I need more of Edwin crawling out of hell, desperate and barely breathing and hurting but thinking about the field behind the school. About the lake and how gorgeous the sun looked on it. How warm the air was. His brother surely having won the war and how proud his parents would be when he made it home (he didn’t) and wanting so deeply and completely to be Edwin again only to stumble into a dark school, cold and unfeeling, hopeful and bursting with disbelief only for it all to be gone. It’s decades later, no one remembered him, the world is gone and then there’s a boy who somehow feels like a piece of him some 70 years later, still quivering and cold and hurting in the attic. Give me an edwin who holds him anyway but feels that little light inside him dim cause dreams are for the living - for boys who still have a future, who don’t know that time doesn’t change anything.
An Edwin who finds it slowly coming back cause that boy found hope again just like him except his never dims, he just holds their lantern tighter and smiles at Edwin like he himself is the sun cause to him he is
oh my god.... did klaus and og ghost ben never discuss how ben died???? i feel like that should have come up at some point and it would've been suspicious to ben that klaus didn't remember who shot him in the back of the head considering klaus was standing Right There
hey, friendly reminder, spider's iconic bow shot:
was his almost instantaneous reaction to one of the recom's putting their hands on Tuk. He then has to be convinced by both his siblings to put the bow down and keeps it trained on the recom holding Tuk.
when Quaritch approaches Spider, Tuk hisses at him (hard to see in photo cause they were little baby hisses)
when Jake tells spider to get "them" out of there, spider immediatly calls for Tuk (and grabs Kiri)
now for some cuter snippets
and when Tuk goes to egg on and tease Lo'ak, she hides behind her big brother, and Spider looks amused in the way a big brother is equally amused and tired of their little sisters antics (he's probably defended her, whether she was the one who needed defending or not, many times, especially when it comes to Lo'ak)
and she runs for both Kiri and Spider when the war party returns, making it clear she hangs out with them quite often.
my conclusion? she and Spider are besties, no one puts their hands on his baby sister, I rest my case.
Thinking about how Lo’ak will never hear Neteyam tell him he’s good enough in canon
Hey so if spider makes it through everything and all that what’s the plan
Like are we just gonna have an elderly man one day chillin with his still-young little siblings on the beach until one of them smacks him for a snide ass comment and breaks him in half?
My friend group is sick of me already
Thinking about Ronen Rubenstein in that Behind The Blinds photoshoot again.
Photoshoot from here.
okay okay so I have thoughts and want opinions on what ya'll want for the last kiddo
Avatar baby - (A lovely suggestion where the munchkin is made of their DNA and grown like an avatar body)
Bio baby - Someone carries the baby (pls comment your preference, this one would take some finagling but like intersex Rotxo and trans Spider are both canon in my lil universe so i feel the need to add it
Random adoption - baby just fucking ,, showed up, parents aren't overly important but Rocorro raise her
Specific adoption - Similar to the boys, she's adopted from someone specific
pls comment or send asks with y'alls thoughts, I'm v curious about what y'all think
Okay so trans pregnancy Spider won my poll - thank you to the one person who told me who should carry lmfao - but it was a close tie. Consider this canon to the little universe but I think I'll try to write the incubator baby headcanons too cause it was really frickin close lmao
TW: Trans pregnancy, mentions of sex, medical stuff
So Ningni was not planned to say the least
Penetrative sex for Spider and Rotxo is...a process to say the least
Rotxo is double Spider's size and lets just say biology is proportionate. Hence, the build up is nothing to rush through and with three kids, it's a luxury they don't get often
Plus, with their differing biology, they never really paid mind to reproduction between them
Sure it was theoretically possible but they didn't linger on it all so much
Rotxo may have thought about a baby of their own biology but it was too much a health risk and he was never sure how Spider would do. He didn't ask, wouldn't, but...maybe he dreamed sometimes
That said...maybe protection wasn't always at the forefront of their minds
Spider finds out he's pregnant after Kiri starts getting an odd sense around him, she eventually visits the ancestors for advice and is informed their brother needs to see a Tsahik immediately
They bring Spider to Tsireya first, not wanting to alert anyone with how precarious the situation might be, and she is the one who affirms Kiri's information
It scares the shit out of him
Tsireya and Kiri keep the information quiet but they won't for long - namely for his own health
Abortion isn't really a thing in Na'vi culture - mating is for life, something that means even unplanned pregnancy or teenage mishaps are between a mated pair. Medical intervention occurs but an unwanted pregnancy is nearly unheard of
Children are a blessing from Ewya - while unplanned or untimely pregnancies may happen, it's not often and it's not like it is on earth. One doesn't have to leave everything behind to be a parent.
Still - come hell or high water, no one will take the choice from Spider
Tsireya takes Anea and the boys that night, Spider pulling Rotxo into the water for a late night ride to tell him
Honestly, Rotxo didn't predict shit, homie got blindsided
Spider cries, a mixture of terrified, hopeful, and sick all coiling in his throat, and tells Rotxo that they might have messed up
He tells him of Kiri's odd feelings, how a woman Kiri didn't know told her that he was blessed, that the next generation is growing, and how Tsireya confirmed he was with child.
Rotxo is thrilled but guiltily so, terrified for what it could mean for Spider and for their family.
It's a long talk about whether or not they have a choice here - Spider hasn't even told Norm or been formally checked out - but they opt that, if it can be done safely, Spider will carry the pregnancy to term
It's not an easy decision - Spider wants the baby, at least, he thinks he does, but carrying the child to term could be a painful experience, dangerous to his body but also his mind. Growing up with intersex being the standard meant that pregnancy wasn't a female thing, but he's human, and he knows the difference
the dysphoria of the coming months will be harsh and he knows it'll bother the limited medical transitions he's been able to make
With Norms help, he's more androgynous than anything by human standards and he's been able to become comfortable in himself - pregnancy will send it reeling back
Then, there's the side of how painful and dangerous a pregnancy might become
He knows how different his body is and he knows that this won't be easy
But...Ewya blessed him
It's what he's wanted his whole life and he won't give it up now
Rotxo will be at his side and so he decides to do it
His pregnancy is the scientific question of the ages that Norm thought he discovered each time one of the Sully kids walked in his lab, but an organic Na'vi and human child is more than a little unexpected
The baby is studied closely, the growth an alarming thing when na'vi size is taken into consideration. Afterall, a newborn Neteyam was about the same size as a one year old Spider
Unfortunately for Spider, this means a good six months of bed rest
Fortunately for him, he has three very excited children
Anea tries to find out everything she can about his pregnancy. Given he has to spend it's duration in the hut, she spends most of her time with him where they can both breathe and she can help
She becomes his little helper - gathering supplies so they can prepare things for the baby, getting him food, books, and entertainment, and helping him get around as the pregnancy continues and movement gets difficult
Wialik patrols the hut, much to Rotxo's amusement, and tries to protect his uncle and sisters. From what, he couldn't say, but Rotxo finds it insanely amusing
Wialik also ends up collecting pieces to make beads, working with surprising patience to start their newest additions songcord with his family. He enlists Astayì, Kiri's oldest, and makes little figures like a child born in the Ash clans would receive. He claims it's to help his knife skills but they all know better
Vipeì writes stories and lullabies for the baby
He's little, only about 6, so Tsireya and Neteyam help him with learning songs and teach him stories to tell
He works with Rotxo too to make clothes, both for Spider and the baby
This being the first baby they had real time to prepare for, Rotxo goes a bit overboard in getting things together
He and Vipeì make Spider clothes to help conceal his chest and make new shawls that knit over his shoulders
They also make a frankly obscene amount of baby clothes and blankets, anything that a human-Na'vi child may need - a bed for the marui and one for the hut, clothes for any sort of temperature intolerance, and toys galore
By 6 months in, Spider is bedbound entirely. He's sick, drained, and craving things he can't even eat. His body is beyond heavy and he relies a lot on his family to help him - it's a lot of time spent with his brothers teasing, Tuk's mischief, Kiri's support, and even Neytiri and Jakes care.
Norm monitors him constantly in the last few months before it's decided that intervention is needed - he'll be in serious danger if they let him continue.
Ningni is born 8 months into Spiders pregnancy, something that was a risky decision on all sides. Quite simply, she was too big for him to carry much longer and her needs were difficult to predict when her species wasn't even something they could guarantee
She's a pale blue, appearing a few shades lighter than Rotxo (something her brothers claim comes from them) with tiny blonde curls. Her hair is starkly human, something Spider fears and Rotxo loves. She combines them in the face in a way they're both proud of, but her eyes are big and brown and neither of their own. Paz had to leave her mark somehow
Ningni is tiny for a Na'vi but frankly appallingly large for human standards
Spider is on bedrest for several months and then on limited action after, but Ningni is thankfully born able to breathe both human and Pandoran air
She's clearly blessed and accepted easier than her family thought she'd be (though most of the clan hopes she's the only of her kind)
Her lungs can breathe both her parents air, her body tolerates food of both cultures, she has the extra fingers of humans, the enhances sense of Na'vi, and the flexibility of humans. Her strength is a bit lesser than a true blooded Na'vi, but she's astonishingly well adapted
As she grows, she's sort of an oddball like her Auntie Kiri was
She's in tune with the world around her but rambunctious and mischievous like both her fathers
She's a bit of a jack of all trades - choosing to do everything and nothing all at once
She's the type of kid that need constant supervision and both Jake and Norm smugly say she is much alike Spider was as a child
Due to Spider being with her near constantly in her younger years, she's very close to him but Rotxo is - very proudly - her hero
Neteyem and Ao'nung lead the Metkayina
Ao'nung becomes the Ole'kytan of his clan with Neteyam as his mate
Neteyam always planned to go back to the Omaticaya but he finds his home is with Ao'nung
It hurts him the most of his siblings, the forest always feeling like home, but he brings his culture to the oceans too
He and Spider cultivate and explore the forests along the coast
They aren't the same, but he helps them to expand
They create homes there where a few immigrants will eventually settle, but they also make themselves a little home in the trees
It's much like the one he grew up in and he and his siblings each have a hammock there
It's their safe place as a family
Ao'nung is his clan leader but he's this right hand, it's also the way they officially merge/ally their clans
The two have two kids
They have an oldest boy and a younger daughter, a parallel they both snicker at
Their boy takes after Ao'nung in personality but Neteyam physically. He's headstrong and stubborn, a trouble maker in a way that reminds Neteyam of Lo'ak
Still, they both work really hard so that he doesn't end up with the same pressure they both grew up with
Having an oldest son brought up a lot of painful memories but they work really hard to break the cycle
It takes a lot of healing but they get there
Their daughter, on the other hand, is a very laid back, very relaxed personality
Not much phases her
She's a strong diplomat but truthfully has little motivation to take on leadership, she's a complete opposite to her Dads but a refreshing reminder that war is over
She makes them slow down and enjoy their time again
They joke a lot that Ewya gave them their children to heal them just as much as they were to raise them
Spider mates Rotxo young, they're the second pair to officiate their relationship (Lo'ak and Tsireya are first)
Spider works a lot in dealing with the remaining humans post-war
All soldiers are forced back to Earth under threat of death. It's a scary change to Na'vi culture, but Jake ensures it's a must. The citizens of the colonies are treated similarly, the only exception being those with children
They're allowed the raise their children on Pandora until they can be sent back or they're to leave immediately with their children left behind
This is where is hurts Spider the most as it drudges up bad memories, but still, it's a must
He works in managing those sent back and those remaining. He helps them to adapt to Pandora and understand before they're sent to Earth
Similarly, he helps the fostered children left behind to understand the world they've been left on
It's coincidentally how he and Rotxo get their first daughter
Anea is the second child of the next generation and the second human born on Pandora. She becomes one of three born there. Spider and Rotxo adopt her at about 6 months
Their next children won't be for another 6 or so years when they adopt two Ash na'vi boys.
Spider becomes very close to the Ash clans during the war and they're the sons of a dear friend that dies in a skirmish a few years after the war (the end of the war doesn't necessarily bring immediate peace)
The boys take some time to adapt to their new lives and parents, but soon they have a little family of 5
The older boy is a lot like Neteyam and Ao'nungs oldest and they bond quickly, but the younger is much shyer
He becomes attached to Rotxo and so Rotxo often has to work with the younger boy as his shadow
Their last child is several years later and is a little metkayina girl. She's a lot like Tuk was and finishes off their little family
Spider spends a lot of time helping the younger children of the village and teaches them about Ewya with Kiri since he's unable to do some of the typical jobs
still, he works as a diplomat and helps Neteyam in exploring the coast
Rotxo becomes a warrior and works closely with Ao'nung as another level of support. He's a warrior and a diver, but volunteers at the cook fires regularly
Kiri is the last to mate but the first to settle into her calling
She takes after her birth mother as a teacher
Although she stays with the Metkayina, she spends many years traveling and visiting the other tribes. She helps them to connect with Ewya and explore the other cultures
When she settles, she mates to another Metkayina woman and raises a human son, the last human born on Pandora.
The child is slightly younger than Spider and Rotxo's Anea, but he is the last of his kind
She raises him with her mate but initially adopts him herself with her mate coming in when he's a few years old
Despite being able to fight and her experience in war, she doesn't lift her weapon again once the war finishes
She sets up schools her travels before settling down with her own, though she still goes on occasion to continue it on
She becomes a master storyteller and learns to be patient with the children, deciding to teach so that history won't repeat itself
Eventually, she also teaches about Earth
Her lessons cover anything and everything she can
She makes it her mission that stories will never be lost, not like when hometree fell
Lo'ak and Tsireya are the first couple to mate and the first to get together, much to Tonowari's disbelief
Tsireya becomes Tsahik and Lo'ak a warrior
It's a bit of chaos with them being mated and their older brothers being mated on top of also being Ole'kytan and Tsahik respectively but they make it work
They're probably the simplest couple and they just seem to fall into place
They have three girls, the oldest being an accidental pregnancy about a year into their relationship
All three are little menaces but both are absolutely wrapped around their fingers
The oldest has a few year age gap with the younger two but their youngest are barely a year a part
All three are very close and team up often with Spiders boys to cause trouble throughout the clan
Neteyam still has to clean up after his brothers and it seems the tradition passed onto his son with his cousins
They have a lot of trauma to heal from but they went through a lot of it together
They're one anothers rock
They boast about being the ones everyone goes to for relationship advice since they're been together so long
They were also the most experienced with babies aside from Rotxo because of Tsireya's youngest sibling
There was a brief period where Lo'ak had to lead the forest people for their father and it was probably the hardest part of their relationship
They were apart but also on opposite sides of handling it with Tsireya a healer and Lo'ak a fighter
In the end it did make them stronger though and it's what ended in their mating
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