Fuck it, Here’s How Pohatu and Miserix Probably Got Together
I’ll preface this by saying that I very much vibe with @kanohivolitakk’s reading of Miserix in this post. TL;DR: Miserix as a character is deeply tied to his Duty. Teridax usurping him essentially broke him so bad that all he had left was his anger at Teridax and the rest of the Brotherhood, essentially making his new purpose to wipe them out.
Building from that post, we know Miserix never got his chance to take his revenge on Teridax, so this new vengeance-filled purpose was also taken away from him, and he doesn’t even have his anger left anymore. So following Spherus Magna’s reformation, it probably caused his mental state to take a further nosedive, probably leading to isolation.
As for Pohatu, I imagine he heard about Miserix from Lewa or one of the others Velika failed to kill on Bota Magna. Finding out that Miserix is basically the only remaining Makuta that isn’t pure evil made Pohatu wonder if maybe he could be convinced to help with the rebuild. So he sets out to find Miserix.
Like with his first couple interactions with Kopaka, Miserix wanted nothing to do with him and tried to get him to leave so he could just be left alone. As one can probably assume, Pohatu stayed.
Miserix finally ended up caving just so he would be left alone, though subconsciously he also did it because maybe having something to do would probably be good to take his mind off of his issues.
So with Pohatu’s stone powers and creative application of Miserix’s Kraata powers, they got to work on trying to build settlements for displaced inhabitants of the MU.
And you know what? Miserix actually grew to like it. It felt like he had a purpose again, a Duty again, and while it might not’ve been being the Brotherhood’s leader, in some ways it felt close enough to it.
Perhaps as a consequence, he actually began warming up to Pohatu as they worked together, and while not too terribly open with his issues, Pohatu managed to whittle down some of his walls a bit. It definitely helped that Pohatu played a role in him finding a Duty again.
After awhile, Miserix started developing… strange feelings when around Pohatu that he had never felt before and didn’t have a name for. It wasn’t until some Agori that were helping with the rebuild noticed and talked to him that he learned that it was a feeling the Agori called “love”.
Miserix was closer to his pre-imprisonment self now, so he was cautious about this “love” until he understood it and what Pohatu’s reaction to it would be better.
On the flipside, Pohatu had some familiarity with the concept of “love” given Hewkii and Macku, so he understood what kind of feelings he was developing as Miserix helped the inhabitants of the MU integrate into Spherus Magna.
Pohatu, being someone who wears his metaphorical heart on his sleeve, didn’t take long to tell Miserix about this, which surprised the Brotherhood’s former leader.
They ultimately elected to take things slow and see where it took them from there.
And that’s all my thoughts on how those two would work, at least for now.
