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.
