Zox Tomana

Pahrak, you can destroy the Master! He has foreseen this. The retcon is your destiny! Join me, and together we can rule Kingdom Hearts as Father and Son. Come with me. Retcons are the only way!

Search your feelings! You know the retcon is valid!

There was actually a time in G1 where Gali and Lewa did just this. Alas, they couldn't combine masks powers quite like this. Though the Kanohi Nuva could share their powers with nearby beings, so it could be possible. The thing about the Miru, though, is that you can't really move unless you have previous momentum going into your activation of the mask. Could be used with the Kakama to jump huge distances, though. A kind of makeshift Kadin.

Just Another Love Song - Haley and Michaels The Sound of a Million Dreams - David Nail As She's Walking Away - Zac Brown Band If I had a Boat - Lyle Lovett dreams be - Rie Fu Layla (Unplugged Edit) - Eric Clapton Shut Up and Dance - WALK THE MOON Sultans of Swing - Dire Straits We Are Not as Strong as We Think We Are - Rich Mullins Pachebel's Ganon - DJPretzel The Gift - Garth Brooks Home - American Authors Where My Heart Will Take Me - the theme from Star Trek: Enterprise, find the full version Black Water - The Doobie Brothers The Cruel Wars - The Dreadnoughts Song of Storms - Travis Lien I hope the mix of old and new stuff is fit for your lawn

Mickey never told you about your father, did he? He told me enough... He told me you turned him into a Heartless! No. Pahrak. I AM your Heartless-father! *another Zox walks in* And I'm your Nobody-Father!

Personally, I'd like to see some kind of scientist Le-Toa discover the individual gases that make up air, teach himself to control them individually, and become a Matoran Universe Col. Mustang. He's almost be hacking the powers of Fire elementals. Imagine if Lewa was taught this. Tahu: "Lewa, I swear, if you pull ONE MORE--" Lewa: "You know what? Come at me bro!" Tahu: *tries to shoot fire at Lewa* *fails* Lewa: "Haha! I took-stole the oxygen in the air between you and I!" *troll*

Mickey never told you about your father, did he?

You disappoint me. GET OFF YOUR OWN LAWN!

So my latest thoughts about the hypothetical Zelda game I've been putting together in my head (detailed here and here), are as follows: 1. Dungeons in Hyrule itself don't change layout or puzzle style based on how you treat Labrynna and Holodrum. Instead, they are just flat-out very difficult dungeons that can be completed with merely a sword, shield, and bow (or whatever Zelda's initial loadout is). Have Link start with his bow and go from there. Completion of Holodrum and Labrynna give you items with allow you to complete Hyrulean dungeons more easily (though the dungeons should still be hard), but are not necessary to get through them. 2. Zelda's initial weaponry is as follows: a rapier style sword that has a somewhat different style of attacking than Link's, and a magical gauntlet (as inspired by Dresden Codak's [url="http://dresdencodak.tumblr.com/post/47724463171/inspired-by-anita-sarkeesians-video-game-tropes"Clockwork Empire idea). Probably the main difference between my idea and Diaz' idea is in the capabilities of the gauntlet. It comes pre-loaded with a basic shield spell and a distance attack (some kind of kinetic punch). Zelda, of course, has a limited amount of MP, and both shielding and attacking with the gauntlet drains this. Given that the player would ideally be making heavy use of this gauntlet for fighting and exploring (as well as in a world where MP restoration items are sparce/expensive), the person playing Zelda would have to focus on movement and avoiding attacks both near and far. Get in, get out style attacking to conserve MP because shielding eats into that resource. The difference in Link and Zelda's fighting style (physical sword and shield supplemented by magic vs. magical shield and attacking supplemented by a sword) is there to reflect their Triforce Pieces. Though the associations are probably wholly my own, the idea is "Courage -> physical action, Wisdom -> magical action, Power -> mixture of the two". 3. When you get to Hyrule, moving around in lands not under claim by the Hyrule Royal Family requires you to avoid patrols and fight your way across the land. This is where Holodrum and Labrynna come in. Not that players know this, helping these two countries out puts troops from those countries in Hyrule, and they fight to expand an area to which you can return in order to restock and re-equip. Each Hylian dungeon beat expands your area until the troops are outside Castle Town. Here's the thing: you can leave Hyrule and explore the ocean or go back to help Labrynna or Holodrum. But each event (read: dungeon or quest) you complete while away from Hyrule has them retreat back a certain amount (perhaps half the amount gained?) until they are back to their coastal foothold. The question here, is how does ignoring or helping either country contribute to the expansion of the foothold? Here's my idea. Without help, the Hylian troops can make is 1/3rd of the way to Hyrule Castle. With help from one of the countries, they can make is 2/3rds of the way. I would also say that, for each country you help, the remaining region under Gerudo control becomes more difficult to peacefully navigate. Just a way to consequences. 4. Magic is back! Link's spells are the three you obtain in Hyrule: Din's Fire, Farfore's Wind, and Nayru's Love. All are combat oriented. Din's Fire does what it does in OOT, as does Nayru's Love. I think Farfore's Wind needs to be changed up to allow it to be actually useful. Make it a targeted attack instead of a "teleport you to the beginning of the dungeon" spell. Or, to keep it a teleportation spell, have it where you can teleport to any point within a given radius. Abuse can be prevented by MP Cost and/or by having certain rooms encrusted with runes to prevent usage of such spells. Also, you could limit how long you have to choose your point and if you don't choose quickly the spell burns out, uses up 2x the MP, and you can't use it for a while. These spells would do the same things in Zelda's hands, but Zelda learns spells in place of gaining items. In fact, Link can gain an equipment item in some dungeons while Zelda gains spells in others. That would help make sure that you don't over-equip Link by having to have an item every dungeon. Add to that the idea that some dungeons have neither a new item nor a spell, but are purely plot advancing (even having "temples" which are actual freaking temples instead of intricate deathtraps) and you can really avoid having tons of items you hardly ever use (I'm looking at you, TP Spinner >_> ). Really, the most used items in my experience are Sword, Shield, Bow/Arrow, Hookshot, and Bombs. That's what I tend to keep equipped a lot, generally, and even as far as bombs go I only equip them when I need them and keep a lesser projectile weapon handy. 5. I'd also like to bring back useful outfits. Hero Tunics and Zora Armor plus a few other things like Shadow Garb (for stealth/disguise in Future Hyrule and Present Gerudo-Controlled Hyrule) or Divine Robes (perhaps lower MP Cost?). Making each have its strengths and weaknesses would be cool, not to mention having them be more general use than specific use. I dislike how TP's Zora Armour made you extremely weak to Fire and Ice. You could lose most of your health in one or two attacks that wouldn't concern you much otherwise. Woo, I can swim underwater, but I DIE HORRIBLY just because I didn't take it off when I left the lake. 6. Finally, I'd like some certain "illegal actions" to be allowed. Like stealing. Mainly stealing. I dunno if I'd allow killing civilians. Maybe "enemy persons" like Gerudo or Future Hylian Soldiers. But it would have to come with a huge cost of some kind. Hey, Nintendo! I'm willing to work for you for a while! Can I work on the story of this game for you over the next few months? I think it could be awesome! *gets rejection letter from Nintendo despite them never reading this ever*

I am pro-instant space bread. But only if it is as good as or better than regular bread.

I don't see why something born of primal chaos necessarily needs a name. They are the Ruinous Creatures. Differentiate them by their region, or by their color, or by their element. The Ruinous Fire? The Northern Ruin(er)? Or take their directional origin and derive names from those.

Rey is... ehhh. Finn was okay. Kylo Ren is a little frustrating. Overall, I liked it. Thought it was good. Not great. Not a wonder to behold. Had some quibbles and had the aforementioned character issues, but I enjoyed it. 7/10, would watch again. Oh, two more things... That's all I got!

So, I had the awesome privilege of attending Brick Universe Dallas. Got to meet Black-Six, xccj, Toaraga, Liopleurodon and others. It was weird, though, introducing myself using my real name. I have three names: the one my parents gave me, Zox Tomana (which has lots of variations), and E.R. Alwardby. I would respond to all of these things, because all of them are names of mine. I am ER Alwardby just as much as I am Zox Tomana (or Zox, or Tomana, or Tom, or Tommy-Gun, Zoxy, Foxy Zoxy, Zox the Fox, etx.) and I am Zox Tomana just as much as I am [DATA CLASSIFIED]. Next time I meet BZPers, I'm gonna stick with either Zox or E.R. More comfortable that way.

You otter know that he only makes terrible jokes.

Early Bionicle. My dog may have chewed Kopaka's Ice Sword to bits, but I still have it! I did my best to make it functional again, too.

So you're going to the otter tank at the zoo? I'll keep "I Will Survive" on hold for WHEN YOU GET BACK . . FROM OTTER SPACE.

*dances*

No matter who you are, where you're from, what you believe, or whether you do or don't like Hero Factory, I'd like to wish you the absolute best of this season. I hope that you will have peace and joy as the year winds down and that the blessings of the season will follow you throughout 2016 and onwards through your life. You people are awesome. Merry Christmas, BZP! And a belated Happy Hannukah, too. And I'm not familiar with other festivals that happen around this time of year. Oh well.

Only hard bit about my driver's test was the parallel parking. *shudder* Good luck! (everybody off the road!)

Wow, this is a late reply No side effects. Just have to be careful not to get oil everywhere.

Nope. No plans to.

On a mission to keep her young 2x2 plates (Sam, Ann, and Theresa) safe from the evil 3x3 corner slope named bill. *googles Empoleon just like he did Piplup* Uh... I dunno... *has never played a recent Pokemon game*

Have you ever made fruit cake? What the heck is even in fruit cake (besides fruit)? What is your favorite Christmas song? Three French Hens?

I have to agree with Pahrak's last statement. My religious beliefs form a vital component of who I am. I don't feel that BZPower is the place to have outright discussion of those beliefs, if only because there are far more convenient, and private, ways to have those discussions. A little discussion as to possible influences of various religions on the BIONICLE story and line (though LEGO does do its due diligence in keeping religion out of things) is basically the only way I can imagine discussion of religion being really appropriate here. But beyond that, the almost total circumscription--what the heck have I been reading lately O_o -- the almost total restriction (much better...) of that aspect of who I am is a little much. It is true, though, that I have been able to enjoy the ability to mention the general nature of my beliefs and mention religious music that I like. Brief, singular mentions, though. Like I said, this isn't really the place to actively discuss such things. The issue, of course, is that even small displays of religious beliefs have historically blown up into arguments (as far as I remember anyway) due to the, ah, polarizing nature of how those discussions come about. So I understand why discussion is curtailed, the extent just seems a little excessive when I begin to feel as if I'm having to censor myself and keep a central part of my heart and soul away from those I associate myself with. I'll make no complaints if the status stays quo, though. Not been so hard of me thus far.

Eight Maids a Milking, Nine Ladies Dancing, or Ten Lords a Leaping? Do you dream of Christmas-y animals? What is the Christmas wish of a 2x2 LEGO Brick named Samantha? Rawr rawr rawr rawr RAWR rawr-rawr rawr?