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He slowly pressed his hand over Ao’nung’s heart, feeling its rhythmic beat beneath his palm. “You are strong, Ao’nung. Strong people admit when they are wrong. You are deserving of forgiveness.”
Ao’nung looked as if he was close to tears. He sighed and gently put his hand over Neteyam’s. “I want to believe you.”
Neteyam discovers that his first impression of Ao’nung might have been all wrong, and that maybe Awa’atlu could end up feeling like home.
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Neteyam wakes from a coma three months after getting shot. Ao'nung informs him that the Metkayina have agreed to join the Omatikaya in war against the sky people, and that they will be voyaging back to Neteyam's homeland. Neteyam is worried he'll be too weak to return with his family, and Ao'nung agrees to help him regain his strength and train for his own Iknimaya trial to become a warrior of the Metkayina before they leave. Along the way, both of them begin to feel something for each other they never have for anyone else. At first, they struggle to identify what that feeling is. Once they do, they worry if others will accept.
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- Part 1 of Reborn and Renewed
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04 Jan 2026
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After Lo'ak safely returns from being left outside of the reef, Neteyam goes for a walk on the beach and has a conversation with Ao'nung that sets him on a different path, and though he doesn't know it, saves his life.
(Basically I'm exploring the question: What character development would have needed to happen in order for Neteyam to avoid his death in the movie?)
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04 Jan 2026
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Neteyam struggles with his sense of self-worth, his rocky relationship with his father, and Ao’nung's less than kind approaches. He seeks out Metcayina men for comfort, gets into fights and loses a bit of his perfect firstborn son facade in the midst of all his struggles, before he finally finds himself again and reconciles with the Metcayina chief's son.
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Neteyam scoffed, standing to face the other male. Ao'nung grabbed his wrist, lifting the Omaticaya's arm and revealing the slender hand. "You are different. You're not like your brother. "
"We have the same parents," Neteyam replied, keeping his voice low and void of his rising fury. "My brother and I are the same."
"No," Ao'nung smirked, disagreeing. "Your brother is more like the sky people than you are. It shows even in the way he behaves."
"I told you to leave my family alone-" Neteyam warned, pulling his hand free from Ao'nung's loosened grasp.
"Or what?" Ao'nung's smirk never left his face. The Metcayina stepped closer, half expecting Neteyam to take a step back, but the dark blue skinned boy never did.
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04 Jan 2026
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“Did you know viewers actually ship you?”
“Oh, they do?”
“And many hope it becomes a real thing.”
“That would be,” horrific, “Amazing.”
Or, Neteyam and Ao'nung are bitter enemies who end up in a romantic plot twist.
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