Oh, no, different kanoka formula. As always, amazing video!

Go for it, I'd love to :)

@@theknowledgetower208 I might have figured out the logistics of mask-making through the disk combinations we are provided (admittedly, a small sample size of 13) any mask made with one disk gets a literal translation of the power, while masks made with multiple causes the disks to become less literal reconstitute: blanket alteration of other powers freeze: reduces something involving a select target (am least sure of this one) weakness: reduce external force remove poison: relates to the user's body/abilities enlarge: projection/broadening shrink: focusing regenerate: provides extra force or capacity teleport: relates to distance (namely speed and sight) example: the matatu is shrink+teleport or the focusing of motion on a selected object or the pakari being remove poison+enlarge+regenerate or the user's strength projected and amplified true elemental disks can apparently be used for this as well, but we have no examples of this

​@@theknowledgetower208another I thought of: mask making has to be a more complex process than just molding the metal given kanohi last seemingly indefinitely (toa Mata masks made at beginning of MU) while kanoka denatured (all depleted between toa metru and toa mata)

Oh no

I'm not sure it would make much sense to use that model. For one, an exponential function always goes to 0, unless you add a minimum value, but the equation would become h(P) = hmin+(h0-hmin)*e^-P, which just looks inelegant. Plus it would mean that you are gonna have a huge size drop from 1 to 2, and then tiers 5-8 will be practically indistinguishable. That would call into question why have all these tiers. I think the linear model is more appropriate so that each tier makes a difference.

​@@Yan_Alkovic I attempted a different approach, namely a simple power law. The formula I devised is: h[P] = h0^(1-Abs[P]/8) * c[P]^Abs[P] where P is the disc's power (negative values refer to shrinking, and positive to enlarging; P = 0 is not getting hit by a disc lmao) and c[P] is hMax^(1/8) for P > 0 and hMin^(1/8) for P < 0. For hMax = 18.29 m and hMin = 0.15 m this works out to be: c+ = 1.438 m^(1/8) ; c- = 0.790 m^(1/8) I tried finding a constant factor that would work for both positive and negative values, but couldn't find one that reproduces both given min/max sizes. All resulting sizes of a Toa getting hit by each power level are then (in meters and feet): LVL m feet -9 0.11 0.36 -8 0.15 0.50 -7 0.21 0.70 -6 0.30 0.97 -5 0.41 1.36 -4 0.58 1.90 -3 0.81 2.64 -2 1.12 3.69 -1 1.57 5.15 0 2.19 7.19 1 2.86 9.37 2 3.72 12.21 3 4.85 15.92 4 6.33 20.76 5 8.25 27.07 6 10.76 35.30 7 14.03 46.02 8 18.29 60.00 9 23.84 78.23 I think the size differences between each level are still reasonable enough. The only problem I can see is that the resulting sizes you get for power level 9 are dependant on the original size, e.g. a Toa getting hit by a level 9 enlarge disc would become 23.84 m (see above), but a Tahtorak (~12 m) would become 19.28 m, and similarly for shrinking. This could be resolved by setting the max/min sizes to be the result of getting hit by a lvl 9 disc instead of a lvl 8, in which case you'd have to replace all 8s in my equation with 9s.

plot device material~* but realistically i'd guess something of a spider silk fiberglass type mixture, can't really say why, it just feels right to me

@@prcervi I was thinking some polymer plastic, but the way they release a puff of dust as they are broken looks more life micro fibers that break into very small particles

Agreed entirely.

A simple and very cool way to fix this is to have the Bohrok-Kals’ powers unable to stop functioning until they run out of energy, even after death. That which was Nuhvok-Kal projects gravity fields that hold in its own radiation, possibly becoming a black hole again each time. This has cool story implications as well, the field will eventually fail and unleash the explosion, our heroes will have to transport a radioactive, untouchable orb far away from the planet before it is too late. It would require the orb to be unaffected by teleportation and dimensional gates but gravity warps space-time so that is fine.

That is a very good question, one that I am in fact currently working on an answer to as a follow up to this video ;)

@@theknowledgetower208 Nice, looking forward to it. :)

The suns orbit in a 13 Earth-year period, so those would be 17-year seasons. But because of Solis B's smaller magnitude, it be more like a moon, including tides on this timescale.

One nova blast can destroy your god’s brain, he is not going to let you use them. You would rather not destroy your universe anyway. Toa are heroes, they cannot do such things. Matoran, Rahi, and others who live in fear will provide inferior work. There is presumably a limit to the total amount of elemental energy. Makutas can survive and are stronger than Toa in all other regards. Fewer enemies means stronger enemies. Also the Toa-killing robot and the Ignika would probably take issue.

While I can see your point, that’s not the case here. Historically, east and west were defined by where the sun rose, with east being where it rose and west being where it set. So, if we were purely using that definition, then what you say would be true and I should’ve swapped them around. But the definitions of east and west have been refined for when talking about astronomical bodies other than just the Earth. According to modern definitions, east and west are defined not by where the sun rises on a planet, but by their related orientation to north and south. If you are facing north, then east is always to the right, and west is always to the left - and vice versa if you are facing south. This means that the real question becomes how do you define north and south? There are two different schools of thought of this, the method that compares north and south against the invariable plane of the planets solar system (which is the currently accepted method used by the International Astronomical Union), or the “right hand” rule which uses the planet and its rotation independent of the rest of the solar system to define north and south (which is an older method, but still used in some places). I’d recommend these links if you want to know more about both methods, they can explain it better than I can in a comment (and you can see how north and south can be different in both definitions for the same planet depending upon how the planet is rotating compared to the rest of its solar system - it’s a pretty cool read) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poles_of_astronomical_bodies www.astronomy.com/science/ask-astro-how-do-we-distinguish-north-and-south-poles-on-other-planets/ But for Aqua Magna, we know it has to be in the orientation given in the video at 12:09. As the video explains, the island has to be in the orientation that is depicted in that image, otherwise the prevailing winds wouldn’t match up to where they needed to be for the rain shadow explanation of the islands geography to work. Also, in order for that to work, then the planet needs to be spinning in the opposite direction to the Earth, again as explained in the video. But we know from canon that Po-Wahi needs to be facing roughly north. So, if we take all of this into account alongside the fact that east and west should be defined in relation to their position relative to north and south rather than where the sun rises or sets, then east and west have to be in the direction they were given on the map in the video and therefore Solis Magna has to rise in the west and set in the east. Hope that makes sense.