#irex

[ooops-i-arted]

Every time I watch Jurassic World the character I feel the most sympathy for is the iRex. Poor thing, all isolated and alone, no pack bonding, no regular caretaker... no wonder she went crazy.

(In an AU Angharad is an animal trainer instead of living in Mad Max world, and teaches her that we are not things.)

[dinobeates]

Some Grarrl adoptables on a new base I made! Ft. FossilFighters, Irex, and Sunshine152!

[x-martina-crane]

Find the difference 😆

I-rex and my dog

[atlas-the-worldbuilder]

Can we get a link to that reimagining?

I would, if I had the link. I can’t find the original source anymore, sadly, so I have no clue who the artist was. I do know it was in conjunction with the “Build a Better Fake Theropod” art contest on Deviantart.

Here’s the image, if you’re curious:

(Not my art, in case it wasn’t obvious.)

[thechaoticgodzilla]

Loving the snap squad :]

[mocsbylexan]

The Toa Magna (And Friends)

“I know it’s a crazy idea. To think that if we have the nerve to just step up and do it, we can conquer evil and save the world. To think that a handful of people can be the crucial factor that makes all the difference, when everything seems so hopeless. But the even crazier thing is it works. You of all people should know that. You said your name was Balta, right? And your friend sulking in the corner over there is Dalu. I know about you two. Toa Kongu told me. You’re already heroes; you and your friends beat the odds and saved the world when you were just matoran. And now you’re toa! Think of what we could accomplish if we all worked together. The Makuta Nuva will never know what hit him!” - Pyla, Glatorian of New Tesara and Leader of the Toa Magna

“What is a toa team? That question was once easy to answer, back before the Great Rejoining. But now I’m not so sure. Things are more complicated. Like those Glatorian that have elemental powers. They claim Mata Nui himself called them toa. Are they a toa team? We call them the Toa Glatoria, but ask someone if they’re actually toa and you’re bound to start an argument. Does a toa team have to be all toa? What about the glatorian and agori? And the matoran... there are thousands of admirable matoran warriors who have always been a crucial part of our society despite going unnoticed and unthanked. Just look at Kapura and the Ta-Koro Guard. Since the rejoining I have even seen warriors of Stelt and Zakaz, peoples that used to disgust me, fight passionately and honorably to protect the law, culture, and freedom of our new world. Dare we call them toa? I think that one day soon there will be a toa team that will redefine the meaning of that term. One that will make us truly consider what being a Toa entails at its very core, apart from the body and the powers. A toa team for the new world, for all the people of the new world, or at least a start to getting there. And when that team appears, I will name them the Toa Magna.” - Turaga Dume’s secret journal

***

Things were rapidly going wrong in Bara Magna. Makuta Onezu Nuva’s grip over the southeast was growing ever wider and stronger, and even the desperate emergency plan put into motion by Turaga Pohatu had somehow gone awry. Tanma had not arrived at Faxon Koro as planned. Rahaga Kafes was distraught.

But perhaps destiny was still on the side of light. In this darkest of hours, fate had gathered in and around Faxon Koro a small group of beings: some weary, disillusioned veteran heroes; some driven and reckless youngsters; many, in some strange way, both at the same time. All of them more powerful than anyone suspected, least of all themselves. All of them unsettled at what was happening to their people. All of them lost and unsure of what to do... except, perhaps, the young Glatorian from New Tesara. She had a fire inside her. She could unite them.

With her help, Kafes organized one last stand. They created a team. An unlikely crew to be sure, but one that somehow gave Kafes more reassurance than she had had in years. It was a sign. Mata Nui was with them. The team’s mission? Find out what happened to the Toa Avohkii. Bring them back. And strike at Onezu when and where he would never expect it.

As they set off on their journey, not even the most optimistic among them understand how crucial they will be in the days ahead. Or how deep the bonds they forge with each other will be. Now, they are simply a group of people looking to help. But they will go down in legend as the first true toa team of the new age. The Toa Magna.

Team Roster (*honorary toa magna and member of the reformed VNRT)

Pyla of the Jungle Tribe - team leader, warrior, and morale booster

Balta, Toa of Fire - deputy leader and warrior

*Garan - deputy leader and strategist

*Kazi - strategist

Irex, Toa Hordika of Air - scout and air support

*Piruk - scout, warrior, and spy

Dalu, Toa of Water - primary offensive warrior

Gyraci - primary defensive warrior and combat expert

Buruka - mascot, pet, and annoyance

***

THEY’RE HERE! MY INCREDIBLY SELF-INDULGENT TOA TEAM!

*confetti*

Once again, I shove in all of the voyatoran just because I can. In all seriousness though, I really did want to include Garan, Kazi, and Piruk in the story, and Buruka’s just fun to throw in there too, but really the core toa team here is the toa and glatorian. Also, fun fact, this whole project (by which I mean both the ROO story and the blog) was basically all started when I came up with the character concept for Gyraci of all people. The whole story and all the characters I built (original or not) grew out of thinking about who he would be and how he would interact with people. Not that he’s, like, the star of the show or anything (if I had to choose a protagonist for ROO at this point it would be either Dalu or Tanma), but I did just want to acknowledge that he was the catalyst for everything I’ve done with this story and this blog.

And with that... this concludes all of the MOCs I was planning to post related to this weird little story I’ve been doing. I don’t really know if this is end of ROO content on this blog or not... I’d like to come back to it and maybe actually WRITE SOMETHING at some point, and maybe someday I’ll come up with more ideas for characters to build and add to it. But at this point in time I’ve gone through all of the character ideas I had, and I have other original MOCing content I wanna post for a while.

Thank you so much to everyone who’s followed me since I started posting.  I’ll make an update post probably sometime in the middle of this next week about what’s next for the blog. Hope to see you guys there!

[fanotastic]

Indy and Indo are perfect and nothing can change my mind about them

[alexvaldez2014]

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