Why do you want to be a NA'Vi on Pandora?

[Moco Loco]

Originally Posted by Crickett

I would. But to me, this isn't the only reason. The first moment Avatar really resonated with me emotionally was when Jake woke up for the first time from using his Avatar and saw his legs. Now, I'm not a paraplegic and I never have been. But I've (all of the following were temporary) lost my ability to walk under my power, gone blind, and had my kidneys fail. I'm going to have to spend the rest of my life with arthritis and as soon as the current semester ends, I'm going to have to have a part of my tear ducts cut out (both of them). I've had numerous cases of pneumonia, I've had swine flu, etc, etc. I would very much like to have a happy active, HEALTHY life. And IMO, the Na'vi as portrayed were a personification of that.

Kind of reminds me of what Clarke has said

Originally Posted by Theorist

Eywa would be reason number one. Then tsahaluy (sp?) because that mental connection is better than anything on Earth. Then the companionship of other Na'vi. Then the ikran, I don't think I could get sick of that, especially because you connect with your ikran. Then the forest and the bio luminesence. I mean I don't even get bored of the forests here, I would leave for Pandora just for the bioluminesence and the forest.

Wow You got me. I mean, I have heard these reasons before, but never in a way that you'd be a na'vi for each alone.

Originally Posted by dstroudswan

and then tsahaylu (@Theorist: that's the spelling).

Not only is "tsaheylu" phonetically correct, but Frommer has confirmed that it is the correct spelling.