So, Cracked mentioned the tsahaylu scene...

[Disco Scratch]

Whenever I see articles like that or remember articles from years ago echoing the same nonsense the first thing that comes to mind for me is that whoever is writing the article has never actually seen the movie and is only getting the information for their article from other similar articles. If you see the movie just one time there's no way to misunderstand what tsaheylu is. In fact it is explained twice when Jake is connecting to animals. When Jake is on the direhorse Neytiri tells Jake "You may tell her what to do... inside."

It happens again when Jake chooses his nameless ikran and Neytiri tells him "Think... fly!"

At that point everyone should fully understand what the connection is and how it works. Those connected can hear your thoughts, feel your emotions and what you feel physically. Now at first I thought it was a form of control where you could take on physical control of whatever creature you're connected to, but I quickly learned that it isn't and I realized it the first time I watched the movie. It works more like telling a Taxi driver where to go. What I wonder is... if an ikran or direhorse can disobey if they know it's too dangerous?

Not only that, but we see them make tsaheylu with the Tree of Voices and the Tree of Souls more than once. These are scenes that cleared up what tsaheylu is all about for me the first time I saw the movie. These scenes in particular prove to me that the bestiality undertones of these articles are intentionally misleading. None of the articles ever talk about dendrophillia (sex with trees). If they did people would know the writer is simply being ridiculous.

Look out! Group orgy with the magic tree!

Then we see Jake connect to the Tree of Souls to give Eywa a heads up and let her see his world. With all of that in mind I believe it's safe to assume that these articles are intentionally trying to make tsaheylu sound like something it isn't and I believe that it simply comes from not actually seeing the movie. There are more nonsexual examples of tsaheylu so there's no way you can misundertand it unless it's intentional. It has been nearly seven years since AVATAR hit theaters. If you don't know what tsaheylu is by this point then you shouldn't be writing articles about it. Unless you're just trolling fans. I believe that is some of the intent behind it. To poke at the fans because their great movie isn't the big success fans think it is. It was a very successful movie and we shouldn't forget that.

There's a misconception that AVATAR fell off the map and critics attribute this to the film lacking an original story or a decent story. Some even say the only reason AVATAR was successful at all is because of the CGI, but I disagree. So why didn't AVATAR become as big as Star Wars with a cult following? I think this bestiality nonsense and the news reports about AVATAR fans becoming suicidal made a lot of fans hide the fact that they like the movie. So if you've ever wondered where are all the AVATAR fans? They're out there waiting for the sequels just as impatiently as we are. They just aren't involved in fan communities because of the stigma that hit early on. The news reports about AVATAR fans becoming suicidal hit the World News before I even saw the movie then all the articles about bestiality hit the Internet. The same thing could have happened to Star Wars if critics then would have made a big deal about Luke Skywalker having the hots for his sister.

Haters are going to hate.