That's Why I'm Also So Annoyed They Removed The Scenes Of Neytiri Failing To Ride An Ilu And Instead

That's why I'm also so annoyed they removed the scenes of Neytiri failing to ride an ilu and instead choosing to adapt her ikran riding skills to hunting fish instead. The fact that she's the only one who didn't learn "the way of water" shows a lot about her character, how she's stubborn and resistant to change, but can also adapt in her own way! Neytiri spent the whole movie stuck as either crying because something bad happened, scolding the kids, or rescuing the kids. She deserves to have her own character arc!! And it sucks so much that they laid the groundwork for two different arcs, 1. failing to learn the way of water and adapting differently and 2. being pushed to hurt an innocent person and grappling with her desire for revenge vs her big heart and moral compass, but then end up cutting them both out!

Out of all the characters, Neytiri is definitely the one who got pushed to the side the most, which sucks because she's literally the face of the franchise.

omgg please tell me that you’ve seen the extended atwow extended cuts?? they’re phenomenal and canon and i can’t be told otherwise.

The Parents from hell one had me on the edge of my seat I was so scared even though I know the outcome, well now we know that Neytiri was definitely going to kill, not even to bargain for Kiri but for revenge and that’s just ughhh i can’t wait to incorporate this in my fanfic

I gotta say, I do fundamentally disagree, at least about the parents one. It's not so much of a deleted scene as a full rewrite of the scene. If Neytiri's goal was to kill Spider and take revenge over saving Kiri, why did they do with the version where she lets him go immediately? I don't know, man, to me it seems like they filmed that and then decided it didn't work with the character or for what they had planned. It definitely makes sense to me that they chose not to go with that version. Even the name, "The Parents From Hell," it makes it seem like it's a dark alternate universe.

But yes, scenes that were missing and not included I am all for thinking of as canon! But this is a full rewrite. It's not canon, because it's not what happened in the final version. I think the reason they chose to change it is more telling than the fact that it was filmed in the first place.

But of course, I am mad it exists. I wish they never released it. I don't like what they seem to think of Neytiri's character. I don't like the framing of her as less sympathetic than Quartich (even though a lot of idiots still took it that way which is still on the writing team as well), but I'm glad they understood they had to change the scene. I'm trying to withhold judgement until I see the full arc they intend for her, but as of now I'm not very pleased. She should be the heart of this series if it is to stay it's course as a true love letter to indigenous communities and what has happened to them. I hope they don't forget that.

I created a cover art for Alas It Ain't Kansas by @mist--walker and SlyFoxTheBeast (click for better quality) it's inspired by the cover for the High Ground Comics

It's an awesome fic that follows Quaritch right after the events of The Way of Water, where he goes on a mission to infiltrate the Tipani clan and ends up on a journey of self-discovery and redemption! I highly recommend!

Update on Blood is Thicker Than Water

Hey guys, my life has been super busy right now and I've gotten super burnt out with writing BITTW. I've been trying to write ch19, but i end up just staring at the half-finished document not able to write anything. I'm sorry to disappoint everyone who was excited for the upcoming chapter, but I really need a break, so BITTW is going on hiatus, I'll probably get back on it sometime in January. And don't worry, I'm not going to start any other projects until I either get to a stopping point in the storyline of BITTW or finish it entirely.

Thank you to everyone who has been commenting and showing support for my fic 💙💙💙

Thank youuuuuuu for sharing omg I LOVE the scene! I can see why they cut it out because it doesn't really impact the plot but I WISH they would make an extended cut with all the deleted scenes!

This scene shows how clever Spider is, he was purposefully jumping on branches and swinging on vines that he knew wouldn't be strong enough to hold the recoms and he just laughs at them when they fall while trying to copy him! Our boy was running circles around them!

And Quaritch was lowkey stressing about how they were making him look in front of his kid "GET YOUR ASS BACK UP HERE 😡😡😡 you're embarrassing me in front of Spider🥺🥺🥺"

GUESS WHAT BESTIES!!????

OUR SON IS BAAAACK!!!!!!🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭

@dirtytransmasc @cyren-myadd @meenawrites

OMG GUYSSSS YOU HAVE TO WATCH THIS! SHE WAS NOT BLUFFING I REPEAT SHE WAS NOT BLUFFING!

Skip to 5:50 for the deleted scene

Holy shiiieeeet no wonder spider saved Quaritch after this scene, why did they not keep this in? It was so intense!! I was on the edge of my seat!

Jake and Kiri's shock as they try to talk her down and then Quaritch hiding his panic and trying to turn neytiri's anger back towards him, and then just the wild grief and anger in her eyes, and then spider staying completely frozen because he doesn't want to set her off... it's so cinematic!!

Seriously, THEY SHOULD'VE KEPT THIS IN!!! It would've fit Neytiri's grief/rage and Spider's desire to save Quaritch SO MUCH BETTER!!

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The fake avatar 3 trailers are killing me 😭😭😭

Why does she have a human hand??? Wtf is she wearing???

Oh yeah just make the characters that are an obvious allegory for native americans red, there's absolutely nothing wrong with that

Is that the same gotdayum baby??? Where do these people keep finding the image of this creepy ass baby 😭

Not Lo'ak being the villain

"FORCED TO MAKE THEM WHITE" holy clickbait batman!