Timeline for Why can't Maui float?
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| Apr 3, 2017 at 14:12 | vote | accept | Skooba - Stands Against AI | ||
| Mar 30, 2017 at 20:07 | comment | added | Erik | @Ellesedil To use his own words he's "just and ordinary demi-guy." You're right that Maui gets a lot of his power from his hook, but his inability to swim away from his island "jail" is the only physical weakness we see him have in the movie. During the fight with Tamatoa we see him take enormous physical abuse without even a scratch. Given his seemingly impervious skin/body, and massive strength this line is the only physical limit Maui has, unless he's being compared to a god(dess). | |
| Mar 30, 2017 at 16:31 | comment | added | Valorum | @Ellesedil - I was referring to his physical weaknesses, not his psychological shortcomings. Achilles' downfall may have been due to his overconfidence, but his death was due to his heel. | |
| Mar 30, 2017 at 15:19 | comment | added | zwol | I suspect the scriptwriters would say that his Achilles heel is his arrogance and egotism, which repeatedly leads him to bite off more than he can chew. (This is pretty much stock characterization for trickster demigods.) | |
| Mar 30, 2017 at 6:09 | comment | added | Ellesedil | Umm, Maui's Achilles heel is that most of his incredible power is reliant on his hook. Assuming he had the endurance necessary to swim hundreds of miles, he wouldn't be able to swim Te Fiti to death. His hook being damaged/destroyed is what creates the genuine risk of failure. The being unable to swim large distances and being stuck on an island part simply enables Moana to locate him (relatively) easily. | |
| Mar 29, 2017 at 18:36 | history | edited | Valorum | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Mar 29, 2017 at 18:04 | history | answered | Valorum | CC BY-SA 3.0 |