I WANNA BE SAVED, neteyam

Ending Note

The ending of I Wanna Be Saved.

How did you guys feel about it? I feel a bit happy with how I concluded it. I think with Ayatney staying in the reefs, even though swimming and being in the water is not her strong suit, suits her very well.

I will go over some things in this ending note, such as: the character, her individual relationships with the Sully family as well as her own family, what I originally had planned, and some extra stuff as well as answer your questions you may have had.

Starting off with the character, Ayatney Te Fäley E'oa'ite, a hunter who had become warrior.

When I was first planning this out, Ayatney was never meant to be a hunter or a warrior but rather a healer. The reason why I didn't continue with this plan was because, as a fanfic reader myself, there was just too many generalizations of healers being weak and in distress. Of course in the Avatar fandom as well, there was also the generalization of warriors. So I had decided to combine the two in a way.

Ayatney is a character that is really stubborn but only because she really cares for the person(s) well being. In chapter 4, Train Attack, I wrote that Ayatney learns to keep her emotions at bay. I say this because I feel like in order to be in a war, I think that you really have to harden yourself mentally and emotionally. There is a lot that you end up sacrificing in order to win. And to Ayatney, she had to lose the proper feeling of her own emotions in order to earn her place. That's why, when you read into the Metkayina Arc, and I'm not sure if you had noticed any change, Ayatney really lets loose and lets her emotions run wild again after a year of not feeling most things. That's why she's so confused with how she's feeling and what to expect because she had been out of touch with them for so long.

Another thing about Ayatney is that she was supposed to be selectively mute. How would you write about someone who was mute in a very verbal community? Of course, going to the Metkayina would have taught her on how to speak to others, but it wouldn't have been so effective in the Omatikaya clan. As far as we know, there is no form of sign language with the Forest people. So I had scrapped that idea.

Ayatney's individual relationships with the Sully Family.

With Jake, their relationship was built on a lot of guilt. With Mäowieym's death and the given responsibility from her father of taking her away to somewhere safe, he feels guilty for what Ayatney had to lose in order to live a longer life. It's even stated in Chapter 3: A New Star, that he feels guilty for what he had done, but he knew that the guilt couldn't sit forever when he had more important matters at hand. Well, guess what, the guilt had followed him for a year and longer. Over time, he had made a mental promise to no one but himself, even swearing under Mäowieym's name, that he would keep the girl safe. Though she was not his child, blood and flesh, he would still treat her like one though it wasn't as loving.

Neytiri's and Ayatney's relationship was always on a thin rope. First time meeting, it wasn't the greatest. Although Ayatney did look up to Neytiri in the beginning, she had lost the form of idolization of the woman and built a friendly peer to peer one instead. The mother was always wary of Ayatney before the return of the sky people, watching out for her sons since they always got into the most trouble with the girl. But as Ayatney grew, Neytiri saw some redeeming factors in the girl. The fact that she was so into providing for her people as a hunter and had calmed down on her resentment towards the boys, Neytiri thought she was okay.

After the return of the sky people, Neytiri had somewhat began to rely on Ayatney to help watch her children as she was always so busy helping her own mother, the Tsahík, tend to the wounded or help her mate, Jake, plan out strategies against their enemies. Though she knew the pressure over watching over someone else's children, she felt as if she had no other choice (though there were many).