#turaga metru

[crystaltoa]

Another open question…

From a characterisation standpoint, what do you knowingly or deliberately get “wrong” when writing Bionicle characters?

For me, it’s that I usually write the Turaga Metru as having a similar manner of speaking to how they spoke as Toa Metru, rather than their canonical shift to a more formal and archaic style of speech. We saw a lot more if them as Toa than Turaga, so their mannerisms as Toa just come a lot more naturally to me.

#Bionicle #toa metru #turaga metru

[legend-as-old-as-time]

I have an old headcanon that the Toa Metru as a Toa Nui would rival the GSR's processing power on their own, no Core Processor needed.

We know that Mata Nui has some measure of psychic powers in canon: He planted the ideas for his Chosen in Teridax's brain.

These two unrelated points recently inspired another headcanon:

Mata Nui chose the Toa Metru because he sensed a resonance with them. Maybe he considered a back-up. If he was falling into a coma, he'd need a replacement to inhabit the Core Processor in his stead. What better matoran than the ones whose mind and souls resonate with his own? Who have the potential to bear this burden?

His choice plus the resonance between him and the six then-matoran left a mental impression in their minds.

These impressions are so faint that nobody else but Mata Nui would find it. Even then he'd have to search to find them again. They have no effect on the Toa Metru / Turaga Metru if left alone.

However. The turaga and Mata Nui repeatedly meet on Spherus Magna in this headcanon. (They are not aware at first how close he is.)

The impressions grow stronger around Mata Nui's latent psychic powers, which had brushed against the turaga's minds before.

Slowly, that they mistake it for accidents and good or bad luck, the turaga develop their own psychic powers independent of any masks. An example: Nokama redirects a falling boulder with a jet of water. She shouldn't have been strong enough to do that - or she should feel a greater elemental exhaustion from this feat.

But unknowingly, she used telekinesis to nudge the boulder the extra distance away. As this happened without any visible signs, nothing else points at telekinesis.

Over time, they develop a telepathic / empathetic bond with each other. Again, they don't realize at first that this is what is happening. They believe it's instincts and having known each other for so long that they often can read or predict what the others are feeling and / or will say.

@crystaltoa

#bionicle #bionicle headcanon #toa metru #turaga metru #mata nui the character #toa metru sibling headcanons

[byz-was-here]

So, post reformation, We've seen the Turaga Metru deal with dysfunctional toa, amnesiac matoran, order of mara nui members, Takua...

But they've never dealt with children.

I've seen a bunch of posts about toa dealing with bby agori and having all the protective instincts.

But I want to know how each turaga deals with a little entourage of curious kids.

Nuju, for one, would be followed by a giggling group imitating his bird noises for better or worse. Eventually I can see him teaching them how to stargaze, and how he can tell the future in the skies above.

I can see the story circle surrounded by curious agori kids with wide eyes, listening to Vakama tell the legends to an enraptured audience.

Turaga Matau knows all the best songs, hands down. Agori parents are grateful to have their kids return exhausted after dancingbto the fast paced rhythm of le-koro music for a few hours.

Turaga Whenua and a group of children with endless curiousity? That's certainly a combination. give him a group of children and access to the new archives museum and That's a whole day right there.

Turaga Onewa and Turaga Nokama I'm actually not sure about, but I'm interested to hear your takes.

#bionicle #bonkle #turaga metru #turaga whenua #vakama #matau #nuju #byzrambles

[ctrl-alt-tahu]

Jaller's Distaste

So, a recent post by @legend-as-old-as-time has given me the germ of a story. I don't quite have the energy or time to turn it into a full-fledged narrative, and it's a bit of a downer, but it's interesting enough that I want to share.

The insight of that post is that it was kind of a good thing for the Toa Metru that the Matoran got amnesia, because the Matoran of Metru Nui (not exactly through any fault of their own, mind) didn't have a great impression of the Toa Metru. These were, after all, the weakass Toa who couldn't stop the Cataclysm, got Lhikan killed, and lost Turaga Dume. Sure, they SAY Dume was being impersonated by the Makuta...

Anyway, it makes total sense that the Turaga Metru wanted a total break with history and perhaps we've got a psychological reason they never told the Matoran their true history until practically forced to by circumstances in MoL (not the arrival of the Toa! They improv-class their way right through that).

By then, there's 1000 years of new memories and the Matoran see the Cataclysm through the way the Turaga recount it--probably missing just how hurt and alone the Metru had been, through their disapproval.

But--and here's the story seed--what is someone got his memories back? What if, say, you get revived by the Red Star and what if the Red Star works, in part, by acting like OneDrive or iCloud, always backing up your memories? What if, when Jaller is revived by the Red Star, he didn't just get his memories of 1000 years on Mata Nui? What if he also remembered everything else from before?

Need an angsty, introspective fic about Jaller? I think there's a premise for one here. And what's the next thing he does in canon that's worth mentioning? He--the most famously dutiful Matoran on Mata Nui--starts a strike. Could he be working through some shit?

What about his relationship with Matoro? There's some canon stuff about leadership to make drama there, but what if Jaller--the only Matoran who now REMEMBERS Metru Nui before the Cataclysm finds himself clashing with the only other Matoran who knows any of this stuff? Who's been holding it in for 1000 years? Who knew enough to know the Turaga were liars and kept his mouth shut?

Like I said... not a happy fic, but I think there's some real meat here to make something. So I gift this idea to the world!

#bionicle #turaga metru #toa metru #jaller #matoro #fanfic idea

[siren-darkocean]

Bionicle Fic Idea

So I had a mental image a while back with Invader Zim audio clip that perfectly imagined Toa Lewa and Toa Matau

So some time after Makuta's defeat the Toa Nuva, Takanuva and maybe Jaller and Halhi (they need at least two semi sane people with them) travel back in time a bit to when their Turaga became Toa

There's no effect of the future stuff with their travel (just faint memories of it from them) so the Nuva, Takanuva, Jaller and Halhi make it their goal to help their past Turaga's while trying to make it less traumatizing

The amount of comedic stuff is hilarious I might post some as incorrect quotes

#bionicle #g1 bionicle #lego bionicle #toa nuva #toa takanuva #takanuva #jaller #halhi #toa metru #toa hordika #turaga metru #time traveler stuff #bionicle au #bionicle fic #fic idea

[muaka-safari]

If Teridax had accepted the Toa Metru when they presented the Great Disks, instead of discrediting them as imposters, his life would have been so much easier

Esp if under the guise of Turaga Dume he had convinced the Toa to help in small, subtle steps that seemed logical at first ("metru nui is too dangerous atm for matoran, they need to be gathered together" "toa lhikan was seen in this place, go eradicate the threats to find him") that are all individual pieces of his plot

Basically, you could have ended up with this situation:

(Original from a dnd campaign on reddit)

#bionicle #lego bionicle #given how he presents the world in time trap i suspect he realised this too late #also ive seen ppl discuss how the toa metru as matoran were not disgruntled with their lot in life #and so had no major issues with the system they lived under until teridax forced their hand #if teridax had played the game it would have taken the toa metru a lot longer to realise something was amiss with 'turaga dume'

[2stepadmiral]

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.

#bionicle #bionicle meme #mata nui #metru nui #toa mahri #toa mata #toa nuva #toa inika #toa hordika #toa metru #takanuva #takua #jaller #matoro #matoran #hahli #toa tahu #kopaka #onua #gali #lewa #Tahu #pohatu #vakama #nokama #matau #whenua #onewa #turaga #makuta

[randomwriteronline]

many thoughts about mata nui meeting the surviving toa teams (including the mata discovering that their relationship is less "king and his loyal knights" and more "very proper very sheltered very excited princess and her favorite jousters who are very baffled by her joy and wondering if this is just The Standard Way To Feel In Front Of Your Praising Boss or if theyre developing a crush", the haga being too distracted by Holy Shit The Great Spirit to focus on anything hes saying, and the mahri briefly mistaking him for Matoro on vibes alone and interrupting his genuine apology for what they went through for him to give him a hug) but most importantly imagine youre The World's Least Known And Runner-Up For Most Dysfunctional Toa Team, feeling like you only barely achieved what you were supposed to do through continuous strokes of luck, and then God shows up and is your biggest fan ever. you try to explain in detail how you fumbled your way to tentative success and it just makes God even prouder. thats what the metru are going through

#bionicle #mata nui #toa metru #turaga #random talks #the turaga explain how they fucked up at the unity and duty and destiny parts and mata nui just nods and goes 'youre so great i love you' #with genuine complete earnestness #hes like those guys!!! i chose them!!! and they did what i asked and also way more!!! my little lads!!! blorbos from my coma!!!

[autonomoustoybox]

Do you ever think about how jarring it must have been, for the Turaga, to see the Matoran doing their work after the move to Mata Nui?

Like... Think about it. Metru Nui was a very, very rigid caste system. Everyone was made for a role, they'd fulfil that role, they wouldn't change from that role for thousands of years. And more pertinently, those roles were largely academic, borne of a highly developed civilisation. Then, you get to Mata Nui, and suddenly everything changed. Everyone just lost all of their memories, and with that a huge amount of their identities, and their previous roles with it. In fact, many of their roles are just outright nonexistent, in a world of stone and wood, with no city, with no Metrus, with nothing that the Turaga would have known. Indeed, Matau's first reaction to Mata Nui was "Where are the chutes?"!

Obviously, the Matoran could adapt - a blank slate can easily have anything imprinted onto it, after all, and they were made to work - but for the Turaga, who were watching their warped, diminished friends and kinsmen who sounded the same as before but acted perhaps very differently, and already had to suffer through the lie of concealing Metru Nui, it must have been bizarre in a way 'suffocating' couldn't possibly describe.

Imagine being Vakama, a craftsman among a city of crafters, who only ever made armour, being forced to see his fellow forgemates sharpen blades and call themselves a guard, a militia, an army, hunters and killers. Imagine much the same of Matau, who once spent his time driving new machines down clear tracks with his kin, now having to make do with tempermental Rahi in a twisting maze of branches and vines.

Imagine being Nokama or Nuju, who spent all their life prior as academics, pouring through tomes and staring at stars, watching as those untold millenia of knowledge simply disappear, to be replaced with hard physical chores like fishing or crafting or, indeed, fighting off Rahi. Imagine the same of Whenua, who once spent all his time studying creatures brought to him, now only providing the knowledge to make them go away, as the the scholars of all the Rahi life of the universe spend their days digging through the earth with pickaxes (not even drilling machines)!

Certainly, these are necessary roles, duties to be honoured and fulfilled to a a standard high enough to ensure continued life, but... In some ways, it must have been utterly humiliating. Sickening, even, to some.

Not to Onewa though. Pretty much nothing changed for him.

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This train of thought brought to you by the new Essenger remake of the Mata Nui Online Game II Soundtrack, specifically https://youtu.be/MAierT0S82o?si=XB9s03CUTCRubFOn . I never played much of it, but I distinctly remembered Hali being a weaver, creating thread from flax fibres; which, given the hindsight of Ga-Metru being a giant university/research centre, makes the role seem strangely small in comparison to her duties before. Of course, now she's a Toa, I suppose she doesn't have time much for either!

[Edit: I posted this at midnight when I was falling alseep and totally got the names of Onewa, Nuparu, and Whenua muddled up... This happens a lot even when I'm fully awake though. Edited for clarity.]

#bionicle #bionicles #hahli #matoran #turaga #this obviously isn't a diss to menial/physical labour #those are good jobs to have of course #the matoran of metru nui tended to be pretty classist tho #so they likely would have found offence at the change in some way I think

[mugbearerscorner]

See on YouTube

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[coldgoldlazarus]

Honestly, I kinda love that while yes, the hardships the Toa Inika/Mahri faced during the events of 06 and 07 was a contributor to shaping them into one of the most ruthlessly pragmatic teams out there, it's really only the cherry atop the sundae.

An arguably bigger factor is also having lived as Matoran on an island under a 999-year-long siege from its own wildlife, followed by the Bohrok crisis and the Rahkshi. Sure, their jaunt through Literal Hell in the first half of 06 didn't hurt, but they honestly had very little chill even before then.

#not a reblog #bionicle #bonkle #bonkles #like metru nui taught the toa metru how to wave off the horrific sure #but mata nui despite being a paradise #was still also a millenia-long war of attrition #until the toa showed up #so to me its no wonder the Mahri #have little interest in fucking around #that way leads to friends going missing #also takua's constant wandering #when the villages had otherwise all but completely lost contact #was most likely a constant source of anxiety for the turaga #even his luck and resourcefulness has its limits #and is plenty balanced out by his... Takua... ness

[crystaltoa]

For your enjoyment and delight please imagine Whenua, on spherus magna, going hog wild over the native animals and running around a farm learning as much as he can and then taking his fellow turaga on a tour explaining to them all that hes learned, shaking and giddy with delight, giggling wildly, feeling like hes back in the archives, and the others are just so happy that hes this happy that they soldier through it for him

Oh that is delightful. But now I’m imagining him proudly showing the others that he’s learned how to milk a cow-equivalent creature and they’re all staring in abject horror. Whenua what are you DOING. What is that stuff. OH MATA NUI HE’S DRINKING THE RAHI-JUICE WHYYY.

And then he tells them that some of their new favourite foods are made from this stuff. Nuju is NEVER eating ice cream AGAIN.

#Is it funnier if Whenua is genuinely put out by their reaction because he thought they’d share his enthusiasm #or if he knows exactly how they’re going to react and is enjoying horrifying his siblings #bionicle #whenua #turaga metru

[legend-as-old-as-time]

I have a mean plot bunny about Nuju. For this, I'm assuming that Nuju only has allowed Nokama close as a turaga because of the trauma, both of losing Nuju AND everything surrounding the events the Toa Metru had gone through. He can't handle having more than one person he could lose. (All the while refusing to call them people he cares about.)

Now! Events conspire that Nuju is going to experience losing all of his brothers, one after the other, on Spherus Magna. And there's nothing he can do about it.

Now let's see how he reacts to that...

#bionicle #nuju #turaga metru #turaga #spherus magna #bionicle plot bunny

[byz-was-here]

the fun part about imagining the Chronicler's Company as a toa team is that 70% of them have noble versions of the Toa Metru's kanohi.

...So if their masks get upgraded into great Kanohi, there might be some whiplash on the Turaga's part.

Matau doing a double take before realizing thats Tamaru, not Nokama. Turns out becoming a toa does more than make you taller.

Vakama having a moment of horror as a Great Matatu peeks into his forge before he realizes its not a re-toa'd Nuju, It’s Kapura asking if he could adjust Kopeke's spare Matatu to fit properly.

Nuju Freezing as he sees a white great Komau and immediately turning around and walking back to his igloo. Nope. Not dealing with that today. Meanwhile poor Kopeke is looking at Matoro, wondering what caused *that*.

Onewa, well.... "Oh, hello Whenua." A beat. "...Wait."

Hafu just turns around and walks right back outside without a word.

The less said about Nokama having a mild panic attack over the last toa she knew who wore a Blue Huna, the better. Onewa now has to deal with Two upset toa in Po-Koro. (Hewkii, however, takes less than a day to make a "Toa Macku's no.1 Fan" flag. It cheers her up immensely.)

Whenua is the only one who doesn't immediately insert his foot into his mask, and he's incredibly pleased about it at the next Turaga meeting.

Now strictly speaking, Takua didn't have to record all of these incidents, but it was absolutely impossible to persuade him not to.

#bionicle #bonkle #byzrambles #the chronicler's company as toa au #turaga metru #kapura #macku #tamaru #hafu #taipu #kopeke #takua #vakama #nokama #matau #onewa #turaga whenua #nuju

[drunk-on-starlight]

So in retrospect Makuta is probably right in that being awake would be very painful to Mata Nui.

Of course, what he failed to mention is that the reason it would be painful is because he pushed him into a coma that almost definitely lead to "brain damage," along with every other issue the crash caused.

But I mean hey, at least he wasn't lying.

#Bionicle #Brain damage is what happened to Metru Nui right? That place was pretty important to Mata Nui's function iirc #Not to mention everything else that the Turaga Metru and Toa Nuva/Mahri had to do to repairs on first

[siren-darkocean]

Since the Nuva are able to share Kanoi Mask Abilities do you think their able to use the Turaga Metru's Kanoi's even in their weakened state just boosted by a Toa using them again?

I am mainly imagining Lewa using Matau's Shapeshifting and it's hilarious

#bionicle #g1 bionicle #lego bionicle #toa nuva #turaga metru #toa lewa #matau