#Bambi 2

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Ya know Ronno from Bambi 2? That's the kinda voice I imagine your baby Cheshire!Jax to have

You gave me a perfect idea for an angst comic hehehe

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Bambi 2 • She's not coming back, is she?

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A prince does not... uh... nevermind.

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🦇HAPPY SPOOKY MONTH EVERYONE!!!!🦇

For the occasion I wanted to share some of my favorite creepy/scary scenes in animation. For the record yes I do know anime has a lot of creepy stuff that tends to be a lot scarier than the stuff we see in western animation since they can get away with a lot more due to western animation being perceived as for young kids. But I think its honestly impressive and worth mentioning when western animation is able to make genuinely creepy scenes within their limitations.

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For a lil' change of pace for this blog, I wanted to showcase some o' my Bambi art! (I swear I'm still normal about the movies, the essay I wrote months ago is a testament to that)

Anyway! The first two are from sometime between 2021 and 2023, the next two are actually 2023/2024 remakes of 2020 illustrations (which I couldn't find the original files for X_X) and the last is from 2024 :3

Hopefully I'll get to share more o' these sketches in the future

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My latest video is finally finished! Come frolic with me through this meadow of deer ghosts!

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Flower in Bambi II shares a voice actor with Chowder from Chowder.

Voiced by Nicky Jones

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Had a silly chat with a friend yesterday, and this came up: "Bambi's b*tchy ass dad in Bambi II and Sesshomaru have the same vibes" I don't know if I'm crazy, but now I CAN'T UNSEE IT...

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Designs and AU by _MaltiuU_ on Twitter, please give them appreciation!! Thank you again MaltiuU for letting me draw & post this 🥹🥹

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February 7, 2006: Disney's Bambi II (2006) is released on DVD and VHS.

This is the last Disney film to be regularly released on VHS as future releases on the format would be sold exclusively on the Disney Movie Club.

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the great prince x reader

and it’s just hcs of them falling in love?

love headcanons for the great prince | bambi

you somehow always knew that he likes you, he never said it; he showed it with his actions

great prince would be a REAL gentleman. for example when you two were walking through the forest after a rain to check on small animals and stuff, there was a huge branch and you had no idea how to cross it... so he PICKED IT UP by his antlers and THROW IT AWAY like it was nothing

in winter he will make sure that you're warm and cozy at night, he will also get up a bit earlier just to find you something to eat

when you're speaking to him, he makes sure that he nods his head from time to time or flinch his ear just to give you a sign that he's really listening to you and that his attention is on you

he will watch you from afar a lot, when you are with your mother, siblings, friends on the field eating

if there is any danger like when a human is around, he always make sure that you are somewhere safe with a lot of food and water (just in case that the human would stay "hunting" for few days longer)

he won't let you take a step outside the safe place he found until he's 100% sure that the danger is gone

this protective side of his always made you think that he likes you more than a friend

in spring, there are lots of young deers that wants to date you or just your attention but only few brave ones acc come to you, because they know that the great prince is always watching you

they HAVE to respect him

he sometimes uses this to protect you from "mean" animals but he really means it in a very good way

he just wants you safe, when you are safe; he can relax, because that's his only job, to keep you safe

of course his "job" is also to watch and protect the forest but to be completely honest, he would let humans kill and burn the whole forest to the ground if that would make you safe

i mean it, he would just take you and run with you away without any care in the world for the other animal (but he would for sure give them a warning that there is a danger coming yk)

he would also bring you small flowers he found on his patrol just to make your day a bit better

if it's raining at nigh or a cold wind blows, he'll make sure that you are warm, basically he'd just cuddle you in some moss

he would show off his antlers a lot, because his antlers are his pride

every time you compliment him his antlers or just take a few second longer look on them, it makes him fall in love with you a little more, because it's just a really huge compliment for him

sometimes when he's feeling playful, he'll play fights with you in a flower field, because it's safe when he "throws" you in the field and it's a lot of fun

he pays attention to your body and face language a lot, so he knows your small details/opinions on things and stuff yk

he'll love you till the day he dies (and he doesn't care if you wouldn't love him back)

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Twst oc dump

Hiiii so I have like a lot of twst ocs and I want to post themm so I’m gonna do that. This is just a few of them

My favs Vitali and Navi who are based off of Vitani and Nuka from the Lion king 2. Is that timeline accurate for twst no. Did I make them anyway?? Yes.

Next I have Ronni who I’ve posted before but I’ve redesigned him so I’m just gonna post him here he’s based off of Ronno/ the bad deer from Bambi abd he’s actually my first twst oc!!

I also have a oc that does to RSA,Laine,and she’s based off of Lady from lady and the tramp. She’s surprisingly the only oc I ship with a cannon character (Ruggie) I just recently redesigned her but she’s my second oldest character

They are my beautiful babies and I love them much

If you want to know more about them let me know :3

I just realized they are all beastmen

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I’m too busy being yours

Bambi’s parents

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Animated 5: The Lion King 2: Simba's Pride v Bambi II

Simba's Pride {original-The Lion King (1994)}

Actually excellent quality for an animated sequel - amazing songs, amazing cast and characters, amazing story. Who didn't have a crush on Kovu, huh??

Kovu

Because Lion King is basically Hamlat with lions and the sequel kept the Shakespeare theme and is basically Romeo amd Juliet with lions.

Bambi II {original-Bambi (1942)}

The relationship between Bambi and his dad and them trying so hard to come to terms with the moms death Im- 😭

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I saw a thread on twitter comparing Bambi 2 to MDZS and so, with that logic, I proceeded to make some angst :)

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Izzy's Heavily Improvised Essay on Bambi 2

(to folks who follow me for other stuff, I apologize right ahead of time, just doing my "multifandom" name justice XD)

Okay y’all, bear with me, this was written in the heat of the moment and therefore I might go around in tangents. I’ve been dying to write this essay thingy for months actually, but I kept chickening out when I went to try and just do it. And it was also inspired by Wreckham’s own Bambi post that I saw a while ago, so uh... Yeah.

(also this mainly features my opinions, don't take them as facts >_<)

So, starting things off with this:

It shall be no secret that I’m an avid fan of the Bambi movies (more the second than the first, but we’ll get to that in a bit). 

It’s no surprise that visually speaking, Bambi is a spectacle from beginning to end, on top of having a beautiful soundtrack and a fascinating way of being the closest thing to an animated documentary with its environments.

However, it comes with the price of... Well, lacking a concrete plot. And by that I mean outside of just showcasing Bambi’s life from birth to adulthood. Not to say there’s no value in that, but I reckon it’s not the kind of movie lots of people nowadays would just want to watch multiple times in a row.

(plus considering how much of the novel’s plot they cut out when adapting it to the screens… That’s a can of worms for another day)

Yes, even I, the avid fan, will admit this flaw in the storytelling. And it’s a big reason why I maintain my statement on loving the second movie more than the first.

And oh where do I begin?

Namely how its plot is basically about the time that happened between Bambi’s Mother’s death and the scene with all those cheery singing birds — in other words, the period in which Bambi was raised by his father, the Great Prince of the Forest.

While animation’s changed significantly (given that, y’know, 64 years apart) and also different voice actors were hired for the characters (again, 64 years), I will come here and say that visually the movie did the original justice, and did it in spades!

Plot-wise? On one hand, there’s more dialogue and the humor is a bit more targeted for younger audiences, which in fairness will put off some who are more inclined towards the original.

On the other hand, the movie is also not afraid to explore some darker subjects, some indirectly (like the whole aspect of grief both for Bambi and his father and their respective ways of dealing with it), and some directly (such as the entire Deer Call scene).

And the fact that unlike the first movie, the characters here are more fleshed out, the main highlight of that is none other than the Great Prince himself; in the first movie he... Didn’t have nearly enough screentime or lines to justify his status as protector of the Forest, at best he was a minor character given too much importance, and at worst he was a living prop.

In the second? He’s the second main focus of the story, with a whole character development arc on how to be a father to Bambi despite his belief in tradition (aka the whole “the does care for the young” thing). In fact, I think I should dedicate this part of the essay on his character, shall we? Because years of rewatching the movie made me think a lot of things regarding him (which I don’t see many or even anyone talk enough about):

If we’re gonna think about it, we never really get to know the Great Prince too deeply prior to his mate’s death. Everything we do know about him personality-wise came afterwards, at a time when he had to look after Bambi while also looking after the Forest as a whole.

It’s incredibly easy to label him as a jerk and a deadbeat father when one fails to consider a few things:

1- His mate died, and given the timeframe, the Prince was unable to reach both her and Bambi in time before Man shot her; made worse when you remember that in the first movie he was able to save them both from Man. Literally, at the beginning of the second movie, one of the first expressions we see from him is sadness. Wouldn’t you think he was feeling not just grief, but guilt too?

2- He was left to raise his son alone, at one of the harshest points of wintertime, and only asked Friend Owl to find a doe because the owl offered some help in the first place; recalling the tradition thing, the Prince had no experience with children whatsoever, can you blame him for being baffled at the idea of him raising his son at first?

3- He’s the protector of a whole forest. That’s like, hundreds and hundreds of lives he’s dedicated to keep safe from Man at all times every single day, hundreds and hundreds of animals depending on him to not get shot. Even if he’s experienced at what he does, that’s still a huge pressure onto a single individual, and the fact that he can’t always save everyone every time Man is in the woods.

And a bonus: forget his status as the Great Prince of the Forest for a moment, and what do you have? A stag who lost his mate (whom he genuinely loved) and is left to raise their son entirely on his own.

If I were to guess, I’d say the Great Prince was far more serene prior to the tragedy; still a recluse, what with being the protector of the woods and then some, but less stern in general.

Everything we see of him before the completion of his character development, is him trying to make do with something that was out of his control and dealing with its consequences. (there’s a reason why ‘Parents as People’ is a trope, y’know)

Hell, it was all but stated that even before he became more open towards Bambi and embraced his role as a parent, he already cared about his son in his own way. I’m under the belief that he’s always been capable of raising him, all he needed was some time (and a bit of a nudge from Bambi himself at points).

Plus he was already regretting the whole “new mother to Bambi” plan and intending on calling it off by the time Friend Owl brought Mena, he only went through with it anyway because he thought he screwed things up with Bambi for good - btw I do not blame Bambi for being mad, poor guy’s spent most of the movie trying to impress his dad and taking every lesson to heart, only to find out about the arrangement at the worst time possible.

On another tangent, I feel like one aspect that’s often overlooked is how both Bambi and his father reacted to going through with the arrangement:

By the time Bambi was going to leave with Mena, he wasn’t even mad anymore, just downtrodden and upset that he wouldn’t get to see his friends as often, but otherwise resigned and accepting that it’s what he should be doing. Putting up a brave facade all the while, much like the Great Prince himself.

Same for the latter, he was trying to keep his regal facade up as well and insisting that “a Prince does sacrifices” - he was mostly talking about himself, having to give his son up so he’s raised by someone better than the Prince.

And let’s get one fact clear before heading to a main point in this essay: although Bambi did get mad at his father (down to even wishing his mother was there instead of him), he was far more upset at being separated from him and not getting to see him as often, and it’s made obvious he regretted yelling those words at his father.

Otherwise, Bambi wouldn’t have rushed back to nuzzle him goodbye, wouldn’t have thought of retaliating against Ronno when the latter taunted him about being “given away” due to his father “being ashamed of him”. And he certainly wouldn’t have run to another cliff to meet his dad after defeating the last of Man’s dogs.

In fact I more than believe that they would’ve reconciled on the spot as soon as they saw each other again, which was what likely gonna happen after Bambi saved Mena and got rid of all the dogs.

But then the cliff scene happened.

(aka one of my favorite scenes in the whole movie, and yes I will defend it right now)

Now, I can see why a good bunch of people hate that scene (namely the whole Disney Death thing), but allow me to say that it’s in the movie for a reason, and it’s not to trick the audience into thinking Bambi did die from the fall.

It’s to showcase the Great Prince’s character arc coming to fruition.

Remember when I said that the Prince did love Bambi in his own way despite not knowing anything about raising children? This is the scene where he finally realized just how much he did care all along, shedding away his “prince does/does not” mentality for good. Realizing that Bambi needed him as a father

There's so much that goes unsaid in the scene.

How the Prince’s voice nearly breaks when urging Bambi to get up, him saying “A Prince does not...” but never finishing it. What was he going to say? We don’t know, and that’s the point. Maybe even he didn’t know, maybe it was said out of reflex.

How he gets down and looks at his (seemingly) dead son before nuzzling him, keeping him as close as he could, and crying.

This all makes it more meaningful when Bambi does wake up and calls him Dad for the first time, showcasing how far their bond has gone and developed.

I believe, among other things, that the scene (and perhaps counting the dog chase as well) was also meant to be a mirror/parallel to the dream sequence from earlier in the movie. But that’s perhaps an essay for another day!

So, in conclusion… I swear I’m 100% normal about this movie, I totally did not spend days on end trying to make this improv essay as cohesive as possible-

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