#avatar theory

[27447verses]

I have a REALLY bad feeling that Tsireya will be the next important character to die. I can’t explain it. Her story with Lo’ak is too easy, her character too lovable and kind (Neteyam vibe), her role too crucial in Lo’ak’s development. I love her a LOT so on one hand I hope I am wrong, but on the other hand I can’t deny this outcome would be interesting to watch as the fallout unravels.

(Except it sucks when such a good female character dies only to serve a man’s development. But that’s another story.)

What do you think?

[skeykxskxawng]

i'm probably totally spitballing here and my idea could get proved to be very wrong once afaa comes out but i have a theory as to why eywa "abandoned" the mangkwan

it's simple; eywa didn't abandon them, she was severed from them.

think about it: eywa connects the life of pandora, both the plants and the animals. everything that is alive is connected back to her within the system of the tsaheylu, and she protects the balance of life.

she does not, however, have control over the physical landscape of pandora.

sure the spirit trees create strong magnetic fields that create the hallelujah mountains and the rings seen at the cove of the ancestors, but eywa wasn't the one who did that. the rocks, the landscape changed on their own.

eywa didn't have any control over the volcano that eventually erupted next to the mangkwan's forest. when their home was destroyed, her connection to that part of pandora was also destroyed. the spirit tree was destroyed, severing the mangkawn's ability to connect with her.

she was completely cut off from being able to connect with any of the life that could've survived because the fundamentals of her being able to connect with a part of pandora in the first place were completely destroyed.

eywa did not leave the mangkwan willingly, and she was unable to truly know what became of them.

[mo-2020ao3]

Small but sad detail from Avatar TWOW (SPOILERS)

Ok so I haven’t seen anyone talk about this yet…

but in the latter half of the film we see Neteyam wearing this necklace

We see him wearing it into battle where he’s unfortunately is fatally wounded

But later during his funeral he’s not wearing it… so where is it? Where did it go?

NEYTIRI IS WEARING IT! SHE WEARING HIS NECKLESS!! HER SON’S NECKLACE !!

AND SHE WEARS IT AGAIN WHEN SHE GOES TO SEE HIM IN THE SPIRIT TREE!

Ahh James Cameron why do you do this to me my heart already hurts so much! Why put my girl through so much pain!!

[thefl3shm4id3n]

I have a theory that some Sarentu did get away and ran into the forest. But they're in hiding, maybe joining other clans for safety or they're somewhere far away from the forest (maybe going to the Metkayina or the Wind Traders). It'd be interesting if they made a new DLC in which the Sarentu discover that they're still other people of the clan but they have to find them.

[phoenixremix69]

Here's a thought: maybe Korra DID end the world, and maybe she DID do it on purpose, but maybe the world was already shitty in a different way, did we ever think about that?

consider this, WHY would she willingly release and fuse with Vaatu? She's already the strongest being on earth, she can do whatever she wants.

UNLESS it's something she can't do by her very nature as the avatar. Think about what's different in Aang's time vs Korra's.

In Aang's time, there were several earth kings, Ba Sing Se was just the largest. The South and the Northern Water Tribes were separate entities. And prior to the war, both the air nomads and fire nation were more culturally diverse. The Fire Nation had festivals and dances, and Air Nomads were encouraged to spread out and explore other people's cultures. And the White Lotus was originally just an advisory/espionage group made up of influential people

Now let's look at Korra's time. All the Fire Nation is now under the Fire Lord's thumb. All the Air Nomads live on the island and train and live in the exact same way. The North essentially colonized the Southern tribe to the point where they're Northern Tribe 2. And all the Earth Kingdom now answers to the Queen and Prince Wu, who range from bear eating cunt to the most bratty bitch ever. And the White Lotus went from an advisory role that helps out as needed to "Not only do we control where the avatar lives, we control who teaches her, how she operates, everything."

To me, that doesn't sound like harmony, that sounds like Order. And order, taken to it's logical extreme, is stagnation. Problems that keep getting worse because there's no way to change or improve. That's why I think Korra needed to release and fuse with Vaatu. She's the avatar of order, she CAN'T introduce chaos by herself. She needed Vaatu

But the problem is that you can't have the god of order and the god of chaos inhabiting the same vessel. It's like trying to swallow mentos then chase it with coke. It causes an explosion, but this time on a cosmic scale, hence all the...that

That's why I think this avatar is a twin. One is the avatar of order, and the other is the avatar of chaos. And they're going to bring a new balance to the world

[immi-immi]

Since the Fire Nation knew the Air Nomad Avatar was a child, that's why they decided to attack the temples first. That's where the children stay.

[maddiearts2307]

Neytiri's Face Paint and Na'vi Mourning Attire Theory

I just had another theory of Avatar: Fire and Ash with Neytiri's face paint and attire after watching the scene with her and Jake interacting with Peylak.

While watching the scene, I noticed Neytiri was still wearing the face paint from Neteyam's funeral, but she is the only one who's still wearing it. After doing some research, it was mentioned that the story takes place after two weeks of Neteyam's death, along with the incident of the ship battle. So what could this mean for Neytiri now?

Neytiri had lost so much over the years because of the RDA, such as her home, her older sister, her father, and now her oldest son. And now because of what happened to her oldest son, it was the final nail that hit her that led her into disarray and pain. She is always living in pain and grief from how much she's lost and what more she could take head on, leading her down a lonely path of grief and sorrow in this movie.

From what is seen at a close-up of Neytiri, we could see she still has her face paint on, as from two weeks ago, or it could be a few days after. Why does she still have on the face paint, unlike the rest of the Sully's? Could it be that it symbolizes that she's still mourning for Neteyam, considering that she's wearing his cloak and choker?

There's a lot to notice up close with Neytiri and what the picture says about her attire and why she's still wearing her oldest son's cloak and choker. Yes, it is because she's still in mourning but it could also be another significant cultural detail for one's death.

Back in the first Avatar movie, we could see at the end of it that Jake Sully is wearing the necklace of Tsu'tey. We know the two of them weren't very close to each other, but Tsu'tey's necklace may symbolize respect from his sacrifice, and also mourning because he was a friend to Jake and an ally. So maybe the Na'vi attire that one wears from someone close who has died could be a form of respect or mourning because of who they might have been to one another. They might have been a leader, a friend, a family member, or an ally, but all of these details about someone make it much more significant to the culture of the Na'vi, more as a sentimental value to their belongings.

[pandorasboxoftreasures]

It's been bugging me for a while why "pinkskin" was a term that was only really introduced in Fire And Ash and not before.

But then I remembered that Varang refers to Jake and Ritch as "sky man" and it clicked into place.

Avatars sat in a kind of limbo between worlds. But after the program got shut down and the drivers rebelled against the RDA and Jake was accepted by Eywa and Toruk, Avatars moved to not being "Sky People" anymore.

They were already considered not much different than Edgar suits, anyway.

But then the end of The Way Of Water happened and a new line had to be drawn between human sky people and the new Na'vi sky people of uncertain numbers that walk and talk and fight and dress none the less like humans, yet don't transfer from one to the other and are permanently Na'vi.

TLDR: "Pinkskin" exists as a new term only for humans and only in Fire And Ash because 12 Na'vi showed up that redefined what the previously used "Sky Person" or "Demon" is.