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bizzybee280yt · 3 months

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i played frontiers of pandora and had a category 43259423854 autism moment

i love my ikran. Katir is the greatest thing that has ever happened to me. precious pink baby demon dragon. i’ve got her fully dripped to the gills with sarentu heritage stuff, it’s so fucking great. i love her.

so, who becomes Olo’eyktan and Tsahik of the Sarentu? Nor fucked off after killing Alma’s avatar, Teylan’s a whiny little piss boy and Aha’ri is fucking dead. So’lek can’t be leader, he’s not Sarentu. Ri’nela would be better as a Tsahik seeing as she deals with things around the base and offers council, which is like the stepping stones to leading the clan spiritually. That means that… I’d be Olo’eyktan? considering i led the attack at Mercer’s base and hunt very well and got all the upgrades and tarsyu shits, and all the bellsprigs and shit.

If i’d be Olo’eyktan and Ri’nela would be Tsahik, does that mean we become a mated pair? dialogue from one of the npcs in the game shows that homosexuality is a thing among the Na’vi, with one of the riverside uninteractable people (who is a woman) talking about not being able to talk to this one girl she likes (which was so real of her to say)

So, my dumbass (female) and my ultimate girlboss wife (Ri’nela) leading the Sarentu into greatness when we were once a dying clan?? sign me the fuck up yes MA’AM

i’d kill a palulukan for Ri’nela, on god

also i feel like the way the RDA say “Na’vi” feels like a racial slur, like how people say “Arab” incorrectly to use it as a slur. i really like how this game showed how much the RDA were the bad guys, but reminded us all the time that they’re human. they are human people. the same race as me. i can’t hide behind my mask of being Sarentu when reminded that this is what humanity would be like if put on Pandora.

the way Mercer said that the Na’vi things, like Ri’nela’s feathers or the Songcord from the mother, were ‘dirty’ or ‘primitive’ or ‘foolish’ made me have a immense realization that these tactics were used during the assimilation of north americans into society. only this time, the Na’vi were able to escape.

i feel like the story of humans and Na’vi is like that of the native americans, only the Na’vi won back their land when the native americans didn’t. hunting the tulkun and zakru? just like the bison being mass hunted. TAP? boarding schools.

it feels so jarring to remember how badly white people have absolutely fucked over every other race in the ass sideways on the lord’s altar whilst saying “it’s all God’s will”

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so yeah, i had some fun analyzing and playing this game. symbolism is my autistic special interest

#frontiers of pandora #pandora #avatar #avatar: frontiers of pandora #sarentu #ri’nela #teylan #nor #aha’ri #so’lek #ikran #thanator #palulukan #palulukan means thanator in na’vi

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go-river-flows · 1 year

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The Lone Hunter

Summary: Jake’s kids are still wide awake from a day of playing, so he tells them the story of The Lone Hunter to get his little children to fall asleep.

Part 1 of 3

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Jake was huddling his young children to get sleep, but finding it difficult as his children were a rambunctious bunch, always full of energy and all over the place.

“Come on kids, it's time to close our eyes now,” Jake held his sons and daughter, with his wife and newborn daughter next to him.

“Aw, but we’re not tired,” little Neteyam whined.

“Tell us a story!” Kiri bounced.

Jake sighed, chuckling at his children, “okay, one story.”

“Yay!” the three children exclaimed.

“What story are you going to tell?” Neteyam asked his father.

“Hmmm. Have you heard the one about how I met your mother?” they nodded, “About how Uncle Norm and I became friends?” they nodded again, “What about the lone hunter?” The three kids’ ears perked up, they haven't heard that one before.

“No, what’s that one about?” Kiri chirped. Jake lightly chuckled at her question.

“Oh this one is an interesting story, and it involves Grace and Uncle Norm too…” He began to tell them the story of the lone hunter.

Many years ago

Norm and Grace were out in the jungle taking some samples of flora, meandering through the thick jungle floor. They had their GPS just in case of getting lost and they found themselves at a beautiful spring, the clear water and rushing waterfall entrancing them. Norm was still whining about how Jake was at Hometree, annoyed that he didn't get a chance to go there yet.

“I can't believe that Jake is at Hometree and I'm stuck out here doing sciency stuff.”

“Yeah, but this ‘sciency stuff’ is important too, Norm. There is so much to research and we barely scratched the surface. Did you know that the Omatikaya clan is one in over forty clans around Pandora, all in different regions, in different environments. That means different adaptations through evolution, different flora, different fauna. Different, but similar cultures…The list goes on,” Grace emphasised.

“Yeah, yeah. I know,” Norm grumbled in annoyance, keeping his head down already used to Grace’s speech after hearing it one too many times. He could practically recite it off by heart at this point.

Grace was annoyed at Norms grumbling, trying to keep his spirits up as he trudged ahead. They had been walking for nearly five hours at this point, looking and taking samples of all the flora they came across. The sounds of the jungle gave them a sense of adventure, as were the noises of creatures, the light breeze, the fresh Pandoran air filling their lungs.

But suddenly it got very quiet, very quickly. Grace was first to notice as Norm was bent down collecting samples of an identified herbal flora. It was like all the sounds were sucked away, as if there was a predator nearby. They looked around, staying as silent as they humanly can. Their bodies felt heavy as their feet were frozen in place. Unsure of what to do, Grace reached for her small knife but was startled by a low hiss behind them in the brush. Norm started to vibrate next to Grace as he was still crouched with his head down, the sight of a black paw just mere inches away from him terrified him. He recognised in that instant, that it was the paw of a thanator, however it did not pounce at them or attack. His shaking intensified in a heartbeat. A slight movement caught their ear, a shifting movement from upon the thanator. However Grace did not turn, nor did Norm look up.

“Who are you?” a woman's voice caused them to flinch, Grace and Norm could feel eyes on them, “Are you demons?” the palulukan growled louder.

“M-My name is Grace. The na’vi next to me is Norm,” Grace mustered up her courage to say. The na’vi woman paused for a moment.

“If you are na’vi, why are you wearing demon clothing?” the woman questioned, she had looked Grace and Norm up and down, observing their strange coverings.

“Uhh…” Grace didn't have an excuse for that. Her eyes fall on Norm, who by now looks like he is about to shit himself. His shaking was vibrating the plant in front of him, as sweat started pouring down his face.

“We are…na’vi, from…the Jar–head clan,” Grace hesitated, the air getting caught in her throat, “Our clan wears clothes like these,” she partially lied. The na’vi behind them hummed in consideration before speaking.

“Turn around– slowly,” the na’vi stated. Grace gulped as she started turning to her right, grabbing a hold of Norm’s wrist and slowly pulling him up from his crouched position. Finally facing the painted Na’vi sitting on a midnight blue thanator, her queue connected to the beast. Grace silently gasped, concluding that the na’vi was a Palulukan Makto. Bonds like these were rare and majestic. Grace had heard that there were only one or even more rarely two of these riders in one clan. The Na’vi was painted in shades of green, which allowed her to blend in perfectly to the thick jungle surrounding them, to which an untrained eye could completely miss her. Grace was still holding Norm’s wrist, feeling his racing pulse and now much violent shaking. She though he was going to pass out.

The thanator sniffed them, taking in deep inhales of their scent, took a step back. Then planted it's bottom on the grass, snorting out a huff.

“My Hona will not hurt you. We are just not used to strangers in these parts,” the na’vi woman said, still perched on her thanator.

“Your…palulukan… is beautiful,” Norm shook as his voice kept getting caught on his throat. Scared to look at the Na’vi in front of him.

“Thank you, Norm,” the female Na’vi thanked warmly. Norm elicited a nervous smile and a strange noise, which the thanator reacted to, perking up and moved closer to Norm’s terrified face. It’s face cocking to the side, as if inquisitive, suddenly licking the man’s face.

That was it for Norm who fainted, collapsing onto the dirt. Grace was in complete awe, her jaw dropped as the rider stifled a laugh at his reaction.

The Na’vi brought Grace and the unconscious Norm a distance away from the Hell’s Gate Avatar facility. Grace sat behind the Na’vi and Norm flung in between them. Grace concluded that Norm had disconnected the link in fear as his avatar didn’t regain consciousness. Though Grace had a lovely conversation with the painted lone na’vi. Learning that her grandparents were once part of the Omatikaya clan, then banished for committing treason. Her mother met her father before the banishment and they too were thrown out. The lone female na’vi was born outside her clan and grew up in the wilds. Learning everything from her parents to survive.

“I cannot go any further from here,” the Na’vi told them as they came to a stop.

“Oh, okay. Thank you very much,” she climbed off the thanator dragging Norm’s avatar off it's back, her hands under Norm’s armpits trying to get a better grip.

“I see you, Grace,” the female Palulukan Makto finally greeted, extending her palm from her forehead. Turning her thanator around they took off into the darkening jungle.

That was their first encounter with the lone hunter.

The second time they met her was again near the spring they had found, a week later. This time Norm didn't faint at the lick of the thanator. Hona had taken quite a liking to Norm, especially after he made the strange noise, which Norm learnt was a sound used to call a thanator for affection. He also learnt the sound used to command an attack, in the same vein if the rider is not bonded. Grace was intrigued by the tamed thanator, learning from the lone na’vi that thanators have incredibly enhanced hearing, smell, sight and speed. The senses can be accessed through their tsaheylu, and that the rider and creature have an everlasting bond. They can mark their scents on familiar na’vi, as Hona has already marked Grace and Norm as friendlies, so that they are not to be attacked by other creatures, as a form of warning and protection. With that Grace and Norm could freely walk without the fear of being attacked.

Much like ikran riders. That even children can bond with the cubs of a thanator, their bond even deeper as they grow up together. Grace took many notes. As days passed, Norm and Grace would go about their day in their avatars humming calmly as he collected samples which caught the attention of Jake. Who could smell the scent of a thanator but not see one, keeping him on edge. Later learning that it was coming from Norm and Grace themselves as he kept a distance from them. The scent of a thanator growing more pungent for the days to come, Jake now avoided meeting them.

When they moved their research to Site 26 in the Hallelujah Mountains. Without Jake’s knowledge, Grace and Norm had been visiting the lone na’vi. They would return to Site 26 with bundles of leaf packaged food, enough to feed a family of na’vi. Jake became suspicious of the two. And one day when he wasn't training, he followed them. Neytiri, out of concern and curiosity, went with him.

As they arrived near the spring, Neytiri was begging Jake to leave as the smell of the thanator grew stronger. As they peaked through the treeline, they saw Norm with a na’vi standing at the top of the waterfall. Norm was topless and Grace appeared behind them, wet from head to toe with a wide smile. Then Norm and the female na’vi leapt from the top into the lake below, excitedly shrieking as they plunged into the cool water. When suddenly a thanator leapt into the water from the top, Jake and Neytiri’s were jaw slacked from shock. When the thanator resurfaced with Norm and the na’vi it made what sounded like a snickering, before smelling the air it honed in on Jake and Neytiri’s form hiding in the treeline, letting out a loud hiss, it speedily swam straight at them. As soon as Hona’s feet touched the bank, it took off after them chasing them through the jungle, nearly pinning them to a fallen log.

“Hona! Return!” a female call ripped through the air, the palulukan slid to a halt snarling at Jake and Neytiri. It let out a deep growl before turning tail, kicking dirt from underneath it's paw at them as it ran to the voice.

The children’s breathing had evened out, their eyes clamped shut. Jake smiled contently, as his children slept. He eventually fell asleep to the warmth of his family.

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#Avatar: The Lone Hunter #Neytiri x omaticaya!reader #jake sully x omaticaya!reader #avatar #avatar x reader #avatar fanfiction #avatar fanfic #jake sully #avatar 2 #Neteyam sully #loak sully #kiri sully #norm spellman #norm spellman x reader #avatar x na'vi reader #avatar x you #avatar x y/n #grace augustine

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eneablack · 1 year

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🌳 SHIFTED TO AVATAR DR: DETAILS / THINGS THAT HAPPENED PT.3 🌳

this is probably my last post on this but i keep getting flashbacks of what happened in those weeks i shifted to pandora (or memories i got once there) so i just want you to know most of it all, i hope you appreciate as much as i do <3

𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊

(some of these didn’t happen when I shifted there but they were instead memories I got when I was there)

·˚ ༘ tsu’tey is a great mentor, he taught me many things like tricks to hunt in a certain way and be more cunning than the animal i’m hunting (he’s also like a uncle to me if i look at it in another perspective)

·˚ ༘ i like painting on pieces of wood and one time i showed lo’ak (who forcefully took neteyam with him) a special piece and he went like “bro look at this” and neteyam looked at it and said “..oh, wow” not thinking about it, so he dismissed it instantly when i teased him about it

·˚ ༘ in pandora is never really night because we have so many light sources, such as naranawm (also known as polyphemus, the big blue planet seen near pandora) and 13 different moons and a star

·˚ ༘ i failed my first ritual of iknimaya :’)

·˚ ༘ births are very important and sacred to our clans but we don’t celebrate the other birthdays

·˚ ༘ i bonded with a palulukan (a thanator - her name is kxitx) and it left me a scar on my upper lip

·˚ ༘ weaving is super boring in my opinion but it’s fine if you do it in company so you can chat in the meantime (fun fact: neteyam, as much as he tries, he can’t do it so yeah there’s actually something he’s not good at)

·˚ ༘ i know na’vis literally live in nature but i didn’t expect body odours to be so heavy and even if i got used to it i decided, when i came back, to script that we smell decently lmao

·˚ ༘ another fun fact i noticed about neteyam is that he talks to his ikran a lot, and with this i mean whole conversations (but i think it’s common because i do it too from time to time)

·˚ ༘ that one time i went sleeping at the sully’s hammocks because tuk asked me to stay next to her that night for some reason, but i had lo’ak on the hammock beside mine so we couldn’t stop laughing or shut our mouth because everything was so funny and he as per usual started talking about existentialism so we were so into the convo but jake yelled at us to shut tf up

#shifting realities #desired reality #reality shifting #shifting #avatar the way of water #shifted #shifting stories #shifting to avatar #success story #avatar

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dawnmarsalexandrailieva · 1 year

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The creatures of Avatar & Avatar: The Way of Water

Mountain banshee

the aerial ride used throughout the first movie by the Na’vi hunters and warriors. The subspecies we’ve seen on the big screen is the mountain banshee, but the smaller forest banshees (ikranay) were introduced in supplementary material and the simulator ride Flight of Passage.

Like many of Pandora’s creatures, the biologically produced carbon-fiber makes the banshees’ bones much lighter and stronger than any organic equivalent from Earth. Though reptilian in appearance, the banshees have a bird-like metabolism that generates heat which is cooled by “air inlets” facing forward at the front of their chest cavity.

Hammerhead titanothere (angtsìk)

Almost twice the size of a Terran elephant, the hammerhead is one of Pandora’s largest land herbivores. As seen in the original movie, these fairly social animals can be extremely territorial and use a beautiful display crest when confronted (and when competing for a mate too).

While hammerheads have poor distance vision, they make up for that with acute hearing and an impressive sense of smell. Like many other Pandoran land creatures, they have six limbs which allow them to pivot rapidly and reach surprisingly high charging speeds.

Direhorse (pa’li)

Direhorses are the go-to land rides used by the Na’vi warriors. Although they resemble Terran horses in appearance, their necks are longer, plus they have six legs and are roughly the size of an elephant. Another big difference is that direhorses are omnivores accustomed to eating insects, though they usually feed on sap thanks to their giraffe-like tongue.

Like most Pandoran animals, the direhorses’ two antennae (neural whips) allow them to connect with the Na’vi and basically serve as extension of their bodies when their minds are joined together, freeing up the humanoids to use bows and other weapons.

Great leonopteryx (toruk)

Its Na’vi name (toruk) means “last shadow,” and with good reason: the great leonopteryx is the apex aerial predator of the Pandoran skies. Their fierceness and impressive size – its wingspan is more than 25 meters – have given these animals a central place in Na’vi lore and culture, as seen in the first movie.

The leonopteryx prefers to attack from above, feeding mainly on mountain and forest banshees. And unlike those flying creatures, it retains all six limbs commonly seen in Pandoran land animals. This fearsome, brightly-colored hypercarnivore has no known natural enemies.

Thanator (palulukan)

If the great leonopteryx is the king of the sky, then the thanator rules on land. Human xenobiologists believe it may be the apex land predator on Pandora, as it strikes fear into other large terrestrial carnivores. Even the Na’vi, renowned for their courage and hunting skills, tend to avoid this menace.

To humans, the thanator looks like a massive feline-like creature. And much like its Terran “cousins”, this predator is agile and surprisingly strong. On top of its swift jaw strike and terrifying claws, the thanator can deliver lethal blows with an armored tail and detect prey up to 13 kilometers away.

Ilu

This plesiosaur-like creature was first introduced in the Flight of Passage ride, but has a sizable presence in The Way of Water. While it may look scary, the ilu is the aquatic equivalent of the direhorse, so the reef Na’vi clans, have easily domesticated them – including the Metkayina, from the second Avatar.

Ilus have four eyes and two long neural whips extending from the temples. Their common coloration is a dark upper body with scattered colorful markings and a white underbelly. They’re intelligent and highly sociable among themselves and towards other species.

Skimwing (tsurak)

Prominently seen in The Way of Water’s previews, the skimwing shares a common evolutionary ancestor with the banshee. As such, the Na’vi that live near the oceans use this animal for hunting larger prey.

Though they’re comfortable flying above the water, skimwings typically use their powerful tail in the water to propel themselves upward and forward. During flight, they breathe through two nostrils located on top of their heads, but they also have gills which allow them to breathe underwater.

Tulkun

Tulkuns are massive whale-like creatures and are around 90 meters long when fully grown. They’re as intelligent as the Na’vi and have formed a culture amongst themselves, including an ancient doctrine that forbids all forms of killing.

Much like Terran dolphins, tulkuns are highly linguistic and can communicate with the Na’vi and establish lifelong bonds with them. They are very close to the Metkayina clan; they celebrate each other’s families and mourn losses together.

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