Takonius

It actually started as hatred. 11 years ago, Bionicle was the only thing that was featured in the Lego catalogs, magazines, and on TV, and I was annoyed with what can now be considered to be viral marketing. Then I gave in and bought Pohatu and Nokama, because those were the only sets the toy aisle at Wal-Mart had, and I was hooked.2004 was wrapping up when the latest comic advertised the Toa Hordika. Instead of waiting for them to be released, I searched online, and found pictures on this site. For a few months, I only used it to check the news, but I eventually discovered the forums, namely the Comedy section. On April 11th, 2005, a day I still remember every year, I joined as Takanuva Hordika55. I wrote comedies for the forum for the next few years, which were hit-or-miss when it came to popularity, the most popular being "Ask Jaller". As a member, I got the first look at every new set, I learned internet etiquette, and I improved as a writer. Then, in 2008, high school rolled around, and while I was not as much into the sets anymore, even though I still bought some, I kept following the story. As school, my music career, and the rest of my life became more time consuming, I didn't follow the story as closely, and I had less time to write episodes for "Ask Jaller". In late 2009, I saw the announcement that Lego was going to discontinue Bionicle after the Stars line. I was shocked, yes, but the rest of the tension in my life was still more important. I never bought the Stars sets. I wanted to, but I didn't. I read the scans of the final comic, and knew that Bionicle was over. At that point, I abandoned BZP except for a few glances to see if Lego was going to bring it back every once in a while. Bionicle and BZP basically WERE my childhood, and I never realized how big these were in my life until now.Where am I now? Let's see...I'm a senior in high school, I can drive, I've dated, I play the Saxophone...I just realized there's a twitter button on this entry box (I don't have twitter), and I know where I'm going to college. Now, I'm typing my memories into this entry field. Thinking about it, I never forgot about my BZP activities. I am registered as "Takonius" in quite a few other forums, and I occasionally use it as a username for games like Call of Duty 4 and Minecraft. I remember where I drew inspiration for certain comedies (a Hewkii character that constantly talked about Kolhii was based on my best friend who only talks about baseball). I have an unfinished episode of "Ask Jaller" saved in my computer that was meant to be the finale, and was going to be a more serious and streamlined episode, in PROSE. BZP changed my life, and I can't believe it's been so long since I've been here, and even longer since Bionicle started.

It looks like a type of "destroy your opponent but win the race" kind of a game.

I never knew what a hard decision of what to think was until this day. The idea of the bloodthirsty alternate Toa still keeping the peace is really one that can mess with one's head. It's messing with mine a lot.