#janja tlg

[bigfatbreak1]

I was using a lot of screen caps from the show for my drawings but I fear I’ll never fully capture his swagadocious essence.

[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.

[a-p3rz0n]

character bingo’s no-one asked for ;

Ono :

janja :

Fuli :

Bunga :

Kion :

[nothingbutartstuff]

No where else to post this so have a rarepair I love very much

[dawn-sunlight]

Oh my gosh I have literally SO many thoughts about these guys. (And by "these guys" I mean "Janja and his relationships with these guys")

Incoherent rambling below the cut

Considering the fact they'd teamed up a few times before Scar, I think Janja and Mzingo do have some sort of genuine bond or friendship. it would certainly explain why the vultures were so quick to become incredibly loyal to Jasiri. I've seen a lot of people interpret them like Mzingo is a dad to Janja, and when I saw that idea for the first time I liked it so much that I started seeing them that way too.

One of the scenes that lives in my mind rent-free is the one in Divide and Conquer where Reirei seems genuinely worried and angry on Janja's behalf after she figures out they were tricked by Kion and Tamaa and that the whole Lion Guard is after Janja. Despite their bickering, Reirei cares on some level about Janja and I like to think that the sentiment is returned.

I don't think Reirei or Mzingo were told about the backstabbing attempt. I just don't think they'd actually try to kill Janja and his clan, their TEAMMATES, just like that. Maybe I'm putting too much faith in Reirei, but I am completely confident Mzingo did not know. He finds out about the plans for the Guard in Return of the Roar and his first order of business is to inform Janja about it, there's NO WAY he would have been on board with an attempted murder of the hyenas.

I think the friction between Janja and the reptiles is FASCINATING. For starters, there's Ushari. Once Scar was summoned, the two never had a good relationship afterwards. Which makes sense. Janja is resentful of this snake getting to basically be second in command and having Scar's favor. He never agreed to have this former Pridelander snake living in his volcano, but he can't object now because of Scar. And Ushari is a former Pridelander; regardless of anything else he almost certainly still has Pridelander bias against the hyenas. And this applies to the skinks and crocs as well; all of them are former Pridelanders, no wonder they had no qualms about backstabbing Janja like they did.

Side note, I think Ushari and Shupavu are both very interesting. Ushari was treated pretty poorly by the group that supposedly was for the benefit of all Pridelanders who follow the Circle of Life, so of course he got fed up with it. The tragic part is that he became so loyal to the one he thought would help him that he was willing to throw everyone else under the bus, even Shupavu and her skinks(he doesn't care whatsoever when Scar reveals he sent the skinks to deal with the Guard as part of the charade in Battle for the Pridelands), and that someone would have discarded him without a second thought the SECOND he got what he wanted. Shupavu is smart, cunning, and sneaky. If you don't have her favor, you'd better be careful because she WILL rat you out with zero hesitation, because even if she's ON your side, she's not on YOUR side until she decides she is.

And that's the problem with Janja and Shupavu's relationship. Janja treats the skinks with absolutely zero respect, because to him, they're just tiny little lizards that can't actually do anything. And this means Shupavu and her skinks have no qualms about reporting him back to Scar and getting him in trouble.

Finally, there's the crocs. It's interesting how Kiburi seemed pretty happy about getting rid of both the Lion Guard and Janja's clan. Almost like there was underlying tension between the two of them or something. Little things like a croc being the one to knock Janja into the vent, even if it was an accident, and Kiburi forcefully shoving him off in both the Scorpion's Sting and Pridelanders Unite! likely contributed to this tension. (Fun fact: Janja actually has a croc pinned down during the battle in Battle for the Pridelands at one point). Personally, I don't think they ever formed that close of a bond, due to the fact the crocs are former Pridelanders and unlike Ushari and the skinks, they were kicked out. They didn't leave like the other two did.

the frenemies of all time

it was so hard to find pictures of them in the same shots 😭 they're in the same scenes all the time but not the same shots- i think it's actually a purposeful choice by the animators to show they're not actually allied, which i think is cool

[devilsrecreation]

TLG Human AU shenanigans

Tamka: Kiburi!

Nduli: Kiburi!

Both: KiburiKiburiKiburiKiburiKiburiKiburiKiburiKiburiKibu-

Kiburi: What?!

Nduli: Sorry Kiburi, we just wanna let you know something!

Kiburi: Yeah? And what’s that?

Nduli: We love you, Kiburi :)

Kiburi: ….And?

Tamka: And we want a Nokia N-Gage

Kiburi: No you don’t! It went defunct it 2006!

Nduli: Actually, it was in 2007

Kiburi: You know the year it went defunct! Why do you want it?!

Tamka: Cuz it looks cool!

Kiburi: You said that about the OUYA Ya bought last week

Tamka: The OUYA doesn’t have any games

Kiburi: I told you that before we bought it, neither will this!

Nduli: But Kiburi, it’s so cooooooool!

Kiburi: I don’t even think you can play games on that thing! It was a phone service!

Tamka: But Ucheshi said this stuff was awesome!

Kiburi: ……….Boys, stay here

Nduli: Okay, Kiburi.

*Lake Matope or whatever the human equivalent is*

Kiburi: Have you been telling them to buy outdated electronics?

Ucheshi: Yes.

Kiburi: WHY?!

Ucheshi: Because you hurt my boyfriend, fuck you, dude.

Kiburi: Ucheshi, I swear to God-

[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]

Janja 🤝 Sir Pentious 🤝 Gummigoo

used to be the villains but later turns into good boy and be friends with the protagonists

[bigfatbreak1]

He ate (and got kicked out of the pridelands lmaooooooo)

[dawn-sunlight]

Janja and Kion definitely get into shenanigans together now that they're on friendly terms.

[a-p3rz0n]

HUH

isn’t it weird Janja is bigger than Jasiri? Female hyenas are literally proven to be bigger and more aggressive than male hyenas.

[incorrecttlg]

Bunga: Let’s play a game! “Who can tell the biggest lie”.

Kion: I like Janja.

Janja, looking around: That was unnecessary, right? Anyone else feel like that was unnecessary? Guys?

[spinnysocks]

look at them.

sillies. /affectionate

[devilsrecreation]

Beautiful

Beautiful

Beautiful

🎶Beautiful boys~🎶

Beautiful

Beautiful

Beautiful

🎶Beautiful boys~🎶

[pizacat72]

Outlander high school au where makuu and his float are the school's football team and hodari is the top student in pua's biology class (pua is the bio teacher). Makuu and Hodari become friends through Hodari offering to help makuu with his homework aaaaaa

[tired-lamb]

take a janja x jasiri shitpost guys

+ baobabfruit (bunga x beshte x ono) version under the cut

it was difficult choosing who the first guy would be 😭 a tie between bunga and ono honestly