Animorphs & Conspiracy Theories
How this Book Series Convinced A Young, Epileptic Me That Aliens Were Taking Over.
Almost all of the Animorph books (written by KA Applegate and published by Scholastic), had this on the back jacket:
We can’t tell you who we are. Or where we live. It’s too risky, and we’ve got to be careful. Really careful. So we don’t trust anyone. Because if they find us… well, we just won’t let them find us. The thing you should know is that everyone is in really big trouble. Yeah. Even you.
And the last books, when the action really began to accelerate, had this:
Here’s the deal these days: They know exactly who we are. They know exactly where we live. We’ve got a few secrets left, and we’re gonna use them. But just know that the end is coming. And we don’t know how much longer we can do this. How much longer can we fight. What about you? Where will you be when it ends? Think about it. Think hard. Because the countdown has already begun…
Here’s the thing: When I was 10, I had epilepsy. Seizures caused me to hallucinate. I thought I saw the Virgin Mary a few times. The medication I was on gave me night terrors.
And I like…well, sort of thought the Animorphs were real?
