Turakii #1 Lavasurfer

All of these are really bad examples of them: "Woah, awesome comic! It made my day!" "This. Is. EPIC!" "Good work. Dude, I could never do that. Neat job. 10000/10" "Eh, needs work. Nice try, though." "Love it! You're a good drawer!" I know from experience how hard it can be to find something to say about a piece of artwork, an MOC, a comic, or a story. However, simply telling the member that you liked it (or disliked it) doesn't tell them how they might improve or what to continue doing in the future. (And informing them that they are the insert of a dresser isn't particularly complimentary.) A good general rule is this: if you could take your post and paste it into another topic in the same forum (or even a different forum), and it would still make sense, then it's probably spam. Your post should be very specific to the topic. If you don't have the time or the basic knowledge about the creative work to write a long review (see: Turakii's MOC reviews (also see: Turakii's MOCing knowledge, or lack thereof)), at least try to mention something that proves you actually looked at the creative work. E.G.: "This. Is. EPIC! Kopaka's eyepiece looks awesome! You're really good at drawing the fluffiness of the tutu!" "Eh, needs work. It's really sketchy and it looks like he has seven arms sprouting out of his nose. Also, Takua looks too much like a mutant elephant." ... Okay, rant over. XD It just gets a little frustrating when I realize that if all the spam posts in a topic were deleted, there would be maybe four posts left. Turakii

Welcome, my children, to Madame Zaktan's Mystical Tent of Fortune. Palm readings, face reading, and the fortune told at a reasonable cost. Ah, you want to know if you are destined to become a Toa? Or finally win that Ga-Matoran's heart? Simply gaze into the Cryptical Ball of Broccoli and soon, all shall be made clear... Turakii

What if the past doesn't really exist? What if the only proof anything actually happened is in the memories and how its occurrence affected people? If everyone forgot about something in history, would it cease to be? ... This has been profound musings with Turakii. Tune in next week to hear Turakii ask, "What if the sky is really a giant space monster and the blue is the inside of its mouth?" Turakii

Like a surgeon? =3 Turakii

1. You guys need to send more of them. 2. To me. =3 3. And use interesting titles. 4. Not that "Signature Report" isn't descriptive, but the personal messages say they wouldn't mind more individuality. 5. Let me take this moment to add that EmperorWhenua has one of the most unique signature-reporting methods I have ever seen in my life. oO Turakii

Your will is done, Lord Togepi. *Bows.* Turakii

1. Sisen's. Dude, it's a tie. A TIE. With TOHU. <3 2. Chunky's. I like how the design goes out of the normal in-the-middle design and makes it wrap around, but still comes out far enough so it's clearly visible. 3. Dirty Burrito's. I think the font could be messed around with a bit to stand out more, but the Tahu design would look really awesome on a black shirt. Turakii

Or if you spilled a cup of coffee and happened to have super-fast reflexes and a portal gun, you could save the day (and the coffee!) by putting a portal on the floor and one on the ceiling so it falls right back into the cup. Hooray! Or if you were bored, you could just leave it falling forever, like one of those cool little fountains... only with coffee... Turakii

Story Factory meme thingy! Rules: 1. Load up Windows Media Player or MP3 player or some such thingy 2. Que your entire library, or the longest playlist you have 3. Turn on shuffle 4. Write down the first ten songs that come up 5. Somehow find a way to connect them into something resembling logical sense 6. You can use either the actual song content or just the titles (I'm personally using just titles) 1. Enough - Chris Tomlin Once upon a time, there was a teenaged guy named Chris whose mom, every single morning, would give him a big old bowl of sauerkraut for breakfast. Big bowl of sauerkraut! Every single morning! It was driving him crazy! Until one day, his sanity gave out and he stomped downstairs with his sneakers hanging off his ears and a hairbrush sticking out of his sock, wearing nothing but a fluffy pink tutu (and the sock). He dashed into the middle of the kitchen, threw apart his arms, and bellowed, "ENOUGH! ENOUGH!" 2. Decay Mode - Valve Unhappily for Chris, he then discovered that he had somehow walked into and spent the night in a cliche decaying haunted house by mistake. The skeletons and ghosts and wizards looked at him with expressions resembling "O_o," and he muttered something about "Those darn buses, never letting you know which one's your stop..." before sneaking out the door. 3. Never Let This Go - Paramore It so happens that ghosts and skeletons not only have very long memories (which they need, seeing as they live pretty much forever and all), but also digital cameras and their own personal websites. Chris was unaware of this fact until every one of the pictures had been uploaded to a page titled "lol a guy in a tutu." 4. I Will - Sowelu Chris frantically went to Google and searched "ways to get skeletons and ghosts to delete embarrassing photos off their websites without angering them into haunting you for the rest of your short days." He was fortunate enough to find a helpful website, which informed him that the best way to get on any skeleton's good side is to show that you tolerate and embrace their differences by joining into their family. In an attempt to save his dignity at any cost, Chris returned to the haunted mansion (properly dressed this time) and dropped to his knees in front of the skeleton chief. "Your highness! I have come to ask for your daughter's hand in marriage!" 5. Kom Hall Om Mig - Caramel Sadly, this was simply not Chris's lucky day. As it so happened, the skeleton chief had never had any daughters and this was a very sore subject with him. Chris went home followed by a parade of disgruntled ghosts and skeletons, all of which stayed closer to him than the creepiest stalker, and moaned, groaned, and yodeled all night. After three sleepless weeks and a lot of strange looks at work, he knew that there was no help for it -- it was time to flee to Sweden. 6. Rest - Skillet At last! With a sigh of contentment, he enjoyed what had to be the most delicious sleep he had ever tasted. The ghosts and skeletons had protested loudly as he boarded the plane, having grown rather attached to him (not that it was mutual), but none of them had renewed their passports in several decades and were stuck waving their handkerchiefs mournfully. Their saddened faces haunted his mind for a moment, but were quickly buried under a barrage of blissful Zs. 7. Come Right Out And Say It So Chris lived there and did stuff and such and such, and then he met this amazing girl and dated her for two whole weeks and then proposed but then, gasp! Drama! There was something that she utterly refused to tell him! What could it be!? Tearing up his pillows in agony, beating his head against the wall, and staring at her while holding a big sign with a sadface emoticon on it had had no effect! There was only one thing left to do... ask her to come right out, and... say it. 8. Concrete Girl - Switchfoot Chris was shocked beyond belief. After knowing her for so long -- fourteen days, two weeks, one fortnight! A century in mayfly terms! -- how could he never have known!? How could she have kept it quiet for all that time!? But now that he knew the truth, there was no way to do anything but accept it -- she was a statue. 9. Magical Picture Books - Final Fantasy (Chocobo Tales) After tearfully kissing her stone feet goodbye, he staggered down the street, certain he could never love again. Although his parents had warned him about girls with hearts of stone, he had always brushed it away... yet now... but that was all behind him. He buried his face in a handkerchief and sobbed. However, it is very difficult to see where you are going when your face is buried in a handkerchief, and before he had a chance to remove it, he had tripped over a cobblestone and fallen facefirst into a magical picture book that just happened to be there for some reason, and been teleported to another dimension. 10. The Water Buffalo Song - Veggietales Chris sat up, unable to believe his eyes. Water buffalo of every color pranced, twirled, and spun gracefully among the tulips in a display of grace and poise he never thought water buffalo could have! His eyes grew wide with wonder. As he stared and stared, eyes as big as plates, a water buffalo came up behind him and put a hoof on his shoulder. "Look here, sonny," said the water buffalo, pointing to a sign, "Don't you see that this here's private property?" "But," said Chris, eyes tearing up again, "This place is so beautiful..." The water buffalo looked him up and down, then nodded knowingly. "I see... sonny, have you always felt that maybe you don't belong? That you don't really... fit in? That maybe, all this time, you've been something you weren't meant to be?" Chris gasped. "Do you mean... I'm really a water buffalo!?" "No, you ninny," said the water buffalo. "Have you ever looked in the mirror!? Gosh!" "I know," Chris admitted, "But I was hoping that it could magically turn out I was one and then I could live here and this could end happily ever after." "I don't see how that's going to work, seeing as you're not a buffalo and all," said the water buffalo. "But hey, here's what I'll do. I've got a spare coupon for a Whopper Jr. at Macdonalds -- you just take it right over there and get yourself a nice burger so we can go back to dancing in peace, okay?" "Okay!" Chris happily took the coupon, hugged it, and skipped through the tulips to the Macdonalds as the credits music began to play in the background. The End

Some people had doubts about how he'd do, but he's definitely got that Doctorish quirkiness in him. I think he's going to do an awesome job. =D Turakii

Ooh, I am too! =O We're totally meant for each other! Turakii

Don't worry, they canceled it this year. Turakii

Dude, that second idea is genius. I mean, sure, her relatives and such would have been mighty confused once he got tired of it and disappeared, but that would have been awesome, and Disney/Tim Burton probably would have found a way to make it hilarious as well. Why didn't they ask us for ideas? ;.; Turakii

Happy birthday to one of the most adorable cats known to BZP! Turakii

So recently, I heard a commercial for a radio which enticed you with descriptions such as, "The most top-of-the-line, groundbreaking radio you can find on the market! How could you choose otherwise, when it has a patented double-coiled antenna, bright and readable LED face, and... *gasp*... functional knobs and buttons!" ... Wait... knobs and buttons that actually do something!? Technology really has advanced! Turakii