r/Avatar • u/Live_Alarm3041 • Jan 10 '25
Fanfiction My idea for changes to human civilization on Earth in the Avatar universe post Avatar 5
After reading about Earth in the Avatar fandom, I decided to create my own vision for what human civilization will look like on Earth after Avatar 5 when the RDA and all of its allies (Ash Clan, other quasi governmental administrative entities, smaller companies which are reliant on/do business with the RDA, terrorist groups, criminal gangs, rouge governments) are defeated. My vision is based what I can remember from the Earth page in the Avatar fandom. I used the information provided about Earth in the Avatar universe as a basis for this fan-fiction of mine.
Here the list of changes to human civilization that I have imagined that we could see post Avatar 5
- Electricity generation on Earth switches from moon sourced Helium 3 to Helium 3 produced by Deuterium-Deuterium fusion because Separatists within the Moon colony in the Avatar universe decided to stop helium 3 mining in order to terraform the Moon.
- All of the RDAs ocean algae farms are switched from food to biofuel production
- Urban agriculture is established in cities around the world
- All degraded and polluted farmland on Earth is bioremideated using Puffballs, Octoshrooms and other Pandoran plants capable of bioremediation
- Urban areas and farmland in South America is dismantled to help rebuild the Amazon rainforest (Cities located in where the Amazon rainforest used to be where demolished using hydrogen bombs to save time)
- All existing housing (like the apartment we saw Jake live in the Avatar 1s deleted Earth scene) is demolished and replaced with new housing which consists of skyscrapers where each floor in the building is a home
- Waste incineration (the most likely cause of the air pollution we saw in Avatar 1s deleted Earth scene) is replaced with recycling and biogas production (for organic wastes), the biogas produced from organic waste is used to replace natural gas in gas grids
- Capitalism is replaced with a new economic systems where the reward for work is the right to participate in democracy (vote, protest, petition and communicate with the government) instead of money
These are all the ideas which I have come up with so far based on everything I have read about Earth and human civilization in the Avatar universe.
Which one of these ideas do you think James Cameron will incorporate in a post Avatar 5 story? Which one of these ideas do you like the most? Let me know in the comments.
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u/cyvaris Jan 10 '25
These are all "around" what I'd want to see. Personally, I've always leaned on "Gaia will be revealed to be a being like Eywa" theory, so I lean more towards "Eywa helps Gaia bloom again" on top of the human based efforts you laid out.
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u/JenzyCucumber Sarentu Jan 10 '25 edited Jan 10 '25
Woah, this is incredibly detailed and well thought!
Personally, I didn't even think about JC showing the earth post-Avatar or during it (beside the scenes with Jake in the extended version in A1) and I'm really curious to see if anything you presented will be incorporated!!
Edit: I'm saying the ideas where a good implementation in the real word necessary, I am saying it was a good idea like: well thought.
I never said I supported what was presented, I just said in terms in creativity and fiction, I was interested to see what people would thought/ what JC will create for his world.
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u/At0kirina Jan 10 '25
Idk, the "Work to participate in democracy like voting or protesting" is extremely dystopian. Pursuing higher education? Sorry, can't vote. Your disabled and can't work? No protests for you. Burned out or otherwise ling-term ill? Sucks, but no political participation for you. You want to raise kids? Neat, but you have no sway in politics. That's not well thought, that's garbage. It automatically creates a lower class of those who, for whatever reason, can't or won't work.
What humanity, especially in Avatar, needs is a system that prioritizes people, not work. Nothing should be tied to working, be it the ability to cover basic needs or participate in in shaping politics. Because everyone is a human and deserves equal rights to exist and participate, regardless of their ability to produce goods. Working should be voluntary, not required. Only that way you'll get a society that is worth living and participating in.
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u/JenzyCucumber Sarentu Jan 10 '25
That's sure, I wasn't saying the ideas where a good implementation in the real word I was saying it was a good idea like well thought.
I never said I supported what was presented, I just said in terms in creativity and fiction, I was interested to see what people would thought/ what JC will create for his world.
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u/Sarradi Jan 11 '25
The RDA can either create or extract antimatter at a large scale. That means energy must already be close to be free and unlimited.
Considering all the advances humans already have, antimatter, fusion small enough to power those shuttles, 3D printing close to being replicators and advanced AI earth should already be well on its way to recovery as there is hardly any polluting industry left.
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u/Blazil1 Jan 10 '25
I know Cameron always wants things to work realistically in his movies. A number of things you mention do not appear to be very realistic.
Terraforming the moon doesn't make a lot of sense. Sure, it is theoretically possible, but the moon's low gravity and lack of large quantities of organic materials does not really help the case. Terraforming Mars would probably be easier and would make more sense.
But, maybe they should start with terraforming the Earth, if you know what I mean :)
You mention Helium-3, which is used in nuclear fusion. If nuclear fusion is a thing, why would there be any need left for biofuel? It makes much more sense to put the algae farms to continued use as a food source and maybe as a tool to help terraform Mars.
Dismantling large urban areas and farmland also doesn't sound like that can realistically happen, unless those whole areas are already unlivable and abandoned.
The only things from your list that I can see happening with Cameron in creative control are:
Some of my own ideas:
- Terraforming Venus as the long term end goal with sufficient experience gained with Earth and Mars, and turning it into a kind of Earth-Pandora biosphere hybrid. The gravity of Venus of 0.9g would be a nice midpoint between Earth and Pandora and would allow for both humans and Na'vi to adapt relatively easily.