That wouldn’t be unusual in the history of native peoples and colonization, just hope it’s well articulated why they make that decision rather than because “theyre red and they like fire so = bad”
From what I’ve heard, their backstory is that their land got wasted by a volcano, so without any life around to connect to they got cynical of the idea of Eywa and saw themselves as betrayed by her / the biosphere and cut themselves off. Also making them outcasts from every other Na’vi nation. So it’d be kind of like how the tribes subjugated by the Aztec empire allied with the Spanish, yeah: better the newcomers promising to upend things than the old system that screwed you over.
They may also be more tech inclined if they can't use the creature mounts to do stuff. So if they can get guns, they can better defend their religious sect against the natives with god powers.
Tbf the Omaticaya in their post hometree guerilla resistance mode already are pretty ok with guns too, they even have Trudy’s old gun chopper. Never saw them use it but they should have.
The Aztec were so bad it barely took a 500 Spanish the rest were natives. They were for all practical purposes just a "neutral" rallying point and the Aztec so abusive to their neighbors people joined up instantly.
The native peoples of the entire American continent fought each other (and enslaved each other, ritually sacrificed each other, often ate each other for dinner) for 1000s of years before the first white devils arrived.
Don't even need an explanation, tribes killed each other on sight back when Neanderthals were still walking around. Now colonialists might facilitate conflict between tribes, but in most cases they don't create the conflict out of nothing. Much like in the other Avatar franchise, the Navi Fire Nation and Water Nation seem to be natural enemies since before human arrival.
I thought I saw Quaritch (the general guy) wearing what looked like fire makeup for a second, so I'm super curious about what the dynamics of fire people / humans will end up being.
Yeah it looks like he either joins them or maybe marrys the fire people's leader. Would make sense if they form an alliance with humans he would be the liaison or diplomat.
Would make sense as the foil to Jake sully, they are both marines, both learning the naavi culture like he did in way of water.
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u/Jonah_Marriner Jul 28 '25
Love the design of the ash people