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listen. i love these movies but i also kind of hate them.

#this is really just a place for me to put all my thoughts about avatar #i grew up with the first movie #i was 10 when i first saw it in theaters #it was mindblowing. i was obsessed for many years #lost interest as a teenager #saw the second one in the theaters in my early twenties and was dissapointed #and it made me reflect critically on the plot and characters of the films and it was really obvious how problematic they are #like come on dude you have kate winslet doing a fucking haka #was kind of repulsed by the movies for a minute #got back into the franchise through frontiers of pandora because an open world avatar game was one of my dream games as a kid #fell in love with the world again and actually felt like FOP did a better job in a lot of ways #the only piece of avatar media to really emphasise just how grotesque and disgusting the avatar program is #it’s so get out (2017) it’s not even funny #and knowing some of the shit cameron has said #like calling the lakota-sioux a ‘dead end society’#just makes me disgusted at how he’s commodified and capitalized on indigenous culture masquerading as environmental justice #while still seeing that these movies have (hopefully) inspired people to care more about the environment #i just always think back to that youtube video about how the avatar soundtrack was made #about how cameron asked horner and an ethnomusicologist (dr. wanda bryant) to make a soundtrack that drew from all cultures #he wanted it to be connected to the whole world but still sound alien #and they came up with some funky stuff and cameron hated it #they kept coming back with edits and edits #until eventually cameron just whitewashed it and made it predominantly western sounding #he colonized the fucking soundtrack #and it sucks because i actually still like the soundtrack!! like a lot!!#i had the original soundtrack on CD!!#i just think about what we missed out on and how much cooler it could have been if he’d listened to the doctor #and honestly that’s how i feel about these films #like it’s such a cool world and concept and the movies are visually gorgeous but the execution of the plot and messaging is extremely poor #these movies had so much potential and i just get sad thinking about what we missed out on from cameron excluding indigenous voices

i wanna put nor and spider together in a locked room and see what happens

#nor would probably find spider’s existence infuriating #avatar #james cameron avatar #afop #afop nor

from the ashes was actually devastating because what the fuck do you mean aranahe hometree has been destroyed and half of them are dead

#literally so fucking sad #i was so upset when i learned about koranu #and neytu #LITERALLY AS SHE WAS CLIMBING THE ROOKERY #they hate us so much fr #afop #avatar #frontiers of pandora #afop from the ashes #avatar from the ashes spoilers #spoilers

i honestly think that so’lek would be a good olo’eyktan for the sarentu but i don’t think he would ever accept it. rasi is a good sleeper pick too, although probably same. judging by the end of from the ashes, i’m guessing that they are setting up nor to be the protagonist of the next dlc, and maybe after a character growth arc i could see him being an actually really good olo’eyktan as well

#just my thoughts #so’lek is already kind of naturally their leader #why not make it offical #is there any rule about needing to be born to a clan to be olo’eyktan?#rasi is also very good and idk why she isn’t the obvious pick for people #nor would be interesting but i’m not opposed to it #i’m so invested in this little family #avatar #avatar frontiers of pandora #afop #afop spoilers #afop from the ashes #from the ashes spoilers #so’lek #rasi #nor

when you put the ‘new family’ mural up at so’lek’s camp he says “my family” i’m not okay don’t touch me

#THATS HIS FAMILY #CRYING SCREAMING THROWING UP #so’lek #avatar #james cameron avatar #avatar frontiers of pandora #afop #from the ashes #afop from the ashes #sarentu

commenting ‘avatar is overrated and also kind of racist’ on the r/avatar reddit page just to feel something

#avatar #james cameron avatar #i promise i still love avatar i just love to hate it too

if avatar has no fans, i am dead. if avatar has no haters, i am also dead

#avatar #james cameron avatar #avatar 2009

pretty lame that they mention tommy (jake’s twin brother) in the first movie like a handful of times in the first hour of the movie and then he’s never mentioned again. you would think that jake and neytiri, or god forbid, jake and any of his kids (but especially lo’ak) could bond over losing a sibling. like fuck, he lost his identical twin and this isn’t something he ever thinks about? it’s never mentioned again that the avatar body was technically tommy’s? huge ass missed opportunity fuck you james cameron

#and the ‘they weren’t close/they were estranged’ excuse is just lazy imo #also i will never forgive him for cutting the bit about grace’s school and neytiri’s sister #wednesday thoughts #avatar #james cameron avatar #tommy sully #jake sully

coming back to RDR2 after playing AFOP nonstop for like the last month is so fucking funny, i keep overestimating arthur’s jumping and falling abilities and i keep accidentally killing the poor guy

#arthur im so sorry i love you so much #they are similar games in a lot of ways but very different as well #avatar #frontiers of pandora

mfcreature

Teylan and Ada sketches

#im gonna cry i love them so much

avatar fans on reddit are genuinely insufferable. worst take i saw today was that the reason people dont like the movies is because they disagree with the central messaging and that it’s just “too moral and woke” for normies or whatever.

like i’m sorry but the thing that repels me the most about avatar is that it’s not “woke” enough!!! james cameron hire some indigenous writers instead of just asking them to bless the set!!! make some of the ticket proceeds go to charity!!!!! hire more indigenous actors!!!!!!! dont center colonizers in stories about colonization!!!!!!!!

#STOP ACTING LIKE AVATAR IS SOME PINNACLE OF MORALITY OH MY GODDD #avatar is my problematic fave and i think we should be more comfortable calling out media we consume #practice liking something while also being able to critique it #avatar #james cameron avatar

gonna be so real i cant watch way of water unless im blackout drunk

#i think this probably applies to fire and ash as well #avatar #james cameron avatar #avatar way of water #avatar the way of water #the way of water

teylan giving so’lek a fidget spinner is so fucking funny

#teylan #so’lek #avatar #spoilers #avatar from the ashes spoilers #avatar from the ashes #avatar: from the ashes #avatar frontiers of pandora #avatar: frontiers of pandora

i want an AFOP mod that changes the RDA logo to shell or dupont. perhaps even lockheed martin

#why make up an evil genocidal corporation when there are so many to choose from irl #avatar #avatar frontiers of pandora #AFOP #james cameron avatar

i respect frontiers of pandora for being the only piece of avatar media (to my knowledge) that points out how grotesque and weird the avatar program really is

#the only avatar in the entire game is alma and they are not gentle on her #they could have definitely been a lot harder on her and she would deserve it but they do call her out and point out how fucked up it is #avatar #avatar frontiers of pandora #frontiers of pandora #afop #alma cortez

i finally watched fire and ash. i feel like if i post my unfiltered thoughts about this movie i’ll get yelled at lmao

#wooof that was rough #avatar #avatar fire and ash #james cameron avatar

na’vi bond with ikran for life, and it is a very deep bond. and yet, most na’vi, unlike very intelligent creatures like the tulkun, talk to ikran like they are pets. this leads me to believe that when a rider and ikran make the bond, the ikran’s thoughts are like “oh my god hi!! im love you!!! hi hi hi!! ur home!! let’s go fly!! do you have treat?? i love u so much!!” and that they are essentially overgrown flying puppy dogs

#avatar #avatar 2009 #frontiers of pandora #james camerons avatar #ikran

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