The River Tree (Neteyam x Metkayina OC)

The End

Hello everyone.

It's been a while and I'd like to share something with you all.

A year and a half ago, on December 16th 2022, Avatar the way of water came out. It also happened to be the same day, I had what was arguably the worst day of my entire life. I remember it was so bad I had spent the whole day crying and bawling my eyes out at school. But that day was the day I had to get my ass in the car and drive to the movie theaters and meet my friend to watch the movie I payed two month in advance for. I didn't want to. At all. There was nothing I wanted more than to just close my eyes and not wake up.

But then I saw the movie. This thing that I had been following the development since the teaser had dropped that May, this thing I had seen countless videos hyper analyzing the new scenes that were released throughout the year, the trailers I would rewatch over and over again, it was real and I was watching it. The movie made me forget all that I was devastated about.

It lit a creative fire in me that led to the birth of my OC Kaia and countless other stories I am working on. James Cameron is such a visionary and a masterclass in imagination while also taking inspiration from the beautiful people we have right here on earth.

I owe a lot to this franchise in many ways.

One thing that's always impressed me about James Cameron is the amount of time and care he takes on his films. No matter how many years go by, if it's not perfect it's not getting released.

And if he's not ready, it's not getting released.

All this being said, I'm not ready to continue this story.

Currently, my life is taking a different direction for the better and there's just no room for this story anymore. I wouldn't say I've outgrown it, it's still very personal to me and I had the ending and everything all worked out in my head. It's just there is simply no room for it. Rather than just go radio silent I'd rather let you all know.

Neteyam and Kaia's story ends here.

Thank you so much for reading my silly little avatar fanfiction. This story was unironically integral to my healing process and a little more self inserted that I thought it was. I learned a lot about myself from writing this story and it's only made me more driven to continue writing more stories in the future.

This is by far the longest story I've ever written and is one of my biggest accomplishments as an aspiring writer. As silly as it may sound, it truly was an incredible honor to see the number of people reading my work and commenting on it. Whether it was a reaction to Neteyam flirting with Kaia or hating on Aunnong I truly appreciated it. Every single last one.

There are still some chapters I have fully pre written for this story as well as the epilogue. If you're interested in those being released please let me know.

Thank you so much for 17k reads. I'll never be able to wrap my head around it.

Oeal Ngati Kameaia my dear readers 💙💙