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21Boomerangs

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  1. I was more partial to the set with the balloon, if anyone remembers that one. It's pretty obvious that the story has gone downhill lately. Do you mind telling me when you started watching the show? I abandoned it right before the Ninjago Movie because of repetition. Season 2 was the best. Bring Back Pythor. Does "just a few like Bionicle's" mean that you don't like Bionicle even and only a few characters aren't garbage? Please come back when you're feeling better.
  2. I'm just hoping for some sets with bright colors in some sort of fantasy style thing. I don't really care what theme it is as long as it has interesting color combinations. (I want a tree house, too, but might just order an existing one off eBay or something.) I would seriously dig it if they brought back constraction somehow too. There's a lot of creative possibilities there that they just left on the design table. Mostly, though, most of my joy that I get out of Lego is building with my existing parts, rather than buying new ones. I don't want to rain on your optimism parade, but Lego just isn't making what I want anymore, and I've just accepted that. The beauty of Lego, however, is that you don't have to wait for the Billund guys to make what you want. You can make things (or write things) yourself. There seems to be this odd tension in the Lego community where we all sit around and tell the Lego guys what we want when we can just make things ourselves. But then you want recognition if you did make it (isn't why Lego ideas exists?) or you just don't know how to build it because there are no instructions? I guess not everyone can be a designer. But I am one, so I'm able to satisfy myself and make peace that way.
  3. Never do anything for the rest of your life. That's a life sentence. You don't want one of those. I recommend a process of slow evolution. What do you like about baking? What do you not like? Then think about what you like about what would give you more of those likeable aspects, and less of the unlikeable ones. Then go do that for a bit. Then do it again with the next thing.
  4. I had to do a triple-take to get this post, but I'm happy you're feeling better.
  5. Just don't split the Earth in three pieces building them...please.
  6. bonesiii wasn't banned, just suspended from posting for bad behavior. What happened was that he abandoned his account after he was suspended and never got back to the staff to clear up his problem. If bones wanted to come back, he would need to PM the staff first to work it out, then he would be allowed to post again. I learned this from a staff member friend on the website, back when I was lurking. Anywho, I remember that the Ta-Metru Mask Makers threw out Kanohi regularly for being cracked or flawed in some way. Only perfect Kanohi were passed to Matoran and worn. Now this could have been due to the Matoran's impeccable fashion sense (lol Matau) but I tend to doubt it. I think cracked or flawed masks would fail to keep the bearer conscious. However, repairing the mask (as Vakama did with the Mask of Time) would likely fix the problem entirely. I recall that the Masks were failsafes by the Great Beings in order to stop Matoran overwhelming other powers in the MU by sheer numbers. IIRC, that would mean that the masks are less of a source of power for the wearer and more of a "contact circuit" for power. Like a light switch: turn the switch on (put the mask on) power flows to the brain, and the wearer is conscious. Turn the switch off (take the mask off) and there is no power to the brain, and the bearer is unconscious. A light switch has no power of itself (witness power outages) but if you damage the switch, no power will flow through it. Does that make sense? Repair the switch, and power will flow through it again. If you want a Matoran who is barely alive, aka comotose invalid, for your story, I would suggest having some other body system be damaged and imperfectly repaired. We know this happened in-story (see: Karzanhi's Matoran) so it's not out of the question for your fanfiction. Just make it seem realistic. You got this.
  7. The highlight was Bionicle coming back for 2 years, and the Lego Movies. Also Hero Factory in the early 2010s, which had a few good sets. Basically 2010s were good to Lego as a company, but constraction suffered. Also I liked Elves. The Friends-style sets were a 2010s innovation, lest we forget.
  8. So, uh, this is a transgender poem, so if you don't like those, eh, might be time to have tea in some other topic? I saw that there were some strong trans peeps here so I'd thought I'd share some feelings. not implying that all trans people feel this way, either. Enjoy. Artistic comments welcome too. This Dark Fluid Ocean I am a girl Some girls are just born with this body With these eggs and this tube attached And it doesn’t matter what everyone else thinks They are all deceived I know who I am inside Some girls Go to restrooms with pants on the doors That lie about their real identity The world is lying to me About who I am But I know the truth I am a girl I wish I were so confident I don’t really know Who am I? All these people seem to know How do they know? I stand here I’m taking the 5:30 subway Lost under this strange ocean Agony This massive indecision Burning underwater and killing all the fish A train passes by Not my train A boom thunders A massive divine gavel You are a boy. I open my mouth A silent scream I pick up the knife My train comes I want to stab it Through the judge’s eye You don’t know who I am. You have no right to make my future Liar! I feel my balls and chain Weigh me down A thousand stranger eyes Rendering this deadly verdict The one I have the brazenness to deny I am… Whatever I am… I want to slash off these body parts To prove to God And everyone else The truth I want to tell him What he made Who I am And end this agony Screaming agony Forever My heart clinging To a metal pole In a speeding train In the dark
  9. I like this poem, though I thought it was more comforting to be among people and hear them talk, until we got to the end and he's alone in the sand. Sounds kinda haunting. If you were going to for a darker, more oppressive effect, it might do to ax the friendly voices at the beginning. I also did not get the feeling of tons of voices drowning the narrator, so maybe you need to slow down and give the reader a lot of voices. More characters, more voices - or even just write a stanza of what the voices are saying to make the piece feel more dark. The poem feels like you telling me what poem you could have written. So write that one. I like the rhythm here though, so I think you should keep that for the most part, though if you decide to add more voices, you may wish to break it there to make it seem overwhelming. But this is a good rhythm to start and end on. I like the poem anyway, and wish you well on revision.
  10. I'm interested to learn which software programs you can get Bionicle parts in 2020. Can LDD run on Windows 10? Do any other programs have Bionicle parts? Is there any Lego design program that will work on Linux? I'm curious.
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