Thank you so much for taking the time out of your day to do this!!!

I'm glad this isn't just a me issue. I did a fuck ton of research back in like june-september so didn't have that much to go off on besides the little information online.

The pregnancy stuff is very interesting. I wish I could have known about that when I started writing because currently I'm way past of the point of being able to include it lmao. Especially since like 2/3 of the fic is already posted and I have outlined and drafted most of the rest. Though I might make another, just to explore that a little more.

(My WIP is posted. Ma' Yanwtu on Ao3 but I will warn it is mpreg and kind of inaccurate because I started it so long before all this information came out)

I like your theory on the kuru also producing a liquid. I feel that makes a lot of sense while still being kind of believable.

As for the no breastfeeding because of low body fat thing, like I said I was desperate for information so shamefully went to a less reliable source (Tik Tok)

Also I would love to hear your thoughts on the chrysalis. I know my first was ow.

Thank you again!

Oh! Thank you for your response! It took me some time to get myself together to write this 😅

A bit of advice, NEVER search up for lore info on tiktok 😭😭 it is indeed a very unreliable sourse. Most of the information there is made up or just wrong. Veeery rarely I found something that could catch my interest and be true.

(upd: even some trustworthy looking users sometimes tell some weird stuff like this white lady in a na'vi hoodie)

I found your fic but Ao3 doesn't seem to work really well in my country but I'm already solving this problem!

Also I'm glad you like my theory! I have a lot more, but it'll have to wait unfortunately. When I'll make my post about chrysalis I'll tag you okay? I also can tag you in any post that will involve na'vi pregnancy if you'd like 😄

My thoughts on tsalnu

"Tsalnu" is a baby pod in which, as stated in early draft of Avatar the Way of Water script, na'vi women give birth to their babies. It described as "a beautiful translucent chrysalis" and kind of works as an amniotic sac outside of the womb, connected to the mother through tsaheylu. We don't actually have any details on how it works and looks like since the existence of tsalnu hasn't yet been confirmed canon.

A lot of fans was not fascinated by this concept and wished that na'vi would be giving birth "normally" like humans. In this topic I'm a minority, because I think tsalnu is kind of cool. And before I tell you why, I think... they still need to work on this concept because it's still a little weird and maybe if it looked more pretty then more people would like it? (Well, they liked pinkish worm-like wiggly tendrils in kuru so why wouldn't they? Ke tslolam) And now let's get to the point!

Why I think it's cool?

I'm surprised I never saw anyone stating that, but it's actually pretty cool and useful evolutional mechanism. Yeah it maybe looks weird, but I'm just reminding you that na'vi are alien species that had their own evolutional journey and wasn't created by anyone artificially and they are too part or the Pandoran alien ecosystem. So why is it cool? You know how human women needed to grow their pelvic bone wider, so that our giant big brain babies could be born? And it's still freaking painful to give birth? And if it wasn't for our science and medicine women would massively die from bleeding out and all this stuff? Well, na'vi do not have this problem, they have chrysalis.

Chrysalis allows to give birth to a much smaller baby that will come out more easily, which is a lot safer for the mother. And then she can keep nourishing her baby just fine outside of the womb until it's strong enough. Just like a kangaroo 🦘. And when baby is hatching out of it's tsalnu it's already big and strong enough to hold it's own head. Human newborns require constant attention and care from it's parents and are a lot more vulnerable at this period of time. When na'vi babies are out of their tsalnu parents can carry them around in a sling while doing their chores, fishing or gathering fruits and not worry about anything.

Just my ramblings

I've been thinking a lot on how female na'vi reproductive system works and this just bother me so much. They are non-placental, so... maybe tsalnu is a something like an egg? Egg AND amniotic sac at the same time. Somehow. Gosh I need this natgeo documentary to come out as fast as it can I have so many questions 😫😫😫

Like, is it that only mother can nourish baby in tsalnu? Or anyone can? Everyone has kuru... If only mother can, I suppose that na'vi can give birth only to one child at the time since they only have one kuru, or, if anyone can, then we can't have an exact number.. But I'd say two at max, so that both parents would be carrying tsalnu around.

I still have a lot of ideas on na'vi birth, like how it works for other animals and how they developed their own ways of taking care of tsalnu, make illustrations of how tsalnu looks like in everyday na'vi life, mating and breeding cycles, this is so interesting!!! I wanna ask my friend that is studying at med university how she thinks it all works I feel so nerdy fuck oof *catching my breath*

@annestea 👋👋