October 31, 2025
I think maybe I was wrong about my Andalite hearttype. I've felt a connection with these weird blue aliens since I started reading Animorphs back in early middle school and I always enjoyed the parts of the books that included Andalites the most. Especially Ax, because who doesn't like reading about an awkward alien trying to navigate human society with a bunch of teenagers. I'd even run around on the playground imagining myself as an Andalite.
A few years back I realized that my love for Andalites never went away. I even briefly questioned them as a kintype at one point, but settled on some sort of hearttype identity.
I still find it super fun to imagine myself as an Andalite when I'm bored although I don't really do it that often. It really hit me a few days ago though as I was going for a jog. I don't listen to music while running and my mind tends to wander. I imagined myself running as an Andalite and thought about how nice it would be to gallop along the road instead of plodding along on two stubby legs. It was great. Totally recommend. But in that moment I realized that I don't really have that much of an interest in surrounding myself with Andalite stuff or think about them much beyond to think that they're a neat species design. There's also nothing in my soul (that I'm currently aware of) that tells me I AM an Andalite but it's certainly fun to imagine myself as one.
Maybe Andalites are more of a linktype than a hearttype. Or some sort of hybrid link-hearttype. I feel like I've been trying to force Andalites into a hearttype box because that's what I'm familiar with, considering I've never had anything beyond kintype and hearttype identities before. It's not really an identity that I feel like I can drop at will, but it's also not a very strong identity except in cases when I feel like playing pretend.
Eh it's a vaguetype for now! But I'll probably have to do some more questioning.