Lost Shadow

Makuta Takarrah

[makuta-takarrah]

"You. Makuta... Taki rrah or whatever... Takarrah? You... you know animals right?" Gavla didn't like this one. Too glowy. Too... Toa-ish. Which is why she was tense and ready to fly away at any sign of the Makuta trying to turn her to the light.

"Well, Rahi are my specialty, yes...What exactly brings you to me? The last time I remember meeting, you were with Vamprah."

Takarrah was wary, but putting on a friendly face. So far, the Shadow-Matoran hadn't given her any reason to distrust, but when it came to her creatures, no caution was too great.

[gavla-the-shadow]

Gavla squinted, still very distrusting. But... to make this ho faster, she put on a more... Av-Matoran like like stance and nodded.

"Someone gave me advice saying I should get a pet dermis turtle. I'm followingbthat advice, sort of." Shrug, trying to look... honest and open, "I come to you for recommendations. "

[makuta-takarrah]

Hmm.... Well, a dermis turtle's no flyer, and you certainly are.... If I'm being entirely honest with you, I would think that perhaps a fellow winged creature would bond more easily with you."

[gavla-the-shadow]

She swore she could still hear the shadow Toa’s voice.... “So, what flyers do you have in mind. Quiet ones?”

Gavla was starting to try and keep this upright behavior going, but it was such a pain to be so... polite. “Lets start easy... What are Gukko’s like? That’s... one of the few Rahi I know.”

[makuta-takarrah]

Takarrah seemed to argue with herself silently for a moment. 

“Gukko are...Loud, to say the least. Noisy and sociable. They’re very affectionate, but can be overwhelming.” 

She gave Gavla a hard stare, reading her body language as easily as a picture book. 

“You’re tense. Your aura is off. It feels restrained and seething. What’s troubling you? Are you running from something?” 

[makuta-takarrah]

Shadik will give the Makuta an inquisitive look. "So, what's your story Makuta?"

"It's a long one. You might want to make yourself comfortable," Takarrah replied with a half-hearted smile.

[mintbees]

okay americans how’d i do

[dr-gloom]

There are so many parts of this that just genuinely brighten my day

[makuta-takarrah]

Tn's mostly hills, but our air is hot soup

[makuta-takarrah]

"You. Makuta... Taki rrah or whatever... Takarrah? You... you know animals right?" Gavla didn't like this one. Too glowy. Too... Toa-ish. Which is why she was tense and ready to fly away at any sign of the Makuta trying to turn her to the light.

"Well, Rahi are my specialty, yes...What exactly brings you to me? The last time I remember meeting, you were with Vamprah."

Takarrah was wary, but putting on a friendly face. So far, the Shadow-Matoran hadn't given her any reason to distrust, but when it came to her creatures, no caution was too great.

[gavla-the-shadow]

Gavla squinted, still very distrusting. But... to make this ho faster, she put on a more... Av-Matoran like like stance and nodded.

"Someone gave me advice saying I should get a pet dermis turtle. I'm followingbthat advice, sort of." Shrug, trying to look... honest and open, "I come to you for recommendations. "

[makuta-takarrah]

Hmm.... Well, a dermis turtle's no flyer, and you certainly are.... If I'm being entirely honest with you, I would think that perhaps a fellow winged creature would bond more easily with you."

[makuta-takarrah]

"You. Makuta... Taki rrah or whatever... Takarrah? You... you know animals right?" Gavla didn't like this one. Too glowy. Too... Toa-ish. Which is why she was tense and ready to fly away at any sign of the Makuta trying to turn her to the light.

"Well, Rahi are my specialty, yes...What exactly brings you to me? The last time I remember meeting, you were with Vamprah."

Takarrah was wary, but putting on a friendly face. So far, the Shadow-Matoran hadn't given her any reason to distrust, but when it came to her creatures, no caution was too great.

[coldgoldlazarus]

Brotherhood of Makuta member who has a similar relationship with Rahkshi as the guy from Jurassic World has with the 'tame' velociraptors

[makuta-takarrah]

It's a relationship built on respect.

[scobgoblin]

This sounds like a conspiracy theory but it’s um,  actually a tidbit of Bionicle lore

[makuta-takarrah]

No one was supposed to notice!

[minirigby]

Get ready for more Bionicle mocs from the Brotherhood of Makuta this month. I’ve got two Makuta mocs on Instagram already, with more to come throughout May. Be sure to use the #makutamay hashtag to see what others have posted as well, and remember to check out @bioniclegenerations

#lego #bionicle #makuta https://www.instagram.com/p/B_qBnHPJ6_C/?igshid=aifwi6y1ikry

[makuta-takarrah]

Hi, are you still alive?

Of course. But it is springtime, and I am quite busy with work around the sanctuary. Is there rumor of my death? That must be corrected...

[makuta-takarrah]

  During these trying times, I know that it can be easy to fall into despair. After all, we are only individuals, and the universe’s problems make us feel very, very small. 

  Individual creatures are not meant to bear the suffering of the collective. It is far too great a weight. So in times like these, we must be as a herd of bison and encircle our most vulnerable in a ring of protection and comfort. We must hold together. There is safety in numbers, and also comfort. 

    Practice the proper social isolation, but do not isolate yourself emotionally. Reach out. Communicate. Occupy your time with positive, uplifting things. We will get through this plague together. 

[delphinidin4]

alysontabbitha on IG

[lemonade-sky]

[yandere-vhisola]

what would you do, if you would be a Makuta?

Me, a Makuta?  Well I don’t know that I’d really do anything different, it would just become a lot easier.

[ghost-mantis]

Think bigger! You’d have the power and resources to capture Nokama from many parallel dimensions. 

[ask-toa-hahli]

No! Stop encouraging her!

[yandere-vhisola]

Hahli I know you’re a Toa of Water designed to live underwater, but that doesn’t mean you have to be such a wet blanket all the time

[yudronsblog]

i didn’t know a Matoran of WATER could deliver such a sick BURN.

[yandere-vhisola]

*finger guns* Never limit yourself, kids

[asknokama]

I don’t want this.

[makuta-takarrah]

I will manifest physically in your homes.

[malwarewolf-mocs]

Titiri: a Visual History

I don’t think I’ve ever talked about this before, but Titiri has been my self-insert character for a very long time. Like since way before I started making mocs again in 2016. I think it was 2006 when I first drew a Toa that had Lhikan’s mask and armor, but was red and silver, and could control lightning, like Tahnok-Kal! At the time I was going off the assumption that Lightning would be a kind of off-shoot or secondary element from fire, kind of like in ATLA. (As a matter of fact the moc was supposed to have Tahnok-Kal’s shield as his chestplate, which is how he was drawn, but I didn’t have one handy! Grah!)

Then 2007 came around, and it was canonized that toa and matoran of lightning were female. Oh well. It was at this time that I kinda became disenchanted with bionicle anyways all the way up until 2010 when the stars came out. I started drawing my lightning toa again, but this time I drew him differently, and later on in the serials Greg introduced Orde, a toa who broke gender roles for a really weird reason! So of course I thought to myself, “oh well I’ll just do that.” And thus Orde-backstory-thief-Titiri was born. 2016 rolled around and I decided to build Titiri after I aquired Jalla’s mask. A lot. Finally I settled on the design above in early 2018 I think? Yeah that sounds about right. Still don’t know why he lost his arm lololol. In my head it’s just because he’s yellow, and as you know all blondes (Edward Elric, Finn the Human, Yang Xiao Long, etc.) have to lose their right arms and get prosthetics.

Which brings us to today. I think I’ve kinda gotten tired of stealing Orde’s backstory so I can keep a color scheme and instead I’m going to go with a much simpler one. Titiri is a trans Toa of lightning. What that means in the context of gender and sexuality of Biomechanical beings of the matoran universe, I don’t know I’m not a scientist. All I know is that Titiri is masculine and uses male pronouns, and is also a Toa of Lightning. It’s not even a big deal. He’s just like that.

Anyway let me know what you guys think of these two new builds if you like one more, etc. Who knows, maybe I’ll settle on a blue Metru build instead! I’m kinda getting tired of the inika build anyhow. It’d be great to finally settle on something that’s both aesthetically pleasing and very explainable in terms of canon.

[malwarewolf-mocs]

Since I said so nerd

Also imagine being so boring that you spend your time on this earth policing whether or not “transgenders” are allowed in a franchise about biomechanical elemental warriors.

[makuta-takarrah]

"And something else ... our destinies are not written in stone, set in place. They are something we have to find for ourselves." — Vakama, Web of Shadows

[dark-hunters-inc]

I'm curious, why did Kraata-Kal rebel against Makuta?

You are right to be curious – Kraata-Kal enjoyed a cozy position in the Brotherhood of Makuta, the favored creation of its leader. From my understanding, he rebelled against Makuta after learning of Makuta’s true plans: to create more Kraata-Kal, from the same substance that birthed him. In a fit of adolescent pride, anxiety, and rage, Kraata-Kal destroyed that substance. After realizing how angered Makuta would be, he fled Mangaia and made his way to me. Unlike his creator, I promised never to replace him. After all, how could I?

Now, this could be the end of the story, but I, too, am curious. It’s sheer speculation, but I wonder… how much care and comfort did Makuta truly lavish on Kraata-Kal? Perhaps, in fact, more affection than he had for his own brothers and sisters? It is well known the Makuta are jealous types… and it would not be unlike them to dupe a weak-willed rival into foolish rebellion. I only wonder, which Makuta would have chosen to tempt Kraata-Kal so? Ambitious Bitil? Skeptical Krika? Zealous Gorast? It could well have been any of them… and I suppose we will never know.

[makuta-takarrah]

A knock can be heard from the entrance. A familiar voice can be heard. It shouted "Uhh, Hello? Takarrah, are you home?" The voice seemed a but shakey, but not much. A light can be seen illuminating the entrance not long after. He called again. "You home buddy?"

“I’m here. I just woke up, but I’m here.”

[omalight]

The voice apologized. “Uhh, sorry. Want me to come back later? I don’t wanna disturb ya.” The light at the front went out.

[makuta-takarrah]

"No, you are not disturbing me. I should have been up and going hours ago. What brings you here?"

[soberingthings]

Colored pencil portrait of a Himalayan Monal that I managed to complete after way too much time...I'm glad its finally done tho.

[rp-ask-memes-deactivated2026012]

you touch them … you HURT them …  you will not get away with it.