Ikran does everything you tell him to do

[MIPP]

So, as Neytiri said, an Ikran / Banshee does what his rider tells him to do.
For example, after Jake ride his Ikran, he said something like: "Shut up and fly straight!". That what he did.
So, if he wants to turn left, he only has to say/think "Turn left".
Well, but when Jake was riding his Ikran, he said "s***!". Then, shouldn't the Ikran... well you know what I mean... At least when he said that i thaught "What is going to do now the Ikran?"

[Muzer]

LOL, that is awesome, karma for you!

[kewnya txamew'itan]

I think you're forgetting that there are several lexical entries for sh*t (one being the verb you described, one being a noun and another being equivalent to pxasik).

The ikran, in my opinion would not so much respond to the word as the thought and, so would treat these entries differently.

[Hawnuyu atxen]

Also, through tsahaylu the ikran can feel what exactly the rider thinks, so if that aforementioned word was used as pxasìk, the ikran would know it

[Muzer]

Well there seems to be a bit of a problem there - when he's on the cliff, and Neytiri says "think, 'fly'!", Jake seems, to me anyway, to repeat "fly" as a question (as in "fly? That's what I have to think?") rather than actually as a command - surely then the Ikran would know this and not leap off the cliff at that moment

[Tikawng Näkyu]

She also told him that the first flight completes the bond... so anything that transpired before or during that flight is problematical.
I'm wondering about Vulcan mind control. Why couldn't people link their ponytails?

[Tsamsiyu92]

She also told him that the first flight completes the bond... so anything that transpired before or during that flight is problematical.
I'm wondering about Vulcan mind control. Why couldn't people link their ponytails?

I think that's what the do when they're...you know....

[Tikawng Näkyu]

I DID wonder about that. The scene in the flick didn't show a tsahaylu.

[Eana Tanhì]

people make tsaheylu with eachother when they... hmm... you know...   
it's in the guide...
but i wonder who controls who then 

[Rain]

Theoretically speaking, if Jake was only thinking of his fear when he said a certain expletive, he wasn't associating it with the action "to potty". More likely, he was thinking "!!!ohsh*iti'mflyingwhatthehellamidoingohsh*tohsh*tohsh*tf*uckf*uck!!!" thusly sending the ikran into a panic.

That, or the ikran probably didn't understand English.

However, that would make it extremely easy to fly over somebody you didn't like and "drop some air-mail".

Sorry guys, it's 2 in the morning here and I'm a little loopy

[Puvomun]

HRH! This topic conjures up very interesting views and ideas. I'd think that an ikran would try to obey its makto upto a certain point. After all, self-preservation is something strong.

But when I think of the scenes of Jake's first flight and how they slam into the rocks a few times, I wonder...

[P.A.'li makto]

I think an ikran doesn't do what I say, it does what I think/want it to do. I can say anything , if I don't really mean it, it won't count.

[bommel]

I think an ikran doesn't do what I say, it does what I think/want it to do. I can say anything , if I don't really mean it, it won't count.

Agreed. You can fly it without talking so it has to be some mental connection thing (-> tsaheylu).

[Elektrolurch]

I think an ikran doesn't do what I say, it does what I think/want it to do. I can say anything , if I don't really mean it, it won't count.

Agreed. You can fly it without talking so it has to be some mental connection thing (-> tsaheylu).

Not if you haven't tsaheylued with it yet!

[P.A.'li makto]

I wish I had tsaheylu with my pets!

[bommel]

I wish I had tsaheylu with my pets!

My cats just give me strange looks when I talk to them ^^

[P.A.'li makto]

That's why tsaheylu is needed.

[Eana Tanhì]

my dog listens to me only in the house... when he's out of yard, he does whatever he wants     i need tsaheylu as well... ^^

[Elektrolurch]

my dog listens to me only in the house... when he's out of yard, he does whatever he wants     i need tsaheylu as well... ^^

Haha same here.

[Kätsyín te Zotxekay Tsyal’itan]

my dog listens to me only in the house... when he's out of yard, he does whatever he wants     i need tsaheylu as well... ^^

Only one problem with that...if your dog takes off after a squirrel...you might just be dragged along with him...