#ilu )

[celesse]

ILU 💖🐰💐

#ilu #cottagecore #bunnies #smooch #bunny #vintage art #kiss #art

[chick-it-out]

#flockintogether #art #chart #chicky notes #chicken #chickens #bird #birds #mom #mother #hope you all got a thing that feels like home #ilu

[jventureart]

do you have any other ships you like besides kakagai?

Yes :)

(The moss sold me on it, I love you, The Moss)

#i was gonna use much cuter art but this is funnier #sorry for leaving your ask to rot in the field anon #ilu #gaara #rock lee #gaalee #i guess! #jvasks #jvart #nart

[princess-nobody]

Neytiri's inability to accept Metkayina culture, and why I LOVE it

Sadly Neytiri didn't play a huge role in ATWOW, which though is upsetting as a fan of her makes sense since the movie isn't really about her and is more so about the new generation. However, one aspect of her characterization that is prevalent in both the deleted scenes and the leaked early script is the fact that out of all the Sullys, she is the one that struggles the most in assimilating to the Metkayina lifestyle.

I adore this detail because it is such a deep understanding of who Neytiri is as a person, as well as a representation of all she has been through in her life. Neytiri, at her core, is a woman that dislikes change and views it as a harbinger of the worst to come. She is a woman that cannot be seperated from her culture and lifestyle as an Omatikaya because of how much of her indentity has been molded by it, and the few times she has been seperated from it has been by force.

For example: her inability to learn how to ride ilu. Riding ilu is essential in Metkayina culture because it is the most baseline way to hunt, and as Tonowari states, being unable to ride one makes you useless because you can't hunt. In one of the deleted scenes, Neytiri is trying to learn to ride ilu with Ronal but can't seem to get it down, only to eventually give up out of frustration. Ronal even makes sure to reiterate to her that ilu is not ikran, and ilu cannot fly, because fundamentally Neytiri is approaching riding ilu the way you would ride ikran.

The obvious answer as to why she does this is muscle memory, to Neytiri this would be like someone who rides bicycles trying to learn how to ride a unicycle – it may be similar, but approaching it the same way will yield wrong results. However I feel it is also because her experiences with ikran and losing her own has made her subconsciously hostile towards learning a new way of riding, because in her mind it is her again being seperated from her ikran. Seze's death was obviously traumatic to her, in that moment she not only lost a dear ally, but was forcibly seperated from a part of her culture and lifestyle by invaders.

So naturally, now that she has a new ikran, even if she wants to learn how to ride a different mount, her body won't let her. Her subconscious won't allow her to be seperated from the one thing she has left from her people since their relocation. I believe Neytiri learns how to hunt with her ikran, developing a diving technique which means she no longer needs to learn how to ride ilu. This not only feels very in character for her, but I also think it's just a sweet way to allow her to keep this part of her while also allowing her to contribute to the Metkayina way of life.

Another example of this is the bombing of the Omatikaya hometree – again, Neytiri was forcibly removed from a part of her lifestyle and culture against her will by outsiders. So her hostility to leaving their new hometree, even if it is for their own safety, makes more than enough sense. To her, she is yet again being ripped away from a part of her, yet again being forced out her culture and made to abandon a significant part of being of the Omatikaya. I wouldn't be surprised if she still struggles with being a part of the Metkayina clan in the coming few movies, because out of her whole family she is the one with the least positive experiences in change.

Throughout both movies, and some non movie pieces of media, change has brought almost nothing good to Neytiri personally, and accepting change has lead to more losses than wins. Her children are just that, children, so even through homesickness, they view Awa'atlu as a new start, because they never had to go through the loss of the first hometree, nor any of the losses Neytiri faced in the first film. Jake's entire character has been defined by him learning new cultures and ways of life, so to him, leaving the Omatikaya and seeking refuge with the Metkayina isn't nearly the life shattering decision it is for Neytiri; he's done it before, he can easily do it again. Neytiri though? Of course it would all be too much for her, and I doubt she'll ever fully integrate into Metkayina life.

TLDR: Neytiri's inability to assimilate to Metkayina life is very in character and I really like it actually. I wish it was touched on more but sadly there is no nine hour avatar cut so that won't ever happen. 😔

#long post #avatar #atwow #avatar the way of water #avatar: the way of water #neytiri #jake sully #lo'ak #neteyam #tsireya #na'vi #na'vi avatar #aonung #metkayina #omatikaya #omaticaya #na'vi clan #ronal #tonowari #ilu #ikran #avatar ikran #Nobody's Avatar Analysis

[saltyre]

Ilu Lesson

#art #avatar #digital art #atwow #avatar the way of water #krita #atwow art #na'vi #neteyam #neteyam te suli tsyeyk'itan #aonung #aonunete #ilu

[herewegobebe]

SHINee | Diamond Sky ✦ SHINee WORLD VI -Perfect Illumination

#shinee #minho #key #taemin #ot5 #diamond sky #analook #🌙 #💕 #ilu #my.gifs

[world-of-pandora]

#avatar #avatar 2 #avatar the way of water #avatar: the way of water #atwow #a:twow #lo'ak #neteyam #kiri #tsireya #britain dalton #jamie flatters #bailey bass #sigourney weaver #ilu #metkayina #avatargifs #avataredit #movieedit #moviegifs

[ommiotta]

Ramattra

#ramattra #overwatch #overwatch 2 #ow #ow2 #fanart #digital art #sketch #this is my first time drawing hard mecha #ramattra my husband #ramattra my new comfort character #ilu

[hotdrinks]

shout out to door where there shouldn’t be a door. gotta be one of my favorite genders

#the dark tower hol tma #others im sure #ilu

[ca-d]

fell back asleep for a little and woke up to this chunk snuggin’

#small best friend of mine #ilu #cats of tumblr #mine

[boysbeloving]

some mileapo for @nattaphum

Happy Birthday Cris! <3

#i wish you immense happiness and good health and success and love and calm in your life #thank you for being wonderful #thank you for being my friend #ilu #kinnporsche #kinnporsche the series #mile phakphum #mile phakphum romsaithong #apo nattawin #apo nattawin wattanagitiphat #mileapo #kp cast

[vinelark]

positive(?) early chapter 5 reaction

#ilu #i’d only be good at it if i could pause partway through and call my friends like 'hey guys. anyone want to help me workshop this.' #'i think i've choreographed myself into a corner here.' #my fic

[chick-it-out]

hope you have an ok time today

#ilu #glad u were born #glad u are around !!!!

[kingdomheartist]

Kaltxì ma frapo!

Here's another bit of avatar art I made a while ago. I've got a commission in the works soon and I am so excited!! (This bitch rarely gets commissioned hrh)

I made this as part of the rainbow_navi_challenge by hound_of_olympus on instagram! I do a lot of challenges as you can see lmao

"meitayo na'vi" means "wetland na'vi" :)

#art #na'vi avatar #na'vi language #na'vi oc #neytiri #omatikaya #pandora #artists on tumblr #autistic artist #avatar #na'vi #james camerons avatar #avatar 2 #avatar 2009 #avatar the way of water #atwow #metkayina #tulkun #ilu #illustration

[lesbiandardevil]

the thought of Foggy, Maya (and Edgeworth) watching Steel Samurai while Matt and Phoenix are doing the head-in-hands is very amusing to me

this took me five years to answer because i had a vision (stock photo i found) and i had no time so after literal months i finally offer .. steel samurai watch party 🥳 they're explaining matt the lore while phoenixs just snoozing off cause he dgaf (they turned on the audio description and everything so he doesn't miss anything 🫶)

(absolutely do click for quality because ehm..)

#also dont ask menwhat theyre wearing #giving them outfits was hard .. #except for matt and foggy cause i know what they wear </3 #anyway.. steel samurai socks yippeeee #ilu #asks #ace attorney #daredevil stuff #daredevil #matt murdock #foggy nelson #phoenix wright #miles edgeworth #maya fey #aa #my art

[tsalmu]

El, Father of the Gods, and the King of Ugarit

Ugarit, Syria

13th century BCE

Top: Image from cover of "Stories from Ancient Canaan" by Michael David Coogan, 1978

Bottom: Ancient Near Eastern Pictures Relating to the Old Testament

James Pritchard, 1969

#el #ilu #elyon #el elyon #egypt #egyptian gods #canaan #canaanite gods #phoenicia #phoenician gods #aram #aramean gods #syria #syrian gods #levantine gods #mesopotamia #mesopotamian gods #pagan gods #polytheism #archeology #magic #witchcraft #witchblr #paganblr #occult #ugarit #ugaritic #ugaritic gods #ras shamra #king