SPIRIT

Draw a picture using words. Then make a MOC out of it. 3 birds, one stone.

Well, I can't draw and I certainly can't build. But I can press buttons on a keyboard machine and make letter words English themselves.

Back in my day, we called them Rhotuka!

Did you ever hear the tragedy of King Sidorak the Wise? I thought not. It's not a story the Toa would tell you. It's a Brotherhood legend. Sidorak was a King of the Visorak Horde, so powerful and so wise he could use his Herding Blade to influence the Visorak to steal life... He had such a knowledge of the Visorak that he could even keep the ones he cared about from Keetongu... The Brotherhood of Makuta is a pathway to many abilities some consider to be unnatural... He became so powerful... the only thing he was afraid of was losing his power, which eventually, of course, he did. Unfortunately, he taught his queen everything he knew, then his queen killed him with Keetongu. Ironic, he could save others from Keetongu, but not himself.

While secretly living on a giant face.

When life gives you skin tags, don’t get anxious. Make life take the skin tags back! Get mad! I don’t want your dang skin tags, what the heck am I supposed to do with these? Demand to see life’s manager! Make life rue the day it thought it could give Pahrak skin tags! Do you know who I am? I’m the man who’s gonna burn your house down! With the skin tags! I’m gonna get my dermatologist to make a combustible skin tag that burns your house down!

I predict this movie will make a lot of money, but receive poor reviews. Then next year we'll get something similar. The cycle will continue until the world is cleansed by the next Carrington Event. Look it up. It's gonna be great.

Edit: I had a joke with emoji that actually doesn't display here. So uh, feel free to delete this or whatever.

Do all Matoran have a destiny that allows them to be Toa? I thought Greg's stance was that only some Matoran did. If you look at Dark Mirror, Takanuva tries to turn alternate universe Takua into a Toa using the Avohkii, but it doesn't work. The conclusion is that he has a different destiny in that universe. So even if you expose a Matoran to Toa Power, they can't become a Toa unless it's their destiny.

Why don't you make it so that they have to get a Kanohi Rau? Won't someone think of the useless Kanohi Rau?

Chapter 6- Episode 2: Trials of the Toa (Part 1) Onua: All rise! The Court of Okoto is now in session, the Honourable Judge Ekimu presiding. Director: Uh... not that kind of trial. Ekimu: But I have the hammer and everything! (In the City of the Mask Makers, Tahu flies through the sky with Ikir on his back.) Tahu: Yeah! Whoo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo! (He swoops past an Earth Okotan, causing them to drop something.) Earth Okotan: Hey! Tahu flying? What kind of second rate Bionicle revival is this anyway?! Tahu: 2008! Look it up, loser! (Ekimu and the Toa watch Tahu's antics.) Ekimu: Now that you have made peace with your Elemental Creatures, you will be surprised by the power you command when you are unified. Onua: Yeah, I was surprised. And not in the good way! Ekimu: What? Why? Onua: Look, pal. I know this new Bionicle is a bit light on lore, but this Unity stuff makes no sense. So I'm on Bionicle.com, and it says that the different Creatures grant different powers -- but the powers make no sense! Nikila: Wow, powers that make no sense, eh? Must be awful. Onua: So Uxar and Ketar both give the user speed! Ekimu: Aha, yes. Well you see one is attacking speed and the other is flying speed. Onua: Okay, then why do Melum and Ikir both give courage? Director: Ah, yes. Well you see one is SHUT UP and the other is STOP POINTING OUT THESE STUPID THINGS! Onua: (Tahu continues to fly with Ikir, which also isn't mentioned in the Bionicle.com bios!) Gali: Tahu's sure enjoying it. Ekimu: A bit too much, I think. You have important things to do. Onua: May I? Ekimu: Please. (Onua and Terak unite, allowing them to raise a pillar of earth into Tahu's flight path.) Tahu: Oh no! A very avoidable pillar of earth! I'm going to spend 5 whole seconds crashing into it! (The pillar splits in half and Tahu drops to the ground.) Tahu: Okay, I get it. Enough fooling around. And maybe next time HOW ABOUT YOU TRY ASKING ME AT LEAST ONCE BEFORE TRYING TO MURDER ME! Onua: Well... (Flashback to 2000...) Tahu: Onua? Pohatu? What are you guys doing drinking milk? Don't you know that stuff is a scam? And what's with that great posture? Everyone knows your back grows better if you're constantly slouching. Onua: Wow, Tahu! Thanks for the advice! Tahu: Well, see you next year when Bionicle starts. (Flash to the present.) Onua: Tahu: Yeesh, what's with Quasimodo? (The Toa, the Creatures, and Ekimu walk through the city.) Ekimu: While my brother Makuta sleeps, his power grows. Kopaka: What power's that? Snoring? Director: Actually, Makuta has this wonderful power when he sleeps called SHUTTING UP. Kopaka: Ekimu: He once wore the Mask of Control, and he will stop at nothing to find it. Gali: So what exactly does the Mask of Control do anyway? Ekimu: Well, when combined with the Masks of Alt and Delete, it can... uh... Look, I don't know. The writers don't seem to have thought that far ahead. Kopaka: Do we know where it is? Ekimu: You said you had visions of a labyrinth. Kopaka: Yeah, that wasn't a good movie. Ekimu: You haven't even seen it, have you? Kopaka: No. Ekimu: The Creatures must know its location. Gali: Why not just leave the mask in the maze? Seems like it would save us a whole episode world of unnecessary hassle. Ekimu: Makuta's spirit is far stronger than I imagined. You've got to find the mask and bring it to me. Then, I will destroy it. Gali: So wait, does it work like the One Ring? You didn't really answer my question there. How hard is it to explain what the magic mask does?! Nikila: Oh, you'd be surprised... (The Creatures make their way out of the city.) Onua: I think that's our signal. Tahu: We'll find the mask. Ekimu: You must. Tahu: And sell it. Ekimu: You must not. Tahu: Oh come on, it's got to be worth at least five bucks on eBay! Ekimu: If you wait a few years, it could be worth more. Tahu: Ooh, good thinking! (Umarak watches them from above, next to Makuta's shadows.) Makuta: You know what you must do. Umarak: Of course, but uh... maybe you'd better explain it again in case anyone else forgot. Makuta: We're the only ones here. Umarak: Uhhh... the Toa will lead me to the mask? Was that it? Makuta: If the mask is to be yours, you must control a creature of the elements. Umarak: Then I will take one from the Toa! Makuta: I was going to suggest going to the Elemental Creature Pet Store, but okay, we can do it your way. Umarak: Wait, what was that about a -- Makuta: Do not underestimate their power, Umarak! You are cunning, but they are strong. Umarak: Then I will challenge them and find the weakest link. And then I will say goodbye to the weakest link, like in that TV show from the early 2000s. Makuta: Do what you will, but do not fail. Nidhiki: As is our duty, we shall not fail. Umarak: Get out of here! Stop reminding people that I'm basically just a ripoff of you! (The Toa reach the edge of a cliff, looking out towards a massive jungle.) Tahu: The Region of Losers. Looks like Lewa is gonna be leading the way. Lewa: I'm thinkin' no one leads but the creatures. Tahu: And you wonder why we call it the Region of Losers... Lewa: You've seen the vision. Where we're going ain't Jungle, but beyond it. Tahu: Okay, fine. Spit right in the face of my opportunity for you to lead. We made such a big deal about it in 2015 and now you want us to follow a fish, a bug, a bird, a scorpion, and whatever the other two are supposed to be. Terak: I'm a mole... I think. Melum: And I'm probably a last minute realization that they needed to design six creatures... (The Creatures suddenly appear agitated.) Tahu: What's going on? Gali: Something's got them spooked. Tahu: To be honest, I'm kind of spooked by how that fish is just flying around and no one's bothered by this. Akida: Duh, ever heard of a flying fish? Tahu: THAT'S NOT WHAT THAT IS! (Tahu is hit in the chest by a glowing red dart. He pulls it out and examines it.) Tahu: What is that? ... And how am I not dead? That went in like 3 inches! Am I an attractive vampire who is the object of the daydreams of young girls? Kopaka: A vampire? Well I wouldn't exactly call you attractive, but you do definitely suck. Tahu: (Tahu throws the dart down and it transforms into a Fire Shadow Trap that latches onto Ikir.) Tahu: Wow, really glad that didn't go off in my chest... Gali: He's using the elements against us! Tahu: What are you talking about? He's obviously shooting Shadow Traps at us. And the audience can see that! Why are you giving false explanations of things that are really obvious? Gali: Oh, I was just hoping to say a line that would make it into the trailer. How about these: Sorry Umarak, looks like you're all washed up! Or how about, water you doing here? Or my personal favourite, soak nice to see you! Tahu: You are literally the worst. (Umarak fires a few more shots at them from the clifftop above. Akida fires back, causing Umarak to retaliate. Gali rushes in to rescue her Creature.) Gali: No! I need someone to appreciate my puns! Akida: WHY DO YOU THINK I WAS TRYING TO GET CAPTURED?! (Ikir and Tahu unite. They leap into the air and shoot a fireball at Umarak, who disappears and then reappears behind them, firing several more shots at them, causing rocks to fall from the nearby cliffs.) Gali: More traps! Tahu: STOP LYING TO THE VIEWERS! (Pohatu and Ketar go their separate ways. Onua steps in to rescue Ketar.) Umarak: Just as I suspected... Shadow Trap: What? That Pohatu's dislike of scorpions is a weak link that you can exploit to -- Umarak: No, no. Don't you see? Onua picked up Ketar. Obviously Earth and Stone are the same element! I knew it all along... Wait, 'til I post this online and make a lot of people very angry. Lewa: It's the Hunter! Watch the shadows. Pohatu: The shadows? Lewa: That's how he moves. Pohatu: Just like Shadow Stealer from Generation 1... only not a hideous freak... and actually appears in the storyline. Kopaka: Up there! (He shoots a stream of ice at Umarak, who dodges and fires 3 bolts that summon the Shadow Spawn. The Shadow Spawn surround the Toa and wait. Ketar runs over to Pohatu.) Pohatu: No, spread out. We can do more. Ketar: I'm a magic scorpion whose only power is to throw rocks at people. I think you might be overestimating my usefulness here. (The Shadow Spawn tackles Pohatu, who kicks it up towards Umarak.) Umarak: Still he resists. I have seen enough. Tahu: We'll give 'em everything we've got. On three! One! Two! (The Shadow Spawn vanish and Umarak walks away.) Kopaka: Three? Guess he had enough. Tahu: Wow, close one. If he had stayed any longer, they would've realized I don't know how to count to three... Lewa: No. The Hunter doesn't run. Pohatu: Then what do you call that? Lewa: Planning, I think. He's crafty. Umarak: Okay, all I need it a few more Popsicle sticks and some glitter glue and I'm going to have the best birdhouse in the neighbourhood. Gali: Well, it's over. That's what matters. Come on. (The Creatures run off and the Toa follow.) Umarak: Yes, lead me to Makuta's mask. Lewa: What about your birdhouse? Umarak: It needs to dry. Then I can add the sequins. Lewa: You're a weird villain. Umarak: THEY ARE EVIL SEQUINS! Lewa: You're still weird.

Look at this guy with his PhD and his new username. A little bit pretentious if you ask me.

Since Voya Nui is above Karda Nui, which is supposed to be the Robot's heart, shouldn't it be further north? Right now you've got it down in the "navel" region, when I think it should be more in the chest cavity region. Also if you watch The Legend Reborn, the Mask of Life is fired out from the Robot's chest, suggesting that this is the location of Karda/Voya/Mahri Nui. It does require a bit of squishing on your map to make both continents fit, though. My personal theory is that when Greg first introduced the "southern continent" he only meant it to be "southern" in relation to Metru Nui, Then as time went on and they just never developed a name for it, he had to introduce the "northern continent" for the name to make any sense. (If anyone can disprove this, I'd be interested to hear it.)

"Hey Frank, they're all just made outta plastic!" "Aw gee, for a second there I thought someone was actually shipping magical artefacts of untold power. Better wreck the package anyway just to be safe."

But just think! In post offices around the world there could be an untold treasure trove of lost Bionicle parts that are just waiting to be found! If that doesn't make you want to become a mailman... then probably nothing will. I imagine it's a pretty dull job, to be honest.

Juneau it's going to be a great trip. I'm sure you'll BCing a lot of interesting things.

The obvious recasting choice for Hugh Jackman is Jack Human.

You worked hard for those letters. You're allowed to be a little pretentious. You don't see me associating with those filthy Bachelor grads. No sir! Masters degree or better for me!

Yeah, it was definitely a weird development. I think theory number one makes the most sense, given the conditions under which Makuta went to the Shadow Realm in the first place. It makes sense to me that the portal would be fairly unstable at that point, particularly after Makuta and Umarak had been messing with it.

I'm pretty sure this is similar to how the naming process went: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYQb3FtJfm0 No, but seriously. It's a bunch of Le-Matoran refugees from the district of Le-Metru with zero Bo-Matoran among them. Of course they're going to name it Le-Koro. Plus it wouldn't really fit with the naming scheme if all the other Turaga were just going to copy the names from Metru Nui.

I think a lot of the prophecy stuff from 2001-2003 was largely retconned by Greg. Revelations like the Red Star being a space station and not having anything to do with predicting the future kind of wipe out the validity of any prophecies made outside the Great Spirit Robot. (Like he could've even said "oh yeah, there was someone piloting it around the sky trying to send messages to the Matoran down below". Or he could've even taken the time to explain how Jaller's friends became the Toa Inika, but instead we get Mavrah: Bionicle's freaky fish guy. But I digress...) So with that, there are two options that make sense to me. A) The prophecies were just good guesses or vague enough to be interpreted in various ways. B) Upon becoming a Turaga, Vakama's visions began to include the positions of the stars, possibly to help him roughly estimate their timing. (Hey, you're on a tropical island for 1000 years without any clocks or calendars, the stars are your best bet for tracking time.) So the star moves randomly, but the prophecy specifies where it will be when a certain event is set to occur. And don't ask questions about the Spirit Stars. No one knows what those are! Not Greg, and clearly not the filmmakers otherwise we wouldn't have all these plotholes about them.

Toa Lewa Helps always brightens my day and sends my mind 14 years into the past... It was a simpler time. Trees were smaller, the Internet was slower, and I just had so much free time and energy oh dear where did things go wrong why didn't I appreciate the time I had when I had it?! No, but it's a good track.

Part of me wants to do this, but another part thinks this would be too pretentious.

Every day. It is important to ensure that I have not been visited by Koh the Face Stealer in the night.

3. Devil's advocate: what if the spiders were named after the Heart rather than the reverse? The Heart of the Visorak could just have been a pre-existing power source that was important to the full functioning of the Great Spirit Robot that the Makuta figured out could be used to create or control giant spiders that mutate their prey. Realistically, I'm pretty sure Greg just forgot. 4. Your analysis is always how I interpreted things with the volcanoes -- just a coincidence. Although I'm sure it may have also been related to Greg wanting to milk the most out of using the name "Artidax" before moving on to Bara Magna.