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It's not the power itself that is evil, but it is evil by association. If someone with great feat and worth were to wear an 'immoral' mask, then maybe the mask will be remembered in the honor of said great hero and only continue to be seen as immoral in circles of tradition.

 

It is similar to my stance on made-up names: if it is new or rare and has no ancient meaning, then it is up to you to give it meaning. Names didn't have meaning in our eyes to start with, we had to add value to them. That is not to say that things didn't already have names, but they were absent in the minds and tongues of humanity.

It's not the power itself that is evil, but it is evil by association. If someone with great feat and worth were to wear an 'immoral' mask, then maybe the mask will be remembered in the honor of said great hero and only continue to be seen as immoral in circles of tradition.

That would be the case, except BS01 explicitly states when a mask is considered unusable by association. For example, the Kanohi Shelek is not considered immoral by a Toa, but they would not wear it because of Chirox. The Jutlin is considered unusable because of its power.

 

It's not the power itself that is evil, but it is evil by association. If someone with great feat and worth were to wear an 'immoral' mask, then maybe the mask will be remembered in the honor of said great hero and only continue to be seen as immoral in circles of tradition.

That would be the case, except BS01 explicitly states when a mask is considered unusable by association. For example, the Kanohi Shelek is not considered immoral by a Toa, but they would not wear it because of Chirox. The Jutlin is considered unusable because of its power.

 

That's just weird then.

This is, literally the best.