Bionicle has yet to care about the laws of physics.
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Remember guys, we’re talking about a toy theme with magic masks, I’m pretty sure that scientific logic doesn’t exactly apply here.
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I was watching BioTalk Book Club listening to the TTV Podcast gang
talk about different theories for the Bionicle G2 universe and I thought
up a crazy, fun idea. Just gonna throw it out there:
What if Brutaka used his mask to come to the G2 universe?
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Maybe he brought Artakha to the Okotoverse that way.
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So, I posted this theory in the “Is Okoto on Spherus Magna” topic a couple days ago, and this topic seems to be heading in this direction eventually, so I’ll post it here too.
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We know that Bionicle follows the Many Worlds Theory, that is, that there are infinitely many parallel universes in the Bionicle multiverse, all happening simultaneously, examples of this include the Dark Mirror, and The Kingdom. I would propose that the Okotoverse is yet another one of these alternate universes, that split off from the prime universe some time in the distance past. This accounts for certain similarities and differences between the two, like why the toa all have the same names but not the same masks, why the mask of creation and the mask of time exist in both, why the nuva symbols hold great power in both, but Mata Nui, Artakha, Karzahni, and other notable characters are not found in the Okotoverse. It also explains why everything in G1 was explained with energized protodermis, while everything in G2 is explained with magic. To quote Thor “Your ancestors called it magic and you call it science. Well, I come from a place where they’re one and the same thing.” The villagers of the Okotoverse aren’t highly industrial like the Matoran of Metru Nui. What the Matoran saw as science and mechanics, appears to be magic in the eyes of the villagers of Okoto.
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From the 2016 Bionicle Topic to here, I wanted to address this:
Nope. It’s not. The picture that was posted with this says that the Mask of Time used by the Protectors is the top half of the actual Mask of Time. This in no way suggest direct continuation.
Soft reboot maybe, but not a direct continuation. That would mean that G2 takes place in G1’s universe immediately after the end of G1, which simply cannot be. Okoto cannot exist anywhere else but in another dimension.
Notice I said soft reboot. Meaning there may be some connections between worlds, but none that substantially make them the same. Could the Mask of Time be spread out between G1’s universe and G2’s universe? Possibly. Can G2 elude to the fact that the bottom half of the Mask of Time is in another universe? It very well can, but that does not make G2 a continuation of the established story of G1. We aren’t meant to go back to Spherus Magna, but maybe LEGO would like to point out that we aren’t entirely separated from the cannon we all loved.
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I have to admit that continuation was wrong word. I really meant to say connection. Which this pretty much confirms.
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Okay, I guess! 
It’s maybe not quite confirmed yet. Eluded to as a possibility maybe, but the bottom half of the Mask of Time may very well exist in the G2 universe. We’ll have to wait and see if LEGO takes the Mask of Time route later on and if they explicitly say, “The bottom half is in another universe.”
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if they do a connection I wonder if they’ll just retcon Voporak with the bottom half
certainly would make things easier
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I prefer the term “connection”, personally. I think the implication of the second, bottom half of the Mask being missing is pretty obvious. What else is that supposed to make us think?
However, I doubt that anything will actually spring from it. The implication will be that the Mask was once whole, but got separated, with the top half in the G2 universe and the lower half in the G1 universe. Nothing needs to come from it, but it opens up doors for fans to postulate a connection, at the very least…
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Theory: Makuta tried to use the Mask of Time and when the Toa tried to stop him they sliced the mask in half, splitting time in 2. This way Makuta and the Toa and the 2 halves of the Mask of Time got split into 2 different timelines, G1 and G2. But the Toa didn’t arrive for a little while because the ones who are closest during the separation take longer to divide than those who are wearing it.
I think that’s the new way of storytelling in Bionicle: Exhibit it as a standard simplistic story but let the implications make it more complex and open to interpration from fans. It’s GENIUS!!
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This is my theory connecting Gen 1 to Gen 2:
Makuta Terridax survived the battle for Bara Mangna, even though he was killed by Mata Nui. How, you might ask? Well, remember that Terridax is an energy cloud, which is how he got control of the Mata Nui robot in the first place. When the Moon hit the Mata Nui robot it the head, the moon killed the robot body, NOT Terridax himself (energy can never be created nor destroyed). Of course Terridax probably took a while composing himself after his “death.” Eventually, I believe, he would rise/reawaken again and fly off into space (he is energy after all) looking for more power. All the Toa, Glatorian, Matoran, Agori, and Turaga notice Terridax’s reawakening. They decide on launching toa canisters (with the Toa Nuva inside) into space to follow Terridax, while the rest of them would stay and try to build a rocket to go after Terridax (or something like that). Meanwhile Terridax (being energy, is faster than the Toa canisters) flies over to Okoto and sees the Okoto Makuta’s jealousy for his brother Ekimu. When Makuta builds and puts on the Mask of Ultimate Power (thinking it will give him enough power to stop all threats and have the villagers praise him instead of Ekimu), Terridax (being energy) flies into the mask at the last moment, and takes control/ corrupts Makuta. When Ekimu knocks the mask of Ultimate Power off of Makuta’s face, its too late, Terridax has already corrupted Makuta and now is in control off him and his actions. Terridax/Makuta now wants more power in order to destroy the Gen 1 Mata Nui, Toa, Glatoran, etc.
“Wow” some might say. That’s pretty in depth stuff, but you forgot about the Toa Nuva in the canisters flying through space, and what of the mask of Time?
To that I continue my theory…
So the Toa Nuva are traveling through space when they smash into the planets that are seen on the prophecy wall in “The Legend” video on Lego.com. From there they are unconscious. At this point enough time has passed as to where the protector villagers use the upper half of the mask of Time to summon the Toa. In reality, the light shot out of the Mask (as seen in the animations) draws the Toa from their respective crashed planets, upgrades them (at the same time, wiping out all of their memories), reseals them in their Toa canisters, redirects them to Okoto, and gives them a boost so that they can get their faster.
What of the Nuva symbols on the 2016 sets? some might ask.
Honestly, in conection with my theory, they would be symbols given to the Toa (that match their Nuva symbols by chance) that would give them new upgrade (2016 upgrade) and mastery over their elements.
My theory, as in depth as it is, still has some gaps like WHY DOES LEWA CONTROL PLANTS AND NOT AIR?!?! WHY LEGO?!?!
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Yellow is associated with wind and air more than green is in western media. And lewa is green so… Plants it is
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That makes sense, however, Lego (and Bionicle) is Denmark, not America.
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Something that may come into play if there is a connection is the Adaptive Armour.
What I can imagine happening is the Toa being pulled from the G1 universe by the Prophesy of Heroes, and the Adaptive Armour attempting to adapt the Toa to the G2 universe, but then shorting out.
The Armour makes the Toa more physically similar to Okoto’s inhabitants, gives them weapons that can double as transport across the large island, adapts Lewa’s element to match its Okoto equivalent of Jungle, and generally adapts the Toa’s physiology to the new universe. But doing all this overloads the Adaptive Armour, disabling the mask powers and zapping the Toa’s memories.
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Morro?
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What the heck is a Morro?
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Maybe he is referring to the Ninjago ghost villain?
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unless if G2 if is a prequel to g1
idk if this is right but wasnt the mask of creation in G1?
and if this is right it would explain how makuta turned evil
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Considering that G1 makuta was a species this is impossible.
refer to here for the deets: BIONICLEsector01
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