Sarah can tell you what being a na'vi is like. She's told me she feels like a different person, more confident sexy etc :P I'm sure whatever feeling I had would've been better if it were possible to keep my exopack on for longer. I can't speak while I wear it or it fogs up (hoping to fix that). It was loads of fun though, I love costumes, though I don't have a long history of making them myself :)

Sounds great :)

I don't generally come across rubbish when I go, but I'm sure I would remove it if I did :)

You should do it in Seattle... we can have an entire clan :)

I've done it a few times, but my costume is really nothing like some of the amazing ones some people do, although I'm planning to improve it for the meetup :)

Well, you'll find out about being a Na'vi yourself this time... I'm looking forward to doing it with other people as well :)

Wow cosplay. Indeed that would make you feel different. I've drawn up plans for my own Na'vi OC for my fanfic. (OC stands for other character-especially if you use one amongst the main characters in the movie) If I did a na'vi cosplay I would only use a necklace with 3 shells attached, a small loincloth and body pain so I think I would only do it in a home party or a party away from the general public. ;) I have a great idea for a na'vi tail though, and I would dye my hair black and braid it.

You would feel really in character though, it would be amazing! :D



That's so frustrating and sad. I mean, I would of thought that it would be so easy to pile a little BBQ into the back of a car or something rather then waste it and put it into the bottom of a lake. Unfortunately that happened when I used to live by one of the main beaches in NSW. Along the walkway to get there by another suburb I saw a trolley over the side of the walkway, upside down in a little reef. >.<

But then with every person who throws away trash there's another person that cleans up the environment and they do three times as much work as the litterer would.

Physical features..Hmm all I can think of to pull of a Na'vi cosplay would be to be more on the slender side, have biggish eyes and have more of a flat nose. Though I think you could be short and still have a go at it. :)


That's a really interesting point Aurora. I think we still have a big link to our tribal traditions through our idea of body adornment being important. Often for both modern day people in towns and tribes the adornment can symbolise gender, occupation, beliefs and even mood to some degree. Also they can associate you with one clan such as the football fans painting their faces different colours. Even in modern day society people tend to associate in small groups that could be considered a tribe or a clan and we do partake in little rituals with each other, even such things as getting a coffee in the morning or parents talking to other parents in the afternoon while they wait for their kids to turn up. :)

I admire people who can have intense body modifications such as having the tip of their tongue halved to look like a snake or lizard. Though they would have to have enormous amounts of will to have it done, and be happy to live like that for the rest of their lives. The clay plates often symbolise a female's desirability and ability in tribes in Africa where they have it done. Normally the daughter of the family will have it done to get married to a man in return for animals, often cows brought to her family in exchange. I think I saw an episode on that show Going Tribal in which a woman who could fit a bigger plate in her lip was given 60 cows in return for her marriage to a man.

Maybe after I've painted myself a few times, I'll have some dreams where I get to be an avatar :D

That's possible. :)

I hope so :)

Coldplay's "Paradise" from their latest album Mylo Xyloto seems to remind me a lot of Avatar. Helps bring me back to the PAD days and my longings for...well, Paradise. :)

The beginning makes me think of Avatar :)

you know, I checked Sarah's cosplay thread (only because I dreamed about it 5 times in a week! :S) ... and you people are scarily professional! Blacklight, PAX, aircompressors... Eywa knows what you're talking about! :P Halloween is not celebrated here, in fact this place is nicknamed Ghost Village so I have no practice :( - but the idea is certainly tempting!

yay :cool:! actually i did paint my face for Halloween (I was Home Alone) and... it does feel different! I don't know who I am anymore...


You know Aurora, thinking of ancient images of Mother Earth Goddesses... they are pretty curvy you know! Fertility, growth, health, stability... there must be a LOT of a good woman! at least people on Earth used to believe so...
An idea: if you dress up as a woman of knowledge from Earth (NA, Celtic, Siberian, African, whatever), I am sure the Na'vi will love you anyway! (at least they do in Moco Loco's dreams). All you'll need will be some beads/leather jewellry, braids & maybe facepaint, & you're cruising.
(I'll comment on bodypaint & Pa'li's video maybe later, I really have to go now :( )

thank you for posting this Tsyal Makto, it's beautiful. Not exactly Avatar but the feeling is ... so close. So special. Moving, right? "Everytime (you) close your eyes, you're in paradise..." I loved it when a drawn butterfly on the picture started flying in the end! It's almost like making Pandora real... does anybody understand what I am trying to say? I must listen to it again when I have more time.

Kiyevame ma Na'vi'ya,

Tsyal, I'm going to listen to that track you posted. Finally. :)

They do? The only human they took a special liking to was Aurora, and probably because she's not completely human.

well... that's what I meant about Aurora cosplaying as a human female shaman ... "Not completely human" leaves quite a room for cosplay, no? Anyway, i know "bleep" about cosplay...

Oh, then I guess you're probably right :)

I hear Apache did a Na'vi costume for halloween. :D I bet she had some interesting feelings when she saw herself becoming one of the people. I think cosplay is a great way to rekindle avatar feelings..Almost like you're becoming a new person/character.

yes, that was it. I could hardly recognize myself, my eyes looked differently, my expression was different & I even moved differently & I certainly felt differently. I felt like I was someone else! or maybe it was my "true self"? :S :shock:

Try it, I recommend it! :D Even if it is that loincloth & some adornments, seashells, braids & basic facepaint... just see what you feel like? for the sake of "getting some samples"? :P

:D Nice! It's amazing to hear how different you felt..It's really inspiring. :)
As for me..Well maybe I will soon but I have a few more cosplays to do first. Soon I will be going as a purple Star Wars alien hehe. So maybe I'll get into character.

:shock: more and more purple... Wait, you've just given me an idea: next time, I'll cosplay as a purple Na'vi from the island race from my dream! :awesome: I need two tsaheylu braids & seashell jewellery & a fishing spear, & I am sorted! (but for my ikran, hehehehe)

Oooh my!! That sounds like the coolest idea ever!! I hope you post pics. ;) When I do mine I'll post some too. You'd need a big wig or lots of long hair to do two braids ma tsmuke.

Sounds brilliant :)

I didn't have a chance to do it this year, but last year, I loved doing it... I walked a decent distance to the venue, and everyone was looking... quite possible because it was very cold out and I was clearly wearing no tshirt and only shorts :P, but a lot of people recognised me as a Na'vi :)

excellent :D it does make you feel different, doesn't it?:rolleyes:
you must be very brave - or hardy - to walk in the cold weather with shorts on only! :shock:

Here, an idea for cosplaying as a "not exactly human altho not a full native Na'vi either": a Siberian shaman:

And Pa'li, it would be great to see your pics!:awesome:

PS: I've just posted my Na'vi face here on Halloween costumes.

Oooh now that Siberian Shaman page looks impressive! Reminds me of what we see of old Saxons. ;)
I'd only do a Na'vi cosplay in summer, probably at night near a bonfire. If you did it in winter goosebumps might ruin the paint.

I had an interesting dream this morning, but a bit short..I've been thinking about it all day.
In it I was above the hammock branches in Kelutral at night and Neytiri bent down over the edge to show me a huge pale blue petal of a large flower plant that grew amongst the branches. It was amazing..Just made me imagine all this new plant life in Pandora. :)

Dreams really help to keep the feeling alive, especially if it is unexpected.

Sounds nice :)

Recently my dreams have been less detailed on places, although I sometimes think people were in them, and this morning I had a meetup dream :)

Meetup dreams sound the best. :D I wonder what happened in yours. Moco seems to have tonnes of meetup dreams.
It's hard sometimes to know who is who in dreams. I suppose you'd have to look for defining features in the dream or think about what person you were around the day before.
Either way, dreams are the best, particularly Avatar dreams. ;)

oh yeah? that's very curious 'cos for me it's pretty much the other way round: I know for a fact that this is a so-&-so person even tho s/he can be taller, shorter, older, younger or with a different hair colour.

For example Don Juan in this dream on Dreams (general) looked just normal: very light color clothes, faded blue I think, almost white. A shirt with long sleeves & jeans; he looked like a typical NA, with very black shoulder-length hair & very, very black piercing eyes. That was the only, let's say, special thing about his appearance. that impressed me. Anyway, I never met him in person (pity!), but somehow I simply knew it was him, & I was happy to have "the man of knowledge" in our ToS Clan.

Oh, and Theorist posted a dream about HNM who looked ... unrecognizable :P - but somehow it was clear in the dream that it was him.

you betcha! I haven't had many lately; I guess I need to listen to the CD+ the bonus tracks. Meditating to it is a good way to get to Pandora :)

Avatar music, & music inspired by Avatar, is yet another way to keep the feeling alive :awesome:

Ah, I wanted to mention it a while ago: I've just looked at the phone on my desk, it's brand is AVAYA - but the font is almost exactly like that of Avatar, every time I see it I have a "mini-jolt", like: "Oh my, it's Avatar!" I don't know how to explain it but surely you know what I mean! :)

To keep my feeling alive, most Mondays when I get the day off, I'll go to the woods somewhere, and run around, climb trees, pray, meditate, hug trees, etc. The general hippie stuff except pot. It's usually what I look forward to each week, and those moments out in nature are what makes life worth it. Just wish I had someone to share it with.

It's kind of weird, but one thing that helps me is driving on long daytrips in any given direction :) Maybe because it makes me feel adventurous :P

I like driving a lot too, but gas is expensive, and it burns a lot. I especially like driving to work in sat/sunday morning when it's dark and the sun peeks out during my drive. Nobody is one the highway, and I feel adventurous.

You know I get that feeling for adventure too on long trips. That's one of the main feelings I got while watching avatar: A sense for adventure. ;) How about putting on Steppenwolf: Born to be wild on your next trip. :D

We have everything to gain by becoming "tree hugging hippies" Just like you've done Theorist :D I think it's great that they are people around that still try to be one with nature. Also I think it's great to love everyone, including those who try to hate you. You become better that way. Just my 2 cents there. Theorist that sounds like good fun, good for the soul as well. Is there a forest near you?

Apollo: Why I'm glad that you enjoy this thread. I put it up here so any wanderers could seek answers or inspiration from each other. Your descriptions of the Pandora in your mind is really something..It's certainly a gift to imagine that well. You've inspired me to become more creative..I've had a huge writer's/artist's block for the last month. I wonder if Neytiri forms your inner voice Apollo?

Boo -.- I can't even WAIT until cars don't run on gas anymore. I will take the LONGEST trips, days at a time :D

Yeah, that's why I thought it was relevant enough to post in this thread :P

@Apollo: it's beautiful, this "imaginary sketching". I sometimes squint my eyes & imagine a bioluminiscent glow over everything, especially in twilight, but you're taking it to "the whole new level". Cool :awesome:

(Altho I do remember Don Juan (who really came back with the vengeance after Avatar) talking about "the lines of the world, the power of plants & animals, the light about every living being..." - what was he talking about? He could see the "glow of power" right here on Earth, and I want to "see thru his eyes", too! I am sure it's the matter of training, I just need to find a very good tsahik to teach me :rolleyes:)

Thanks again for this thread Pa'li - it's so great to share & to see other people's ways of "Keeping the feeling alive". I've been really low in this department for quite some time now... it's helps. Irayo ma tsmuke.

Yay way to go Moco! :) I'd even go horseback from one area to another if no one could give me a lift..Actually I think I might prefer going horseback. :)

True. I'm glad you brought it up. It's so important. :)

Hey no problem sister. :) I was feeling that a little a few months back but then it came back pretty strong. This thread is almost like a safety net but it helps to inspire as well.

I think you can have a sense for adventure building up if you imagine animal and nature sounds in some place you want to go. For example I really want to go back to the seaside and I can hear gulls cawing and waves crashing against rocks. :)

Well Pa'li, I don't know about horseback :P I want to go faaaaast :D

:D How about hitching a ride on a few Ostridge? Hehe.

me, horses. Or direhorses :P

Ah Apache. I had no idea you were such a horse person. ;)

I know the feeling. I want to go fast too. I want to see the world blur behind me. All the colors blend together. That's something that reminds me of avatar.

I loves you all :)

You'll need hydrogen for that.


Myself, I just think about the meetup... It's going to make things around Avatar even more special when I meet so many of the people I've known for ages, that I know better than anyone else, AFK :)