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especially fucked up kids. like. kids who were neglected their whole lives. and then they act like little fucked up deliquents. or are a little off kilter. or act a little attention seeking. or a little desperate for a speck of affection from the wrong hand cause it's the only one offering.

like why did i just now see someone bitch about how he has no personality because we don't know his favorite color or hobbies????? what?

No.

If anything, it's the exact opposite.

Kiri is the overpowered, god-like, female gigachad who can casually commune with Eywa, control nearly all living things with her abilities, and pull off incredible feats of divine wrath. Meanwhile, Spider is the one who is just standing there looking pretty, happily serving as the decorative accessory on her arm with zero complaints.

Our boy is mostly just a vehicle for other character's arcs. Be it Jake, Quaritch, Neytiri or Kiri... He mostly exists to serve them. Either as a point of conflict or a motivation, whenever he's on screen he's mostly there for another character. To the point where he isn't even allowed to be angry or upset at his own horrible treatment 'cause that would mess up his role as a docile stepping stone for other arcs. I love my boy but he's more of a plot device than his own character at times, so this typa criticism of him "taking too much screen time" or Kiri's personality "revolving around him" just seem so dumb to me.

Jake Sully: Obviously, we have him since childhood and baby, and it means we get to have him.

Tonowari: You have him since childhood, but that doesn't mean you give him the attention he requires

Quarditch: He is obviously my son because I am his biological father

Spider: uh I don't know what's going happen right now

Spider: ...

Spider: I am going to look for Ronal

Ronal & Neytiri: arguing over who gets full custody of the Spider

Spider: Guess, I'm just going to hang out with my friends -_-

L'oak: Bro, we accept Spider first, and you won't have him as your sibling

Kiri & Tuk: You tell him L'oak

Aonung: No way, you think I would give up so easily for someone like you

Spider: I don't know how to respond to this situation...

Not because Spider is a human being, or whatever rhetoric Spiri shippers make up to play the oppressed victim.

It's because they flicker in and out of siblings and romance constantly.

One moment Kiri's all "You're the best brother I've ever had, and I have 2"

(I know the word "brother" is used differently for Na'vi sometimes, like with Jake and Tsu'tey, but she makes a reference to her actual familial brothers so she's sayin Spider is the best FAMILIAL brother she's ever had)

The next, they're getting all kissy-kissy. Which is wierd because...