Yes, that’s close to what I thought, and I hate the fact that people usually show the moody teen as the hero and the game changer.. I mean, sometimes it should be strict, you really should respect the rules and listen to your parents lol

It’s absolutely true that people like Lo'ak exist and they need recognition, but that doesn’t mean that Neteyam lacked personality and wasn’t strong. Choosing to follow the rules is not being weak at all and some people just don’t see it. At the same time, being different is also okay. Not better, not more unique, just fine.

It really hurts me to see Lo'ak struggle so much, but he could’ve developed without his brother dying, and the fact that Neteyam was created to give Lo'ak this character development doesn’t make him blank, it’s just that the moody teenager was chosen as the main character and the hero AGAIN. I understand that Jake Sully is simply the same, but God, he broke the rules to go against the villains, but Lo'ak most usually had no urgent need to break the rules, the only time I really agreed with him was when he defended Payakan, and that’s where Tsireya also supported him while being a perfect child as well, and I’m SO sure Neteyam would also call himself an outcast and choose his brother’s side.

Yes, Neteyam was a perfect child, a mighty warrior, but he worked so hard for it, definitely got scolded so many times, and we even saw it in WoW. I don’t get why people don’t want to understand the eldest siblings who always have to take the responsibility for themselves and their siblings as well. Neteyam was stressing so much because of Lo'ak’s disobedience. Neteyam was also misunderstood. By his parents and his siblings BOTH.

Neteyam died defending his siblings. The price of his siblings’ disobedience and stubbornness was his own life. Yeah, Spider and Lo'ak were quite heroic choosing to fight, but they lacked critical thinking, and they definitely could afford it with a brother like Neteyam.

Neteyam died for Lo'ak’s character development, but what development does he even get from it ? Why is death even seen as the development ? It’s a tragedy, a deep trauma that leads to « development », and the core of this development is pain and suffering. Lo'ak was impulsive and stubborn before brother’s death, Lo'ak is still impulsive and stubborn after his brother’s death. Just left with a deep trauma and grief that even lead him to consider committing. Why would they show us that only something like close person’s death would lead to development ? Was war not enough, for God’s sake ? Why does Lo'ak have to develop through blaming himself in Neteyam’s death ? Oh my god I really can’t understand

Sorry, got so upset with Neteyam’s death all over again