Art 'n stuff

like the fact that

1. they only had three head moulds

2. Nuparu's mask was one of them. it was not given to nuparu

3. who is that orange man

like yeah, obviously it's not amazing, and it's clearly a polybag scrap model thing, and it is kinda weird. but like.... it's not awful, it works, it does read as being a turaga Lihkan model, and matches well enough that I honestly wouldn't be surprised if it was genuinely somehow made with that in mind. like yeah it's nothing amazing and if you don't like it I understand. but it does genuinely fully make sense to me to establish that model as being him, in the absence of anything else. the model is already there.

...so why do people sound like they're on the verge of murder whenever this thing comes up

it started with me having the random question of... who is the protagonist of bionicle in 2008? If you had to pick one?

Early years have Takua/Takanuva, prequels have Vakama, first two parts of ignition have Matoro, 2009 has Mata Nui, and 2010 is the year they couldn't help themselves and just made it Tahu

Even if the role of protagonist shifts in other years sometimes, 2008 is the only one that feels like it jarringly does not have one. And, like, it does make sense. There was like five storylines happening at once, there was so much going on. having the attention pulled away from a central character is to be expected. but even just focusing on the main core of the story, the line feels blurred. Lewa was kinda the posterboy, but he doesn't really have a role of any more importance than the other nuva, narratively. it's not ignika, a macguffin character is still a type of macguffin. it's not Takanuva, his whole story is basically a massive sidequest before he joins in after the story's already well underway.

...But the weirdest part about this conversation is we did come to a pretty strong conclusion by the end of it, which I wasn't expecting.

It's Gali.

She alone gets that moment with Krika that foreshadows the end. She's the only one who stays when Ignika sacrifices himself. and the only one who gets any indication that anything might be going wrong after the fact. at the culmination of the storyline, she is *the* character. Like, sure, those are just a couple moments in the grand scheme of things, but those are pretty damn pivotal towards anything that is anything that year. she, alone, is there for *the* moment.

If you had to pick anyone, it's probably her. And I just think that's neat, because I never would've considered that prior to this conversation.

Have this!

Finished this at the beginning of April but never got around to posting it.

Putting tissue paper or newspaper into any loose pin or axle connector instantly solidifies them literally perfectly.

I've seen people talk about gluing connections and stuff, and I want to assert you basically never have to do that.

What you have to do is place a small piece of paper lightly over the connector, and then when it slides into the hole, it wraps around the axle or stud and firmly holds it in place.

I realize some people might be concerned about the paper getting stuck in the back of a one-sided connector, but that has literally never happened to me once. You just gotta make sure the piece is big enough to wrap around most of the connector, and not just the tip. It doesn't need to be big enough that paper is sticking out of the final connection (though if it is you can usually just tear those bits off to hide it) the friction is firm enough that it basically always gets yanked out with the pin or axle.

If you have a blade piece that's falling out, do this. If you have an on-model helryx that falls apart whenever you touch it, do this.

Both tissue paper and newspaper work fine, but tissue paper is easier to do this with, and newspaper is good for extra strength connections. Like if you want to connect an axle into a pin socket, newspaper can actually properly hold it in place (my kualus chest piece has a very firm connection with no modifications needed)(Also if this doesn't work, just make it two layers of newspaper instead and then it will)

I've had multiple "the dress" conversations regarding my figure in two unrelated friend groups. I was only able to slightly argue that the figure was green when I posted a picture with flash on

They still weren't fully convinced though

So I... I guess I circumvented the whole "gold or metallic green Bomonga" debate by, like... just doing both simultaneously somehow?

Now, to clarify, he wouldn't be less pathetic or any more respectable or anything. His characterization is pretty set in stone.

What I mean is... edgy as fuck pathetic bastard man? The retractable sword and the Claws and such giving a hint of badassery in a sea of incompetence?