Okay, this has been bugging me a bit. In the Mata Nui Online Game, when you first come across the Ta-koronan Kapura, he's slower than dirt. However, as we all know by now, Turaga Vakama (Or was it Jala?) taught him the secret of "moving fast by going very slowly."

Okay, is this a steaming pile or what?

I've been milling this over in my head ever since I completed the game, and even to me, the master of making up theories to fill in plot-holes, I can't figure this one out! I thought maybe Kappy was forcing himself to try and be faster, and instead ended up tripping over his own two feet, and that perhaps Vakama just told him to take his time, but no! It doesn't seem to work that way. No matter how I try to crunch this one in my head, it just doesn't make any sense, even in a fantasy setting! So what I'm trying to figure out now is this:

Is "moving fast by moving slow" a clever disguised metaphor for life, or is Kapura's ability simply a convienient way of explaining why he could find you in ANY village prior to the Kini Nui battle scene? I'm lookinf for any input I can get on this one, minna-san. PLEASE share your thoughts with me. ^^;

You go really slow so you move really fast...Time shift?

Probably has something to do with meditating himself somewhere. Like entering a trance, looking up a place on the map of Mata Nui, and wishing yourself there, and presto! you-re there.

-KotT-

The secret between good ol' Kapp's method of moving is this:

"I simply am where I am not"

Confusing? Yes? Thought so?

He means that by meditiation or something like that, he is able to force himself to be somewhere where he isn't.

Some people havelinked Kapura's movement to time-shifting and then to Vakama because he found the Vahi.

I have to admit, Kapura is one of my favourite Matoran because he is so mysterious.

Yes, this was my theory: Vakama knows how, taught Kapura, and made the Vahi, which Tahu could wear so he could do it too. But that's just an old theory. Kapura's my favorite too, he's so funny sometimes.

Have you people seen Kapura dodge an attack in the MNOLG? That migh thave something to do with it. Maybe it is a time warp of sorts, but it might be draining on his energy.

Special time consumtion? warping? I tend to think that kapura medditates to learn how to move from one spot to the next by warping ( you know like in startrek )

Maybe Vakama asked him to try it out becuase maybe Kapura was felling sad cause he is slow so vakama said it to cheer him up

Try out the Vahi? Impossible - A Great Mask would either overwhelm a Matoran, or have no effect whatsoever.
The Vahi is more like a Legendary mask, so it'd probably disintergrate poor Kapura.

This is a bit odd, but consider:

You wish to move twenty miles.

You move at 20mph, it takes 1 hour.
At 10mph, 2 hours.
5mph, 4 hours.
1mph, 20 hours.
-1mph, -20 hours.

Therefore, by moving slowly, Kapura arrives at his destination before he sets off!

Man, that must be the stupidest theory I ever came up with.

In the rahi battles when he dodges attacks he appears out of the way and then back where he was again? Can he teleport?

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This is a bit odd, but consider: You wish to move twenty miles. You move at 20mph, it takes 1 hour. At 10mph, 2 hours. 5mph, 4 hours. 1mph, 20 hours. -1mph, -20 hours. Therefore, by moving slowly, Kapura arrives at his destination before he sets off! Man, that must be the stupidest theory I ever came up with.

That isn't stupid at all. It seems to have hit the nail right on the head. By moving so slowly, you are able to reach your destination before you set off. So in effect, it is some kind of a time warp. But it will most likely have nothing to do with Kanohi Vahi. The Vahi can only be used by a Toa/Nuva, it is too powerful a mask for any lesser beings to control, as it would most likely (as Lord Lupus said) vapourise them. I mean, it already has the power to destroy time itself.

I agree with Gahlok XA. That is a great theory and makes perfect sense. But how would you move that slow? Go backwards? Or just got at a somethingth of a whatever?

WOW! I'm glad I started this topic! Not only has all your insight helped me figure Kapura out a bit more, but lookie! you guys helped me write my first Bionicle short story! Thanks everyone, and I hope you like it!

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QUOTE (Gahlok XA @ May 8 2003, 06:35 AM)

This is a bit odd, but consider: You wish to move twenty miles. You move at 20mph, it takes 1 hour. At 10mph, 2 hours. 5mph, 4 hours. 1mph, 20 hours. -1mph, -20 hours. Therefore, by moving slowly, Kapura arrives at his destination before he sets off! Man, that must be the stupidest theory I ever came up with.

That theorie is not stupid. Saying its stupid is stupidter then the theorie itself! Not saying your stupid. Maybe Vakama taught Kapura how to travel at -1 miles per hour but it takes a lot of practice.

QUOTE (Gahlok XA @ May 8 2003, 09:35 AM)

This is a bit odd, but consider: You wish to move twenty miles. You move at 20mph, it takes 1 hour. At 10mph, 2 hours. 5mph, 4 hours. 1mph, 20 hours. -1mph, -20 hours. Therefore, by moving slowly, Kapura arrives at his destination before he sets off! Man, that must be the stupidest theory I ever came up with.

Ta-Wha?
What?
Ok, that makes sence... kind of... (still not stupid)
Good idea!

my explanation is:kapura is strange
(or maybe he's a mutant)

Do I see another X-Men fan? lol. Nice theory, Gahlok XA, but considering that on Mata-Nui negative distances are termed with absolute value, (like on Earth, it's still a distance) |-1|x 20mph=20 hours. It could've worked if Mata-Nui was a math equation...

no NO NO NO! NO!!

Sorry to be so negative, but you all have it all wrong. He doesn't have Magic powers, or the Vahi or anything...

It is kinda a metaphor for life. By doing things slowly, Kapura can observe and take things in, and understand and learn them. He therefor can do other things faster, or be more productive, and wise.

It's hard to explain, but it makes sense to me.

It would be really wierd for him to have magic powers... But maybe a vahi (he found it, showed it to Vakama, who taught him the deeper meaning (^above^), and now he knows the secret!

That whole post is my theory...

maybe hes very careful about were he steps so he dosn't trip
offtopic:yes I am an x-men fan

I gotta say, I like ZDigiToaIM's theory the best. The big magic and elemental powers and all that seem more reserved for the Toa than the Matoran. I doubt Kapura gained some new power. He just got better. It's like getting physically stronger through a lot of hard work and body building rather than drinking some miraculous potion or serum. In any case, the short story I whipped up is my interpretation of what might have happened. Basically, Kap saw Vakama and asked him for advice. Vakama didn't give Kapura any new powers or abilities. He just gave him something to think about. Perhaps Kapura was always naturally slow, and disliked that, so was always in a hurry to perform faster. But the old proverb proved true with him: Haste makes waste. In his zeal to be faster, he might have been clumsy and awkward in his movements, and gone slower. Kind of like he was forcing his body to do more than it could at the time. Vakama sorta helped him relax and calm down a bit, so he could understand his error and learn to take his time rather than force himself to rush. By doing so, his movements became more fluid, his perceptions clearer, and in the end, he found that by relaxing, he could accomplish his goal that much better.

Besides, if he was a mutant, he'd be blue. And... furry. And Germanic.

okay I'm don't know why but I love reading this discussion.....

Kapura may have been able to be where he is not by slwoing his whole bodily functions to the point where even his cellular levels were stoped so he can travel at infent speed which makes me wonder why he traveled with the chronicler (forgot name)

Another theory could be he is super sayion or what ever they call that dragon ball thing... and I think its goku that lays his fingers on his forhead and teleports around....

Remember what he said, "I am where I am not, where I am is hot, but where I am not is not hot." GregF said Makuta has been trying to take away some powers from the Tohunga, and maybe Kapura has overcome Makuta and recieved one of his former powers.

And this is fanticy, try explaning the Kakama Nuva's power to go through walls!

-KotT-