Purple pants

[Lolet]

Maybe it's strictly for female leaders?

[keftxo]

Possibly, yes.


In reality though I think the designers just thought it looks good.

[Ekirä]

There has to be some significance to the fact that we've only seen it twice--and the two we have seen it on have a lot in common. They both ride an ikran, have high status in their clan and are female. The only other high-status female I have seen in Avatar is Moat, and she doesn't ride an ikran. I watched the movie again and looked closely at all the ikran rider's legs and didn't see anyone else wearing them. Nor did I see any on pa'li riders.

[keftxo]

Very good points all around Ekirä, and it actually made me think of something else: Do we actually see any female Ikran riders apart from those two? Obviously it's impossible to say that those in the background are male or female, but I do find it telling that the only two confirmed female Ikran riders have the "purple pants."


I hereby declare that we should refer to this as the "purple pants conspiracy."

[Ekirä]

Irayo ma Keftxo!

You have a good point about actually seeing other female riders--we do see them, but not up close, most of them too far away to tell if they are wearing purple pants.

There is one female ikran rider we've seen for sure--although we don't see her riding her ikran close up. When Jake goes up Iknimaya, he has other young prospective taronyus going with him and one of those is female. Naturally she wouldn't wear purple pants before she gets her ikran, but after when they are all flying together in a line and all have face-guards and ikran saddles, I didn't really see purple (or any other color ) pants on her. Granted, there wasn't a close up of her but I don't think she was wearing them.....Here's the best screenshot I could get of her--I can't tell who's the male and who's the female in this pic but she is one of them for sure. The majority of ikran riders seem to wear calf guards, but Neytiri and Eastern Sea girl are the only ones (we've seen) that wear them up to the thighs.

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I know, it's a lousy picture and doesn't prove anything, but I can't find any sign of purple pants on those riders.

If only we could just ask Neytiri!

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[Lolet]

It just doesn't seem like the Na'vi would say, "Hey, you don't get to protect your legs, you're not a special GIRL".

[Ekirä]

Yeah...the Na'vi just aren't that type of culture. That makes me think the purple pants are more decorative than practical. But they're pretty nice looking.

I want some purple pants too!! 

[Lolet]

I want a little bicep band. 

And no one else has earrings either...

[Ekirä]

Actually, what I REALLY want is a headband thingy for when you're on an ikran. I think I might make one someday...the only problem is the eye shields. They look to be sturdy insect wings which I def don't have. Maybe I'll just leave them off...glass would be way too dangerous around the eyes.

No one else has earrings?? Weird....I've never thought to look for that. Interesting. Sounds like Neytiri is a special gal to get to wear all the cool stuff!!

Hey, look, I'm a Tawtute now

[Lolet]

I'm a taronyu! Wee!

I think there's an old thread on Neytiri's earrings. I think the theory was that she just picked them off tawtute equipment. I dunno, it's been awhile since I've seen it. 

[Ekirä]

Ahh lucky! Taronyu is so far off for me....   

Hm. That seems especially non-Neytiri-like to me for some reason....Tsu'tey, maybe. Hey, maybe he got them off some tawtute equipment and gave them to her as a gift. He was going to be her muntxatan, so he probably sometimes gave her gifts to win her affection, srak?

[Lolet]

I think Neytiri gets cool stuff because she's the "love interest". 

['Oma Tirea]

Ahh lucky! Taronyu is so far off for me....   

Not for me

[Lolet]

Just post a ton. I'm surprised at how great I am at this Internet stuff!

Do Na'vi have string?

[Payä Tìrol]

Pretty hard to make a working bow if you don't have reasonably high-tension string

[Ekirä]

Just post a ton. I'm surprised at how great I am at this Internet stuff!

Do Na'vi have string?

I am already so addicted to blogging that this is sort of second base for me...but I'm wondering how long that will be true!

You mean for their bows and stuff? I believe they use animal sinew for that. That's what the native Americans did for bow string at least.

But I'm betting the Na'vi also use Pandoran plants for string...there's gotta be a bunch of sturdy ones, some way better than Earth.

[Lolet]

Pretty hard to make a working bow if you don't have reasonably high-tension string

Well, duh. Why didn't I think of that? Oe lu skxawng. 

['Oma Tirea]

The strings of Na'vi bows are made from animal gut (mostly sturmbeest).

hmmm..interesting
where did you get to know that?

http://www.pandorapedia.com/

[keftxo]

The strings of Na'vi bows are made from animal gut (mostly sturmbeest).

hmmm..interesting
where did you get to know that?

Also that's what they used i real life. Gut tissue is stretchable while still remaining strong. The same reason they used to make inflatable balls out of sheep bladder.

[Meynari Ke'nawm]

The main issue is just that Na'vi don't have body hair, which on humans acts as a cushion and protection from abrasion.  So those pants help to keep the skin intact and not rubbed raw

like chapps? What purple pants?