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“Where did we come from, Turagawise Matau?” Lewa asks, and Matau can never help feeling a bit pleased at the thought of being thought wise. It’s not quite the “legendhero” he’d prefer, but it’s in the same thoughtspace.

Still, origins are a touchyprickly subject since the Cataclysm, and Matau as much as anyone doesn’t want to be rememberthought as a former Toa, let alone as one of the Toa that saw the end of civilisation. Better to be the wise elder of Le-Wahi than the herofailure that couldn’t save Le-Metru.

“The Great Spirit Mata Nui made the Matoran...” he begins, and Nokama or Onewa might have recognised that he was parroting Vakama, but Lewa--who does not--cuts him off.

“Not the Matoran, Turagawise Matau. I have gladheard this tale many times. The Toa--my brothers and I--where did we come from?”

Matau knows the quickpithy answer: “Mata Nui made you too, and saved you for a time to send you at last to succour the Matoran,” but Lewa already knows that. the inquisitive Toa is asking more: what enemy were we made to fight? Why are we appearing at this moment in history? 

And even if Lewa is being literal: who made us and where were we before our cannisters washed up on these shores, Matau doesn’t know the answers. The great machine that was the Matoran Empire was vast and ancient beyond his reckoning. He was a young Matoran when Lhikan found him, and not versed in history. The adventures that followed, as twilight dimmed to disastrous night in the Toa Metru’s scramble to save shards of their people from ruin, were immediate and pressing, and Matau never sought to untangle the threads from which it had been woven and tangled.

Even Nokama, teacher in Ga-Metru, might not have known of ancient Artahka and the first-designed Toa, or of the failsafes seeded through the stars to defend the Matoran. The six Toa that had come were miracles unlooked for, so ancient were their origins.

“You slowdrifted in cannisters,” said Matau. “Turagawise, you call me, but we are not all-knowing. You are the gift of Mata Nui. As easily ask the gukko whence came his egg: it matters where he flies, not where he has flown.”

Another Toa might have recognised that Matau was deliberately obfuscating the matter with wise sayings and taken the hint, and other Toa yet might have been daunted into accepting it, but whether he noted Matau’s reticence or not, Lewa pressed on.

“We stumblefind the Golden Masks and are told this makes us herokings,” said Lewa, “but can Toa quickblown in on the wind take root to rule Matoran? Might we not be quickblown away again?”

“A seed that takes root does not quickblow away,” said Matau, “even if it came light on the wind. The Mask listenheeds you, which it can no Matoran or Turaga. You belong to Le-Wahi now.”

And whether you were made to fight him or not, you are an enemy of the Makuta now. 

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[becoming-not-became]

Cleave

And with one quickBlow my heart ofWhich I was certain Has been cleaved in Half one side dying And the other pumping How does one say Goodbye to one partAnd hello to another Even at my age I sit and wonder Even though this has Happened before I still Sit wondering not ifBut when my one Heart will be enough For just eventually one

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#5

Fox's football mascot/CGI robot Cleatus is basically what a live action Bionicle would look like.

(This post is brought to you by American Thanksgiving at the In-Laws.)

41 notes • Posted 2021-11-25 19:03:29 GMT

#4

Every single time I see this Eternals set, I think that's a Toa of Fire. Every. Single. Time.

41 notes • Posted 2021-10-24 11:37:57 GMT

#3

“Where did we come from, Turagawise Matau?” Lewa asks, and Matau can never help feeling a bit pleased at the thought of being thought wise. It’s not quite the “legendhero” he’d prefer, but it’s in the same thoughtspace.

Still, origins are a touchyprickly subject since the Cataclysm, and Matau as much as anyone doesn’t want to be rememberthought as a former Toa, let alone as one of the Toa that saw the end of civilisation. Better to be the wise elder of Le-Wahi than the herofailure that couldn’t save Le-Metru.

“The Great Spirit Mata Nui made the Matoran...” he begins, and Nokama or Onewa might have recognised that he was parroting Vakama, but Lewa--who does not--cuts him off.

“Not the Matoran, Turagawise Matau. I have gladheard this tale many times. The Toa--my brothers and I--where did we come from?”

Matau knows the quickpithy answer: “Mata Nui made you too, and saved you for a time to send you at last to succour the Matoran,” but Lewa already knows that. the inquisitive Toa is asking more: what enemy were we made to fight? Why are we appearing at this moment in history? 

And even if Lewa is being literal: who made us and where were we before our cannisters washed up on these shores, Matau doesn’t know the answers. The great machine that was the Matoran Empire was vast and ancient beyond his reckoning. He was a young Matoran when Lhikan found him, and not versed in history. The adventures that followed, as twilight dimmed to disastrous night in the Toa Metru’s scramble to save shards of their people from ruin, were immediate and pressing, and Matau never sought to untangle the threads from which it had been woven and tangled.

Even Nokama, teacher in Ga-Metru, might not have known of ancient Artahka and the first-designed Toa, or of the failsafes seeded through the stars to defend the Matoran. The six Toa that had come were miracles unlooked for, so ancient were their origins.

“You slowdrifted in cannisters,” said Matau. “Turagawise, you call me, but we are not all-knowing. You are the gift of Mata Nui. As easily ask the gukko whence came his egg: it matters where he flies, not where he has flown.”

Another Toa might have recognised that Matau was deliberately obfuscating the matter with wise sayings and taken the hint, and other Toa yet might have been daunted into accepting it, but whether he noted Matau’s reticence or not, Lewa pressed on.

“We stumblefind the Golden Masks and are told this makes us herokings,” said Lewa, “but can Toa quickblown in on the wind take root to rule Matoran? Might we not be quickblown away again?”

“A seed that takes root does not quickblow away,” said Matau, “even if it came light on the wind. The Mask listenheeds you, which it can no Matoran or Turaga. You belong to Le-Wahi now.”

And whether you were made to fight him or not, you are an enemy of the Makuta now. 

45 notes • Posted 2021-10-12 00:56:15 GMT

#2

I know the first thing that went through my mind when seeing the canon evidence that the Turaga sound the same as the y did as Matoran and Toa is to try imagining Turaga Vakama voiced by Alessandro Juliani (prequels Vakama).

But, hear me out--what if Vakama ALWAYS sounded like Christopher Gaze (MoL Vakama)?

54 notes • Posted 2021-12-17 15:07:53 GMT

#1

BZP :: Jaller :: Bit stodgy, leader, still respected

BioSector01 :: Matoro :: indispensable, knows the secrets of past lore

Tumblr :: Takua :: No focus, explores everything, loves crabs

TTV :: Onepu :: Glamourous, full of themselves, bit busy

90 notes • Posted 2021-12-06 01:56:19 GMT

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