Hey guys. I just listened to the newest episode of Brainstorm and wanted to give a few responses that could possibly fill some holes that came up in the discussion. I’ll run down the list of key points from the episode and give my thoughts after each one.
- Makuta gets sealed in the volcano, near the Vako nests.
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It doesn’t make sense to have the Rahkshi as the cause of the Vako events, since they don’t know where Makuta is buried.
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Makuta may not have his mask powers in there, but his elemental powers are still faintly there. Some of his shadow energy could be what sparks the Vako to go crazy. (or his “Great Being” energy, if shadow isn’t a thing in G3)
- The Toa collect the Mask of Time fragments and unfreeze the island and Makuta.
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This brought up an issue with how Karzahni gets revived. I say that Makuta is not revived from the mask itself. The mask only undoes the mistake that the Rahkshi made (as the undo button for the Brothers).
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The mask isn’t what sealed Makuta in the first place, so it wouldn’t unseal him either. Instead, the Toa gather together in a certain place (the volcano?) to use the mask. Their Toa energies (Nuva symbols?) gathering in this place cause a reaction that brings Makuta back. Since he was originally sealed by a team of Toa, then the energies from a new Toa team are what undo it.
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Karzahni can now be revived accidently when the Toa undo a collapsed ancient city with the mask, or whatever the original pitch was.
- Makuta begins searching for his mask, while the Rahkshi plague the Toa and villages.
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The Mask of Control slowly guides Makuta across the island, and he could manipulate a few Matoran along the way to push the war forward.
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Eventually, he is led off the island to the storm region that was the cause of his great battle with Ekimu. Upon arriving, he finds all the villagers are dead. He makes his way into a labyrinth and comes across a lone survivor. Voriki.
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Voriki is still a Matoran at this point, and killed her tribe after the Mask of Control slowly got to her.
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Makuta sees this freshly sculpted mind for him to play with and decides to use her. He knows of the current Toa, and wants them dead for sealing him away all those centuries ago.
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Since he had trouble fighting Toa in the past, he will just have to make his own Toa to do the job for him. This would go against his “no sentient life” belief, but it’s the only way. He grants power to Voriki, turning her into a Synthetic Toa.
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In the past, I’ve pitched for Makuta to give her the Mask of Emulation. This ability will let her copy an opponent’s abilities for a brief period of time (losing one ability when copying another). I still believe this mask to be fitting, since Makuta wants Voriki to fight like the Toa in order to beat them. This mask is not a “Physical Augmentation” power like the other masks, because it’s Makuta who is making it (a synthetic mask for a synthetic Toa). It also fits the “evil green ranger” role (a new character who uses the same powers, but for evil).
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I imagine the whole scene with meeting Voriki would be the last few minutes of the final episode, and we don’t actually see Voriki as a Toa. We just see Makuta speaking to someone and saying “my Toa”, before the episode ends.