Happy belated second schnappszahl, Chronicler!
Sorry for being so late (not that that should be surprising
); my Internet connection has been making it difficult for me to even reach the GOF in the past several days.
The good news is, this year I finally have a star day card for you.
One reason I’d never made you a card until now is that I was stumped on how to design one: I had no idea how to recognizably draw anything
Bionicle-related (For some time I considered dismantling several of my own
Bionicle LEGO sets, arranging the pieces to spell out a birthday greeting, then photographing the whole setup and using that as a reference to draw the card). It was just a few days ago when inspiration hit me: I’d make you a
MythBusters-themed card instead.
Serendipitously, I had asked you beforehand about your favorite
MythBusters episodes, so I attempted to include as many references to those myths in the card as I could, which you’ll hopefully be able to recognize. Mixed in are some generic
MythBusters elements, such as flames, rockets, stylized explosions, clouds of smoke, tire tracks from an out-of-control car (at least, that’s what the ëS’ is
supposed to be), some artfully arranged shrapnel, the “myth outcome” signs (“Busted”, “Plausible”, and “Confirmed”), and, of course, Buster, the crash-test dummy (whose arms have been blown off and appear elsewhere on the card
). Oh, and the requisite
Lystrosaurus head beside my signature is sporting a Jamie Hyneman beret and mustache.
I did manage to include a lone
Bionicle artifact: Takua’s mask (The card just didn’t say “The Chronicler” without it
).
Hope you like the card, and sorry again for the wait. (Assuming my Web connection cooperates, I'll post my next review of your fanfiction soon, too.)
