#The High Ground

[overseer-picard]

Star Trek: The Next Generation //// S03E12 "The High Ground"

Picard's top three fears:

Children

De-evolved Worf

Beverly Crusher's wrath

#star trek the next generation #jean luc picard #beverly crusher #the high ground

[lvpislvzuli]

I love this scene in The High Ground. “And my mom fell in love with him anyway.” It feels like foreshadowing for Kiri and Spider.

#avatar the way of water #spider socorro #kiri sully #spiri #avatar #the high ground #spider x kiri

[moon-drunk-monster]

Lil compilation of Spider breaking my heart

#my son #spider socorro #avatar comics #the high ground

[torukmaktoskxawng]

I demand James Cameron to release the names of every scientist/human/avatar that were chosen to stay and live in harmony among the Na'vi.

There's Norm and Max, obviously, and there's like two named humans in the graphic novel, the High Ground, who just happen to be Spider's foster parents, Nash and Mary McCosker.

Imdb credits have all these avatar and biolab scientists unnamed. When watching the film on Amazon Prime, they have the biolab woman who berates Tuk and says "Avatars only, go around!" is labeled Jocelyn in closed captions but that's the actress' real name.

Like:

WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE?! I NEED ANSWERS

#avatar #avatar 2 #avatar 2009 #avatar way of water #avatar wow #james cameron avatar #avatar the way of water #miles spider socorro #norm spellman #na'vi avatar #na'vi #the high ground #the high camp #high camp #avatar cast #dreamwalkers #avatar dreamwalker #james cameron #max patel

[sylwanin-was-right]

Cameron making Spider a child character, let alone a Tarzan-esque "native on the inside" side-protagonist would make certain ppl so obsessed w him for such troubling reasons, to me 😭.

His character is the best foil to his violent military father bc he's the perfect character to project guilt and accomplishment onto. He's made too young and too helpless to blame yet just principled enough (loyal to fya Na'viyä way) to distract from his privilege as a human among the RDA. In the movie we saw how little it mattered that Spider had a specific place assimilated among the Na'vi, just that he wanted to be Na'vi and was assumingly tolerated by them by walking thru camp and being friends to Jake and Neytiri's kids. In The High Ground, Spider expressed to Neytiri an entitlement to be part of the family (and by extension Omaticaya Na'vi) despite not necessarily being invited to be Na'vi anywhere, as we dont see him go thru any rites of passage adjusted for his humanness and just introduced as someone with a fancy for Na'vi lifestyle (with the unfortunate, and also convenient case that he was the only kid born on Pandora).

Spider retains principle of being loyal to the Na'vi in very little parts of the movie, dressing, moving, and speaking like them, even emulating their skin markings with paint, and of course militantly protecting them when he could in the behinning and very end. Yet it takes this distance between scenes to make his sideplot seem relevant to anything and make his drastic straying frlm principles seem particularly justified, especially his fixation to kame his father despite his associations and actions against him and the Na'vi. As soon as his character and conflicts are introduced, he is made helpless to uphold his principles as a prisoner of war, teaching recoms intricate details of na'vi life and navigation, including speaking the language and the utility of tsaheylu, to preserve himself after a precedent scene of onscreen sacrifice (the brain interrogation torture). It seems easy for Spider to exchange his secrets for preservation and safety against the labcoats and to fufill his personal interest in knowing his father in his new form and this is strangely justified because.... Spider just had to be Quaritch's son, too? And its even easier for Spider to seem principled in his passivity by juxtaposing his simple plea to Quaritch's major damage and affect on years of slaughtering. A wooden "this is wrong" and "I'm sorry" gives certain audiences a sense of relief, a character to ease their guilt onto when a movie metaphorically calls them out too hard. "I'm not as bad as the other guy" when the guys are still in cahoots by the end.

In the comics, Spider is more on principle, but acts very entitled to be part of the Na'vi bc of bis friendship with Jake and Neytiri's kids and his appeal to the Na'vi, despite not having gone thru any rites of passage, not given any special role among the people, and not being entirely accepted. I really didnt like how Spider basically told Neytiri he was part of the family whether she liked it or not and how often Neytiri was set up to look as if she was irrational against Spider for not immediately accepting him and being a liability to their navigation. Its the sort of entitlement privileged ppl have when they think they deserve a place among another group because they oversimplify what being part of that group means in order to enjoy it more readily.

Spider is not played by the most expressive actor nor written in the comics as a likable character. He's easily distrustful to me despite his deliberate age and racial/ethnic position obscuring his role in the films and thus is not interesting to me. But I knew he'd get ppl's attention so much by having interesting commentary about other topics (which rlly should have been introduced in another film rather than jampacked into AWOW lol) obfuscated by his privilege. Its disappointing and gets me a little resentful 💀.

#i guess this is the spicy post. or whatever idrc #venting more than anything #oel.mine #spider socorro #miles socorro #miles quartich #the high ground #avatar the way of water

[themajortechie]

#incorrect star wars quotes #star wars shitpost #star wars #obi wan #the high ground #anakin skywalker #poll #polls #tumblr polls #my polls #my posts #i love democracy

[hiiamtheproblem]

I'm reading the high ground comics rn and you're telling me these people went to FREAKING SPACE?? HAD A WHOLE WAR??? AND WE ARE JUST SUPPOSED TO ACT NORMAL?? like when I watched the movie, i was like awww they had a comfortable 13 yrs atleast but they didn't??

ALSO, IM CRYING AT THIS😭😭😭 WHY DID NETEYAM SNEAK INTO THE SPACESHIP 😭😭😭 HIS FACE LMAOO

#also love how kiri is causing trouble in the comics #not lo'ak #no because he's going through it #the mighty warrior was causing havoc as well #avatar the way of water #avatar 2009 #avatar 2 #avatar #neteyam sully #kiri sully #loak sully #the high ground #awow #awotw #neteyam #neteyam fluff #avatar comics

[lordlexion]

Star trek TNG S03E12

I don't know why, but I found this exchange between Jean-Luc and Beverly interesting enough to save in GIFs

#star trek next gen #star trek tng #jean luc picard #captain picard #beverly crusher #jean-luc picard #doctor crusher #God have merci this scene is like 1:06 but making this took like 5-6 minutes #not a reblog #my gifs #star trek s03e12 #The High Ground #star trek tng s03e12

[hoopoo09]

Anakin gained about an extra foot in height when he fully became Vader, this is so he can always have the high ground.

(I'm sorry this post was terrible)

#disney #star wars #darth vader #anakin skywalker #the high ground

[thejedipost]

Anakin liked the high ground until Obi-Wan was on it. 👌🏼

#the high ground #anakin skywalker #obi wan and anakin #anakin and ahsoka #ahsoka #star wars #the force #jedi #sith #hayden christensen #revenge of the sith

[pandoraheadcanons]

New screenshots from "The High Ground"!

#avatar #avatar 2009 #avatar 2 #avatar the way of water #the high ground #neytiri #jake sully #na'vi

[gabygirl1243]

#Avatar #avatar the way of water #comic #Spider #Neytiri #the high ground

[catgirljaneway]

rewatching TNG for the first time since I was a kid, and S3 E12 "The High Ground" really got me, ngl. Considering everything that's happening in the world right now, it was a really interesting episode to deal with. It also reminded me of some Deep Space 9 episodes dealing with Bajoran terrorism when they were getting rid of the Cardassians.

It's also interesting to me, because all of these episodes of course came out before 911 and I feel like if they came out today (in America) they would be far then nuanced and spend more time 100% condemning the terrorists.

I don't have any super coherent thoughts about this episode yet, still letting it boil in my brain, but I'll be back.

#trek thoughts #tng #the high ground #really a fascinating episode

[xwisegirlx]

(via "The High Ground - Aurebesh " Magnet for Sale by xWiseGirl)

#findyourthing #redbubble #fandom #obi wan kenobi #obi wan star wars #obi-wan kenobi #obi-wan #the high ground #aurebesh #revenge of the sith #star wars prequels #prequel trilogy #sw prequels #star wars

[sylwanin-was-right]

No more worrying, Jake. Tonight is for us.

#ok so me and who's son 🥹 #THIS IS WHAT WE MISSED OUT ON UGHHHHH #i still want jake jone but this is so chkn tender #oel.mine #jake sully #neytiri #the high ground #the highground #avatar comics #contains pic

[earthravenclaw]

#avatar #james cameron's avatar #avatar 2009 #avatar 2022 #a:twow #atwow #avatar: the way of water #neteyam #neteyam te suli tsyeyk'itan #the high ground #avatar: the high ground