I’m gonna jump in here and say that I agree with @UltimateMustacheX that matoran are not likely to mix with other types. Each elemental region is sort of like a country, and most of the time, people keep within their own countries when looking for a partner. Sure you could say that nowadays people mix between nations, but historically speaking, people usually stayed in their own land. Especially in tribal areas.
What about the 1% time in which Matoran of different elements DID mix? I’m not saying they would, but it’s still possible for them to mix.
If it’s so rare, why would it even need to be mentioned or explained? Maybe it’s the law of the land to only reproduce within your own region, and all matoran abide by that rule. Sure it’s still possible for one or two interminglings here and there, but it’s probably super unlikely, so why even bring it up? (Bring up in universe I mean)
Matoran would probably bring it up BECAUSE of how rare it is. Considering that it almost never happens, the times which it DOES happen would surprise almost everyone. They’d probably wonder which region the child would be raised in.
I was thinking that in the off chance of this happening, that person would be shunned and possibly banished, forcing that matoran to live somewhere on the island that did not belong to any of the six regions, or even removing themself from the island. But I have been playing around with how they work, and I think it would make sense for either the elements to cancel each other out, leaving the matoran powerless. But we could also let the matoran have very limited powers of each element. Just a thought.
That idea intrigues me. I wonder if the elemental gods would ever choose one of these outcasts as a Toa?
Or, fitting into TTV’s G3, what if the outcasts were the Matoran who would end up as the Lightning Tribe?
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Actually, we already have Matoro as the father of Kopaka. What if Hewkii and Macku were Pohatu’s parents?
That meme has gone too far. But would marriage outside your tribe really be subject to so much prosecution? Maybe the patron gods would have a problem, but it seems more likely that extra-tribal marriages are rare due to the difficulty of travel. Just think of the size of the island and the only travel methods they have! It would be a Tolkien level quest to just go visit your Fiance over in Naho!
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The lightning tribe is dead during the current story. Voriki is the only survivor. Also, Karzahni created the lightning tribe, so it couldn’t have been from mixed element kids.
I’m being 100% serious actually. I think this could actually go interesting places if handled well.
It has in real life.
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I mean that there are outcasts in the past that are turned into the Lightning Tribe by Karzahni prior to the Lightning Extinction, and Voriki is the last living descendent of them.
I don’t think there’d be enough of them to make a whole tribe.
Give it enough time.
Let’s say there were originally 10 outcasts (5 couples) in the 1st generation, and let’s say that every generation, the population would double. The 2nd would be 20, the 3rd 40, the 4th 80, the 5th 160, the 6th 320, etc.
Give it enough time, and in 10 generations (how ever many years that is, maybe 300) there would be 5120. However, I’m not sure how long the Matoran have existed for prior to G3:Y1, so it’s difficult to calculate.
I think it should simply just be random based on the parents. For example, if a Mangaian and a Nahoan had a child, the child would have a 50% chance to be a Matoran of Fire, and a 50% chance to be a Matoran of Water. No need for such complications, especially since the cast seem pretty set on only having 7 elements.
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I’m not suggesting making new elements, and it’s pretty clear at this point in the thread that my original idea isn’t popular. My original idea was having potential dual-elemental Matoran (that whole explanation is near the top, where the Punnett Square is), so two elements and not new elements.
Now, we’ve moved to social implications of mixed Matoran, and I’ve suggested that a group of mixed Matoran could have been what Karzahni used to create the seventh tribe (since they would be shunned/banished from their respective regions for breaking some code).
with punnet squares only one phenotype will end up being be expressed> like others said the dominant element is passed down not a blend
I say either both elements or no elements. It seems too strange to have a matoran born from different elements with only one of them. For example, if a dark-skinned person and a lighter-skinned person had a child, the kid would be a blend of both skin colors, not one or the other.
Erm, I’m pretty sure that’s not how skin tone works.
I’m gonna take a Legend of Korra stance on this with the example of Mako and Bolin, if a male and female matoran were to have children and were of different elemental races I think they would inherit the element of the father or the mother and not be a fusion of the two.
I’ve seen the punnet square Idea being tossed around but I say just have it at a 50% chance of inheriting either element.
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I’m no expert on genetics, but I do know that it’s not going to be one tone or the other. It’s usually a medium between the two skin colors.