#paz socorro

[anxiousdreamcore]

« Spider didn’t miss the way his mother’s bioluminescencet freckles glowed akin to stars when she held him, sending another wave of warmth and emotion through his chest.

“I missed you so much….” He uttered between sobs, and yet unable to keep a smile off his face.

“I’m so sorry honey, so sorry I had to leave you, I’d never go if I had a choice.”

“I know…”

“But I’m back now.” The recom opened her big, golden eyes, more tears pooling in them. “And I’m never leaving again.” »

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(Please do not upload my artwork on any other platform, with or without credit. I DO NOT give my consent to do so and I will find out🥰)

[tuna-a]

Hiiii! I love your comic with miles and spider ❤❤❤ could you make fanart or comic of paz socorro with her boys? 🥺 if that's okay with you of course just asking if maybe you have the time 😅😊

I just can draw " Paz Socorro with her boy" for you!!

[choclodox]

And they lived happily ever after 💙

(They won’t even remember this conversation since they’re talking about it after they did the Soul Drive upload 🤭)

[hyperfixatedfandomer]

Mama’s boy

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Felt artsy and edited a comics panel lol

[deatheatet]

I've seen a lot of "IF PAZ LIVED AU" and she always joins the Na'vi but here are my opinions for it (headcannons sort of)

Paz stayed behind because Quaritch lied about when they were leaving so she was with spider when they left (She was cussing him like a dog in Spanish,when he got back it was gonna be 10 times worse)

But he didn't come back instead standing with Parker and the science pukes with her son in her hip inside hells gate,here come's Jake Sully and his little native wife as well as others

She didn't know what was going on but she looked for Quaritch for 10 minutes before Parker walked over to her

"I-.... I'm sorry Paz" and handed her the Colonel's dog tags

Paz stared at the tags for a second or two before she tilted her head back and looked back at the tags her hand over her mouth crying, something she never did in front of anyone but Miles

Jake had watched with a curious look because he didn't know what her connection was to Quaritch

Paz laid with little spider cuddling to her chest holding on to her dog tags that night

Mo'at met Paz visiting Hells Gate with Jake one day and was horrified to learn that Jake intended to put spider in cryo when it could kill him to send him back to earth

She fought Jake, Neytiri,Arwkey,and others to let Paz stay because she had her daughter taken from her,she would NOT willingly put another mother through having to leave or lose her child,after Jake suggested sending Paz back only to send spider back when he was older

In the end Arwkey's mate,Inkeyni and her mate,and most elder's sided with Mo'at,Jake Sully could not force Paz Socorro and her son to leave Pandora

Paz later got a visit from Jake after he had discovered she was Quaritch's lover and Baby Mama

Paz after hearing one worthless, absolutely Pathetic, severely insincere apology from Jake told him to get the fuck out before she shot him

When Jake turned to leave she said this

"You wanna know my babies name Sully? It's Miles Sully. I named him after his daddy"

Jake was pissed and sure Paz had just named him that to get under his skin... It worked better than he wished

But after the war and Jake figures out Neytiri is pregnant.. he usually was found most nights at late hours getting drunk with Paz,the only other person who would understand his thoughts, even though they hated each other

Paz made sure her son knew everything his daddy did but wasn't one sided with it like the Na'vi who said he was a monster while Paz accurately said he did bad things for the right reason and spider agreed with Paz

Spider met Kiri and since he couldn't say it right called her "Kitty" for the first five years of knowing her

Paz loved Kiri because she was a sweetheart little girl who didn't shun her son for being a demon

Paz also will refer to Kiri as Miha or Mi Nina my daughter and my girl

Paz first met Lo'ak while he was trying to show Jake a picture of an Ikran he drew but Jake had gotten very annoyed with it and hissed at Lo'ak to leave him alone for 5 seconds while he did something

Paz had gotten very pissed at Jake but walked over and asked Lo'ak if he would show her his picture which he did and Paz asked if she could keep it because it was so pretty. Lo'ak happily said yes and was all smiles the rest of the day

But the harder Jake and Neytiri got on Lo'ak as he got older the more he drifted to Paz as an affectionate parental figure.

Accidentally called her Mama in English once after getting in trouble for fighting by Jake and Jake Jerking a knot in his tail (Not literally but you get the drift)

Paz was very upset as to why he freaked out so badly about an accident but told him if he wanted to call her Mama he could

He did so often and Kiri seeing the very clear favoritism her parents showed her and Neteyam and Tuk she drifted away some as well.

Kiri calls Paz Sanu(Mom/Mama) and calls Jake and Neytiri Sempul(Father) and Sanok(Mother)

Lo'ak calls them the same thing

Paz has a scrap book with pictures of her and spider,her and Lo'ak and her and Kiri. The kids made a full page for her birthday they planned themselves

Lo'ak wrote under a picture of him being hugged by her after getting his Ikran " Happy Birthday Mama❤️"

Kiri wrote under a picture of her hugging Paz's shoulders and leaning over her shoulder on the side "I love you Sanu" and "Happy Birthday Sanu" below it

And spider wrote under a picture of her hugging his shoulders from behind with her head on top of his "I love you Mami"

Paz also calls Lo'ak Miho and Mi nino like she does spider

Lo'ak and spider came back from the village one day after getting hit and not fighting back. Paz said this

" I don't give one flying fuck if Sully gets mad someone lays a hand on you or Kiri and Tuk you put them flat on their ass and make damn sure to hurt'em"

Argued and won against Jake afterwards

Mo'at and Paz became very close due to understanding each other very well

Paz and Kiri have weekly girl sleepovers and girl talks mostly about boys and men that are hot (Paz The men of the clan/Unmated) Kiri usually spider is her number 1(Paz knew about the crushes before they started) would talk about boys who had already passed the rites of passage (Ikeniyi's clan). She thought they were more attractive and mature than her clan.

Paz was the first person Kiri told when a boy from Ikeniyi's clan started courting her(Right after she got her Ikran) Paz threatened him within an inch of his life

Okay I think I've been at this for way to long now so any readers I apologize for making you read so much but vote please

Also feel free to suggest or request a one-shot from me

[lovermyme]

Headcanosn i have that i act as its canon:

Spider was born the day Jake land on pandora

Paz was killed by neytiri, because she killing both spider parents is fun (she doesn't know she killed paz)

Spider is a rainbow baby and also a miracle. Paz have lost a daughter and also had some miscarriage through her life span, and she was already in her mids 40, the chances of she getting pregnant and birth a alive baby are lowlow ☠️ but it happend because ✨ Eywa✨

Spider and Kiri are soulmates, platonic or romantic i dont care, they are 💓😔✊

Grace is having her lesbian goddess romance with Eywa

Jake is a mysterious dad, he dont say a shit about his human life on earth. Even neytiri knows very little.

[be-the-glenn-to-my-maggie]

Spider that technically lived longer on Pandora than Jake: What if it was a lot longer? Like maybe Grace decides one day to bring Baby Spider(with a tiny mask) to one of her classes to teach the Navi kids about what human babies look like. The Navi kids love this baby. Especially Neytiri and her sister. Tsutey takes longer to warm up to the baby. The baby is incredibly sad when the classes stop and can't vist anymore. What if the whole tribe knew about this human baby? And when Jake convinces the tribe to let Grace back in she brings toddler spider too.

SUPER INTERESTING IDEA.

This makes it seem like Spider is Grace's baby though?? Like, even if Quaritch isn't involved, Paz is just letting Grace walk off into the woods with (who they think are) the savages with her baby? Seems very unlikely. So maybe for all intents and purposes, they were neglectful or bad parents, or they kept leaving him places so Grace did her thing and stormed in and yelled at them and took Spider.

But then I am absolutely on board, like then you know the Na'vi already knew and liked him. He'd be more Kiri than Kiri is, he was the kid they always saw Grace with and raising and teaching about them. He'd probably be the most welcome human in the Omaticaya.

[timetravellingshinigami]

Avatar 2 really made me look at human Quaritch in a different light huh.

I mean look at this man! that tank top can barely contain him! 👀

I don't know how Paz handled all of that but i guess sis is just built different.

[movietimegirl]

One of the few times we see Spider wear clothes. Also, he has a picture of his mom ❤️

[slangslittlehelper]

Side A

Side B

I can't stop thinking that Quaritch might have used his power on Paz Socorro...

[little-box-of-autism]

He Laughs Like You [Drabble]

Inspired by Almost by Hozier & by this fan art by @emzerdoo

When Miles -

When Spider had first been born Miles remembers how Paz had bemoaned - jokingly with that grin on her lips - how their little boy had so strongly resembled him; not that Miles had seen it at the time, aside from the blonde curls, he thought that his son had resembled Paz more than him.

It feels like that had only been a few months ago, not sixteen years, and Miles is still grappling with seeing his son so grown when, to him, Spider had fit perfectly into the bend of his arm just a few months ago.

But in moments like this, watching his son laugh, Miles can't help but think about how Spider laughs just like Paz had. The lopsided smile that brings out hidden dimples and the slight scrunch of his nose, it's all Paz, even the sound of his boy's laugh is so much like hers.

Spider's head tilts back, and his shoulders shake with each laugh, and Miles just stares.

"Laughs just like Paz, doesn't he?"

Lyle's beside him, watching Spider laugh as Mansk tries and fails to fish the "na'vi" way and the smile on the Corporal's face is the same one that the man had worn the first time he had held Spider.

"Yeah," Miles says, soft and wistful but proud, "he does."

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His boy is just like his mother and Miles couldn't be happier.

[imeanwhynotbruv]

Don’t touch my child.

<if Paz Socorro lived Au>

Summary: Little Spider keeps getting picked on, Paz isn’t happy about it but kids are cruel. However, adults are old enough to know better and Paz is willing to put them all in their place if they don’t……………even if they’re visiting tribal leaders.

(Both of the clan leaders are real characters so you can google them to see what they look like 😁)

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Both the Olangi and Tayrangi clans had been staying with the Omatikaya for the past week. Things had been going reasonably well despite the initial tension of the clans interacting with sky people again after the war.

After the first incident of a few Olangi warriors getting riled up over the scientists, it had been unanimously decided that everyone would be better off if the humans stayed away….. decided by everyone but Spider and the Sully kids that is.

Other than that, as far as Jake could tell everything was going great. The people were happy to have something the celebrate and they were strengthening there bonds with their allies, not to mention catching up with old friends.

So yeah, everything was going great, the evening meeting was getting on almost perfectly….……until an angry Paz Socorro walked into the tent with her son sleeping on her hip.

“Paz, nows not a great time. I’ll speak with you once the meetings over” Jake spoke dismissively before apologising to the others chieftains for the interruption.

Paz scowled at him whilst she gently repositioned Spider so as not to disturb his sleep.

“No Jake. Now” a stunned silence filled the room. Mo’at only raised an intrigued eyebrow in response.

“You do not speak to the Olo’eyktan in that way demon” Akwey, the Olo’eyktan of the Olangi, raised his voice in outrage.

Paz’s cold eye scanned the man up and down before giving a disapproving humph and turning to Jake once again.

“Jake I’m going to need you to translate for me real quick, I want to make sure my words are understood” Paz’s voice was as cold as ice as she spoke.

“Paz, now is really not-“ Jake began to protest before Paz interrupted him whilst rolling her eyes.

“Mo’at, would you be a dear?” Paz asked sweetly as she gave the woman a genuine smile. She’d always been rather fond of the Tsahík since she’s met her.

“Certainly” Mo’at nodded. The feeling was very mutual. Paz smiled and nodded her head again in thanks.

“This is ridiculous!” Akwey yelled in outrage. Ikeyni, the young leader of the Tayrangi, nodded her head in silent agreement.

“Tsk” Paz only clicked her tongue in disappointment, seemingly spurring the man on.

“This demon has no voice here! It is a meeting of our clans!” The man continued yelling.

“You done?” Paz asked, her voice filled with motherly disappointment.

“How dare you-!?” His words were quickly cut off.

“Okay nose pick you had your turn. Now listen up” Paz’s voice was sharp and quiet as she gently bounced Spider, keeping him asleep despite the noise. Jake’s eyebrows shot up as his eyes briefly flickered to the stick piercing the bridge of the man’s nose.

“First of all, lower your voice. My son is sleeping and we’re all adults with fully functioning ears here” Paz said as she raised a disapproving eyebrow.

“This cannot be allowed!?” Akwey exclaimed.

“Akwey, be quiet so this can be done” Ikeyni groaned, earning a shocked look from the man and an approving nod from Paz.

“Thank you sweetheart” Paz briefly smiled to the young Olo’eyktan as if Ikeyni was a small child. Only to get shocked eyes in return from the woman.

Akwey huffed in annoyance.

“I’ll be brief. As I’ve said, this is my sweet little boy. His name is Miles but he prefers to be called Spider, if you talk to him you will address him as such. But” Paz turned towards Akwey as she paused.

“I would rather you don’t go near my son again as it’s you I have a problem with” Paz’s voice was heavily laced with venom she directed towards the man, whilst simultaneously rocking Spider gently from side to side.

“What’s this about?”Jake finally asked in confusion.

“Jake hunny, don’t interrupt me I’m still talking” Paz didn’t even turn towards him, only raising a single finger in his direction as her eyes focused on Akwey.

Jake sat stunned as Ikeyni attempted to stifle a snort.

“Earlier today, you insulted my son before grabbing him by the arm. I’m told you lifted him up before dropping him again after he bit you” Paz’s frown deepened whilst her voice remained quiet and reprimanding. Jake’s eyes widened in shock before his face darkened in displeasure.

“Whilst I don’t condone him biting you as that’s not how I raised him. I also can’t condemn him as you are an adult who should know better, especially after seeing the bruise you left on my little boy” Paz gently pulled Spider’s wrist into view, displaying a large darkening bruise across his forearm.

“Imagine my shock, as a mother, when my son comes crying to me saying this was the work of an adult” Paz gave the man a joyless smile. Jake could feel the malice radiating off of Paz’s small form, slowly but surly building the tension within room.

“So, seeing as no one has taught you this lesson it is my job to do so” Jake watched as the confidence slowly drained out of Akwey’s features. Even Jake himself was feeling uncomfortable and he wasn’t even the focus of the woman’s ire.

“You are a Na’vi adult, meaning you are very big and very strong” Paz paused, as if wanting to make sure the man was still following along.

“My son, is a six year old human, meaning he is little and breakable” Paz placed a gentle loving kiss onto Spider’s soft curls.

“Therefore, you should not put your hands on him, you should not manhandle him as if he was a Viperwolf or some other beast. Do you understand so far?”Akwey hesitantly nodded for the woman to continue.

“Good. So here is what we are going to do, and here is my warning. I will say it once so listen well” Paz’s voice was soft and firm as she repositioned a wriggling Spider, situating him comfortably on her other side.

“Tomorrow morning, you are going to apologise to my son and explain to him that what you did is in no way acceptable, and you feel sincerely sorry” Paz waited a moment, her eyes briefly flickering to each Olo’eyktan.

“This applies to all of you so listen up” Jake found himself subconsciously sitting up straighter. He was relived to see Ikeyni doing the same.

“If my son miss behaves you will bring him to me and I will punish him accordingly. You will be respectful and polite to everyone, including my child, just as you would any member or your clan.” Ikeyni silently nodded along to Paz’s words, although they felt more like orders none would dare to disobey.

“Most importantly, you will never put your hands on my child again, or I will tare you into tiny pieces and feed you to a Thanator. Am I understood?” There was no inflection in the woman’s voice, no empty threat in her words or an ounce of hesitation in her eyes. All three of them nodded instantly.

Jake wouldn’t soon forget the chill that ran up his spine as the woman smiled and nodded, he doubted any of the other chiefs would either.

“Good. Now I need to tuck my little Spider into bed, and you all have a meeting to get on with. Mo’at, thank you for being such a darling and translating for me” Paz grind sweetly at the woman, receiving and approving nod in return.

“Mmhmm mama” Spider mumbled as he began to stir.

“Shh baby go back to sleep, mama’s got you don’t worry” Paz gently rocked him back to sleep as he curled tighter around her.

“Good night” Paz whispered as she walked out of the tent.

“Good night” They all whispered back.

A thick silence fell within the tent, only to be broken when Mo’at let out an amused huff before leaving to…..well jake wasn’t entirely sure what she was going to do.

“I feel as if my mother has just told me off” Akwey spoke hesitantly.

“For one so small………she is fierce, like a mother 'angtsìk……I like her…but she is still very scary” Ikeyni said softly in amusement.

“Your telling me” Jake huffed as he ran his hands over his face and through his hair.

“Ma Jake, are you done?” Neytiri said as she popped her head inside the tent.

Jake took a moment to look at the too faces sat across from him.

“Yeah..yeah I think we’re done for now” despite having talked about nothing they had originally planned, both Akwey and Ikeyni instantly nodded in agreement.

The next morning Spider received a sincere apology, from a very sorry Olo’eyktan, much to the shock of everyone….well almost everyone.

Ikeyni spent the rest of her trip with Paz when she wasn’t needed elsewhere, asking the woman for advise on how to get stubborn warriors to listen to her without hesitation…..and complimenting and indulging Spiders every whim.

If Jake found himself referring to Paz as ma’am more often……well that was nobody’s business.

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I had so much fun writing this! ⭐️⭐️

It also turned out way longer than planned 😅

I totally see Paz as this short lady who will put anyone in there place😂 even big scary Olo’eyktans.

Let me know if you have questions or ideas🫶 or if you just liked the fic❤️

I hope you enjoyed reading this my lovelies❤️❤️

[hyperfixatedfandomer]

Guys I’ve got a little thriller idea and I wanna know if you’d want me to write it 🤭

Paz Socorro being brought back as a recom and working in her own division, but something is wrong with her and she can feel it. There are gaps in her memory, especially towards the event of the assault on the tree of souls, which isn’t supposed to happen.

As she tries to remember those lost memories, her head hurts and she gets horrible nosebleeds, as if her own body is holding her back from recalling a secret kept deep within the mind.

She saw a toddler when visiting a civil block a couple days ago and had to do a double take because the tiny child held by their mother looked eerily familiar, as if she saw it somewhere…or did it herself.

The higher-ups are keeping it form her, she knows it. Something, someone, has been removed from her head and Paz is aching to have that piece of herself back, as every fibre of her being tells her to, but she can’t get access to the higher floors and can’t speak to the first recom squad as they’re either too busy running in the woods with their rumoured ‘feral’ captive or too high rank for her to reach.

Something is kept from her, but she will find it. No matter what.

[dumbass-tumbler-cryptid]

Mama’s boy

Plot summary: Spider works up the courage to ask Quaritch about his mother. He’ll quickly learn that his mama was just as feral as he is.

Relationships: Spider Socorro and Miles Quaritich Paz Socorro/Miles Quaritch

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Spider was bored out of his mind! He had been leading his captors through the forest for hours, as they slowly but surely made their way to the Hallelujah Mountains, so the recom team could tame some Ikrans. His body may have been steadily moving forward, but his mind was a frenzy, in desperate need of stimulation. So he did what he always did when he was bored. He grabbed onto the closest tree branch and began to climb.

 “The hell do you think youre doing” said Quaritch. Spider looked down at the Na’vi clone of his father, already high up his tree and well out of the recoms reach. Spiders responded with an annoyed look and defensive hiss, then continued the trek foreword, leaping from tree branch to tree branch.

Quaritch watched him for a moment before continuing on, a feeling of fondness taking root in his chest as he watched his boy skillfully jump through the air.

Wainfleet glanced up at the kid, an amused smile spreading across his face at the sight of the monkey boy. 

“He really is a feral little gremlin isn’t he” he said to the Colonel, falling into step with the man.

Quaritch looked up at Spider again, with a shrug. “Nah, he’s just like his mama.”

Spider heard that and his heart fell into his stomach. He was like his mama? He had only ever heard about how he was like his father, the comparison hurled at him by others in fits of anger. But now here was that same man (or the ghost of him) comparing Spider to his mama- one of the biggest mysteries in his life. 

Quaritch’s one little comment had Spiders mind racing with so many thoughts and questions that the boy completely lost his concentration and slipped. He fell his body ping ponging between thick branches on his way down. 

Quaritch swore his ears picked up on his son’s fall the moment his kid’s breathing changed from steady to panicked. He snatched the boy out of the air as soon as he fell into arms length, and pulled him close.

“Are you hurt,” he asked Spider while he frantically checked the kid for injuries, checked his mask for cracks and his exopac for any malfunction. Spider just looked at him, eyes glazed. “Did you hit your head” Quaritch didn’t wait for an answer as he gently looked over the boy's head and neck for injury. 

Spider's eyes lit up again as he shoved the man's hands away. “I’m fine. Get off of me.” He worked his way out of his, not father’s arms, and stalked away.

Quaritch felt like picking a fight with the kid at that. Spider could have died. What had made him so agile one moment, then falling to his death the next? He stared at his sons tensed back, large dark bruises already beginning to bloom across his skin. Later, he told himself. They both needed to calm down before they could have any kind of productive conversation. For now he’d just make sure his son's feet stayed on the ground.

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“Yeah that’s right!” Quaritch hollered in triumph on the back of his ikran. His team cheered him on as he showed off. He didn’t miss the little smile on Spider's face, and it only made Quaritch’s pride swell more.

“Alright who’s next” Quaritch called as he landed, pulling his braid from his ikrans queue. He could feel the energy drop at his question. He knew that while everyone on the team wanted an ikran, no one wanted to be the one to follow him up. Not after he’d almost died.

“Oh come on. We’re not scared are we.” He looked around at his squad, took in there faces “ it wasn’t that bad.” Then he jabbed a thumb in Spider's direction and said “taming the boy's mother was harder than this.”

Spider’s smile fell, and his cheeks turned pink. The recoms all laughed uproariously around him, practically mocking his embarrassment.

“Alright, I’ll go next” said Wainfleet 

“Good man” Quaritch said. As Wainfleet stepped up to the plate, Quaritch watched Spider walk away from the group out of the corner of his eye.

“Hey” he called after him “don’t you go too far. Don’t you forget…”

“Yeah yeah I know” Spider said waving him off.

Quaritch sighed. Teenagers. Can’t even take a joke.

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The team had made camp for the night and they were now gathered around a fire, eating, talking, joking and laughing. The only one not taking part was Spider. The boy was noticeably withdrawn, sitting with his arms hugging his knees, curled into a protective ball. Quaritch kept side eyeing him but didn’t say anything.

Just ask him, Spider thought, it’s just one question. It’s not that big of a deal. That was a lie. If it wasn’t a big deal he wouldn’t be this anxious about it. He sat there for who knows how long trying in vain to amp himself up just to ask one simple question.

His, not father, apparently tired of his tense body language and far off stair moved closer to him. With a heavy sigh he asked “what’s eating ya kid?”

Spider had spent so much time trying to ask his question, that the man’s prompt, made it burst out in a rush. “What was mama like?”

The entire squad silenced. Quaritch looked like he’d been smacked. Spider continued on in a rush, trying to recover the situation. “I mean I don’t really know that much about her. Everyone that really knew her either died or was sent back to earth, so all I really knew about her was her name, and that she was a pilot.”

Spider was breathing hard. He hadn’t taken a single breath since his question tumbled out of his mouth. He cautiously looked up at his not father. His eyes looked pained and far away.

  The question and explanation from his son hurt Quaritch. Paz had been dead for 15 years by this point but from his perspective it had only been a month. Now at his son’s words his grief was compounded with guilt. That’s my fault, he thought, it’s my fault my son doesn’t know his mother. 

He didn’t have the final memory between himself and the mother of his child. He knew he was planning on seeing her after his memories were uploaded. He knew what he had been planning for her, and while he might not have known what happened definitively between the two of them, she was dead now. Deep down he knew. It was his fault 

Smiles and small laughs broke out among the other recoms. Wainfleet spoke up, “Kid your mom was the craziest, wildest, most badass bitch….

“Hey!” Quaritch shouted low and threatening “don’t you dare call my woman a bitch! Especially not in front or our boy,”

Those words made a mix of emotions flood Spider’s chest. He didn’t know how to fully process that right now but he did relax slightly, a small smile tugging at the side of his mouth.

Wainfleet held his hands up in surrender “No offense.” 

“Did you all know my mama?” Spider asked the group.

Quaritch spoke before anyone else got the chance. “Of course they did! Your mama was the best pilot there was. And I’m not just saying that. She was legitimately the best pilot there was. Leagues better than anyone else. And an absolute genius to boot. And hands down the most gorgeous creature on earth or Pandora and…”

The squads growing snickers made him stop his ranting. Spider was smiling up at him, his big brown eyes shining bright. 

Her eyes.

And damm did his son look like his lady. Spider had Paz’s eyes, her smile, her laugh, and the best parts of her personality. That realization had his heart both soaring and crashing at the same time.

“So why would she get with you?” Spider asked all snark and attitude.

The other recoms laughed at their colonel's expense. “Tell him how you two met,” Z-dog exclaimed.

“Oh my god. Kid you're gonna love this” Manks said playfully nudging Spider with his elbow.

Spider eyed Quaritch expectantly. The man sighed deeply, pushing down all of his negative emotions. He just couldn’t say no to that look. “Fine.”

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Damm new recruits. The latest crop of soldiers had landed earlier that day and by the sound of it they were celebrating. Quaritch had been awoken at 2 am to loud music blaring. The shouts and cheers of the new recruits echoing down the halls.

He made his way from his private quarters to the barracks. He imagined he’d find a crazy frat party going on. Nothing but booze and stupidity as far as the eye could see. He was not prepared for what he found. 

“Wanna see a cool trick?” A woman’s voice. Just beginning to slur from the effects of her drink. She was lounging on top of a table surrounded by her cohorts. She took a big swig out of the bottle in her hand, shook her long, dark, curls, away from her face, then clicked the lighter clutched in her right hand. In one swift movement she spit the alcohol out of her mouth and lit the spray, giving the effect that she was breathing fire. Quaritch eyes went wide. Quickly he crushed his shock and got serious.

“What in the hell is going on here” Quaritchs voice boomed out over all the noise. Everyone, but the woman froze in fear. Someone had the good sense to cut the music.

She had the audacity to smile at him, looking at him from over her shoulder with mocking eyes. She couldn’t care less. “It's a party.”

He was shocked by her boldness. Men a good foot taller than her and packed with muscle were practically shitting themselves at Quaritchs presence but here was this little Disney princess looking bitch looking at him coyly like a cat that’d just caught its prey.

“Who’s responsible for this, party” he asked, already having a good sense of the answer.

She slid off the table like water, stepped up to him, not an ounce of fear present. “Me”. She looked proud of it too.

“Follow me.” He moved to the side so she could take the lead. She strolled past him head held high, so casually she could have been taking a leisurely stroll in the park. “The rest of you get to bed. And don’t you think there won’t be consequences for the rest of ya.” With that he slammed the door.

“Y’a coming” she said, looking back at him already several feet ahead. His response was to stalk towards her. She turned and continued down the hall still leading the way.

“That’s far enough” he called as they neared the end of the hall.

“No it’s not.” She didn’t even look at him, just kept walking, turning the corner.

“That wasn’t a request.”

“I’m aware.” And didn’t that just make his blood boil. He went to grab her by the arm but she dodged him, turned to face him. She was now walking backwards but that didn’t slow her down in the least. Her eyes were still mocking him but there was razor sharpness to it now. She was smirking but he couldn’t tell if it was in amusement, or if it meant danger. Maybe both. 

“What’s your name solder”

“Paz. Socorro.” she turned away from him, quickening her step ever so slightly, to be out of Quaritch’s reach.

“Well Miss Paz Socorro I’m not asking. I’m ordering you as your command officer to stop” She simply ignored him. They continued on like that for a few more feet, him shouting at her to stop, her ignoring him completely. 

Finally she seemed to be satisfied with the distance they’d put between themselves and the barracks. She rounded on him abruptly, eyes like a wildfire, muscles tense ready for a fight. Quaritch noted that while she had the face of an angel, she had the body of an Amazon warrior. “What the hell is wrong with you.!” She didn’t yell. The words were hissed through her teeth, voice low and threatening. 

Quaritch had been surprised first at her sudden turn then at her words. “Oh I’m so sorry.” His words were dripping with sarcasm. “Did I ruin your little party.”

She waved him off “Oh the party I threw because of you.”

Now he was legitimately confused “ How the hell you gonna spin this back on me?”

“Your little speech from earlier. Everything that flies or squats in the mud wants to kill you.” As she repeated his word back to him she perfectly mimicked his southern drawl “It is my job to keep you alive. I will not succeed. Not with all of you. The hell is wrong with you saying that shit!”

“It’s the truth. Don’t like it, then you shouldn’t have come here.”

“I knew what I was getting into.” She stepped up to him, getting in his face as best she could. She barely reached his chin. “I’m not afraid of this planet, and I’m not afraid to die. But at least I thought this operation would be run by someone actually competent at their job, and not someone who freely admits that he’ll fail all of us on the first day!”

She might as well have smacked him. “I was just being realistic and honest…”

“No! You were filling them with fear. Fear breeds hesitation, and hesitation will get you killed faster then any creature on this planet.”

She had a point. But Quaritch didn’t want to be wrong. “The hell do you know. You’ve barely been on this planet, five minutes. I’ve been running this operation for ten years.”

He could see it in her eyes, she didn’t want to lose either, “I just layed in bed for hours listening to my comrades cry, and moan, regretting every decision that led them to here….”

 “That’s their problem.”

“No that your problem! How successful is your mission going to be if your fighting force is nothing but a bunch of sniveling cowards.”

He clasped his hands behind his back and leaned down to be more in her face. He took a mocking placating tone when he said, “So your genius solution was to throw a party?” 

That dangerous smirk was back on her face. She lifted her chin so she could look down her nose at him. “My genius solution was to make them forget. Forget the damage you’d done and make them feel strong again. Make them feel invincible.”

Quaritch could see the logic in that. From Paz’s account no one was sleeping that much tonight anyway, so why not get drunk, forget your troubles, let the energy of the music lift your spirits, and do stupid drunken bull shit to make you feel invincible again. Quaritch nodded at her in understanding but still didn’t agree. “Too much fear will make you weak. You're right about that. But feeling invincible? That’ll make you stupid.”

She took in his words. Her face betrayed nothing of her thoughts. “So you're aware that fear makes you weak and yet you still chose to scare the shit out of your newest recruits. Because you did make them too fearful today. You weakened them.”

“I’ll break them of that. And I’ll break you too of this attitude of yours little miss.”

He meant it as a threat. She laughed at him instead. Not a mocking or sarcastic laugh. A full on deep belly laugh. She patted him on the shoulder as she moved past him, beginning her walk back to the barracks “Better men then you have tried Colonel!”

He was getting whiplash from this woman. He turned in her direction and shouted, “I’ve got my eye on you Socorro!”

She turned around to face him again, walking backwards like she had before. Her smile, bright and excited “Wouldn’t want it any other way!”

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Love to recycle the design of my most beloved faves ♥️🥺

[be-the-glenn-to-my-maggie]

So, imagine a crazy little AU where Grace is Spider's mom. Like she had a fling with someone who wasn't a jackass like most of the RDA personnel and that ends up with Spider being on the way. She has him like a month or so before Jack arrives. Grace doesn't really talk about him, so he remains unknown for the most part, only very few knowing about him for his safety. Since she is a scientist at heart and very busy, she isn't always able to take care of him, which ends up with her having to find "babysitters", one of them being Paz. Everything else goes like normal until her death where she tries to tell Jake about spider but kicks the bucket before she is able to. After the battle and the humans being kicked out, they find Spider along with a picture of Paz holding him. What happened to be a silly joke led them to believe he was Paz's child. That combined with everyone guessing  that her and Quaritch had a thing at some point, led them to believe he was his child. No one bothered to do a DNA test, so everything up until the end of the way of water is the same. That is until he gets a very thorough check up from Norm to make sure he's ok after the months he spent with the RDA. For one reason or another, they check his DNA and find out that his father is not Quaritch but some assistant (I guess), and that his mother was Grace.  Their reactions vary from shock and disbelief to happiness and ecstatic cheers. And yes, Kiri is very ecstatic to know her monkey boy is also her actual brother.



Damn, this got long. It was supposed to be a short "what if", but what can you do?

Also, sorry if my grammar and whatnot is bad. English isn't my first language.    

That would DEFINETLY be crazy. I think that would end in a ton of angst, tbh. A ton of guilt from a lot of the older Omaticaya and the scientists, for treating Spider differently because of who they thought his father was. Norm and Max also for not checking thoroughly, and with Jake for not doing the best they could for Grace's kid. Jake and Neytiri only took in one of her kids.

And Kiri; wow. If she was pissed at Neytiri and the other adults for what happened to Spider before, it's not even funny how pissed she is now. This would just confirm what she always knew, that Spider understood her and belonged with her more than anyone.

On a humorous note though: Spider getting kidnapped and going "Ah, yes. My father." All while Quaritch is like "Who's this disgusting freak kid?"

Neytiri: A SON FOR A SON.

Quaritch: WHAT???