Spider must be protected at all costs!

Jake and Quaritch worked together to save him. The RDA kept Jake alive so they wouldn’t kill Spider. Lo’ak didn’t kill Quaritch because Spider was in the line of fire. Neytiri questioned her own morals to accept him. Even Varang shows morbid curiosity towards him.

Sure, some of their motives are very questionable. But he really is the SPIDER WEB THAT HOLDS EVERYONE TOGETHER. There isn’t a single character in the movie who genuinely hates him and actively wants him dead.

And then you go online and seemingly everyone think's he should die asap.

Anyone ever think about how literally no one made a rescue plan when he was captured by the recoms? And I’m not just talking about the Sullys and the Omatikaya. I get that the kids couldn’t do much. I’ve already talked in and out of my head about Jake and Neytiri.

No, what I’m the most pissed about is the scientists who supposedly raised him. And no I’m not talking about the McCoskers. That ship has already sailed. And also it’s just another set of names added to the “I Don’t Feel Like Taking Care of Spider” list.

I’m talking about Norm, Max, and the other scientists at High Camp. Because at no point in the second movie do we hear any sort of worry, anger, desperation, or WIP rescue plan from these guys. None. They are not involved at all. Oh, they’ll heal Kiri all the way across the reef(no Kiri hate obvi), but they won’t muster any pleads for Jake to rally a squad, or build some kind of rescue tools themselves.

These people have watched Spider grow up. They practically raised him(as much as scientists could anyway).

Even better!(she said sarcastically) Our boy Norm has two kids, apparently! Wow! So he does feel parental love! So…is there any there for the boy he’s helped take care of for sixteen years? Or is that only reserved for kids who haven’t made the demonic mistake of having Quaritch’s blood?

But no, Jake and practically the movie itself bends over backwards to tell everyone that “Spider’s a tough kid, guys. He’ll be fine, don’t worry about him!” Like, applause all around, friends, cause that makes me feel soooo much better!

I don’t know how Jake of all ppl could stand there and say that because Spider is human, he’ll be fine. Like be so for real, dude. Did the events of the first movie just leave his mind? Grace’s death? His own near death?

Oh but then Jake decides to surprise us and reveal that he never thought spider was a “tough kid”. “That kid knows everything”. Right? We’ve gotta leave and go even farther away where spider will never be able to find us, right?

It’s like…It’s like the whole world’s been rewritten. I’m not joking, that’s just how it looks. It’s like…the Sullys are living their best lives in the reef, the Omatikaya are thriving with their new chief, the scientists are doing whatever. It’s like Spider never existed to these people.

Jake tried to kill him - not good. Neytiri has always kept him at a distance - not good. Quaritch sides with the RDA, which goes against everything he loves - not good. His foster family were abusive - not good. Norm and Max have High Camp and Grace's avatar to deal with - understandable but still not great. Norm also would've mourned Trudy for a bit as well as being a father figure to orphaned Na'vi kids (see comics).

Meanwhile, Eywa saved his life by allowing him to breathe the air. Eywa kept him alive despite all the aforementioned actions. Eywa allowed him to enter the spirit world, despite being human. Eywa is the only parent good for him.

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(English isn't my first language sorry for any mistake)

the way he literally tries to curl his body around Neteyam to shield the wound from the open water makes me want to vomit.

it's truly such a "taller younger sibling" thing for him to do 😭 like I know that pisses Spider off. or at least did when they were a little younger. and it's just their inside joke now.

She was forced to confront her prejudices first for her own family and then it allowed ger to see how this also applied to Spider. She realized that she was wrong. That what Jake is going to do is wrong. And Spider becomes a person to her. A child. Someone worth protecting.

This doesn't suddenly make him her child or a member of the family. It's just a step in a reconciliation but it makes sense this will take time. A lifetime of rejection shouldn't be erased in day and a half.