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    Nope, no shame at all. I just don't get it, that's all.

     

    I get what you're saying. Sometimes I wish I didn't have any outside affiliation with a show or band or movie, etc. But when you are interested and inspired by something, you just want to find out everything about it and tell everyone about it. Unfortunately, sometimes there are some idiot fans out there. One example that immediately comes to is is Metallica fans vs. Megadeth fans. It's so idiotic how much they can hate each other. I just wanna say, "Just listen to the music and have fun! You can like both bands and no be abused over it."

     

    Meh, rant.

     

    Also, I'm sorta intrigued at the direction that these comments went it. I was expecting comments about relatability to BZPers, not MLP. But whatevz. :P

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    First of all, I want to say thank you for all these amazing replies. You guys are awesome! :D Sorry I couldn't reply to them earlier. I had to take a day-long car trip.

     

    I also don't get MLP. It has neat artwork, but I was able to appreciate that in the first few minutes. I attempted to watch it because a friend wanted us to at Brickfair a few years back, but eh. Just not doing it for me. I mean, I also have plenty of reasons the Brony phenomenon really bothers me (like the cultural appropriation of males taking something designed for a minority, under-represented group (females) and making it about themselves and for themselves [when you're a boy, it's okay to like girl things if a lot of boys do it, but it's not cool for girls to like boy things in most cultural circles, so the MLP thing just strikes me as cultural appropriation]). Sorry, tangent.

    Do you relate to me, though? I'm a 26 year old dude paying bills and working full-time, who lives with his girlfriend he met through a LEGO hobby at a convention, who builds MOCs, takes photos, goes to college online to continue his degree finances kept him from completing years back, who likes Star Wars, music (classic rock AND modern music), movies, etc. Man, adulthood is weird.

     

    Wow, you make an interesting point about cultural problems coming from MLP. I had never thought of it that way before.

     

    Dude, I wish I had my life as together as you do. I'm still at that awkward stage where I have no idea what to do or where to go. It's frustrating. And rock music is what fuels me, from classic to metal, punk to pop-rock. I do it all! :P And yes, adulthood is weird and awkward, especially for me. Too bad you can't always be 16.

     

    I don't get MLP either, but that's mostly because my roommate first semester was into it in a weird way. Kinda put me off the fandom as a whole. Sorry guys.

     

    But hey. I was living on a ship when I joined BZP; back then what made it so cool was "hey, look! Other people who like the same stuff I do!" Used to be my main social thing. Then I left the ship, facebook became a thing, and moved a bunch, and eventually actually made friends in real life. Became less dependent on the site. Less time to put in, less you get out I suppose.

     

    That's exactly what I thought when I first saw BZP. I just couldn't believe so many people love Bionicle like I did. And I'm not really dependent on this site anymore, but only because most of my friends left... and then Bionicle died, so there's that.

     

    Yeah, not into MLP either, though to be honest I simply don't care about it. I watched an episode once and it wasn't horrible, though, just not my thing.

    To clarify, I am not 'I', but 'we'. Gatanui is an account shared by two brothers, though on BZPower you'll mostly find me (on other places like Flickr my brother is more active). We are 19 and 18 years old and in our second semester (third in October) studying physics and math, respectively. I guess that makes us pretty boring. :P

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    Yeah, right when everyone started going crazy over MLP, I gave it a try. Not for me, no sir. While I don't prescribe to gender-specific identities, it still me a weird feeling to know so many guys adore this show.

     

    And dude, physics and math make you guys more interesting, especially since I can't understand either of them. But I'm sure you guys are more than just physics and math. You're people. Complicated, like all people. Which is the way I should view Bronies.

     

    I live with a rabid fan of that show. (My sister).

    Thing is, she's not a fan of the show by itself so much as all the strange fanfics and such out there...

    It's been enough to put me off that forever.

     

    Sisters, man, can't live with 'em... can't live with 'em.

     

    Egh, people can like what they like, even if it is to some weird and creepy degree. I appreciate it for a few reasons including its innocence and charm and liking it has resulted in me meeting a lot of fantastic people who I can now call very good friends. Of course the one thing I don't get is why this huge cult spawned around it. I can understand a fandom but I feel that once you start calling yourself "bronies" and adopting other weird terms for various habits then you've just crossed the line into scarily obsessed. I don't see Game of Thrones fans calling themselves "Thronies". At least, I presume they don't. I haven't taken part in the community there.

     

    Yeah, when you start to define yourself by a TV show, that may be too far. Maybe. I'm no expert. But I get your point.

     

    I'll never understand the super-fanatical people, and I'll never care too much for the whole "brony" thing, but as a whole I always saw it as a rather lighthearted show with neat artwork and some quality. Plus it triggers my nostalgia, as I used to play with My Little Ponies when I was... like 10 and under. Though I don't follow it that much, it's still a neat little show. :>

     

    On the relatability thing... well I play video games, am about to take on my first year in a University, I'm quite a bit introverted, I enjoy drawing (badly) and writing (poorly) and am terrible at writing things where I might end up relating to someone. :B

     

    Wow, you sound just like me. I'm quite an introvert, as I imagine a lot of people on this site are. I play video games, but I probably watch more movies (my favorite story-telling medium). And I love writing, I'm just such a perfectionist that I never get anything done.

     

    I'm waist-deep in the fandom myself. :P

     

    Different strokes for different folks I guess. :)

     

    Yeah, it seems so. No judgment here, just don't get it.

     

    I see the attraction to it because it's kind of a mindless, enjoyable show - but honestly, the non-BZP fandom scares me in its level of obsession. The bronies have done more to hurt the show than help, in my mind.

     

    Yeah, at times I thought that the super fandom of BZP to Bionicle hurt Bionicle. Sometimes fans just need to let the creators do their jobs. :P

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    Yeah, don't get me wrong. I love Bioshock Infinite so much. I love Elizabeth. I think she's one of the best written characters out there. And the whole world is done very well. It was very ambitious to come up with a whole world and politics up in a city in the sky.

     

    But yeah, The Last of Us is perfect in nearly every way. The tone of oppressing depression is done perfectly. Towards the end I just wanted to run through levels because I cared for the characters so much and didn't want them to get hurt. And where Infinite has a couple really good characters, but every single character in The Last of Us is fleshed out and REALLY interesting.

     

    However, I must say that the last third of Infinite will take you for a ride. So you may change your mind.

     

    And yeah, Tomb Raider is an Uncharted copy-cat, but Uncharted is a Tomb Raider copy-cat. So there's that. And it's a good game, but I won't play it again after playing The Last of Us. The quality, characters, and amount of polish is just not there in Tomb Raider.

    Ta-metru_defender

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    I feel like Infinite is more ambitious in some aspects compared to The Last of Us. Whereas The Last of Us is sort of a mish-mash of things we've seen before, but done so perfectly that I don't mind. The one gameplay feature Infinite does better is companion AI. It was slightly annoying for Joel to be sneaking around Clickers while Ellie keeps running about and talking to him. Elizabeth in Infinite isn't perfect, but she feels more like an actual gameplay companion than Ellie.

     

    I can't go back and play Tomb Raider after playing The Last of Us, because they're similar in a lot of tonal ways, but Tomb Raider's characters are so underdeveloped in comparison.

     

    And yeah, immediately after I finished The Last of Us I told myself I would never play it again, because that would be a disservice to the narrative, but now I really want to play it again. It's just so good. It is the game that every other game from now on will be compared against.

    Ta-metru_defender

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    I must say that when I played Bioshock Infinite, I thought that there was no way a better game could be made all year. But then I played The Last of Us. Holy cow! What an experience. I agree with everything you say. The characters just feel so honest. I never felt like Druckmann was copping out with his storytelling. I never felt cheated like I do in most stories and most video game stories because some characters make choices they have no reason to. Every part of the world of The Last of Us felt grounded to earth in reality and honesty. And then, of course, mix in the fact that the gameplay is very nearly flawless. I can honestly say that this is the best game I've ever played and is possibly even the best game ever made. I loved every moment of it.

     

    Also, dat ending.

    -SZ-

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    :kaukau: That actually makes a little more sense when I read it the second time through. Particularly, putting the question marks behind the "profit", because once I think about it...yeah, how does that work out?

     

    And I'm sorry for ruining your blog.

     

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    lol I know right.

     

    You can mention bricklink now.

    Oh happy happy joy joy

     

     

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    -SZ-

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    I'm Ryuujin

     

    we've met before

    I'm sure we have, but I honestly can't remember where. And now I feel bad. *mopes*

     

     

    I had a different name back then

    Oh hai Laughin'Man :D

     

    I'm Lyichir. You probably don't know me.

     

    (Also, both SZ AND Core Dimension are back? Geez Louise.)

    I remember you. I think. My memory just ain't what it used to be.

     

     

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    -SZ-

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    Hi, I'm GSR. Sometimes I drop my keyboard on the ground repeatedly, run spell check, and then post the result in Short Stories. I am apparently a Forum Mentor.

     

    Welcome! (back)

    Wasn't that how Twilight was written?

     

    *buh-dum pish*

     

    No, seriously, I love short stories. Whenever I am not too lazy, I like writing them. They usually turn out weird. >.>

     

     

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    -SZ-

    Posted

    I dream about farm animals

    Well, I guess that's better than dreaming about dreams within dreams within INCEPTION

     

    Also, I can't figure out how to edit my comment with a new quote. So I double commented. So shoot me.

     

     

    -SZ-

    Just quote it, write your response, then select all, copy, and paste into the previous comment.

    That seems like a weird workaround, but okay.

    I'm Ryuujin

     

    we've met before

    I'm sure we have, but I honestly can't remember where. And now I feel bad. *mopes*

    Oh hey, I remember you! Welcome back.

     

    Although I admit, I expected this entry to be about a first program.

     

    ~B~

    Yeah, the title was a callback to that one semester I had on computer science. Man, I hated that class. :P

    Also, I can't figure out how to edit my comment with a new quote. So I double commented. So shoot me.

    Hi, I'm DeeVee, formerly Darth Vader, I run the blogs, and I merged your double comments because that's against the rules.

     

    Also, I like to build MOCs.

    Hi, DeeVee! Thanks for fixin' my comment. I use to build MOCs. Maybe I will again one day. I like to like your MOCs.

    I'm The Affably Evil Automaton and I pretend to write stories.

    I do the exact same thing. I have pretend-written about 20-some stories, and only really written about 5. Blarg. Too much brain-crack.

    I'm Tavahka, Portalfig for the past two years or so, and just got around to finally changing my name yesterday. =P

     

    I hang out in G&T mostly, and pretend that people know who I am. Welcome back!

    G&T?

     

    *opens new tab*

     

    *still can't figure it out*

     

    I must not hang out there very often. Oh well.

     

     

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