did another mass group morphing festival in London which was good. There were about 18,000 morphers all taking part, and you could do any ground based morph you wanted. They had hired out a huge part of Greenwich Park and the surrounding roads were actually closed to traffic for the day, so everyone could run and gallop in front of spectators.
I was standing around on the platform waiting for my train when I spotted a few other people who looked like they were morphers, and we got chatting. You can tell as often they've got skintight morphing clothes on, and besides, not many people are crazy enough to be at the station at 6am waiting for the first train on a Sunday morning! One guy, James, had got the morphing ability about a year ago and had only really done private morphs in his spare time. Think this was his second group morph, and here he was taking part with 18,000 other animals/people! He was going to be morphing a leopard. The other guy, Patrick, had been a morpher about 10 years ago, when the first wave of morphers got the ability (like myself), but found the morphing process itself very difficult and so had not done much practice. After a while he stopped altogether and didn't renew his license. Now, he was hoping to give it another shop, and was going to morph his pet dog.
The day was good fun, but it was let down as they didn't actually have any animals available for acquiring! This was really disappointing, as big events like this are normally the best time to get a new morph. I was hoping for something unusual, such as a cheetah or snake. So you could only morph what you had already acquired! Given that we had paid £50 to enter, a new morph only costs about half of that so I am not sure where the money went really.
We still had fun over the day though and I went with the horse morph. They had different parts of the park and roads for different types of animals and events such as speed-morphing and artistic morphing for estreens. I'm not a pro, but they had groups leading morph dances which you could take part in. Or you could just do the mass morph and go out and run/gallop around the area. Horses were very popular and they had closed off quite a few miles of parkland track for us to gallop on and we were joined by deer, moose and other large herbivores. Dogs and big cats used the roads. You could morph and demorph as many times as you needed, but if it got too busy you were meant to demorph for a while after 4 hours/2 morph cycles to let other people have a chance. You could leave all your extra clothes and bag in a special area which was useful.
There were all sorts of people taking part, from the professional estreen, to the newbie just starting out. There was an amazing performance of speed morphers, where the fastest went from human to animal in under 20 seconds! Amazing! It was so smooth as well, every part of their body morphing at once, without anything taking longer than another. It was how I imagined morphing would be when I started out, but us mere mortals are a lot messier than that. We even saw back-to-back morphs - they had 5 minutes to morph as many animals as they could. The winner managed 6 animals including back to human at the end - human/goat/human/rabbit/human/tiger/human/panda/human/bear/human/hawk/human. They have become so good that it is possible for them to go from one morph to another without becoming fully human. Whilst demorphing from goat, as soon as one part of their body became human it immediately flowed into the rabbit. How they do that I don't know - especially as they have to do their inner organs as well which you can't see!
You get loads of professionals on hand to ask for advice, and there are sessions for newbies to practice away from other morphers as they try and get a hold over the animal's brains (you don't want a newbie morphing a rabbit around big cats and carnivorous creatures!). One famous morpher was leading the group dance, so I joined in with that. There were about a hundred people, mostly girls, and lots had interesting morphing suits and leotards in different colours and textures, which I assumed was meant to look good with the animals they had chosen to morph. The theme was cats - I have 2 or 3 cat morphs but only one I use regularly, which I acquired from my own pet cat. In a morph dance they teach you the moves, and tell you the order to morph your body. It all takes place to music and if it all works out the dance/morph takes as long as the music lasts. It's not fast (usually) but can be very interesting and spectacular to watch. The woman on the stage leading it was going for a jaguar, and wore a glitzy red leotard with glitter, sparkles and gold patches on it. I just had my regular morphing gear - a purple skintight tee-shirt and black tights. It was a lot of fun, the music was the new Lady Gaga single "Applause", and everyone morphing the same way at once looked great! You could see why loads of people had fashionable morphing suits as it really enhanced the look of the morph. The leader had obviously designed her suit so that the gold pattern design morphed exactly into the pattern of her jaguar's fur. The gold and red looked good when melting into the sandy coloured fur. It appeared that everyone taking part had done morph dancing before, but some people were better dancers than morphers, or vice versa! I am certainly a better morpher than dancer so could get my body to transform in the correct order, but my moves probably left something to be desired!
After the dance, I joined the mass morph as a horse and cantered around the park. It did get really crowded at one point, so I took a short break after about an hour and demorphed, then morphed back to wolf. I saw James and later Patrick out on the roads as well, which was good! I was exhausted when we'd finished, having done quite a few transformations in just several hours, but it was all very worth it. It was a shame I did not pick up any new animals, but was still a fun day.
Wednesday 11 September 2013
Tuesday 3 September 2013
Seal Morphing in London
Had a great opportunity to take part in a day of water-based animal morphs on Saturday. It was a bit unusual, as it wasn't based in the sea, but in fresh water docks in London! I've only got a dolphin morph, which doesn't tend to like fresh water, but at the event there were a few species of fresh water seal that you could acquire as part of the entrance fee.
It was a big day, with about 3000 morphers coming from all over the region, and further afield, all joining together just south of Canary Wharf. The day was perfect - bright blue skies and nice and warm, which makes it more comfortable when you're standing around in morphing gear. There were loads of estreens, plus elite speed morphers but most of us were here to try a new morph and have some fun.
When we'd registered, we'd automatically be put into groups, or "waves", about 100 per group. This was so that everyone had a chance to morph. You got a 2 hour slot in the water, although you could pay more for extra slots. A few hours before your slot, the morning waves were called to acquire the seals. The rules are very strict about keeping animals for acquiring - the standards of animal welfare are very high and everything is controlled through the animal rights groups to make sure they are not abused or taken advantage of. The seals were given a separate part of the dock to swim in, and called to small pens several times a day for people to acquire them.
My seal was a large, fat female, with huge black eyes and glossy fur. Beautiful and well suited to the water. She looked happy and well fed. When it was my turn, I reached through the bars and laid a hand on the seal's back, concentrating. There were about 5 or 6 others acquiring at the same time, and we all managed it in about 10 seconds. All the seals were female, as they get along fine in groups, and so it would be easier to control the instincts than if you had both males and females!!!
It's always weird knowing there's now another animal's DNA inside you, but even weirder is the thought of being it! Luckily I didn't have long to wait. Out wave got changed into our morphing gear (mostly swimsuits and wetsuits) and then headed out into the water. You were allowed 20 minutes to practice morphing and getting used to the animal's instincts, and then you had to demorph and all re-morph together in the main area. You then had 2 hours to plan around, including getting called back to demorph which might take some people at least 6 minutes.
We all got part way into the water to to morph, as the seals weren't too agile on land. Wetsuits were a good idea, just incase you had to demorph for some reason, far from the pontoon and have to treat water as human, getting cold. They're skintight, so work fine. The water was cold, but it didn't matter as we were soon concentrating on our mental images of the seal and starting the morphing process. I tried to control mine as best as I could, so focused on the thick blubber and fur. My skin turned grey and waxy, and layers of fat bubbled up inside of me, like I'd eaten a few hundred pizzas in the last week. Eyes turned black and bulged out - making it easy to see under water, my nose sank into my face to become little slits, and my neck totally vanished. Freaky! Inside my bones crunched and dissolved, organs shifting and re-arranging. Looking round at the group, it was a shock to see so many different stages of morph and the different order in which the morph processed happened in everyone. Some people were almost fully seal, except for human hands and feet, and others had barely started - they had fins and grey skin but that was it.
After about a minute, I was all set. <Awesome!> I thought-spoke to some random morphers - they were loving it too! We had a few minutes to warm up, so let the seal's instincts surface - hunger, mostly wanted fish, ignored the other seals that were of the same DNA but was vaguely interested in the other females. Fairly easy to control. Best thing to do with the instincts is to just let them appear, accept they'll be influencing your thoughts, movements and what you do it morph, and then put it all to one side. A worrisome instinct is like a feeling of dread that you can't shake off, there's always a feeling in the back of your mind that you're in danger. Others are a easier, but still give you a weird feeling - like when you know you're in debt but try not to think about it. The seal was more like, "not sure when I'm going to be eating next, I'm going to need to get food soon so i don't starve, now please!".
The body was odd, but very similar to my dolphin, so I was used to the large bodymass yet so streamlined and buoyant in the water. Eyesight was good under water! It's like having your own built in goggles. And she was a great swimmer! Like a rocket speeding through the water! A few of us headed into a swim, round the smaller zone reserved for people just trying out the morph. Loads of fun! We were so fast! After 20 minutes we had to de-morph and allow the next group to morph, but we got to have the fun of being in the main dock!
Had a brilliant couple of hours, zipping, darting and swishing through the water like I had an engine powering me! We played games - tag - and had races up and down the dock. It was such a laugh, and even more fun were all the kids watching from the side with huge smiles on their faces. It felt like we'd only just started when lights round the edge and horns sounded, indicating it was time to head back and demorph. Reluctantly we swam back and performed the demorph. It took a bit longer than usual - I'd spend up so much energy in the water that my human heart was pounding and my lungs were burning as I completed the change back to human. By the time I was done, I was totally out of breath, like I'd just done a 400 meter sprint!
It was a mega day, and I was a bit sad to return home, but before I left I spent some time watching the next wave have their fun in the water. Morphing in your own time might be a lot of fun, but it's nothing compared to doing it alongside 3000 other morphers!
I can't wait to do it again - bring on next year!
It was a big day, with about 3000 morphers coming from all over the region, and further afield, all joining together just south of Canary Wharf. The day was perfect - bright blue skies and nice and warm, which makes it more comfortable when you're standing around in morphing gear. There were loads of estreens, plus elite speed morphers but most of us were here to try a new morph and have some fun.
When we'd registered, we'd automatically be put into groups, or "waves", about 100 per group. This was so that everyone had a chance to morph. You got a 2 hour slot in the water, although you could pay more for extra slots. A few hours before your slot, the morning waves were called to acquire the seals. The rules are very strict about keeping animals for acquiring - the standards of animal welfare are very high and everything is controlled through the animal rights groups to make sure they are not abused or taken advantage of. The seals were given a separate part of the dock to swim in, and called to small pens several times a day for people to acquire them.
My seal was a large, fat female, with huge black eyes and glossy fur. Beautiful and well suited to the water. She looked happy and well fed. When it was my turn, I reached through the bars and laid a hand on the seal's back, concentrating. There were about 5 or 6 others acquiring at the same time, and we all managed it in about 10 seconds. All the seals were female, as they get along fine in groups, and so it would be easier to control the instincts than if you had both males and females!!!
It's always weird knowing there's now another animal's DNA inside you, but even weirder is the thought of being it! Luckily I didn't have long to wait. Out wave got changed into our morphing gear (mostly swimsuits and wetsuits) and then headed out into the water. You were allowed 20 minutes to practice morphing and getting used to the animal's instincts, and then you had to demorph and all re-morph together in the main area. You then had 2 hours to plan around, including getting called back to demorph which might take some people at least 6 minutes.
We all got part way into the water to to morph, as the seals weren't too agile on land. Wetsuits were a good idea, just incase you had to demorph for some reason, far from the pontoon and have to treat water as human, getting cold. They're skintight, so work fine. The water was cold, but it didn't matter as we were soon concentrating on our mental images of the seal and starting the morphing process. I tried to control mine as best as I could, so focused on the thick blubber and fur. My skin turned grey and waxy, and layers of fat bubbled up inside of me, like I'd eaten a few hundred pizzas in the last week. Eyes turned black and bulged out - making it easy to see under water, my nose sank into my face to become little slits, and my neck totally vanished. Freaky! Inside my bones crunched and dissolved, organs shifting and re-arranging. Looking round at the group, it was a shock to see so many different stages of morph and the different order in which the morph processed happened in everyone. Some people were almost fully seal, except for human hands and feet, and others had barely started - they had fins and grey skin but that was it.
After about a minute, I was all set. <Awesome!> I thought-spoke to some random morphers - they were loving it too! We had a few minutes to warm up, so let the seal's instincts surface - hunger, mostly wanted fish, ignored the other seals that were of the same DNA but was vaguely interested in the other females. Fairly easy to control. Best thing to do with the instincts is to just let them appear, accept they'll be influencing your thoughts, movements and what you do it morph, and then put it all to one side. A worrisome instinct is like a feeling of dread that you can't shake off, there's always a feeling in the back of your mind that you're in danger. Others are a easier, but still give you a weird feeling - like when you know you're in debt but try not to think about it. The seal was more like, "not sure when I'm going to be eating next, I'm going to need to get food soon so i don't starve, now please!".
The body was odd, but very similar to my dolphin, so I was used to the large bodymass yet so streamlined and buoyant in the water. Eyesight was good under water! It's like having your own built in goggles. And she was a great swimmer! Like a rocket speeding through the water! A few of us headed into a swim, round the smaller zone reserved for people just trying out the morph. Loads of fun! We were so fast! After 20 minutes we had to de-morph and allow the next group to morph, but we got to have the fun of being in the main dock!
Had a brilliant couple of hours, zipping, darting and swishing through the water like I had an engine powering me! We played games - tag - and had races up and down the dock. It was such a laugh, and even more fun were all the kids watching from the side with huge smiles on their faces. It felt like we'd only just started when lights round the edge and horns sounded, indicating it was time to head back and demorph. Reluctantly we swam back and performed the demorph. It took a bit longer than usual - I'd spend up so much energy in the water that my human heart was pounding and my lungs were burning as I completed the change back to human. By the time I was done, I was totally out of breath, like I'd just done a 400 meter sprint!
It was a mega day, and I was a bit sad to return home, but before I left I spent some time watching the next wave have their fun in the water. Morphing in your own time might be a lot of fun, but it's nothing compared to doing it alongside 3000 other morphers!
I can't wait to do it again - bring on next year!
Thursday 29 August 2013
Early Morning Dog morph
So one of the things about being a good morpher is keeping up your fitness for all of your regular morphs. This means you have to get into morph regularly and get out there and fly, run, gallop or swim! I made the classic newbie mistake when I first qualified as a morpher, and wanted to acquire each and every animal I could touch (back then, you could still just about get away with acquiring any animal, nowadays of course they've all be bio-chipped to make acquiring impossible unless you pay the owner or council a fee).
I acquired several cats, lots of pet dogs, even small animals such as gerbils - simply because I could! I then discovered it was really different keeping track of which morphs I had, not to mention pretty pointless for having most of them. I guess the original Animorphs would have acquired various different animals of the same species over the time fighting, but there would have been a reason for it, such as needing to pass as a particular animal for so they could spy on the Yeerks (someone's pet, or a specific racehorse) rather than just any old dog or horse. Not really any need for me though, too much clutter!
Plus like I mentioned about, to morph well you need to keep your morphs fit and strong. Sure, the DNA doesn't change so the animal stays the same in essence, but just like your original human form, you can develop it's fitness over time as long as you spend enough time in that particular morph. Works well, since the opposite happens when yourself or the animal is injured - you heal once you've done a morph transition! So why have 5 dog morphs when one will do the job well and you can focus your energy and time on that one?
Anyway, that aside, I went for a dog morph early this morning. I wanted to spend a good half and a half in morph and have a good run, plus some time to have fun as a dog and enjoy the smells and sounds of the early morning before most people are up! My dog is a German Shepherd, which I acquired from a morphing school about 5 years ago. The British governing body for morphing had tightened up the rules for declaring your new morphs, and most places were charging for you to acquire their animals now. The German Shepherd was £25 to morph, which is quire reasonable for a very good dog. I would have loved a wolf morph, but they're really difficult to acquire now as they are in the next category up, plus you're looking at around £200 for acquire one!
I got up at about 4.30am, which was ridiculously early and I really wanted to go back to bed! But I needed to eat breakfast, and I like to leave at least an hour between eating and morphing as otherwise I get bad stomach cramps and the morph doesn't go smoothly. Not sure exactly what happens to swallowed food whilst in Z-space but I am not keen to find out! Anyway, I was ready to leave just before 6am, no need to worry about a complicated morphing suit (a tight workout shirt and shorts did the trick) as I would be morphing and demorphing straight from home.
Good initial morph to the dog (or "in-morph") - managed to get the fur to grow first, followed by the tail, which looked awesome! The senses kicked in really quickly this time, before even my limbs had followed developed. I think I still had a part human nose, yet was able to pick up the faintest scents and hear tiny, distance sounds. Eyesight is not as good though.
I spend about 90 minutes in morph, trotting off to the outskirts of the neighbourhood, and then then breaking into a run for a good few miles along an old railway track. Let's just say that if you feel tired at 6am, doing a good run as a German Shepherd really wakes you up! The sun was just coming up and it was a really nice, crisp morning - not that the dog cared, that part of the brain just wanted to take a sneak at every bit of old food, creature, rubbish or person it could smell! Whoohoo, they love to have fun!
Got back home, rather exhausted, and did a lazy demorph before getting my gear together to cycle to work. Not a bad start, although I think I could have done with some more sleep! Got another club session tonight, this time a water session at the animal shelter, so might have the chance to do a duck or fish.
I acquired several cats, lots of pet dogs, even small animals such as gerbils - simply because I could! I then discovered it was really different keeping track of which morphs I had, not to mention pretty pointless for having most of them. I guess the original Animorphs would have acquired various different animals of the same species over the time fighting, but there would have been a reason for it, such as needing to pass as a particular animal for so they could spy on the Yeerks (someone's pet, or a specific racehorse) rather than just any old dog or horse. Not really any need for me though, too much clutter!
Plus like I mentioned about, to morph well you need to keep your morphs fit and strong. Sure, the DNA doesn't change so the animal stays the same in essence, but just like your original human form, you can develop it's fitness over time as long as you spend enough time in that particular morph. Works well, since the opposite happens when yourself or the animal is injured - you heal once you've done a morph transition! So why have 5 dog morphs when one will do the job well and you can focus your energy and time on that one?
Anyway, that aside, I went for a dog morph early this morning. I wanted to spend a good half and a half in morph and have a good run, plus some time to have fun as a dog and enjoy the smells and sounds of the early morning before most people are up! My dog is a German Shepherd, which I acquired from a morphing school about 5 years ago. The British governing body for morphing had tightened up the rules for declaring your new morphs, and most places were charging for you to acquire their animals now. The German Shepherd was £25 to morph, which is quire reasonable for a very good dog. I would have loved a wolf morph, but they're really difficult to acquire now as they are in the next category up, plus you're looking at around £200 for acquire one!
I got up at about 4.30am, which was ridiculously early and I really wanted to go back to bed! But I needed to eat breakfast, and I like to leave at least an hour between eating and morphing as otherwise I get bad stomach cramps and the morph doesn't go smoothly. Not sure exactly what happens to swallowed food whilst in Z-space but I am not keen to find out! Anyway, I was ready to leave just before 6am, no need to worry about a complicated morphing suit (a tight workout shirt and shorts did the trick) as I would be morphing and demorphing straight from home.
Good initial morph to the dog (or "in-morph") - managed to get the fur to grow first, followed by the tail, which looked awesome! The senses kicked in really quickly this time, before even my limbs had followed developed. I think I still had a part human nose, yet was able to pick up the faintest scents and hear tiny, distance sounds. Eyesight is not as good though.
I spend about 90 minutes in morph, trotting off to the outskirts of the neighbourhood, and then then breaking into a run for a good few miles along an old railway track. Let's just say that if you feel tired at 6am, doing a good run as a German Shepherd really wakes you up! The sun was just coming up and it was a really nice, crisp morning - not that the dog cared, that part of the brain just wanted to take a sneak at every bit of old food, creature, rubbish or person it could smell! Whoohoo, they love to have fun!
Got back home, rather exhausted, and did a lazy demorph before getting my gear together to cycle to work. Not a bad start, although I think I could have done with some more sleep! Got another club session tonight, this time a water session at the animal shelter, so might have the chance to do a duck or fish.
Summer is over - final Horse session of the year
My morphing club, MorphHerts, organise plenty of training and fun sessions for
it's members every week. Wednesday night during summer is Horse morph night, and it's
one of my favorites, although quite tough as it has a reputation of being
quite competitive! The horse is one of my favorite morphs,
a beautiful chestnut polo pony I acquired in
just before Christmas in 2005. Like many new morphers
I acquired it fairly on, once I'd got used to the animal's mind being
part of my own. Horse's brains are quite skittish, and if you don't
control it then it's easy to became very worried and paranoid whilst
in morph if you're not very experienced. We all had to spend a month or
so practicing easier morphs such as dogs before we were allowed to
acquire a horse. But once you become one, it's awesome! The speed,
the power, and sheer muscle is an incredible feeling. Perfect for when
all you need is a good hard gallop to escape from everyday essay writing or
sitting in an office for hours.
So last
night three of us met up on the outskirts of town, near to the countryside.
Only three of us that night - it's the end of August so I guess people
are still on holiday. I rode my bike there, it's a couple
of miles away so good for the extra exercise, and besides cycling
clothes (bar trainers - they never cracked shoes!) are very easy to morph.
Wednesday
nights started off as casual evening canters around the local countryside,
about an hour or so, for anyone who could get away from work in time and needed
to let off some steam. It doesn't need to be a horse - we have a few
people morph deer and antelopes too - just a large, fast animal that can keep
up with a herd. We prefer no large carnivores though, as there may be new
morphers around whose instincts may come on too strong which can present
risks to the rest of the group.
Now, they
are a bit more planned and competitive, especially when it's most guys.
They love to race! There's now a set route that you can follow of
10 miles, and the idea is that you morph as fast as you can, gallop the
circuit, and demorph when you return. It's basically a race
against the clock and your friends, and calls for quick morph skills, good
control of the animal's instincts fitness and stamina!
I had a reasonably good morph last
night. Not one of my fastest, but it was
fun. I did a really quick demorph, which
is usually as that’s when I’m usually knackered, but it took just two minutes
which is a good goal to aim for. I didn’t
bother about trying to make it look pretty, so there was a really odd moment
where my head, hands and feet were still fully horse, but the rest of my body
was human. I’d already stood up as
normal but the weight of my hooves and massive head made me fall forward onto
all fours again, oops! But over all it
was a nice evening for a gallop, even though the other two guys stormed off
ahead. Totally in their own world. You pick up a lot more of the world as an animal,
and whilst as human I’d appreciated the low sun and cloudless late summer sky,
the horse part of me was far more interested in the smells of the local
farms. It was especially interested in
the smell of manure that seemed to be everywhere, yuck! But it wasn’t too keen on the sound of the
cars – there’s a motorway bridge we usually pass over, and it’s noisy and unnatural
and as an animal it’s scary. Made me
think how many cars there are on the road and how great it is to just morph a
horse and run at 30 miles an hour without polluting the environment.
In the end I was in morph for just under an hour, so no need to worry about the two hour time limit. I was so tempted to canter home, but I had my bike and needed to get some proper human fitness training in (fitter bodies means faster morphs!). It was a bit sad, but that was the last horse session of the year. Autumn will be here very soon, and not many people want to go out morphing in the cold, wet, dark evenings (costs more insurance wise too), although a few who have acquired reindeer or wolves sometimes carry on. From now on we'll be doing farm or zoo sessions on Wednesdays and getting coaching from expert morphers to perfect our morphing/demorphing skills. I'll still use my horse morph to do a few long gallops over the weekends though, as there's nothing like being out in the mountains in the snow on a cold, crisp Saturday morning going for miles and miles.
Below - morphing my horse
Welcome to the world of Morphing
It's always exciting, but also a bit daunting, starting a new blog! A blank canvas - where to start?! I've got one already, following my training for the Berlin Marathon, but this is something very different. For a start, it's almost entirely fictional! It's based on the Animorphs books series by KAA Applegate that I used to love as a teenager, and whilst at Uni I wrote a few fan fiction stories about it. I also kept quite a popular fan art gallery on Deviant Art. But that was all "back in the day" and as time went by, new hobbies, working full time and way too many social media sites to keep track of (Facebook, Twitter, email, various forums and club message boards etc etc) I did drift away from Animorphs and the fan world.
I'll say it now, if Animorphs doesn't mean much to you, my blog may not mean much either! But if you were/are still a fan, hope you'll find this fun!
I miss the days, feels very odd to think I was about 12 when the books came out, and every month I'd spend my pocket money (and later part time job money) on the latest release. I was a huge Harry Potter fan too, but Animorphs was always my favourite. Reminiscing, the books reflected teenage life in the 1990s, and many of us feel like we grew up along side Jake, Marco, Cassie, Rachel, Tobias and Ax. I recently re-read #16, The Warning, where the Animorphs come across a chat room talking about the Yeerks, and laughed at how basic the internet site was shown to be. Do we even have chat rooms like that nowadays - or are mostly shut down to keep online predators away from younger children?! And no mobile phones either... wow, we actually went out and did stuff. I'm sure if Animorphs was set nowadays they'd try to fight the Yeerks by sending tweets and creating Facebook pages!
So, this will be my only "genuine" post of this blog. From now on it will all be fictional (although this isn't an anonymous blog so my name and home town will still be mentioned). The blog takes place in the present day, a decade after the Animorphs won the fight. Morphing is now a sport, and there are many of us who train and compete in it. In my blog I am a morpher, who gained the ability whilst at University 10 years ago and am now an Estreen - someone who creates art and dance out of morphing. My morphing journeys will reflect my real-life marathon and triathlon training (long runs and cycle rides become mornings spent flying as birds, and swimming sessions become playing as dolphins in the sea), and I'll be sharing many of my old fan art once more! Enjoy!
Below - a white tiger morph from August 2007
I'll say it now, if Animorphs doesn't mean much to you, my blog may not mean much either! But if you were/are still a fan, hope you'll find this fun!
I miss the days, feels very odd to think I was about 12 when the books came out, and every month I'd spend my pocket money (and later part time job money) on the latest release. I was a huge Harry Potter fan too, but Animorphs was always my favourite. Reminiscing, the books reflected teenage life in the 1990s, and many of us feel like we grew up along side Jake, Marco, Cassie, Rachel, Tobias and Ax. I recently re-read #16, The Warning, where the Animorphs come across a chat room talking about the Yeerks, and laughed at how basic the internet site was shown to be. Do we even have chat rooms like that nowadays - or are mostly shut down to keep online predators away from younger children?! And no mobile phones either... wow, we actually went out and did stuff. I'm sure if Animorphs was set nowadays they'd try to fight the Yeerks by sending tweets and creating Facebook pages!
So, this will be my only "genuine" post of this blog. From now on it will all be fictional (although this isn't an anonymous blog so my name and home town will still be mentioned). The blog takes place in the present day, a decade after the Animorphs won the fight. Morphing is now a sport, and there are many of us who train and compete in it. In my blog I am a morpher, who gained the ability whilst at University 10 years ago and am now an Estreen - someone who creates art and dance out of morphing. My morphing journeys will reflect my real-life marathon and triathlon training (long runs and cycle rides become mornings spent flying as birds, and swimming sessions become playing as dolphins in the sea), and I'll be sharing many of my old fan art once more! Enjoy!
Below - a white tiger morph from August 2007
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