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In the movie "Avatar: The Way of Water," who is Kiri's father?
Less than five minutes into the film, we encounter the main mystery of Avatar: The Way of Water.
The little Na'vi girl Kiri (Sigourney Weaver), who is the offspring of scientist Grace (also Weaver) from the first Avatar, is the source of that enigma.
But hold on, you might say. "Grace passed away in the first film, right? She didn't have a child that I can recall."
On both points, you are correct! Grace did indeed pass away, but she didn't have a child.
She did, however, abandon her Na'vi persona, according to Jake Sully (Sam Worthington),
Scientist pals Neytiri (Zoe Saldaa) and their remain in stasis. All of a sudden,
Kiri is born to Grace (or at least her avatar), who Jake adopts and whose conception he calls "a total mystery."
That underplays what appears to be Avatar's interpretation of immaculate conception by a tulkun-sized margin.
Unless director James Cameron has been concealing references to the Na'vi being able to have asexual reproduction,
We can only presume that Grace was somehow raped.
Because this occurred while Grace was still alive and her avatar somehow carried the child to term or whether Kiri's birth conflicts with typical Na'vi gestation durations are not made clear in the film.
We are provided absolutely nothing but the fact that this is strange. Oh, and the brothers of Kiri make fun of Norm, the scientist, who is Joel David Moore.
Does Avatar: The Way of Water make Kiri's father's identity known?
Not at all, no. The main surprise seems to be being postponed until the next movie.
Avatar: The Way of Water does, however, provide a suggestion about Kiri's real parents.
You see, Kiri's birth isn't the only thing about her that is a mystery. Eywa, the Na'vi god also known as the Great Mother, is perceptible to her in some way.
Strange abilities, like Kiri's unconscious capacity to attract the sacred woodsprites to herself or the way the grass moves in sync with her breath when she sleeps, are manifestations of her connection to Eywa.
No one else in the movie is able to do this, and Kiri's origin is what most distinguishes her from the rest of her family.
Her lineage, whatever it may be, is therefore likely the source of her abilities.
It's possible that Kiri's second parent is not human or Na'vi.
Kiri probably doesn't have a human or Na'vi father because of all the bizarre things going on around her.
In fact, I seriously doubt she has a father! The other parent of Kiri, in my opinion, is none other than Eywa.
Consider this: Grace's final words to Jake in Avatar were that she could see Eywa.
This suggests that she has accessed the neurological network that all Pandoran life forms share, which would also account for how Kiri saw her when she connected to the Tree of Souls.