2.) So it really wasn't necessary to change Gali's hooks from hands to tools then?
1) Yes, it was, because it would have looked weird if she was holding things with her those hooks, since unlike modern hooks that are used in place of hands, they did not have the ability to grasp something.
maletoaofwater wrote:Is Varian still captive in stasis on Odina, or was she broken out somehow during either the great catacylsm or makuta's death?
I would assume she would be found eventually by a salvage crew.
MooCowsRock wrote:Why was "The Yesterday Quest" titled that way? What did you have in mind when you started writing it?
Because the mission was to find the Great Beings, which would have almost by necessity taken the Toa back to where they were made.
geek7534 wrote:
ScribeGT6817 wrote:
geek7534 wrote:Last three questions :
1) Masks and Toa Tools of Chiara, Zaria and Orde were decided before the stopping of the serials? If yes, can you tell us what they are?
2) Does the Mask of Speed apply to speedily using Elemental powers, or other powers? Does it make your brain work faster as well as your biomechanical parts?
3) In some passages BIONICLE Adventures or BIONICLE Legends novels, the descriptions specified (or left supposed) that Kanohi Nuva of Toa Nuva can move, literally showing emotions. This is canon? If yes, how it's possible?1) No, they weren't. I don't come up with things until and unless I need it for story. I don't outline ahead of time.
2) No, it physically gives you super speed, like the Flash
3) The novels exist in the movie universe. If you have seen any of the movies, the masks move to show facial expressions, because there was no other way to show expressions in the films. Since some of the books were movie adaptations, the rest of the books also had to reflect that.
1&2) Okay.
3) I see. So, it's semi-canon or the possibiliity that the Kanohi Nuva are more or less expressive than a normal Kanohi exist?
3) In the movie and novel universe, all masks can convey expression. In the comic universe, that is not the case, because the comics are based strictly on the toys.
maletoaofwater wrote:BS01 says that the toa of gravity killed by lariska was revived in the red star... which makes sense, but why was he killed in the first place if was just going to come back as if he never died?
You could say that about anyone who died, though, right?
Simple answer -- the red star was designed to replace "nanotech" that had broken in the robot. No one knew at the time it was made that the beings in the MU were going to become self-aware, have conflicts, have wars, break into good buys and bad guys, etc.
Think of it this way -- you buy a smartphone and it comes with a special accessory that automatically replaces any component that breaks down or burns out. Are you sitting there thinking, "But what if the phone components have a civil war? What if one component tries to take over the phone?" No, you're not, and neither were the Great Beings.
maletoaofwater wrote:In "no one gets left behind" varian concealed both hers and norik's weapons. how did she do this? if it was with her elemental powers, how could control over mental energy possibly turn something invisible for everyone else? what if someone else has a shielded mind, could they have seen the tools?
You're asking me about something I really don't remember after all these years.
maletoaofwater wrote:Is makuta armor hollow, or is there something on the inside?
It would have to be a solid shell, not a hollow shell, or it couldn't stand up to damage.
How did you come up with you're username?
Can Destiny be percived as an objective that was preprogrammed in every being in the MU by Great Beings?
BTW thanks for all that you're doing here, Greg. You're the best! 
ScribeGT6817 wrote:
gurthang2000 wrote:Hello Mr. Farshtey!
I admit I don't like Bionicle but I would like to know (sort of) what it's about and why do you think so many people love it.
Thanks.
Well, there is no quick and simple way to explain what it was about, it was a nine-year long story. As far as why people liked it, I think there were a lot of reasons. It had an in-depth story with a lot of mystery in it ... it was something different from what LEGO had done before (we hadn't really done a story-based line, not to that extent, prior to that) ... the models were quick to build, so you could start roleplaying right away ... and it gave fans a lot to talk about and speculate on and sparked a lot of fan fiction. I am sure there are other reasons I am missing, but those are what spring to mind.
And also your incredible writing, and fascinating multi-layered characters.
ScribeGT6817 wrote:
MooCowsRock wrote:Why was "The Yesterday Quest" titled that way? What did you have in mind when you started writing it?
Because the mission was to find the Great Beings, which would have almost by necessity taken the Toa back to where they were made.
Oh man! Oh how I would love to see that! Err... READ that. 
Macedonia wrote:
Were the Great Beings the ones who have the Matoran the Three Virtues, or was it Mata Nui?
It would have been the GBs through Mata Nui. They programmed him, remember.
caleb9731 wrote:How did you come up with you're username?
GT are my first two initals, a scribe is a writer, and the numbers are random.
Krzys123 wrote:Can Destiny be percived as an objective that was preprogrammed in every being in the MU by Great Beings?
BTW thanks for all that you're doing here, Greg. You're the best!
That's a really good question. Rather than give you an off the hip answer, let's discuss it.