The Housecat Speaks: Write on, GaliGee! (the grand finale!) by Galikat Thursday, November 27, 2003 Thanks to Groucho Marx for tracking down GaliGee's Lost Comedy (and if you don't believe it's really hers, I've got two witnesses) On June 14, 2003, GaliGee posted the first chapter in [URL=http://www.bzpower.com/forum/index.php?act=ST&f=25&t=66893]Lewa Defies Gravity[/URL]. Two days later she posted [URL=http://www.bzpower.com/forum/index.php?act=ST&f=27&t=68112]The Greening of Po-Koro[/URL], a comedy featuring, Maku, Huki, the Toa, Makuta, and one strange looking kraata -- Pinky, the kraata that just wasn't mean enough. Pinky soon became one of GaliGee's "trademark" characters, and will appear again in Makuta's Island, due out in December. After the MNOLGII came out, GaliGee just HAD to do an [URL=http://www.bzpower.com/forum/index.php?act=ST&f=27&t=72799]Interview with Hahli[/URL] eventually, but the first one was more like Interview with Takua, Jaller, Macku, Nokama, Lewa, Gali, and Hewkii. Oh, and Hahli managed to answer a few questions, despite being constantly interrupted. Don't worry, GaliGee will be interviewing Hahli again sometime. Although GaliGee had stated that The Greening of Po-Koro would be the closest thing to a sequel for RTwM she'd ever make, when silentlunchbag34 posted a Chibi GaliGee moc of her, she decided to post a story to go with it -- a SHORT story, of course. In [URL=http://www.bzpower.com/forum/index.php?act=ST&f=26&t=76946&st=0]Makuta Makes Me Mini[/URL], Makuta comes calling on GaliGee again -- and GaliGee learns to never mouth off an evil megalomaniac. Of course she got fixed back up again -- but got another unpleasant surprise. (That reminds me, GaliGee, the Lego company called and said they have another extra set of Nuva armor on hold for you just in case.) The day after that, GaliGee posted the first chapter in [URL=http://www.bzpower.com/forum/index.php?act=ST&f=25&t=77163]Kopaka: Icy Visonary[/URL], her longest epic yet at 101 pages long when printed out. (That's twice as long as Tahu, Master of Fire was!) Want to know just how she does it? Check out her [URL=http://www.bzpower.com/forum/index.php?act=ST&f=25&t=77721]Epic Writing Workshop[/URL], also known as EWW (which is what she'd say if Makuta were to kiss her). It's not finished yet, though, so check back often. GaliGee got paid another visit from Makuta in [URL=http://www.bzpower.com/forum/index.php?act=ST&f=26&t=82558&st=0]Makuta's Last Try[/URL] -- and this time, she got a permanent change. Makuta gave her blue eyes so she'd never forget him. As if she could ever forget Makuta. While she was waiting for Mask of Light to come out (and for Makuta to meet his final demise), she made a [URL=http://www.bzpower.com/forum/index.php?act=ST&f=27&t=85480]Mask of Light signature countdown[/URL]. "Hey!" Takanuva says in it. "I thought I was supposed to SING in this lousy movie! Where's my agent?" Sigh. Unfortunately for her, GaliGee seems doomed to write Makuta stories. As soon as the admins allowed spoilers for Mask of Light to be posted, she revealed [URL=http://www.bzpower.com/forum/index.php?act=ST&f=26&t=89417]Makuta Explains[/URL], where Makuta comes back and tries to convience her that he's gone good-guy now. They happen to run into some trouble on the way, though, and all bets are off as to the outcome. While you're there, vote whether or not Makuta should return in the bonicle storyline, and then check out GaliGee's MOCkery of Makuta's rather shoddy rebuilt form. After all of these Makuta stories, GaliGee started writing a Takanuva story -- actually a Takua story. [URL=http://www.bzpower.com/forum/index.php?act=ST&f=25&t=95830]Journey Into the Light[/URL] is Takua's journal, kept during the Kal saga, the time of peace, and the search for the seventh Toa. It's still in progress, so check back often -- this could be GaliGee's longest story yet. While GaliGee's latest comedy is [URL=http://www.bzpower.com/forum/index.php?act=ST&f=27&t=97646]Interview with Takanuva and Jaller[/URL], and she's currently working on a dark comedy (Makuta's Island), there's one more new GaliGee comedy out there, floating around in cyberspace -- GALIGEE'S LOST COMEDY. [URL=http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/GaliCat/Takuas-first-day/galigeeslostcomedy.txt]TAKUA'S FIRST DAY AS A TOA -- CLICK HERE![/URL] How does she do it? Before Interview with Gali, the last time she'd written anything creative was in college (1000 years ago, she says, but I think she's exaggerating a LITTLE), so how'd she get to be such a sensation? On this Thanksgiving day, I think that the best answer I can give is in her signature: "In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one." --Eph. 6:16 HAPPY THANKSGIVING! Correction by Galikat Thursday, November 20, 2003 In last week's blog, I said that GaliGee's interview with Kongu and Tamaru was her last interview of 2003. Actually, I left out her [URL=http://www.bzpower.com/forum/index.php?act=ST&f=27&t=35653]Interview with Wairuha[/URL]. I apologize for any inconvenience, and also recommend you read the interview. It's funny -- but aren't all of GaliGee's stories to some degree? The Housecat Speaks: Write on, GaliGee! (part 4) by Galikat Thursday, November 20, 2003 On January 2, 2003, GaliGee posted the first chapter in [URL=http://www.bzpower.com/forum/index.php?act=ST&f=25&t=35961]Gali's Heart[/URL], her second Toa epic and the first one to cover the life of a Toa from arrival on Mata Nui to just before the Kal saga. The story has seven chapters -- one for each other Toa, one for Nokama, and the "finale" chapter. Each one focuses on the character's place in Gali's heart. I recommend making sure you read Tahu's chapter and Kopaka's chapter even if you don't read any others. (Like anyone could pass up a GaliGee epic!) Each chapter is different. Lewa's chapter is mostly GaliGee's own ideas, but includes a bit from comic #2 at the end. Nokama's chapter is entirely GaliGee's, and is a good example of her imagination and ability to transfer her thoughts to paper. While Tahu's chapter begins with a scene from comic #3, the rest is something only a good writer could pull off right -- and something Lego would never do. (Oh, the suspense! You'd better read it for yourself.) In that chapter, GaliGee also used a part from her interview with Gali -- she states that the great beings sent help to Gali in the form of tahu and his fire sword. (Those were more or less her exact words.) Onua's chapter was mainly recycled bits from Onua's Golden Kanohi, but GaliGee's fans didn't mind. Actually, they enjoyed seeing it from Gali's point of view as well as Onua's. It also includes some new bits, including how Onua helped Gali get her Matatu. (Gali's hooks make her really bad at digging.) Pohatu's chapter was made up of parts from comic #5, the Bionicle.com updates, and ideas from GaliGee's "little transparent yellow brain". (Next week: why GaliGee doesn't say that anymore.) Kopaka's place is entirely GaliGee's, and hints at her Tahu Enslaved comic (although in her "official" storyline, it's a bit different). It includes one of her best scenes yet, and I recommend you read it. The last chapter begins with part of comic #9, but the rest is pure GaliGee magic. As you know if you read the rectraction above, I made a mistake in part 3. GaliGee's last interview of 2002 was actually [URL=http://www.bzpower.com/forum/index.php?act=ST&f=27&t=35653]Interview with Wairuha[/URL]. Of course, one good interview deserves another, so she wrote [URL=http://www.bzpower.com/forum/index.php?act=ST&f=27&t=38603]Interview with Akamai[/URL]. Wairuha drops in as well, with chaotic results. Let's just say that the while Tahu, Onua and Pohatu don't lose their heads, they lose a few other pieces. (Notice that Wairuha's bottom katana is a bit bent... but, hey, GaliGee has two kids. Both girls. And all three females in the household love Bionicle. Must run in the family.) GaliGee's next interview was with [URL=http://www.bzpower.com/forum/index.php?act=ST&f=27&t=40970&st=0]Takua and Jala[/URL]. It chronicles (no pun intended) Tahu returning to Ta-Koro as the Toa Nuva of fire and getting defeated by Tahnok-Kal, but it shows a slightly different account than what the flash update afterwards depicted. (But, hey, that's life on the edge of the storyline for you. All danger.) Takua also shares a mysterious dream he has, and tells about his almost-date with Nixie. Ah, love. Poor GaliGee. She's always getting bothered by the Bionicle bad guys. Just look at her [URL=http://www.bzpower.com/forum/index.php?act=ST&f=27&t=41310]Interview with the Bohrok-Kal[/URL]. (I wonder if the Morbuzakh will be calling her -- but can a plant use a phone?) Poor GaliGee gets her couch set on fire, her window broken, her drywall crumpled, and her refrigerator plasmatized. Needless to say, she went out for dinner that night. After writing Gali's Heart, GaliGee decided to write from Tahu's point of view about that... incident. Behold [URL=http://www.bzpower.com/forum/index.php?act=ST&f=25&t=43382]Tahu, Master of Fire[/URL]. If the chapter titles sound familar, they're (for the most part) from the Bionicle quiz BZPower did a while back. GaliGee's next interview was ghost-written for MataNuiHero in a test to see if the popularity of a writer has anything to do with the number of reviews people give. See the results in [URL=http://www.bzpower.com/forum/index.php?act=ST&f=27&t=51460&st=0&]Interview with the Powerless Toa Nuva[/URL]. After that was another [URL=http://www.bzpower.com/forum/index.php?act=ST&f=27&t=52253]Interview with Makuta[/URL] which introduced readers to Makuta's big plan which led to a whole section's worth of stories -- he tried to get her to believe that he was in love with her. Of course, that didn't work, so he collasped the ceiling on her. (Good thing she has that drywall contractor on speed-dial.) After Tahu, Master of Fire (from this point onward TMoF), GaliGee felt like she should write epics for all six (now seven) Toa. Her next project was [URL=http://www.bzpower.com/forum/index.php?act=ST&f=25&t=53550]Pohatu, Solid as Stone[/URL] (PSaS). However, in the middle she got... distracted. By Makuta. Read [URL=http://www.bzpower.com/forum/index.php?act=ST&f=25&t=58732]Road Trip with Makuta[/URL] to find out exactly how. And when it looks like it's the end, scroll down some more -- that son of a (coupe-de-ville convertible drives by at an astounding speed) hacked into GaliGee's account. (She never should have changed her password to makutadieyouevilscum -- it was just too obvious.) On June 5, 2003, GaliGee finally finished PSaS. The next Toa would be Lewa, with Kopaka afterward. Of course, the epic master had a few more surprises up her sleeve before the end of the year came. To be continued... The Housecat Speaks: Write on, GaliGee! (part 3) by Galikat Thursday, November 13, 2003 On September 4, 2002, GaliGee posted the first chapter in [URL=http://www.bzpower.com/forum/index.php?act=ST&f=25&t=25258]Onua's Golden Kanohi[/URL], her first serious epic. It starts off with Onua finding his Akaku, which he uses to look through a cave wall when Whenua's drill senses great power. Much to his surprise, he finds four Pakari, which he delivers to the other Toa in approximate MNOLG order. (He visits Ga-Koro instead of Ta-Koro first, but who wouldn't? Actually, the update for Ta-Koro came before the update for Ga-Koro, but the way the game goes makes most people think Ga-Koro is first.) Needless to say, he crosses paths with Takua more than once, which is an important part of the story because both Onua and Takua travel around the island helping people. (Hmm... and they both wear a Pakari. And both their names end in -ua. Am I missing something here?) Her epic got rave reviews. MataNuiHero said he'd been waiting for GaliGee to write an epic since her first interview, and the only thing he seemed dissapointed about was that it wasn't about Gali. (Of course, GaliGee eventually wrote an epic about Gali. Who wouldn't?) Schizo Kaita wrote that there was no competition for an epic like Onua's Golden Kanohi (OGK from now on). Considering he writes some great stories himself (read Tiki's Journey), that's a high complement. Meanwhile, my brother Lewanut wrote a review just like a movie critic. (He's a little strange. Then again, I'm a little strange. Okay, I'm a lot strange, but that's not the point.) GaliGee accepted all of the praise, but stated that she wasn't going to post any more epics anytime soon. (That was true if you don't count Road Trip with Onua.) A lot of people wanted GaliGee to do an interview with the Turaga, and while she hasn't really done it yet (but certian recent events in the Bionicle world will likely lead her to do so), she has transcribed [URL=http://www.bzpower.com/forum/index.php?act=ST&f=27&t=27496]A meeting of the Turaga council.[/URL] What sorts of things really go on in there? "My Toa can FLY now." "My village is a mud hole!" "Excuse me, but did you just call Nokama 'honey'?" "Onewa has suggested we award our Matoran heroes somehow. Like Takua. We’re so proud of him in Ta-Wahi." "Is that why you bootkicked him out last year?" "[click] [beep] [whistle] [buzz] [click]" (Guess which one was Nuju.) Needless to say, the Turaga could all use a vacation -- although compared to what was going on in Metru-Nui, what they had to put up with WAS a vacation. Go figure. If you've been clicking all the links and reading all the stories, you'll notice that most of GaliGee's interviews have pictures. While up to this point in time GaliGee had never set her blue plastic foot on Mata Nui, she did have a Ga-Matoran photographer named Kimi to take pictures for her. You can read the [URL=http://www.bzpower.com/forum/index.php?act=ST&f=27&t=27875]Interview with Kimi[/URL] here. It explains a lot about the pictures (like why Tahu's firesword is touching Lewa's leg in the group photo in GaliGee's story topic). After that, GaliGee continued her Matoran interviews with [URL=http://www.bzpower.com/forum/index.php?act=ST&f=27&t=28979]Interview with Nuparu (and Taipu's here too)[/URL]. It explains how Nuparu was able to turn an $8 Gahlok into a $15 Boxor, and it also explains why Taipu was prancing around with that Gahlok headplate on his head. (Read the story to find out.) Kimi took a picture for that one, too, but for some reason the orange parts look pink. Maybe it had to do with her camera's flash. While GaliGee had stated a month earlier that she wasn't posting any epics anytime soon, she was inspired by Blue Cajun's Harley moc and wrote [URL=http://www.bzpower.com/forum/index.php?act=ST&f=25&t=29350]Road Trip with Onua[/URL]. I highly recommend reading it, reading it again, printing it out, and putting it on your bookshelf. I sure did! I'm not going to spoil the plot, but I'll tell you that GaliGee and Onua run into some trouble on the way to San Diego and back. (Not to mention going to Legoland California!) Turns out the Toa Nuva got a little vacation time... but they sure didn't seem rested in [URL=http://www.bzpower.com/forum/index.php?act=ST&f=27&t=30678]The Toa Nuva at Kennedy International Airport[/URL]. It seems whenever GaliGee and Bionicle characters meet, property is destroyed. Sigh. GaliGee wasn't finished yet. She made a short two-page Bionicle comic called [URL=http://www.bzpower.com/forum/index.php?act=ST&f=14&t=30951]Tahu Enslaved[/URL], which was, in her own words, a comic "Lego would never do". If you read it, you'll see why. After writing comedies, interviews, epics, and a comic, GaliGee tried a short story. She came up with [URL=http://www.bzpower.com/forum/index.php?act=ST&f=26&t=31856&st=0]Kopaka's Nightmare[/URL], a story about a dream Kopaka has as he plummets to certian death after losing his powers. GaliGee interviewed all six Toa about the dreams (each Toa had a similar dream) and came up with a lot of material. (She also learned about wildlife diversity on Mata Nui.) [URL=http://www.bzpower.com/forum/index.php?act=ST&f=27&t=32182]Kopaka Suspended[/URL] [URL=http://www.bzpower.com/forum/index.php?act=ST&f=27&t=32460]Gali Pensive[/URL] [url=Onua Embarrassed[/url] [URL=http://www.bzpower.com/forum/index.php?act=ST&f=27&t=32560]Tahu Incensed[/URL] [URL=http://www.bzpower.com/forum/index.php?act=ST&f=27&t=33194]Lewa Jesting[/URL] [URL=http://www.bzpower.com/forum/index.php?act=ST&f=27&t=33453]Pohatu Amused[/URL] It's only fair, after reading about the Toa's dreams, to read about one of GaliGee's dreams. Israeli Toa wrote [URL=http://www.bzpower.com/forum/index.php?act=ST&f=27&t=33646] Seven Heroes, One Destiny[/URL] for GaliGee's birthday. Unfortunately, although the Toa reassure GaliGee that nothing will happen, something does. As always. On New Year's Eve, GaliGee posted her last interview of 2002, [URL=http://www.bzpower.com/forum/index.php?act=ST&f=27&t=40010]Interview with Kongu and Tamaru[/URL]. Her next challenge: get inside the head of the Toa of Water. At last she would write her Gali epic. Who wouldn't? To be continued... [color=purple] BioBlog announcement by Galikat Friday, November 7, 2003 He's back! Rahi Zaku has returned with his Mega and Chibi kits. The reason he was so uptight (and the reason he took his kits down) was because, among other things, his grandmother died, and he was really upset. If you can't wait much longer for more RZ, check out his [URL=http://www.bzpower.com/forum/index.php?act=ST&f=14&t=96744]RZMK 2004 Matoran[/URL] add-on. Since both of his avatar kit topics got closed (when he took them down), it looks like he'll be making updates like this until his topics get unlocked. (That's just my guess, though.) Welcome back, RZ! The Housecat Speaks: Write on, GaliGee! (part 2) by Galikat Thursday, November 6, 2003 GaliGee's interviews continued when Madcat II won a contest to choose who the next character GaliGee would interview was. He guessed which Toa was GaliGee's favorite (all the Toa, since her favorite Toa tends to change) and chose Makuta as GaliGee's next interviewee, never guessing that he was starting one of GaliGee's most well known series, the Makuta series. Poor GaliGee had no iea what she was getting herself into when she wrote that interview In [URL=http://www.bzpower.com/forum/index.php?act=ST&f=27&t=18809]Interview with Makuta[/URL], Makuta hacked into GaliGee's phone call (she was ordering a pizza) and had a chat with her. First he claimed to be innocent, then he claimed that it wasn't his fault he was evil, and after that he revealed his evil plan. Last but not least, he offered GaliGee a job working for him. GaliGee refused. "I'd rather die," she said. "That can be arranged," he replied. After that GaliGee told him exactly what she thought of him, and the telephone exploded in her hand. (Oddly, this was before she went Nuva, and her GaliGee character had hooks for hands then, as most people now know. But that was back before Road Trip with Onua, so no one knew she was a prototype.) Even after this... incident, GaliGee wasn't finished with the Toa telephone interviews just yet. In fact, she had one more Toa to interview -- but she didn't know it just yet. In her [URL=http://www.bzpower.com/forum/index.php?act=ST&f=27&t=18611]Interview with Takua[/URL], she talked to the one Matoran who would eventually become the Big T himself, Takanuva. (Of course, no one knew yet!) In the interview, Takua referred to the astrologer in Ga-Koro as Notu, but after the MNOLGII came out GaliGee changed the name to Nixie (the official name). GaliGee didn't have the game Tales of the Tohunga, so in the interview she had Takua be confused about his past. She also gave Takua a crush on Nixie... aww. After her interview with Makuta, GaliGee had no intention of subjecting her character to any more danger. (If she only knew.) So she had FallenTurtles handle the [URL=http://www.bzpower.com/forum/index.php?act=ST&f=27&t=18978]Interview with the Bahrag[/URL]. Poor FallenTurtles discovered that Gahdok had an attitude. He also found out just why the Bahrag are red and blue. If you scroll down, you'll find one of the first cases of Makuta hacking GaliGee's posts. (He wields such POWER, muah hah hah.) GaliGee continued on to talk to [URL=http://www.bzpower.com/forum/index.php?act=ST&f=27&t=19538]Hafu[/URL] and [URL=http://www.bzpower.com/forum/index.php?act=ST&f=27&t=19995]Huki & Maku[/URL]. After that, she tried her hand at writing a comedy, [URL=http://www.bzpower.com/forum/index.php?act=ST&f=27&t=20259]Barbies Invade Mata Nui[/URL]. In the story, twelve of Sally's Barbie dolls head for Mata Nui to try to find husbands after Sally marries off the only Ken. When they land, they pair up two to a Toa -- but when they find out Gali is actually a girl, they decide to give her a makeover. You HAVE to read this one! Although GaliGee had stated that her interview with Yotanua would be her only MOC interview, she decided to interview FallenTurtles' character [URL=http://www.bzpower.com/forum/index.php?act=ST&f=27&t=20916]Fatoro[/URL], who took care of the Hoi in Le-Koro. (Hmm... FallenTURTLES... Fatoro... Hoi turtles... Hoi FLYING turtles... ?) GaliGee was talking in Le-Koronan slang for a few hours afterwards. Next up was [URL=http://www.bzpower.com/forum/index.php?act=ST&f=27&t=22672&hl=]Gali interviews GaliGee[/URL], where GaliGee was the one to actually ask most of the questions. (It's in her blood... if you could call it that.) She also found out just what happens in between comics. (A whole lot of nothing.) After Barbies Invade Mata Nui, GaliGee decided to try writing a comedy in epic format. What started out as a bedtime story became [URL=http://www.bzpower.com/forum/index.php?act=ST&f=27&t=23284]Gali Loses Her Head[/URL]. Somehow Gali and Pohatu's heads got switched. (Read the story to find out why.) Even that was nothing compared to what was to come in the months to follow, when GaliGee would start her epic writing carrer with Onua's Golden Kanohi. To be continued... Retraction by Galikat Saturday, November 1, 2003 In my last blog, I encouraged people to vote for RZ's Bionicle Frightfest. After a talk with Lewanut, I've decided to change that request. Instead of asking people to vote for him (and thus rigging the contest), you should choose which comic YOU like best -- and vote for IT. If that includes RZ's entry, I suggest you vote for it. I know he's told us not to vote for him, but when people get really upset sometimes they say things they don't mean. (And RZ, I sincerely apologize for sending you that flame PM. Okay, I said it.) Unless he continues to ask people to NOT vote for his artwork, it's perfectly fine to vote for it -- but if there's something you like better, vote for it instead. I apologize for any inconvenience. The Housecat Speaks: Write on, GaliGee! (part 1) by Galikat Saturday, November 1, 2003 You guys all know what yesterday was (and your dentists will get rich this month), but you likely don't know what today is. It's Author's Day, and what better way to celebrate than with a series about the most well-known author on BZPower? GaliGee joined on June 5th, 2003, and posted her first story, [URL=http://www.bzpower.com/forum/index.php?act=ST&f=27&t=16731]Interview with Gali[/URL], on June 16th. Originally it was in two parts, but sometime later she moved them together into the same post. Where did she get the idea? Well, Toa Nuva vs. Makuta started a topic in Storyline and Therories about how Takua could be Tahu and Gali's son, so GaliGee thought she might find out the truth straight from the source. What did she find out? Well, as Gali said in the story, "Takua is definitely like a son to me. But he isn't REALLY my son!" As the interview progressed, GaliGee discovered the hard way why no one ever asked Gali about her love life. In the story, GaliGee gets her house totalled for the first time, a sign of disasters to come. After her Interview with Gali, GaliGee got inspired to do an [URL=http://www.bzpower.com/forum/index.php?act=ST&f=27&t=16778]Interview with Onua and Lewa[/URL]. Her intent was to find out if Onua is really Lewa's babysitter. ("Now put that axe down before I send you to your room.") Turns out that despite (or because of) their differences, Onua and Lewa are really good friends -- and like really good friends, they bicker and kid around with each other a lot. "You want a piece of me?" "Yeah, I'll take that #3 plus rod right there." (Originally it was a #4 plus rod, but someone pointed out that Onua doesn't HAVE a #4 plus rod.) Next up was [URL=http://www.bzpower.com/forum/index.php?act=ST&f=27&t=16851]Interview with Tahu[/URL]. Tahu reaffirmed that Takua was not his son, but when he saw Gali and Pohatu coming forward, he couldn't resist playing a joke. "Why, I'm very proud of Takua. After we defeat the Bohrok, Gali and I plan to have some more children -- please get your hooks off my neck..." Poor Tahu. He went on to talk about the other Toa, his arrival on Mata Nui, and what it's like being the leader. If you read down the first 10 posts or so, you'll also find out a bit about why Tahu wanted GaliGee to pay for the call. After that, GaliGee did an [URL=http://www.bzpower.com/forum/index.php?act=ST&f=27&t=17029&hl=]Interview with Lewa (again)[/URL] because he had a few more things to say. For example, he said that he and Onua don't really fight all the time, and he didn't mean to sound disrespectful to Gali during the interview with him and Onua. However, the interview was a bit short, considering GaliGee already talked to him once before. Of course, GaliGee had to do an [URL=http://www.bzpower.com/forum/index.php?act=ST&f=27&t=17151&hl=]Interview with Onua[/URL] after that to get HIS side of the story. After that, of course, GaliGee interviewed [URL=http://www.bzpower.com/forum/index.php?act=ST&f=27&t=17380]Kopaka[/URL] and [URL=http://www.bzpower.com/forum/index.php?act=ST&f=27&t=17479]Pohatu[/URL]. If you read Interview with Kopaka, you'll see that Kopaka says that the Toa have just a couple of Gahlok krana left, while later when GaliGee wrote her Toa biographies she used a different order of krana collection. (You'll also see in the picture that poor Kopaka put his arm on the wrong way. I guess Lego forgot to include an instruction booklet in his canister.) Last, and most certianly not least, GaliGee [URL=http://www.bzpower.com/forum/index.php?act=ST&f=27&t=17580]interviewed all the Toa together[/URL]. a few days after that, she posted one of the very few MOC interviews she has ever done, [URL=http://www.bzpower.com/forum/index.php?act=ST&f=27&t=18099]Interview with Yotanua, Toa of Time[/URL]. After that, everyone thought that GaliGee's interviews were over -- but they had just begun. To be continued... The Housecat Speaks: Here we go again... by Galikat Thursday, October 30, 2003 Today Rahi Zaku pulled his kits offline again. For good, it appears. However, before you get all worked up like I did (yeah, that's it, get mad at me so you won't get so mad about RZ), wait a few days. Okay, maybe a week. He might -- MIGHT -- get over it. For once I'm totally lost for words. It's like I used up all of my speech on the last "incident". I'm not very happy about this developement at all, but I also (now that I've gotten it out my system) understand that RZ has a legitamate right to take his kits down. However, I'm not sure if he had the right to say what he said. I'm not saying he didn't, I'm just saying I'm not sure. Here's a post he made about it: [QUOTE]I never "pulled my kits out of reach".... they're already out there. Everyone has them. Or at least, they have its pieces (most of the time without permission) in their so-called "kits". So don't complain about that. You can use the kit just like you always have. I intended to update the kits... Why is it a big deal if I don't? I'm not BZP's kit slave. This is something I do on my own time, because I LIKE to. I only put it on BZP because others might get a use out of it. I'm getting increasingly fed up with BZP... members continually pester me to update things, without having any idea of how much work is involved. Pain? Pfftt... you have no idea what pain is. How do you think I feel when I see my work plagiarized and trivialized... and it's NEVER enough! They ALWAYS want more! Nothing's ever good enough! How do you think that makes me feel? I'm not leaving, I'm just giving up the kit stuff. It's gotten to the point where I can't handle it anymore. And no, this doesn't have anything to do with the Halloween contest. Screw the contest, I don't care about it anymore... my entry will be just another piece of Bionicle art ###### that I wasted countless days on the creation of. Vote for someone else. My art doesn't have a purpose here anymore. Voting for it would be as much of a waste as the work I put into it. [/QUOTE] Of course, being the person that I am, I want to do something about this, so I'm abandoning the idea I had at first for this week's blog and posting this instead. I have an idea that might do some good, but then again it might not. My idea is this: don't worry about hounding RZ, don't start protest topics ("BZP for more RZ"), and don't fill your signatures with protests. Just calm down and don't cause a scene. However, there is something I believe just might make a difference. What I want you to do is vote for RZ's comic in Artwork Contest #6. You don't have to, but I'd like you to. Maybe if RZ won the contest he might realize we really do care about his artwork. Of course, this will never work unless we also do something else: stop plagarizing RZ's work. PERIOD. You've seen how he reacts, and it's not all that pleasant. You people with RZ's pieces in your kits, take them out. You people using RZ's avatars without permission, change your avatar to something else. There is absolutely no way RZ is ever going to get those kits back online if you guys keep doing the very things that made him take them off. That's my opinion. You may have a different opinion, and I respect that. You may hit me over the head with your opinion, but you might not want to do that. (You may be the subject of the next BioBlog.) If you happen to be a moderator, you may dock my proto. (Or raise it; it's all how you look at it.) But no matter what you do, please, please make sure you don't plagarize RZ's artwork. PLEASE. This blog is over. The Housecat Speaks: What's New in the Forums by Galikat Thursday, October 23, 2003 [b]BZPower Reference Desk[/b] You may have heard about how people with perfect proto energy can get a copper Huna from BZPower. What you might [b]not[/b] have heard is that after all of this time, Bionicle Rex has finally run out of copper Hunas. Now, if you get a perfect record, you'll get... but I'm just spoiling it for you. Read [URL=http://www.bzpower.com/forum/index.php?act=ST&f=19&t=30786&st=0&#entry1350039]here.[/URL] [b]Krana & Kraata[/b] When BZPower member MBH582 Nuva got his 2000th post, Bionicle Rex sent him six kraata in the mail. (See [URL=http://www.bzpower.com/story.php?ID=1311]this story[/URL] for details on how you can get your own.) His mother didn't recognize the address, so she did what any sane mother would do and opened it to take a look before she let him have it. When she opened it, she screamed! (Ironically, they were Turahk kraata -- and Turahk is the Rahkshi of fear.) For the full story [URL=http://www.bzpower.com/forum/index.php?act=ST&f=20&t=93616&st=0]go here.[/URL] [b]Bionicle Storyline & Theroies[/b] Have you ever wondered what happened to the Koli ball salesman in the MNOLG? Well, BZPower member Comet Ball Traitor was curious about his namesake, so he PMed GregF with a question or two. It seems that he's alive and well, and GregF also hints that soon we might find out what happened to him after he left Po-Koro. The topic is [URL=http://www.bzpower.com/forum/index.php?act=ST&f=29&t=93559&st=0]here.[/URL] One minor note: the salesman left a message behind to explain his departure after he got found out and all of the comet balls got thrown into the sea: "Gone Fishing." I don't think it was fish he was after... [b]Bionicle Artwork[/b] Have you been waiting for a new artwork contest? Wait no longer, because BZPower is challenging members to make their own Bionicle ghost story comics! Among them is Rahi Zaku's [URL=http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/feline-ki/bionicleart/scary3.jpg]frightfest[/URL], Miko's [URL=http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/MikeG/comics/ac6e.png]scary/scared guy[/URL], and VM21's [URL=http://www.angelfire.com/pro/biomech/ACK6.png]scary ghost[/URL] -- who would likely scare the mask off that Matoran if he could only get him to look. [b]Bionicle RPG[/b] Something is happening in the BZPRPG... Raok have burst forth all over the island, and now all players must prepare for war. To find out more about the Raok, read [URL=http://www.bzpower.com/forum/index.php?act=ST&f=16&t=61595]here.[/URL] Yes, it's short, but this was kind of a slow week for news for me. Besides, now you've got a daily sprite comic here, so who are you to complain? P.S. In case you're wondering, I think I'll only do this type of blog when there's nothing really big to report on. Next time I'll try to include news from more forums, too... The Housekat Speaks: Rahkshi-Kal-Nuva? by Galikat Thursday, October 16, 2003 Okay, I'm exaggerating. There cannot be Rahkshi Nuva because Rahkshi are kraata exposed to protodermis, but you'll forgive me for that. As you all know, there were two updates to bionicle.com this week at the same time. First, there was an update to the MNOLGII, which I cannot report on because I haven't played Kolhii with the Ko-Matoran or found the Crystal of Destiny yet. Second, a much-needed kraata section was added to Bionicle.com, revealing the powers of all 42 kraata. However, GregF has reported that the powers can only be used by Rahkshi created with these kraata and not the kraata themselves. (This is good news for the Matoran.) There are no names yet, so I will refer to the kraata by numbering them from left to right and top to bottom. I have a pretty good idea what kraata numbers 14-19 will be referred to as, and that is kraata-kal. Yes, the Bohrok-Kal powers belong to some kraata. However, these kraata are not color-cordinated to the Bohrok-Kal or krana-kal -- gravity is dark grey metallic and brown metalic, electricity is bright blue and bright red, sonics is black and bright yellow, vacuum is bright yellow and light green, plasma is dark grey metallic and blue metallic, and magnetism is bright orange and black (just in time for Halloween!). Adding to the confusion (which is the power of kraata 41) is the fact that kraata 36 (red and blue) [b]could[/b] be the one that powers a purple Rahkshi, which you would most likely expect to be powered by a purple shadow kraata (which isn't listed on the website). However, considering that red and blue make purple, it would likely be the best choice. I know what you're thinking. You're saying, "Sorry, Galikat, there aren't any purple Rahkshi." Oh, really? GregF has confirmed that there will be new Rahkshi in the storyline, although they might not be in sets. (But two of the new sets coming out in 2005 are titled Nuurakh and Razzakh, which are a bit different than the original six Rahkshi spelling, but could just possibly be new Rahkshi. I'll post more when I hear about it.) In case you're wondering, the other Rahkshi will be orange (kraata 33, insect control), yellow (kraata 13, laser vision or kraata 9, heat vision), and silver (kraata 7, weather control). The yellow Rahkshi will appear in the first 2004 Bionicle novel, and the silver and orange will appear in the third. I don't know when and if Rahkshi #14-19 will appear, but I personally think that they should look like their respective Bohrok-Kal. I know Rahkshi-Kal sound pretty far-fetched, but it's possible, especially if the Rahkshi are mutated by the same substance that changed the Bohrok-Kal from regular Bohrok. Speaking of mutation, you might have noticed that almost everything on Mata Nui except for the Rahi and the Turaga have undergone transformations. Toa to Toa Nuva, Bohrok to Bohrok-Kal, Tohunga to Matoran, kraata to Rahkshi. (Takua actually changed twice.) Even Pewku got a do-over. Now it looks like the Turaga are getting their turn at presto-chango. If you want to find out all about it (I won't spoil it for you in this topic), go to the link below. [URL=http://www.bzpower.com/story.php?ID=1464]http://www.bzpower.com/story.php?ID=1464[/URL] One last note before I go -- GregF has stated in one topic that it is possible for a Toa to deplete his/her power, and that although it has not happened to the Toa we know, it could happen to the six new Toa coming next year. Until then, keep blogging! P.S. I would like someone to submit a blog about the Le-Koro update in the MNOLGII, which I am currently unable to play. If you have any blogs to post, please PM them to me. Thanks! The Housecat Speaks: -X- marks the spot (and some artwork-related stuff) by Galikat Thursday, October 9, 2003 Lately a lot of people have been claiming to be -X- in a forumwide joke. Groucho Marx says he feels a little -X-ish, and Crystal Matrix says "DO NOT BE LED ASTRAY BY THOSE OTHER PETTY SIGS... I AM -X-!" Georgua Nuva also says he's -X-, but at least he says it quietly. Master of Purity isn't -X-, but he does have a crush on Enra, according to his signature. Meanwhile, Smeagol4 pretty much sums up what everyone else is thinking: "Hey! ...is there anyone here who ISN'T -X-?" That group is pretty much composed of me, Master of Purity, and GaliGee. Meanwhile, R2-D2 wants to know: "If everyone is being -X- can I be T-Hybrid?" Meanwhile, the REAL -X- has made a special kit just for BZPRPG members. It's based off RZ's Mega Kit and currently includes Toa and Matoran, but it's pretty good for a first try. If you want to put those pictures of your characters up above every IC in the BZPRPG, save it; if not, there's not much of a point unless you're one of those people who really like RZ-style kits. And speaking of RZ, he just got up a topic with links to all of his artwork in it. [URL=http://www.bzpower.com/forum/index.php?act=ST&f=14&t=90911]http://www.bzpower.com/forum/index.php?act...ST&f=14&t=90911[/URL] A little note: RZ's avatar kits (the Mega Kit and the pre-released Chibi Kit) are not included. Included are some really old drawings of his that don't look as good as his newer ones, some artwork he made for trading cards, and the very first Chibi Toa. My advice: check out the Chibi-Toa and anything else related to chibidom. (No, that's not a real word.) Another must-see is his picture of Silver, his cat character, holding a Kolhii stick (and his subsequent picture of Silver scoring a goal). If you were hoping for me to touch up on RZ's new chibi kit sometime, you're in luck. Yes, I'm sneaking yet another semi-related topic into this already confusing blog. (Actually, I didn't have any real "big" story, so I decided to connect a bunch of little stories into one blog.) Anyway, RZ's Chibi Kit includes six Toa masks, both Matoran designs, a combination Toa/Toa Nuva design, two original Toa weapons (Tahu's and Kopaka's), eleven different eyes, fourteen different mouths (plus a grin for the Miru), three "extra" pieces, six eye colors, and thirty other colors (eleven of which are metallic). That makes 925 possible "faces" for your Chibi constructions, and that's not counting the basic Toa head included... and that's just the pre-release. If you get bored with the selection, mix and match the pieces to make Toa/Matoran hybrids like I did. This is a major topic jump... but I'd like to make it known that the mother of all sprite comics, Tales of the Chibi Toa, is now back up as Tales of the Chibi Toa Nuva. Once again, Chibi Tahu whips out his fire sword and... well, you know. Sometimes the text is hard to make out against the background, but if you can get past that, you'll really have a good time reading it. [URL=http://www.bzpower.com/forum/index.php?act=ST&f=14&t=90744]http://www.bzpower.com/forum/index.php?act...ST&f=14&t=90744[/URL] Yes, this is one of my shorter blogs, but once again I had some trouble with time issues. Keep watching this space -- if something new comes up soon, maybe I'll post another blog early. Until then, keep blogging! The Housecat Speaks: A Trip Though Time by Galikat Thursday, October 2, 2003 Recently I was looking through the BZPower archives -- you know, updates from back in the Kanohi-Power age, when a few humble Bionicle sites became one, which would soon join with another one and make the hybrid site we all know and love as BZPower. On my trip through time, I found some interesting things. -- Remember when Kanohi-Power had a database of the Bionicle trading cards? It's absent from BZPower, as are a couple of earlier articles. It's a shame, too, because I would have really appreciated seeing them again. -- Did you know that there was a limited edition Bionicle pen only availible at 17 McDonald's in southern California? It was reported Thursday, September 27, 2001. Maybe if I was running my BioBlog then, it would have appeared in it! -- The United Kingdom only got two of the first 3 Bionicle comics that the USA got. Kind of makes you wonder which two they got... I think they got issue 1 and issue 3 (which was classified as issue 2). However, not living in the UK, I'm not entirely sure. -- Did you know that in 2001, a Bionicle CD was given out in Cheerio boxes? Unfortunately, the story about them was one of the things that vanished during the BZ-KP merger. -- Strangely, there are no archive stories for October 2001. -- In the November 2001 archive there's an interesting article about how to get your Toa heads separated from their eyepieces. Click the link to find out how. [URL=http://www.bzpower.com/story.php?ID=186]http://www.bzpower.com/story.php?ID=186[/URL] WARNING: BZPower and the BioBlog take no responsibility for whatever may happen to your pieces should you attempt this. -- Remember when there was going to be a Bionicle master builder book? Sadly, it was cancelled, as was the first PC game. However, now we really do have Bionicle books and a PC game availible to the public. What's currently pretty much kaput are Bionicle trading cards (the Bohrok swarm booster pack never came, and the Bohrok Swarm and Toa Nuva reconstruct games never appeared in stores.) -- Cahdok and Gahdok were once listed as Cahdrok and Gahdok, and the Boxor was once the Koronan Boxer. The Exo-Toa, it seems, was always the Exo-Toa. -- Remember when Lego updated their Bionicle site when the Bohrok came out? There was an accidental "sneak peek" for a limited time, but it bounced back after a little while. Later I discovered a countdown ("The truth will hatch in 5 days!") on the Lego.com home page, which I reported. You can consider that the very first "BioBlog" from me, although the concept of BioBlog (and the full-length articles) really took root when I first posted this topic in General Discussion. (It really belongs there, but Torhu moved it here because he thought it would get spammy and flamy. Well, it hasn't gotten to that point yet, so I think I'll ask him to move it back.) -- Remember when Kanohi-Power was going to run a weekly editorial? It sure didn't last long. -- Did you hear about the Bionicle bags that were reportedly availible from Shop at Home -- but only in Europe? I'm still not sure if they ever really came out. -- Remember when Binky won grand prize in the Binoicle website contest and said he won a "mystery collectible" along with the other loot? Well, it's now been revealed. Click the link to find out (I don't want to ruin the suspense!) [URL=http://www.aracnet.com/~binky/bzraffle/#top]http://www.aracnet.com/~binky/bzraffle/#top[/URL] -- He also won all six Toa, all six Turaga, twelve mask packs, all five Rahi sets (that includes Manas, although technically they aren't really Rahi), and a Tahnok, among lots of other things. Read the full list if you want to find out more. [URL=http://www.bzpower.com/story.php?ID=1]http://www.bzpower.com/story.php?ID=1[/URL] -- Remember when people first found out about the Toa Nuva? Everyone was sure that they were going to be "shadow Toa". Then lots of people (including me, and I admit that I was wrong) thought that the Toa Nuva would co-exist with the original Toa. Click the link to see the original article. [URL=http://www.bzpower.com/story.php?ID=44]http://www.bzpower.com/story.php?ID=44[/URL] These are obviously (and are confirmed to have been) very early prototypes. The masks look like they were "drawn" onto the photographs, and when you compare the angles of the masks with the angles of the actual heads, that's pretty much the best explanation. Also note that you can build yourself a pretty close replica of Pohatu Nuva Olda if you have two Exo-Toa and a Koli ball like the one the old-style Pohatu uses. You can also make a "prototype" Gali Nuva if you happen to have two silver Gali hooks like the ones that come in Spybotics sets. Unfortunately, the armor and leg pieces are clearly different than the ones that made the final cut, so you can't made a total reconstruction just yet. Sometime I'd like to see prototype sets come out just so people can see what gets changed during the process of set designing. -- Remember when most people thought that the Vahi would never come out? And then how common it became, and what kinds of measures people still took to get one -- or twelve? -- Remember when all of the Bionicle collectables came with codes? All of the Great Masks and Noble Masks (even the Vahi!) came with codes on them, and the krana had codes that, when you laid them in XA CA VU ZA BO YO JA SU order, would spell out Bionicle with their first letters. Even the mini comics that came with the McDonald's trading cards had codes -- and the first letters (the only letters -- the rest were numbers) spelled Bio when you put the together. Now why don't the Kanohi Nuva or kraata have codes? -- The Toa Nuva were once called Nuva Toa. The Kanohi Nuva (or Nuva Kanohi) were thought by some to be hybrid Kanohi/krana. Keep that in mind when you read the "latest" Bionicle spoilers. -- Do you remember what the first official Bionicle combiner model was? No, it was not the Mukau or the Dikapi. It was the Fikou, which is now one of the fifteen models included in the Bionicle Master Builder set. -- Remember when you were waiting and waiting and waiting for the Battle for Mata Nui game to go online? That was a bit disappointing to some people who were expecting all six villages to appear. -- How long have you been anticipating the Matoran sets? Well, on Wednesday, April 3, 2002, it was publically announced that more Matoran would be released sometime after summer 2002. Now we're eagerly awaiting Macku, Hahli, Hewkii, Hafu, Matoro, and Kopeke. -- Some very strange images appeared during the month of April on Kanohi-Power.com. [URL=http://www.bzpower.com/story.php?ID=287]http://www.bzpower.com/story.php?ID=287[/URL] This page shows what appear to be very mysterious krana types. There was also once a picture people thought proved "evolution" in the Bionicle universe, but I was unable to locate it at the time of this printing. -- What about the Nuva symbols? An early theroy on them is here. [URL=http://www.bzpower.com/story.php?ID=345]http://www.bzpower.com/story.php?ID=345[/URL] The reconstruction of the symbol on the far right is an example of how sometimes theroies are correct in the Bionicle world. Note the confusion of Onua's symbol and compare it to Onua Nuva's symbol at the front of his instruction manual. If you want to find out more, I suggest you check out the BZPower archives. Note that all the information I cited was from back when BZPower was still two separate websites, i.e. at least a year ago. Talk about a trip down memory lane! See you next week in the BioBlog! The Housecat Speaks: Destiny's beginning? by Galikat Thursday, September 25, 2003 After Makuta's defeat, -X- needed to move his BZPRPG to a new, separate island outside of Mata Nui. It is called Mua-Nui, and it is a place of many legends -- some of which already wait to be uncovered. Before you jump into the new world of the BZPRPG, here's the lowdown on what's going on: There are more possibilities than ever, and the first desicion to make is where you will land. Personally, I reccomend checking out Aera-Nui first, then choosing where you go after that. Aera-Nui is to Mua-Nui what Kini-Nui was to Mata Nui, only Aera-Nui is a lot wetter due to a large lake nearby the temple. Other places to see include the beach paradise of Tapa-Wahi, the snowy but dangerous Maunga-Wahi, and the rainforest of Nei-Koro. There are many other places to go, each one with its different irregularities -- although I would advise against going into dangerous places like Ki-Koro and Maunga-Wahi until later. There are also different adventures to have, depending on where you land. For instance, my kat characters Baki, Tiko, and Tiger are having different adventures in Aera-Nui than another kat, Kohlail, is having in Maunga-Wahi, which are likely going to be nothing like any adventure in Ru-Koro. As you travel, you'll experience things very different from things on Mata Nui, and learn new legends... Yes, I know my blogs are usually longer, but I was kept off the computer due to a punishment and had to write this at the last minute. There will be a better blog next week, so stay tuned! The Housecat Speaks: Shedding Light on MoL by Galikat Thursday, September 18, 2003 Okay, this is my Mask of Light review. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to take as good of a look at it as I wanted to, since we watched it at a friend's house with a group of boys who talked, laughed and made fun of some parts of the movie I wanted to watch. Sigh... Before the movie started, they showed previews for upcoming movies. One of the boys kept fast forwarding through these, but he stopped when we came to a really, really cool advertisment for Bionicle: The Game. (REALLY cool.) The movie was really cool. The animation is better than in the MNOLGII, and just as detailed. You can notice special touches: when a Kolhii team scores a goal, a rock is dropped in a hole to signify a point. The Ta-Koro guards use seashells as trumpets. When Kopaka uses his Akaku, he gets a digital readout. Details like this give the movie more realism, and they're pretty cool. If you watch the movie yourself, no doubt you'll find more I haven't mentioned. While we're talking about animation, I should bring up how the characters look in the movie. As some of the boys stated, Pewku doesn't look very much like her Bionicle set (and one guy remarked that her toungue looks like a band-aid), but she does look cool nontheless. The Matoran look even better than the sets, and this time they look taller than they are wide, which is a welcome change in my opinion. I like Hahli's chest plate -- it looks like waves of water. The Turaga have Bohrok Va-like bodies and Pohatu-like arms, and they seems odd at first. However, as you get into the movie you'll even get used to Vakama's huge eyebrows -- which Macku doesn't have, interestingly. And then there's the Toa -- I like how they were improved to work in a movie without changing them to the point where they're hard to recognise. Kopaka, of course, has both his arms look alike, and Onua's arms are longer. You'll also notice that Gali is slightly smaller than the other Toa, especially when you compare Gali's hand with Tahu's in one scene. In comparison, the kraata look nothing like the 252 rubber things that come in the plastic cans. They definitely look creepier, and they now have spikes on their backs and horrible mouths that look like one bite from them could kill you. Don't watch this right before bedtime. The Kanohi masks have also changed. Some of them look very different, like Takua's Pakari. Others look almost just like their plastic counterparts, like the Kakama Nuva and the Hau Nuva. Most of them are in the middle -- Jaller's Hau, for instance, now has two holes on the sides instead of three, and the Akaku Nuva and Kaukau Nuva are more rounded. However, every mask is still recognizable -- except maybe the Pakari when compared to the MNOLG Pakari. Life's still not perfect, folks. The story itself is good enough to stand on its own -- you likely already know that Takua and Jaller travel all over Mata Nui, searching for the Seventh Toa. On the way you'll see all six Toa in action -- IMHO, Tahu and Gali have the best scenes, but others have said they think Kopaka's scenes are coolest. (No pun intended.) Of course, the other three Toa get some great scenes themselves, but Takua and Jaller get most of the screen time -- Takua in specific, which was great for me because Takua is one of my favorite Matoran. (Hahli is my other favorite.) At the end, of course, is takanuva and Makuta's battle for Mata Nui. Of course, you all want to hear what I think about the voices, right? Well, someone said that Gali's voice wasn't all that good, but I presonally thought it was great. However, Onua's voice was a bit too loud for me -- even considering that I had the sound turned up pretty loud so I'd be able to hear the movie about the boys' chatter. I also thought Pohatu's voice was a little much, and Lewa's voice -- don't even get me started. With the treespeak and the strange accent, Lewa just sounded too weird to me. However, the Matoran voices were right on target -- Hahli's voice sounded just right for her, and Takua sounded great. I also thought the Turaga's voices were in character for them. But then there's Pewku -- is she a dog or a crab, anyway? While some of the personalities seemed right on target, others seemed out of character. Onua's on the bad end of the spectrum -- once again, don't get me started. Jaller and Takua are close to the other end -- Takua is his usual adventurous self, but Jaller just wants to get to the Kolhii staduim on time and doesn't have time for Takua to go out looking for trouble. Like any pair of best friends, they have their disagreements from time to time. (For instance, Jaller has no idea why Takua likes Pewku so much. Personally, he isn't all that fond of her, and he isn't all that happy about Takua bringing her along.) Of course, Kopaka's personality was depicted well, too -- he never says two words when one word will do. And now here's the part you all want me to hurry up with: is the movie good, or what? Well, I advise you at least rent it. It's not perfect, but it's definitely worth your time. I gave it a B+ at first, but have raised that grade to A-. This is Galikat signing out! [/color] Revolution By: Minion of Makuta Date: 4:38, 9/16/03 BBC is dying. That is a fact that many people have noticed. Most of them, however, just ignore it as another nuance... trivial by comparison to what they are doing. Some, although, have taken it FAR to the other extreme. They had established “The Revolution”, or basically a loosely organized bunch of rebels and anti-spammers. The figureheads for the Revolution, however, completely mislead the average BZP’er into believing that The Revolution went around, bashing people’s MOCs, and destroying their self-esteem. There were two three in particular, whose names I will refrain form using, who basically cruised around BBC and found victims. They believed that they were in the right to bash members' MOC’s. They were not. Constructive criticism is one thing, bashing is quite another. “WINGS: Pftt, you call those wings?” This is my example here. Why couldn’t you say what was wrong with them, and tell them how to correct it, POLITELY, instead of taking the easy way out and flat out insulting them. I find it ironic, in a way, which they took the easy way of reviewing... when complex, intricate, and accurate reviews were the entire point of The Revolution in the first place. But wasn’t posting complex, intricate, and accurate reviews a given from day one? “Dat is soooo awsome! 9999999/10!” Again, this is my example. Why can’t you say something about the MOC, instead of spamming to get a post count raise? Won’t spamming eventually lead to a post count deflation anyway? People, it’s not THAT hard to write a nice review. Just say your favorite part about the MOC, or do what some of the more respected reviewers do and break the MOC down into sections, like Arms and Legs and talk about them. My point? The Revolution didn’t solve anything. There are still spammers, and there are still bashers. And it never really needed to exist in the first place, wasn’t the entire motive behind it a BZP rule? Set reivews:The Rahkshi By The Jugde September 16, 2003 ...Well by now practically everyone on BZPower has heard of the "Mighty" Rahkshi, named Turahk who can cause fear in the most bravest hearts(Tahu at most), Panrahk who can shatter any object, Vorahk who's hunger for energy never ends, Guurahk who can cause objects to fragment and collapse into rubble (sounds like Panrahk), Kurahk fills opponents with anger and can turn friends into enemies, and last but not least Lerahk master of poison to spread everywhere. And also there are the deadly Kratta which power the Rahkshi, but were here to talk about the Rahkshi... So how good are they... Well, some friends of mine said this: A waste of money, I hate them.... Pretty harsh I'd say so I went and bought them still, so I came back home with them and upon opening the cool looking box looks like a pot of parts... but it's not when building the my eyes kept on widening until my eyes popped out, so when I saw it fully built my eyes were rolling into the kitchen. So this is what I think: I reckon they are very good quality and worth the money, most of the Rahkshi are made up of n *everything past this point was lost*