#azaad cheetah

[ihopesocomic]

Hey, guys. c:

So, good news bad news (but in reverse lol) Bad news: Tigress will no longer be appearing in the comic, mainly due to us being unable to verify details concerning the reserve that we've based her circumstances on. We do not wish to appear like we're endorsing anything that may be unethical towards animals so we're staying well clear. Good news: meet Gale and Breeze, a pair of cheetah boyfriends who will be appearing instead. Cheetahs are my favourite big cat so I'm so happy that we're able to feature a pair of speedy bois. <33 Also, used a screen of Azaad from The Lion Guard as a ref for the posing. c: - RJ

[fallenrain40]

buddy, i see your post of your fuli fanart and i see in the tags that you feel she'd be aroace but she cannot be asexual/aromantic because she is canonically in love with an male cheetah named azaad but i like that fanart btw.

i will headcanon literally every character in existence as aroace you cannot stop me

[spinnysocks]

appreciation for @devilsrecreation's janja and kiburi swap au (post here) bc i've had SO MUCH BRAINROT over it and i want to share some thoughts :3

for kiburi

first of all and mostly importantly, HE SINGS! LIKE, A LOT! it would be so fun to hear Tonight We Strike, an already A*** song, in his voice. i wonder if the songs would be different because he and his float are crocodiles 👀

more tamka and nduli screen time! :3 they'd be way more fleshed out and we'd get kiburi calling them "fish-for-brains" all the time <3

neema taking the place of nne and tano... kiburi gets so annoyed at tamka and nduli one day that he appoints neema to second-in-command. yeah, it goes downhill 💀

i feel like nduli in this au would enhance my mjuzi au even more if it was put into this! mainly because he'd be the mjuzi to makuu (because he swaps with jasiri)

on that note, makuu taking the place of jasiri is SO FUNNY. he's got practically the exact same personality as when he becomes a respected leader in canon, but he's... cheery? compassionate? helpful? basically enough of a small difference for him to greet kion like jasiri does in canon

makuu singing Siwi Ni Sawa 😭 i want to see that so bad. this is making me wonder if makuu and the other crocodiles would be teens maybe? unless kion just makes friends with a whole ass fully grown crocodile from the outlands who happens to be friendly hgdgf

and on THAT note, makuu and kiburi replace jasiri and janja, so gay croc bfs!!! kiburi's personality is obviously slightly altered to fit janja's role but it's so funny cuz dude just has internal gay panic. him singing A New Way To Go would be fucking amazing

as i'm typing this i realised that makuu x kiburi reminds me of that Go For It, [Insert Character]! meme. kiburi's the one who has to go for it and he's surrounded by images of makuu lmao

makuu and kion having a close friendship would be so fun, it's such a cool twist from canon cuz makuu is just that little bit more compassionate. it also means he becomes leader of the outlands! now THAT would be something to see

reformed kiburi 😍 who doesn't wanna see that?? him defending makuu's leadership and everything! what a twist from canon huh

i can just imagine the scene of makuu and kiburi reaching the tree of life, it takes all of kiburi's self control not to snap at bunga when he pounces him lmao. also he'd so be scared of lightning but pretend to be chill in front of makuu adsjjdhh. i love janja and azaad's friendly rivalry in canon, would be funny to see that with kiburi because "afraid of water, cheetah?" would make so much sense since he's a croc lol

OH MY GOD I JUST REALISED WE'D GET BABY CROCS IN "THE LAKE OF REFLECTION"!!!

also i love kiburi and reirei's allyship in canon so it'd be funny to see them bicker, and they'd get a song!!

the weird twist of hodari and kinyonga being the spies for scar's army while the skinks live in the pridelands as good guys. shupavu and njano actually being friends with the lion guard is really weird but also would be fun. njano wanting to be a croc! and SINGING!!! 🥺

in general, it would just be so goddamn funny for the lion guard to deal with kiburi's attitude all the time lmao

for janja

actual asshole janja is not something i thought of before but now i'm rocking with it. he literally just hates jasiri's rule, is like "nah, fuck you, i wanna be leader!" and gets his tail kicked like an idiot /affectionate

jasiri taking makuu's place and maybe being a bad leader at first?? that'd be pretty interesting to see especially with her personality. imagine her not being trusted at the savanna summit!

her being humbled by the pridelanders saving her clan would be awesome to see, i'd really like to see her personality shifted to the point where she's cocky and disrespectful but she betters herself

a hyena mashindano between jasiri and janja 👀 damn that'd be cool

i think i like this au of jasiri a lot bc she is involved in the pridelands, and it reminds me of this post <3 which could be even more fun if inserted into this au, with makuu as leader of the outlands accepted into the summit, cause crocs are a lot more dangerous than hyenas let me tell you that. it also adds depth bc it would be personal healing for kiara, as she was attacked by outlander crocodiles in TLK 2!

i wish i could talk more about janja but kiburi is canon does not have too much depth tbh 😭 but the concept of them swapping is soooo cool. it would be so trippy for them to be swapped when they meet in Let Sleeping Crocs Lie

i'm probably gonna get even more ideas after i post this i guarantee. just a very cool au with a lotta potential!!

[egyptiangamer]

Summon: "You invade my territory, MY territory, and then you make jokes?"

Meet Mara Haraka 🐆! A fearless and prideful first year student and a king cheetah beast-woman from Savannaclaw. She is based on the cheetahs from Lion King as well as Fuli and Azaad from Lion Guard.

A bit about Mara is that she is brave and strong but also a loner and has difficulty being social since cheetahs normally hunt and thrive alone. Being in NRC, she learns there is value and benefits of having friends and starts to be more open-minded.

Mara and Leona (who I ship together) are fierce and competitive rivals with each other since lions and cheetahs don't get along too well. What makes it even more difficult for them to get along is that Mara's parents are both members of the royal guard, and she is training to be one. They might have had some small interactions as cubs, but it wasn't frequent until they both attended NRC together.

Some fun facts about Mara:

- Mara and Haraka are both swahili words. Mara means "spotted," and Haraka is "fast, quick, or speedily"

- She is of arabic descent from her father and Sunset Savanna descent from her mom

- Mara is considered the mom of the Savannaclaw dorm. Strict yet caring

- She has a blue henna on her left hand

Note: her hair is supposed to be in dreads. I'm not sure if I did them right because I don't do that hairstyle too much 😅

[intothetlkverse]

Decided to challenge myself by drawing every single TLK character out there, up until this point in time, and post it here. You can see the finished project on my main account, though I figured to post it on my tumblr just show I could proudly show off my work and a few of my head canons.

Here are all the cheetahs across TLK:

Starting off, as always, with the most popular choices, we have TLG's very own Fuli/Kufuli(lock)and Azaad(free/liberated-Arabic). You know their stories in TLG, so I'll continue with what comes after. Fuli eventually gets the urge to roam as all cheetahs do and, with several sad goodbyes, leaves the Tree of Life to go travel the land, soon accompanied by Azaad. Eventually she would return, with a large belly and four cubs on the way, and would stay there to help raise her young in the best environment. Meanwhile Azaad, as a male cheetah, isn't the most involved parent,  preferring the typical solitary male lifestyle and stay in his own territory, though he has met his cubs and he and Fuli are great friends. I changed Fuli's pattern to reflect the more 'king cheetah' aspect of her, giving her a more regal gold pelt color with more prominent spots, though with Azaad I look the artistic liberty of making him a ticked/spotless cheetah. Their daughters would take after either parents with their spots, though their son, Risasi, is the most 'normal' in terms of coat pattern, resembling more his grandparents, especially his maternal grandmother Umeme.

Continuing on Fuli's family tree, featured in "Fight For the Throne", is her father Kesho(tomorrow). A king cheetah with a lovely coat pattern and an ego too big to contain, a  prideful, arrogant, and yet cowardly fellow with delusions of grandeur.  When Simba was just beginning his reign, Kesho was an open critic, disliking lions for causing this issue in the first place and doubting their ability to fix this. Catching word of these complaints, Simba confronted Kesho and, to his surprise, Simba offered him the position of king then and there, with a challenge. If Kesho was so sure of his capabilities as a leader, then Simba would give him a week of all the duties and responsibilities of ruler, with the promise to give him the role permanently if he could make it through the week. Stunned, and full of himself, Kesho accepted. Needless to say, after only a few days of dealing with the duties and trials of being ruler, Kesho practically threw himself down at Simba's feet after a few days, beginning him to return and take back control, apologizing for his remarks. After that, Kesho, left humiliated and exhausted, left on his own from the Pridelands, never to be seen again, too ashamed and unable to deal with the rumors of 'unlawful usurpation' or that he was in cahoots for the throne with the hyenas. Hasn't been seen since, though he would've been proud to have a daughter who was named the fastest on the Lion Guard and savior of the Pridelands, if only to help boost his ego. I know his design is pretty... much, though given how proud he is, I felt it be a crime not to go all out for giving credence of his looks to his ego, as well as showcase some of the more bold and impressive parts of his design, including the 'evil eye-spots'.

Going back to the time of Simba's childhood is one of his friends, 'Swifty'/Wepesi(lightness, swift, rapid) from "The Race". Though initially arrogant and competitive, he earned the respect and grew more humbler after Simba and his friends saved him from becoming food for the red tongues/fire, and Wepesi would grow to appreciate the cub's fierceness and loyalty. Once grown, he would rove as all male cheetahs do, though would eventually find out about Simba and reach out to him before roving once more, but not before siring a cub with Beba's mother.

Speaking of, Beba(carry) is a young male cheetah from "A Snake in the Grass". An only child, his mother decided to give him company and friends by reaching out to the Mbala pride, whereupon he befriended Afua and the other cubs. Eventually he would mature and go out to rove, he eventually would return to settle in the territory and occasionally assist the pride as an unofficial messenger and occasionally socialized, but the fellow is more then happy on his own. The once energetic and boastful cub has matured into a calm, collected adult.

Next up are two lesser-known, nameless cheetahs, one from the time of Mohatu, the other from the opening of the Lion King. First off is Haraka(quickly/haste) the cheetah(and not the ostrich) from "The Brightest Star". A rather submissive and quiet in comparison to the majority of his species, he has a good heart and was able to serve during the drought as a scout and messenger for new water sources and further in Mohatu's reign. He also is Fuli's ancestor through her mother.

Beside him, the cheetah featured in the opening scene of the first film and later as one in the trio during Kovu's trial/exile, is Ajia(quick, fast-Arabic). The mother to a large litter of cubs, including the cheetah bros, she's a stern, yet fair and respectful lady who would not tolerate it if she knew what the two of her boys were up to, though as it stands they live in the Oasis and she is still in the Pridelands, though perhaps a visit is in order. I kinda see her what Fuli would've been if Kion hadn't approached her to be part of his Guard, a more distant, cold loner, still respectful of the world and Circle of Life, but not exactly the friendliest cheetah out there... so the ideal cheetah.

Speaking of the cheetah bros from the Timon & Pumbaa Show, bellow her we have Cheetata/Tata(complex) and Cheetato/Tato(tattoo). Tata is the younger, more eager and aggressive twin compared to his duller, more conniving and thorough bro, though both are menaces to the Oasis, enjoying hunting as much as they do making a gruesome spectacle out of tormenting and intimidating their victims. They were often foiled by Timon and Pumbaa, but to prevent them from getting too far in their behavior they had Tangaji/Tanglemane and later Simba to 'politely' make them aware of potential consequences should they continue to be bullies. However after Simba left, the two began to ramp up their antics again, causing havoc, Unfortunately for them, and fortunately for everyone else, their mother just so happen is planning a visit to see them, and she did not raise them to be so disrespectful to others and the Circle of Life.

Continuing with antagonistic cheetah brothers, from "Home, Sweet Home" we have the trio from Lightfoot's coalition, composed of lead brother Lightfoot/Futi(foot), Speedy/Shtaka(charge), Fast-Track/Wayo(track). All three are Umeme's brothers and thus Fuli's maternal uncles, and Futi is Wepesi's father, thus making him and Fuli cousins. In the magazine the three are hunting Stripey the zebra calf, next to where Simba, Pumbaa, and Timon have been staying nearby, and the three thoroughly get their butts kicked by them and are left with multiple bruises to the body and the ego. While Shtaka and Wayo eventually get over it, Futi does not and the three eventually have a falling-out with Futi staying in the jungle and the two other brothers roving together elsewhere, eventually making to the Pridelands, finding their sister and their niece, apologizing to Simba, Timon, and Pumbaa, and redeeming themselves. Their names are also what they call each other, though they also have given their sister the nickname 'Bolt' and Fuli their niece 'Zip'.

Next up on the list and one of the new ones I had no idea about till recently(at least hopefully unless the new Mufasa movie ruins my lists) is a male cheetah from the TLG comic "Team Play". A vain fellow, his desperation for fame caused him to rush into danger in trying to prove himself in front of the Lion Guard, though he is capable of some humility when they help save him and the baby antelope they were originally there for, and Fuli offers to teach and practice with him. He's one of the kids of the local cheetahs, his name's Dakika(moment).

And lastly, we have two cheetahs I also found out about recently, this time from the comic "Spots and Stripes": Kibaya(arrow-Hausa) and Jiro(electricity). The two are hunting a herd of zebras, when the herd suddenly flees. They mistake a stripe-painted Simba for a zebra, though after realizing that he and Nala are lions they still plan on making a meal out of them. Zebby the zebra and his herd cause a small landslide to run off the two, and the two are never seen again. In my verse these two are bachelor group that just happen to go through the Pridelands. Of course they were never welcomed again after Simba told his father what had occurred that day, since they were not only hunting the young son of the land's rulers, but also in a restricted hunting area.

[sketch-shepherd-art]

Another Lion Guard family pic, here's Fuli and Azaad with their cubs Leila, Zuberi, and Amira.

Leila and Amira are the girls, Zuberi is their only son (since their images are out of order, Leila is the feisty cub with the rosettes, Zuberi is the king cheetah cub, and Amira is the smallest cub)

[cardiel-media]

Musical theme of Faeze, son of Fuli and Azaad, monarchs of the cheetah nation "Ferezan".

READ MY FANFIC "THE LION KING: DAWN OF THE NATIONS" HERE: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13398694/1/The-Lion-King-Dawn-Of-The-Nations Summary: The Council of Kings, Kion, Rani, Kiara and Kovu, has made a crucial decision, involving the future of the Pride Lands and its surroundings. The monarchs and their offspring must deal with the still hidden consequences of Kion's proposal.

Art and video by: Carlos Cardiel

[kgepard]

The Lion King. The Lion Guard.

Comic - ,,The white cheetah,, Azaad and Katarina

Ost: All Dogs Go To Heaven 2 - "I Will Always Be with You"

Video: 2022-2023

[hyperfixated-maybe]

OKAY SO.

I've been doing lotsa research on the ranges of animals in TLG. (So I can better select skintones accurate to where they're from.) I looked into a lot of the animals we saw on the way to the Tree of Life. Other than The snow monkeys and the Komodo dragons, which both live on isolated islands wayyyyyy over in the east of Asia/where you would not expect the guard to pass through, the moja kwa moja stones theoretically go along a path north through Africa, then east across the middle east and Asia. SIDE TANGENT ALERT: Azaad is like. Definitely an Asiatic cheetah right?? But irl they're nearly extinct, with very few remaining in Iran. So, I was thinking: If there are no humans in this world, then wouldn't the animals follow more closely to their historic ranges and population sizes as hunting and habitat loss/fragmentation wouldn't be an issue? That gives waaaaaay more leeway as to how the Guard reached the tree of life and met all of these random ahh creatures on the way. (Excluding Komodo and Japan cuz they still make zero sense lol.)

Anyways. I place the Tree of Life somewhere in Nepal or northern India. (I am very VERY biased toward Uttarakhand… I would love it to be there.) Binturongs, snow leopards, red pandas, clouded leopards, and several other animals we see have current ranges reaching into Nepal.

Asiatic lions (blue) used to reach all the way to northern India, where I headcanon the Tree to be!!

So, if we're going off of historic ranges, the Night Pride could be a pride of Asiatic lions in northern India!

I’ve decided that the tree of life is in my favorite state in india. I will elaborate later i swear

[zumitlg]

[help-i-need-a-cool-username]

Art reference dump: ft. cheetahs, king cheetahs, Fuli, and Azaad

[fantaje3]

However, one thing I did like about the finale was Fuli and Azaad’s ship, unlike Kion and Rani, Their relationship was much better established despite having less screen time, Too bad it wasn't enough to save the show.

[gigibasora]

A scene I did with one of my fav characters from LG. Azaad. (Haven't posted in a while. I'm healthy and well, just a bit busy lol. Hope everyone is doing good too.) #gigibasora #animation #animatoroninstagram #cartoon #lionguard #disneylionguard #disney2danimation #2danimator #2dcartoon #2danimation #2dforever #azaad #cheetah #animatedanimals #smug #confident #anime #animationartist https://www.instagram.com/p/CMTB-MXDosC/?igshid=sm0d5o8lx3j3

[anc-art]

Another screencap edit. Fuli and Azaad doing something. Just wanted to see how they would look in a more movie accurate style. 

pictures used

http://pridelands.eu/image3136.html

http://pridelands.eu/image3136.html

[intothetlkverse]

Decided to challenge myself by drawing every single TLK character out there, up until this point in time, and post it here. You can see the finished project on my main account, though I figured to post it on my tumblr just show I could proudly show off my work and a few of my head canons.

Here's part two of all the monkeys across TLG/K:

Starting off we have members from the two most prominent baboon troops in the Pridelands. Big Baboon leader/Nyani(monkey) is the leader of his troop in Nyani Grove, the larger of the two groups of yellow baboons. As leader of the troop, confident and stubborn, though he needs to be. His troop is very small compared to most baboon troops, and primates do have a bit of a reputation in the Pridelands. At most they are hugely respectful healers who seem to possess more advanced skills and knowledge then any other creature, and those are typically either healers or mjuzis. On the other paw, every other primate, excluding kings of Sokwe and his troop, are typically seen as crazy, wild, aggressive, unkempt, and generally unpleasant to interact with. Add on territorial, stubborn, and a propensity to throw things at others, they are generally avoided when possible. Nyani doesn't deny his troop's behavior and tendencies to fulfil those assertions, though he does at least try to keep them in line so that they don't end up in a war or anything with any other group, and he is part of the Savannah Summit committee, typically seen as the representative for most of the primates overall in the Pridelands. From the Mapango Cliffs troop we have baby baboon's mother/Kupanda(climb) and baby baboon/Bika(baboon-Hausa). By the end of the series, we do see both plus Big Baboon's troop together greeting Fuli and Azaad, so I assume either the troops merged or both are putting aside their differences for their cheetah friend.

So I know in the original that Gumba and his mother are part of Big Baboon's troop, though in my verse I've changed that for reasons I will explain now. Gumba(thumb) and and his family, composed of his mother/Matunda(fruit), older brother plus Jibe(tick) and their father/Mbegu(seed), are the family we see from TLK2's "We are One", and they're all olive baboons. My personal HC is that in both my TLG AU and main canon is that they come from outside the Pridelands to form their own little family unit. Given the territorial nature of the native baboons, they are forced to remain away from their designated territory, which leads Gumba to befriending other animals and forming a little group, becoming fans of the Lion Guard and later growing up to have more significant roles working under the royal family. In my TLG AU where Jibe replaced Bunga was the bravest, this gives him some extra cool points with the fellow animals, being the big brother of Gumba and Pridelands' bravest, earning him a sort of 'big brother' to all and gaining favor with some of the local herds and such, to even where Big Baboon is respectful towards him. In regular canon, Jibe still is a passionate and supportive older brother, as well as breadwinner for the family, and eventually he and his family are allowed to integrate in Big Baboon's troop. Also Jibe replaces Fuli as the cool guardian/older sibling role in my AU towards baby baboon, though in either universe they would kill everyone in the Pridelands and then themselves if anything bad happened to them.

Last of the baboons we have the Traveling Baboon Show; comprised of Mwevi(thieves), Mwizi(thief), and leader Uroho(gluttony). Wevi and Mwizi are Chacma baboons while Uroho who is a Kinda baboon.... yes that is an actual baboon species. All three are bachelors ousted from their troops who joined together in order to find a place to reside in and a new troop to be able to join in. However the world isn't always the kindest to male animals sent out to keep the genes from stagnating, and competition is real, so.. yeah. Eventually they do end up fulfilling that duty after they integrate with the local baboon troops, though still perform for the animals, perhaps in a sort of holiday/festival that also includes Hadithi's flying tricks and the Bellow Brothers.

Lastly in this list we have the snow monkey family with Hitashi/Tashi(departure-Hausa) and Yuki/Ikhukhi(cookie-Zulu) with children Kimyo(chemistry) and Nabasu(I kiss). Originally Japanese macaques, they now are Barbary macaques, still living up in the mountains, though slightly larger and less pale, as well as the only species found in Northwestern Africa. Kion and crew do encounter them in my universe, however instead of a snowy avalanche its more of a rockslide, though the plot is mostly the same with Kion and crew finding them a new spot to reside in, which just so happens to also have hot springs next door. Additionally, I found out that macquacs are matrilineal, meaning female macaques remain with their natal groups for life while males emigrate before becoming sexually mature. However Ikhukhi's family was disapproving of Tashi's introduction into their troop, so she and him eloped, starting their own troop that now has both them and their two children.

[jswahaarts]

Nishati: You can’t just use Bazinga for ever word you say!

Bazinga:

These two get into lots of shinanegins and I’m gonna love drawing em out!

(Also the image is based off a meme )