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[forlorn-crows]

Somewhere I have a post talking about how I think band ghoul elements are less tied to what instrument they play and more to their function on stage. Alas I am at work and trapped on mobile so I cannot dig it up.

But going off my theory they'd be air or quintessence, or multi ghouls with those elements in their recent lineage.

Quintessence to hold the attention of the crowd and manage that many emotions, air for flexibility.

that def makes sense to me, especially when we only have five instruments to go off of in the "official canon". having multiple elements even, perhaps like sunny and swiss, might make them more drawn to a certain instrument over the other, rather than the instrument dictating.

quint and air are solid elements for sure, esp given the melodic and captivating nature of the group. id wager an earth ghoulette would help keep them grounded, hence the function of the pianist here. there's lots of good takes as to what element would be best for each ♡ i hope we can keep the convo going to see what other creative things ppl come up with!

[kanohivolitakk]

Favorite 😤 Underdeveloped / background character and 🌳 Reoccurring location or setting for bionicle?

AAAAA BEES THANK U SO MUCH FOR ASKING THESE IM VERY HAPPY BEAN NOW AAA ;A;

😤 Favorite Underdeveloped/Background Character

GOD THERE ARE SO MANY UNDERDEVELOPED/BACKGROUND CHARACTERS I LOVE IN BIONICLE DUE TO MY HEADCANONS OF THEM. So Im so happy you asked this.

Also excluding Lariska from this since despite only appearing in five stories and being pretty minor in grand scheme of things she has surprisingly good and deep characterization for a minor character to the point her characterization may be better than some more major characters so it'd be unfair to have her. She deserved more screentime and importance tho.

Anyways. As for my favorite underdeveloped/background characters. Some of these may contain a few spoilers but I try to be as vague as possible.

Ancient is probably the best example of an underdeveloped character who deserved SO MUCH BETTER than what he got. Like hes the second in command of one of the most influental/powerful organizations in the franchise (Dark Hunters) but also important for the organizations creation as his "mercenary for hire" background actually serving as a major inspiration for The Shadowed One to create the organization in the first place. Theres so much potential for Ancients character based on what we know about him, from his background to his history/relationship with The Shadowed One to the glimpses we see of his personality and worldview (guys basically "loyal for anyone as long as he gets paid" yet I still got a vibe that he wasn't completely opportunistic bastard). But...the story never really does anything with him. He only shows up in like two/three stories and shortly after a certain reveal surrounding his character he gets unceremoniously killed off and just...Man, talk about wasted potential. Ancient deserved so much better, he has one of the coolest character conceptually in the franchise yet he was treated so dirtily.

In general I do think that Dark Hunters as whole are treated pretty dirtily. While The Shadowed One does get a fair amount of screentime and some members like Lariska are standouts, most of the members of the organization are only mentioned either via guidebook or show up once in a story or two. Theres many Dark Hunters who only exist in the guidebook and it sucks since some of them (like Mimic or Primal for instance) have eitjer really cool designs or character concepts. I will go through some Dark Hunters who were only mentioned in story and not in the guidebook later but this is for the ones mentioned in guidebook.

Johmak is a character that fits well both for an underdeveloped and background character, due to her limited screentime and playing mostly a supporting role. She initially appears as an in universe writer for one of the guidebooks, and later on would play a minor role in two of the webserials. Despite her limited amount of screentime, she is pretty cool with one of the coolest powersets in the series (she can shatter and reassemble her bodyparts/whole body) and a pretty fjn personality from the glimpses we see. She's no Lariska but still a pretty fun character and probably my favorite member of the Order of Mata Nui (a secret knight order that plays a significant role in the later half of the story) who doesn't play a major role in the story.

Now, back to Dark Hunters mentioned in story, I have to mention Triglax. Guy is only mentioned a few times in a few stories (and appearing briefly in one) and the only thing we know is that he can shapeshift and probably is shifty a f but I just..have so many headcanons around him and cannot stop. I just made a fun bastard based on scrumbles of lore

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Lastly, I would have to mention Kojol, a who is only mentioned once or twice. Tbh Kojol is mostly here because of me seeing a fanmade design of him I really liked. mm