Which is sad, because it would’ve been an interesting plot twist.
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The USA thought that in WWII with Russia.
Look where that went.
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Not all phrases are universal for every situation, but Umarak would want Makuta dead. Regardless of whether he’d join the Toa or not (that’s a whole different debate), he’d want Makuta’s head on a pike. Whether it be on his own or with the Toa, something tells me he’d use and manipulate our heroes to whatever extent his plans required. Why would Umarak try and take on Makuta without using the innocent unsuspecting and easily manipulable delinquents around him?
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Here’s the thing, though: you presume Umarak isn’t going to be led to his death with the Mask of Control on.
Personally I find the mask to be a collectible, something to make people want the Ekimu set as a bonus. G2 has done that a good amount of times.
Personally, I think he’s going to die under Makuta’s control. If Makuta is smart, he’d know not to leave Umarak alive. He could probably force Umarak to suck and get killed.
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Considering that Umarak is to shadow as the creatures are to their respective elements, killing off Umarak could be devastating, and might result in the destruction of everything, even Makuta. Also, you’re giving Makuta too much credit. You’re assuming that third party wouldn’t be able to challenge his plan to destroy Umarak, but Makuta has no physical form. If someone were to take the Mask of Control from Umarak, Makuta wouldn’t be able to do anything about it afterward.
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Except Makuta wouldn’t die, at all.
He’s not even connected to the creatures. OR Umarak.
And the creatures would actually have easier lives and Okoto would be a peace. Since, you know, Umarak disrupts the elemental creatures.
Why is Umarak being alive good again?
Not really. A lot of these theories, if anything, revolve around potential story-lines, but something about the end of the 2015 animations with the face of Makuta looking over Okoto suggested to me that Makuta is in control of everything.
While I hope Umarak lives and continues to develop, I’m not sure. After all, his transformations seems more permanent. I think he may be destroyed, but I hope not.
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Except it wouldn’t. You disturb the balance, and everything goes into disarray. You kill Akida? Water evaporates forever. You kill Uxar? Say goodbye to plant life. You kill Umarak? Then you’d never have shade or shadow again, and you can’t have something without nothing, if shadow is nothing, then destroying nothing would get rid of something. It would all be one big reset switch for the universe in G2.
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Destroy nothing.
So I’m not going to destroy anything.
Gotcha.
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You’re not looking at this from the perspective that the world is set up with. The elements are a real thing in G2, they’re actual mystical driving forces. There is a balance, like yin and yang. You get rid of the yin, and the yang will also cease to function. This isn’t meant to be fully explainable like everything was in G1. In G1 everything had a weird logic to it, but in G2 everything is a lot more fantasy-like. You just have to accept that in this world things like elemental forces and balance are actual tangable things.
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Or, I dunno, the “yang” becomes the more dominant force.
I get what you are saying, but from what I’ve seen Lego do for it’s storytelling, it’s not gonna work.
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Lego doesn’t think about yin yang that much. I mean, in ninjago the Yang defeated the Yin. twice.
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Something something, necessary balance, light and dark, yin and yang, and cycle of rebirth.
At least that’s what I’m assuming are the cliches they’re going for. They haven’t really established what good comes from Umarak’s existence. He’s the counter of the creatures but we don’t know if he is in the same vein as them, i.e destroying him ends all shadow. Or if shadow is even a destroyable thing considering its existence relies on absence.
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Exactly. For all we know he’s just there to hunt the creatures as an opposing force.
But let’s face it: I’m pretty sure Umarak is going to be defeated and probably destroyed.
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I suppose you’re probably right. I think it’s a poor decision and waste of potential on LEGO’s part, but you’re probably right.
…It makes me a little salty, Umarak is one of the best villains BIONICLE has ever produced, yet the evidence for his future (or lack thereof) doesn’t favor him. To add insult to injury: Kulta and potentially LoSS are alive and well.
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I mean I’d love if it wasn’t the case, or even Ekimu dying in the mix as well as a sacrifice.
But yeah, Umarak is probably gonna die and Ekimu is gonna win.
Just because someone dies doesn’t mean they can’t be a good villain. 
I mean, after all, you could write him as being a HUGE problem and he’s almost unstoppable, and eventually makes the Toa break down and possibly even abandon hope, leaving Ekimu in a situation where he thinks “Must I do this myself?” and he does after Umarak.
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That’s true, and a memorable ending of his character would certainly be just as good as him living and developing, but he’s just one of those villains that I hate to love, while Makuta (especially if he kills Umarak) is the type of villain I love to hate.
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Precisely my argument. We still have two episodes left of Journey to One. The fetch quest is over. Now is when the action finally begins.
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It’s going to be Starscream’s G1 death all over again for me, emotionally speaking. Umarak just has that personality type that I like in villains. If/when Makuta kills Umarak, I hope that Makuta gets brutally killed at the end of 2017, because by then I’ll probably hate his guts more than I should by then hahaha. 
It’s pretty sad that at BIONICLE’s current state, I’m more interested in the big bad than I am the cast of heroes. They really need to show some more characterization, because as it stands we’re having a Batman issue, where the Toa’s “rogue gallery” is a lot more interesting personality wise than they are.
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I’ve honestly had more fun writing stuff for the protectors than I have the toa. They’re just a bit more interesting to me, for whatever reason.
And I totally agree about Umarak. It’s gonna be sad to see him go. He’s got such a cool concept, and an even cooler design. Heck, you could kill off Gali and I’d be less sad than if Umarak actually gets killed. Which is weird, because Gali is a (slightly) more fleshed out character, and has been here since the beginning.
I think it’s a matter of potential though. Umarak is ancient, and could have some pretty cool backstory and tons of room to develop. Same with the protectors. They’re empty slates with just enough characteristics to get a feel for who they are, and what they can do.
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