I can be a bit obsessive sometimes. For seven years of my life, all my focus and fandom was on a buildable action figure line by Lego. It was called Bionicle, and it was the only thing I knew about during that period of my life. While all the other kids would be playing with the new toys that came out with the latest
Star Wars prequel, swinging their plastic lightsabers at each other, I was creating [admittedly terrible-looking] characters with what adults at the time considered to be "not
real Lego." I didn't care what others thought of my obsession. I had fun with it. This world of robots living in a tribal island, fighting off an evil darkness was intriguing to say the least.
Eventually I got older and moved on to my next craze: video games. I had tried them before and didn't care much for them, but suddenly, playing
Guitar Hero III at a friend's house ignited my interest. I quickly transitioned into playing
Marvel: Ultimate Alliance which introduced me to comics, and
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed brought me in to a franchise I had ignored for so many years.
As I grew older I played more games, read more comics, and so on. I dove into more mature stories like
Mass Effect and
Saga, loving the worlds that these stories to place in. This is where my obsessions lie today: discovering new worlds and stories. My focus is no longer on one specific piece of fiction. I'm always on the lookout for new ones.
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