Breaking my inactivity on this blog with a random post. Hyperfixations go!

Every… single… toa of water… in bionicle (G1) has been collected :D

I am… so proud…

Been looking at these two nonstop I’m so proud.

My collection of cool robotic water ladies is complete…

I know, I know I've let you down. I've been a fool to myself. I thought that I could live for no one else.

But now, through all the hurt and pain, it's time for me to respect the ones who love me more than anything.

So with sadness in my heart, I feel the best thing I could do is end it all and leave forever.

What's done is done, it feels so bad, but once was happy now is sad. I'll never love again, my world is ending...

I wish that I could turn back time, 'cause now the guilt is all mine. Can't live without the trust from those you love.

I know you can't forget the past, you can't forget love and pride. Because of that, it's killing me inside.

It all returns to nothing.

It all comes tumbling down, tumbling down, tumbling down...

It all returns to nothing.

I just keep letting me down, letting me down, letting me down...

In my heart of hearts, I know that I could never love again. I've lost everything, everything, everything that matters to me, matters in this world...

I wish that I could turn back time, 'cause now the guilt is all mine.

Can't live without the trust from those you love.

I know you can't forget the past, you can't forget love and pride.

Because of that, it's killing me inside.

It all returns to nothing, it just keeps tumbling down, tumbling down tumbling down...

It all returns to nothing, I just keep letting me down, letting me down, letting me down...

It all returns to nothing, it just keeps tumbling down, tumbling down, tumbling down...

It all returns to nothing, I just keep letting me down, letting me down, letting me down...

Round Two - Aquamancy (water) 7/8

Propaganda under the cut (beware of potential spoilers!!)

Hahli:

hahli my beloved. light of my life. she starts out as a normal, powerless water elemental biomechanical entity on a tropical island before going on a quest to become the Best Sportsball Player and also helping to save the island from evil roombas and eels that pilot mech suits. then she goes back to the post-apocalyptic city that she and all the inhabitants of her island forgot, for a while, before heading out on a dangerous journey with a bunch of her friends to help save god and also the six actually-elementally-powered warriors. after a brief sojurn through hell, she and her friends get struck by lightning, turn into actually-elementally-powered warriors, wash up on the beach of an island where ex-mafia thugs have enslaved the population, save said population, save the actually-elementally-powered warriors that they went after in the first place, and almost obtain god's defibrilator before it falls into the ocean and that's where she really begins to shine. from mild-mannered historian lacrosse champion to Hahli the Barbarian. she bluffs. she fights dirty. she gets mutated into the most badass fish warrior ever. she gets FINS that look like WINGS and GILLS that look like BREATHING TUBES. she can summon the powers of the creatures around her, and, seeing as those creatures are fish, and she, as a previous Powerless Water Elemental Village Literally Built On Water Swimming Champion, knows what fish, generally, can do, she becomes an absolute powerhouse. unstoppable creature of the depths. beautiful colour scheme. she used to have a moustache

Chaos:

No propaganda :(

Fuck it, Toa Jaller x Toa Hahli as ♦️ is better than Davekat.

https://www.deviantart.com/breakerofsockets2/art/Like-old-times-918943690

Toa Jaller x Toa Hahli as ♦️ from Bionicles is better than Davekat.

Fuck, this is good characterisation I love it

Hahli being afraid of her own power is SO much more interesting than any more conventional fear could be

bionicle log 1

I was reminded that The Flash existed so I unfortunately drew these to purge my head

hahli!

probably for the best Kotu as a Toa would've been an absolute menace

Jaller and Hahli learning about Agori Biology

They are so confused about it 😂

Welp, here's the first humanized Mahri, postergirl Hahli~! Like seriously, she had THE best glow up from Inika to Mahri. Those wings are everything on her design. I wasn't interested in buying bionicles by the time this wave came out, but if I had I definitely would have gotten this Hahli.

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This post on Ani's Blog

After arriving in Metru Nui, the Turaga began to occasionally call each of the Toa ‘brother’ or ‘sister’, partially an acknowledgment of their past lives, partially to acknowledge the success that the Toa Nuva have earned, and largely as camaraderie in the bond that they share as Toa or former Toa.

Tahu outwardly acts like it’s only right that he’d be addressed as such, trying to make others believe that he accepts it in stride, but inwardly, he is humbled by the acknowledgment. The Turaga see through his bluster and appreciate his humility.

Onua is outwardly quite humble and appreciative when it happens, but inwardly, he doesn’t quite see himself as being worthy of being addressed by such wise beings as the Turaga, who he holds in high esteem, so he usually comes off as a little bashful when he responds in kind.

The Turaga started being reluctant to call Gali ‘sister,’ largely because she reacts to the title, by pushing herself a little too hard to prove that she is worthy of the acknowledgment. She once to stayed up all night for two days while repairing an aqueduct in Ga-Metru, and when she could barely keep awake during a meeting with the Turaga, everyone immediately decided that Nokama should not call Gali sister anymore.

Kopaka typically glances at whoever called him this and slightly nods, sort of a polite acknowledgment, but those who know him best, especially Nuju, know that he is actually quite touched by the endearment, and he has to be stoic to keep up appearances. Whenua, having the best hearing, has multiple times heard Kopaka whisper ‘thank you, brother’ in response to Nuju or Vakama.

Takanuva started out being quite flustered when he was called brother by any of the elders, still being unused to being called brother even by the other Toa, but as he grew used to his powers and his responsibilities, he began to accept it in stride. He still won’t return the title, since he still uncomfortable with the idea of calling any of the Turaga by that term, but he is still moved by the respect they show him.

Lewa was delighted when they started calling him brother, But he’s also somewhat amused, often laughing when they call him that. To Lewa, it’s still difficult to imagine these wise old beings as Toa heroes, so he can’t always keep himself from laughing. Even so, he never fails to respectfully return the honorific.

The Toa Mahri have varying degrees of acceptance of the honorific. Jaller is proud to carry the title, and Hahli is eager to prove herself worthy of the honorific (though not as much as Gali). Kongo is a bit smug about it, Nuparu takes it in stride, and Hewkii tends to get sort of ‘aw, shucks’ about it. All of them are somewhat muted in their response, mostly because Nuju was the first to call them brother and sister. They all understand that Nuju calls them that as much as he does in memory of Matoro, and his regret that he never got to see his friend as a Toa and call him ‘brother’ in person. The Mahri learned the bird speak for Brother and Sister, and they always call Nuju brother right back.

And the Turaga universally agreed never to call Pohatu ‘brother’ again shortly after the first few times. After then, he began exclusively referring to the Turaga as brother or sister, always with extreme enthusiasm that the elders often find exasperating and often demanding fist bumps from any Turaga he encounters for days after. Most of them just quietly stopped calling him that, except for Onewa, who continued occasionally calling him brother when he felt he had earned it, but after Pohatu found out that Turaga Dume had been a Toa, the seven had an official meeting where they unanimously voted not to call Pohatu brother anymore. Matau still occasionally calls him that, though, because he personally thinks it’s fucking hilarious when Pohatu tries to fist bump Nuju.

Hahli Inika

Toa Inika. jaller, Hewkii, Hahli, Kongu, Nuparu, and Matoro

I think the reason the Toa Inika look mostly samey aside from masks, weapons, and color schemes is that none of them registered that they'd been toafied until after they landed.

They weren't thinking about the ideal toa form at all, so the red star just went "Oh well, default mode it is. -ZAP-"

HOWEVER

When they became the toa mahri after a zap from the mask of life, they absolutely had a mental image of what the ideal toa should be, and THAT'S why they look so different.

Kongu became a juggernaut

Hewkii turned into conan the barbarian

Hahli ended up a valkyrie

Nuparu turned into what I can only describe as an underwater stealth bomber

Matoro- well. He's a beanpole. can't help that.

And Jaller is just... a guy. Tahu must have really lowered his estimates, huh.