What you are saying doesn ' t really disprove what ubillyK is saying . TD can be both the 155 th mostsubscribed sub and also the most active . <| sep |> I wanna say i appreciate comments like this , this is a great community <| sep |> I don ' t think his motivations were all over the place . They were actually very singular . Maui initially was obsessed with obtaining the love of the masses , not of the individual . That ' s why he stole the heart and raised islands and everything else so he could be worshiped by all of mankind . One seemingly insignificant girl wouldn ' t be able to provide him with that , especially after a millennium deprived of that adoration . And we find out later in the movie that his motivations were actually to gain the respect and love of those whom he felt abandoned him . At first , Moana did not seem like the person who could have given that to him . He was driven by his obsession , to the point that he would have killed a young girl to obtain it . The heart and drive and sincerity of Moana slowly melt that obsession away but at first , yeah , he is selfish . And that ' s the point .