#the lion guard kenge

[spinnysocks]

he'll zip up your lips from the look in his eyes! (he looks so happy here LOL)

happy birthday to my friend @devilsrecreation!! pssst, i meant to finish this ages ago when you asked if i could draw nduli or kenge, but i decided now would be a good time to complete it!! hope it's okay :3

extra 👇

blank & background from the lion guard! :D

[devilsrecreation]

Absolutely going FERAL over humanized versions of TLG characters. ESPECIALLY the Outlanders they’re so good

I realized there aren’t really human versions of the lesser known Outlanders so I took matters into my own hands. And HEEEEERE they are!

Sumu

Njano

Tamka

Nduli

Bonus: Hodari

I’d really recommend going to Deviantart for more human TLG characters. They’re all REALLY good

[valentinos-corner]

YES ANOTHER USHARI AND KENGE APOLOGIST!!!

I must know your thoughts and/or headcanons on Kenge because he is SOOOOO underrated!!!/nf/np

OHHH MY GOD FINALLY

I feel like if Kenge ever had a group he was outcast because of his size- Nile monitors never get as big as him, and that's why he's so defensive

I personally think Kenge is nonbinary but hasn't realized it yet, prolly aroace too

HE AND USHARI'S FRIENDSHIP ISN'T TALKED ABOUT AT ALL AND IT MAKES ME MAD

Kenge will drop everything to help Ushari, Ushari literally sang a whole song to make sure that Janja and the hyenas respected Kenge

I really think that Kenge is an interesting character he just didn't get enough screen time

Like he wasn't even trying to hunt when we meet him, he was JUST taking out his anger

Poor guy

[archive-lion-guard]

The Lion Guard | The Bite of Kenge | S2 EP11

[devilsrecreation]

Recently watching Lion Guard clips again and looking back on this episode, it’s very clear there’s at least SOME sort of childhood trauma going on with Kenge

Like the amount of emotion when he said that line along with the advice that you absolutely cannot call Kenge “little” makes me believe he was bullied relentlessly as a kid when he really WAS little and it got so bad, Kenge is….well….like that.

Look at Kenge’s face and tell me he isn’t having flashbacks

Or maybe it’s just me idk

“I’M NOT… A LITTLE… LIZARD!”

[aquaburst3]

List of Ideas for Villainous Characters for Your Yuusona / Ocs in Twisted Wonderland

Since I'm bored and this might be helpful for writers/artists in the fandom, I want to make a list of ideas of villains/items tied to the Great Seven that you can create characters from. Saw @violetlunette do something like this, so credit for this idea goes to them. There are a lot of characters that I feel like a lot of people aren't utilizing. I might do another post with some ideas for TWST characters from other movies/tv shows for the various houses/dorms.

Alice in Wonderland

The King of Hearts

The Walrus

The Carpenter

Any of the Flowers

March Hare

Mad Hatter

Dormouse

The White Rabbit

Dodo

Bill the Lizard

The Duchess

The White Knight

Red King & Queen

Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum

The Lion King

Hyena extras

Ushari (The Lion Guard)

Makucha (The Lion Guard)

Chuluun (The Lion Guard)

Kenge (The Lion Guard)

Makuu (The Lion Guard)

Janja (The Lion Guard)

Quint (Timon & Pumbaa TV series)

Zira (The Lion King 2)

Nuka (The Lion King 2)

Vitani (The Lion King 2)

The Little Mermaid

Glut the Shark

Chef Louis

Vanessa (Ursula's alter ego)

The necklace that held Ariel’s voice

Morgana, aka Ursula's younger sister (The Little Mermaid 2)

Cloak and Dagger (The Little Mermaid 2)

Undertow (The Little Mermaid 2)

Marina Del Rey (The Little Mermaid 3)

Ben (The Little Mermaid 3)

Manta (The Little Mermaid TV series)

Aladdin

The Guards

The Cave of Wonders

The Scarab

Prince Achmed

Jasmine's other suitors

Iago

Gazeem (the thief at the start)

Bakhtawar (the brothel owner)

Naji, Taji and Maji (the girls who work at the brothel)

Mozenrath (Aladdin TV Series)

Mirage (Aladdin TV Series)

Sadira (Aladdin TV Series)

Abis Mal (Aladdin TV Series)

Amin Damoola (Aladdin TV Series)

Al Muddy (Aladdin TV Series)

Mechanicles (Aladdin TV Series)

Ayam Aghoul (Aladdin TV Series)

Wahid (Aladdin TV Series)

Amal (Aladdin TV Series)

Saleen (Aladdin TV Series)

Hassan (Aladdin comics)

Queen Tatiana (Aladdin comics)

Sa'Luk (Aladdin 3)

Cassim, aka Aladdin's father (Aladdin 3)

Snow White

The Vultures

The Heart Box

The Evil Queen's Twin Brother (Snow White Comics) ((As a side note, considering Vil knows nothing about his mother and seems like he's the product of a fling according to the JP version, it's completely possible that this could be a long lost sibling that even he's unaware of, even if we're only talking about canon!Vil.))

Witch Empress Mammona (Snow White Comics)

Hercules

Pain & Panic

The Three Fates

Meg

The Hydra

Cerberus

Nemean Lion

Persephone (Yes, she doesn't show up in the movies, but she's tied to Hades if we're being mythologically accurate. Bonus, a TWST version of her could be Idia's love interest if you decide to go in that direction)

Thanatos (Same as above)

Sleeping Beauty

Any of Maleficent’s other minions

The Spinning Wheel

The Thorns

Maleficent’s Fire

King Stefan (If you go by the Maleficent movies)

[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 all the cold-blooded creatures across TLK:

Starting off again with TLG we have Kinyonga(chameleon) the veiled chameleon, Nowyouseeme/Nyusi(eyebrows) the Fischer chameleon from "The Missing Monkey", though ironically lacking eyebrows, Flap-necked chameleon Rock'n'cha/Chacha(strong) from Operation Pridelands, and the Jackson's chameleon seen in the gorge during the Lion King Ulimu(tongue). Kinyonga has since used her talents for espionage and disguise as part of Zazu's crew of scouts and reporters. Nyusi is the leader of a group of chameleons at the Oasis, part of which Chacha was temporarily of after fleeing the Pridelands after Scar's reign, though he does frequently come back as he is known as a sort of party animal/popstar among creatures. Chacha is also my favorite design, love how his disco-fever look translated here. As for Ulimu, he's a spiteful little guy. During the stampede, he was witness to everything, from seeing Simba dangling on a branch to Scar knocking Zazu out and then overthrowing the head monarch into the wildebeest stampede off a cliff, and then seeing Simba rushing down to see his father's body, Scar's manipulation, and the order for the hyenas to hunt him down. Reason why he didn't spill the beans is because he was too upset at Simba practicing his roar on him and spooking him away, plus he didn't know it was the prince and he had stumbled upon a royal coup... would've been a pretty different story if he did tell his side of the story.

First up on the non-chameleon lizards we have our most famous villainous one; Ora/Oraib(keen-Arabic). Since we're sticking to Africa, no Komodo dragons, instead we have Nile monitors. While not as infamous, venomous, or large as those Indonesian reptiles, Nile monitors are still nothing to slack on, with powerful tail whips, aggressive demeanors, quick speed, and did I mention they also swim? Yeah Lumba-Lumba ain't getting away that easy, even when she's back in the water. He and his group of lizards are on an island that is inbound, but is part of a river that leads out to the sea where Lumba-Lumba lives. Due to some shenanigans, the guard ends up trapped on the island with Ora and his friends and have to avoid getting overtaken while also protecting their new dolphin friend. After that Ora decided to follow after Kion and crew, joining up with Makucha's army, however ends up getting severely injured in the final fight, eventually leaving Makucha's army soon after. And before anyone asks, I am accepting that he did spew blood out during "The Lake of Reflection" after biting Beshte, part from the hippo's bloodstream and part from a few of his teeth getting pulled out. Beshte did end up getting a nasty scar on his leg from that since monitor lizards do have very powerful bites.

Following with the trend of villainous and Nile Monitor lizards, though not necessarily both, we have Kenge(monitor lizard) the rock monitor and Nile monitor Iggy/Igani(confession). Since Kenge is mention as being a friend of Ushari prior to his introduction, my notion for him is that Kenge is actually from the Pridelands and knew Ushari growing up. However, due to a combination of a severe Napoleon complex, a short temper and a venomous bite, he was exiled during the start of Simba's reign to prevent any difficulties during the rebuilding process. Kenge has a deep hatred for the Pridelanders and was more then willing to help Scar's army when his old friend Ushari reached out to help take down the ones who had made life hard for them. His character/design are pretty cool, so I've decided to keep him as is. Igani on the other hand is a deleted character from King of the Jungle, presumably a Nile monitor based off the small amount of scrap designs, and was meant to be a friend of Simba and co. In my verse he is a friend of Simba in the Oasis and actually moves to the Pridelands after Simba becomes king. In spite of his appearance and species' reputation, Iggy is an honest, relatively harmless soul. Sure he is still a predator and his swift moving can be terrifying for some, but as far as reptiles go, Iggy is a positive representation of reptiles living within the Circle of Life.

And continuing with positive lizard depictions we have William's dwarf gecko and honorary crocodile, Hodari(clever, smart). I was pretty surprised of how his cartoon design is actually what his real-world species looks like, but I ain't complaining. Well, I will about their critically endangered status, due to the illegal pet trade, though you came here for fun, not to feel bad about the world we live in. So donate or whatever if you want to, don't if you don't want to, no judging, just enjoy the designs and interpretations I have for you. And yes, I am including him twice, once with the crocodiles and now with this. His fascination for crocodiles and wanting to join their float come from an event where his and his siblings clutch were laid next to a crocodile nest. Despite the worry of getting crushed by mama croc, surprisingly she was rather chill about the neighboring egg clutch and even allowed safety and protection by her next, in exchange for Hodari's mama keeping an eye out for egg-eaters. After Hodari and his siblings were born, they were informed about their crocodile neighbor and her kind, strong good deed, thus beginning an interest in the much bigger lizard inside the young gecko, which turned into genuine desire to be like and join the crocodile floats.

Next up are the skinks, lead by Shupavu(tough), with her mate Njano(yellow), and fellow skinks Nyata(sneak along/stalk), Nyeusi(black), and Waza(assume), Chapa(mark), and Yara(wound). Yara and Chapa are my names given to the ones we never hear talk, though are shown in some scenes. I tried to do some research into skinks to find their species, and while I could narrow some down like Shupavu being a fire skink, Nyusi an African striped skink, and Chapa a sandfish skink, the rest they could be anything from an emerald tree skink to a Christmas island blue-tailed skink, none of which are native to Africa. In the end, like the vultures and hornbills, I've decided to just leave their designs mostly the way they are, mostly since I don't care to see if each skink has a real-world variant. Although, knowing some info on reptile pattern/coloring/study of animal coloration, there is a possibility each one's colors/patterns could exist in real life... hmm. Also I am curious whether or not these guys could lose their tails like many skinks do... that probably bE FuN FoR ThE KiDdIeS... and a nice snack for the carnivores. Anyways, considering skinks are opportunistic feeders, I have no doubt Kinyonga would've been skink food if the Lion Guard weren't hiding nearby. Anyways, I headcanon that Shupavu is, like Kenge, originally a Pridelanders, however seeing Kenge's exile and the strict laws on predators like crocodiles in the rebuilding Pridelands let her see the unfairness and bias towards predators, so she moved to the Outlands to avoid prejudice. There she also found several other skinks and they formed their own little group, however when Ushari found her and asked her to spy on the Pridelands for the Outlander army in exchange for a favorable outcome in the Pridelands, she and her group accepted. After the final battle, both her group and Kenge left the Outlands, unable to cope with the defeat and surrender, and instead work together as a pack/circulus/lounge. It is my humble opinion that they would've been a just as good or even better group of antagonists in Makucha's army instead of Ora, and when Ora does leave along with several other members from Makucha's army, Kenge and Shupavu's group are there to replace them and get revenge on Kion and his Tree of Life home.

Wrapping up the reptiles with the shelled species we have Kongwe(ancient, very old). Personally I am so glad they made her an African spurred tortoise and gave her such a large size, since those guys are the third largest tortoise species in the world and a personal favorite of mine, having gotten to 'walk' and feed these guys in real life. Their shells are pretty sensitive and they do love it when you scratch them, especially when they're itchy/shedding. And now for our adorable amphibians adorning our ancient... okay no more alliterations; here's  Chura(frog/toad) from the Lion Guard and Gozi/Ngozi(skin) from Operation Pridelands. Chura is a waterlily reed frog(instead of the frog the wiki says which doesn't make any sense to me, that is literally just a frog), a pretty common and tiny species. Kinda hoped for an Angolan reed frog or painted/marbled reed frog, but Chura is a good frog no matter what. Gozi is a Natal forest tree frog, a species that's threatened by habitat loss in both the real world and, in this universe, she is. Unlike most of the other animals in the game, Gozi is native to the Oasis, though when many animals from the Pridelands fled to the oasis for refuge, they unfortunately caused quite a bit of change in the ecosystem, affecting her home and forcing her to constantly move in order to avoid being squished. She unfortuanutely moved to an area she thought was safe and entered in a small period of hibernation* like most frogs, only to realize when she had woken up her spot had been encased around a termite mound, Though the termites provided her with some food, she needed help to get out, which is where Timon and Pumbaa came in and assisted, before taking back several of the animal that forced her to move out too.

Next is Sal Mander/Salama(safe) from the Timon & Pumbaa Show's episode "You Bet Your Tuhkus". In the episode he's a corrupt game show host that seemingly hates cheaters, but actually likes them for the show ratings, something which starts to get in between Timon and Pumbaa as they participate on the show. Here he's just a North African fire salamander.. that's it. Almost didn't include him until I did one last look over the wiki. At least we have three amphibians now... unless someone finds someone else.

Edit: So scrolling through the TLG wiki made me realize there were a few unnamed reptiles, frogs and cold-blooded sea-creatures I missed, so I decided to post-add them here. First off is one of the tree frogs from "Poa the Destroyer" seen chilling on Kion like that one photo of frogs chilling on the back of a swimming tiger. This one is named Mubiza(call) and they're an African tree frog. The male turtle she's standing on is the one seen during "Bunga the Wise". His name is Tofali(brick) and he's a ploughshare tortoise. I know the wiki says turtle, but the shell and feet are just so tortoise. So yeah, tortoise.

Next are a pair of rainbow agamas: Vinati(vinagrette-Yoruba) and Yakini(certain), seen in the Outlands during "The Travelling Baboon Show". This pair and a mouse witness Uroho's act after he and his troop are chased out of the Pridelands, but none of them are entertained and rudely hisses at him when he finishes. They then run away when Cheezi and Chungu arrive. My theory is that they're sisters and have very high performance standards.

Next we go into the sea and get our first official turtle, the green sea turtles from "Dragon Island", one of which I've named Teku(sea-Hausa). And since I love making these lists ridiculously hard and big, I've decided to add the other sea creatures we see in the episode; the mimic octopus, South African cold-water lobster, West African seahorses, Benguela compass jelly, African red crab, fish** and a shortfin devil ray on the side. I know jellyfish don't have blood, or even a circulatory system, but come on, they're most definitely cold-blooded. Also South African cold-water lobsters are apparently very delicious and also not naturally red, only turn red when boiled, hence why they're brown and mottled here.

Also I decided to sneak in two more sea life characters. First are the piranhas from the Timon and Pumbaa Show, now the much larger, much more fearsome goliath tiger fish/mbenga. A bit of a meh entry, though it was literally last on my list of wiki pages. Terrifying in real-life, considered the African equivalent for the piranha. Perhaps this is what Tantor was really thinking of when he was asking his mother about potential piranhas in the water. Also they're known as the "greatest freshwater gamefish in the world", and have also been recorded to attack and catch birds in flight, as well as attack humans. Also we have Bruce/Buraik(blessed) the crab, an African blue swimming crab from "Back Out in the Outback". Nit much to say about him, but I HC that he's a friend of Lumba-Lumba.

[devilsrecreation]

I know I went over Kenge’s trauma already but there is ONE more thing I wanna add:

Okay so based on his VA’s description of him and judging by how hostile he was towards Janja when the hyena (rudely) asked him for help, he doesn’t like being bossed around. He was barely willing to work with the hyenas and does things his way. If there’s gonna be a leader, it’s gonna be him cuz in his words “maybe you’re in charge of them, but you’re NOT in charge of me!”

But why tho? Why does he get so agitated and defensive when someone tells him to do something? Why does he question their leadership instead of saying something like “Nah I’m good”? Sounds like he’s been pushed around too many times until he decided to do things his way.

I like to think this was because of his abusive older siblings (*cough*Jino*cough*) and some of his other bullies growing up. He once thought that in order to appease them, he’d do whatever they’d tell him to do with no questions asked. They used to boss him around in the most asshole way possible to the point that he was basically their little slave (which is what they called him). He was sorta the lizard version of Cinderella lol. When he finally stood up for himself, one of the promises he made was to be his own leader and never let anyone boss him around again

As much as I loved The Bite of Kenge, I really wish we got more reason as to why Kenge hates the word “little” other than the fact that he gets aggressive

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[spinnysocks]

more tlg outlanders as memes

that last one is especially bc of this post hgfhfhg

i love doing these sm if you have any suggestions lemme know >:)

[devilsrecreation]

Listening to “Teke Ruka, Teleza” from “Bunga the Babysitter” where Bunga teaches a bunch of kids how to defend themselves and it’s kinda funny knowing I hc that Kenge does the same thing with the Outland kids. The difference between Bunga’s lesson and Kenge’s lesson is so amusing

Cuz Bunga’s lesson is super fun and lighthearted while teaching the kids a good strategy, as seen later in the episode. But his method is teaching them as if it’s a simple game

Meanwhile, in my hc, Kenge’s just like “I want you to take all your pent up anger and put all of it into fighting. ALL of it. Just go absolutely feral”. You know the song “Stick it to the man” from School of Rock? That’s how it goes

[valentinos-corner]

I really like Kenge you guys

Tumblr ate the image quality :(

name: Vurugu Kuuma

age: 18

pronouns: they/them

height: 6' 3"

dorm: Savannaclaw

Signature Spell: Big Bad Lizard - Allows the user to cause paralysis via terror, scaring people so bad they freeze until the user deactivates.

A scrappy, confrontational beastman who rarely speaks, mostly communicating through grunts, growls, and body language. They're incredibly insecure, remarks on their size, gender, appearance, or otherwise, are met with either a swift bite or retaliation via their signature spell. Their bite, while not quite venomous enough to cause paralysis, is quite painful.

[devilsrecreation]

You know, as much as I love Kenge and would hate to see him killed off, HE ABSOLUTELY WOULD

Also Scar not being able to reappear for a short time implies that Kenge was legit fighting Scar in the afterlife and that’s cool as shit

/It was kind of a joke earlier but like, it’s the final battle, Scar has turned on his army, and is throwing fireballs and clumps of lava everywhere trying to kill them and The Lion Guard + whatever allies they have with them.

Everyone is taking cover except Kenge, who is kind of revelling in it. He sees one of the skinks get hit, and although that doesn’t really move him to action, Scar makes some jeering comment about ‘little lizards’, while looking right at Kenge and aiming another fireball at him. That’s when Kenge loses it.

He roars, and runs up that little ledge thing towards where lavaScar sits. He jumps straight into the fire, ready to fight it, and although he dies almost instantly, it does force Scar to disappear and reappear for a short time, giving Kion and co. a chance to get closer to Doing The Thing that ultimately beats hm

[archive-lion-guard]

The Lion Guard | The Bite of Kenge | S2 EP11

[pythox]

Big Bad Kenge, performed by Christian Slater as Ushari from The Lion Guard

[ashleybenlove]

Bunga taunting Kenge was my favorite part of today’s episode. 

[spottedmischief]

“Oh. Well I do like impala sooo–”

It is immediately snatched up. If you are starving, you cannot be picky after all. One learns quickly to grab an opportunity when you live in the Outlands. Or to eat as fast as you can before someone else snatches it away - be that the lion guard or fighting with the clan over what little they have to begin with.

As he tears into it, his ears were at least perked up to keep some focus on the mandrill as she talks. Yeah, no doubt they are more on the edge, they make that clear all the time. A bit frustrating, really. It’s like these cubs don’t know how to relax once in a while or something. They have become more attentive, that*s for sure and it annoys him.

“Here? Ya don’t know how Janja gets when it comes to his territory, do ya?”

A slight tease. If it was only Janja they had to worry about it wouldn’t be so bad. Scar is worse. Not to mention all the other animals that suddenly just moved into their territory just for this cause - the hyenas had barely time for themselves. It was much more fun when it was just their kind. But she is lucky. Everyone else is at the meeting, Goigoi is watching his little ones and the crocodiles…probably trying not to dry up or something. Kenge only stuck around when Ushari needed him.

Though she makes a good point, they could just pretend they were fighting and that he was attempting to catch the intruder - although not really. The skinks are sharp when it came to their job and it was spooky - somehow he always feels like he’s being watched in his own home. If they see him all buddy-buddy with her first, Cheezi would need to be quick to come up with a lie.

“Scar? Nah, he’s insde the volcano. It’s everyone else ya gotta watch out for - ya just got lucky that they are at the meetin’.”

Maybe they should just try the Backlands. Nobody would notice there. No, wait. That’s where uncle and dad are living now. Banzai did say that hyena don’t need anyone but hyena so it’s likely that even he would not approve of their rather complicated friendship.

….Dad probably wouldn’t either.

Aw jeez, there are so many lies and secrets to keep from everyone. It’s rather stressful to keep them all up.

Cheezi paused with munching on his lunch, staring at his friend with a deadpan expression towards her. What…kind of question was that? He gives a slight snort.

“Do I like livin’ in a place where I'm forced to stay with barely any water or food and have to fight my clanmates over what little we already have?"

He lets out a cackle. Oh, that question was hilarious. Sorry, he does not mean to laugh but - you know, hyena thing.

“Why do ya think we constantly try to go into the Pridelands just to get kicked out again? Why do ya think we accepted Ushari’s offer to bring back Scar?”

Although he kept silent at the question in regards to Scar, ears pinned at his side. Maybe it is better if he does not answer that one. Scar was nothing but flat out terrifying with an incredibly bad temper - a scolding from Janja was much more pleasant to deal with, but Scar? No thanks.

Scar sounded promising at first, it’s easy to fall for his words. Somehow that lion knows how to be convincing. But as time went on? Cheezi was starting to have his doubts about him. Then what his uncle and Shenzi told him...

But he cannot tell her about them. What if she alerts Simba. What if he is gonna be separated from his father again. But….Makini is so different from all the other Pridelanders. How is someone like her friends with the lion guard or even a part of this place? Everyone is nothing but pompous and snotty around there. It doesn’t make sense. She is better than anyone else.

In the end what she suggested was just not her decision to make. Would he like to? Yes. But they are just going to get kicked out again.

“Besides, we lived in the Pridelands long before those lousy cubs were even born! We were there first!”

"Aw, sorry Cheezi, it's impala. Fuli let me have some from her hunt today." Makini did have to come up with some on the spot explanation for why she wanted this compared to her usual diet of cashews and bugs, but it worked out all the same.

Makini had wrapped the clump in leaves to make it both easier to carry and less conspicuous. She carefully unwraps it and hands it to Cheezi as he's talking.

She's considering his concerns thoroughly. They're valid, of course, and he's not exactly wrong.

"The Guard are on edge more than ever now. With Scar's return and all these Outlander attacks they're up almost all day and night just to defend the Pridelands!" even if it was just Cheezi on his own, hardly even a threat to the entire Guard, he'd still get kicked out. The two of them together? Makini's whole body shudders... she doesn't want to think about how they would react to that.

"I didn't want you to get chased out the Pridelands." she says softly, "I thought that if we ever got caught then it should be here, because at least that way you're not invading. I can just pretend to fight you off and run back to the Pridelands. Oh, but then I guess Scar's here, isn't he?" there's no way he'd want a member of his army be friends with Pridelander if he found out.

Then where else could they meet...?

Makini takes a brief pause to peruse their surrounds just as he did. It looked completely empty, and by extension, it looked... dead. The Outlands were grim, and scary. That volcano at its centre looms over a dying land that so many different animals call home regardless. It makes her sad, especially when her attention returns to the hyena who became her friend against all odds.

"Cheezi, do you... like living in the Outlands and working for Scar? I was just thinking... if you weren't and you lived in the Pridelands instead then we could hang out more. Without all the secrecy stuff." she didn't really like keeping secrets.