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* IDidWhatIHadTo: Eva says she hates all voluntary Controllers for being complicit with the Yeerk Empire's slavery, but Tom argues that most of them were either from desperate situations, or wanted to keep their families safe... like him.
* WouldHurtAChild: Essa once snapped a boy's neck because he found his singing annoying, and hated the fact that it made Tom happy.
* WouldHurtAChild: Essa once snapped a boy's neck because he found his singing annoying, and hated the fact that it made Tom happy.
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* IDidWhatIHadTo: IDidWhatIHadToDo: Eva says she hates all voluntary Controllers for being complicit with the Yeerk Empire's slavery, but Tom argues that most of them were either from desperate situations, or wanted to keep their families safe... like him.
* WouldHurtAChild: Essa once snapped a boy's neck becausehe found his singing annoying, and hated inspired hope in the fact that it made Tom happy.
hosts, including Tom.
* WouldHurtAChild: Essa once snapped a boy's neck because
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* IDidWhatIHadTo: Eva says she hates all voluntary Controllers for being complicit with the Yeerk Empire's slavery, but Tom argues that most of them were either from desperate situations, or wanted to keep their families safe... like him.
* WouldHurtAChild: Essa once snapped a boy's neck because he found his singing annoying, and hated the fact that it made Tom happy.
* IDidWhatIHadTo: Eva says she hates all voluntary Controllers for being complicit with the Yeerk Empire's slavery, but Tom argues that most of them were either from desperate situations, or wanted to keep their families safe... like him.
* WouldHurtAChild: Essa once snapped a boy's neck because he found his singing annoying, and hated the fact that it made Tom happy.
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* WrittenByTheWinners: Jake points out that the Animorphs' defeat of the Yeerks wasn't as easy as the simplified version on the news; much of it was caused by the Yeerks' infighting.
* WrittenByTheWinners: Jake points out that the Animorphs' defeat of the Yeerks wasn't as easy as the simplified version on the news; much of it was caused by the Yeerks' infighting.
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* DoNotCallMeSir: Jake doesn't like being called "sir" because all of his titles are honorary.
honorary, and because he's the youngest person in the room.
* WrittenByTheWinners: Jake points out that the Animorphs' defeat of the Yeerks wasn't as easy as the simplified version told on the news;much they mainly won by taking advantage of it was caused by infighting amongst the Yeerks' infighting.
Vissers.
* WrittenByTheWinners: Jake points out that the Animorphs' defeat of the Yeerks wasn't as easy as the simplified version told on the news;
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* WrittenByTheWinners: Jake points out that the Animorphs' defeat of the Yeerks wasn't as easy as the simplified version on the news; much of it was caused by the Yeerks' infighting.
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''[[https://archiveofourown.org/series/151619 Eleutherophobia]]'' is a series of ''Literature/{{Animorphs}}'' {{Alternate Universe Fic}}s by [=SoloMoon=]. Tom survived the final battle, but the Yeerk in his head did not. Now, he has to get used to being free again in a world still reeling from the aftermath of a war and getting used to the existence of aliens.
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''[[https://archiveofourown.org/series/151619 Eleutherophobia]]'' is a series of ''Literature/{{Animorphs}}'' {{Alternate Universe Fic}}s by [=SoloMoon=]. Tom survived the final battle, but the Yeerk in his head did not. Now, he has to get used to being free again in a world still reeling from the aftermath of a war and getting used to the existence of aliens.
revelation that aliens exist.
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* SelfDeprecation: Tom has a lot of self-loathing left over from his time as a Controller, which manifests itself as snarky remarks about how he was better that way.
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* ImpersonationGambit: Eva and Tom plan to get back home by pretending that they're still Controllers in order to sneak into a Yeerk Pool, then crash a couple of bug fighters into each other in an attempt to undo the Sario Rip.
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* FullNameUltimatum: Jean shouts out Tom's full name — Thomas Isaiah Berenson — when she sees him holding a Dracon beam.
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''[[https://archiveofourown.org/series/151619 Eleutherophobia]]'' is a series of ''Literature/{{Animorphs}}'' {{Alternate Universe Fic}}s by [=SoloMoon=]. Tom survived the final battle, but the Yeerk in his head did not. Now, he has to get used to being free again in a world still reeling from the aftermath of a war.
war and getting used to the existence of aliens.
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* DoNotCallMeSir: Jake doesn't like being called "sir" because all of his titles are honorary.
* DoNotCallMeSir: Jake doesn't like being called "sir" because all of his titles are honorary.
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* TapOnTheHead: Tom recalls a time when he watched his dad hit a girl on a head and knock her unconscious when they were both Controllers.
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* FictionalDisability: Ex-hosts frequently have a disorder called Post-Infestation Affective Blunting Syndrome. Due to not being able to use their own bodies for so long, their brains lose the ability to perform automatic actions. They rarely make facial expressions, have uncoordinated movements, and take a while to respond to outside stimuli.
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* FantasticSlur: Ex-hosts are sometimes called "zombies" due to their unresponsiveness.
* FictionalDisability: Ex-hosts frequently have a disorder called Post-Infestation Affective Blunting Syndrome. Due to not being able to use their own bodies for so long, their brains lose the ability to perform automatic actions. They rarely make facial expressions, have uncoordinatedmovements, movements and slurred speech, and take a while to respond to outside stimuli.
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* NotThatKindOfDoctor: Steve Berenson tells Joey's mother that he can't prescribe her son medicine because it's not his area of expertise.
* OutOfContextEavesdropping: Tom overhears his dad compare PIABS to the negative symptoms of schizophrenia, and assumes that he has schizophrenia at first.
* SpeechImpediment: Both of the children with Post-Infestation Affective Blunting Syndrome that Tom meets hardly talk at all.
* NotThatKindOfDoctor: Steve Berenson tells Joey's mother that he can't prescribe her son medicine because it's not his area of expertise.
* OutOfContextEavesdropping: Tom overhears his dad compare PIABS to the negative symptoms of schizophrenia, and assumes that he has schizophrenia at first.
* SpeechImpediment: Both of the children with Post-Infestation Affective Blunting Syndrome that Tom meets hardly talk at all.
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* ShoutOut: Tom reads a book about 80 people fleeing a doomed Earth, which is clearly meant to be ''Literature/{{Remnants}}'', another Creator/KAApplegate series.
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* FantasticLegalWeirdness: Earth courts have never had to deal with possession before, so the defence in Esplin's trial have already thrown out Alloran's testimony because they considered it self-incrimination.
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* DrivenToSuicide:
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* AccidentalMisnaming: When they're pretending to still be Controllers, Eva calls Tom "Temrash 114", even though he was infested by Essa 412 at the time they're stuck in.
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* AccidentalMisnaming: When they're pretending to still be Controllers, infiltrating the San Diego Yeerk Pool, Eva calls Tom "Temrash 114", even though he was infested by Essa 412 at the time they're stuck in.
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* ShoutOut: The password to enter the Yeerk Pool under the YMCA is "We're here on behalf of the Music/VillagePeople", the band who made the "YMCA" song.
* WeNeedADistraction: Tom and Eva get all of the Controllers to evacuate the San Diego Yeerk Pool by pretending that Visser One is doing a surprise inspection, while Tom sets off an evacuation alarm.
* WeNeedADistraction: Tom and Eva get all of the Controllers to evacuate the San Diego Yeerk Pool by pretending that Visser One is doing a surprise inspection, while Tom sets off an evacuation alarm.
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* NamedByTheAdaptation: Tom's second Yeerk is given the name Essa 412, and the rank Visser Seventeen. Marco and Cassie are given the last names Alvarez and Day, respectively.
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* NamedByTheAdaptation: Tom's second Yeerk is given the name Essa 412, 412 and the rank Visser Seventeen. Marco and Cassie are given the last names Alvarez and Day, respectively.
* PosthumousCharacter: The series starts with Essa 412's death, but his actions have left Tom with lasting mental scars.
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* SirSwearsALot: Tom got into the habit of swearing mentally to annoy Temrash 114. He never broke the habit, and he sometimes forgets to watch his mouth while talking to children.
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* SirSwearsALot: Tom got into the habit of swearing mentally to annoy Temrash 114. He never broke the habit, and it, so he sometimes forgets to watch his mouth while talking to children.children and/or relatives.
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* UselessProtagonist: This takes place while Tom is still a Controller, so he can only watch as his family falls apart around him and Essa continues to deceive them. His only act of agency is a brief moment of FightingFromTheInside.
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* OCStandIn: The author has admitted that this version of Tom is mostly their original creation; in canon, his true self only had a handful of lines and never had a full conversation with anyone on-page.
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''[[https://archiveofourown.org/series/151619 Eleutherophobia]]'' is a series of ''Literature/{{Animorphs}}'' {{Alternate Universe Fic}}s by [=SoloMoon=]. Tom survived the final battle, but the Yeerk in his head did not. Now, he has to navigate a world still reeling from the revelation that aliens exist and recovering from a war.
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''[[https://archiveofourown.org/series/151619 Eleutherophobia]]'' is a series of ''Literature/{{Animorphs}}'' {{Alternate Universe Fic}}s by [=SoloMoon=]. Tom survived the final battle, but the Yeerk in his head did not. Now, he has to navigate get used to being free again in a world still reeling from the revelation that aliens exist and recovering from aftermath of a war.
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* FictionalDisability: Ex-hosts frequently have a disorder called Post-Infestation Affective Blunting Syndrome. Due to not being able to use their own bodies for so long, their brains lose the ability to perform automatic actions. They seem emotionless, have unco-ordinated movements, and take a while to respond to outside stimuli.
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* FictionalDisability: Ex-hosts frequently have a disorder called Post-Infestation Affective Blunting Syndrome. Due to not being able to use their own bodies for so long, their brains lose the ability to perform automatic actions. They seem emotionless, rarely make facial expressions, have unco-ordinated uncoordinated movements, and take a while to respond to outside stimuli.
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* StockholmSyndrome: Tom claims to have this. In ''These Are the Damned'', he says that being a Controller made him feel like his place in the world was to be obedient so the Yeerks wouldn't hurt him. In ''Total Recall'', he slips up and calls himself "property".
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* StockholmSyndrome: Tom claims to have this. In ''These Are the Damned'', he says while drunk that being a Controller made him feel like his place in the world was to be obedient so the Yeerks wouldn't hurt him. In ''Total Recall'', he slips up and calls himself "property".
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battle. ''THX 1138'' reveals that some of the Auxillary Animorphs survived as well.
* StockholmSyndrome: Tom claims to have this. In ''These Are the Damned'', he says that being a Controller made him feel like his place in the world was to be obedient so the Yeerks wouldn't hurt him. In ''Total Recall'', he slips up and calls himself "property".
* StockholmSyndrome: Tom claims to have this. In ''These Are the Damned'', he says that being a Controller made him feel like his place in the world was to be obedient so the Yeerks wouldn't hurt him. In ''Total Recall'', he slips up and calls himself "property".
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* InVinoVeritas: Both of the brothers get underage-drunk. Jake talks about how he and his friends feel about the war being over, while Tom talks about what it was like to be treated as a slave for years.
* InVinoVeritas: Both of the brothers get underage-drunk. Jake talks about how he and his friends feel about the war being over, while Tom talks about what it was like to be treated as a slave for years.
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How I ended up uninfested? That’s a little more interesting.''
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-> My name is Tom. Just Tom, I guess, although you all know who I am. And I was infested for over three years.\\
The story of how I ended up with a yeerk in my head is about what you’d expect: I went to a Sharing meeting alone and left with a passenger. That story’s boring, and doesn’t have a happy ending.\\
How I ended up uninfested? That’s a little more interesting.
-->-- Opening lines of ''The Day the Earth Stood Still''
The story of how I ended up with a yeerk in my head is about what you’d expect: I went to a Sharing meeting alone and left with a passenger. That story’s boring, and doesn’t have a happy ending.\\
How I ended up uninfested? That’s a little more interesting.
-->-- Opening lines of ''The Day the Earth Stood Still''
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* ActionPrologue: It begins with Tom morphing to heal his near-fatal injuries and kill Essa, then he jumps off the Blade Ship.
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* NightmareSequence: This fic begins with Tom having a nightmare where he's a Controller again and is forced to kill his family.
* SnakesAreSinister: Defied; when Tom morphs into a cobra, he comments that they're actually very chill and spend most of their time sunbathing.
* NightmareSequence: This fic begins with Tom having a nightmare where he's a Controller again and is forced to kill his family.
* SnakesAreSinister: Defied; when Tom morphs into a cobra, he comments that they're actually very chill and spend most of their time sunbathing.
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* PsychicStatic: Tom admits that he got his habit of swearing because it annoyed Temrash 114; Essa 412, meanwhile, was more annoyed by Britney Spears songs. When his parents were briefly Controllers, his mom mentally played Barry Mallinow on a loop, while his dad recited the Periodic Table.
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* DirtyMindReading: Discussed. Tom thinks about sex for the first time in over three years while waiting for his parents to be released from custody, now that there's no-one to witness it.
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* FlatEarthAtheist: A lot of people don't believe that Yeerks exist, including Jake and Tom's great-grandmother, even though the war has been all over the news.
* InnocentlyInsensitive: Tom's relatives keep blaming him for things Essa 412 did in his body without understanding how Yeerk infestation works.
* FlatEarthAtheist: A lot of people don't believe that Yeerks exist, including Jake and Tom's great-grandmother, even though the war has been all over the news.
* InnocentlyInsensitive: Tom's relatives keep blaming him for things Essa 412 did in his body without understanding how Yeerk infestation works.
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* BodyHorror: When Tom demorphs from his cobra form in the sewers, his organs start changing shape while he has no skin.
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* SirSwearsALot: Tom got into the habit of swearing mentally to annoy Temrash 114. He never broke the habit, and he sometimes forgets to watch his mouth while talking to children.
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* CassandraTruth: None of the soldiers believe Tom when he says that his Yeerk is dead, so he has to be detained for four days to see if it starves out.
* NotUsedToFreedom: Tom takes a while to get used to the fact that there's no longer another presence in his mind and he can move on his own now.
* CassandraTruth: None of the soldiers believe Tom when he says that his Yeerk is dead, so he has to be detained for four days to see if it starves out.
* NotUsedToFreedom: Tom takes a while to get used to the fact that there's no longer another presence in his mind and he can move on his own now.
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* AccidentalMisnaming: When they're pretending to still be Controllers, Eva calls Tom "Temrash 114", even though he was infested by Essa 412 at the time they're stuck in.
* NegativeSpaceWedgie: Eva and Tom are sent two years into the past by a letter bomb explosion that created a sario rip.
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''[[https://archiveofourown.org/series/151619 Eleutherophobia]]'' is a series of ''Literature/{{Animorphs}}'' {{Alternate Universe Fic}}s by [=SoloMoon=]. Tom survived the final battle, but the Yeerk in his head did not. Now, he has to navigate a world still reeling from the revelation that aliens exist and recovering from a war.
'''Due to the nature of this series, all spoilers for the ''Animorphs'' books will be unmarked.'''
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!!These fanfics provide examples of:
[[AC: The series as a whole]]
* FictionalDisability: Ex-hosts frequently have a disorder called Post-Infestation Affective Blunting Syndrome. Due to not being able to use their own bodies for so long, their brains lose the ability to perform automatic actions. They seem emotionless, have unco-ordinated movements, and take a while to respond to outside stimuli.
* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: All of the fics (except ''A Straight Line Down Through the Heart'') are named after sci-fi movies.
* NamedByTheAdaptation: Tom's second Yeerk is given the name Essa 412, and the rank Visser Seventeen. Marco and Cassie are given the last names Alvarez and Day, respectively.
* OriginalFlavour: The author sticks as close to Creator/KAApplegate's writing style and tone as possible, balancing the hilarious, heart-wrenching, and horrifying.
* PreferableImpersonator: Ex-hosts commonly face this problem. After years of having {{Puppeteer Parasite}}s get good grades and generally act agreeable in their bodies, their families and friends have a hard time getting used to their now-traumatised true selves.
--> '''Tom:''' My ears were working just fine, [[AndIMustScream even if I couldn’t communicate worth a damn]]. I heard all those times when you told me how much more ''mature'' I’d gotten, how the Sharing had been ''such'' a good influence.
* ShoutOutThemeNaming: Most of the {{Original Character}}s are named after characters from other books; the author posted a full list [[https://thejakeformerlyknownasprince.tumblr.com/post/161825016689/character-names-in-eleutherophobia on their Tumblr blog.]]
* SparedByTheAdaptation: The premise is that the real Tom survived the final battle.
[[AC: ''City of Lost Children'']]
* DramaticIrony: Jean berates Jake for his failing school performance and wishes he could be more like Tom, who's a seemingly perfect student. Of course, the readers know that Jake is fighting a secret war in order to free people like Tom from {{Puppeteer Parasite}}s. Also, Tom insists that Jake doesn't know that he's a Controller, even though Jake has known for about a year at that point.
* EntertaininglyWrong: Jean berates Jake for being incredibly secretive about why he keeps skipping school. Tom and Essa both come to the conclusion that he's been doing drugs. In reality, Jake's been fighting in a secret war.
* InterruptedSuicide: PlayedForDrama. Tom regains control of his body for about a second and clenches his hand around a steak knife, but his Yeerk stops him from stabbing himself through the eye and killing them both.
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!!These fanfics provide examples of:
[[AC: The series as a whole]]
* FictionalDisability: Ex-hosts frequently have a disorder called Post-Infestation Affective Blunting Syndrome. Due to not being able to use their own bodies for so long, their brains lose the ability to perform automatic actions. They seem emotionless, have unco-ordinated movements, and take a while to respond to outside stimuli.
* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: All of the fics (except ''A Straight Line Down Through the Heart'') are named after sci-fi movies.
* NamedByTheAdaptation: Tom's second Yeerk is given the name Essa 412, and the rank Visser Seventeen. Marco and Cassie are given the last names Alvarez and Day, respectively.
* OriginalFlavour: The author sticks as close to Creator/KAApplegate's writing style and tone as possible, balancing the hilarious, heart-wrenching, and horrifying.
* PreferableImpersonator: Ex-hosts commonly face this problem. After years of having {{Puppeteer Parasite}}s get good grades and generally act agreeable in their bodies, their families and friends have a hard time getting used to their now-traumatised true selves.
--> '''Tom:''' My ears were working just fine, [[AndIMustScream even if I couldn’t communicate worth a damn]]. I heard all those times when you told me how much more ''mature'' I’d gotten, how the Sharing had been ''such'' a good influence.
* ShoutOutThemeNaming: Most of the {{Original Character}}s are named after characters from other books; the author posted a full list [[https://thejakeformerlyknownasprince.tumblr.com/post/161825016689/character-names-in-eleutherophobia on their Tumblr blog.]]
* SparedByTheAdaptation: The premise is that the real Tom survived the final battle.
[[AC: ''City of Lost Children'']]
* DramaticIrony: Jean berates Jake for his failing school performance and wishes he could be more like Tom, who's a seemingly perfect student. Of course, the readers know that Jake is fighting a secret war in order to free people like Tom from {{Puppeteer Parasite}}s. Also, Tom insists that Jake doesn't know that he's a Controller, even though Jake has known for about a year at that point.
* EntertaininglyWrong: Jean berates Jake for being incredibly secretive about why he keeps skipping school. Tom and Essa both come to the conclusion that he's been doing drugs. In reality, Jake's been fighting in a secret war.
* InterruptedSuicide: PlayedForDrama. Tom regains control of his body for about a second and clenches his hand around a steak knife, but his Yeerk stops him from stabbing himself through the eye and killing them both.
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