#ANANDA

[incorrectjttw]

Ananda, the third narrator: It was the worst.

Erlang Shen: Wow, this parking is as straight as I am. Golden Cicada: I know I should be focused on the fact that you just came out, but HOW DARE YOU INSULT MY PARKING!

Erlang Shen: Gay mischief accomplished.

[flowersmooon]

Filme cinco julias

[96yellowjackets]

[mask-of-prime]

TLG: Final 10 Episodes Sketch Dump

September 2nd once again fell on a Labor Day, like it once did when the final 10 episodes of TLG dropped on WatchTLG (due to its early release on the old DisneyNOW app). The alignment of the exact day, month, and holiday five years later put me in the spirit to sketch away as I rewatched these episodes.

I was there when the countdown on the WatchTLG site had about an hour left. I hadn't seen a full episode of TLG until that point because I at the time thought I wouldn't be into it. I saw the synopses for these episodes leaked somewhere online and was doubtful yet VERY hopeful that the one with Vitani's Lion Guard was going to be a real episode simply because I wanted to see her in new content, regardless of my familiarity with the show.

When I binge-watched these final episodes with a friend, my relationship with the show improved as I went to watch the rest of the show over the next few months. I was so grateful to see so much content and worldbuilding for the TLK universe

Sketch descriptions under the cut:

1. Friends to the End

I've said this before in a review of this episode, but whether or not the writers intended this, their portrayal of irritability brought on by an anxiety attack is astounding. Kion's anxiety is piled up more and more when he's in a hurry to find a cure at the Tree of Life, Bunga repeatedly tells him he's becoming like Scar, and the rest of the group just "blind leading the blind"-in their journey SO badly because they're a bunch of unsupervised freshman-aged kids who are in their "Well I wouldn't go THAT far" or "Can I be the devil's advocate" phase.

This situation of fearing becoming like a shitty family member and being told you are by people when you're already in a vulnerable state is just SO vile and unfortunately so real. I found myself relating hard to this episode due to Kion's valid af anger in this episode, which is why I had to draw Kion claiming his "Don't you just wanna go apeshit??" era.

Kion is basically me throughout this episode and the entire first half of Season 3. It is SO HARD to get through this season sometimes when these same couple of lines keep coming at least once per episode. As soon as I hear Fuli saying "Uhh... Kion?" or "KION!!" I know exactly what's coming.

2. The Tree of Life:

Since we never get to see Sahasi and Ananda's color palettes they had in life, I took what I could make out from their spirit forms as well as some creative liberties, and came up with what they may have looked like on Earth.

Ananda is where Baliyo gets his freckles and dull, dark pelt, and where Rani gets her purple pupils, red nose, and dark tail. Sahasi is where Rani gets her richer pelt and where Baliyo gets his nose gradient, multicolored mane, and lighter tail color.

Fun Fact: According to some email responses from a member of the team who worked on TLG, they said that Sahasi was meant to be Janna's son, which for me, puts an end to a debate I had in my head where I was stuck between either him or Ananda being Janna's child: On one hand, I liked the idea of Sahasi and Surak being the foils of Mufasa and Scar, but also liked the idea of Ananda as Janna's daughter and heir since they looked so alike, as well as it solidifying the martriarchy headcanon I have for the Night Pride. Though the team member didn't straight-up provide Sahasi's relation to Janna and Surak as an absolute fact, rather it was simply the gist they got from the creation of Sahasi's character, it's an answer from a team member at all, which I can absolutely settle with. I decided to give him a similar fur color to Surak because of that.

3. The River of Patience:

I just HAD to doodle eepy Kion. It's like the one part of this episode that sticks with me outside the wholesome therapy dynamics and Kion heroically holding the flower between his teeth. This is basically him but if he fully succumbed to falling asleep waiting for the log.

4. Little Old Ginterbong:

Can I just say that I fucking LOVE Mama Binturong's character?? She's absolutely insane and constantly looks like an addict that needs her fix. She makes me nostalgic for some reason, and I think it's gotta do with her Mama Gunda vibes (which is odd because I wasn't even that young when I saw Tarzan II). I had to draw her doing the thing lol

5. Poa the Destroyer:

All I could think about throughout this episode besides the rare Evil Beshte is how insufferable Pinguino is. I mean it in kind of a good way, his personality is so ridiculous that he's made me laugh a few times.

6. Long Live the Queen:

Surprisingly, the sketch regarding this episode is probably the least expected subject matter out of anything I could've put here: An idea that's been forming in my head for a bit now was the idea of Bunga and Binga continuing the fostering/babysitting business of Bunga's "uncles". Bunga is shown to be a natural with young animals in a few episodes, and it continues in the subplot of this episode where he watches over Varya's cubs.

7. The Lake of Reflection:

The one thing that viscerally stuck with me in this episode was the unbelievably cute design they gave bby Cheezi. Had to sketch him.

8. Triumph of the Roar:

Obligatory Askari sketch because I actually love drawing him and making headcanons of his era. Looking back... he kinda looks like he's looking down at the events of the bottom drawing in slight disappointment.

9. Journey to the Pride Lands:

Drew Azaad (for what I think might be the first time) with the only thing he seemed to be doing throughout this episode -- taking any opportunity he can to comment about how much better cheetahs are at basically everything. He's fun to draw and I'd like to do more art of him one day.

10. Return to the Pride Lands

This is a sketch of what I deadass thought was gonna happen during this scene the first time I saw this episode lmao. At the time, the previous two episodes were fresh on my mind so I thought Kion was once again going to spam his tornado ability, but with Vitani as his subject for his demonstration. She already knew so little of the Roar as it was, given her absence throughout most of TLG's storyline, but could you imagine what she must've been thinking seeing how much Kion's Roar evolved?

[alicenthightowerdaily]

Alicent + wit

[culthermag]

Tv Personality Ananda Lewis & her iconic “ Boys Lie “ t-shirt at the Unbreakable Premiere in New York ( 2000 ) [ x ]

[sitegyals]

BR icons! 🇧🇷

[mythologyfolklore]

Happy and Proud The Buddha + Edgelord Ananda

The Buddha just gave Ananda a whole lot of praise and encouragement and now Ananda is flustered.

(Ananda is the guy who has an outwardly indifferent demeanour, but actually cares a lot)

[yoga-onion]

Buddha to his disciples, mini-series (6)

To Ananda (Ref) -  Light up your inner self & Dharma (Buddha's teachings)

Ananda was one of the Buddha's ten great disciples, and was known as Treasurer of the Dhamma, because of his excellent memory and because he was always listening to Buddha's teachings as his closest associate. He became a disciple of Buddha when Buddha was 55 and Ananda was 25, and remained a constant companion and personal carer of Buddha for 25 years until Buddha's death. In the Buddhist scriptures, Buddha chose him to be his attendant thus he performed many intensive tasks:

" O Ananda, take yourself as a light, take yourself as a source of strength. Do not depend on anything else. Take the Dharma (Dhamma) as your light and take the Dharma as your source. Do not take other things as your source of strength." (Nirvana Sutta 2)  

The Buddha's last words to his aide Ananda. The Buddha's own words of teaching, which state that the world will become dark after his death, but that you should walk through this darkness with your own self and the Buddha's teachings (Dhamma) as your light.

ブッダから弟子たちへ、ミニシリーズ (6)

阿難よ〜自燈明・法燈明 

阿難 (ｱﾅﾝﾀﾞ:参照) は、釈迦の十大弟子の一人であり、ブッダの最側近として常に説法を聴いていたことから多聞第一(たもんだいいち) と称せられた。ブッダが55歳、アーナンダが25歳の時に仏弟子となり、ブッダが死ぬまで25年間常に近侍し、常にブッダに付き添い身の回りの世話も行っていた。仏典ではブッダが彼を選んで侍者となり、多くの労力を必要とする任務をこなした:

“阿難よ、自分自身を燈明とし、自分自身をよりどころとするがよい。他のものをよりどころとしてはならない。法(ﾀﾞﾝﾏ)を燈明とし、法をよりどころとするがよい。他のものをよりどころとしてはならない。” (大般涅槃経 2)

晩年のブッダが側近の阿難 (ｱﾅﾝﾀﾞ) に語った言葉。ブッダが入滅するとこの世は暗闇になるが、その暗闇をわたしたちは自己自身とブッダの教え(法(ﾀﾞﾝﾏ))を燈明にして歩め、といったブッダ自身の教誡の言葉である。

[mysticalblizzardcolor]

[incorrectjttw]

The pilgrims ate like kings. Except Tripitaka

Ten lifetimes earlier ...

Ananda: MASTER, GOLDEN CICADA HAS DRUNK ALL THE SYRUP AND EATEN ALL THE HONEY AND SWEETS AGAIN!!!

Golden Cicada: ... I'm sorry?

The Buddha: *sighs*

[heavyheavenlysoul]

definitely my favorite work

[96yellowjackets]

[aniki-777]

Things of sym (n ananda bc i love him)

[alicenthightowerdaily]

Samwell:  🧍‍♀️

[programmc]

7.8.1999, Bad Vöslau (Katharina's Basement) Programm C w/ Deamon's Jaded Passion / Ananda / Fall Time. / Kobayashi / Shora