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Viceroy Roodaka (Revamp)
I have a love/hate relationship with Roodaka, who's the figurehead of a lot of issues BIONICLE had with its representation of female characters. In one sense, she fulfills an old, tired seductress trope that stems from a long, long history of dude writers being real petty (and the awful animated adaptation leans even more heavily into it). Her set design was especially abstract (none of the titan sets that year had much resembling hands), but even so they made sure to include rounded boob plates, high heels, something lazily resembling long hair, and a silver curved butt-plate. There's a lot to cringe about.
On the other hand, she's still cool as heck, especially as she's characterized in the written story. You get the sense that she's a mastermind, using this idiot royal to her advantage to further her ambitions - partially in the style of the "Evil Vizier" trope, but also a legit warlord, unflinching, and completely willing to engage in combat should the moment arise. There's this badass scene where she duels the last Krahka in front of her army and fights with absolute precision, moves like shes doing a soul level 1 boss fight. She's dangerous on a level that the toa can't touch. In the end she's not so much bested as ousted.
Anyway, rant over, my MOC attempts to integrate slightly more subtle feminine features with a more physically imposing frame. She uses two-point waist articulation, has more of an actual headdress, her sword arm has been turned into a rubber band-powered retractable forearm blade, and her big claw hand has taken over spinneret duty. There was also just enough space behind her chestplate to include the protodermis shard.
Viceroy Roodaka (Revamp)
I have a love/hate relationship with Roodaka, who's the figurehead of a lot of issues BIONICLE had with its representation of female characters. In one sense, she fulfills an old, tired seductress trope that stems from a long, long history of dude writers being real petty (and the awful animated adaptation leans even more heavily into it). Her set design was especially abstract (none of the titan sets that year had much resembling hands), but even so they made sure to include rounded boob plates, high heels, something lazily resembling long hair, and a silver curved butt-plate. There's a lot to cringe about.
On the other hand, she's still cool as heck, especially as she's characterized in the written story. You get the sense that she's a mastermind, using this idiot royal to her advantage to further her ambitions - partially in the style of the "Evil Vizier" trope, but also a legit warlord, unflinching, and completely willing to engage in combat should the moment arise. There's this badass scene where she duels the last Krahka in front of her army and fights with absolute precision, moves like shes doing a soul level 1 boss fight. She's dangerous on a level that the toa can't touch. In the end she's not so much bested as ousted.
Anyway, rant over, my MOC attempts to integrate slightly more subtle feminine features with a more physically imposing frame. She uses two-point waist articulation, has more of an actual headdress, her sword arm has been turned into a rubber band-powered retractable forearm blade, and her big claw hand has taken over spinneret duty. There was also just enough space behind her chestplate to include the protodermis shard.