Here is a question for you all, looking for deliberation on this headspace.
Currently, we’re unsure how much we want to mandate the sword. I’ve heard the argument that since it was only seen with Dark Mirror’s Teridax doing an impersonation of her, that it shouldn’t be mandated as an item for entries. At the same time, it should be noted that the characters native to that universe did not react unusually to Teriyet wielding said sword, which could suggest it’s normal. The question then becomes: Did any other character feature a weapon change from their set/default? The answer to that question would help inform how required it should be.
As an aside, we’re still unsure how we want to go about handling the Nui Stone. Speaking personally, I’m not favorably inclined toward its inclusion, since it’s just a stone that glows when absorbing power. That said, I know a lot of people associate it with Tuyet, and may want an appearance for it finalized. I could see a decent compromise being the allowance of it, but not the mandating of it. What do you all think?
Additionally, I wanna run something else by everyone to get a temperature check. We’d like to allow folks to re-enter their entries from the Helryx contest, so long as the weapons are changed from what was required for Helryx. The obvious exceptions would be anything that would violate the rules or had been previously DQ’d. Entries would of course be allowed to make other modifications to improve/alter their Helryx entries to fit more in-line with what they believe Tuyet to look like.
The reason for this is because this is a Toa of Water with no strict restrictions, and even less than Helryx had. There were a lot of Helryx entries which (if certain modifications were made) could make just as good or better entries for Tuyet. This also helps reduce strain on those that may want to enter this contest but don’t want to go through the effort of designing an entirely new Toa of Water.
Please share your thoughts and opinions, we appreciate the deliberation!