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As enticing as the Clickit Supertramps sound, I can't help but be drawn towards supporting the I'd Settle For Thats. Something about them is just so...mysterious. And secretive. And attractive.

I think I discussed this with you on that one chat that one time. I've always thought they should really make the solar battery thing his main weakness, and I really thought they would do that with the New 52. One of the main problems I've had is that the New 52 really had the chance to become DC's Ultimate Universe, but instead they kind of just used that as an excuse to redesign some villains and alternate universes.

I'm interested in all of the collectible Kanohi and all of the 2006 and 2004 Matoran you have. Also Tahu Mata, if he isn't snatched up already; he seems to be a fine part of the franchise to own. His Star incarnation would be also great if at all possible.

I wish I had been told about this earlier. This place did end up playing in a big part of my childhood, and I'd love to be a part of something like this, even if I'm not superactive anymore. (I am half tempted to bring up my CYOA review topic proposal again, but I think that was talked to death quite a while ago)

10/10 best kit will use for my comisc pls read them when theyre released! :) (no but seriously though you rasterize ripped vectors and you don't make the sheet transparent? really?)

Eh, well, it helped me A LOT. So, thank you for making it (years ago) it was truly quite a big help. You're welcome. Glad it's helping out so many years after it was done. But who did that translation? Was that you?

Wait what? I wrote that thing in English like years ago. Where did that come from? (For the record, Paint works pretty fine, but it's a lot slower and its possible to skip recoloring some pixels because you have to do a clean sweep and stuff. GIMP is faster and thorough. Photoshop is the best, though; you can literally do it in seconds. I only did the GIMP tutorial because it was free back then. And I think someone gave me a secret kit for it or something? I forget. Those were the days.)

about an orange guy who lived in an orange world and all day and all night everything he sees is just orange like him inside and outside orange title with a orange blog and an orange image and everything thing is orange for him and everybody around him 'cause they all got OBZPCship i'm orange (if i was staff i would die) (if i was staff i would die) (if i was staff i would die) i'm orange (if i was staff i would die) (if i was staff i would die) (if i was staff i would die) no but srsly what is going on here is everybody demoted and obzpc?

I bought Chilly's tail for the W200. It's framed in the trophy room at my penthouse, beside the two Daft Punk helmets and the Magic Gavla Ball. Really been enjoying the latest developments. Been gone too much, but finals are just about over and I want to return and do something. Maybe we should do some crossover when you aim a nuke at my tower or something. Hit me up. We'll work it out.

Thanks for the replies; I'll get back to them when I get back from work. I'm kind of rushing to post this now; sorry. There was no "simple game of Kolhii". Let's face it. That was kid's movie material. Greg has said at one point that if there was one thing he could retcon from the movies, that would be it and I fully agree with him. Takanuva and Makuta fought to the death, but Takanuva didn't kill Makuta. Instead, he relented and Makuta tried to use that opportunity to gain the upper hand, then turned the tables by plunging them into the pool.Mata Nui did not care about the MU Inhabitants, nor did he automatically begin to once he had been cast out of his body. That first part is actually canon and is mentioned off-handedly in the actual Journey's End. I just included it here because it was never shown and barely mentioned, which is why many people would probably be surprised by it and think it was something I made up. I just brought those few lines to their logical conclusion, that Mata Nui still doesn't care about them/think about them all too much when he first lands on Bara Magna and just cares about regaining his power back.Mata Nui doesn't actually remember off-hand all that has happened or that Makuta kicked him out as soon as he lands. Kind of a personal pet peeve there. Mata Nui's been asleep for about a thousand years. He woke up in a strange place and was immediately kicked out. It stands to reason he'd be more confused instead of automatically knowing what had happened and why he needed to get back.Kapura was responsible for creating the Matoran. To me, it only makes sense that the Great Being that would eventually disguise himself within the universe be the one that created them in the first place. Additionally, he was also the one who created the template for all base programs of biomechanical beings, since the other GBs didn't see the need to reinvent the wheel, unknowing of the changes and innovations Kapura had made in his design.Kapura purposefully made the Matoran (and subsequently every other race in the MU) to have emotions and become a fully sentient race. He disobeyed direct orders from the other Great Beings and gave his creations the power to think, learn and innovate, hoping that they would in turn become a sentient race and develop true emotions. The whole “it was just a glitch” thing never sat well with me. I'm fixing that now.

Two Months Ago Mata Nui awoke. For the first time in over a millennium, he awoke. A deep, hollow laugh echoed through his mind. Startled, he called up his diagnostic scanners to examine the problem. Nothing happened. He tried again. Nothing. What was this? Why wasn't any of his equipment working? Had his systems shut down? Did the servants halt their duties again? What happened? He tried to get up, but he couldn't. Something felt...wrong. The world was different. He remembered landing back on a small, blue planet, perfect cyan skies with drifting clouds. But this world...this world was dark and red. Sand filled the horizon as far as the eye could see. That was what was different. Not just the sand, but the horizon and the fact that he could see it. He had never seen it so low, so close to his eye level. Was he using his magnification function? Did he get locked out into an onboard sensor? He tried one more time to call up his scanners, but again the response was void. All he could see was the landscape. Closer, bigger than he had ever seen it before. Was he on some gigantic planet? Did he crash land and the workers just didn't bother to repair his memory systems? No. The horrible truth dawned upon him. It wasn't the planet. It was him. He was small. ----------------- Present Day A lone Ta-Matoran stood on the riverbank, seemingly unaware of the two monstrous machines that lumbered behind him. “Citizen of the Makutaverse. You are in an unauthorized area. You will be accompanied by the Exo-Toa to the nearest port, where you will be reassigned to your proper objective in Metru Nui. You will live out your life in peace and pro--” The monotonous drone of the Exo-Toa's voice was interrupted by the scraping of metal and a sparking, severed arm. The other Exo-Toa whipped its Electro-Rocket out, but the attacker swiftly ducked to one side and with the same motion, slashed the front part of the rocket launcher. He lept onto the suit of armor, stabbing his sword into the head, then raised an outstreched arm towards the other. A gust of air swirled from the motion and hurled the Exo-Toa into the river, where the sparks from its exposed arm and the water combined to form a spectacular explosion. “So, that's the plan?” The Ta-Matoran asked. “Just sit here and be a decoy while you alert every other Exo-Toa to our presence here?” The attacker, a Toa of Air, dropped down from his perch on the robotic minion. “Not just you. We're both the decoys here.” He tapped on the mechanism attached to his mouth from his visor. “Guess not being able to breathe air makes us more expendable than the others.” The Ta-Matoran instinctively moved to tap on his own breather. “It would be just our luck, wouldn't it, Lesovikk? We find enough equipment to go on land, only to have land be taken control of by a schizophrenic manic.” Shrieks came from a distance. Lesovikk turned around, pointing his new Cyclone Blade at the direction of the noise. “Oh, now we've done it. That got their attention. The Rahkshi are coming. Odina's just full of them.” He turned to the Ta-Matoran. “You ready, Sarda?” The Matoran nodded and both he and Lesovikk climbed onto a humongous aerial vehicle, cleverly hidden behind the bushes and greenery. They waited until the screams of the Rahkshi drew near, then bolted off, the Rahkshi trailing behind them. With luck, this diversion might actually work. ----------------- Present Day Toa Takanuva blasted his way through waves of Rahkshi. It was an odd feeling. Just little over a year ago, just one of these Rahkshi would have easily taken him down and killed him. In fact, one nearly did. But now, he could just slice through them, wave after wave, like it was no trouble at all. It just goes to show how much change one year can bring, he thought. His entire universe had been set upside down. He and his friends had worked their entire lives to ensure Mata Nui's return. Instead, the worst possible being alive had taken Mata Nui's place, and with it, his power. Makuta, he growled. Sometimes, I wonder...if I could have killed you back then, when we fought on Mata Nui... The Toa Code was rather strict on the matter. Killing was supposed to be out of the option. When he first became a Toa, Takanuva had no qualms about sticking to it. Even when he battled the Lord of Shadows, Makuta himself, he chose not to kill him. That nearly cost him his life, but quick thinking and submersion in Energized Protodermis brought an end to that battle. But this...this was a different matter. The makers of the Code had surely never thought of this. His friends were all endangered by this maniac. Countless lives were being threatened by the unthinkable amount of power he now weld. If he was put in that position again, face to face with Makuta, with all of the knowledge he knew now... Could he have made that decision? Takanuva didn't know what to think. ----------------- Years Ago The being came back to life for the second time. This time, he felt different. Limbs now extended from his body, enabling him with movement. He sat up. Kapura was still there, doing his usual work with the screens. But when he saw Makuta was up, he turned them off and instead transferred them to the pane of glass he held in his hand. “You're up! Good. Come with me. Today...today, I show you your destiny.” He walked Makuta out of the laboratory and into the mountain range. The workers had made significant progress, and the metal frame was now covered a giant sheet of thick, metallic protodermis. Inside, a huge glass dome was half-finished, and a smooth liquid was being poured into the base around a giant mound of earth. “This is your purpose,” Kapura said. “You will inhabit this body, like the body you inhibit now. The workers will live on those mounds, but they will also work for you, inside of you. They will keep you running. And in turn, you will keep them safe.” He turned. “I created the first race of workers to build the frame. The others are creating their own races now, but they all...well, honestly, they all sort of pale in comparison. Yes, I'm biased, but I really do think nothing beats the original.” He waved one of them over. “This one...he was the first. My first true masterpiece of this project.” The worker he was referring to, a white Matoran, ran up to them. “You have called?” He said. “Takua, meet Makuta. He will be your protector when the universe is completed. Makuta, this is Takua, an Av-Matoran.” Takua's eyes darted to and fro, examining the being with an intrepid curiosity. “You are greeted by myself,” he said. “But I have query. What Matoran kind is he?” “Oh, he isn't a Matoran, Takua,” Kapura said. “He's not even a race. He's just...he's just Makuta. Just Makuta. Only one there is. You have to remember that name, Takua, alright? One day, your destinies will intertwine. I'm sure of it.” “Instruction has been received,” Takua said, nodding enthusiastically. “Makuta name has been stored into permanent memory.” He looked back at the robot construction crew. “I must return to work. Pleased to meet. Makuta?” He stretched out his hand. Makuta looked strangely at the hand, unsure of what to do. “Go on,” Kapura said. “Shake it. It's...it's a form of welcome.” Makuta reached out, grabbed the tip of the hand and gave it a vigorous shake. “Acknowledged. Status greeted. Designation Takua Stored.” The Matoran returned back to his crew. “It's amazing, really,” Kapura said. “The speech difference between you two. I hope that one day you all will be able to speak more like us. Still, you've got kind of a ways to go. I should have let you out more, I'm sorry. You haven't really been given a chance to evolve your speech pattern to something...well, something a little less like a robot. But I'm building you differently than the others. That's why its been taking it long. I think I'm on the verge on a breakthrough here.” “You see, we made use of the elements before. We created beings with the power to wield them. We've also given the Matoran use of them as well. Fire, Water, Air, Earth, Stone, Ice...I think we'll be making some others too. Magnetism, especially. Maybe Psionics.” “But you...you needed to be something different. More pure. Not just pure power, but composed of a single element. I think I can make you be able to just...jump, if you will, into different bodies. Transfer your programming. Become pure energy. None of the other elements worked, but...I think I've discovered a new one.” “It's actually kind of an obvious one, really. Shadow. The principle of this element...its amazing. I can do so many things with it. It's so much more versatile than any other element I've ever worked with. It's still in progress, but I think I should be able to make you complete with it. Enable you to do your work.” He paused again. “I'm rambling again, aren't I? That's my problem. I talk too much. Sometimes I wonder...if I could start over, with a different life, maybe I shouldn't talk so much. Just be sort of quiet. A thinker. One of few words, eh?” He looked at Makuta. Makuta stared back at him blankly. “Oh, right. No humor module. I guess that's kind of the drawback to working with shadow. All the little things you have to modify and work around. But I guess that's not important.” He tapped at the glass pane he had in his hand, sliding a small dial on it to the left. “Well, I should get back to work on you. Guess we should head back up to the laboratory.” He started to walk back, but Makuta still stood where he was. Kapura was confused. “Is there a problem?” “Query,” Makuta said. “Area. Construction. Islands. Matoran. Takua. World. Shown?” Kapura stopped for a second. “I don't...what? What are you asking?” Makuta stared at him. “...shown...you mean, why did I show this to you?” Makuta nodded. “Affirmative.” “You needed to see it. Up close, I mean. You needed to see what you were meant to do. But you also needed to see it from another perspective. Smaller. You needed to meet your workers and learn to identify with them before we put you in charge of their well-being. You needed to care about the trees before we let you become the forest.” “I've shown you your duty and your destiny. But I also wanted to teach you the greatest lesson I could ever teach. To give you something, something even more important than just knowledge, or aspiration, or power. Something that, if you don't have, life just isn't worth living without.” He stopped. Makuta waited, then said “Query...?” “No,” Kapura said. “No query. You are a person. A living being. Say 'I'. Say that you have a question. Subject, then verb. Form a sentence.” “I...have query...” Makuta struggled to piece together the correct phrase. “What...is...the...something?” Kapura smiled. “Purpose.”

As I said in the actual topic, I was pretty displeased with BIONICLE's ending, so I decided to write my own take on how I would have ended it. Is it actually better? Maybe, maybe not. That's for you to decide, and I'd really appreciate any feedback you have, both from a story perspective and in my actual writing abilities. I took some things made from 2008 onwards and tweaked some and completely changed others. Other things I changed were originally confirmed before that, but they didn't make too much sense when I was researching them on BS01, so I rewrote them too. Here's the retcon list for the stuff I decided to change for this chapter. I'd advise reading the actual chapter first, though, to avoid any possible spoilers. Kapura, not Velika, is the Disguised Great Being. Velika just doesn't make as much sense as Kapura did to be the Great Being. He was actually Greg's first choice, but apparently he was discarded because of the “mindwipe” given to the Matoran. I never saw why Greg had to invalidate his own answer in that instance, though. Just saying “Obviously, Great Being means that his memory doesn't get erased because” is a perfectly valid answer in my opinion.Mata Nui did not “bring Makuta into being”. Makuta, in the main canon, is said to be destined for the second or third robot after the prototype; it's a little unclear which. Either way, having Mata Nui be the one to create Makuta just doesn't make sense. If he was made for the second robot, why was Mata Nui created first? And if he was meant for the third robot, why wouldn't the Great Beings directly create him themselves instead of leaving it to Mata Nui?Any kind of review is welcome. Thanks for taking the time to read.

I was disappointed at BIONICLE's ending. I don't think I'm alone in this opinion. I disliked a lot of things about the ending of BIONICLE, but when Makuta got hit in the back of the head by an asteroid, I couldn't help but stop reading. "Not like this," I thought. "There has to be a better way to end it." I still believe that, although I don't know if this is the actual better way. I make no claims to being anything close to a good writer, and there's things here that are bound to anger some people or just not make sense to them. I get that. But I also want to put out an alternate take on the ending, something that I could point to as a sort of example as to something I'd like to see. Some work and retcons had to be done, including most of 2009. I tried doing something different with the characters (specifically the 2009 ones. I thought they were pretty bland myself. I can't say that what I did with them is the way it should have gone, but we'll see). For those keeping up, I'll make a list of all the retcons I made to the canon and post it with each new chapter's release in the Review Topic. This isn't the be-all end-all "How BIONICLE Should Have Ended" story. But this is how I personally would have ended it. I hope you enjoy. Years Ago “Are you awake?” The voice seemed to echo strangely through the being's head. Slowly, his eyes opened, the world flickering to life before him for the first time. In front of him, a strange figure stood, gesturing at several floating screens that hovered above the stone slab he laid upon. “My name is Kapura,” the figure said. “Are you awake? Can you...oh, hold on.” He pressed what appeared to be a hexagonal tile on one of the screens, and the being felt a small, motorized whir at the bottom of his throat. “There, you should be able to talk,” Kapura said. “Can you understand me? Can you say anything?” The being looked blank for a minute, then jerked his head up to look at Kapura. “Query understood. Status confirmed. Awaiting directive. Standing by.” “I'm sorry about this,” Kapura said apologetically. “You're still...I'm still working on you. You're not complete. But you will be, don't worry. We need you.” He stepped to the side and waved his hand out to a window, one that the being hadn't noticed before. Outside, a lush and green mountain range lay right across from the laboratory they were in. Alongside the slope, a towering metal frame had been built from monstorous curved iron beams. Hundreds of workers scuttled to and fro from the stone buildings to the frame, shuttling sheets of metal and other assorted machinery for construction. “This world...our world. It's dying. We've made too many mistakes and now we're paying the price. This entire world will soon be destroyed.” He paused. “But we have a plan. A great plan. And you...you're at the center of it. We're counting on you to rebuild it for us. Your purpose, your destiny, is to unite the pieces of this world together. We're building that, over there...” he stopped, and waved again at the construct. “All of that. We're building it for you. See that iron frame? That will be your body. You will be given the greatest power the world has ever seen, and you will rule over the inhabitants inside it. Like a spirit. A great spirit. That is your prime directive. You must use that power to complete your duty and your destiny.” A green light flashed across the being's eyes. “Prime directive received.” “The others...” Kapura lowered his voice. “My…colleagues. They believe that you won't be anything more. That you'll just exist as emotionless automatons. But I don't think so.” “I wrote the programs myself, you know? I modeled them after us. I want you to do more than just what we tell you too. I want you to create. I want you to learn. I want you to feel. To live. I think you're all capable of doing it.” He looked up again, as if he was afraid someone would hear him. “The others...they told me that I shouldn't give you that option. They said they wanted workers. No tricks, no risks. But I was on the verge of creating something even they couldn't think of. A new race. A new sentient race of biomechanical beings. And I did it, too. You just need some time.” More waving and more typing. The screens blinked in and out, the machines whirring as if they were trying their hardest to keep up. “I'm sorry for rambling...you won't believe how hard it is. A race comprised entirely of scientists and no one wants to conduct the ultimate experiment. But that's why I'm spending so much time working on you. You'll be the proof.” He hit a switch and the being felt the power ebb out of his body. His head laid back down to rest on the slab. “We're counting on you. Remember that. You will be our savior. Your name will be revered and remembered by all. Our Great Spirit.” The being's eyes blinked into darkness. The voice of Kapura grew fainter as it faded away, his last words barely registering. “Our Great Spirit...Makuta.”

Red like roses fills my dreams and bring me to the place you rest White is cold and always yearning, burdened by a royal test Black the beast descends from shadow Yellow beauty burns gold RWBY (pronounced "Ruby") is a animated webseries created by Monty Oum and produced by parent company RoosterTeeth. It's about four girls...and a school...and fairy tales...and like, uh, wolves and giant crab robots that turn into roses they die and...? Okay, to be honest, we don't really know what the series is about at this point. What we do know, however, is that Monty Oum is making it and it has some freaking awesome trailers. Seriously. Look them up. There are currently three character trailers (Red, White and Black), with one more on the way sometime soon. The first episode will be premiered at RoosterTeeth's own convention, RTX 2013, this year. It can't come fast enough. I didn't find a topic about this yet, and since the Black trailer was just released at Pax East, I hoped I wasn't the only person on here looking forward to this. Anyone else hyped?

Stop using Comic Sans.

Right, so I've been working on animation lately, and I've put a little behind the scenes time-lapse of my work therein. For those of you who have not seen it yet, you can view it there. I know it's been mentioned here then and again but there you go. Animation resumes two weeks from now in SPRING BREAK WEEK, so get ready to see at least one or two new screenshots and maybe a new video. BioCraft is getting pretty close to being done.

Its been way too long, bro. We should catch up sometime on Skype or something. But happy birthday anyways.

Okay so, here's the deal. When I last posted, I had several people telling me that they would be able to get their comics in on time. A few days later, however, nothing came. By the time I got one comic, an entire week had passed. As time went on, it became pretty clear that the calendar wasn't going to go anywhere this year. Most of the people I contacted didn't reply to me or were just too busy to get anything done. It's completely understandable, considering the season and how few authors I know are left, but it is also a disappointment. The latest development we had was just to take the time to make the best and longest comics we could (if any) and release them on the 24th. The way things were going, I would rather have the people I had left aim for quality over quantity. I can't do anything without posting comics, so I apologize for the lack of content this year and hope that you all enjoy whatever gets put up on the 24th and have a very Merry Christmas, New Years, and whatever is left of your Winter Break before the Spring Semester.

Okay so I'm horrifically sorry about the lack of updates for just about a week now For the past several days, no comics have arrived for me to post up, and soon after I had to take an actual offline hiatus from BZP and take the monstrosity that is finals week. Ergo, updates have been sadly slow and there's seven days of comics to catch up on. But enough comics have come by that I'll be able to update the calendar with them soon, and they all actually should be up in just a few minutes. Hang tight, guys.

Today, we have another fantastic comic by none other than Gerlicky. This calendar's finally getting underway.

And now, a comic from Dr. Giggles! Enjoy, everyone. Due to it being the week before finals, comics will probably be posted right before midnight for the time being, unfortunately enough. However, a big round of thanks to the BZPower staff who pinned this topic! I appreciate it and I'm sure everyone else that's contributing this year does too. Have a Merry Christmas Countdown!

Sure, I'll do that after school. I wish I could fix it "normally" but it seems to just be a BZPower glitch. It works fine for me, but other people have had the same problem.

Today, Biocryptid brings us his first strip of his multi-strip extravaganza. Hope you all enjoy.

Greetings, and Merry Christmas! Welcome to the 2012 Christmas Advent Calendar, a continuation of the tradition set forth by Lavaside Rahi come last year and then again the year before. This year, I, Kahinuva, begin with the traditionally late start of the calendar as we again gather for the Comics' forum's most sacred of traditions, which coincidentally is also our only tradition.From December 1st until Christmas Eve, December 24th, a new comic or two will be posted right here, counting down to the holidays and spreading cheer and humor along the way! This is the place to hopefully see some of your favorite authors back in action or some place to sample the new talent around the forum. Just click on the days in the calendar below and enjoy! Also, as always, if you feel like joining in, feel free to PM me. Note: BZPower has a forum glitch sometimes in which clicking the entry will just open the calendar date image and not the actual comic. If this is happening to you, please just click on the names of the comic makers in the text links underneath the calendar. List of Comic Makers and their Series:Day 1 - Utah: Doomsday Day 2 - Biocryptid: Discombobulated Day 3 - Dr. Giggles: Noobicorn Inc. Day 4 - Gerlicky: SpoofQuest!

Not surprised. That is, unless kia su is counted as an emotion.