#charlotte the palulukan au

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You know what, I'm into the whole "Spider gets an ikran via idk #HTTYD means" and all, but come on. We, as a fandom, can think bigger than that. I want a story where Spider stumbles upon a Thanator injured in the previous night's storm or some shit on his way back to Hell's Gate and then he slowly nurtures it back to health all while they form an epic bond and boom, next thing you know he's being protected by the apex predator of the forest. Fuck ikrans, LOOK AT THAT THING. (Plus the fact that a Thanator let Neytiri form tsaheylu with it during the final battle just makes it 1000% better when you think about it.)

1000% agree love this idea. Ya'll motherfuckers KNOW I love love love Eywa blessed Spider, where no one can ignore that she wants him there and he is a child of hers. A PALULUKAN??? Something Neytiri has specifically been the only rider of (in the Omaticaya I believe there is a canonical clan that rides them)?? Symbolically ICONIC. I fucking loooove that. Okay so:

-He finds the palulukan on a walk to the village, when it's a pup, and he's little, I'm saying nine or ten. It's gotten sliced on it's farthest back leg by a piece of metal that fell from an old Sampson. It's been there for years, almost fully covered by vines and leaves, and never fallen, so it's odd. In it's attempt to get away, it got caught in part of the metal grate.

-He knows exactly what it is and how dangerous it is, but our boy spends all his time with Kiri Sully, girl instills a deep respect for all of Eywa's creatures but also a deep empathy beyond maybe that of a typical Na'vi. Spider is always so willing to learn and to listen, he's the one who's been most affected by Kiri's connection with the forest

-He knows if he tells any adult that they'll probably put it out of it's misery and say it's Eywa's will, and he did good to find it, but he thinks about what Kiri would say and what Kiri would do. He has his own medicine pouch now, freshly gifted by Kiri. It's not big enough but he also has some dried meat that Lo'ak gave him yesterday that he hadn't bothered to eat because he's not an expert at mask eating yet.

-So, he throws the meat to the palulukan. He doesn't know how long it's been there, but it seems hungry. The closer he get the harder it tries to get away, cutting it's leg even more. So he sits and waits, tossing it pieces of meat. Finally, he gets close enough to touch it's leg. It's very tense but he manages to spread some herbs on it's cut before it turns to swipe at him. Another several chunks of meat later, he is close enough again. He takes the risk and grabs its leg to force it up and out. Immediate regret, he's for sure gonna die, but instead it's just gone. He sort of sits there for a few minutes having a minor heart attack, then finishes his walk to the village to find Kiri, Lo'ak and Neteyam worried out of their minds because he's late and jsut reports the wreckage fall to Jake.

-He tells Kiri about it later, but they keep it secret, not sure the others will understand.

-On his walks alone he starts to feel like there are eyes on him. Just watching, all creepy. He even starts to feel them when he's with his friends. Lo'ak thinks he's crazy, but Kiri says it's just Eywa looking out for him.

-He gets desperate enough to ask Mo'at. She nods all sagely and says it's probably nothing but they should add it to his songcord which are two really opposite statements and he's really confused.

-The next day his friends are busy and he decides to fuck off in the forest himself only to accidentally startle some nantang. The same palulukan, scars on its ankle and leg, busts out of nowhere and jumps in front of him, scaring them off. Then it turns and looks at him, all self satisfied like it's repaid the favor. But when he thanks it and turns to go he still feels it watching. Eventually, he and Kiri take chunks of meat into the woods and just give it gifts and build up trust.

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You know, I'm happy that the idea of Spider befriending/taming one of the more dangerous creatures of Pandora, (be it an Ikran, a fucking Palulukan or a whole ass Toruk) is finally taking off. But what about the epic, badass reveal? We can't have our boy just be like: "Yeah, I got a new friend, it's cool.". It needs to be out of nowhere and shock everybody.

You are completely right, I am so sorry forgive me for this oversight.

-Spider and Kiri eventually tell Lo'ak about the palulukan (who I have decided is named Charlotte because Norm read Spider Charlotte's Web as a kid, get it they're spidercore) and the three of them decide to keep that shit reaaaal quiet until they think Charlotte is tamed.

-She's still really iffy around Lo'ak and Kiri most of the time, and she won't come out if Spider isn't there at all.

-Reveal comes when the sky people return. Jake and the scientists tell Spider and the kids Spider has to stay at Hell's Gate with the McCoskers and the other humans, where he belongs. Spider and the kids are all very against this, and it starts a whole fight. Spider threatens to run away, and Jake very calmly tells him he can't make it on his own. That's why he needs to stay where he's safe. Lo'ak's like "He's never alone." Very cryptic but none of the kids will elaborate.

-Spider just shows up at the camp the next morning, no one has any idea how he got there by himself. Every time they bring him back he just shows the fuck back up the next day and none of the kids are surprised, even Neteyam.

-Finally Tuk lets it slip to Neytiri that Charlotte is bringing him. Neytiri freaks out, thinking that Spider has given away the location of High Camp to the RDA loyalists to have one of them fly him over every day.

-The kids are all chilling at the edge of camp, vibing near the human shacks and the ikran and Neytiri goes right for them and comes right for Spider ready to demand he explain and the fucking palulukan just jumps out of the shadows from behind a shack right in front of him.

-Omg chaos in the camp, it's truly a madhouse lol. Spider and all the kids are petting her to try to calm her down and Jake is standing there like dear god when will the insanity end will I ever rest?

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Charlotte really be like: “Aye yoo! Stay the fuck away from my hooman ya crazy biach!” And everyone is losing their collective shit because here is one of the most dangerous creatures to roam the forests, curled up protectively around a human child, "the spawn of the demon" no less, while said child is petting and calming it down. Neytiri is in shock, Jake is blue screening, and Mo'at is just: "When will they learn?" whilst sitting beside Spider and giving him snacks to feed his friend.

Jake: what do you got there?

Spider: a palulukan!

Jake: NO-

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All right here are the aus I've tagged that imma focus on and add more stuff to:

I read through all my old posts and these are the ones I jived with hard. The ones I have thoughts about, the ones I want MORE from. If you all have stuff you want to add, or more specifics you want from me, feel free to ask! I'm gonna make more posts for all of them though. I graduate from college in less than a month but I'm done with all my work before that, so give me like three to four weeks and I should be posting more headcanon stuff more frequently lol. Too many essays rn, too many final bar crawls to attend.

This list is added to the pinned post :)

Canon: this happened i don’t make the rules (avatar)

Modern au where Jake has no working legs: modern au (wheelchair jake! edition):

Modern au where Jake has working legs lol: modern au (jake legs! edition)

Spider was raised as a Sully and was never kidnapped: spider sully was never taken!

For Spider Sully we are just going to stick with: spider sully au

Spider adopted by the Sully's post Way of Water: spider sully post WOW

Mo'at being a great grandma to Spider: grandma mo'at vibes

Humans never return au: humans never return au

Soulmate au concepts: soulmate au's uwu

Spider was kidnapped for years au: spider gone for years au

Eywa blessed Spider bonds with a palulukan au: charlotte the palulukan au

Modern au Spider Sully with asthma: asthma! spider

Norm and his made up boyfriend Ritu stuff: norm and ritu agenda

Spider can see ghosts instead of connect: spider vs ghosts au

Spider being Eywa blessed: eywa blessed spider au

The ikran racing au where Spider is the stableboy of the ikran and racing is a huge part of the culture: ikran! racing!!! au!

Spider rescuing Neytiri and Tuk in the ship: OUR SAVIOR- oh its you

This one is self explanatory: daemon au

Role reversal metkayina coming to the omaticaya for help: this human child will teach your children our ways

Tragic Lo'ak falling for Spider but feeling like he has to pick Tsireya to fit in and not be disappointing sad romance au: tragic romance locorro

Locorro getting mated without permission, like Lo'ak is like I can do what I want and Spider is like uhhh please lets think about this: locorro mated without permission call the police

ALL the humans leave and then they find Spider (there is a version of this being written but I still have thoughts): only human Spider au

Lo'ak captured instead of Spider thing so he and Neteyam cook up a little scheme to get Lo'ak back: lo'ak kidnapped instead of spider

Nocorro accidentally mated au, this ask was kinda adult but the concept has such a chokehold on me it simply has to be discussed more: nocorro oops we're mated

NETEYAM GHOST, SPIDER CAN SEE GHOSTS AND NETEYAM AND HIM FALL IN LOVE BUT HE'S A FUCKING GHOST this concept murders me: neteyam ghost!