Painful To Think About How Nuju And To Some Degree All The Turaga And Even The Toa Mata Fostered An Expectation

painful to think about how Nuju and to some degree all the Turaga and even the Toa Mata fostered an expectation in Matoro that there are some things that can't be shared with anyone and that he needs to handle enormous responsibilities on his own. but we don't talk as much about how Ko-Matoran culture in general does this to all the Ko-Matoran as well as Nuju and Kopaka. in Ko-Metru and Ko-Koro, the idea is that you should be intensely independent, that the most quiet and dedicated scholars are the most highly valued members of the society, and that sharing with others is an annoyance. in their isolation, I figure a lot of them even lack the social skills to know how to share something or ask for help that would be expected in other cultures, and likewise, they might not know how to support a friend in need.

this is part of why Kopaka always seems so taken aback by Pohatu wanting to help him so much and Gali expecting him to be able to express himself and have deep conversations with her. it's also related to Nuju being so unwilling to rely on his siblings. those aren't things that Ko-Matoran do.

I'm sure there are other Matoran in Ko-Koro who would have done exactly as Matoro did if they were in his situation. we talk a lot about Nuju teaching Matoro to act that way, but less about how the whole culture revolves around that isolation and how Nuju also learned this from his peers and no doubt his Toa too. it's interesting to me because I believe Lhikan picked Nuju for his ferocity as well as his cleverness, but did Nuju ever know that? or did he just think Lhikan chose a competent scholar with a reputation for his independence? anyway, the point is Matoro wasn't the only Ko-Matoran who needed to hear the message that he didn't have to do everything on his own and should ask for help and support sometimes, and Nuju wasn't the only one who taught him otherwise