Animorphuckery: Trauma: War is Hell. So is Childhood.

Explicit content warning

08/06/22 • 87 min

GET IN, SHORMS, TODAY WE ARE FACING OUR TRAUMA.
How traumatized were each of the Animorphs before the war? How about after? What methods exist for reducing the impact of traumatic events? Why does the Animorph fandom seem to be so full of people who had shitty childhoods? Join us as we analyze each character's (modified) ACE scores before and after the war and learn about the healing power of shorms.
Safety warnings:
- This episode talks about some heavy shit. If you are not in a mental place where you can be doing that right now, please don't.
- We are not professionals; we are just people who have learned a thing or two while trying to get our own shit together. If you feel you need a professional, please seek one out.
Learn about ACE scores here:
https://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/aces/fastfact.html
Learn about preventing ACEs here: https://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/pdf/preventingACES.pdf
A Question of Hope: https://intranet.bixbycenter.ucsf.edu/resources/files/Video_A%20Question%20of%20Hope_Background.pdf
The Body Keeps The Score:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18693771-the-body-keeps-the-score
Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23129659-adult-children-of-emotionally-immature-parents
If you haven't sustained enough emotional damage, check out this worksheet and measure it against the Animorphs' parents. Or, even worse, your own:
http://curioushealing.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/ACEIP_exercises.pdf

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Animorphuckery: Disability Part 2/Interview With an Anifan

Travis, aka @WlkngCntradctn, has the coolest Twitter bio ever:
"Bi/Pan white cis male poly kinky quadriplegic therapist published philosopher/author semi-professional origami artist and canonical Animorph."
After reading that I just HAD to hear everything he had to say about Animorphs, and sure enough, he was full of great things to say.
Topics include: Avatar The Last Airbender & Korra, disability, grief and acceptance associated with becoming disabled, various forms of privilege, The Trolley Problem, The Prisoner's Dilemma, Spiderman 2, the therapeutic uses of pop culture references, Don Quixote, Logan, elder care, and more.
NOTE: This episode (and most other episodes of Animorphuckery) contain full-series spoilers. If you followed Travis here from Animorphing Time and are reading the books along with them, wait a few weeks; you're almost there!

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I'm not saying I am done talking about Animorphs, but I am saying WELCOME TO SEASON TWO OF HANNAH CAN'T SHUT UP ABOUT 90S CHILDREN'S SCI-FI!
If anything else about Animorphs comes up that desperately needs to be said, I'll say it, but in the meantime Chelsea and I have decided that the Disney show So Weird MUST be discussed. I am convinced that the Venn diagram of people who would love Animorphs and people who would love So Weird is a circle. Its on Disney+ right now; go make your life 1000 times better by checking it out and then join me and Chelsea as we launch our So Weird rewatch podcast.... soon? Ugh, adult responsibilities really need to take a seat so we can focus on what really matters; 90s children's sci-fi.