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Into the Wild is a fic written by a Love to Hate fan of Avatar. It tells the story of Jade West, a Corporal in the RDA security force. She survives a Samson crash in the middle of the jungle on Pandora and decides to make her way back to Hell's Gate. However, she meets a Na'Vi that can speak English who offers to guide her home - whom she dubs Marty. Along the way they discuss the Fridge Logic of the movie's universe and shift the movie's Black-and-White Morality to Grey-and-Gray Morality.

It has absolutely nothing to do with the book or film of the same name made about the life of Christopher McCandless.


Into the Wild provides examples of:

  • Break the Haughty: Marty's time with Jade makes him stop parroting old sentiments he got from his tribe.
  • Deus ex Machina: Michael responds to the one at the end of the movie with the much-needed What the fuck?
  • Don't You Dare Pity Me!: Jade doesn't want pity for her failed marriage and is proud of having never cried in five years. But she finally does just before she dies.
  • Dying Moment of Awesome: Michael is trapped in the jaws of a Thantor. What does he do? Pulls the pins on all his grenades just as it swallows him.
  • Establishing Character Moment: Jade's brother Michael sees her in danger while in a helicopter. What does he do? Jump out, of course. Then he takes off his mask, gives it to her and beats up Marty with his bare hands.
  • Expy: Jade is basically Kate from Two Weeks Notice (another fic by the same author) and it looks like Mau wandered onto the set and turned into a smurfy-cat.
  • Fatal Flaw: Marty's overwhelming self-esteem issues. They're only resolved after he accidentally kills Jade.
  • Fridge Logic: In Ch 5, Selfridge sees Jade covered in mud, with a Na'vi, and assumes it's some sort of 'hippy love-in protest'. Problem is, the only way onto the planet is with the RDA. Unless there are actually hippies who lied their way onto the Venture Star then ran off into the jungle, that's pretty much impossible. Even if there is, the RDA should have records of everyone on the planet. Heck, even Selfridge points out that he should have been told about the Samson crash.
  • Hidden Depths: Jade is frosty because her ex-husband cheated on her. Marty is arrogant because he's the laughingstock of his tribe.
  • Meaningful Name: Multiple inversions:
    • Jade symbolizes immortality and resurrection. She dies.
    • Marty carries an infamous perfectionist name. He is the most flawed character in the story, and is responsible for Jade's death.
  • Only a Flesh Wound: When Jade gets hit in the stomach with an arrow, she survives long enough for the neurotoxin to kill her. She's babbling deliriously the whole time.
  • Painting the Medium: The story is third person, but from Jade's perspective. At first Marty is only referred to as 'it'. Then as 'he'. Eventually she gives him the name Marty and he's referred to by that name for the rest of the story. The narrative partly shifts to him as their respective sides gear up for war, completely transferring to his side when Jade dies.

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