eywa ngahu.

This is one of the starkest differences between Grace and Alma, that shows perfectly how contrasting they always were both in their intent and their actions: while Alma constantly lies to the Sarentu children and hides the truth about the nature of her school, about what happened to them and her involvement in it, Grace showed the Omatikaya children and Mo’at even the ugly and uncomfortable parts of what the RDA was doing from day one. Alma was not only complicit in what happened to the Sarentu, but also directly responsible for it, and hid it for decades until she was forced to admit the truth; Grace, despite not being aligned with Selfridge and his ideology and actions, still didn’t try to manipulate or conceal the truth, deny her association with the RDA or try to separate herself from it. Alma always prioritized deception and lies because her goal was to subjugate the Na’vi and impose human ways on them; Grace always valued honesty and transparency because her intention was to create an exchange between equals.

the deleted version of grace’s death scene goes so hard the eye of eywa literally gave me chills