#reidak is there too

[joompheart]

She’s literally the most attractive cartoon woman in the world

[windydrawallday]

THOK, REIDAK & AVAK

More (early) reinterpretations! ... And a rare case of Avak standing with the back straight, because I noticed many HC him smaller than the rest of the Piraka, but actually he is as tall as Reidak LOL (or at least what I took from the lineup gag publicity of them together). I like both ideas because it's funny to think of someone so stupidly tall trying to look small/sneak from unnecessary trouble (or just hunching from constantly pacing while guarding prison corridors).

And yes: I MADE THOK FLUFFY! Those are actually thick, long feathers, like those of penguins. For me makes sense for a critter that is adapted to stand cold weather. Plus, it makes him look sooo fancy.

TBH Reidak is the least I like of my attempts here... I need to pull harder on visual motifs for him. I was thinking of studying rhinos and ankylosaurs? Make his armor-skin densier/bulkier mmm

And well, Avak! If you noticed, he has some bug-insect motifs (I'm thinking next time, trying to give him something similar to compound eyes-lenses mmm) emphasized with how his tail looks like a bug abdomen, and the way his back spines "pinch" together. Same reason why I added mechanical arms, and because he is a multitasker for sure: he doesn't have ENOUGH ARMS to do all he wants to do!

[randomwriteronline]

@lee-the-yeen hello. for your big brain. i offer you. A gifte :)

(this is part of the Kingdom AU, idk if u know it, but in short a bunch of stuff happens and so theyre eels who live in a fountain named after them in this one. matoran of iron go feed them sometimes. dw it will make sense eventually, possibly. also im including some hcs from ur post bc theyre baller)

"There's a nook at the other end of the fountain, you know," Kotu mentioned nonchalantly as she haphazardly launched jerky strips all over the water.

Vezok didn't make much out of it, as he was busy zooming back and forth with his mouth open trying to get as much food in it as possible, because he had been tricked into being left hungry and angry enough times for him to be very much done with it; Hakann and Thok, instead, quirked their brows at that with cautious, gluttonous interest.

"Is that so?" the Ice Skakdi mused.

"Not that you should go there," the Ga-Matoran continued.

"And why not?"

"Well, I bet there's nothing for you."

"Bah!" Hakann cried out with a snap of his jaws: "And I bet you've got something hidden in that cranny!"

Kotu snickered at him: "How'd you suppose I'd do that?" she asked in an almost mocking tone, "It's not like you wouldn't have know if I'd ever set foot in these Piraka-infested waters before."

"But you could've when it was being built!"

"Why haven't you jumped in yet, by the by?" Thok added, mellifluous voice oozing out of his smirk; he began swimming back and forth just under where she sat with fluid motions, doing a real bad job at looking menacing. "Aren't we friends? Come on, get in for a swim with your old pals, little Matoran, and we can help you get back what you've stashed away in that nook, what do you say?"

She smiled with mischievous intent and a high pitched hum: "Oh, I've got to wait a moment or so first."

"Scared of a little water?"

"No, just wanna check how quick the poison works."

Vezok swallowed his enormous mouthful of jerky as loudly and grottesquely as possible before spitting a spray of water at her: "That's Kane-Ra waste," he decreted, "That slobber tasted great!"

"Aw, thank you! I put a lot of effort on masking the toxin's flavor!"

"Good thing you ate all of it, Vezok," Hakann played along with her: "It was getting a bit crammed in here."

His former backstabbing associate whipped around to bite his chin right off, and in a moment they were both speeding after one another across the fountain as thought it had turned into a pinball machine and they were trying for a new high score, with fitting background music so kindly provided by Thok's deafening laugh and Kotu's snorting giggles.

"Aren't they cute?" she cackled to the silent ex-Piraka beneath her.

Zaktan remained very serious as he slowly turned a side-eyed glare onto her Rau: "You're setting us up."

The Matoran widened her eyes and gasped dramatically with her hands flying on her heartlight: "Me?" she exclaimed, as false as a Vortixx's praise. "Set you up to some prank for my own amusement? Whatever are you saying! I would never do such a thing!"

His jaws lunged lazily out the water to bite at her, missing entirely; Kotu skipped away with a little yelp, not scared in the slightest, and left the Skakdi to their inevitable in-fighting.

In the meantime, Vezok had managed to bite down on one of Hakann's spikes and was being violently yanked around by the red armored Piraka while he screamed his entire head off - which considering they were little more than heads by now meant he was attempting the rather incredible feat of beheading himself without having a body - and Thok convulsed his spine into knots coughing laughs through his clogged gills.

This sort of happenstance really did make him miss the pleasant days of trying to kill each other at every opportunity.

"Quiet!" Zaktan barked at last before their idiocy could kill him with a fulminous aneurysm. The other three Skakdi stumbled, rolled, and hushed at last. "That infernal little thing wants to trick us! She's got something in store for us, something I don't like. I'll bet that nook doesn't even exist."

Hakann scoffed: "Of course I don't trust her! What sort of idiot to you take me for?"

"I've known you too long for my answer to be courteous."

"But she could've told a half truth," Vezok butted in. "And I've seen that cranny she mentioned."

"Did you see it, or only think you saw it?" Thok questioned wisely.

"I said I saw it!" his companion snapped: "It's half covered in rocks and it's barely anything interesting!"

"That sounds like it could be any scrape on the side of the fountain!"

"It's no scrape, it's an opening! It's the one she meant!"

"Let's see this, then," Zaktan conceded, "Just to check if the little Water maiden's words had some inkling of truth to them."

So, still trading doubtful looks, the four toothy beings swam quickly, following their blue armored associate's lead.

The Piraka fountain (so graciously named after them after they'd been confined in it, as they couldn't very well be left to prowl the shores and have free reign on the toes of anybody that dared dip their feet in the water) wasn't as small as it looked like: those Onu-Matoran architects were quite skilled at building things that were much bigger than they appeared - likely on account of their experience living underground in tunnels that would have otherwise been downright suffocating.

It took as such quite a while for the mutated Skakdi to find the specific spot Vezok had mentioned. They were rather pleased to find that their search hand't been in vain: lo and behold, in a corner of the structure there opened some kind of hole half buried behind a hastily put together barricare of small rocks, looking not shallow at all.

The Water Skakdi grinned victoriously: "See! Beings of little faith!"

"Incredible," Thok noted - unsure whether to attribute the word to the fact that Kotu hadn't lied, or that Vezok had indeed connected the dots correctly for once.

Zaktan slithered closer to the opening.

"So?" Hakann egged him on. "Get in! See what's in there!"

The glare the green armored being shot him was accompanied by the Ice Skakdi's complaint: "And why don't you go in, huh? Scared to get your tail chomped?"

"What about you, then!" the other immediately bit back: "If you're so brave, go ahead!"

"Of course I won't, I'm not built for recognition! We should send in Reidak for this - nothing can kill that brute, anyways."

"And where is he?" Vezok asked.

"What sort of question is that!"

Then Thok hushed.

"I have no idea." he admitted finally.

Hakann howled a guffaw: "Great job on the detective skills! You wouldn't notice a Manas crab if it was charging at you!"

"Oh, shut your trap! Where's Avak, then, huh? Do you know that?"

"Of course I do!" and after a quick turning of his head left and right, the red Skakdi tried to save his hide by declaring, with the arrogance of someone trying to cover a mistake: "Not here, clearly!"

"Ah, well, aren't you observant!"

"Get off my back, he's a different deal! We could lose him in a shallow pool with how tiny he is!"

"Quit your yapping," Zaktan hissed suddenly. "I hear something."

The other three swarmed him immediately.

There was indeed a sound coming from within the nook. It was cavernous, and intermittent, with a rumbling cadence typical of something very large and (for now) relaxed. Perhaps it had heard their bickering and was warning them? No, that seemed unlikely; but at the same time, they couldn't quite rule out that possibility.

This sounded like something to be handled by someone near indestructible... Or with the right cage always at the ready.

Where were those two idiots when you needed them?

Vezok, with his animalistic strength and dim wits, was the best next thing, the other three reasoned. But before they could order him around he had already shoved them further into the nook, blocking off the exit with his big dumb head.

"Safety in numbers," he growled; caught between two beasts as they were, his associates decided it would be wiser not to argue.

It wasn't a long trip, but it certainly felt like it.

The little entrance opened into a short tunnel heading for another somewhat wider opening; now added to the grumbling groans growing louder with every inch they swam forward was another sound, a little softer but equally as insistent, warped by the water as well, probably belonging to a second unseen creature.

This kind of news tends not to be very warmly welcomed when one is scouting uncharted caverns. And yet, though they were certainly not happy to hear it, they couldn't shake off a strange feeling of familiarity about it.

There was just something about it - and the rumbling too, it reminded them of something, but where could they have heard anything like that? It seemed so natural, like, like...

They made themselves as flat as they could against the ground and walls, and peeked through the opening at last.

The scene was... Well.

To anybody else, it would have been rather puzzling.

Reidak was growling up a storm, lips pulled around his impressive chompers in a large square frame, otherwise almost immoble aside from a few quick jolts every now and them; swimming around him in short bursts, Avak busied himself biting everywhere across his spine, gnawing at his angular spikes and chin like a properly furious eel desperate to tear the skin off its prey.

Any other being would have rightfully assumed they were having some kind of silent argument, or maybe some specific fighting ritual not particularly well known outside of Zakaz, and concluded that losing a limb to part them was not worth the risk; being the former Piraka properly brought up Skakdi, however, they were intimately aware of what was indeed going on, and to say they were embarrassed beyond bewilderment would have been an understatement. To put things into perspective, they would have gladly gone back into the Shadowed One's employ if that could have somehow immediately teleported them away from the scene they were bearing witness to.

It distinctly didn't help that right as they thought that Reidak reared his big ugly head to lazily chomp on Avak's cheek, eliciting a similarly loud and fond growl from the smaller being.

Between their difference in height and the Stone Skakdi's vague thagomizer, they looked like some weird parody of a typical pair coming from some upside down version of Zakaz where the females were tinier and males much larger.

They were necking.

And Great Spirit knew how little their associates wanted to see that.

The four unfortunate Skakdi tried to slink away, to leave that little disgusting lovenest and forget all about this experience; alas they all had the same idea at the same time, which resulted in them smacking their tough skulls right against one another, producing a terrifying rockus akin to a dozen pots and pans carelessly being launched onto a tinfoil roof.

Certainly, in another situation, this woul have led to some kind of infinite argument with plenty of physical retaliation.

In this situation, however, they instead became very aware of the fact that the two gross sweethearts had immediately hushed and were peering directly into their souls with the sort of gazes that would make a Takea shark feel deeply unsafe.

Hakann suddenly felt a great void around himself.

He glanced at his sides: the other three Piraka had mysteriously vanished while he'd been petrified.

Sons of a--

Next thing he knew he had been chased out of the nook with Avak clamped around his head in an attempt to crush his skull between his teeth while prattling in a shrill muffled voice (mouth still full of Fire Skakdi) something about not having a moment of privacy in this blasted fountain.

He would have certainly ended up exploding like a watermelon between a pair of muscular enough thighs if Reidak hadn't swam up to his beartrap-mouthed partner and knocked Hakann out of his invincible bite. Granted, the impact had enough force to smack him right into the fountain floor where he formed a small crater, but he'd take a mild concussion over being turned into the two halves of a delicious freshly split open coconut.

His vision swam for a few moments as he tried to get his bearings again. By the time sight came back to him, two pairs of glowering eyes were squashing him against the ground.

"Liked what you saw?" Reidak growled - no longer in the amorous tone he'd reserved for the Stone Skakdi's affection.

"No," Hakann peeped: "Not at all."

"Then you'll keep your ugly mug out of our business, now?" Avak hissed, so cose he could almost still feel his teeth clenched around his temples.

The red armored being nodded hastily.

"All four of you?"

He nodded even harder.

A second later he was flung away, almost directly out of the water, and the other two Skakdi watched him hurry as far away from their nook as his fishy body would allow him to swim.

The Earth Skakdi huffed, piqued: "The nerve of some beings..."

"I bet it was Kotu," the other snarled as he paced back and forth. "That nosy little thing - I saw her, you know! I bet she told them there was some treasure or other... Ah, next time I catch her--!"

"You should put her in an airtight ball," his partner suggested: "So we can knock her in the fountain and toss her between ourselves."

The thought tore a hysterical cackle out of Avak as he contorted in time with his own guffaws, spirits definitely lifted: "Ha! Ha, now that's an idea! Wouldn't that be a sight! That little prankster wailing and crying, smacking her mask all over the prison while we throw her about... Oh, that'd be payback, alright!"

Reidak chuckled hard while curling around him; the smaller being's thin spine fit perfectly within black spikes shaped like square brackets, letting the two snuggle like a pair of vicious water snakes locked in a fight to the death.

A quick chomp around his third eye-like lump on his forehead brought the larger of the two back from his nuzzling haze.

His grin turned sharp, his eyes squinting at Avak in an awfully dangerous manner: "Ah?" he only drawled, letting his cavernous voice ripple through the water.

The Stone Skakdi bristled - exactly like he used to bristle back before their mutation whenever Reidak would come just a little too close to him, shaking his spine hard and subtly swinging his thagomizer to convince the other he was a enough of a threat to be left well alone, or else; but this felt a little more performative, like some kind of invitation instead of a 'keep out' sign, especially with that nervous smirk accompanying the motion, and his tardiness in trying to escape, only making a move when his tail was already mellowly held between his Earth companion's big jaws.

"You think you're smart, uh?" Reidak chuckled.

"Smarter than your ugly mug, for certain!" Avak bit back, and gnawed at his forehead again.

He laughed as his tail was yanked with a muffled: "Why, I oughta--!"

"You oughta what? Teach me a lesson?"

"Are you mocking me, you Fikou?"

"So what if I was?"

"Oh, that's it then," and as they wrestled playfully, biting each other silly between gross ugly chuckles, they began yanking one another back into their not too secret little nook. "Let's settle this like proper Skakdi, eh?..."

[thereadingaddic7]

It's a bit of a funny and sad mix, how much of a Lohrak around Dume's neck the Vahki are. Certainly Dume is meant to be flawed as a Turaga, a somewhat suspicious character and cranky old man who think Matoran these days need to learn to respect their elders, but ultimately he's a good guy who'd give his life for the cause while spitting in the face of whatever killed him (see him telling Vezok, Avak and Reidak to go do something anatomically improbable when they try to extort him with a Kanohi Dragon). And given how important Metru Nui is, and how dangerous the outside world was, yeah Metru Nui does need some sort of standing army/police force to ensure that shit like the Barraki rebellion or the Matoran Civil War doesn't threaten to kill Mata Nui and doom the MU to drift endlessly through space, but holy shit the Vahki are so insanely bad at it, it's hard to think he'd sign off on it.

As an army they're pretty okay, they're very mobile with two modes of walking and one flight mode, their equipment is also extremely good offensively (mind control, seeing through your targets eyes, you hurt yourself in your confusion, etc), as well as a Kanoka disc launcher for more direct combat, and they're smart enough to think tactically, all without risking any Matoran/Toa/Turaga in combat (and that's without getting into the elite versions). But for Police work... well, they're okay for a Police State where you don't have to give a shit about what your citizenry thinks, their borderline psychotic nature means they're very effective at terrorizing a population into compliance even before bringing in the Brain Hacking they can do, and they are supposed to be the Police for Makuta!Dume's Police State...

They just also happened to be the Police for Regular!Dume's (Police(?)) State, which is a really bad look for someone who's supposed to be Not Actually A Villain. Based on what we see of them, the Kralhi that preceded the Vahki were probably much better at police duties (given that after being driven out of the city by Matoran who tried to "shut them down" they were totally willing to aid and protect Mavrah without issue they clearly don't share the Vahki's abusive nature) without having to take a number of Matoran away from work to do the police work instead (and thus potentially imperil Mata Nui and the MU as a whole by having them not do the necessary work in his brain). If the issue with them was that they left Matoran too weak to do their job after being policed, then maybe all the Kralhi needed was an equipment overhaul rather than being completely scrapped?

I don't know, Dume is meant to be Flawed but Good, but historically he's just made such a baffling decision with the Metru Nui's police forces, spurred on largely I think by Out-Of-Universe needs than because it made sense in-universe, he kind of ended up accidentally being the BIONICLE equivalent of Sentinel Prime, but because it mostly happened off screen it's easy enough for the story to sweep that under the rug. A lore hungry fandom on the other hand is not so easy to shake and I'm left trying to come up with a reason why he'd agree to the Vahki beyond the incredibly unsatisfying "he doesn't really care about the Matoran" or "he didn't think it through" and variants thereof answers.

[joompheart]

Kill yourself bugs bunny is a beautiful woman I hate this post and I hate you and anyone who finds it funny

[makutaservaela]

I was playing through some of the earlier Bionicle games, and it made me think of my headcanons about earth elementals.

Turaga Whenua and Toa Onua were always depicted as way shorter than the others. The story generally implies that earth elementals are shorter than other elementals.

And yet in my headcanon, we get this

I've always seen Earth Elementals as walking mounds of mass. Maybe some of them aren't so tall, but they are bulky.

This is seen a little bit in MNOG when Onu-Matoran are implied to be way better at heavy-lifting than Po-Matoran, and of course Onua is the Pakari-wearer.

Also of note in my hc, Reidak is a Rural Skakdi, which are naturally much bigger than Urban Skakdi like Thok. Although only very recently have I finally started headcanoning Vezok (the other Rural among the Piraka) as bigger too- the books generally describe him as notably large.

Air-Elementals, I have always seen as the little guys

(Although Zaktan likely puffs out his Protodites to make himself look bigger)

[lee-the-yeen]

Sillydumb Reidak/Avak (Reivak?) Headcanons

• They are god-awful at cooking but it’s not for a lack of trying.

Soup? Easy, throw things in a pot and heat.

Rice? 25% chance they’ll mess up the ratio for water and end up with mush.

Eggs? Might end up a little too crispy but still edible.

Anything more complex? Burnt to Karzahni and back.

In any modern/human au they’d rely mostly on takeout.

• Due to physical limitations (ie, the shape of their faces) they aren't really able to kiss normally. So they resort to affectionate bites, sometimes just holding the other’s shoulder or tail in their teeth. Ormaybejustusetongueidunno

• Once they start being more friendly with one another, Reidak carries Avak on his shoulder when the latter starts getting tired. It’s something that Avak loudly objects to, he can walk by himself he’s fine, but there’s not much he can do when he’s tossed over Reidak’s shoulder like a sack of potatoes (The protesting gets more performative over time as they develop ❤).

• Skakdi, when performing ceremonies or other occasions where armor is removed, tend to paint their scars to make them stand out more, to show what they have survived through. Due to his adaptive ability, Reidak doesn't have a lot of scars, but he paints what few he has in a brilliant gold. Avak has a lot of scars from the Shadowed One’s “masters of pain”, and while he has every right to show off that he could survive that, he believes those scars are nothing to be proud of, so never paints them.

• Avak gives off a lot of body heat but doesn’t retain it very well, a stiff breeze will get him shivering all over again. Reidak retains what little body heat he has very well, which translates to him curling up around Avak like a cat when things get cold.

• As many have HC’d before me, Reidak has a very distinctly cockney accent, and he starts using rhyming slang when he’s being sarcastic or getting especially pissy.

• Avak has a hormone imbalance of some variety, due to a separate headcanon that I didn't expect to overlap with him.

It started with me HC’ing that female skakdi had thagomizers at the ends of their tails. Both because they’re rad as hell and it adds dimorphism in a species that I imagine doesn’t have a lot of (I'm biased bc I like big burly ladies).

Then, as I was trying to figure out how to draw Avak…

“Hey…waitaminute.”

All the other Piraka don't have tails like that, it’s just him. It’s not a full thag, they tend to be spikier, but that little leaf shape cemented the idea in my mind.

• Reidak’s claustrophobia extends to getting tied up, mainly pinning his arms to his sides, and being in tight crowds.

• Avak gets tinnitus something awful, it comes with the territory of using and making guns for a living, especially if prototypes blow up in one’s face. The aforementioned “masters of pain” probably didn’t help.

• The shape on Reidak’s forehead isn't a third eye, it just happens to look like it. But he absolutely pretends that it is to scare the hell out of people who don’t know better.

• Avak would fucking love Rammstein. I have no idea why, it just feels right.

[joompheart]

Top tip: lose the will to exert yourself and neglect all your desires

[kanohivolitakk]

Zaktan

First impression:

I'm not sure if I had any proper first impression of Zaktan. I practically all but skipped over 2006 when it was first released. As such, I can't remember if I really had any impressions of Zaktan (and the other Piraka) when the arc was going on. Especially since I never had the access to the books as a kid, and thus only could follow the story via the comics, movies and later on serials.

Impression now:

I like Zaktan. I'm admittely not the biggest fan of the Piraka as whole (still like them though), but he is probably my favorite of them alongside Reidak. I like Zaktan because out of all the Piraka he's an absolute menace. Others vary between being menacing and comical, but Zaktan is all the seriousness all the time. There isn't a time when this man isn't a threatening presence that antagonizes the cast and it's great. Granted, it makes him feel less like a multidimensional character and more like an antagonistic presence but still. As an antagonist Zaktan is great and as a character he's pretty solid too!

Favorite moment:

Not a moment per say, but I really like the detail that Zaktan is one of the few characters who know the true nature of the Plan and Teridax's goals. It makes the story a bit interesting when other ambitious villainous characters know what our Big Bad is after, and thus can use it to their advantage.

Idea for a story:

Related to the previous point, I wish the story had played with Zaktan knowing about the Plan a bit more. It feels one of the things that just exists there to be a neat detail rather than actually being used in the story and thus feels a bit...wasted? As is it feels pointless and I wish it wasn't. Since its a geniunely interesting detail.

Another thing I would've liked to see is confirmation that Zaktan was in control of The Golden Skinned Being. Some fans have speculated that Zaktan was the "brains" and dominating consience of GSB and I wish this was confirmed. Since it would had Zaktan have a continuing presence after the Pirakas role was diminished after their debut arc and also made GSB a bit more interesting of a villain imho.

Unpopular opinion:

Beyond me not loving Piraka as much as rest of the fandom...I have no unpopular opinion regarding Zaktan specifically? I like Zaktan and think he's a cool villain, and that seems to be the general consensus of him, so I don't really have any unpopular takes one direction or the other. I guess I wish he had been used more past 2006 since I thought he was somewhat underutilized, but this is mainly an unpopular opinion since I don't really see anyone else pointing it out rather than people disagreeing with me.

Favorite relationship:

None really? Zaktan is one of those antagonists who don't really have any meaningful or interesting dynamics with anyone, whether it be their allies or enemies. With the other piraka Zaktan mainly butts heads with them and in a way that doesn't really compel me, while he doesn't really have any antagonistic tension with the heroes. This is a common issue with Bionicle villains though, so Zaktan isn't really alone here.

Favorite headcanon:

Again none. I like Zaktan but he isn't a character I rotate in my head like a fucking microwave or otherwise find myself thinking about. As such I don't really have that many headcanons of him.

[herora-nuva]

So when Reidak dropped Makuta’s mask into the ocean, I guess you could say he...

Released the Kraahkan

[turagapohatu]

Hakann: So... is he sleeping or dead?

Thok: Hopefully dead, I hated that guy.

Avak: Yeah, I kinda hated him too.

Reidak, who was sleeping on the couch: First of all, fuck you guys.

[makutaservaela]

Timeline, Part 3

Kekek and Usall are at the Twisted Trees, when Kimunix flies overhead. They challenge Kimunix to a spar. Kimunix takes it too far and seriously tries to hurt them. They are saved by the Toa Ignika, with Menraz and Marcaz carrying the kids to safety while, but Kimunix summons Kirop and Vamprah to aid him, who join in without context and presume it’s simply a spar, and they blind and drain Menraz and Marcaz respectively. Kopaka witnesses the incident with his mask while on a walk with Reidak, and Reidak demands he grow a pair and do his job. He comes to the rescue, causing Vamprah and Kirop to flee and Kimunix to ramp up the fight until he damages Kopaka’s jet pack and arm and Kopaka freezes Kimunix. Reidak forces Kopaka to go to Po-Mata for healing, dragging him most of the way there, and threatening to break his legs if he tries to run away. The Spirit of Ice begins to panic and drive Kopaka into a fit of screaming “at himself”, prompting Menraz to disorient him with a sonic scream. Onua spots this and carries him by flight to the Toa meeting room, not wanting the Po-Matoran to see him in this state.

The Toa look over Kopaka, and Takanuva confirms his psychotic state is not caused by Makuta corruption. Despite this, Vakama speaks warningly of Kimunix, prompting Oohnora to stand up for her brother and demand that she can find him and talk some sense into him. Matau reminds Vakama of his own corruption as a Toa Hordika. Vakama explains the over-power corruption happening to Kimunix and forbids Oohnora from approaching him, but Matau, pointing out that he is the Turaga of Air, permits Oohnora as a Toa of Air. Takanuva permits Mikaua, Hahli permits Reykav, and Nuju permits Irika, to go find their brother. Meanwhile, Lewa and Onua discuss taking Kopaka to a hospital.

Roodaka, out of boredom, whines to Brutaka. He and Lariska convince her to give up her powers to the Order so she can make a game out of trying to get them back. Nokama agrees for the purpose of training up the Order’s defences, under the condition that Roodaka gives up her Crystal of Thieves, all of her elemental powers except for light, shadow, and a mystery 3 at lower level, and Roodaka adds the caveats that the Order cannot use her powers and that the Dream Guardians are reenlisted to keep an eye on Pohatu for her.

Nokama sends Brutaka and Lariska to find the other two Dream Guardians and Pohatu. Hahli rejects the request due to her new duties and potential pregnancy. Sahmad accepts. Sahmad, Brutaka, and Lariska realise that Pohatu is with the Phantoms trying to cure the Dreaming Plague. They also set out to find two new Dream Guardians (the guardians assigned to Pohatu).

The Toa decide to create a temple under the Twisted Trees for the Toa, as well as some temples around The Other Side.

While delivering information for Whenua’s medical research commissions to Mutran and Chirox, Onua and Chirox reminisce on the situation between them that Zemia had created.

[xenon-noble]

Returning with ideas of how I’d portray characters if I made my own take on them: The Piraka.

There’s a line where Reidak says “we piraka have unity too”, but it rings kind of hollow considering that the Piraka have done nothing but argue, threaten violence, and backstab.

But what if actually? What if they were genuinely friends with unity that rivaled the Toa? What if they had a duty, given to them by Makuta instead of Mata Nui? They’d be a way better mirror image of the Toa that way. 

Perhaps there’s even a prophecy about their destiny out their somewhere...

[frustratedasatruar]

I've already advocated for Worm, but based on these criteria I am also advocating Bionicle.

The Matoran go through some shit over the course of their limitless lifetimes. There are also a fair few entities in Setting that could give Sys a real run for her money, and I'm not even just talking about The Makuta (Sys is actually a relatively bad match-up for them anyway). Tren Krom, the Zivon, Karzani-on-a-good-day (also, fuck that guy). Better kill Reidak on your first shot too.

The Order of Mata Nui, notionally on the good side, have some serious atrocities under their belts too. (Remember when they genocided the Visorak? Pepperidge Farm remembers!)

There are also folks like Toa Orde who boasts about how he, um, apparently singlehandedly started the absolute mother of all inter-racial feuds.

He's a good guy by the way.

Honestly, half of the question is where to even drop Systlin in the timeline; the main, primary story takes place over the course of a thousand years, with crucial events in the plot, not to mention major events in the personal pasts of most characters, scattered back another hundred thousand years. No one ages in this setting.

Foicatch would have very real difficulty convincing anyone in setting that he's not a girl; there's a gendered element-alignment system, and Water is girls-only. And Fire is boys-only, for that matter.

Speaking of, if any of you have any entirely fucked to shit worlds you know of, drop 'em to me.

The ideal candidates have

1. Terrible fucking worlds. Places it would be hell to live.

2. Unlikable as shit protags who make everything worse

3. If not 2, then a total lack of common sense anywhere

[joompheart]

I’m finally ready for you anon…

[kanohivolitakk]

After a long time of being “I don’t really like the Piraka” I finally come to the conclusion that Reidak is probably my favorite of them, as he was rather funny, and I just dig his characterization of being a smart guy who just prefers to punch thinks. Hakann and Zaktann are the other two standouts for me (the former largely because of his role/characterization in Legacy of Evil, the latter because it’s fucking Zaktann. He was designed to be the standout of the Piraka if we don’t count a certain insane half-skakdi), Vezok too if he wasn’t hit by dumbness beam thanks to being split into two. The other two are ok, but nothing too special on their own.

I still like Piraka the least out of all the villain factions/groups that were characters rather than mindless drones and I still think they aren’t that interesting, they’re just fun bastardy thugs, but eh, I do think I like them more now than I used to.

Barraki still better tho