So you chose to stay, Now what?

[Woodsprite]

Originally Posted by Aketuan

Well think about it. Right now I'm sure half of us would be willing to step right into Max's shoes. Yeah, it would be a dangerous and boring life, but not to such an extreme. There is always scientific study to do, tribal ceremonies, the whole complex to do whatever you wanted to do. You could make a lot of Na'vi friends and hang out with them, learn to hunt...

...sure I would rather go to Pandora with an Avatar, but still it would be an adventure without one as well for all of the people that stayed behind.

I'm not seeing the logic, actually. Learning to hunt? Doing stuff around the complex? Ceremonies? All that is short-lived. What would you do after you've done all on the to-do list? It'd be boring as hell without an avatar, let alone dangerous (as you mentioned). There'd be no point in staying. It might be fun for a while, but after "a while" ends, there's nothing else to do but "hang out".

So no, I wouldn't want to be in Max's shoes any day. There's no point or purpose in staying, and even scientific discoveries would be meaningless, because the people you have to share them with have left, and no longer care.


The only possible way to make some sort of long-run purpose to your stay would be to grow an avatar for yourself. It'll take time, effort, and you'll be frustrated half the way through, but there's also the prospect of becoming "one of the people" when the project is done. The pay-off. That's the ultimate goal.

...But staying on Pandora as a human for the rest of your life will be boring as hell. Even scientific discovery will mean absolutely nothing.