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ZippyWharrgarbl

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  1. Have you guys seen the LEGO Friends site yet? I... I just don't know about it. At least they attempted something with the Inventor's Workshop, I guess. And at least it requires building. But still... it just doesn't look like a thing you'd give to a child to enforce postive gender roles. :

  2. Remember, the Agori/ Glatorian culture was once based around arena fights. Ever since Mata Nui told them that those things weren't a good idea, I would think that most of the Agori would want to leave that reminder of their dark and difficult past behind them. Reintroducing a sport that is played in an arena, like kolhii, might not exactly be a wonderful idea for the Matoran to try.Even if it was a good idea, the Matoran might have a good deal of explaining to do...

    "So, you hit the ball like this...""And then you kick the other guy in the shins, right?""..."I think that there is usually enough room in a culture for more than one sport. They may still keep arena matches, if for fun more than anything else, but the Agori and Glatorian certainly have the capacity to play a game that is not as violent.
  3. It is highly likely that the Mata Nui Matoran will teach others how to play. I mean, the Agori must not have had many fun games to play on Bara Magna, since the resources were too scarce to spare for fun and they'd all be too busy to be doing anything remotely fun, so they'd probably like a new sport.

  4. Uh, guys, BS01 isn't the only Bionicle wiki. BTW, BS01 take as much times as you want. We can live.

    But some of the others are a bit inaccurate. I once looked up Malum on one and it stated that he was 'Cheif [sic] of a Vorox'. Not a Vorox tribe. A single Vorox. I got a bit peeved and fixed it immediately. There were also quite a few accuracy faults through the other pages I checked. That said, it did have the translated 'The Crossing', which was nice.I much prefer BS01, since that one seems quite accurate. I look forward to its triumphant return. :)
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  5. Get the ladies.Also, if Onua could make rocks from earth, he'd only be able to make sedimentary ones. Also, by this logic, Pohatu would be able to control lava, as it would have melted rocks in it. Kopaka could control water, Gali could control ice, Lewa could control the oxygen in water, Tahu could control the oxygen in the air that fire uses for fuel, et cetera.

  6. Sounds great, Alyska! I like the moral in there. It's a good one. :)The great thing about Discworld is that it doesn't necessarily have to be read in order. I think I started with the movie 'Hogfather', which is based on the Discworld book of the same name. Come to think of it, it's like a Christmas story, so maybe they'll be showing the movie on TV soon. First book was either 'The Colour of Magic' or 'Mort', I think it was the former, but both were excellent.Also, their 'planet' is so illogical it's logical. It's a disc that rests on the backs of four elephants, which in turn stand on the shell of a space turtle. Sounds legit, right?

  7. I haven't read the Wheel of Time series, but I'll make a note of reading it. :)Has anyone here read anything in the Discworld series? They're fantastic when it comes to magic/science. Everything's magic on their world, but it can be taken down to a science. There are also notable books with stories where the main characters are both awesome AND female, such as any with the Witches and the Tiffany Aching Chronicles. Also, 'Equal Rites' was about a girl who was born with wizard powers, and it's all about her travelling to the Unseen University to be trained as a wizard, though they are all men (since wizards and witches never deviate from the standard genders and their magic is totally different from one another's).My goodness I love Discworld. Excuse my fan-ism.

  8. I like it, Alyska. :) But some part of me wants the sandwich to change to something else, merely due to all the 'hurr durr you're a woman make me a sandwich' remarks I'm so used to getting. That's personal opinion, though, and it doesn' really matter in the gand scheme of things. What matters is this looks like a great premise for a TV show, movie, book and toy all in one.I'd hate to sound fangirly, but Homestuck tends to have great characters when it comes to genders. The male and female main characters are pretty much equally balanced in terms of numbers, and the females are pretty awesome.Ugh I hate sandwich remarks so much it's like aaaaaaargh make your own darn sandwich I'm too busy watching shows about monster trucks

  9. Tekulo, if you like Teen Titans, don't look at the new comic ones that are out. They've twisted Starfire and Beastboy into... well, they're no longer the nice teens we know and love. Ugh, Starfire's new outfit...I know girls who got fed up with being unable to find good nerd shirts in girl's sizes and just bought guy's ones. It's a good idea, I think. I mean, there's not too much of a difference, besides the curvier look of most female shirts.With toys, better yet, LET'S NOT HAVE GENDERS AT ALL!!! AHAHA THINK OF THE WEIRD COMPLAINTS FROM PARENTS > : DOr just have a balanced group of characters. That could work. (But my idea's more FUN)

  10. Pink's fine, but I have yet to see a girl's line of toys that do not include vast amounts of the colour. Also, slightly related: I went into a store a while ago, which was known for stocking gamer clothes, and was annoyed that the only female nerd shirts you could buy were either pink ones with Princess Peach on them or lame ones with cutesy messages like 'I Love Nerds' with Hello Kitty on it or something. I've since ragequit on the store, as nowadays the only female clothes it stocks is aforementioned cutesy shirts and clothes that reveal a lot more than I'm comfortable with.Have you guys noticed this with clothes stores? I don't like clothes shopping much, but now I hate it because I usually leave the store feeling insulted by the suggestion that since I'm female I have to essentially wear short shorts and tiny shirts in public.I love the Studio Ghibli films! They're so nice and thought-provoking. After watching Howl's Moving Castle, I went and read the book by Dianna Wynne Jones. I was surprised to find the movie was actually much, much better, though the book provided a bit more depth. I personally loved Spirited Away and Howl's Moving Castle, though I recently watched Porco Rosso and that was cool too. That girl who whoops the sky pilots into shape only with her words is awesome.

  11. I have to agree with Fishers that children are probably few and far between. I imagine that Glatorian and Agori have evolved to mature more quickly, so their childhood is short and intense; they do, after all, have to deal with a harsh world.

    I don't think they could evolve that quickly, as it seems that from the Core War to the present time, they are still pretty much in the same generation (as in, almost none of them have had kids). I reckon it's more that children would take up resources and couldn't really contribute to the village, so it would have been frowned upon.
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