#Pohatu Mata

[driver270]

Trippin'

Take a break, dude.

[stormyboi7]

YEAH BABY, POHATU SWEEP

[alic0rez]

Recently got some original Toa Mata sets so erm

Pohatu!!

[mfmara-art]

Toa Pohatu

[starryknight-dragonarts]

In honor of where it all began, I decided to draw my own version of all of the original Toa Canister art for each of the 6 original Toa. Pohatu is the friendliest of the toa, a reliable teammate, generally an easygoing nice guy, basically everybody likes him and would be hard pressed to find anything negative to say about him, even Kopaka the biggest introverted loner of the group. He has a good sense of humor often helping to boost the overall group morale even in times of danger, and in times high tension among the team he attempts to bring quarreling Toa together, and never takes rude remarks too seriously and easily forgives his friends if they make a mistake. Pohatu often engages in Fun and Sports with his villagers, though it would usually turn into everybody vs Pohatu in order to even make it remotely fair, he is probably the most athletic of the Toa, and that is saying a lot when Tahu surfs, Gali is an incredible swimmer, Lewa jumps through the jungle like an acrobat, Kopaka Snowboards, and Onua digs through the earth like a mole-man, they all could be Olympic level athletes. He's strong, he's fast, he's acrobatic, the one thing he can't do is swim, he would quite literally sink like a rock. Once he hallucinated that he was drowning and it was enough to make him pass out. Pohatu can also a be fierce and clever fighter whenever conflict arises, especially when he felt the weak were being threatened and unlike his companions didn't need to carry a weapon opting to beat enemies with swift powerful kicks! During the Bohrok arc a Matoran named Hafu trapped himself outside the village gates while a hoard of Bohrok were on their way topplinging his own precious sculptures to use as a barrier for the village but putting himself in danger. Pohatu showed up to his rescue but the two were still surrounded so thinking quick he used the Mask of Mind Control to to quickly convey a plan to another Matoran Hewkii standing on the wall getting him to kick a ball into the rock he was standing on in such a way that it catapulted Pohatu and Hafu to safety which was just brilliant!  Primary Mask: Kakama (Mask of Speed) His mask allows him to run at blinding speeds 

[bioniclechicken]

Happy Hero Factory Day

[ariartaccount]

Pohatu

[esperanta-dragon]

Not sure who wants to see me drawing biomechanical robots living on a tropical island from universe that was discontinued 14 years ago, but here I go. I will be working on this WIP. So... art stream tomorrow (June 12th)? 7 pm CET/1 pm EST. See you there: Twitch

[bayboyzone]

bionicle log 1

[nattarthetimedragon]

Toa Mata

[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.

[driver270]

"Y'all know you're Naruto running, right?"

[makutaservaela]

Another one of my favourite scenes from the books.

[e-matt93]

Obligatory toa team pic

[mfmara-art]

hiding for the responsibility

[sodapopfunk1]

I am very mentally ill about bionicle