#Mzingo

[hyperfixated-maybe]

New crackship:

Mzingo x Zazu.

They're both birds.

They're both British.

They both hold government positions.

They're uh. Both.

Birds...

[spinnysocks]

look at them.

sillies. /affectionate

[yourworstnightmare76]

I was trying to decide should I draw Kung Fu Panda fanart or my original character, and ended up drawing these three out of nowhere.

It was four years since the last time I drew anything related to The Lion Guard...

I still stand by this headcanon; where Mzingo and Mwoga adopted and raised Janja.

Kinda inspired by posts by @spinnysocks

[valentinbelleyh505]

no way...

[leopardsealz]

my mzingo design! he is a lappet-faced vulture

[devilsrecreation]

It’s Pride Month ya’ll! So remember to

Keep it gay

Keep it gay

Keep it gaaaayyyyy~

[dawn-sunlight]

I want to talk about these two for a second, specifically my thoughts about how they were after Scar's backstabbing of the hyenas

On the one hand, there's Janja. He knows Scar tried to burn him and his hyena clan, not even for actual betrayal, just for Janja THINKING about whether to join Jasiri. Something he'd actively tried to keep from his clan. And they're the ones that got caught in the trap while he escaped. If the Guard hadn't figured out a way to escape the lair, Scar would have failed to kill the one actually having traitorous thoughts but succeeded in killing his clan who had no idea of any of this. His clan would have paid for his "mistake". And this probably haunts Janja. And I see Janja as someone who takes loyalty very seriously(I disregard Janja's New Crew entirely because pretty much nothing in that episode makes any sense with what we've seen in pretty much every other episode), which was one of the reasons he was having such a hard time choosing a side. He couldn't just backstab Scar like that. After all, Scar actually cared about them, he was actually trying to help them which was more than anyone else had tried to do for them. So when Scar told Janja that Kion was powerful enough to destroy him, Janja felt incredibly bad for seriously considering switching sides just that morning. Scar could be destroyed and he was over here thinking of backstabbing him. So he decided not to do it. And then Scar double crossed him. In addition, if Janja defected to Jasiri's side, it would screw over the rest of Scar's army, and he might bicker and fight with them and partake in power squabbles among them but he was still loyal and couldn't bring himself to do that to the army. And after Scar tries to burn him and his clan, he no longer can say whether the rest of the army would give him that courtesy. He doesn't know whether Scar consulted the rest of them, or how much they know about what happened. He's sure the skinks and Ushari knew. Scar always told them everything. And at the end of the day he wasn't too surprised even if the betrayal still stung(because they had still been teammates at the end of the day); they had never had a good relationship. But the other three leaders? Sure, Kiburi and him had a strained relationship, but they had fought together in the army since pretty much the beginning. Reirei and him always fought in petty squabbles, but they'd also had each other's backs when it counted. And Mzingo? The thought that he had been in on it was what really hurt, because Janja could at least understand it if the other two had known. He couldn't do that with Mzingo. So he needed to know.

On the other hand, there's Mzingo. Scar had only told him that they would burn the royal family and the Guard, and that Janja and his clan would make sure the Guard was in the right place for the plan to work. And after Janja defected, Scar told the army that Janja had betrayed them by allying with Jasiri and, by association, the Pridelanders. When Janja asked him if he had known about the murder attempt, if Mzingo had been in on the plan, Mzingo was horrified. He hadn't known Janja had been backstabbed like that. That the fire he'd been told to drop on Pride Rock, that he'd been told was for the royal family and the Lion Guard, was also for the hyena he saw as his son. He hadn't known, and to make matters worse, he had believed Scar when Scar painted Janja as the one who was the backstabber. And Mzingo feels so incredibly guilty because he should have realized something was up, that Janja must have had a reason for joining up with the Pridelanders, but he believed Scar instead, who almost succeeded in having Janja killed.

[tlg-confessions]

I genuinely don't understand why we're supposed to think the hyenas are doing anything wrong during the flashback scene from Lake of Reflection. Like, these three hyena cubs are trying to get a meal for themselves, take one singular egg from an area with far more plentiful resources than what they're used to, get beat up and kicked out for their efforts, and we're supposed to see this as the young Guard stopping a terrible thing from happening. It's not like they were taking more than their share.

.

[hyperfixated-maybe]

Okay but like the vultures’ “parliament” has got to be one of the funniest running jokes in tlg

[spinnysocks]

mzingo would make dad jokes to janja. not just any dad jokes, he'd make up vulture or hyena related ones himself. mwoga always laughs while janja has an unamused child/teenager face

[spottedmischief]

ah wait

reirei's pain over losing her kids to the hyenas

good times

[valentinbelleyh505]

here lol

no way...

[devilsrecreation]

had another 1am thought recently that i forgot to share... human au outlanders going to a theme park with rollercoasters 👀

HDJRHHDHE YES

Like with the road trip, I think the chaos all depends on which Outlanders are going: Just Jasiri’s clan, just Reirei’s pack, just Kiburi’s float, only the leaders, etc.

Janja’s joins the others on the rollercoasters to impress Jasiri but he’s either scared of them or he gets sick cuz of them like he was with the log ride

Jasiri and Madoa will go on any ride, but they’re the most responsible for keeping everybody else under control

Reirei’s OBVIOUSLY keeping all the snacks, drinks, and first aid jic…for Goigoi

The crocodiles go on every single dangerous ride the park has. If it goes upside down or reaches to space, they’re totally going on it

That being said, Tamka may or may not have puked in the nearest trashcan after one of them. Turns out chili dogs and rollercoasters don’t make a good combo

Imagine the kids going on all the cute rides

Imagine no matter who’s going, everyone loves the carousel (Nduli actually named his horsie aww)

The skinks and Sumu are absolutely going in the haunted house (the others may or may not have cried)

Kenge is a fucking MENACE when it comes to bumper cars. No mercy whatsoever

[australet789]

hi, i love how perfectly valued is coming along so far! very very interested by vishahari seemingly looking after kion... by her own choice i think. incredibly interesting. i just have a question or two about the perfectly valued -verse if that's okay!

what happens to the former scar's army groups? the hyenas of course join forces, but what about reirei's pack, kiburi's float, mzingo's parliament (although they were on the hyena's side in canon.), the skinks, kenge and sumu? i remember you saying that jasiri and janja are dealing with their own villain; are they dealing with it alone, and can we know anything about said villain?

Funny

Very funny you ask about the Outlanders :3c

Yes, Jasiri and Janja are dealing with their own villain. What i can say it's that the villain it's very very white and it's a lion

[tlg-confessions]

Discussion post:

Which of the leaders of Scar's Army* do you think are or could be redeemable characters based on canon?

* including: Janja, Ushari, Reirei, Kiburi, Mzingo, and Shupavu.

Tally of results:

Janja - II

Ushari - I

Reirei - I

Kiburi -

Mzingo - I

Shupavu -

[tired-lamb]

answering the following questions from @dawn-sunlight from this post!

okay, so I won’t be telling if you’re right or wrong about the fourth character in order to avoid any spoiling (since I do want the character’s reveal to be with their post), but I will say a lot of you are on the right track! I’ll probably post more hints once that character’s post is almost done, if that helps any of you.

as for how the vultures are doing, I have not quite decided who all survive, especially since only two vultures are given importance in the entirety of the show, but I will say mzingo definitely survives but he has lost his ability to fly, if that tells you anything. the idea of him being a massive help to jasiri, instead of scar, is a VERY good idea which I might or might not indulge in, similar to how I indulged in spinny’s idea to make kion survive!

you are correct about how kion survives— using the roar at full power did infact protect him from the lava, but it was unable to protect his friends and everyone else.

my choices as to who all survive and who don’t are mostly, but not always, very random. especially regarding the side characters (not counting the outlanders since I view them more as main characters, especially for this au). my vision for how the incident takes place is that while the guard are inside the volcano and dealing with scar, the battle for the pridelands continues outside. the outlanders and pridelanders are still battling with each other, so when the volcano erupts it’s a ‘every man for himself’ situation. nobody expected it to happen and nobody was ready for it. the volcano hasn’t erupted since forever and they didn’t think it would then, of all times. some manage to take cover and only survive with some injuries but not everyone was that lucky. goigoi, for example, had nothing to cover him in that moment thus leading to his death. a lot of the reason for everybody else’s death is more or less that, too. janja’s reason is the same.

some leaders, such as mzingo, the royal family, etc etc did blindly try to cover whoever was closest to them. this would lead to their death, and also because of how weak the cover was, major injuries to whoever they had been covering. ma tembo survives with half her trunk gone and the lower part of her front legs burned. jasiri lost a hind leg and nearly lost an eye. some birds lost their wings, and mtoto’s hearing is no longer as strong. I’m not too aware of the injuries one faces from being close to a volcanic eruption, so the injuries may be subject to change.

not accusing anyone of saying anything (/gen), but I feel the need to mention that this au is just something fun I play with, especially in the angst sphere. I have no intention to have every inch of this developed as I tend to lose interest and get burnt out when I do that. in light of this, not every bit of this au will make sense, nor am I aiming to do so. I’m trying my best to keep having fun with this au, and I can only hope that you all do too. again, just felt the need to say this, that’s all.

anyway, hope that answers your questions, dawn-sunlight!