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I feel like in 2009 Strakk probably come across much more negatively, especially to the kids, but reading Bionicle as an adult and an artist in this day and age, with all the union strikes going on, it casts a completely different light on his character.
Basically, Strakk hits different in 2023.
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(design based on the phenomenal MOC by mysnaileatspizza1)
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Some BIONICLE heads
[Ko-Fi]
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Headcanon that Skrall as a species are essentially doomed on Spherus Magna.
Even though they are warriors of the highest caliber, 100,000 years of war, starvation, and the loss of every female of their species leads to a slow, inevitable decline.
Ruthlessly culling any member of their species that wasn't a high-class warrior meant that there was no investment in education or skilled labor. The only way their society functioned was to rely on pillaging and slave labor to obtain food, medicine, and essentially everything that didn't involve stabbing.
Given their very rigid social system, it didn't seem like female Skrall had much say or power in their society. On Bara Manga, the second they did get mental powers they were considered a threat and banished to the wilds. Canonically, the male and female Skrall also separated into two societies on Bota Manga.
After that point, the population replacement rate was 0 and the male Skrall were in an endless war with the Agori for resources. While they never really lost fights, that didn't mean that they weren't losing people to disease, injury, and old age.
And then Mata Nui came along and curb-stomped the only leader-cast member of their species they had left. The remaining male Skrall dispersed into smaller groups led by named Skrall or high-tier casts.
And then Teridax came along.
A huge portion of their remaining population was atomized when Teridax blasted their home in the Black Spike Mountains. The remaining groups decided to join the free-for-all fight between the Agori, Toa, Rahkshi, and Skakdi.
And even as amazing warriors in a normal fight, there's no way the Skrall did anything but get their shit kicked in against armies of beings with ranged supernatural powers. A sword is great, but not much use when all your opponents can do things like suck the oxygen from your lungs, or summon a mountant to crush you without breaking a sweat.
Plus, every Agori and Glatorian hates their guts and wouldn't hesitate to gut any Skrull injured or trapped by the absolute free-for-all that was Bara Magna.
Anyone who survived the bloodbath and subsequent reformation of Spherus Magna, including adding Bota Magna Skrull to their ranks, is still looking at a very grim future.
The Skrall are now outclassed by almost every sentient species (and most wildlife) on the planet in terms of power and resources. Their home and leader cast are gone, and they have no slaves left (all killed or emancipated by Toa) to produce goods or labor. Their species is still split into two societies by gender and getting together long enough to have kids probably isn't in the cards.
A few Skrall are hired on by the Dark Hunters, but given their lack of powers, they would be best as cannon fodder, or as combat trainers to beings with greater powers.
Every other remaining male Skrall group is going to have their shit kicked in by every other group the second they try to cause trouble. And the Baterra are probably still picking off warriors whenever and wherever they find them.
Their population has plummeted over the last 100,000 years and the remaining members of the species are essentially the last generation.
The best hope their species has is that the female Skrall, being less militant and having no mental powers left, join with Agori or Glatorian society. They might be closely related enough that they can have children with the Glatorian or Agori.
If so, any future Skrall are at most 50-50 genetically split with another species. Subsequent generations will have thinner and thinner Skrall genetics, and they'll be extinct as an individual species.
Given that they were absolute bastards as a species and society in-canon, that might be for the best. Banishing every member of your society that can have children, and then going to endless war with every one of your neighbors forever is essentially biological suicide.
#bionicle#headcanon#Skrall#Agori#Glatorian#Toa#Makuta#Teridax#Mata Nui#seriously the Skrall are dumb as hell#their entire society is like Sparta on cocaine#everyone ask them why they're not having kids#like millenials and gen z#it ain't the economy per say#it's that they have no economy#or powers#or ability to have kids
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Talking To *A* God (Not *The* God)
I know there's a very niche number of people who'll get this (fewer still who'll find it funny 😅), but I felt this was funny enough to post.
#Plastic Robots#Toy Photography#Lego#Bionicle#Glatorian#Mata Nui#Square Enix#Square Enix Bring Arts#Bring Arts#Xenogears#Fei Fong Wong
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Technically Gresh is still an odd man out because he's Jungle, not Air, but I can't deny he is green
(As usual, borrowing @barsom-fearce's interpretation)
#bionicle#glatorian#bara magna#gresh#lego#bonkle#digital#art#sketchbook#''Gresh was born before the core war and therefore is older than the entire MU'' incorrect he is my baby boy son
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Kiina and Ackar sparring, a comic scene reinterpretation
This was the first time I tried to give Bara Magna inhabitants a more organic approach as it should be (I like the thought of Ackar having a beard) and I decided to use one of my favorite panels of the Bara Magna comics as a reference.
Now about the background... I was still working on that back then 😅
#bionicle#bionicle fanart#Fanart#bara magna#Ackar#Kiina#Glatorian#Digital drawing#I love bearded Ackar
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New self moc time!!
This is Kytera, a Zesk from Bota Magna, credit to @karyot for the chest build and fancy render!
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Lorani
A veteran Glatorian of the former desert planet of Bara Magna, Lorani proved herself countless times in the harsh arenas. After losing her lower arm to an unfortunate strike, she subsituted it with a crude, metallic replacement. Even though the planet has been restored, it is a constant reminder of the hardships of the past.
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Lorethae (ca. 2012)
A poor soul bound to the life-preserving "Cold Throne".
Don't worry, she got better eventually. And renamed to Lorani as I don't even know how to pronounce that original name.
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just realized I needed to repost my only good tweet ever
#bonkle#bionicle#toa#pohatu#kopaka#toa kopaka#toa pohatu#kiina#glatorian#mata nui#great spirit robot#gaardus#bonkles#tagspam time#kohatu
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Gelu STARs
I always loved the STARs builds. Here is Gelu stylized in STARs form. His miniature Thornax Launcher and Ice Slicer suit him well and can even be clipped to his back.
#gelu#bionicle#bioniclestars#glatorian#lego#revamps#lego revamps#bonkle#bionicle stars#bobthedoctor27
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Versuvian, Skrall Exile
A strange little person. A friend.
#bionicle#bionicle moc#lego#lego moc#skrall#skrall bionicle#skrall moc#glatorian#works#BGA#Bionicle: Glatorian Arena
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Tbh I wonder if it's even necessary to make the distinction between Glatorian and Agori as separate species, and for that matter, the Skrall and Bone Hunters. I do appreciate the idea of retroactively having the Matoran and Toa be recreations of the society that created them, but on the other hand, making it all one species within the lore would also help to differentiate the setting as more grounded, especially with the removal of elemental powers and Kanohi;
In general, Bara Magna's stories feel more human with how the cast struggles with human problems like getting enough food and water, poor working conditions, wages, etc. It's what helps differentiate the setting from the Matoran Universe, and leaning into that helps Bara Magna stand out in its own compelling way. Come to think of it, one could easily imagine everyone as human in these stories, and it wouldn't really change a thing nor contradict lore, minus the Glatorian and Agori being ridiculously long-lived; But that can be explained via cybernetic enhancements and the Great Beings' experiments.
But that gets me back to my main point; It'd be easy to explain the height difference with Glatorian as just genetic, species variation as one can see in humans themselves. And of course the bigger Agori gravitate towards the Glatorian profession, because it's one where their physique gives them a natural leg up over their peers; And it's not as if anyone has the privilege to choose jobs they enjoy vs ones that put food on the table.
In the first half of 2009, we're introduced to Berix, who wants to participate in the arena someday. Now we do have the Glatorain game, both its in-universe and real life counterparts, to justify this; Agori function as a separate game piece in the rules. But if Agori can fight alongside Glatorian in the ring, why not have Agori vs Agori matches, especially when the dilemma of tribes not having enough Glatorian is a thing?
Plus, this brings us to the second wave of 2009, which introduces a lot of Agori who can fight in the arena (even against Glatorian such as Perditus) via the great equalizer of vehicles; And then there's Telluris, who's a perfect middle-ground between Agori and Glatorian in terms of stature. Body types don't have to be canonized as a separate species, because sure the Skrall are built different, but so are Kiina and Strakk, who are nevertheless Glatorian. It avoids falling into the trope of the Evil Race, and again, humanizes the story even more by making it all one species. By the end of the day, the term Glatorian canonically only refers to the occupation, and not the larger species, which is technically still unnamed.
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Arbor (they/them) Glatorian of Jungle
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An old photo I took that serves as a reminder that there are $10 toys that can do a way better "superhero landing" pose than many $100 ones.
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Time for some controversy.
I don't really ship bionicle characters that much (Hewkii & Macku being one of my few exceptions)
But.
I think the idea of Kiina and Mata Nui is hilarious. I don't really even ship them romantically, I just chuckle at the thought of this eccentric glatorian putting the moves on someone who's essentially God.
Kiina constantly dropping the worst pick up lines and innuendos, and every single one just flying right over Mata Nui's head.
Meanwhile, Gresh is absolutely dying of laughter, Berix is mortified, and Ackar is just stonefaced and refuses to explain any of it. "Oh Mata Nui, you sweet summer child."
Of course, after the reformation, you can imagine the psychic damage the toa get from finding out their Glatorian coworker made a pass at god.
Again, not really shipping, I just think it's a funny setup.
#bionicle#bonkle#byzrambles#glatorian#mata nui#kiina#gresh#berix#ackar#mata nui you sweet summer child#possibly cursed#idk
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