*Climbs Out From My Grave* Ello. Art. Monkey. Enjoy.

*Climbs out from my grave* Ello. Art. Monkey. Enjoy.

This is my Lego Monkie Kid OC, and Macaque just hanging out. This is not a ship, i feel like i have to clarify. My OC is Macaque's student, and Macaque is more of a father figure to her. Also, he's not actually a monkey demon, just a shapeshifter demon, so that's why they don't have a marking on their face.

Anyway, this is just something i drew for fun while studying for university slowly kills me :'D (At least my sona has fun hanging out with immortal monkeys in another universe....)

Drawing of @chuitu 's oc Yeva~ She is beauty, she is grace! 🥹

Art trading with you was a wonderful experience! 💕✨

The wheelchair user toa sounds really cool! Maybe it can function like a battering ram, or have extra storage for alternate toa tools, masks, or other medical stuff!

I'm so, so sorry that I'm responding to this after so long, but I swear, I have a memory span of like 5 minutes...

But yeah, your ideas sound really cool, and would fit really well for the character I imagined! Just imagine fighting a Toa team and then suddenly you see their portable arsenal friend rolling in! They might not be able to fight that well in close combat, but would certainly try to recompensate that by being prepared for every occasion. Maybe their wheelchair could also work like a miniature Suva? So that they didn't have to reach for their masks, since that might not be comfortable...

I wasn't sure how I could incorporate the battering ram idea into the design of the wheelchair, but then I thought that maybe it could look similar to how Tarakava arms function? Like, maybe it's folded and extends with a push of a button? We'll see what I can come up with...

But since we're already talking about alternative masks and tools, why don't I tell you what I imagined their primary ones would be?

So for the mask I was thinking Kakama. If we went the rout of the wheelchair not being mechanical and driving on its own, then traversing around might be slower than just walking, and that's not good in combat. ... Unless that wheelchair would be constructed like a racing wheelchair, but you can't exactly wheel that thing around and fight off enemies at the same time... Might also catch enemies off guard if they see a Toa in a wheelchair and think the fight will be easy, just for them to zoom around and destroy them all haha

For a weapon, I was thinking hooks on chains that could be used to first catch the enemy, and then trap them by going in circles to tie them up. Or just to catch them and drag around while driving at high speed, that might work I guess.

A hook like that may also be helpful to catch a fellow Toa and stop them from falling off of a cliff from a distance 🤷🏼

But again, your suggestions are amazing. You gave me a few more ideas for that character!

I love this thread! I was thinking about disabled Bionicles a few days ago, because I wanted to create a Toa who uses a wheelchair.

Actually, when I first joined the Bionicle fandom a few years ago, I had an oc who couldn't form any memories, so I was happy to see that here! Her name was Nikimaru, and she had to write everything down, because she would forget everything the next day, even her own name sometimes. Maybe I should actually write about her...

These headcanons are very cool, and can be useful. They can add more diversity to the Bionicle world! I love them <3

some disabilities that I think could exist in the Bionicle universe for character and world-building reasons:

under-active cooling systems that lead to fatigue and illness. these beings have to limit their physical activity or they will overheat and could cause serious damage to their other internal systems. some of them may go live in Ko-Matoran districts or other cold areas even if they wouldn't live there traditionally. Matoran with this condition may be more likely to use crabs or small personal vehicles to get around

since I headcanon that most beings are mass-printed or otherwise mass-produced, you can occasionally find someone who was simply printed wrong in some way, a production line error causing a deformity. some of these deformities would have been weeded out by quality control before everyone gained sentience, but not all

memory loss seems to be a built-in feature for many beings in the MU. some beings have this to an even greater degree than others, however, and they might lose their memories very frequently or even lack the ability to form memories

if a Toa is interrupted while in the middle of passing his power on to another Toa and becoming a Turaga, the new Toa can become trapped halfway between Matoran and Toa, sometimes not reaching the typical height or physical power of an average Toa, and possibly having limited control of their elemental powers

the different culture of the MU would create different possible mental illnesses. for instance, some Matoran could become overly-obsessed with the ideals of duty to the point that they almost seem at times to have lost their sentience again and only be capable of work. the existence of physic powers also means that there are a lot of ways in which someone's mind could be damaged by psionic powers like repeated hypnotism, confusion, or memory tampering

not to mention all the different ways mutation could cause disabilities and chronic pain

disabilities related to control over powers: these could be particularly common in Skakdi, who are given unprecedented and experimental powers by Spiriah. many Skakdi are permanently damaged by his experiments and may have extremely faulty control of their abilities

if the glass or plastic that makes up the eyepiece is damaged, that can be replaced, but if the wiring that connects the eyes to the brain is damaged, someone could have blindness or vision loss. the same goes for a lot of parts - maybe an audio receptor can be removed and replaced, but if the internal systems are damaged, it might not be possible to replace or repair those parts. it's similar to humans in that way

there could also be intellectual or cognitive disabilities similar to those of humans

damaged joints that have to be permanently locked or braced so they will not break... looking at you, lime-greens

I also think that there are already disabilities in the text! We know there's a concept of muteness because the Makuta wonder if Vamprah has mutism or if he chooses not to speak, there's the concept of being "cross-wired," and the Rahaga, Zaktan, and Nidhiki's mutations alter their powers and change their physical abilities in ways meant to be debilitating and horrifying. we have references to insanity, broken arms, amnesia, amputees, and more.

feel free to add on!