Talk:Ba-Matoran
Do we know what minor elemental power the Ba-Matoran get? Like Ta-Matoran have greater heat resistance and so on
- As of yet, no we do not. -- I AM THE DOREK do not truffle with me 13:18, 22 January 2012 (PST)
Greg's answer here implies that the reason for Ba-Toa's rarity might be because the BoM purged them in addition to Fe-Toa. Is this solid enough to make a change? Y/N? --Angel Bob (talk) 16:46, 11 February 2015 (CET)
- He's said before the reason for elemental rarity is often just because the story isn't focused on them and not for any given story reason; the purge happened to be an in-universe explanation. Whether or not that qualifies as a "previous answer" for established canon, I don't know. -- Dorek Talk
19:45, 11 February 2015 (CET)
According to the last line under "Abilities and Traits," it says that "almost all" Ba-Matoran are male. This implies that at least some Ba-Matoran are female. What is the source on that? ~Toa Nui 16:28, 23 April 2015 (GMT)
- Greg once conceded that there might be Matoran out there that don't conform to their programmed gender, so I made edits to all the relevant pages. However, because it wasn't an outright confirmation, BS01 didn't accept it. All the edits were reversed, except this one. I would change it myself, but I can't bring myself to do it because I disagree so strongly with these gender rules. --Angel Bob (talk) 19:30, 23 April 2015 (CEST)
- (Also because Greg said afterwards that his admission of possibility wasn't actually a confirmation that it was indeed the case, which is actually when we undid the edits)
- Perhaps include in the trivia that it is certainly a possibility, although it isn't confirmed? It's a little tidbit that's interesting food for thought. ~Toa Nui 20:56, 23 April 2015 (GMT)
- My original thought was to make a mention on the Matoran page, but even then, the only actual example of a gender-swap that we have is for a Toa that was never a Matoran in the first place. In general, I'd say there's notes in all the right places, and anything else is fan reactions, which we don't necessarily have a place for. -- Dorek Talk 22:04, 23 April 2015 (CEST)
- My original thought was to make a mention on the Matoran page, but even then, the only actual example of a gender-swap that we have is for a Toa that was never a Matoran in the first place. In general, I'd say there's notes in all the right places, and anything else is fan reactions, which we don't necessarily have a place for. -- Dorek Talk
Rarity Citations
I have found explicit citations for the rarity of Ba-Matoran that don't rely on the pre-conceived assumption that they are rarer:
https://greg.thegreatarchives.com/2008-2010/page264#post10550-line3-4,10 https://greg.thegreatarchives.com/2008-2010/page265#post10582-line2,5
The Jerminator (talk) 23:31, 2 July 2022 (UTC)