Shipping Confessions: Tobias/Marco (Animorphs)

Animorphs was the first thing I really read. I was obsessed with it to the point where my parents had to take the books away from me so that I'd read other things (of course Mom had this idea of making me read shit I didn't want to so I could 'expand my horizons', but that's not a rant for Shipping Confessions).

When I first read the series I wasn't even close to being the shipper I am today. I only went for canon ships (in the main series it's Cassie/Jake and Tobias/Rachel) and didn't explore non-canon ships like I do today. I also didn't really cuss when I read them which should also surprise a lot of people that know me.

But upon my Re-Read (now up to Book #5 The Predator) I noticed a ship that escaped me from my previous readings of the series. It was one that connects to the previous Shipping Confessions (aka Science Husbands) in the way the ship connects.

It is: Tobias/Marco!

Before the Animorphs became the Animorphs and got their morphing abilities from the Andalite Prince Elfangor, Tobias knew none of the other group members. Well...he did know Jake who saved him from bullies, but they weren't close friends at all.

Before Tobias became an Animorph, he was someone who was pushed between two uncaring relatives and beat up at every opportunity. If Tobias' story had been different, he would make a great start for a genderbent Carrie.

When the group met Elfangor, Tobias finally found a cause worth fighting for. He was the strongest supporter in the beginning.

By the end of the first book (#1 The Invasion) he trapped himself in morph and throughout the series he tries to deal with being stuck in the body of a red-tailed hawk. This is also a problem for Rachel (his canon girlfriend) whose relationship with him is strained at points.

Out of all the Animorphs, Tobias is the one that is ACTUALLY TORTURED!

Marco starts off seeming like a person whose sole purpose in life is to joke. He is also the only Animorph to be extremely resistant to fighting the Yeerks until #5 The Predator.

However, Marco's character is much more than the joker he first appears as. He basically believes you can be drowned by the sorrows of life or laugh at the insanity that is life.

Also, while he is reluctant to fight, he is the one to remind the other Animorphs when they would be making a mistake. In #3 The Encounter he tells the group that they should wait since them leaving when they had wanted to would be suspicious.

There is so much I could say about Marco's character but I'll save that for another day.

Tobias and Marco, like Bruce and Tony, seem to be the opposites of each other in many respects. A combination that shouldn't work but does.

Tobias is the outcast who doesn't have a good handle of interactions with other people. When he finally does get his ability to morph back he has a hard time readjusting to his human body (which is now a morph he can only stay in for two hours at a time or he becomes a nothlit again).

Marco is the one ends up with the fame by the end and is the one that created the name Animorphs. I really wish he had been able to get suits for everyone because that would've been awesome!

Since I'm not that far along in my Re-Read, I don't have a ton of examples of shipping moments for this pair. However, the fact is that Marco gives Tobias the ability to cope with being stuck in hawk morph that he needs. Instead of being worried that he'll hurt Tobias' feelings, like the others, he takes a chance with treating Tobias just like everyone else.

Marco tells Tobias, in this manner, that he's not a freak and is just like everyone else in the group.

Oh, and did I mention it was Marco's action in #3 The Encounter that made it so that Tobias' suicide attempt wasn't successful?!

While I'll ship Rachel/Tobias until I die, I have brought in this ship for a Tobias rp tumblr I have.

What will I talk about in the next Shipping Confessions? There is a ship I was shipping before I was a shipper. A ship I didn't realize was not canon but felt so real to me. So I was disappointed, and confused, when it didn't work out. It is from the Jedi Apprentice series and is between a human and a Mon Calamari.

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Organ Harvesting Has Started

Info From HERE and HERE

Hey, something great has happened! This event seems to have finally gotten underway!

I mean...it's horrible, just HORRIBLE, that party go-ers are having their organs harvested. This is totally not the time to scream THE ZOMBIES WILL HAVE THEIR DAY AND WILL RULE FOR ALL ETERNITY STARTING NOW! because we don't know why the organs are being harvested.

For those concerned: All of the injured seem to be in recovery now so don't worry!

The rumor is that this is for the black market. As a zombie I will say: hahahaha!

For the Subeta User that doesn't want their organs harvested you go to Personal then to User Dashboard  and then to Options and you can choose to opt out of this.

For everyone who decides to offer themselves up:

Achievement Retired and More Tiers Added

Info From HERE

Because of how things are working this year the Heart Collector Achievement has been retired.

But the good news is that more tiers have been added to Kiss a User and Someone likes you!

What are tiers, people who don't play Subeta but are reading this post?

On Subeta you can get an Achievement for doing something five times and you get the same Achievement again once you do the something five more times. The first time would be the first tier and the second time would be the second tier.

So let's all get super kissy because more tiers might be added if we do!

United Zombie Alliance and L'amour Parlor

Info From HERE and HERE

United Zombie Alliance...while my living friends on Subeta are good, I like when Zombies and the living fight each other. Plus, new Zombies can be created when biting occurs so I really hope this year some new members can join the ranks. I also hope that there will be an organization I can join (besides the Forum Group I'm in) that has a 'Zombies should rule everything' motto.

REALLY hoping for that. And living friends on Subeta: Watch out if that happens because I will show no mercy!

Ecks, the peace loving Zombie Chancellor, says that non-Zombies can visit Zombie only areas if they aren't wearing masks. If you wear masks you are being insensitive to zombies. Also, us un-living assholes can't wear masks to enter our area either.

Please say something happens! Please!

For those wondering about what do do with all the candy hearts you're geting: go to L'amour Parlor and use them to get items!

Valentine's Event with no Zombies?

Info From HERE

I wasn't active on Subeta last year so I'm not sure what happened. All I know is that this post said that the Zombie Virus has been cured once and for all. I mean...what is the Valentine's Day Event on Subeta without any zombies? Hell, I've kept my second strain of Zombie Virus for years! I love being a zombie!

As for the rest of the article...You can go on a special forum and kiss users and have them kiss you back. There is are achievements for kissing. I'm going on my cult's board on that special forum.

You can also go to the Survival Memorial in Centropolis. I've been going there recently since I've started doing Major Drills' quests. And he's seeming to like that place.

Oh, I've been doing the majority of this event on my kindle and when I finally got on a computer I saw a flower so look out for those as you can use those on the Survival Memorial!

In the comments section Keith (aka the owner of Subeta) has said that new things would happen this year for this event.

Sarah Quests Get a Revamp

Info Found HERE

Because Sarah Quests require you have a certain amount of sP: I sadly can't comment on the number of daily quests change. I'll just assume it's now only ten per day for a non-Gold Account User (and if any of you reading this can tell me the number change please do).

Sarah Quests are a great idea since they help out newer users. You can only have a certain amount of sP (aka not be too rich) to do them.

Newer users, through Sarah Quests, will learn about how quests work as well as having some lovely sP to spend.

You know the old PetePoints? Well, they changed those to QuestPoints so people that aren't poor enough to do Sarah Quests can still buy from her shop located HERE.

With your QuestPoints you can buy items like this from Sarah:

Coldheart Canyon (Clive Barker)

Title: Coldheart Canyon

Sub-Title: A Hollywood Ghost Story

Author: Clive Barker

Released: 2001

Rating: 4/6

Basic Plot:
The story begins in Romania during the 1920s, where poverty and disease run rampant. American talent agent Willem Zeffer and the Romanian-born actress he represents, Katya Lupi, have traveled there in order to visit Katya's relatives. Zeffer visits an old medieval castle which has been turned into a monastery and decides to buy a unique work of art, a series of sculpted and painted tiles depicting, in a grotesque and obscene manner, the local legend of a Count who was cursed to haunt the nearby wilderness for all eternity.

The second part of the story begins in the year 2000, when failing movie star Todd Pickett decides to undergo plastic surgery to make himself look younger as prelude to his professional comeback. Something goes wrong during the surgery, and Todd, now disfigured, is forced to go into hiding during his recovery. His agent selects Katya Lupi's former home, an abandoned house in Coldheart Canyon, a secluded area outside Hollywood, where Todd soon discovers that Katya and her "subjects" still hold court.
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First Clive Barker Novel
I've been meaning to get into Clive Barker for a long time. I am a big horror fan and he's a very well known horror writer. Because of my friend Tabby, I decided to start off with this novel. This is her favorite Barker book so I thought that that was a good way to decide which of his novels to start off with. I must say publicly that I thank her for bringing this book to my attention.

Most Painful Death
I don't like to give spoilers in my written reviews but this occurs so close to the beginning that it's not a big spoiler. Dempsey, Todd's dog, dies. I can fake cry really well. I can fool people into thinking I'm having a breakdown. I was reading part of this scene to revrezner doing a fake cry and he was fooled. I think he gave me a little fist bump on the shoulder (I can't remember fully). But then as I continued to read it I actually was starting to cry. This was the only time I IMed Tabby saying: Why did you do this to me?!

The Complexity
I loved the twists and turns in the book. You think it's going to be only so big of a story and then it keeps expanding. I think the complexity of the finished novel surprised even Barker himself. Which is hilarious to me as I may have had similar experiences in the past. I did hope that something more would happen with Katya than actually did and I'm sure some people are titling their heads at that statement.

Final Thoughts
I wanted Tammy to end up with Todd's agent. But that didn't happen. When you first meet Tammy you won't see why I love this character so much. There were some really erotic scenes in this book but the horror and violence overpowers them. Nothing against sex scenes, I write smutt myself, but when I read a novel I like there to be a plot and to care about the characters. All in all, I loved this book and will be reading more by him in the future.