great topic! it is so clear that this was inspired by aya visions as well. So much so that there was a whole psychedelic initiation scene. that is when jake eats a glowing purple worm and takes the poison from a spider. It would explain why he is fully accepted after not being.. there is no reason for this in the movie without this scene. I can't find the scene anywhere, but a friend of mine is the gf of the guy that played jakes avatar. He remembers eating a worm. The scene is in the script here.

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