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I feel like I haven't been very active on here lately so just a little update for those who noticed.
The last weeks of August a young fandom friend of ours passed away (lost her battle with cancer). Then a client of mine who I've worked for for over 10 years died in the same week (he was 90, a life well lived but it still happened quickly and rather unexpectedly) and last week a close friend lost his father to cancer as well.
There's been so much death around and it's made me very anxious. It also made me want to focus on life more and the people around me, because it can all be gone so soon.
I'm trying to get back into fandom and find the distraction there that I know I could use right now but it's not doing much for me lately. Even before this the calm in the hotd fandom and negative vibe after season 2 made me pull back a lot, I wish things were different. I'd love to be writing right now, to have something creative to focus on but I just don't have the energy or the inspiration.
I'm not giving up entirely though. Maybe I need some new fandoms to get me excited again.
A good thing is my favorite months of the year have started, so that is something that always makes me feel better and more energetic and something I will try to focus on and share on here (so expect a lot of autumn/Halloween posts I guess😊)
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gaining a new interest/joining a new fandom is always kind of intimidating it feels like there’s so much you’ve missed out on by not enjoying this thing before so you’re like GRAHHHH got to catch up so I can have peak enjoyment like all the Enjoying This Thing experts around here! which is so silly bc if you enjoy a thing you’re already there but. yknow
#like when I got into hockey I was like studying all the rules and terms and players and team history and stuff#so I could be able to talk with other fans and understand everything#and like when I got into ml and owl house it was like ooh gotta binge watch all the eps#gotta see what the fandom vibes are and read the good kush fics and find a group of friends to brainrot with#and now w zelda it’s like#woof#there are so many games spanning decades!!! and I only have a switch so I can’t even play most of them lol#and the lore is fascinating but sometimes convoluted and confusing lol#bro the timeline. help#it’s just a lot of info and stuff to consume djdjdk#and im brainrotting so hard so part of me wants to find a loz discord server or soemthing l#but I feel like i would not be able to be on equal footing discussion wise bc I have only played a few of the games#it’s cool tho i have one irl friend who’s very excited abt me getting into her fav series haha#and I’m enjoying seeing people’s art and stuff#and making my little doodles#ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ <- me having a good little time being bad at gaming and obsessed with a tragic blond boy yet AGAIN#mine
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Hi I just wanna say thank you so much for your Tangled Hector art, you're the only one keeping the weird old sexy man flame alive in this fandom
!!! thank you sm, anon 🥺💖 this fandom is v small and quiet these days so your message is rly encouraging!!
i'd honestly thank @pennumbra - her hector art/takes rewired my brain and if it weren't for her i most likely would have migrated from this fandom years ago (hi ilu bb LMAO)
#i see an opportunity to stan my gf i tAKE IT 💘🐺#fr though if birb wasnt rbing and/or leaving such nice comments on my art i would not have stuck around !!#not even in an 🧮📊engagement📉📈 sort of way - just rly abt making connection/creating smthn others enjoy in an otherwise quiet space#im forever grateful to birb for that!! at the time i was sorta in-between fandoms and in a weird limbo#and making a near instant connection w/ her + realizing we're on the same wavelength#had me stay in the fandom LMAO so it makes me happy to see other people appreciating my art/hector too#this side char with like <10 speaking lines in a niche disney show means so much to me#so tldr ik i ended up rambling but have a lot of (positive) feelings abt this and ty!!!#interactions / msgs like this rly go a long way! esp when irl things are rough- at least art-wise i can feel hopeful/motivated 🖍👶#also go look at her art if u havent yet!!! 📣💖🐺🌙#so ty anon!!! 💖💖💖#xanreplies#pennumbra#((i love my gf and our 84 hector AUs lmao))#me always: is this a chance to ramble 🎙🎤🗣🗣🗣🎙🎤
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I so desperately want to be this big multi-fandom person but I've been hyperfixated on the same thing for two years (PJO) and before that was a five year long hyperfixation for a series I don't post or read about anymore cause it makes me feel icky. Also getting into new fandoms makes me nervous cause I don't know how the people in the fandom are gonna be and I won't know anything about it going in, and it's always a fandom that's been around for years and I feel weird about joining it so late. It can also just be incredibly overwhelming, I so desperately want to be a marvel fan but the sheer amount of media there is to consume just makes me panic.
#idk i made this post. i just feel guilty that i only ever post about one thing fandom wise.#also all my irl friends are apart of multiple fandoms but im still stuck on one and am way more obsessed than they are#i also maladaptive daydream due to childhood trauma and i did that with the 5 year long hyperfixation#i ended up not being able to tell the difference between fiction and reality and when i came out of that i had to be hospitalized#its a horrible feeling cause i could no longer enjoy the series even without the author being a shitty person#i am apart of multiple fandoms but i can only focus on one at a time and theres not a lot i am apart of#i love#the owl house#arcane#pjo#nimona#but i really only post or think about one of them. i cant bring myself to finish toh for some reason and im waiting for S2 of arcane#echo's silly little rants
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thing 2 about getting my friend into prsk is that it's just Fun to talk about it with my irl who is just as much of a huge fandom loser as me. like i started prsk with one of my best friends but she's not invested in the fandom side of things so we just talk about normal stuff. but now i got my best-friend-of-14-years-huge-fanfic-reader-also-certified-media-literate friend into prsk i have someone to bounce insane thoughts off of In Real Life.
#its funny actually because i gave them the specific instruction of “fandom sucks don't go there” and handed them a huge google doc#explaining literally everything about the game so they're already doing better story knowledge wise than prsktwt#there shall be no “honami's the leader? what about ichika” from my friend when it was the first thing i mentioned about honami in my doc#<- can't believe it's been almost a year and people still don't know that. was reminded of that today#mine#“dami why do you keep talking about your friend” all i do irl is talk about my friends okay. friendlover3000 but not in the ichika way
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Wdym u dont know who miya chinen is...you guys didnt have a 6 month long hyperfixation on sk8 the infinity in 2021?
#to me the sk8 tumblr era was so...it set in motion everything else that came after#irl and fandom wise#the irl one was so...if i think too much about it i get sick again. but haha funny silly skating anime:)
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15,503 words of bullet points for a mash-up of too many varieties of the same subject
Five books planned, two prequels two sequels, the original story is the least interesting part
Twenty-five half-planned chapters of vaguely-connected casefic oneshots
And I’ll never finish writing any of them.
#I need a beta reader#to make sure it’s all coherent (because it probably isn’t)#but I don’t trust anyone irl with my writing#and also they don’t have the necessary context (fandom-wise or fanfic-wise)#sigh.#monsterfucking#pspsps mutuals#how would I even share it tbh?? like what take screenshots? …probably#uhhh fic 1 is a grian focus minecraft fic where he’s p much god and no one else knows how minecraft mechanics work but they do work! ft lots#fic 2 is a pokémon fanfic focused on a dark mono trainer oc who wants to be a pokémon professor. the books altake place in different regions#fic 3 is a mha fanfic focused on detective Tsukauchi Naomasa because I love him and he deserves the whole world and he never catches a break#also I have an idea for a httyd fic where hiccup straight up just leaves when he was planning to in the first movie#astrid still catches him but he just ditches anyway because who needs a cool girl when you have an even cooler dragon literally Right There#also kinda thinking on a crossover fic between danny phantom & detroit become human. dunno how it’ll happen but that’s why I’m still thinkin#shitpost#fanfiction#fanfic#writing#[|87#hehe uwu *gets shot in the head cutely*
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✘ Any unpopular opinions about your muse?
♧ Any part of their canon portrayal you dislike?
☯ Is your muse liked or disliked by fandom? Does this affect your portrayal?
the mun's interpretation
— @yunalai
✘ Any unpopular opinions about your muse?
i sort of answered here and like i said i don't? really know what are the popular opinions about her but hm i guess that her heroic image shouldn't be taken at face value, that she isn't endlessly gentle and wouldn't put peace before her hatred for noxians, and what i'm yelling all the time about her being gentle and soft but also ruthless and violent because she is both.
♧ Any part of their canon portrayal you dislike?
also answered here! can't think of anything i dislike that was done with her other than sentinels of light event, but i do dislike some things aren't better developed, such as her stance on the vastaya and their conflict with other ionians. for someone so involved in everything ionia i think it's a huge oversight, even though i have my personal Thoughts and Opinions on how she feels about all that.
☯ Is your muse liked or disliked by fandom? Does this affect your portrayal?
to answer the second question first, no, the fandom's opinion doesn't affect my portrayal at all. part of that is that i simply don't keep up with it, i guess? i've stumbled on plenty of Takes online that dislike irelia's new lore/personality post rework, but i don't think she's widely hated or loved? there's plenty of people who like her too. but yeah i don't tend to keep up with it so it doesn't affect my portrayal at all.
even if i did, though, it likely wouldn't affect how i write her, only make me more critical of fandom takes or extra defensive and love her harder if people hated her because that's usually what happened when i wrote characters people had many Opinions about ksanfksajdnf
#» out of character — ⌜main sup irl.⌟#me in the warcraft rpc was either#'lor.themar theron isn't as perfect as y'all make him out to be i love him and he's a bitch'#or 'na.thanos blig.htcaller is mean and cruel and nasty and a simp for his wife and that makes him a good character and i love him'#so like! it just makes me more defensive of my takes i guess#asdnfasfsidhf#but i don't think irelia is in any extreme? most people seem indifferent to her lore wise#the takes are mostly 'she's so annoying to play against i hate her' or thirsting bc thighs so ksdjnfksjndf#i don't really know how to go about the questions related to the widespread opinion of the fandom bc i don't. really know what it is?#there's more about shipping than about her as a character#so 🤷#thanks for the asks tho prism mwah ily#» character study — ⌜both the tranquil sea and the tempest.⌟
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still reading stuff and it's putting into perspective how when times change advertising routes change. not everything is my cup of tea (tiktok/discord especially so) but i mean, the way i found gorillaz was from their 19-2000 game. surely that is oriented towards kids, even hewlett's own words from 2008 reflect that
so i keep this in mind while catching up
#my 2 cents: i am not a fan of the social media stuff At all but i dont need to like every aspect abt the band & writing thankfully#since thats kind of the point... eclectic. even if theyre collecting stuff idc about like tiktok. (music wise im way more generous)#younger generations are on that app and they find the band from there and its similar to how kids a decade ago found them via games & etc#one thing i do wish theyd hold is russel saying to not patronize the younger generations but thats more on like#irl circumstances like war and health. rather than oh grandpa's dancing on the tick tocks again#sry i sound so old i literally am not THAT old but maybe i am comparitively since i think the fandom skews younger currently#and im also a casual fan. hence only reading story bits literally a decade late#anyway could you imagine them doing vines#text
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#I hate when I see myself in characters I dislike o(-(#it’s probably some meta about me hating myself that’s why I hate those characters#but like#being aware of that doesn’t stop me from hating these characters tho!#like I hate this one characters design voice personality backstory everything about this dude honestly#he just shares one trait I deeply dislike about myself too#if he magically loses it one day I’m still gonna be a haterrrrr#negativity#this is about a random gacha game I’m playing#and gacha is about cast so I’ll give it two more patches til I never see his face again#ever growing cast I mean#no I gotta mald#rant#this character has interesting things going for him backstory wise but the fact they decided to design him that way?#to have weird choices design wise and performance wise#for a backstory like that? borrowing from an irl culture that he absolutely looks nothing like?#I wish it was plain dislike but there are just too many elements of his character that weren’t fully thought through#and it fucking sucks execution-wise and it led to an annoying subsection of fandom that love him uncritically#this is absolutely a me problem because my critical brain cannot turn off even for a brain dead gacha#my hater brain has muted every mention of this character#but I just cannot bring myself to unfollow my friends who do like him#I am muting like every account that they retweet into my feed with him untagged tho#it sucks that twitter’s algorithm is ass because I still get shown posts about him when I’ve done everything on my end to avoid him
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Depending the timeline, degree of closeness & knowing how he goes re-assure Pamela & Judd in the caves while showing confusion & not knowing that he's feeling empathy, has his first line in TKAA being about how Elena feels & catering to her need ( while standing around despite his leg pain before going back to sit in his wheelchair) & how he gets angry at Evan for not looking strong & confident in front of Kyrie ( which is I think is a mix of toxic masculinity/projection)
One of Rufus main problem is how his suppressed empathy is also linked to the way he walks to the beat of his own drums & how insensitive he can be in gen. He doesn't pay attention how Tseng feels when he talks about Aerith in 7R & TKAA, he almost get killed in CoS by one of Kylegate's men as he made him feel belittled. However you also see a caring & more respectful side slowly him resurging too when he start to get attached or when the problem is put in front of him or someone is willing to stand up to him.
So with someone like Elena, who doesn't have a filter & is rather strong-willed & vocal about how she feels or the situation they end up?
I guess he would panic a bit while trying to act confident but fumble a bit due to years of isolation, problem solving side & how he usually tend to behave in a rather buisness like manner. But that's also what he might need to grow. Sometime people need to be sad for the sake to feel better & you can only just be there for them while they go thru that. I also imagine the goofiness resulting of his first awkward attempts to be there for her.
Heck I can even see him admiring her for it because yo, you let yourself show that vulnerable side of you without fear to be belittled for it or yelled at for it & you just bounce back from it?It would also mean a lot to Elena too, knowing how her own emotionnally neglectful family tend to behave toward her for any flaws she might show.
Added to that Rufus was never shown rejecting his own emotions or those of people around him too & a part of him seemingly knows people have to be comforted. It would be fun to see him putting in the work to learn to be & how to be emotionnally avalaible on a personnal level.
I'm using Elena for this example because it seems most fitting but how does Rufus deal with a woman who suddenly starts crying? Like, Elena seems like the type who just goes and goes and pushes herself until she's so tired she bursts out crying. But is completely fine five minutes later and ready to kick ass again (learning ur limits comes with age, its ok).
Does he panic? Leave? Get disgusted and demand she stop?
#sorry for being wordy there#but one of my fav bits abt ff7 is that feeling that characters never stop growing as ppl while also still encountering road blocks#or phase where their developpment stumble#which feels pretty real when you struggle irl in particular mental health wise#& rufus is one of those characters now#like yeah there's the fun aspect of the question but then you wonder if it would also give him room for growth & end up examining all#his interactions in the compilation & how they made sure to dial down a bit the prissy disgusted by emotions image that fandom has of hi lo#& tbh pretty sure they also removed how much of an intentionnal asshole he can be with the board for a reason#if he can be nice for a woman he barely knows while knowing he may end up sick because of her#he will try to be for Elena#fun fact: rufus has never shown disgust about the idea of ppl having emotions or his owns. He's just struggle at identifying them#& he knows that he has to be there for the women in their lives during moments of distress about hence why he kicks Evan in TKAA
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hi dad,
ok i know ur not -really- my dad lmao just let me cope. i lost mine, so you're stuck with that title now. anyway. i just felt like telling you how great things seem to be going for me rn (fuck i hope i don't curse it). i've been a fan for a long ass time, but i got into the GO fandom only last year, and in just a few months i feel like i've gotten so much better, both mental health wise and creatively. i'm a neat little bundle of depression, anxiety, autiADHD, BPD, and cPTSD. isn't that lovely haha. but hey, i'm also a writer. a poet. an artist. and a helluva burned out musician. BUT. ever since i've been hanging out here, i've been writing SO much more, i've been doing fanfics, and so many cool poems, and improving my writing skills so much. i started drawing again after like 2 years of not touching a goddamn pencil, and i just bought some paint and a canvas bc i wanna get back into painting again like i used to when i was younger. and also through reading other GO fics, i've felt inspired to play piano again, which was a great deal to me a few years back. and it's awesome to feel that spark again.
Good Omens has meant a lot to me since i first read it around 2015. but now more than ever because there's a whole community i can share stuff about it with and it feels great. i recently lost a close group of friends, one of my best friends to suicide, and well. my irl dad. and i've been feeling hella lonely for a long time. but i feel like i've been gaining that sense of community again through good omens. and i can't tell you enough how much it means to me. so, idk. i guess i wanted to say thanks for that. and also for being so supportive of trans/queer people. it means the world to me. so. thanks dad. ily
I'm just glad I'm helping.
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"Poison Counterpoison" part 1/3 For marichatmay2023 : Multimouse Next . . . Sooo yeah, a miraculous post. To be honest, when the prompts for Marichat May came out I was excited to get to work because they were pretty interesting. My fav bunch out of all marichat mays. However, irl issues came up and I had to take a forceful break I'm still partially into... and I also realised fandom wise that I have zero motivation to draw Miraculous at the moment.
This comic is kind of a proof to it, being on hold since last year, when season 4 was airing and my dissatisfactions with the series grew at very high levels. I used my own fanwork for aus to try keeping motivated and engaged, but the series is making me so tired and angry at how they are handling things, that I can't have fun anymore even while making my own stuff for it. Especially for the topics I addressed in the comic. Multimouse never brought up, communication issues subplots messed up in the worst ways, almost zero growth, moralism all over the place... And after being accidentally spoilered with leaks on twitter about the finale... I can't really find any motivation with how messed up I think it is. This is inspired on a fic I posted on ao3 "blame the rain". While the ending of that fic is much more sadder than the one for this comic and the characters here were changed a bit to be made more... Regretful and make the drifting off more realistic, the feeling is quite similar. . . Right now, only the movie is something I look forward and while I plan to finish my aus and headcanons in future, it won't be anytime soon. In this moment, I wish to give my time to things that makes me genuinely happy and have fun. However, I thank everyone for your support with my content and anyone who is genuinely interested in my Aus.❤️ . . .
#mlb season 4#multimouse#marichat#multichat#chat noir x marinette#marinette dupain cheng#chat noir#miraculous fanart#miraculous ladybug#mlb fanart
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31 asks! Thank you! :}} ☯️
Now I'm gonna be totally honest, I DO have a favorite twin and its Ingo <XDD But I also fully understand and support your point!
What makes Ingo and Emmet so fun and interesting to me is their bond! How they mirror each other, how they interact, their strength as a team! Sure separating them for the angst is great an all- but truly showing them together and more importantly as equals is where the good stuffs at!
This is also why I usually try to wrap up their separation arcs in my AUs, and also don't really enjoy reading any Legends Arceus content.. seeing Ingo alone is not only heartbreaking,, but its also just not as fin. Ingo and Emmet are stronger together :)
@sallychaosaura (In response to this post)
Miiiight be a bit too late for that <XDD
@orangesideirrational
Thank you! :D I'm glad :))
Sorry, no can do! <:( Also thank you! :))
(Post in question)
(It was very intentional! :}) He's stressed. 😔
Ugh.. well, thanks for letting me know.. and at least the commenters know I don't consent to reposts..
😔
@thatweirdocryptid
TORPEDO??
@soulful-rodent (Post in question)
Well in-game we was traded to a friend and back so he'd evolve..
Buuuut lore wise, without a trainer..? <:D No idea-
Probably somewhere around 100 <XD
@xtra-collab
Absolutely terrifying! Next question XD
@lost-brain-privileges
No, no, aaaaand poorly, XD I'm doing fiiiiine won't worry! :)
@beeboboingo
AAATHANK YTOU SOMNUCH!!!! :DDDDDDD
I can imagine when he first gained the ability to hide in peoples shadows, he probably gave many people quite a scare without meaning to <XDDD
@cat7890
Thank you! :DD And Their stories are kind'a vague when I take out my trainer..
I'm thinking that somehow, Midori met Gloria in their first evolutions and became friends. Then they found Grim..
later on Midori found Anastasia after she had run away from a battle. She tried to hide but her shiny gold color made that impossible.. Midori took her to Gloria and they took care of her.
Afterwards they met Sylvester..
Beyond that, I don't have any details in mind.. 😅 Sorry!
Typically I prefer horror games/movies, but ONLY when they're being played by or watched by someone else in a YouTube video XDD
Some of those YouTubers being Elvis The Alien and Markiplier! :}}}
@fragmented-ghost (Pokémon Violet team master post)
AAAA I'm so glad you like them! :DD I plan to draw them more at some point, but atm I kind'a got sucked back into the Violet grind XDD I'm just about to beat the main game! :0000
@justanintrovertedweirdo
I have! :DD I like it quite a lot an have drawn some things for it here and there! Though I never got around to completing the game..
Someday I'd like to go back and beat the game. I can imagine I'd jump right into the fandom afterwards if I did XDD
XD Probably!
I don't remember talking about that.. if you had a link to the original post maybe I could remember with context..? <:0
@tallchest13-blog (Post in question)
XDDD I'm glad you like them! :))
XDD All of those titles made me laugh! And I see your point, but I have a few counter points to this ask..
For 1, to keep with the theme, I would want to/have to make this cape IRL in order to add it to my sona. Now if the last 4 quilts have shown me anything? Its that I'm not super great at making quilts <XDD
If it was that challenging to make it on a smaller scale? I cant imagine how much trouble I'd have trying to make a full size one! <XDD Plus buying the materials... having to physically get up, go buy the stuff I need and make it. With these health issues I've been battling, that's not something I wanna do atm.. 😅Not to mention with how hot its been lately, I don't think I need a quilt anyways-
And then lastly- I'd have to draw myself with it every time! I like my sona being a simplistic blob that has minimal colors and not much of a model to keep too. I worry a quilt might take that away.. :(((
XDD I'm glad I'm not the only one who sees the potential! :))
I have a few times here an there. Just to hang out with some friends :)
I mean, I don't know the history between you two... But my advice is to leave them be. If they ghosted you, they probably want space..
@iloveseriess
I altered the story of Welcome Home to make my version of Sally a teenager. So I was thinking she could be bluish-white to look like a young star..? But looking back I don't like the blue.. For story purposes she might stay a teen, but I think I'll keep her yellow <XDD
@anikakitty11
Yoo! :DD She's so colorful! And that black shadowy arm is so spooky.. Does she have a story? 👀👀
(Pixel art tutorial in question)
I'm glad it helped! Happy pixeling!! :}} 👋👋
@minnesotamedic186
XD Don't worry its fiiiiiine!
I've wanted to draw evil Grim and Sylvester again in general, but I don't really have any ideas for them yet.. 😅
#my response#pokemon legends arceus#ingo and emmet#submas#gengar#pokemon scarlet and violet#welcome home
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What is the Default Toa Form?
So, theory time.
It's a common fandom headcanon that the natural state of all Toa is the Toa Metru build. The reasons for this are varied (but if I'm honest seem mostly rooted in the fandom's love affair with the build that came to an end during the TTV Hagah Contest rather than any actual lore), but I personally disagree with this.
So I'm going to run through the various Toa builds in roughly chronological order (with one exception) and determine whether I think they're likely to be the true default form of a Toa.
1) Helryx
Well, right away, here's one that probably isn't.
Helryx is the oldest build lore-wise, newest IRL. She's also kind of a "Meta Build", aiming to look like a forerunner to the Toa Mata build we'll discuss shortly, not by directly evoking the way the Mata were styled (I would argue that a lot of the Mata's identifying hallmarks aren't present in her), but by being primarily composed of parts from 2001 and earlier.
However... this isn't what Helryx always looked like. Nor is the art that actually represents the canonised design.
The intent of the contest was to create Helryx as she appears in the present, after thousands of years of wear, tear and repair. In the text, she's referred to as disturbingly frail and alien-looking compared to what Takanuva expects a Toa to look like.
Even if she once looked like a default Toa, she doesn't now.
Orde, the only other known prototype Toa, never received a canon design (for what it's worth, I won't be putting a lot of weight on the DuckBricks Fanon Contest designs, since they're, well, fanon. So Bukkey's Orde won't be factored in here, besides me noting that he has a more Mata-esque body than Helryx does).
However, another popular headcanon is that Krakua represents another example of this generation of Toa, as Helryx would've been the basis for Krakua's transformation.
Perhaps this is what Helryx would've lookedd like when she was healthy and built?
Well, as much as I like that headcanon, and will continue to use it in fanon, probably not. Based on the evidence we have of Toa transformations, both in-story through Takanuva and the Toa Metru, the transformation is pretty much 1-to-1 with current forms. The Metru all get Lhikan's build exactly, except for specifically their height. Likewise, Takanuva's build is identical to Gali Nuva's, despite him not being a Toa Nuva. He didn't resemble base Gali, he resembled her current form.
If Krakua was transformed in Helryx's image, he'd likely be just as small, spindly, and hunched-over as she is.
For now, Krakua remains a weird outlier.
2) Mata
While not as common a choice as the Toa Metru build, the Mata build has also been suggested a few times as "Base Toa," largely because it's the original. It's relatively simple, and depicting any given Toa as a Mata build is easy enough and looks good.
(I honestly prefer it over the Metru build. It's easier to put proper hips, knees and elbows on a Mata than it is to un-fuck a Metru's shoulders and neck)
However, the Toa Mata are actually pretty much unique entities within the Matoran Universe, unlike any Toa before or after them. They are the only Toa who aren't transformed from Matoran or built by the Great Beings, instead being created by Artakha.
As a result of that unique method of creation, it's entirely reasonable to suggest that the Toa Mata look different to every other Toa in the world besides Takanuva, who was transformed in their image. They're the only canonical Toa whose bodies directly resemble the Great Spirit Robot itself, use these specific colour schemes, and have its specific design language in their construction.
3) Hagah/Mangai/Metru
By far the most popular contender for this title, but one I don't personally agree with.
We don't know whether the Toa Hagah were built or transformed, but we know they were assembled from across the Matoran universe and given new armour upon recruitment into Teridax's team, and we have no idea what they looked like before they were given this armour, beyond Bomonga presumably already having his huge limbs. Additionally, the Metru were all transformed based on Lhikan, so it's him I'll be focusing on mostly.
Lhikan was transformed and was trained at a Toa Fortress around 6000 years ago. We don't know what the other Mangai looked like (though they're popularly headcanoned as being Metru too, no canon look for them was ever settled).
However, my stance is that this design is not the default (Lhikan would've been transformed in someone's image), but rather a cultural one, a sort of 'uniform' armour style adopted by Toa during the height of their power, when the Toa Fortresses were active and Toa were commonly trained by other Toa. The image of a Toa would've become a consistent thing, and caused almost all transformed Toa to adopt it for a time, making it almost a new default, but not the original, until the Toa genocide and the subspecies becoming largely extinct caused things to diverge again.
This is, to be specific, not a counter-theory I'm proposing to the "Default Metru" theory in and of itself, but rather a part of a wider theory, explaining the commonality of the Metru build when I think that the last spot on our list is the real default.
And that leaves us with only one option.
4) Inika/Mahri/Cordak/Nuva 2.0/Glatorian
So yes, I think this is the default Toa build.
That might strike you as weird, considering that the Inika are only transformed at the beginning of the Ignition Arc, right before the end of the story in terms of the MU's timescale, and the Nuva adopt this design even later.
But let's consider a few points, shall we?
First off, the Toa Inika are the first and only Toa team we see who are transformed into their Toa forms, and do not have their appearance influenced by previous Toa. And while there's some weirdness with their heads and powers, their bodies seem pretty normal, and remain as such after their Inika weirdness is removed by the Ignika.
Secondly, we know the Great Beings made the Matoran based on the Agori, and the Toa based on the Glatorian. The first Matoran, the default form of a Matoran as it were, are the Av-Matoran, who use the same build as the Agori exactly. Should it not stand to reason that a default Toa uses the same build as the Glatorian?
Additionally, like the Glatorian, the Inika build and its derivatives have by far the most variation from individual to individual. True, we've never seen a Toa as weird as Strakk, but that doesn't mean that none existed.
Thirdly, there's one more character we haven't discussed thus far.
And this, then, is my smoking gun.
Lesovikk was a member of the first Toa Team, and one would assume based on that information that he's a purpose-built Toa. Well, he isn't. He's transformed. Given how rushed the Great Beings were at the end of the GSR project, I wager they found it easier to make a small number of Toa and then have them immediately transfer power to Matoran than it was to make thousands of Toa from the off.
Lesovikk may well be the first Toa transformed, and if he was, then his transformation would either be free of influence from anyone, or in the direct image of whomever transformed him, who could only be a default, purpose-built Toa.
"But wait!" I hear some of you typing already. "Lesovikk is a mutant, we have no idea what his true form looks like!"
Or do we?
Let's look at another character who was affected by Pit Mutagen in 2007, shall we?
This is Defilak, a Matoran of Mahri Nui. Like all the residents of Mahri Nui, he once lived on the Southern Continent, and later Voya Nui, after an ill-fated trip to Karzahni.
He used to be a weird little gremlin Matoran like his brethren from 2006, and transformed into the form above after being immersed in Pit Mutagen.
But here's the twist: Rather than simply mutating them directly from their twisted post-rebuild forms, the Mutagen actually reverted the Matoran of Mahri Nui to their original forms first, and only then started to mutate them.
This is Defilak's default form. This is what he always looked like, just with added weapons.
With that in mind, I think it's safe to say that Lesovikk is likely in the same boat: Reverted to his original form before the mutations started.
With the exception of the tube-like gill, I think it's more than probable that Lesovikk is mostly-normal still, and as such, is a very early Toa with a Mahri build.
With that in mind, I conclude that the default design for a Toa is a 2006-2009 build, with Helryx being the product of damage and repair, the Metru/Mangai/Hagah being a cultural design, the Mata being Artakha designs, and Krakua being a weird outlier.
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Hi, uh, I'm Noa. Nice to meet you. I'm new in here and my cabinmates said to do this??
(ooc: this is basically a me camp half-blood version to interact with other rp blogs and the fandom beyond my other rp blog @flipflops-n-bones whose character is a toddler as of now.)
I'm 15, usually - when my brain glitches or when I want, it can be anywhere from toddler to teen (ooc: IRL I'm a young adult as far as ID goes!).
I'm nonbinary, aro-ace or something? Generally some kind of confused queer. I use they/them or she/her as pronouns, default is they.
Uhm. I look like the little picture I put - on the smaller side, dark curls, blue eyes, headphones and hoodie.
I like: stories, books, music, stars, rainbows, owls, cats, hugs, hot chocolate, helping people understand things, windy days at the lake... in general I'm more of a quiet and cozy person, but with my friends I can be quite silly!
I don't like: loud noises, spiders, darkness, pain, social issues, thunderstorms and crowds.
I read a lot, and listen to music, and I like doing crafts like crochet, sewing, embroidery... Also I got some experience with medical stuff if you need any volunteers.
As far as weapons go I'm okay, I think? Learning Archery, and before coming here I was already learning some Karate and Kobudo (basically quarterstaff work) which is really fun!
My Godly Parent is Athena. At least an owl appeared over my head when I came here (before I passed out)... So I guess I'm good with thinking and concepts and like noticing stuff, and "putting the pieces together". At least when my brain cooperates.
Update: I can change into an owl and fly!! And with practice I'll be able to change just body parts into their owl versions (hearing, vision, claws, even beak i guess? - not wings though that's not how physics works). Athenas symbol or something.
And my age and bodily appearance can change based on mood / unconsciously or when I want it to, from like small child to teenager. We're not really sure why. If I find out, I'll tell you.
And since I got adopted by Jack I can change into a cat too!!
My mortal family... um. No. No thank you. No. I'll be here year-round, please. I miss my little siblings, but... let's say there's reasons I left.
I'm dealing with some issues body and brain wise - autism, disability, silly brain - but it's usually not too much of a problem. Like, i get dizzy and walking hurts so I'll sometimes use mobility aids like a cane, crutches or a wheelchair. And I'm confused sometimes and have a really bad memory, or talk weirdly, but yea. Just some chaos all around.
Uh. Oh yea. Please don't be weird or mean, this is for fun.
People I know:
Jack @demigod-jack-hearth My adoptive mum, Daughter of Hestia, Champion of a whole bunch of gods, gives great hugs and cookies!
Nico @nico-sees-dead-people Son of Hades, needs some sleep
Will @dr-flipflops Head Medic, Nicos Boyfriend, Son of Apollo, also needs some sleep
Aria @flipflops-n-bones their kid, reminds me of my brother, Daughter of Demeter?, (my other rp blog)
Crescent - @the-eclipse-is-in-me Nicos sister, Daughter of Hades
Quinn - @quinn-is-victory Crescents partner, Child of Nike
Annabeth - @not-annabeth head counselor of my cabin and i guess half sibling?, Daughter of Athena
Percy - @seewead-brian Annabeths Boyfriend, Son of Poseidon
Grover - @proud-tree-hugger a Satyr. also something with Pan?
Bianca - @the-one-who-returned Nicos Sister who died, Daughter of Hades (link broken?)
Thalia - @thalia-grace1248 was a tree?, now a Hunter, Daughter of Zeus
Kayla - @sun-girl-offical Wills sister, archery instructor, Daughter of Apollo
Hazel - @the-gem-girl-from-the-argoii a roman demigod and Nicos halfsister, Daughter of Hades Pluto
Jason - @demi-gods-blonde-superman a roman demigod, Son of Zeus Jupiter
Piper - @theghostsaredancing Daughter of Aphrodite
Frank - @zankfrang23 a roman demigod, Son of Ares Mars, can shapeshift into Animals
Leo and Harley - @mrmcshizzleandh-meister Sons of Hephaestus
Selena - @hexpect-the-worst Daughter of Hekate
Reyna - @praetorofthebestlegion Daughter of Bellona, now a Hunter
Rachel - @rackel-mackerel-dare Mortal, Oracle
Silena - @silena-beauregard-xxx , Daughter of Aphrodite
Connor - @connorstollslays (link broken?), Son of Hermes
Calypso - @calypsoontheisland former immortal
Magnus - @dont-call-me-beantown Annabeths Cousin, Norse, Son of Frey, Healer
Alex - @alexf1erroo Magnus' Partner
Cleo - @cleoreadsbooks from Egypt
Apollo - @no-longer-lester Apollo. God of Poetry, Music, Healing, ...
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