#le-matoran

[rahiwatching]

Matoran society concepts in my head that I need to flesh out more:

Group of Le-Matoran traders who live exclusively on a fleet of airships that sail wind currents throughout the MU. All of their trade with the world below is done via cranes and elevators, it's a point of pride for them that they never touch the ground

Village of De-Matoran who live in a cave system specifically carved to have perfect acoustics inside and perfect soundproofing from the outside. Their culture is built around a never ending musical performance that they all take turns maintaining, which can be heard with no distortion or muffling anywhere in the cave system.

An outpost of Ce-Matoran who live around a natural outcropping of memory crystals, the main job in their village is to commune with the crystals and try to interpret the memories they find in there, as well as cultivating new experiences and memories for them to add to the crystals themselves. Some of these crystals form part of the GSRs long term data storage, with many of the memories they see in the crystals being observations Mata Nui made of the other worlds he visited.

[herora-nuva]

Did Nuju teach the Le-Matoran how to speak bird?

NEW video up on my channel!

So like, did Nuju give the Le-Matoran some lessons on how to speak to birds so they could form the Gukko Bird Force? Because its the only thing that makes sense. Before they came to Mata Nui, they make a big point that Le-Matoran have tried and failed many times to ride Gukko birds. But when we saw the Le-Matoran in the present, they've gotten training and riding the birds down to an art. So what changed?

The first time Gukko birds were ever ridden in known history was during the Hordika arc when Nuju and Kualus rid them to escape the Visorak. And Kualus was only able to call them because he spoke their language, rather than trying to break and tame them. And then of course Nuju goes on to only speak in the language of flying Rahi his whole time on the island. So did Nuju teach them some bird language to help them out?

We see in Mask of Light that Lewa called a Gukko to him with a whistle, which we know the language of the fliers is mainly whistles and clicks, so it makes sense. Maybe they weren't taught the full language, but enough to make simple commands and communication with their birds.

The other potential option is that it was actually Matoro who taught them, which I also enjoy for a few reasons. Matoro was more friendly and patient, had a known love of Rahi, and did form partnerships with people from other villages in his spare time. Plus, that opens up the possibility that Matoro specifically taught Kongu, who was known as the best bird wrangler on the island, which could potentially deepen their character relationship. I know some people ship Kongu and Matoro, and this is some nice fuel for that.

But either way, it opens up the hilarious possibility that of all the islanders, the Le-Matoran are actually the closest to being able to understand what Nuju says, which is fucking insane to think about! I imagine Nuju ends up avoiding the air village at all costs, because they might pick up all the snide crass comments that Matoro so politely filters out XD

[toacody]

Zereb - Turaga of Air

Always complaining about kids not having their heads in the clouds.

Source

Creator: BionicleNewAge

[mebeth]

The Le-Matoran of Metru Nui

Kongu

Matau

Tuuli

Vira

[irradiated-imp]

A COLLECTION OF MELUS! So Melu's my SelfMOC, one of them anyways. He's a Le-Matoran who becomes a Toa. A while back I decided to do designs of what Melu would look like in different Matoran and Toa Builds, and decided recently to update them.

MATORAN

TOA

I'm really happy with how all of these came out looking, especially the Hordika and Mistika builds for the Toa, and the Mahri and Shadow Matoran builds for the Matoran.

Here's the originals if you wanted to see them. I didn't have the AV-Matoran, Shadow Matoran, Phantoka, or Mistika builds with them tho. Some of them really only changed in terms of color. Originally I made them trying to stick to the OG Melu's color scheme and placement, but when I went back and updated them I decided to try and emulate the original color aesthetics of the builds they're based on.

[mocsbylexan]

New Atero Ussal Crab

Aqua Magna, c. 100,000 AGR

Named for the ancient Bara Magnan city in which they were first raised, these rahi are still an essential part of modern matagori life, and just as beloved as their pre-rejoining forbearers ever were. The villagers of Meki Nui raise them mostly as pets and beasts of burden, but ussal racing is a popular sport in the underground portion of the village, and the most dedicated villagers take great care in raising and keeping their pedigree racing crabs.

Moctober 2022, day 23

[chancetimespace]

Bohrok, Krana, Le-Koro, and Trauma

We don’t actually know who got caught first, do we?

We know Lewa was last, or at least close to last, since the villagers’ safety was used as blackmail to get Lewa to put the krana on. I could maybe see one or two Matoran potentially hiding until after Lewa was captured, but then Lewa was forced to hunt them down.

However, we don’t know who was caught first, or just as importantly, second. What if Matau was ambushed while doing a short patrol, and was then forced to put Krana on the villagers he had sworn to protect? What if it was Tamaru, who already has a fear of heights and now has to deal with a fear of him/her/theirself? What if Kongu, who was so proud to protect his villagers, but was made to betray them against his will? What if Ka tried to save him, but was driven back by the Bohrok, or Kongu himself ordered Ka away to keep Ka from being injured further?

Who found a friend alone and seemingly injured, only for them to turn around and force a Krana on their face? Or were they all just swarmed at once and the escapees were hunted down shortly afterwards?

Imagine being held down by your friends and having a body-possessing parasite attached to your face. Imagine being afraid of your friends, your neighbors, the ones who were supposed to protect you but at the same time knowing it isn’t their fault. Imagine the trauma of knowing you had done this to someone you care about.

Someone please get Le-Koro a therapist.

[nameshifter]

#laketober, part 10: Trumpet Solo or "I literally never listen to any music that has trumpets"

I almost pity the fact that the prompt necessitated a character, as I felt that the initial composition was a lot better without the matoran. Oh well