Lo’ak x Tsireya

Lo'ak x Tsireya is the het ship between Lo'ak and Tsireya from the Avatar fandom.

Avatar: The Way of Water
Lo'ak and his family are forced to leave the Omatikaya clan and hide away with the Metkayina Clan. When the Sully family arrived at the Awa'atlu village seeking refuge, Lo'ak sees Tsireya emerge out of the water. Her father, Tonowari, tasks Tsireya teach the Sully children their way of life. She also taught them to ride the ilu and how to breathe deeply before a dive. However Lo'ak had difficulty controlling his heart rate during practice because of Tsireya's presence. Seeing Lo'ak was struggling the most, Reya have him private lessons on underwater diving. She was also proud of him for being able to cast a fishing net.

Later, Tsireya heard Lo'ak talk about Tulkan who saved him when Aonung abandoned Lo'ak at the Three Brothers to get back at him for punching him in the face while Lo'ak was defending his sister, Kiri. Tsireya realized he was talking about Payakan, an exiled, male tulkun for an alleged murder. However, Lo'ak refused to believe this. When an alarm went off in the clan, Tsireya told the Sully family that the tulkun had returned. Riding on an ilu with Lo'ak, Tsireya later confessed with her spirit sister that she met a boy. Later on, Lo'ak visits the exiled Tulkan and learns that he didn't kill his fellow Tulkans. Tsireya, along with Neteyam, Ao'nung and Rotxo followed Lo'ak and watched as he and Payakan formed a bond. While she was proud of him, Tsireya is scolded by her parents for allowing Lo'ak to bond with an outcast. Tonowari demands everyone to sit down and explained the Tulkun Way and why Payakan was an outcast.

Later, Tsireya told Lo'ak she was proud of him for bonding with Payakan. After watching Payakan's memories, Lo'ak told her the truth. Instead Payakan's mother was killed by RDA poachers and he led his pod and their spiritual Na'vi brothers and sisters into battle. However he was still exiled for causing they're deaths. Despite insisting that it is the Tulkan way, Tsireya things they can try to convince her father, Tonowari. However, Lo'ak insisted that their fathers wouldn't listen to him. He confessed to her how he felt like an outsider for sharing human traits just like his father. Tsireya tells Lo'ak "I see you," meaning she can see him for who he is and that Lo'ak truly is one of the reef people.

During the final battle of the Three Brothers, Tsireya and Lo'ak went to Three Brothers Rocks to find Payakan to warn him about the tulkun assassins. However, they saw that he had a tracking device lodged in him by Mick Scoresby and the poachers.

Even though they freed Payakan from Mick Scoresby' tracking device, Tsireya, Lo'ak and Tuktirey were spotted captured. Quaritch threatened to shoot the children if they attacked and only ordered Jake to surrender. However, Payakan attacked the ship and allowed the three children to escape. Unfortunately, Neteyam was shot while escaping from the deck and Tsireya, Lo'ak, and Spider took him to a rocky island, where Neteyam died of his injuries. Enraged, Jake and Neytiri returned to save their daughters while ordering Loak and Tsireya to stay behind. However, Lo'ak disobey his parents and left Tsireya alone.

They both comforted each other in an embrace and grieve for Neteyam and attend his memorial service at the end of the film.

Moments
Avatar: The Way of Water
 * The moment Tsireya comes out of the water, she comes out in a surfer shot. Lo'ak immediately feels drawn to her.
 * Both Rotxo and Neteyam smile when they see that Lo'ak is developing feelings for her.
 * Tsireya tells Lo'ak that she "sees him" when no one else can.
 * After the Battle was over, Tsireya and Lo'ak embraced each other as they all grieved for Neteyam.

Quotes
"You are brother of tulkun... you are one of us now."

- Tsireya to Lo'ak

"I met a boy"

- Tsireya to her spiritual sister

"You must slow down your heartbeat. Breathe in... breathe from down here. Breathe out slowly. Lo'ak, your heartbeat is fast. Try to focus"

- Tsireya to Lo'ak

Fanon
Since the release of Avatar: The Way of Water, Lo'ak x Tsireya ship rose in popularity. Fans love the interaction between the two and compare the relationship to Lo'ak's parents, Jake and Neytiri. Fans cannot wait to see what their relationship develop in the upcoming sequels.

On Archive of Our Own, it is the third most written ship under the Avatar (Cameron Movies) tag. It is also the most shipped pairing for both of the characters.

Fandom

 * FAN FICTION

Trivia

 * Similar to his father, Lo'ak takes a liking to the clan leader's daughter who served as his teacher.