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Jake #2 (because i can’t get enough)

#prettyyy #jake sully #avatar 2

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idk what posessed me to make this. I feel sick. 🙃

#im thinking about him again. #i wish i could articulate myself abt it but man. #so much of it relates to my personal circumstances that im not keen to get into on the internet lmao #spider <333 ily ily ily

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hey, friendly reminder, spider's iconic bow shot:

was his almost instantaneous reaction to one of the recom's putting their hands on Tuk. He then has to be convinced by both his siblings to put the bow down and keeps it trained on the recom holding Tuk.

when Quaritch approaches Spider, Tuk hisses at him (hard to see in photo cause they were little baby hisses)

when Jake tells spider to get "them" out of there, spider immediatly calls for Tuk (and grabs Kiri)

now for some cuter snippets

and when Tuk goes to egg on and tease Lo'ak, she hides behind her big brother, and Spider looks amused in the way a big brother is equally amused and tired of their little sisters antics (he's probably defended her, whether she was the one who needed defending or not, many times, especially when it comes to Lo'ak)

and she runs for both Kiri and Spider when the war party returns, making it clear she hangs out with them quite often.

my conclusion? she and Spider are besties, no one puts their hands on his baby sister, I rest my case.

#👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 #big fan of this #spider socorro #tuk sully #avatar 2

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@anxious7sami gave me a great idea about western frontier clans' dialects/accents and it's sad that it's only my headcanon and we can't actually hear NPCs in game speak na'vi :(

Zeswa

Starting with my favorite clan! I immediately thought that their kx, px, tx, ts could sound more like Xhosa clicks?? (which makes sense since they are inspired by several African tribes)

It makes them sound more loudly and pronounced to communicate on long distances and shout over the howling of the winds. And Zeswa are just loud in general, speaking loud is in their blood and it's making other clans uncomfortable x)

Kame'tire

Unlike Zeswa, Kame'tire are very soft and quiet, they hide in the fog and are used to almost whisper while talking to each other. They rarely use their full voice. All hard sounds that are in the na'vi language are softened even 'rr sounds more like purring. (cozy :3)

Also they might shorten sentences and words to communicate faster or just to speak less lol

Aranahe

This might be just my personal view of Aranahe but I can imagine them using a lot of slang and like make up new words all the time just to forget them on the next week?? They have at least twice as many names for colors as it is in other clans. As for pronunciation, I don't think it's very different from other forest clans, except for PASSION! They speak with feelings! Very emotional very open.

#i really love this :)) #xhosa mention!!! based language imo but im biased lmao 🇿🇦 #i do understand what youre saying abt clicks being unlikely but now im keen on it lol #if you think about xhosa vs zulu (two langauges that have existed and evolved very close to each other and now overlap quite a lot) #while xhosa is ‘sharp’ or ‘punchy’ where the clicks make sense- zulu by contrast is much breathier and softer but still has some clicks #(you can kind of hear it in the dofferent accents between Sakhile and the Xhosa lady) #and even though the languages are that different-sounding- if you know one youll likely be able to get the jist of the other when speaking #idk i dont know much about linguistics and language science tho lmao 😅

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#sorry

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what if I re-wrote chapter 5 to hurt Spider even more. what then.

Spider feels sweat begin to prick down his spine, and he keeps his head down as he feels eyes on him.

‘Spider,’ Jake says, immediately coming to kneel in front of Spider. ‘Where were you-- is that blood?’

Spider resists the urge to shrink away and clenches his red hands into fists. ‘It’s not mine,’ he rasps. 

A murmur ripples over the crowd. 

‘What did you do?’ Jake says, his voice suddenly taking on a tone that Spider can’t place, and Spider lifts his head to look at his face. It’s almost the same expression that Ngaire had back in the hut. Not sadness. Not anger. Something else. Something--

‘It was harming an Ilu,’ the woman who had found him spoke up. ‘It was trying to cut off its head.’ As sounds of alarm and disgust rise amongst the Metkayina, the woman spits the word demon at Spider, and he barely suppresses a flinch. 

This is bad. He knows how it probably looks, and he’s already pushed the Metkayina by escaping the hut after Tonowari had told him he wasn’t allowed in the village. He's so stupid, he was just trying to help but he's messed up and now-

‘Is that true?’ Jake asks after a moment, and places a hand on Spider’s shoulder. Spider feels it burning on his skin, hot and heavy. 

‘I wasn’t trying to hurt it,’ Spider says, having to look away as Jake’s stare gets too much to face. ‘It was stuck by the rocks and I was trying to help it get free.’ 

Spider accidentally meets eyes with Tonowari standing a few paces behind Jake, and the fury in Tonowari’s face dries up all the voice Spider might have had left. It reminds him of the scientist woman: cold and and vicious.

Suddenly there's a shout from somewhere down the shore, and someone is calling Jake's name; it's Neytiri. She sounds desperate, like something is really wrong, and Spider's muscles coil as the crowd shifts and murmers nervously.

Jake is immediately on his feet. Neytiri calls again, and Spider hears her running towards them, the woven path beneath Spider's hands and knees trembling with her nearing footsteps.

'Ma Jake,' she gasps. 'Tuk is stuck up the cliff, she can't get down. Come quickly, please!'

Spider doesn't see her through the gathered Metkayina, and he ducks his head towards the path, his whole body locking up and hoping she doesn't spot him either.

'Neytiri, what--?' Jake starts, but Neytiri doesn't wait.

'Hurry, Jake, she'll fall!' and she's already running.

Some Metkayina take off with her, and Spider risks a glance up to Jake above him. Jake is looking right back at him.

'Spider, I...' Jake says, and he turns towards where Neytiri had gone. Spider sees Jake's hands open and close into fists, before he turns back to Spider, dropping to one knee in front of him. 'I'm sorry, I need to go--'

No-

'I need to help Tuk, I'll be right back for you, okay?'

No, please-

'Tonowari,' Jake says, suddenly standing and turning to face Tonowari behind him. 'Lay a hand on Spider and I'll show you what happens.'

He's going to leave. Jake's going to leave Spider here. Tonowari might have replied to Jake, but Spider doesn't hear a thing over the fear that rushes over his body so powerfully it dissoles everything into a colossal static. When he blinks, Jake is already gone.

Alone in the middle of an unsettled ring of Metkayina, Spider does everything he can to stop himself curling into a tight ball. For a moment there is silence as they watch him; every whisper, every scuff of a spear on the path, every swish of a tail prickles at Spider's skin. He hates this. The watching, the waiting, he hated it in that stupid cell at th RDA but somehow here it's worse. There's no glass protecting him. He's out in the open and he wasn't supposed to leave the hut.

Someone steps towards him, and it only takes a glance up to see it's Tonowari, in two steps he already towers above Spider. His face looks different than before- his nose now a huge and swollen purple mass on his face, broken. It makes the look of disgust he wears even more horrific.

Tonowari stands in front of Spider, and this time Spider can't stop himself from backing away, crawling backwards like some sort of animal afraid of a predator. Spider knows he must look pathetic, but when Tonowari speaks, Spider's rational mind fizzles to a terrified nothing.

'Listen, my people, and look,' Tonowari says, not needing to raise his voice over the hush of the crowd that presses in closer around him and Spider. 'You see this creature before you, this demon?' Tonowari shoves his spear towards Spider, the blade edge stopping just below his chin.

Spider stops breathing.

The spearhead pushes up to Spider's chin, and forces Spider's head upwards. The crowd is even closer now, and the sunlight catches on the blood drying on Spider's visor.

'Jake Sully believes it to be good, but hear my warning: Humans have slaughtered our people and destroyed our homes. Do not let this one poison your mind, too.'

The murmering grows louder, and Spider suddenly sees himself through their eyes, as though looking at himself from somewhere off to the side. He sees his pale skin, his yellow hair, his pointed nose and too many fingers. He's strange, and ugly, and he hurt those Na'vi no matter how hard he tried to save them-

A blow hits him in the back of his shoulder, a rock slamming into him before rickocheting off to the side. It's hard enough that it forces a cry from Spider as he's forced forwards, the tip of Tonowari's spear nicking the skin of his neck.

Jake, please come back, I need you. It's Spider's first thought, and when the second stone hits him in the ribs Spider doubles over, pressing his face to his knees and he curls his arms over his head. Shame washes over him and he shudders as he squeezes his eyes shut.

Spider's second thought is that Jake won't come for him. Not a second time. He was lucky before, when Jake rescued him once, but he sees himself now as they do, he sees the monster he is. The blood on his hands and his face comes from the refuse of his people, the fear in the eyes around him born from his actions.

A third rock slams into his forearm covering his head, dangerously close to hitting the side of his mask. Spider feels the skin break there, and bites his tongue until he tastes iron to keep himself silent.

A monster. Monsters get beaten. He knew this in the hut. He should have never been taken out. Jake should have left him there, it would have been better, and he's sorry he ever took advantage of it, he's sorry.

Frankly I don't think it's fair that I should realise all the better ways I could have written my fic almost a year after finishing it 💀💀

On an unrelated note I'm thinking off all the ways Jake let Spider down and I'm in my head about it all over again

#i really need to go to bed now i NEED to be on that snork mimimimi shit #i will continue tomorrow hopefully to tie it back in to the rest of the chapter #👍 back on my bullshit #but like!! I set up all this shit in the first 4 chapters about how Jake prioritises his real kids over Spider and then just. dropped that #bro that was the whole point!!! lmao #🙏🤲 a shred of thematic consistency please #anyway good night

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Frankly I don't think it's fair that I should realise all the better ways I could have written my fic almost a year after finishing it 💀💀

On an unrelated note I'm thinking off all the ways Jake let Spider down and I'm in my head about it all over again

#whelp. #here we are again #anyway im thinking I need to go back to foreign body and add to it #I wrote it too fast to fully explore the actual theme I wanted to write about and ive always been unhappy with how superficial it is #and guess who woke up in the middle of the night on Wednesday this week and realised how to fix it!!!

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Someone tagged me in a post aaaages ago asking some people for thoughts on some questions and i cant remember what they were, something about whether Spider’s opinion on quaritch would be different if Neteyam hadn’t died or something, but i cant find the post :((

Sorry to that OP whoever you are I didnt mean to ignore you!! I had liked it on my main blog but I suppose you deleted it when everyone else replied. I had finally had the brain space to write some thoughts down but i suppose 8 months is too late 😅

#my bad!! im sorry!! i feel awful if they thought i just blanked them :((

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#LOVE LMAO #avatar 2 #neytiri sully #kiri sully #lo'ak sully #neteyam sully

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Sorry for the bad quality but!! New behind the scenes photos of our boy!

#<333 #spider socorro #avatar 2

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So Jake was going to acknowledge all along that Spider was basically his kid as well? But also… he didn’t really want him?

My boy is suffering with the Sullys

#broooo 😭😭 #i know that cameron hinted that a major plot point for spider was moved to the next movie but #i really like the idea that maybe they dialled back spider’s sully family membership in ATWOW #so that as a result of all of the events that occur he can then GAIN this membership #(movie starts with stray cat and ends with son for a son) #i know a lot of people are divided on whether spider is A Sully or A Quaritch through and through but idk!!!! #fellas ya boy here will roll in developing relationships and growing closeness like a pig in a narrative mud pit <333 #i want to see spider BECOMING a member of the sully family and how they navigate this #rather than his membership being a kind-of/kind-of-not #(which lbr it probably will continue to be but a boy can dream) #so in summary i like that they made these edits because it lets us see the difference in how Jake references spider later #yall im just so excited for A3 😭😭😭😭 WANNA SEE OUR BOY OUR LIL BABY BOY #spider socorro #avatar 2 #jake sully

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Who ELSE could be responsible for Spider's hair?

#yeah ;-; #thats what im sayin!!! #spider socorro #jake sully #avatar 2

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My head works when I have music on, when I'm at rest and it's very difficult for me to switch off when I'm drawing or in general. But today I have pulled myself together enough, thanks to all your kind support and that of my closest friends and family, to sit down to draw. And it was hard to think of nothing at all, so instead of my usual technique (listening to music and going for it) I somehow tried to concentrate with something else and I'm not really happy with the result. But I let myself be inspired by what I heard

#woooow #jake sully #avatar 2

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GUESS WHAT AVATAR NATION

WE’RE GETTING 12 EXTRA SCENES FROM THE MOVIE!!

@meenawrites @ao3gobi17 @dirtytransmasc @imintoomanyfandomscuzihaveadhd @cyren-myadd

#eeeeee :)))

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the three horsemen of the spider fanonverse

spider got everything he's ever wanted

oh no, everything went wrong :(

spider discovered what hairbrushes are

have your food you fiends

#<3333 adore this #my fave is obviously the feral no-hairbrush spider :)) #spider socorro #avatar 2

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neteyam’s love language is head pats :(

#;-; neteyammm hes CUTE #neteyam sully #lo’ak sully #avatar 2

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