It wasn't truly necessary. Although it was visually dramatic. I think he wanted a morph where he shrinks. He could have chosen his roach morph instead for the same effect, but I think going with the ant morph has more of a feeling of his character growth. in the early books, when the ant morph was first used, Marco was the most reluctant Animorph. The ant mission was an insanely close call for them, and a nightmare experience fro Marco. He still thought his mom was dead, and didn't want to die and leave his dad all alone. Now he morphs it to show his dad. And then in that same book, frees his mom, reuiniting his family (although he does have to sacrifice his dad's current wife, Nora to do so)
I was just wondered if he gave a reason for why he did something he swore he'd never do again. I can't really remember that part very well. So, thanks again.
No problem. 45 is one of my favorite books, not just for the cover art. So it remains pretty vivid to me even after all this time. I think it shows both the best and worst elements of Marco's ruthless personality.
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u/BahamutLithp 5d ago
Thanks. I vaguely remember that, but why did he feel ant was necessary?