So, Cracked mentioned the tsahaylu scene...

[Sight Unseen]

The Anne Frank Sex Doll And 5 Other Wisely-Cut Sex Scenes

What good is a discussion of tsahaylu without the writer implying bestiality?

[discounthobo159]

i feel like these 'news reportes'/film critics intentionally exaggerate or interpret certain scenes to be there worst nature to get most responses or stir up controversy. instead of thinking 'oh - but why would they wear loinclothes if that was so' they go for the most ignorant interpretation. i've seen soooo many youtube comments and articles like this, and funny enough these same people have never considered anything spiritual or deeper (not that i'm some spirit shaman or something ), they instantly see a scene like this and think '**** they're having sex with pterodactyls aswell'. rant finished (although that doesnt mean im defending/keen on those kinds of scenes )

[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.

[Wind12]

Yea people whom write articles like that arnt worth my time. The haters can hate all they want, usFANS are going to have 4 sequels, and are going to revel in our Avatar fandom whether they make 20 billion dollars, or 25 dollars and there is not a thing that they can do about it, HELL YEA!!

[Dr. Na'vi]

Originally Posted by Eternal Enigma

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.

I can totally confirm this.

slightly OT:

I know five people (including two good friends), that were super obsessed with Avatar for a rather short amount of time in 2010, and avoided the fandom after that, maybe because of negative feelings. Two of them actually never were fans in the first place, they just suffered some super heavy P.A.D.

We all had seen the movie 1 to 3 times in cinema, but shortly after I finally got the first release of Avatar my friend started to rewatch it at home almost daily. Like a solid 50 times in two months, sometimes twice a day on weekends.
I remember the days when he could finish every. single. line of dialogue and tell me exactly what happens next after I showed him some random scene.
Wierd thing is, he never cared about the soundtrack, the extended cut, the making of, the deleted scenes, the trivia and the fan forums. (To be fair I also didn't care about participating in fan forums until recently)
His obsession faded so quickly, today he barely knows that Avatar 2 is in the making. But there's a 100% chance he will get addicted again when the first trailer hits youtube

nice gifs btw

[Na'vi a Kepekmì]

Don't take it personally; they're hired to write such articles. That's more selling than serious articles. Anyway I don't think it's a movie newspaper website, but a humour website.

[Ja'k Dawsiin]

Originally Posted by Wind12

Yea people whom write articles like that arnt worth my time. The haters can hate all they want, usFANS are going to have 4 sequels, and are going to revel in our Avatar fandom whether they make 20 billion dollars, or 25 dollars and there is not a thing that they can do about it, HELL YEA!!

i second this, hell yeahhh! c'mon sequels!

[Exoblade]

I think part of it comes from the "touch it and you'll go blind" line from the tech when Jake is in the Avatar compound which is very close to that classic urban myth. Combine that with the fact that they are never specific what the queue and tsaheylu is I can see how uninformed or inattentive people could misunderstand.

Plus it a very, very easy joke.

[Disco Scratch]

Originally Posted by 3fast5u-Na'vi

nice gifs btw

Thanks

I'm particularly proud of the one where they're in a never ending nose dive on their ikrans. It's actually the very first one I imaged creating after I realized that I could make decent quality GIFs. I made at least 300 AVATAR GIFs in 2012 of practically every major scene and anything that would loop well. Even silly stuff...

Originally Posted by Exoblade

I think part of it comes from the "touch it and you'll go blind" line from the tech when Jake is in the Avatar compound which is very close to that classic urban myth. Combine that with the fact that they are never specific what the queue and tsaheylu is I can see how uninformed or inattentive people could misunderstand.

Plus it a very, very easy joke.

"Don't play with that, you'll go blind."

[Empty Glass]

Originally Posted by Eternal Enigma

I have nothing important to say other than I need to find a good use for this. Nice GIF indeed.

[Disco Scratch]

Originally Posted by Empty Glass

I have nothing important to say other than I need to find a good use for this. Nice GIF indeed.

Thanks! Here's the second one that goes with that one...

[allroock123]

There are a lot of misconceptions that reviewers who have not done there homework or have some kind of religious or political "bone to chew" throw around regarding James Cameron's Avatar and the meaning of it's symbology staring with "Tsahaylu",,, The Na'vi pony tail thing or Queue is not a reproductive organ and is not intended to represent an act of primal male domination ,, its a "visual example" of a sixth sense of the "Bonds" we all share but fail to recognise with ones circle of recognized relations we don't have a queue but we do "feel" bonds with the world around us its nothing esoteric at all and Human-Beings all have the innate "ability" see this way , from this place of understanding"--"but" its not a valued place of expression in the Ethos of mainstream society We don't see or recognize things at a spiritual level, it sure changes ones perception when one does,, Native peoples "See" or "Recognize" animals and plants as a part of ones extended family "They are kin" and they have a spirit just like we do,, European peoples in there "Ethos" do not see from this perspective of reality " animals are "seen" as inferior and plants have no spirit ,, this can be reflected in the perceptions of some religious viewpoints, A human's spirit can ascend to a high place after death "But" not a horse or a dog they do not have a recognized spirit and therefore they can not ,, there is a separation Us and Them , but viewpoints are changing in todays times and those beliefs are being questioned, when Reviewers make statements about Tsahaylu as being an act of beastiality one has to question there core agenda sources and just walk away shaking ones head .. just my feelings on the issue