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2018 and Furry Islanders
8 years ago
2018, people! We made it through the year 2016 2.0 (aka 2017). I suck at math, but recycle my old stories for Furry Islanders, which I'm promising You for a while and haven't published, or wrote yet. Yep, I'm either that lazy or that undecided and insecure. Who knows. I've been a Bionicle fan ever since 2001, when I got a little Hafu set thanks to My bro winning a TV game or something. Before that, the biggest thing in My life was the year 2000, aka, the "super year with a 2 and three zeros, must be a special magical miracle hyper year" as I viewed the number for some reason, which is funny, because I also thought the same about 2010. Why do I have such fascination for these numbers, I have no idea. I don't await 2020 with the same mindset, at least, maybe because that number already looks old and tired, with two twos and two zeros.
2010 was a special Year, partly for an embarassing reason, but otherwise, I decided to reboot my story based on ideas going through my mind, as I played the oldest need for speed game in existence, a game so old, it ran on the MSDOS system, but had an athmosphere that appealed to Me, so late in the timeline of computers. And still does. I also created a concept car for the first time, which I entitled "Turbo GT". This began the rebooting process, where Starlyasis, Grand Design, Green Alert, and whatever form my mess of a "story" took back then, and slowly began trying to look more... aligned. Ever since, I have been trying to improve myself as a person -with more or less a success- while trying to find a perpetual companion which my entire being has been missing since I was a child -ya know, cuddling the pillow, or the blanket, pretending I hug my love- and finally let out an epic story. So far, I have not yielded any results. I'm 26 now. I am mentally tired and exhausted. I feel like I am inhabiting a shell from which only a loving stranger can pull Me out. Which I doubt will happen. But where I am socially failing, and where headaches are becoming regular too, I can at least say I still form some ideas.
So I can't say that my life is all crappy right now. I discovered some new fun wolf cartoons animated by talented young artists, I discovered a fascination for the Warriors franchise, and oh boy oh boy, I saw old loved comics rise from the grave in the forms of reboots. Not all of then, but hey, still something. I also continued what I started in 2016 after graduation: discover myself. Discover the shy, often rude autistic garbage that I am irl, but also the adventure loving warrior spirit -and ladies' man, yep- whom I always was deep inside. The one who kicks ass and chews bubble gum, and doesn't care about the differences between your face and your butt if You mess with him. I remembered My childhood, and all the insane, stupid, and crazy ideas for stories and games I ever made up in this broken mind of mine, and screw myself if I don't recycle those. And thus, everything found a place in the Furry Islanders Saga, and thus, Furry Islanders: Origins is now officially a planned prequel for Furry Islanders proper. But let us go slowly, shall We?
Furry Islanders is a Bionicle FanFic in progress, taking place on Earth in the future. It is a Cold War, with Visper-Nui existing in rivalry with the fanatics of the Crusader Empire, Oceania (name subject to change), and Eurasia, three different, yet equally dystopian factions in control of what is left of civilisation proper. Visper-Nui itself is a society of Matoran and Human islanders coexisting under a shared flag, and three virtues dictating -more or less- the actions of it's citizens. While the pressure and tensions are felt from the war-torn planet's new dictators, there's a relative peace by the time We join our heroes... Until a strange comet hits the ground... After the catastrophic event this caused, a stranger once entered the doorstep of the humble suburban café. What is going to be His next move? And what events will take place afterwards?
Furry Islanders Origins takes place in our planet during the 2000s and maybe 2010s. Well, if You read my previous ramblings, You may know what to expect from this one. It all starts with the rise and fall of the Toa Extreme, their battles against the forces of Inferno (Kingdom of Darkness), their quest for the Power Gems, and defeat the current King of Darkness, Oscure. The Toa Extreme, however, are not the timeless heroes their predecessors were. You will see, why. They are important to the plot however, as they trigger the rise of mutants -furries-, and the mutants give rise to BigPaw, an organization similar to Red Cross for mutants, Team Eagle, a mutant military faction, and many many more. How does this connect to Furry islanders proper? You will see.
So... what ideas did I have for this new installment in comparison to the old one? Well, I've been thinking about a large scale mystery surrounding everything. Some of these actually exist in Furry Islanders proper in some way. Some of the mysteries will be hostile. Others will be... well... neutral? You will see when it comes out. But trust Me, the mystery is a big big part of the events, which will grow bigger and bigger as the story goes on. Remember the hostile part? Well, You'll see at the right moment, when it's out. Furry Islanders: Origins will offer You an adventure which will take You on familiar lands, ancient ruins, alien machines, and other planets such as "Hell" -the deathworld where the Kingdom of Darkness lives- and Spherus Magna - Where Bionicle took place at large, actually... while it was three separate "planetoids", am I right?- and heck knows what.
I actually gave this one a game-concept that aims to feel pretty retro, but at the same time, I want to experiment with many things as well. I mean a first person shooter game, similar to Quake, Doom and Dusk. I am still shaping the arsenal and trying to figure out the enemies and possible npcs. I know the ideal arsenal would utilise all six elements, but I also want that classic gun action added, plus the bow-and-arrow combo. I also envision vehicles the player could take control of, and basically grind the opposition into dust with a tank, an attack helicopter, or whatever He or She finds. I also need to do something about the main character's womanizing and gambling, which would benefit the game in some way or another. I don't want to go too far with the sex, but I don't want to leave it out either. Before You ask, the player character will be one of the Toa Extreme, John Fox, who starts as the Toa of Stone, but will be known as Toa of Lust. -Yep, I want to use the seven deadly sins for the six toa extreme, somehow. Bonus stages will be the most interesting -to me- part of the entire experience tho. I want those to be similar to Sonic's special stages and Jazz Jackrabbit's bonus stages, AND some will be like the skating stages of the Pink Panther Pinkadelic Pursuit game. What else then? Well, take the NPC chat feature of Mata Nui Online and implement it into a bionicle-furry-themed FPS game, and maybe the inventory, I guess? What enemies did I have in mind? Well, the game would be base on the Origins story, so it will mirror what You will encounter. Firstly, You have the armies of Hell, aka. the Damn-Nation. I so far imagine doom-style demonic monsters and Heart of Darkness style Spectres to try tear the player apart in this supernatural Bionicle universe. Where are they coming from? What are their connection to everything? You may already know their daddy, but He's busy having been crushed by a moon. Of course, BIONICLE monsters and enemies must be present. So prepare to encounter rahkshi, if this game gets made, anyway. And Skakdi. Okay, what else is there. Well, Bandits, gangsters, crazy cultists... I can't tell You too much about the human enemies. It would spoil the mystery, the conspiracy. So what else can I say? I was thinking about Origins mostly in the form of this game, but I also thought up some new elements this year, like the Ta-Matoran, Nuka, who is important to the Toa Extreme. But that's all I need to say.
Well, another year is ahead of us, let's make the best of it, if possible. Hopefully, I can come up with at least a comic or a novel or something. But I am missing something important. Oh well, let's rewind to the 2010th year of the great beings, and address the ELEPHANT in the room. If You follow Me since... well, way before 2010, You may have noticed that I rebooted the adventures of before -which used to be somewhat militaristic in nature- into a Need For Speed style racing stuff, miced into a High School drama, Class conflicts and a buddy-buddy romantic comedy, when I was gaining a BIG inspiration from
skailla of all people, and ended up on a more... well, another mess, really. Initial D? Fast and Furious? Need For Speed or Midnight Club? At the time, I thought I could take on them. I ended up creating a wolrd where the popular would rival the unpopular, rich rivals the poor, elitist rivals the humble... And the two organize into two houses -after forming into teams or crews- MEanwhile, Vuk Tempest would meet this girl, Rachel -Who later got replaced by Raven so let's refer to her as Raven- and became Her guardian (angel) thingy. The concept wasn't the worst, but I ended up making a story with no ending, because as usual, I failed to imagine the story from one end to another. And things happened, both in IRL life and in my insides. In the end, I gave up on this story and went on to plan something much more simple. But as I spent time in college, I ended up rebooting this thing AGAIN, turning some of this one's elements into Furry Islanders.
But a major theme of this story would be STREET RACING, or underground culture in general. Where most of the action would take place. Ya now, racing, gambling, police chases, and the good guys would annoy the bad guys, until everything went awful. As i said, I gave up on this concept, and went on back to a combat-rich setting. Again, I was recycling some of it's elements for Furry Islanders, but a majority of it remains in statis. The houses of the popular rich elites and the unpopular poor underdogs stuck in rivalry, for example, were not yet fit into the new story. Racing is a theme I have been avoiding since Furry Islanders became the reboot. But deep at heart, I know one thing: Since the begining, Vuk Tempest was man of many talents: He was both a warrior and a racer, a womanizer and a gambler, and also a very curous person who loves Science, even if He himself can't really Science much. Paranormal, supernatural investigations are also in His blood. But the Elephant in the room here is the RACING part. In previous incarnations of the story, He was reckless in races, a self made man, a leader for team races, and a wanted man with a bounty on his head. That's gonna be the part that's gonna be hard to recycle. I have been considering this a dead theme for Vuk. But as time progresses, I miss this thing. So... I may need to rethink this. Maybe He doesn't need to be an illegal street racer. Just a racer who takes a good oportunity. Maybe He doesn't need to be a public enemy for the cops to catch. Maybe He can be both due to circumstances turning Him into an undesirable person before He begins racing. Who knows. This issue will be solved, probably. But it'll take time.
So, another Year, another oportunity to fix or ruin everything. Another year in front of Me, waiting to spend it with creation and lust. And I feel bizarre for doing this, but for those who willingly watch Me, and keep by Me, thank You very much for hypothetically -or something- holding My hand through this chaos We call the Internet. I hope I can repay this for You. I hope I can finally do something with My ideas. I hope I can finally serve stories soon. Happy New Year to You all.
2010 was a special Year, partly for an embarassing reason, but otherwise, I decided to reboot my story based on ideas going through my mind, as I played the oldest need for speed game in existence, a game so old, it ran on the MSDOS system, but had an athmosphere that appealed to Me, so late in the timeline of computers. And still does. I also created a concept car for the first time, which I entitled "Turbo GT". This began the rebooting process, where Starlyasis, Grand Design, Green Alert, and whatever form my mess of a "story" took back then, and slowly began trying to look more... aligned. Ever since, I have been trying to improve myself as a person -with more or less a success- while trying to find a perpetual companion which my entire being has been missing since I was a child -ya know, cuddling the pillow, or the blanket, pretending I hug my love- and finally let out an epic story. So far, I have not yielded any results. I'm 26 now. I am mentally tired and exhausted. I feel like I am inhabiting a shell from which only a loving stranger can pull Me out. Which I doubt will happen. But where I am socially failing, and where headaches are becoming regular too, I can at least say I still form some ideas.
So I can't say that my life is all crappy right now. I discovered some new fun wolf cartoons animated by talented young artists, I discovered a fascination for the Warriors franchise, and oh boy oh boy, I saw old loved comics rise from the grave in the forms of reboots. Not all of then, but hey, still something. I also continued what I started in 2016 after graduation: discover myself. Discover the shy, often rude autistic garbage that I am irl, but also the adventure loving warrior spirit -and ladies' man, yep- whom I always was deep inside. The one who kicks ass and chews bubble gum, and doesn't care about the differences between your face and your butt if You mess with him. I remembered My childhood, and all the insane, stupid, and crazy ideas for stories and games I ever made up in this broken mind of mine, and screw myself if I don't recycle those. And thus, everything found a place in the Furry Islanders Saga, and thus, Furry Islanders: Origins is now officially a planned prequel for Furry Islanders proper. But let us go slowly, shall We?
Furry Islanders is a Bionicle FanFic in progress, taking place on Earth in the future. It is a Cold War, with Visper-Nui existing in rivalry with the fanatics of the Crusader Empire, Oceania (name subject to change), and Eurasia, three different, yet equally dystopian factions in control of what is left of civilisation proper. Visper-Nui itself is a society of Matoran and Human islanders coexisting under a shared flag, and three virtues dictating -more or less- the actions of it's citizens. While the pressure and tensions are felt from the war-torn planet's new dictators, there's a relative peace by the time We join our heroes... Until a strange comet hits the ground... After the catastrophic event this caused, a stranger once entered the doorstep of the humble suburban café. What is going to be His next move? And what events will take place afterwards?
Furry Islanders Origins takes place in our planet during the 2000s and maybe 2010s. Well, if You read my previous ramblings, You may know what to expect from this one. It all starts with the rise and fall of the Toa Extreme, their battles against the forces of Inferno (Kingdom of Darkness), their quest for the Power Gems, and defeat the current King of Darkness, Oscure. The Toa Extreme, however, are not the timeless heroes their predecessors were. You will see, why. They are important to the plot however, as they trigger the rise of mutants -furries-, and the mutants give rise to BigPaw, an organization similar to Red Cross for mutants, Team Eagle, a mutant military faction, and many many more. How does this connect to Furry islanders proper? You will see.
So... what ideas did I have for this new installment in comparison to the old one? Well, I've been thinking about a large scale mystery surrounding everything. Some of these actually exist in Furry Islanders proper in some way. Some of the mysteries will be hostile. Others will be... well... neutral? You will see when it comes out. But trust Me, the mystery is a big big part of the events, which will grow bigger and bigger as the story goes on. Remember the hostile part? Well, You'll see at the right moment, when it's out. Furry Islanders: Origins will offer You an adventure which will take You on familiar lands, ancient ruins, alien machines, and other planets such as "Hell" -the deathworld where the Kingdom of Darkness lives- and Spherus Magna - Where Bionicle took place at large, actually... while it was three separate "planetoids", am I right?- and heck knows what.
I actually gave this one a game-concept that aims to feel pretty retro, but at the same time, I want to experiment with many things as well. I mean a first person shooter game, similar to Quake, Doom and Dusk. I am still shaping the arsenal and trying to figure out the enemies and possible npcs. I know the ideal arsenal would utilise all six elements, but I also want that classic gun action added, plus the bow-and-arrow combo. I also envision vehicles the player could take control of, and basically grind the opposition into dust with a tank, an attack helicopter, or whatever He or She finds. I also need to do something about the main character's womanizing and gambling, which would benefit the game in some way or another. I don't want to go too far with the sex, but I don't want to leave it out either. Before You ask, the player character will be one of the Toa Extreme, John Fox, who starts as the Toa of Stone, but will be known as Toa of Lust. -Yep, I want to use the seven deadly sins for the six toa extreme, somehow. Bonus stages will be the most interesting -to me- part of the entire experience tho. I want those to be similar to Sonic's special stages and Jazz Jackrabbit's bonus stages, AND some will be like the skating stages of the Pink Panther Pinkadelic Pursuit game. What else then? Well, take the NPC chat feature of Mata Nui Online and implement it into a bionicle-furry-themed FPS game, and maybe the inventory, I guess? What enemies did I have in mind? Well, the game would be base on the Origins story, so it will mirror what You will encounter. Firstly, You have the armies of Hell, aka. the Damn-Nation. I so far imagine doom-style demonic monsters and Heart of Darkness style Spectres to try tear the player apart in this supernatural Bionicle universe. Where are they coming from? What are their connection to everything? You may already know their daddy, but He's busy having been crushed by a moon. Of course, BIONICLE monsters and enemies must be present. So prepare to encounter rahkshi, if this game gets made, anyway. And Skakdi. Okay, what else is there. Well, Bandits, gangsters, crazy cultists... I can't tell You too much about the human enemies. It would spoil the mystery, the conspiracy. So what else can I say? I was thinking about Origins mostly in the form of this game, but I also thought up some new elements this year, like the Ta-Matoran, Nuka, who is important to the Toa Extreme. But that's all I need to say.
Well, another year is ahead of us, let's make the best of it, if possible. Hopefully, I can come up with at least a comic or a novel or something. But I am missing something important. Oh well, let's rewind to the 2010th year of the great beings, and address the ELEPHANT in the room. If You follow Me since... well, way before 2010, You may have noticed that I rebooted the adventures of before -which used to be somewhat militaristic in nature- into a Need For Speed style racing stuff, miced into a High School drama, Class conflicts and a buddy-buddy romantic comedy, when I was gaining a BIG inspiration from
skailla of all people, and ended up on a more... well, another mess, really. Initial D? Fast and Furious? Need For Speed or Midnight Club? At the time, I thought I could take on them. I ended up creating a wolrd where the popular would rival the unpopular, rich rivals the poor, elitist rivals the humble... And the two organize into two houses -after forming into teams or crews- MEanwhile, Vuk Tempest would meet this girl, Rachel -Who later got replaced by Raven so let's refer to her as Raven- and became Her guardian (angel) thingy. The concept wasn't the worst, but I ended up making a story with no ending, because as usual, I failed to imagine the story from one end to another. And things happened, both in IRL life and in my insides. In the end, I gave up on this story and went on to plan something much more simple. But as I spent time in college, I ended up rebooting this thing AGAIN, turning some of this one's elements into Furry Islanders.But a major theme of this story would be STREET RACING, or underground culture in general. Where most of the action would take place. Ya now, racing, gambling, police chases, and the good guys would annoy the bad guys, until everything went awful. As i said, I gave up on this concept, and went on back to a combat-rich setting. Again, I was recycling some of it's elements for Furry Islanders, but a majority of it remains in statis. The houses of the popular rich elites and the unpopular poor underdogs stuck in rivalry, for example, were not yet fit into the new story. Racing is a theme I have been avoiding since Furry Islanders became the reboot. But deep at heart, I know one thing: Since the begining, Vuk Tempest was man of many talents: He was both a warrior and a racer, a womanizer and a gambler, and also a very curous person who loves Science, even if He himself can't really Science much. Paranormal, supernatural investigations are also in His blood. But the Elephant in the room here is the RACING part. In previous incarnations of the story, He was reckless in races, a self made man, a leader for team races, and a wanted man with a bounty on his head. That's gonna be the part that's gonna be hard to recycle. I have been considering this a dead theme for Vuk. But as time progresses, I miss this thing. So... I may need to rethink this. Maybe He doesn't need to be an illegal street racer. Just a racer who takes a good oportunity. Maybe He doesn't need to be a public enemy for the cops to catch. Maybe He can be both due to circumstances turning Him into an undesirable person before He begins racing. Who knows. This issue will be solved, probably. But it'll take time.
So, another Year, another oportunity to fix or ruin everything. Another year in front of Me, waiting to spend it with creation and lust. And I feel bizarre for doing this, but for those who willingly watch Me, and keep by Me, thank You very much for hypothetically -or something- holding My hand through this chaos We call the Internet. I hope I can repay this for You. I hope I can finally do something with My ideas. I hope I can finally serve stories soon. Happy New Year to You all.
The-Inverted-Rainbow
~the-inverted-rainbow
Happy new year
