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dirtytransmasc · 2 months ago

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|| The Fawn & The Fox ||

in the eyes of the adults in his life, Spider is the fox, having the worst was always assumed of him because he simply tries to survive. he was alone and desperate for scraps of love.

Neteyam was the fawn, everyone saw him and knew he was *good*. as a child, he was seen as pure and vulnerable. Harmless. unlike his brother. he was better than Spider could ever be. he was set above him.

a fox and a stag could never be brothers. they're too different. not enemies. but they are divided. a scavenger and prey. it could never last.

and then the stag, still young and spotted, falls. he falls and the fox, whether he wants it or not, is there to snatch at the scraps of love left behind by his death. to curl up in the hole he left behind. a son for a son. but a fox can never be a stag.

Spider will always suffer the consequences of how others view him. how they decide when and how he deserves love. when he is sly and conniving, and when he is simply a child in need of love.

he will always be a fox in their eyes.

even as he is pushed to fill the empty space left by their son, whether he wants to fill that space or not.

Spider is in such an awkward place, he desperately needs love and attention and space to heal, the Sully's are his only option, Jake might actually accept him now. he can't turn them down, out of desperation or out of fear of being seen as disrespectful. but can he take his brother's place? it's almost an insult to finally show the kid decency after years of pain and the death of his friend and brother they forced away from him.

#Jake's “s son for a son” line and the possibility he will genuinely try and take care of Spider like a son going forward #genuinely makes me feel ill #like Neytiri is not opening her arms to him. and the children always have.#it's really Jake I worry about #considering *everything*#he's the wolf in sheeps skin. or fox in deers skin. that allowed Spider to be treated as less then.#as a feral stray #as a conniving fox that had to be kept at a distance #and the idea he might just. actually step up ad if that didn't happen.#makes me so angry #especially because he's hust going to continue to make the dynamic between Spider and Neytiri worse than he already allowed it to become #so that's what I mean by “Sully's”#I mean Jake and the awkward dynamic that's gonna form within the family #prev ->#something something Spider being the fox. having the worst assumed of him. seen as a pest up to no good.#something about Neteyam being the fawn. assumed to be pure and fragile. above a mangey fox.#them being friends. brothers. until driven apart by other's views of them #Neteyam never growing into a stag. not truly.#Spider still being the stray fox. left scraps.#now. whether he means to or not. whether he wants to or not. he will feast on the scraps of love left behind from Neteyam's death #a son for a son #but a fox will never be a deer. never be a stag.#avatar 2 #avatar the way of water #spider socorro #miles spider socorro #miles socorro #avatar #neteyam #neteyam sully

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