Arrival at the birthday party

[Tey'Kan]

Originally Posted by Human No More

I would guess Jake used the link in the mobile unit after the battle, but when he was recording his last videolog, he was clearly at the main link room.

Thanks for pointing this out HNM. I have known this all along.

Tey'Kan

[joeylovesgaia]

Originally Posted by Empty Glass

I was just thinking about the soul-transfer scene at the end of the movie, but before I mention what I thought, I have to ask about something:

How did Jake get both of his bodies to the Tree of Souls? I imagine he first brought his avatar body to its base by himself, then left it and came back into his human body (at Hellsgate, I'm assuming). But what then? Was there a remaining human who could have flown him over to the tree via Samson? Was he brought over on the back of an ikran? And then once there, he must have been carried by one or more Na'vi to the base of the tree, unless he decided to roll his wheelchair through the crowd .

And then (this is what I was thinking of) how surreal it must have been, to know that he was taking his very last journey in the body he was born with, to look down at his hands and know that they would never feel anything again, to realize that he would never see with the same eyes, listen with the same ears, etc. If I was in that situation, I would feel like I was about to die, knowing that I would be leaving the vessel I grew up in behind me forever. I'd try to capture every last moment and thought happening with and in my body. But then in this context I'd know that I'd be reborn again and I wouldn't feel dead at all. Or maybe I'd feel like I'd entered the afterlife, and it just looks the same as before, only now the need for a wheelchair is completely gone.

Don't know if I'm making any sense here, but the main thing I'm trying to say is how surreal Jake's final moments as a human must have been, though he was probably far more excited about entering his avatar body permanently than he was concerned with saying a solemn goodbye to his paraplegic human body.

Well, ignoring the practicalities...I would say it would be very emotional. Remember that Jake has been feeling more Na'vi than "sky people" for a while now... when Quaritch asked "how does it feel to betray your race" he just hissed, and gave the impression he didn't regard them as his people anymore.

So this transfer is like a coming out. He will no longer be physically connected to the sky people and their ways. Sure he'll still have some human genetic material, but not enough to stop him from living as one of the people.
Passing through the Eye will get rid of any lingering sky people "just talking to a tree" thinking.

I'm thinking he'll be reverent, filled with anticipation and maybe a little nervous.

[iron_jones]

Only one answer to your question:

Miracles, bro.

[rapunzel77]

Originally Posted by Sempu

I like that idea.

I wrote a very short story filling in this scene: Fanfic: The Leap, Avatar

Originally Posted by Patrice Maire

I like how you spelled his name, it makes sense and works!
I wrote a version that essentially what happens after your story here
Put the two together and it's a continuation to the end of the movie. Very cool! That could be another project, fan fics that fill in gaps and then we get to see how close we were to what Cameron actually had in mind.

I read both of your fan fics and I like how both of you wrapped up the movie from Jake's perspective. Very well done .