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Right, yeah, I just hadn't thought about it and then tried to figure it out in a way that made sense.The lack of a Butterfly Effect is just my way of eliminating universes that are almost exactly the same. For instance if Tahu decides to pick up a rock and throw it in the lava or whether he decides to do it a split second later, or not at all. If you go with the Butterfly Effect then that would create three different universe; more likely infinite ones for different points of time in which he made his decision. Thanks!- 55555

My sister was talking about how annoyed she was about alternate universes in Bionicle, because in alternate universe characters behave very differently and them behaving in those ways is just as 'real' as their standard behaviours. So for instance, Onua is evil in the Toa Empire alternate universe, making Onua just as truly evil as truly good, something that understandably would frustrate someone emotionally engaged with that character.Buuut, I figured out something that resolves that and makes a lot more sense.The usual theories about branch universes is that branches are created in a couple different ways; one, alternate results of random factors (like Schrodinger's cat), and two, alternate decisions made by people.To clean things up a little, I'll go forward with these hypotheses.First, that there's no such thing as the Butterfly Effect, a theory in which tiny factors, such as the movement of a butterfly's wings, can effect gigantic factors, such as a hurricane.Second, that random factors DO NOT create branch universes. So I'm saying that the universe is an entirely predictable entity, that will always act exactly the same way in the exact same set of circumstances.Which leaves only one thing that creates branch universe; important decisions made by the people in them.Back to my original thing. What defines a fictional character, or a real person? What makes them who they are? Really, how they use their free will. AKA the decisions that they make, especially the important ones.So I theorize that the Toa Empire Onua and the original Onua are entirely different people, kind of like identical twins. They look the same, sound the same, in some ways they think the same but they are different people and make significantly different choices under identical circumstances.WWhich presents and interesting picture; zillions of Onuas spanning the whole range of possible combinations of important decisions. A moral and mental spectrum of Onuas.Now this doesn't work for humans, because we are real people and are not mass produced to neatly fit every slot in a multi-dimensional spectrum, but it works pretty well for robots.Anyway, I hope that was clear. Stomp on, gaze in wonder at, or snort derisevely regarding my theory as you see fit. - 55555

This has changed my life. - 55555

Aagh why must all the cool people play BZPRPG, when I don't want to spend the time there. :~/ - 55555

A full sentence.Though if you really want to use part of a sentence, PM me or Velox with it and we may make an exception.'Eleventy-One' is not enough, no.- 55555

Purple flex tubes... *tearscometoeyes* - 55555

Are you aware of the powers of the smudge tool? Though I have only slight experience in using a tablet in GIMP, the smudge tool was a big discovery fro me. KUTGW - 55555

Kinda like how Saint Patrick's Day is just about getting drunk and the color green. - 55555

]Citing it in the story body would most likely disturb the pace of the story. I recommend putting it at the end. - 55555

That shouldn't stop you from entering, personally I prefer The Hobbit to The Lord of the Rings. There are plenty of good quotes in it. The minimum LotR content in your story is one quote in the body or title. You're encouraged to do more than that. That's better than a lot of people. Heck, just enter. At least skim through LotR and see if anything jumps out at you, or read The Hobbit if you haven't. Entirely out of context quotes are entirely permissible. Feel free to Google up some random excerpts, or whatever, you don't actually have to read LotR or The Hobbit.Though every human should really read The Hobbit.- 55555

You may be suffering from IHSS, Irritatingly High Standards Syndrome, it effects MOCists of all levels of proficiency. - 55555

I think you're hitting your stride here. And the bubblewrap joke at the end was hilarious. XD - 55555

Best yet, these must be good practice. Maybe I should start that G&T art game up again... - 55555

Have you ever been drawing with pencils and tried to hit Ctrl + Z? What a world we live in. - 55555

Pterodactyl: "...It was this big! I swear!" MOC: "Yeah, yeah sure, you and your fish stories." - 55555

I will do my darndest to enter this contest.I have a suggestion; why not just have the thumbnails in the polls link to the artwork image? This will make it easier for voters to view the imagery, and eliminate non-artwork factors that could effect voting, such as poor formatting, text presentation, and writing quality of the "Artist Comments". This would be more in the tradition of past contests.- 55555

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Really I think Dirty Harry should be the staff role model. - 55555

I have no idea what I just read, but I enjoyed it. - 55555

Listen to some unusual music and/or experiment with head designs. - 55555

I admit this is not what I expected from the entry title. - 55555

Just a joke, I was kidding that I'd report your post for saying a slighlty different color than it was. And I've just been reading the Wikipedia article on color theory too much lately. - 55555