Tuan Taureo

... Eternity from FFX-2. *swoons* I adore that piece. Original version, Guadosalam Band version, Piano Collection version ... it doesn't matter. That song owns always. /Tuan

Tiome Inatu? I'm intrigued ... /Tuan

*bursts out laughing*

Dude. That's gotta be the weirdest fad I've ever seen. I guess your popularity is finally slipping into RZ-ic proportions. Satisfy yourself with the knowledge that I, for one, will never give in to this fad. I don't have the stamina to chase after your posts all over the forums. THANK YOU. ~Nikira /Tuan

... it just dawned on me that the Swedish alphabet does have exactly 29 characters if you treat V and W separately. Gotta love Å, Ä and Ö. And no, I won't tell you peeps how to pronounce those. /Tuan

... like, everybody falls in love with each other and subsequently die by their own hand or someone else's? oO It would seem our dear Tiome has a weakness for romantic tragedy. /Tuan

+8 degrees Celcius for four days, and the only snow left is what's too securely scrunched into the snowpiles. The sunshine is strong enough to make the outdoor thermometer make handstands, and the asphalt is almost entirely dried up. All that's left is for the ground to thaw completely. Spring is awesome. /Tuan

Oh, I wish I had been able to see the lunar eclipse ... but the clouds decided to play "Rugby Pile" in the heavens that night. >< Buggerall. /Tuan

Even more verbal beauty regarding the wonders of Mother Nature. You have such a way with words. New sprites are looking spiffy! I really like your style. Well, a story isn't finished until the author says so. I'll just hold off reading QfLD until you're reasonably satisfied with it. /Tuan

You're always so poetic about weather, ToM. /Tuan

Interestingly enough, I was rather wary of both the Piraka and Barraki when I first saw them, but the character bios thawed my opinion thoroughly. With the Toa Mahri, I'm afraid that there's not much to be done. They're simply too outlandish, lacking both a themed build and decent colour combinations. I'm already looking forward to your Mahri mods, ToM! You always make such gorgeous Toa MoCs. /Tuan

... Happy Singles' Day. /Tuan

You know, Binky, one of the things about you that make you such a fascinating BZP Admin is how you are a grown-up, married man and you're into LEGO and Kim Possible all at the same time. /Tuan

I suppose KIE gave the most reasonable answer. So yeah, a mountain even taller than Everest and situated smack dab on the Equator would still have a snowcap, as strange as it would seem. (There are a few African mountains that do have snow and ice at the summit.) The atmosphere simply becomes too thin to conserve the solar energy, and the sunlight by itself can't melt ice effectively enough - otherwise we'd have a thaw every time the sun came out during winter. And if the sunlight would be strong enough, it'd be too intense for any life to survive above ground. On another note, that's an amazing drawing you've got there! Technically speaking, this is almost a masterpiece. There are barely any contours, all the various shapes are defined through their shading and highlights. The colour range is surreptiously complex; you've blended a great many different colours yet it looks almost monochromatic. The scenery is awash with the strong dual theme of red and blue, but the clothes of the two humans catch the light naturally, the actual colours of the fabrics showing through. The poetic feel is wonderful; it's like a midsummer night, sun and moon meeting in the sky above as the couple meets on the earth beneath. Two mortal beings caught in a moment of pure magic. Needless to say, I really like it. I'm rather intrigued by the fact that the woman is on the sun's side and the man is on the moon's side; it's usually the other way around. Dare I ask how long it took to make? /Tuan

That's a nice name change. Finnish is a cool language; it's so fluid and strange. Mind me asking what the new name means? And it's good to hear that you've got friends that care about you. /Tuan

Neat little fellow. I dig the blue-red colour theme. Calvin-attitude? That would be the near-limitless imagination of our favourite comic nuisance. (I have a soft spot for the Calvin & Hobbes comic strips.) /Tuan

Well, I say you should've won, toro. Big friggin' two-headed dragon for Fortitude? Hello. Oh well. And that goes for ToM too. I'd have loved to see Jo win. (Obviously.) Of course, that would've meant having to choose between Zirgath and Jo in the Grand Final ... /Tuan

Well, good old Swedezia finally decided to quit the Central-Italy-wannabe 'tude (rain, rain, rain, speck o' snow that vanishes within 24 hours, rain ...) and ship in the regular order of beautiful white snow to be dumped all o'er. I love snow too, for the same reason; all 'em kewl imprints and tracks and stuff. And the various pileups. Like when a car has been parked overnight and has, like, half a foot of snow on top of the roof and down over the headlights. Looks like it's all tucked in and asleep. Also, snow makes the whole world so much brighter! 98% of incoming light reflected, dude. When you're only so many miles away from the Polar Circle, that means a great deal. /Tuan

It's a good thing this BotW exists, because it's The h'awesome at highlighting great blogs. Gotta love your kitty doodles, especially the psychotic one. And that widdle banner edit up there is da bomb! This is getting grabbed for my blog favs. /Tuan

... beauty. That pretty much sums this up. I'm stunned, BCii. The depth and height of this poem reaches beyond every deep sea crevasse imaginable and rises above the highest cloud, and my mind is sent reeling from the compelling imagery and symbolism. The rhythm and rhyme of the verses is hypnotizing, and you evoke the whole sensation of a spiritual journey to the point where I am the nameless character in the poem - I'm having palpitations even now. That final question is unbelievably powerful. Of course, the tie-in to the current Bionicle storyline arc is obvious. I could probably pick the whole poem apart down to every constituent component and drag in all sorts of psychological and implications, but I think I'll spare you and any other readers that nuisance. I'm reminded of the fact that I still haven't reviewed your A Light Among The Shadows SS ... I seriously need to do that. This is a piece of art, BCii. I'm indescribably elated that you decided to share it. /Tuan

I get a peculiar feeling that it's probably a good thing I'm procrastinating so viciously about all the stuff in the Library I ought to read someday ... A story isn't finished until you say it is. /Tuan

Now that I've finally allowed myself to stay up-to-date with the storyline, this new underwater theme is frighteningly awesome. I could probably go on forever about all the psychological implications of such a setting ... but I won't. I love the way you've managed to work your Toa power into such an environment! I'd be hard-pressed to find any use for heat underwater ... and you manage it so fluently. And I understand why you've never picked apart that MoC-version of yourself; it looks mighty good indeed. /Tuan