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#1 7/28/10 9:42 AM

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since I've watched the film (about five times and counting now), I've notice one really odd aspect


..what they heck is up with them being able to cut into their queues?

at the beginning, Jake has a full head of hair, and a full queue on his Avatar then towards the end, he cuts his hair into a mohawk, and (Im guessing) his queue

how is that possible?

 
 
 

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#2 7/30/10 6:01 PM

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I'll watch it it again and pay close attention to that for you and i'll get back to you on this!


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#3 8/06/10 3:44 PM

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well, I think the queues are thinner then we think, and that most of the braid is in fact hair


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#4 8/08/10 6:34 PM

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Yeah, the braid and the queue are the same length throughout the whole movie, you can cut around the braid, but if you cut the braid your most likely to be in severe pain because you probably cut the queue. There is a scene in the movie where Jake gets captured and walked to Hometree while having a knife up to his braid, as to cut it and cause Jake severe pain if he tried to retaliate.


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#5 8/10/10 3:18 PM

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Is the queue underneath the hair braid, or part of it?

 
 
 

#6 8/11/10 5:39 PM

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The queue is part of the braid, it runs along inside of the braid and every year, the braid has to be un-braided and re-braided to accommodate the newly grown hair, so that the queue is never exposed anywhere else but the end of the braid.


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#7 8/12/10 12:53 PM

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It is essentially a second spinal cord and i would imagine that if it were cut or damaged, they could suffer things like paralysis or even death


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#8 8/13/10 9:50 AM

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ah sort of like with cats then ?

 
 
 

#9 8/14/10 10:26 PM

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Well, they do kinda look like anthro cats don't they?


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#10 8/15/10 12:29 PM

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Yeah they kinda do haha. I guess you would die if you couldn't connect with Eywa and use her guidence.


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#11 8/24/10 2:20 AM

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I have no doubt


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#12 8/26/10 7:23 PM

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Then you couldn't connect with creatures either!

 
 
 

#13 8/29/10 3:25 PM

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That would suck. Also things you decorate your hair with represent things like "recently mated" or "powerful warrior."


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#14 Yesterday 1:03 AM

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Lotsa ceremonial stuff.  but they rely on the queue. remember when Augustine said "Don't play with that, you'll go blind" it seems that the queue is also directly linked to the central nervous system


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