𝗌𝗁𝗈𝗋𝗍 (𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖻𝖺𝖽) 𝗌𝗎𝗆𝗆𝖺𝗋𝗒 ↯ 𝘦𝘳𝘪'𝘷𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘪'𝘰𝘵𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘨𝘪𝘳𝘭 𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘬𝘢𝘺𝘢 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘯, 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘦𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘯𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘺𝘢𝘮 𝘣𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦. lowercase intended best rankings!! #2 in #neteyam [ as of 28/11/24 ] #2 in #jakesully [ as of 31/12/24 ] #2 in #avatar2009 [ as of 03/11/24 ] #4 in #atwow [ as of 27/11/24 ] #1 in #tonowari [ as of 02/02/25 ] #3 in #loak [ as of 08/06/25 ] #2 in #tuktirey [ as of 28/07/25 ] 𝐈 𝐃𝐎 𝐍𝐎𝐓 𝐎𝐖𝐍 𝐀𝐍𝐘𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐈𝐍 𝐀𝐕𝐀𝐓𝐀𝐑 2, 𝐀𝐋𝐋 𝐑𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓𝐒 𝐆𝐎 𝐓𝐎 𝐉𝐀𝐌𝐄𝐒 𝐂𝐀𝐌𝐄𝐑𝐎𝐍! 𝐈 𝐎𝐍𝐋𝐘 𝐎𝐖𝐍 𝐌𝐘 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐀𝐂𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐒 𝐄𝐑𝐈'𝐕𝐄𝐘, 𝐑𝐄𝐘𝐕𝐀, 𝐎𝐗'𝐓𝐔 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐀𝐍𝐀𝐈'𝐓𝐄

𝑴𝒀 𝑭𝑰𝑹𝑺𝑻 𝑭𝑨𝑵-𝑭𝑰𝑪𝑻𝑰𝑶𝑵 She was born for the forest. He was raised to survive anything. Forced to flee with the Sully family to the Metkayina reefs, Szàrae finds the ocean to be her greatest trial. Every misstep marks her as an outsider, drawing quiet scrutiny-especially from Neteyam Sully. As the eldest, Neteyam demands precision. His corrections are relentless, never cruel, never soft-because survival leaves no room for failure. Distance becomes impossible as discipline blurs into something neither of them is prepared to face. Because the ocean does not forgive weakness- and falling for the one who challenges you most may be the most dangerous mistake of all. 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐞: 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐦𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫! ૮ • ﻌ - ა

Sequel to 𝐈 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 | 𝐍𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐲𝐚𝐦. After moving from the ocean to the forest, Laya had to learn to adapt. Feeling like a fish out of water, she knew she needed to be open-minded and stick by her partner. Neteyam X OC

"𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐖𝐀𝐘 𝐎𝐅 𝐖𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐑," 𝑰𝑵 𝑾𝑯𝑰𝑪𝑯, growing up in the metkayina clan was a blessing. the reef, the people, the sea, you were in love with it all. being rotxo's older sister was even better. the kid was the light to your darkness. until you watched your own parents drown in front of you all because of the sky people who hunted tulkun. years later, a family from the omaticaya clan pays you a visit. will it change your terrible fate? or will it just bring more sky people into your not-so peaceful life? DISCLAIMER: some parts of this story will not align with the actual movies/official books. *lowercase intended. *present humor(?) *story of TWOW / AFAA. *y/n POV fem! reader x neteyam sully FULLY EDITED + RELEASED START : JANUARY 10, 2026 END : JANUARY 27, 2026 FULL EDIT COMPLETION : FEBRUARY 23, 2026

It only took one little glance of his yellow eyes for her to despise him so much that she accidentally fell in love with him. *ೃ༄ Will Tuseÿa let her guards and responsibilities down for Neteyam, or will she go back to hiding her true self in favor of her parents? -------- Neteyam x Fem OC All rights go to James Cameron

❝ we could never run out of time, my dear. ❞ 𝐈𝐍 𝐖𝐇𝐈𝐂𝐇 love is found within the person she expected the least ❪ neteyam ✘ fem oc ❫ ©- 𝐥𝐨𝐚𝐤𝐬𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐲𝐬𝐠𝐟, 2023

[Volume 1] Neteyam Sully was raised to live for others - leader's son, protector, believer in Eywa's balance. Duty is his inheritance and restraint is his armor. Ka'reya was born Mangkwan, among the Ash People who reject Eywa's path. But she believes anyway. In silence. In defiance. Faith is her rebellion and fire is the language she was taught to survive with. They are not meant to cross paths. They are not meant to understand each other. Yet something in him recognizes her strength. Something in her sees past his obedience. What grows between them is not gentle or safe - it is a collision of belief, loyalty and choice.

"𝑜𝑒𝑙 𝑛𝑔𝑎𝑡𝑖 𝑘𝑎𝑚𝑒𝑖𝑒 𝑥𝑎𝑙𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑎" 𝐼 𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑑 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑒𝑘 𝑎𝑠 𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑘𝑒𝑑 𝑢𝑝 𝑎𝑡 𝑚𝑒 𝑠𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔. "𝑜𝑒𝑙 𝑛𝑔𝑎𝑡𝑖 𝑘𝑎𝑚𝑒𝑖𝑒 𝑛𝑒𝑡𝑒𝑦𝑎𝑚" 𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑔𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑚𝑒 𝑎 𝑔𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑙𝑒 𝑘𝑖𝑠𝑠. 𝑿𝒂𝒍𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒂 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒅 𝒆𝒍𝒅𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝑻𝒐𝒏𝒐𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒊 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑹𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒍𝒐'𝒆𝒚𝒌𝒕𝒂𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒔𝒂𝒉𝒊𝒌 𝒐𝒇 𝒂𝒘𝒂'𝒂𝒕𝒍𝒖 𝒂 𝒗𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑴𝒆𝒕𝒌𝒂𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒂 𝒄𝒍𝒂𝒏. 𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒔 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒚 𝒅𝒊𝒇𝒇𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒏𝒂'𝒗𝒊 𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒉𝒐𝒎𝒆? - 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙣 𝙭𝙖𝙡𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙖 𝙗𝙚𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙟𝙖𝙢𝙚𝙨 𝙘𝙖𝙢𝙚𝙧𝙤𝙣, 𝙄 𝙙𝙤 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙤𝙬𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙮 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙨𝙚 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙨!!

" 𝒀𝑶𝑼'𝑫 𝑨𝑳𝑾𝑨𝒀𝑺 𝑮𝑶 𝑷𝑨𝑺𝑻 𝑾𝑯𝑬𝑹𝑬 𝑶𝑼𝑹 𝑭𝑬𝑬𝑻 𝑪𝑶𝑼𝑳𝑫 𝑻𝑶𝑼𝑪𝑯.. " ⤷ 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘢 𝘔𝘦𝘵𝘬𝘢𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘢 𝘨𝘪𝘳𝘭 𝘮𝘦𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘢 𝘖𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘬𝘢𝘺𝘢 𝘣𝘰𝘺, 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘪𝘴 𝘥𝘰𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘭. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘨𝘢𝘻𝘦 𝘢𝘵 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘧𝘢𝘳 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘺, 𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘭𝘭. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘸𝘰 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮. ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ᵃ ⁿᵉᵗᵉʸᵃᵐ ˣ ᵎᶠᵉᵐ ᵒᶜ ' ᵇᶦᵍᵍᵉʳ ᵗʰᵃⁿ ᵗʰᵉ ʷʰᵒˡᵉ ˢᵏʸ ' ©ʲᵉᵃᵈᵉᵈ ²⁰²⁶

Alya'ra knows loss, and she knows the sea, and the quiet. When the forest people arrive seeking uturu, she is forced to teach them what it means to not just survive the reef, but to live with it. Neteyam does not ask for kindness. She does not offer it. Somewhere between breathless dives and unforgiving tides, something begins to change. Somethings neither name or deny. 'Salt and Silence' is a fanfiction set during the events of Avatar: The Way of Water and Avatar: Fire and Ash. While the story follows the movie's timeline, it introduces significant changes and focuses primarily on the journey of my Original Character (Alya'ra). Note: This story exists in an alternate universe where the character 'Spider' does not exist. Content Warning: This fic is intended for mature audiences and may contain gore, smut, depictions of war, and other sensitive themes. Specific trigger warnings (TW) will be provided at the beginning of each relevant chapter.