#tenosit

[outofgloom]

If I can ask, what size adjectives can exist in Matoric? We have nui and kofo, but even going with superlative formations, uinui/nuinui and fokofo/kofokofo is not particularly diverse. Can there be other modifications of them, or size adjectives derrived from different roots? btw this question is caused by the small scorpion Rahi in Quest for the Toa and Legend of Mata Nui.

There are some other words that can be used as size-adjectives, yes, although they don't figure in published material as much yet (stayed tuned):

One is maka, which means something very similar to nui "great, big" but my impression is that, when used to represent size, it would imply something more extreme ("huge, gigantic").

The inverse: sa or san "narrow, precise, targeted", which evokes a concept of a single point, dot, pip, iota, etc. and can be used to refer to something very small, as well as something very thin or narrow.

Others:

wa "wide, broad, ranging, widely applicable", implies size in the sense of extent or scope, filling up, touching, or affecting a lot of things.

ahli or ali "wide, broad" has connotations of open land or open water, breadth or girth but not height.

nuihu or nuyu "tall, great in height"

koahu or koau "short, small in height"

The typical reduplications can be applied to all of these (maka -> amaka -> mamaka, sa -> asa -> sasa, etc.).

[wjbs-bonkle-au]

Continuing the "weird early/obscure characters as Toa" thing with early off-model Kapura and Tamaru (and some random Po-Matoran I guess), suggested by @tenosit.

(A live-updating list of stuff I use can be found here, feel free to suggest anything not on that list via my askbox.)

[greencheekconure27]

I do not know this man, but I support his words! -"russian-aesthetic (answer) @tenosit hide behind lies, foolishness, irony as much as you want - nothing will help"

Why in anon, anon? You want to stand up for your beliefs? You want to support a criminal and genocidal war?Then use your name, and we'll talk.

Until then,

With all DUE respect,

A person who isn't interested in debating with cowardly fools.

PS. : I presume anon is referring to this:

All I can say is that russian-aesthetic here must be talking about themselves here, they just made some grammatical errors.

[leidensygdom]

@tenosit Okay, here it is! It's a bit outdated now but most holds true

The Watchers

So, the watchers! They’re definitely the one homebrew thing I post more often. It’s going to be a bit hard to fully explain them, as they’re big spoiler zone to my players, as they’re pretty much the main enemy and mystery in my game, but I’ll do my best!

Watchers are essentially crystal-based undead creatures. How they came to be isn’t exactly clear, as they keep the process to become one as secret as possible. But being a watcher comes with few advantages: You of course do not age, so as long as you have a magic source to feed on you can live indefinitely. 

Watchers aren’t bound to a physical form either: Their crystal bodies can be shaped from any crystal (which are incredibly common in Remyra) and can be broken without really killing them at all. They can travel between crystals as long as there is enough proximity, and most of them do not even bother with a physical body unless they want to interact with the world. Their name comes from their observant nature: For the most part, you will notice their presence by the vague eye-shapes that crystals around you seem to form whenever they are looking at you.

The one way to kill them is through the destruction of their Seed. It acts as a phylactery of sorts, and it’s located in the middle of their Chorus:

The Chorus (I finally decided on the name after yesterday’s poll, thank you!) is this crystal structure. Basically, an anthropomorphic representation -made out of crystal- lies at the center, while huge crystal spikes point outward from it. Corpses are kept within some spikes as a feeding source, which they’ll slowly consume to feed themselves.

The Seed itself is still a mystery to my players, but so far they have found a few which they managed to destroy. They’re small pieces of crystal, usually somewhat intricate, which contain the soul of the watcher. Upon their destruction, they are vanished. They have found one seed so far which acts in a different manner: Vest’s seed cannot be destroyed by usual means, as it can regenerate from any crack and even change it’s shape when needed.

Vest’s Seed is the center piece in this rapier. So far, he’s one of the very few friendly watchers they’ve met, and acts as a patron to the roguelock in my game. This seed also has another property to it, which keeps Vest imprisoned within it and makes it impossible for him to actually form a body of any kind. They’re still figuring out why or how!

(This is Vest! Hello, Vest!) Watchers come in very much any shape. They aren’t limited by functional bodies, as the only essential part to their being is their soul, so their shapes can often become very monstruous and bizarre. They can change it on a whim too, to better suit their mood or likes. All watchers can make their bodies float, so very few of them actually adopt legs of any kind. One of the few common traits is that most of them have a sort of ghostly tail ongoing, but it isn’t really a requeriment. There are kinda two types of watchers (I can’t explain yet what are their differences), but one of them usually sticks to looks close to what they looked in life, and make much more sense. It’s the case for Vest, who remains fairly humanoid, keeps his face and features, although he does have an overabundance of unfunctional wings.

Most of the watchers my players have encountered, however, look pretty monstruous and do not have recognizable faces. This lady here was known as The Crafter, and she was incapable of coherent speech.

Their coloration is often based on real world rocks but it usually has no purpose other than aesthetics, and some don’t even stick to the crystal deal. Vest is based on aqua quartz, The Crafter is based on Black Opal, the fiery lady from up above is actually based on magma rocks and there’s even Solaralith, this lady down here, who is based on marble and gold.

Overall, this is a good summary of what watchers are. I can’t get in much detail with some parts due to spoilers for my players, but I hope this summed them up well! Feel free to ask about anything, and I hope you enjoyed the read!

[herora-nuva]

Thank you to @kanohivolitakk @noddytheornithopod @wjbs-bonkle-au @demitsorou @killy @0m3g45n1p3r4lph4 @tiredspacedragon @zesk @tenosit @crystaltoa @ghost-mantis @bioniscribbles @nicholas-anderson

For all the discussion surrounding this topic, it was hugely inspiring!

The Three Virtues Video is up!

NEW video up on my channel! Done at last is my full breakdown and analysis of The Three Virtues of Bionicle!

Here I discuss not only what they mean, but also how they are used narratively and what they say about the Bionicle world! This is my longest video to date, so feel free to watch in segments. I genuinely had no idea there would be this much to talk about when I started this, but lowkey the Virtues are some of the most thematically rich elements of Bionicle, and how they shape the world and the character's arcs is astounding!

And thank you to everyone who responded to this post! The discussion there was fantastic, and I would love to continue the convo here on tumblr and on youtube

[nattarthetimedragon]

Nice! My Toa is Nazza with gold-blue Faxon. Most common color is as gunmetal (if you count the Ignika) and Silver tied with the line you @tenosit you missed Nuju his mask is in there, gams not over yet his mask is hard to find

Ignika Toa of death (he/him).As he dived into Codrex, Ignika realized it was too late. The mask was already turning black. He Knew his purpose was the end of life in the universe, but with his new found emotions he managed to hold back the blast of energy that would end all life. The drive to end life was too strong he could not fight that programming. So with sorrow he twisted his form, in hopes that people would see the monster he became, to give them a chance to stop him, but none could. All were ended with his executioner axe. Hope you like my Halloween MOC, have a fun spooky season!!!!