This was me last week because it's true, BIONICLE has been a huge inspiration on my writing, which is why I  thanked the Greg man in my book's acknowledgements.  Karzahni, I even put two obvious references in it.

[I originally wrote this as a status update, because I didn't think anyone would want to read this, but since I'm just gushing about Bionicle, why not post it here?]

In chapter 2: “I may not always agree with his methods…like using windows as doors, but as far as heroes go Cat-Man ranks.”

And chapter 19, “With the added tension that we might be called upon at any second for operation free the band,” Jess said.  In fact, this whole chapter is about the heroes having to rescue a rock band (called Corpse Lunge, yeah!) from a gang.  No, I didn't base said band off the All American Rejects.

I guess the rest of Bionicle's influences on my work are on the characters or things like my approach to world building and the dialogue.  I feel like a lot of my villains' dialogue sounds straight out of '06-'09 Bionicle (so kind of edgy and cringe).

I'm surprised that's all, especially considering I still think about Bionicle pretty frequently, although it's no longer my number one fandom now.  True, a lot of that thinking is critically examining as an adult something that I loved as a child (which I do for a lot of media I like btw).  These days, when it comes to actually reliving Bionicle, it's limited to re-watching TLB and re-reading some of the Legends books or comics.  And of course, I'm listening to Bionicle music, while writing this.  

I know I'm not the first Bionicle fan to became a professional artist (or semi-pro in my case lol).  I vaguely recall an epic posted here years ago called "Glitch in the System" written by...Lady Kopaka? that she rewrote and later self-published.  Kind of wish I could find a copy, but I'm having trouble finding it.  Anyway, for years I've said that proof Bionicle made it's mark is when new artists cite it as inspiring their work.  Well, you know my motto: be the change you want to see.  

Bionicle's not dead as long as people like Nato G are making music for it, or other people are making other art for it or the archive is still up and running.  Actually, they're probably a lot of Bionicle fans still keeping the dream alive, even if I don't know about most of them because I'm so inactive here.  All that having been said, Bionicle's not dead as long I'm around and writing.  

You know what, why am I preaching to the choir?  I need to go annoy people spread the way of the Bionicle somewhere else.  Wow, all these words about being a huge fan and I can't think of a good Bionicle sendoff.  Disgraceful.  Oh well, windfly!