Death Of A Hero
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Note: do not click the spoiler tags unless you have read Comic #11: Death of a Hero or do not mind having the 2007 ending spoiled.
But if you see the little quote down in the content block entitled "Stuff I Said (Or Wrote)", you'll see a quote from a certain "Toa Barnoka". I can give a little more background info on that quote. First of all, here's the quote:
eing a hero is not just following a moral code. Being a hero is making sacrifices for the good of others, not yourself. It’s doing it in the hopes that one day order will be restored. It’s doing it knowing that any pain you or others experience will be worth the peace you bring to countless beings. That is what being a hero is. And that is what we must do our best to be.
He says that after killing an innocent who has been fused with a deadly machine and is, against his own will, threatening to kill Barnoka and all of his friends (myself included among them). Qedono, his Matoran comrade, objects to this, and Barnoka says that line, ending the chapter. In the very next chapter (or maybe the chapter after; can't remember exactly), Barnoka gives his own life to do something very important for his island. When reading Comic 11, I was much reminded of Barnoka's sacrifice, and realized that by Barnoka's logic, Matoro now surpasses Lhikan as the greatest hero in the Bionicle storyline.
He gave his life, and by doing so, he saved the life of every being--hero or villain (or neutral)--in the universe. He made the ultimate sacrifice for the good of the universe, restoring order, knowing that his death would be worth the peace he brought to the entire universe. Thus, the title "Death of a Hero" is quite appopriate. For Matoro was truly the greatest hero the Bionicle universe has ever had.
...Cheesy, I know, but I felt it had to be said. Any comments?
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