Will AVATAR 2 Reveal The Truth About Navi Ponytails

Will AVATAR 2 Reveal The Truth About Na’vi Ponytails?

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The original Avatar used Na’vi ponytails in unforgettable ways. Now that they’re officially explained, fans will regret the sex jokes.

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Will AVATAR 2 Reveal The Truth About Navi Ponytails

Fans of James Cameron’s Avatar may still be waiting for a sequel, but that doesn’t mean more Avatar stories aren’t being told in the meantime. In fact, now that a comic book is showing the events of the first Avatar from a different perspective, the truth about the Na’vi ‘ponytails’ and their intimate bonds has been explained. And those who equated “tsaheylu” with sex are going to seriously regret it.

The ability possessed by Na’vi and human-engineered Avatars to connect with other plants, animals, and people has gained a certain level of notoriety for obvious reasons. Even to fans of Avatar, the sexual (specifically phallic) connotations of ‘joining ponytails’ is a… memorable metaphor, conveying the movie’s idea of planetary oneness. For detractors of the film, a reference made to ‘ponytail sex’ can be a means to condense, mock, or even belittle Avatar’s place in film history.

Now that the comic series Avatar: Tsu’tey’s Path has clarified the lore and tradition informing that infamous bond, it shouldn’t be a surprise to learn that James Cameron’s intentions were completely misunderstood.

How Avatar’s Ponytails Form ‘The Bond’

Will AVATAR 2 Reveal The Truth About Navi Ponytails

Since it’s been almost a decade since the first Avatar came out, we presume that audience members on either side of the divide could use a refresher. The first glimpse moviegoers got of the Na’vi ponytail (officially the “queue”) was thanks to Jake Sully (Sam Worthington) examining it in his bunk. And from the very beginning, Dr. Grace Augustine (Sigourney Weaver) made the connection to an adolescent also getting to know their own body, warning that if Jake were to keep playing with the tendrils of his queue, he would “go blind.” But the purpose that the queues actually serve on Pandora came later, when Neytiri finally started showing Jake the ropes of becoming one of the Omaticaya Clan.

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First came the forming of “the bond” with a Direhorse, an alien version of our planet’s own version. It was here that Neytiri explained the bond as allowing Jake to feel the heartbeat, the breath, and the body of his Direhorse as if it were his own. The rest of the film would make similar links to the flying Banshees, and even the holy trees of the Omaticaya. From the looks of it, every being on Padnora had a queue, and every being was intended to use it.

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The Avatar ‘Mating’ Scene Everyone Remembers

Will AVATAR 2 Reveal The Truth About Navi Ponytails

The most unforgettable use of the queues or ponytails was, of course, the mating scene between Jake and Neytiri (Zoe Saldana). There isn’t any explicit act shown between the two leads, but the commitment is clear. Jake and Neytiri choose eachother as mates for life, they connect their ponytails queues (a pleasurable experience), and begin mating the way audiences would expect. So if only that scene stuck, then yes: assuming Na’vi and Avatar ponytails were sexual, or erotic appendages would make sense.

But now that the true beginning of a Na’vi person’s life of tsaheylu, and communion with spirits has been revealed, fans are going to seriously regret the years spent connecting the bond to sex. Because Na’vi don’t bond with an animal, or even Eywa first… they link ponytails with their mother.

Will AVATAR 2 Reveal The Truth About Navi Ponytails

The Na’vi Bond is About New Awareness

As we promised earlier, the true lore, tradition, and meaning of the Na’vi queues is explained in Dark Horse’s Avatar: Tsu’tey’s Path, a comic book telling the events of the film from the perspective of Tsu’tey (Laz Alonso), the next leader of the Omaticaya and Jake’s competition for Neytiri’s hand. As he informs his group of hunters-in-training before departing for a hunt, or when facing a time one may not live through, it is the duty of every clan member to make tsaheylu with Eywa, so that your voice can survive your physical death. And for fans of the film who remember its plot point for point, it’s a welcome callback.

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Without getting this lesson from Tsu’tey, Jake Sully makes this same pilgrimage before the climax of Avatar, making a lone visit to the Tree of Souls to issue a prayer to the planet’s deity. In the comic book scene, writer Sherri L. Smith and artists Jan Duursema, Dan Parsons, and Wes Dzioba set the communion at the Tree of Voices – the one Neytiri takes Jake to in the film to explain that the voices, or souls of those who make tsaheylu truly live on.

But it’s Tsu’tey’s lesson in Path #2 that is going to be most valuable for fans. As it turns out, these Direhorses may usually be the first creature which the Na’vi of the Omaticaya have bonded with, aside from Eywa. Oh, and their own mothers… wait, what?

The First Na’vi Bond is With Your Mother

Will AVATAR 2 Reveal The Truth About Navi Ponytails

Placed in this larger context that Tsu’tey helps to sketch out in his first two comic issues, the shocking (and likely unsettling) revelation makes plenty of sense. After all, James Cameron has explained that his Avatar movie series is about family, in a variety of ways. So with so much emphasized on the preternatural, and the mystical connections between the family and people of the Omaticaya, the sexual overtones audiences brought into the movie with them can’t really be allowed to cloud the issue. Just as the Na’vi use the idea of “seeing” one another to mean total awareness, acceptance, and understanding, the linking of queues seems to be a literal interpretation.

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After birth, the Na’vi babies form tsaheylu with their mother. For the mother, it seems the level of connection, presence, and knowledge of their child’s state of well-being that human mothers could only dream of. But for the children, it removes the wall between their existence, and the existence of those around them. The lesson is that on Pandora, they are one piece of a much larger whole, in the presence of Eywa.

By connecting with the Tree of Voices next, their story is added to the larger history of the Omaticaya, and whatever can be understood at that age is allowed to be absorbed (even if it’s only the remembered whispers and voices of generations who came before). Think of it as visiting the great, great, great, great, great grandparents, if that helps.

The true explanation may be less exciting, or less controversial. But to the fans of Avatar who found themselves drawn into the blend of science fiction, mysticism, and metaphor that the Na’vi represented, we have to assume that this newly clarified lore will be welcomed. And with Jakesully and Neytiri’s kids confirmed for Avatar 2, who knows? Maybe the next film will show this scene on film, too.

Avatar: Tsu’tey’s Path #2 is available at your local comic shop, and directly from Dark Horse Comics.

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Screen Rant Editor Andrew Dyce was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Despite calling the vast nothingness of the Canadian prairies home (or perhaps because of it) film and television have been a passion since birth. As a graduate of the University of Manitoba with a degree in English Literature, Andrew has grown to appreciate the story and writing behind everything from blockbuster comic book movies to schlocky B-movie action.

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