#evil kion

[devilsrecreation]

Are we gonna have a problem?

You got a bone to pick?

We’re gonna rule this land and we’re gonna do it quick!

We honestly could just eat you

Like some filthy little grub

But we’re being nice, here’s some advice

Come on, lion cub!

[inamindfarfaraway]

So I wrote these villain song cover lyrics and animatic scripts for Disney Junior princesses Sofia the First and Elena of Avalor in AUs where they turned evil, inspired by Lydia the Bard’s series of Disney Princess villain songs. And I’ve been getting back into The Lion Guard lately. And since a main theme of that show is about Kion not wanting to turn out like Scar despite their parallels… I couldn’t resist writing this. Half the plot of Season Three is him trying not to have a corruption arc! It was right there!

All this to say, I hope any Lion Guard fans on here enjoy this. I haven’t had Kion follow too closely in Scar’s footsteps; his villainous goal is arguably the exact opposite. It’s his methods that are problem. Canon is pretty fine by me, minor quibbles aside (Kion deserved to grow a mane, for one), but it’s fun to explore how much worse things could have gone. Comments are appreciated!

[cozymochi]

Sorry for asking about the teeth 🤣 I was just extremely curious and won't ask the other question that also popped into my head about his teeth.

I am actually really interested in learning about both Nyoka and Cecil's magics. And just in general. As someone who likes to gush about their characters to my friends, I really like knowing all about characters, especially ones other people have created.

Whatever you're willing to share about them, I'd be very interested in hearing about

other question khjgh ITS FINE I THINK IT’S FUNNY, Thank you and everyone else for the interest 😭😳💖 I probably don’t say that enough I really really do appreciate it. Time to drop important lore on a random post 👍 These are gonna be super paraphrased 😭 one spell is less complicated than the other.

CECILS SIGNATURE SPELL:

“Sorcerers’ Stand-Still”

Renders a person or people frozen in place like a statue unable to move or speak until the caster either releases it, runs out of magic reserves to hold it, or it runs it’s course and wears off on it’s own.

A person is consciously aware that they are frozen in place. There’s no protection qualities here, they’re just stuck. It doesn’t seem like much, but he knows how to use it.

Inspiration: The “Standstill Stone” spell that Cedric used to briefly take over the kingdom in season 4 premiere of Sofia the First.

NYOKAS SIGNATURE SPELL:

“Mark of Evil”

intrusive thoughts the spell

His magically-infused cobra venom can affect someone's mind and remove their morals if he injects it into someone. His magic inflicts tremendous waves of pain and makes it difficult for a victim to think and control their own actions. So long as the spell is active, Nyoka can influence them almost like accomplices for his own means.

It’s not immediately obvious to anyone else that a person is under a spell at all. However, as the effect goes on, the victim becomes more and more openly uncharacteristic, irritable and difficult for Nyoka to steer influence as their psyche continues to fall apart. It’s ideal to release them before it reaches that point. Don’t worry, venom won’t kill this time because magic, but a victim’s memory will be hazy and they will be hurting quite a bit afterwards. 👍 He has more incentive not to use it.

Inspiration: The magic bite Ushari inflicts on Kion at the start of season 3 of the Lion Guard, and the maddening effects it causes from that moment on till the end of the show. (Heavily paraphrased.)

[mad-raptorzzz]

[Image Description: The SixFanarts challenge. The first is Whiteout from WOF, a Night/IceWing hybrid who is a dark grey-blue with a lighter belly. She has ice blue freckles throughout and caribous like horns. The second panel is Cera the triceratops from The Land Before Time. She is a peach color and is making a snarky face. The third panel is the villain The Nowhere King from Centaurworld. The design is a deer skull with glowing neon green eyes sitting in a bunch of dark goo. The fourth panel shows Randall from Monsters Inc. He is clinging to the box and grimacing in disgust. The fifth panel has Kion from the Lion Guard. He has yellow fur and a red mullet-esque mane. His left eye is scared and pale blue, indicating vision loss. The sixth and final panel contains Frostpaw from Warrior cats. She is a pale grey cat with a tipped left ear and human-made scar across her neck. Her eyes are widened in horror./End]

Wooooof, I finally finished this. Thanks to @bi-pan-whiteout for suggesting Whiteout!! I just chose the other 5. It was fun to draw non-dragons for a hot second. But man oh man do I need to practice lion king characters and cats

Whiteout: I tried a more traditional coloring scheme for her. I think I might still like piebald Whiteout. But I have like 15 designs for her in my brain at all times. She's just got so much potential!! Love her obviously.

Cera: Land Before Time is a big nostalgia trip for me. I gave Cera actual triceratops horns because it always bothered me she didn't have the eye horns. She also should have scars on her because my girl is ready to throw hands at all times.

The Nowhere King: Oh man Centaurworld was an absolute blast start to finish. This guy was my personal favorite part. His story is tragic, but they let him continue being evil. Such a wicked design too. Goop with a skull.

Randall: Randall is one of my favorite Disney/Pixar villains. Right up there with Scar and Ursulla and Hades. I just like that he's a conniving little guy. And his colors and design are just perfect.

Kion: So I know some Lion King fans really don't like the Lion Guard show. I don't mind it. The Lion King is my second favorite movie of all time, and Simba's Pride is my favorite direct to video Disney sequel. I enjoyed the show, even though I was waaaay older than the target audience. Especially the third season when they aged things up a bit. I imagine that Kion lost vision in his left eye after the injury. I also love his stupid little hairstyle and I doubled down.

Frostpaw: The horrors persist but so does she! She is one of my favorite characters in WC from the recent books. Such a cute little anxious lass. Trying her best. Interested to see how things go in Star.

[jangmi-latte]

this is to add up from @lovee-infected's analysis back in 2020 about leona being in the lion guard (read it here) but i randomly binged-watched the lion king series and realized scar was part of the lion guard before and has a tattoo which signifies his position. was also gifted "the roar (roar of the elders)" as his weapon but he must use it wisely or else he'll lose both his position and power (to which he eventually did).

the roar is booming, thunderous, and powerful. leona's roar is loud...really loud and it's not just his roar, it's his voice in general. AND HIS UNIQUE MAGIC IS "KING'S ROAR" and he seems well-educated in his country's defense mechanism. here's the difference between "king's roar" and "roar of the elders" take note of the bolded words

ROAR OF THE ELDERS/THE ROAR (The Lion Guard)

The Roar is strong enough to blast downward-falling water upward, scatter a pile of boulders, or force someone else backward, sometimes sending them flying miles away. However, if the Roar is used in anger, regardless of the intent, it can cause mass destruction and there is a risk of it rebounding like an echo, which can cause natural disasters such as earthquakes. When used in anger, the clouds will be dark and stormy...before Kion uses the Roar, he always tells everyone to get behind him...So he [Scar] tried to employ the rest of his Lion Guard to help him overthrow Mufasa, but when they refused, he destroyed them (Roar of the Elders from The Lion Guard Wiki).

KING'S ROAR (Leona Kingscholar)

In Leona's dorm uniform card, we see him confronting his dorm mates after they mobbed on Jack. His dorm mates threatened him [Leona], questioned his position as their boss and why does he have the right to order them around. He told Jack to "stand back" while he handles them himself. To deflect them and show them his power he used "King's Roar" which resulted in his dormmates and Jack saying:

"My foothold is trembling." "The terrain is rapidly shifting." "The ground is splitting?!" (Jack)

During his overblot, the skies and the clouds turned dark (as it commonly does during overblots). It showed that it can harm a person (such as Ruggie) by turning them into dust/sand. Ruggie also mentioned how he doesn't want to get involved in a blast from Leona's unique magic's full potential. Here's to say that turning something into sand ISN'T the only thing his unique magic can do.

ruggie also mentioned during his magishift club wear card that leona's voice is loud and that they can hear him very well despite the spectators being noisy (translation credits go to @mysteryshoptls):

We can hear Leona’s voice pretty good even when we got noisy spectators durin’ a game. Guess lions just got a healthier roar to ‘em.

if the roar of the elders is used for good and must be used for good, then king's roar is the twisted version of the roar of the elders since it is seen as something dangerous instead of something that can be used for good. seeing as the leona's unique magic was feared upon by his people in the palace, the roar of the elders, on the other hand, was seen as something admirable and worthy for a person to have.

heck the roar of the elders is confiscated if they're used for bad and evil as it musn't be used for ill-intentions. meanwhile, leona's unique magic is implied to be used for ill-intentions because "anything he touches turns into sand" and what good can it bring, right?

i see what you did there twst...very clever.

[whencartoonsruletheworld]

pls tell me more abt the lion guard i an HOOKED

back in 2015 someone told disney junior to make a tv show for lion king for baby children so they were like "ok so simba has a son ok. but we're not de-canonizing lion king 2 or anything no lion king 2 is still very very canon. this kid is kiara's little brother and he gets royal bloodline superpowers to roar SUPER loud and like. cause earthquakes sometimes dw about it. anyway he gets this power and the cutie mark that comes with it and is told to gather up four other bitches to form a patrol of people making sure that shit isn't happening. so he gathers his buddies and graduates to Mom Friend™ and gives them all cutie marks and they spend most of their time chasing hyenas and getting the pride lands equivalent of kittens out of trees."

and disney was like "okay good"

and then they were like "but ALSO from like minute one simba's son is traumatized from the terror he's gonna become just like scar [who used to have lion guard superpowers but then he went evil so the ancestors went 'naw bitch' and took em away] and also like every ten or so episodes we remind him sharply that his superpower is terrifying and they also almost die constantly because we're just reminding kids that the circle of life is a thing we're going to a funeral in one episode dw about it. also when he meets kovu's family we find out that zira got banished for being a lion supremecist and also once we hit season 2, that running gag character in the bg is gonna become a major antagonist and help the other antagonists literally necromance scar back from the dead into a weird smoke demon and the lion guard's gonna have to fight him which permanently scars kion and blinds one of his buddies for like the rest of the show and also this poisons kion so he and his gang have to leave the pride lands for a cure, just for long enough for lion king 2 to happen"

and disney was like "um"

"and also timon and pumbaa adopted a whole-ass second child. in case you were wondering if they were still gay."

the scar necromance episode is the first disney channel show to get a parental advisory warning ahead of it but also the same show has an episode that's basically just an odd couple breakup between a rhino and a tickbird

[1218-814]

Twst Loop Theories/Analyses … (Mostly of Leona Oji-tan's)

Savannaclaw’s the deepest and most mysterious theory I have translated tbh... 

This time it’s ALL of the people that are from the Savannaclaw Arc (Even Cheka!)

Jokes on you if you haven't dissected the op like I have. We (as players) have made a contract with Azul :3

Leona is an important person in the Loop Theory, aka Rapunzel theory. And one way is by looking at his hair.

Leona’s hair is brown, unlike Scar’s black mane. Most characters have a main villain base and other characters as a sub-base. Leona’s is Scar main and possibly Kion as a sub base. (more on that later in the bottom) But a lot of characters have more than 2 bases so what if the base is in his looks? 

Leona’s hair is brown with braids. So, in the Disney’s franchise there's only one specific person, or princess that would fit this description. Rapunzel. These two have a lot in common if you look for them.

Leona is 20. Rapunzel is 20 by the 3rd season of the TV series.

Like I said, looks Rapunzel did have brown hair as well as green eyes. When she has long hair in the tv series, she did braid her hair sometimes. But in the end she did cut her hair again, like in the end of the movie. So Leona might cut his hair in the end. (I will miss his hair)

The Fairy Gala had lilies in Leona’s SSR. In the movie, there are similar lilies when Rapunzel gets out of her tower.

And the buddies of his card are the light trio, Rook, Silver, and Kalim. All three of them have a part that is based off of the ‘good’ characters.

His tarot card is the tower; if the tarot card theory is true, then it does fit in with the description. Especially the part that Rapunzel was trapped inside a tower. In the story Leona (Rapunzel) is trapped in the tower (NRC)

Both of them also share a similar power (kind of not but). Rapunzel has a power that is called the “sun drop”- it came from the sundrop flower. The power of the “Sun Drop” can help slow down aging, heal, and as well as recover what was once lost. Leona’s power is King's Roar. His power “dries up the opponent and turns everything into sand”. (I don't fully believe it because of my last post but this is this) We are going to assume “in the end” it will become sand.

In the world of Rapunzel. There is a stone called the “Moonstone Opal”. This stone is the exact opposite of the “Sun Drop”, and it- kills and takes away life. In the 14th episode of season 2, Rapunzel finds an old scroll and chants the “Reverse Inaction”; it makes the animals decay and the people around hard to breathe. This was only the first half of the lyrics so the power of destruction was probably not complete. Half of the lyrics can kill, but unlike Leona’s power, it can’t fully destroy the shape.

Cassandra, the daughter of Gothel, did use the powers (her hair and eyes became different) and if she touched anything they would decay; like Leona’s powers of drying the things he touched after using “Kings Roar”. And in the end of season 3 Rapunzel did absorb part of the Moonstone Opal’s powers. 

So what will Leona do in the story? If you look at the prologue 0-0 in the end title you’ll notice it either

turns to sand 

or the fire went out.

In the movie of Rupunzle the antagonist, Mother Gothel (Evil Queen is the motif), and in the end, she loses the power of Rapunzel’s hair and drops from the tower and becomes dust leaving her robe behind. I did say this before of him being “The Tower” card. But what if in the end... He uses his magic and makes the person/thing Crowley revived into sand?

(Personally I think there's a chairman or someone that Crowley will revive. Mallenoa? IDK, there's a person or something I think)

But before the soul disappears, Crowley flies into the mirror and uses his magic to rewind time, which is what might happened, and he tries to find his “Happy ending”

But Leona doesn’t lose his memory, and the Messiah, Lilia, is probably the one who knows and is teaming up secretly. It was especially suspicious when Leona purposely overblotted, which I think, was because of Lilia’s words....

It would make sense if it was the fire going out, because it can also ties in with Rapunzel. Leona is probably going to break the loop with MC. 

I did say that Leona does have chess pieces in his room that tie in with the Light trio. (below)

Rook: Rook Hunt’s name

Knight: Silver thinks he has a talent for a sword and “silver sword”. Also Malleus’s knight

Pawn: Kalim is a pawn to Jamil (He tried to use him to become King in the movie and in the arc)

Also, Leona would be the “king” chess piece 

And Leona’s best subject is “ancient curses”, like Rapunzel he can use harmful ones, like his unique magic too. What if he knows a spell that can “go back in the past? 

If he did It would make sense why his memories aren’t lost. So in conclusion Leona is the Rapunzel trapped in the tower called “Twisted Wonderland”

But other than the pieces what gave away that he is the traveler? 

Something with Azul’s contracts and the scar on his eye is still not clear. But, first let’s look at his name.

Kingscholar can be seprated into King (ruler) and Scholar (a specialist in a branch of study). Scholars usually point to social sciences, or humanities. These branches of study study the human values and how they express the feelings; they require knowledge from phycology to history. If the word “scholar” is in his name, then it can be reasoable to think that he may be “observing and analyzing a person or a thing” 

Leona’s best subject is “ancient curses”, and he is good at protection spells as well as pharmacy (the study of medication). Those do require a lot of knowledge to be good at. Why would he need to repeat the grade if he is so smart?

On Youtube (とろちゃんねる), Leona broke the loop in between his second year and third year. 

In the 4th arc, Mickey’s third remark in the dream is the reason the number “3″ is really weird, almost incompatible.

Leona is 20 he’s in his third year for the third time (if the loop theory is true). If I am correct then the time MC came is when the “3″s (triple)overlapped. He also asked how many stones Grimm ate after the third arc.

This is where Jack’s origin comes in. Jack most likely originated from the author of “White Fang” (Jack London), but there’s more. In my other theory, I said that the MC’s body is not there, that Jack may be referenced from the TV show of the Lion King, Lion Gard’s, Ray-ray. In the show, they defeat Scar, who died and came back to life. Maybe this is also a clue...

In a personal talk, Savannaclaw was talking about the King of Beasts (or whatever they called it). People usually thought “Oh, it's about Scar” but, it's not. It’s not Simba or Mufasa either. It's not Kion as well. If I summarize the traits of the king they were talking about then it becomes like this:

He ruled with his power and fangs, and rejected his older brother to become the king in an attempt to great a good country with wisdom and order to change the affiliation of the strong bullying the weak

The King of Beasts does not discriminate 

“The King of the sky that guides the stars” was called “firefly” and “Great King from the Past”

The nephew of the king was not at the king’s coordination ceremony (Leona and Jack’s conversation)

Leona’s scar on his eye and the King of Beast’s scare are the same. But, Leona avoided answering the question when Ruggie asked him when his scare was from. (Ruggie and Leona’s conversation)

The anecdote of the king; he can apperently talk to hippos, giraffes, lions, and monkeys. (Jack and Leona)

The hornbill, who served the royal family, noticed the change in the country and gave their opinion to the king of beasts infromed. The king is very considerate and king and listened to the opinions and advice. (Ruggie and Leona)

Most of it is describing Scar 

but 3,6,7 are far from matching him.

3 is taking about the “ The King of the sky that guides the stars”. This description is very fitting to “Roar of the Elders” from Lion Gard. Yes, there is a time where this kinda happened in the main story. (also Leona’s unique magic is referenced from “Roar of the Elders”

6. We do have a hippo friend in “Lion Gard”, but not any other animals in the original ones. (The giraffe is missing)

7. the Hornbill is Zazu from lion king, who does serve the royal family. He is present from the original “Lion King” and is with Kion in the show. Something seems off to my guts.

“Why are they favoring Kion?”, you may ask. But Kion and Scar have a trait they share. They are both second born. Also Kion’s roar becomes the strongest; there is a story when he got the cobra venom in his eye and became violent and couldn’t control his power. His scar is as the same as Leona and Scar’s left eye. In season three you see Kion with two lines as a scar on his eye.

In conclusion, what the Savannaclaw students were talking about is either “Kion” or “a lion other than Scar and Kion”.If it is Scar the King, number 1 explained, then the flow of the story is too convenient.  It’s also unclear if it is Kion as well; if it's the conversation after season 3 then I would have no idea. 

 The Key part is his Tattoo and Azul’s contract (Bet you didn’t see that coming) 

In “Lion Gard”, the guards all have a tatoo. Leona does have powers and has a tattoo on the same left arm (technically) as Kion. But unlike Kion’s, the tatoo is a different color. We’ve seen this shade of color. Yes, it’s the same as Azul’s ink. 

(Pull out Azul’s Dorm SSR, after Groovy)

We can’t read the contract, but Lin Channel (on YouTube) is doing gods work and translated into actual words (English cursive) it reads:

Contract:

I am wishing mate 

I wishes senior siring

nephew smiling

inwhere inway amaging waiting

winner winter welcoming

where wide whichever via where wiser anniversary

For all eternity (For all eternity is from the original “Little Mermaid”’s contract)

Let me explain how she’s doing the work, Google (yea, teachers) She looks up people’s hand writings and can conclude things (the long curve after “i” may be the ending “ing”) But, if I clear it up and make it normal English it would look like this:

I want a companion

I wish my brother and nephew a smile

I am ambushing and waiting

Anywhere in the place where

the winter of victory comes

This is just my thoughts, but “brother and nephew” may be Cheka and Leona’s brother, which would be reasonable why such a minor character like Cheka got voice acted. 

Winter could be meaning Hades, who kidnapped Persephone and made winter. So, maybe Idia could be the key to our victory here. And this would expain why Savannaclaw was between Ignihyde and Diasomnia 

Winter could also mean Cheka and Leona’s brother’s heart. They could be lonely (Grim asks Leona about his family, and Grim replies with “They must be lonely, being in a dark cold place” or something like that)

I’m sure that Leona made the contract for Cheka and his brother. He is the only character with a nephew. The tsun-dere side of Leona would explain why he didn’t want to tell anyone about what the contract is about.

Just by the contract and the loop theory we can tell that he is important. But what if he is not based off of Scar... But rather, Kion from “Lion Gard”? If I look into the original characters of what Leona is based off of, then I would forget about “Leona”. Yana Toboso is twisting our brain like that, such as in “Black Butler”, and maybe thats another reason why the game is called “Twisted Wonderland”

So what we all we know about Leona is:

Leona’s tattoo

he is aware of the loop or he is suspicious of the loop

Jack’s position (We don’t know as much as I would like about his power)

Cheka will appear again (he does get Voice acted, and maybe that’s what the second arc will be about. He also said something about having a fiancée so maybe an event?)  

Leona overblotted instead of Ruggie (my other theory)

I do think the tattoo may be made by Azul in the other loop, and he is aware of the loop or will remember of the loop because of the tattoo 

But it is Yana Toboso sensei so... I may be wrong~

~~~

Posting this after Leona's magic is aeration theory bc his unique magic makes no sense.

Multiverse or Azul theory next?

If you can comment that will be appreciated (likes and reblogs are appreciated.

I also wrote this 2 years ago

Idk if its right but I did make some changes :3

[blade-liger-4ever]

Something I've noticed that makes me liquid angry.

Queen Rani, leader of the Night Pride and ruler of the Tree of Life, wife of Prince Kion from The Lion Guard.

Her parents were killed in front of her right outside their home, which also resulted in her scar and deeply traumatized her.

For this she likely had to act maternal for her little brother, Baliyo, while finding other methods to cope with her own trauma.

Was forced to take up leadership of the Night Pride around the time Kion formed his Lion Guard, at least.

Was also being trained to become queen at the same time, while said territory was about three times the size of the Pride Lands and her grandmother, Queen Janna, was a hair's breath from death for years.

Thus she had much pressure on her from a young age, lots of trauma, and rightly founded convictions against allowing outsiders inside, especially if they were powerful individuals and not fleeing animals seeking sanctuary from clear threats.

This gives her some friction with Kion in the first two episodes featuring her, but quickly smoothes out as they fall in love and she matures past much of her struggles through their romance.

Is branded with ❌️ by the fandom.

This is largely because of how Rani "ruined" the TLK/TLG fandom's preferred ships and, in some cases, was mean to Kion in their early interactions. However, Rani canonically proves herself as not only competent and reliable, but also mellows out and grows a great deal of respect and love for Kion, while also managing to admit her wrongness of her first impression of him. Time and again she proves to be his equal in intelligence, strategy, leadership, morals, convictions, and combat prowess. This is important because Kion is a pinnacle of goodness, and despite her rough start, Rani is similarly a pinnacle of goodness with her selfless nature and dedication to defending the Tree of Life and not only its hundreds of miles of land, but its thousands to millions of lives.

Mara Jade, infamous Emperor's Hand, former Dark Side assassin, and later wife of Luke Skywalker in Star Wars Legends.

Is raised in the heart of evil with no source of love or compassion.

Is trained from infancy to be a remorseless killer.

Somehow given autonomy for no discernably good or well-founded reason beyond being favored by Palpatine.

Magically retains a conscience despite having no one give her a heart or morals.

Tries to kill her future husband numerous times.

Blames him for her luxurious life being destroyed, despite not having a real life that exists outside of killing and hunting targets when not on vacation.

Only lets go of her attempts to kill Luke Skywalker after murdering his clone in battle.

Receives no trial or punishment for her crimes.

Does not even provide information of any sort to the New Republic.

Jumps straight into Jedi training, with no one, not even Han Solo, questioning this decision.

Retains her abrasive and snide personality when married to Luke and when she becomes the mother of their son.

Continues to choose morally gray options when her husband is staunchly Light Side aligned.

Is given ✅️ by the fandom while these issues are ignored.

This is a problem because like Kion, Luke Skywalker is a pinnacle of goodness. Despite the clear need for an equal and supportive half of the same moral convictions as him, Luke is married off to a woman who continually chooses underhanded/dark methods to accomplish her own personal goals rather than sacrificing and doing good for the sake of good like he constantly does. Furthermore, she always treats Luke like trash, never apologizing for her behavior, and gets away with attempting to murder him while no one tries to kill her for the threat she posed to Luke. I cannot and will not believe that Leia and Han just shrugged and welcomed her into the family the way they did in Legends. It is wrong, out of character for all of the movie characters, and unjustifiable with all of the above taken into account. Mara Jade never changed from her relationship with Luke, and yet everyone praises them to the sky while Kion and Rani are abused to no end for maturing into adulthood and growing stronger from their romantic bond.

This is an unfair treatment on both sides, and I will not tolerate either viewpoints, nor will I forgive the accusations from either fandom on each pair.

Anyone who becomes incensed at this, I have news for you:

I.

Don't.

Care.

(Source.)

[devilsrecreation]

Makuu, Kiburi, and Ucheshi: *shamelessly challenge Pua to a mashindano bc they firmly believe they can be a good leader and win*

Nduli: *makes one (half) joke that he would be a good leader and Pua says “bet”*

[spinnysocks]

If Kion had a villain arc, his theme song would definitely be "World Burn" from Mean Girls: The Musical.

i hadn't heard this song before now, but damn it goes hard! i'm definitely imagining this for an evil kion au based on the canon plot OR jealous kion in the three queens au! though i think a canon plot based kion villain arc would work better for this song because he'd probably join scar's army. and yaknow, the song talks about burning so :]

[tofautisawa]

What are your thoughts on Bunga? Although I’m sure I have a good idea.

If you are guessing that I am not a fan of him, then you would be right.

BUT....I will say that he did legit have some moments that actually got a chuckle out of me in Season 2 and I did like the episode Babysitter Bunga. And I am always a sucker for the Happily Adopted trope, and Timon and Pumbaa referring to him as their baby is downright adorable.

I thought they would improve his character, but in season 3- he was the absolute worst. From causing problems thanks to how reckless he is, to apparently finding amusement from Kion going mad from the bullshit scars and lashing out at his friends- nevermind that Kion could have actually killed him earlier and despite all of that, he never apologizes for any of it. I actually made this shitpost in response that I have posted beforehand because it just baffles me the writers chose to do this with Kion's "best friend."

It's like despite how serious season 3 wanted to be, they REFUSED to actually have Bunga's character grow. I don't know why they couldn't have a moment where Bunga just drops the reckless dumbass trait to take something seriously for five freaking seconds. Like you can still have him be the comic relief without having him come across as being blatantly insensitive towards his "best friend" and expecting us to laugh at it.

And don't get me started on how the show's morals and lessons they try to teach in various episodes, NEVER applies to him at all. We had multiple episodes talking about how stealing is wrong because it disturbs the "Circle Of Life", cue Bunga knowingly taking food from a mother bird's nest and he never gets scolded for it. Fuli is considered in the wrong for doing a reckless act even though that is like Bunga's entire character that we should be rooting for. They even try to have Bunga say "Even I wouldn't do something like that." to Fuli. But I guess trying to dive into lava because he think it can't hurt him is something he would do? In which he also endangered Fuli because she had to keep saving his ass. Should have let him get the Ushari treatment, Fuli.

Speaking of Ushari, Bunga is one of the main reasons Ushari turned evil and you can't change my mind. This moment still infuriates me to this day.

Despite all of this, I actually own a Bunga plush that I refuse to get rid of because my partner used it to prank me. lol So there's is that.

TL;DR: Me and my homies don't like Bunga.

[peacefulemoyearnings]

My Problem with Friends to the End

ok i'm well aware the Lion Guard has its struggles with applying human morality to animals. i'm also aware it's a preschool show and i am in no way expecting it or the characters to be perfect. i am also not expecting the characters to never have conflict. that being said though:

Friends to the End is legit the least enjoyable Lion Guard ep for me. i'm aware of how controversial Bunga is and it's perfectly okay to love or hate him or both. i happen to be in the third camp but i digress. anyway, what bothers me the most about this episode is how Bunga was written. he is supposed to be Kion's best friend since they were very little. for the most part, the show does a decent job of showing that, except in this episode.

the Disney+ episode description says that "Bunga worries that the venom in Kion is turning him evil!". but..... he doesn't come across as worried, per se. throughout the episode, instead of showing the mentioned "worry", at times it feels as if he is rooting for Kion to turn evil. instead of coming off as worried for his childhood best friend, he instead comes off as actively searching for a spectacle out of Kion's jerkish behavior. Fuli tries to rein him in, but when he says it out loud, Kion is briefly angered and then runs away in shame. The rest of the team starts defending Kion not becoming evil by lecturing Bunga with a somewhat patronizing song about how "we stand by and encourage our friends, not calling them evil mmkay?" then they go to find Kion in danger and Bunga gives him an apology that is kinda heartfelt but still a bit iffy given the way his concern from Kion comes off as casual.

to be fair tho, this probably is how Bunga expresses his concern even if i may not agree with the way he does it. given Kion's behavior throughout the day, Bunga is right to be concerned. does the Guard listen to his concerns? not really. it's true they do call Kion on his jerkish behavior but Bunga is constantly having his concerns dismissed by Fuli bc her role in the show seems to be to try and rein him in when he's being too much. they don't stop and ask about Bunga's feelings. they call Kion out for his behavior and then sing a song about sticking by your friends no matter what. (granted the song didn't exactly imply condoning shitty behavior but it kind of glossed over it a bit).

the message in this episode is kind of portrayed in sort of a broken way in my opinion. Bunga's worries about Kion come off as weirdly casual, which means the rest of the Guard doesn't take his concerns seriously because of how those worries are coming across. (especially Fuli, I think her main role in the show is basically to just be fast, sarcastic, and constantly annoyed at Bunga but I digress). idk. if this episode is enjoyable to other people, that's great! /gen. this is just my silly personal opinion that I don't enjoy this episode. again, i'm aware this is a preschool show and that i don't expect writers and characters to be perfect, i just kind of wanted to rant a little about the problems i personally have with Friends to the End.

[jayietheriverwarrior]

I wanted to design some of the characters described in my Sarafina and Zira series but who didn't appear in the art for it, so here are some of them!

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Name: Kimbia Name Meaning: To run (Swahili) Gender: Male Allegiance: Jadi's Pridelands (formerly), Outlands Rank: Swiftest of the Lion Guard Mate: Sarafina (marriage), Sema (affair) Daughter: Nala Sons: Tojo, Mheetu This is Nala's father, Sarafina's mate as chosen by Queen Shari. Neither lion was thrilled about the match, but they were sympathetic to each other's displeasure about it, and they did their best to make it easier on each other and were good friends. Kimbia's heart belonged to Sema, a huntress with no particularly powerful fighting skills, which left her out of Shari's favor as she only wanted strong soldiers for her war against the Pridelands.

I see him as a fairly laid-back guy, pretty easy-going, quiet sometimes. I tried to make sure you could see both Nala and Tojo in his design, Nala gets her darker more saturated fur from him and eye/chin/nose shape, while Tojo gets most of his coloration. He has similar swept-back hair to his grandson Kion and a sort of gold pelt and reddish mane similar to (though much darker than) his, since their similarities were highlighted in that one cave painting.

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Name: Sema Name Meaning: Say (Swahili) Gender: Female Allegiance: Jadi's Pridelands (formerly), Outlands (formerly), Pridelands Rank: Hunter Mate: Kimbia (affair) Son: Tojo Sema is Tojo's mother, Kimbia's secret true mate (though not secret from Sarafina, Kimbia never lied to her, and Sarafina was fine with him keeping his relationship with Sema as he hadn't had a choice about being married to her). She's quiet and insecure due to years of being sneered at by Shari and her supporters. Kimbia was her biggest supporter, and after his death, she's lost for a time to her grief and fear, until the need to look after Tojo pulls her back out of it. Sarafina is a great help in looking after Tojo while Sema is struggling, and the two lionesses become good friends.

Tojo gets his yellower shades from his mom, and thinner face shape than his broad-faced dad. I love how kind of unique she turned out, she's a pretty girl.

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Name: Shari (formerly Sharifu) Name Meaning: Anger, evil (Swahili) (Shari); honor, noble (Swahili) (Sharifu) Gender: Female Allegiance: Jadi's Pridelands (formerly), Outlands Rank: Queen Mate: Jadi Daughters: Dunia, Zira (Ziara) This is Zira's mother, queen of the Outlands. Weird that I started with a fresh slate but in some ways worked my way back to some of the elements of her old design, mainly the duller coat - that's where Nuka gets his ashy coat from. Since Zira gets most of her looks from her dad, Shari moreso has features that can be found in her grandson and great-grandkids - Nuka's ashy coat and eyerim shape, Vitani's chin, nose bridge, and ears, and a shorter muzzle and paler shade of Kovu's green eyes.

The scar something she demanded one of her followers inflict on her after her mate Jadi's death, to honor and reflect him, though she got it on the other eye so as not to be confused with a true Mark of Exile - she's no exile, she's a wrongly outcast queen who will paint the Pridelands red to get back what is rightfully hers.

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Name: Dunia Name Meaning: World, earth (Swahili) Gender: Female Allegiance: Jadi's Pridelands (formerly), Outlands (formerly), Pridelands Rank: Hunter (formerly Princess of the Outlands) Mother: Shari (Sharifu)

Father: Jadi

Sister: Zira (Ziara)

Mate: Tumbili Daughters: Tama, Anza, Kumbatia (Kuuma), Vumbi (Vunja) Dunia is the firstborn daughter of King Jadi and Queen Shari, and therefore their heir. She bears the brunt of her mother's expectations to take back over the Pridelands one day, but she hates what her mother has become and doesn't want to hurt anyone. Surprisingly, her best source of comfort is her mate Tumbili, a mate she hadn't chosen for herself (it had been arranged/forced by her mother), but a mate so kind and supportive and encouraging that she truly falls in love with him. When her mother dies and the chance to leave the violent life of the Outlands behind suddenly presents itself, the pair take it and never look back.

She has a slightly more saturated version of her mother's ashy coat and her green eyes. You might be able to guess who else she's closely related to through her design. ^^

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Name: Tumbili Name Meaning: Monkeyish (Swahili) Gender: Male Allegiance: Jadi's Pridelands (formerly), Outlands (formerly), Pridelands Rank: Hunter (formerly Keenest of Sight of the Outlands Lion Guard) Mate: Dunia Daughters: Tama, Anza, Kumbatia (Kuuma), Vumbi (Vunja) Despite growing up in the tense atmosphere of a Pridelands wracked by civil war, then moving to the Outlands and living under Shari's harsh rule, Tumbili is a playful soul. He loves to prank and joke and tease, always in good humor. He loved Dunia even before they were married, but he never told her until after she confessed her own feelings, as he never wanted to make her feel pressured in a marriage that had already not been her choice. He just offered supported and friendship and goofy jokes to make her laugh and forget her troubles for a time.

Obviously, his daughter Tama gets a lot of her looks from him, mostly her colors. XD And a certain grandson gets his chin from him.

[woodcries]

again, offering kione out for ships bc rn she's stuck with the evil egg

[thepaststillhurts]

Headcanon - extended version

{"Jasiri, I was wrong. You belong here."}

Simba can't accept hyenas so easily, be them good or evil. He has been raised on prejudice, and he has had wrong experience with them all his life. He didn't know any good hyenas, Jasiri was the first one.

And actually this is how he also raises his children. 'Never judge a hyena by its spot" episode is the proof of it when Jasiri asks "Do you think all hyenas are bad?" It indicates that Simba teaches his cubs lessons about hyenas that they can't be trusted.

Simba first met Jasiri when Kion (as cub) introduced her to the family. Simba was not happy at all, what’s more, he became very angry and even forbade Kion to contact Jasiri and her clan. He did it because the events of the past was still there in Simba’s mind and he didn’t want to see any hyenas in the Pride Lands again. Simba and Kion had long arguments about it, Kion always trying to convince him that Jasiri follows the Circle of Life but Simba didn’t believe that. However, as time passed Simba realized that Kion was right, he started accepting Jasiri and revoked his judgement. This is what we can see in the episode ’Battle for the Pride Lands’, Simba now is alright with Jasiri being friends to the Lion Guard.

So actually, Kiara and Kion made Simba truly learn what 'we are one' about: as Kiara made his father accept the Outlanders, so did Kion make him accept the hyenas.

[polyhexian]

Shout out to the ungodly amount of fucking plot development in the finale. New member of the lion guard. Lion literally creates and entirely new job in the ancient tradition of the lion guard. Everyone has gotten older. Kion has been scarred and filled with a poison that affects his ability to determine right from wrong. Jasiri is in charge of the outlands. Janja is good, and also basically the hyena lion guard. Makini is main cast now. Next season is not in the pridelands but a quest to find a new location with a cure for kion's new Evil Disease. Ono is Fucking Blind