AniTV:
"Home" or "The Alien"

Basic Plot:
Homesick for his own planet, Ax uses a high-powered telescope to contact his father, and becomes hurt and upset when he is blamed for entrusting the Animorphs with the Andalite power to morph. Ax tries to hide his feelings from his friends on Earth, but soon learns that he must trust the Animorphs if they are to fight together against the Yeerks.

Based on:
Animorphs #8: The Alien

Nitpicks:

• Normally it would have been okay if the kid had seen Ax's stalk eyes; the active imaginations of kids has saved the Animorphs many a time. But his mom saw it. And, assuming that she's not a Controller (was it just me or did she not act shocked enough . . .) she would still not let that go.
• The Controllers just blased through the wall with flashlights --- I mean Dracon beams. Why on EARTH did they not just bypass secuirty? (As virtually every adult on AniTV is a Controller, that should be no problem). And how are they going to explain/repair the damage?
• Whatever Andalite Ax is supposed to have contacted (I beleive it was his father) looks even shaggier than Elfangor, Ax and Visser Three combined.
• PLEASE Andalites, use your tails! As freaky as you look, the tail blades are the coolest things and you are required to use them frequently and with great enthusiasim, epecially if you're Visser Three. When you are engaged in mortal combat, I doubt that your weak (on second thought, they look kind of bulky ---) arms could do any great damage to your opponent.
• In #8 Ax, with the help of a vengeful Controller (who STOLE Kareis's idea from my fic ^_^) comes up with a plan to kill The Abomination but is prevented because V3 is a resourseful little grub (and makes one wonder if he is *capable* of dying) and Ax respects the life of warrior Alloran too much to kill him while he's down. In this show, however, it turns out that Ax isn't as good of a shover as the Visser and Jake and Marco have to save him.

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