Moafiti

Moafiti is the femslash ship between Moana and Te Fiti from the Moana fandom.

Canon
When Moana Waialiki was very little, her grandmother would tell her stories about Te Fiti, the benevolent island goddess of life and creation, and about the theft of her heart by Maui. She told her how this theft awakened the fire demon, Te Kā, who then unleashed an island-killing curse which would only be able to be stopped when Te Fiti's heart is returned to the goddess. After Moana was told the story, the ocean deemed her worthy to be entrusted with the goddess' heart, but because Moana was still a baby at that time she had no idea what the little green stone was.

It is years later, when Moana is sixteen, that Gramma Tala tells her that she is the hero who will make sure that Maui returns the heart to the goddess. A dying Tala places the heart in her necklace before giving it to Moana, so that she will be able to keep it safe. Throughout her journey with Maui, Moana steadfastly makes sure that Te Fiti's heart doesn't fall into the wrong hands, and helps Maui to find the courage that he will need to face Te Kā again. Moana's determination to reach Te Fiti's island gives her the courage to see her quest through, and not to be obstructed by the various monsters she encounters along the way.

Moana's spirit is crushed after Maui leaves her following her first run-in with Te Kā, and she gives the heart back to the ocean, asking it to find someone else to complete the quest. However, a talk with Tala's ghost allows Moana to realise who she truly is, and how she can get past Te Kā to reach Te Fiti. With help from Maui, Moana does get past the lava demon, but arriving at the location of Te Fiti, she is shocked to see that both the island and the goddess are gone. It is when she sees the swirl mark on Te Kā's chest, corresponding to the swirl on Te Fiti's heart, that she realises that Te Kā is Te Fiti.

Moana asks the ocean to part for Te Kā, and as she approaches the goddess-turned-demon, she calms the angry deity down by singing to her and reminding her who she really is, before returning her heart and allowing her to become Te Fiti again. Regaining her beautiful island goddess form, the restored Goddess smiles at the human who says Te Fiti's name with a smile. Moana watches Te Fiti working to bring life back to her island, undoing the damage wrought by her Te Kā form. Te Fiti then picks Moana up in her cupped hands to thank her. After Maui, prompted by Moana, apologises to Te Fiti for stealing her heart and is rewarded with a new fish hook, Te Fiti brings Moana closer to her face, so that they can press their foreheads against each other as a way of saying goodbye. After Te Fiti places Moana back on the ground, she gives her a boat that will allow her to sail back home. Moana watches Te Fiti go into her dormant island form before she leaves, and as she sails away, she takes one last look at Te Fiti's island.

Fanon
This ship between a young human woman and a giant goddess results from the love, compassion and understanding which Moana shows toward Te Fiti in her demonic Te Kā form, the fact that Moana literally had custody of Te Fiti's heart throughout her journey and kept it safe, Moana being the one who recognized "who you truly are", the deep understanding between the two demonstrated by the touching of foreheads, and the affinity between them being heightened by a strong visual similarity in their facial features. Moana is the one who correctly identifies Te Kā as being a corrupted form of Te Fiti, and recognizes that the way to succeed is not to vanquish her but simply to understand her and remind her of who she truly is. Because of this, Moafiti is seen as the main femslash ship of the Moana fandom.

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