alright uh
Probably the least interesting character of all of Bionicle for me is Toa Matau. A lot of Glatorian are contenders for this spot, being mostly shallow, basic copies of preexisting personalities which barely fit the character they’re attached with. ‘I’m the go-lucky hero!’ ‘I’m the grizzled veteran!’ Nobody cares. Even Metus was Ahkmou and only because he could somehow accomplish a number of high-level blackmail and manipulation tactics despite being about as competent as a Vorox.
But I digress.
Toa Matau is the worst character for me because there’s next to nothing to offer. How would Toa Matau react in X scenario? You know exactly how he’d react. Go there, do this, talk to Y, help Z, save the day? There’s only one way Toa Matau would accomplish that sequence of events when any other Toa on his team could do it in several different ways. Turaga Matau adds a cynical and wizened air to the character, which helps a TON with making him more interesting, but Toa Matau is extremely predictable and extremely uninteresting. Nobody writes fanfic about Toa Matau.
He’s Lewa but more prank-inclined and a little sad. It adds to the existing Le-Toa meta, but otherwise, it’s just lazy.
Now someone make the villain topic so I can talk about the villains