#ushari tlg

[valentinos-corner]

TWST oc based on Kenge...

I am a Kenge and Ushari apologist

fight me

[devilsrecreation]

I’ve had this in my mind for a while so now I give you

Outlander Pirate AU (feat. Makuu)

-This is definitely one of the Zootopia-esque au’s because who doesn’t love animal pirates?

-The hyenas and vultures are part of one big crew, with Janja as the Captain and Mzingo as his first mate

-Jasiri and Reirei both defied gender roles by being Captains of their crew. Reirei met Goigoi while captured on another ship and she rose to the top. She married Goigoi and her crew grew from there

-Jasiri is actually a privateer who works under newly crowned King Kion. She eventually convinces Janja’s crew to merge with hers and is known as “The Pirate Queen” by everyone else.

Janja agreed cuz he maaay or may not have a repressed crush on Jasiri but he’ll obviously take that to his watery grave

-Captain Kiburi formed a new pirate crew after he started a mutiny against his former captain, Makuu. Makuu, however, had seen it coming and was able to fend off Kiburi and his followers. His crew isn’t as big as the other pirate captains, but holy shit can they fight. They’ve killed more animals than the rest combined

-Kenge was found as a stowaway on Kiburi’s ship, with him against the world and turning to piracy for survival. The crocs wanted to kill him on sight, but Kenge had something they didn’t: venom. So when Tamka tried to attack after calling him “little”, he ferociously bit him and held him at knifepoint. It was then when Kiburi had a better idea: Why not put that anger and those fighting skills to good use? He’s now one of the crocs, being Kiburi’s new friend and best fighter. Everyone thinks they should be scared of the crocodiles when it’s really him you gotta worry about. Kiburi likes to use him as a threat. Either give them all the loot or they’ll sick Kenge on you

-Sumu is an interesting story. Kiburi’s crew found him while exploring a desert island. It’s unknown how he got there in the first place (he doesn’t like to talk about it), but he ultimately joins the crew as a cabin boy among Kenge’s suggestion. Kiburi thought nothing of it until he saw Sumu in action. Turns out he can fatally stab people so that’s fun.

-Ushari was once a great pirate, but after too many near death experiences, he decided to become a grumpy innkeeper with Shupavu and Njano as his employees. They usually act as bartenders who serve drinks to the guests.

-After Makuu started a mutiny against him, Pua stepped down from captain of his crew and resides at the inn, telling all kinds of stories to anyone who would listen

-Hodari is a cabin boy in Makuu’s float. It was always his dream to be a pirate and he was able to prove himself when he helped Makuu steal from Kiburi (after Kiburi stole from him first lol)

-All the captains act like mortal enemies at sea, but put them next to each other in a tavern or Ushari’s inn and they’re acting like they’ve been friends for years

-Out of all the crews, Kiburi’s curses the most. They’ve even done it in the inn when they visited for the night. Ushari had to threaten to bite them on the spot if they didn’t stop driving his customers away. The skinks didn’t do much to help, as Shupavu was too busy laughing and Njano was encouraging them

-Shenzi, Banzai, and Ed are also retired pirates, giving their ship to Janja’s crew once they put the life behind them. They own a tavern, which is another popular hangout spot for pirates

-Njano once snuck onto Kiburi’s ship on his day off. It was a disaster

Kiburi’s realization went like this

[spinnysocks]

look at them.

sillies. /affectionate

[pizacat72]

all my tlg mutuals, ur actually making me think about the outlanders more and i like it!!! i feel guilty for mostly being vanilla and liking a lot of the main characters so side character headcanons are rly nice!!!

[tired-lamb]

rating tlg ships for fun

replies/screenshots are from this post

Beshte x Baliyo

10/10. ADORABLE. I can see it and it is also two of my favourite characters together so why the heck not!!! I could also see them becoming best friends too if not romantic partners :D they’d be cute and awesome and lovely

Kion x Rani

5/10. Neutral, honestly. It’s cute and I like the way they go together but there are definitely some ships I prefer over this one for both characters.

Tiifu x Zuri

6/10. Cute! I can see the both of them having a crush on each other but too scared to admit it. Kiara is just there like KISS ALREADY x]

Kiburi x Ushari

7/10. Crack ship for me, but then again I’m new to outlander ships honestly. I don’t exactly see it happening but I *could* be persuaded, yk?

Ma Tembo x Makuu

8/10. NOW THIS. THIS I LIKE. What made them like each other? Are they the oldies that bicker all the time but secretly like each other? Romantic tension? They bicker 24/7 and all the others are like just kiss already? Too good. I can’t see them ever being in a relationship status like bf gf but I can see them being like.. yea we’re definitely Something. They dunno what, but absolutely Something. They have a love hate relationship.

Thurston x Himself

9.5/10. Few points away because I still think his name being Thurston is Weird (/lh), but to each their own. Anyway top tier ship AND it’s canon too! Ah Thurston how we all envy your relationship <3 /silly

Kion x Jasiri

9/10. I see the appeal, plus I think this ship has potential for a lot of outlander pridelander relations and whatnot but I don’t actively ship it. I think it’s . idk. aesthetically pleasing? not sure if I’m using that right. I like to see Jasiri and Kion’s dynamic as older sister younger brother type of dynamic sometimes so that’s there too. no hate to this ship, it’s cute!!

Kion x Baliyo

7/10. GAY LIONS!! I wish we got more of these two in general. I think they’re silly :3. I feel like if there were enough content for this ship I’d ship it. Also the only other gay Kion ships I see are Kion x Bunga and Kion x Janja so this ship is kinda nice in that way. Give Kion his adorable himbo of a boyfriend, you know!!!

Shupavu x Ushari

8/10. Okay now THIS I can say is aesthetically pleasing!!! Is it weird I ship Shupavu x Njano more? Idk. Unfortunately not much content of these characters or the ship in general (apart from your own posts ofc, Nikki) so not much for me to go by :’). I think it’s cool tho :D

Kiburi x Ushari

(already answered)

Shupavu x Njano

10/10. CUTE!! Shupavu and her silly bf. Njano and his girlboss of a gf. I can see them relying on each other a lot when times get tough (esp with Scar.. eugh) and think they’d be an absolute power couple >:). I see their dynamic as Shupavu being more comfortable being herself with Njano and Njano loving all the memories and time they spend together. Njano loving his girlfriend no matter what and Shupavu always finding a safe space in Njano!!!! More content of these two ples :3 /silly.

[handfulofmuses]

hm.

[mask-of-prime]

TLG: Battle for the Pridelands Sketches

To celebrate the 5th Anniversary of one of my favorite episodes of TLG, I decided to do some sketches of some takeaways I had during a rewatch of the episode:

1. Wema, Tunu, Dogo, and Kijana aged up to how old I think they'd be around the time of the episode. Why were they not aged up?? Kiara, Tiifu, Zuri, and Mtoto were given some specific age models only used in this episode, why not the Outlander kids? I feel the jackals would be the equivalent to 12 years old by this time, while Wema and Tunu would be like 8-year-old kids.

2. I've heard people ask where the zebras and baboons were during the final battle, and for a while I was like "Yeah aren't they significant recurring characters? Where even were they in the Pridelands Army arc of Season 2?", but THEN it dawned on me: Baboon. Zebra. Cavalry. When watching the scene where everyone charges to the Outlands, I saw the galagos riding the sable antelope and went "haha like horses, that'd be funny if it was with zebras because equines", then I was like "baboons would probably be like humans while riding zebras" and I was just "WAIT IS THAT WHY PEOPLE WANTED THOSE ANIMALS IN THIS EPISODE". So here we are, Big Baboon and Thurston team up to surprise the Outlanders (and even the Pridelanders) by doing what they do best -- throwing fruit and panicking and running, respectively.

3. A sketch of this sudden visual I got during Ushari and Scar's conversation where Scar promised that Ushari and the rest of the reptiles would have whatever's left of the ravaged Pridelands. I instantly imagined the Pridelands becoming this unrecognizable wasteland ideal only for heat-seeking reptiles after the disastrous volcanic eruption Scar had in mind. The environment would be a tad like something out of the Mesozoic era.

4. One of my favorite aspects of this episode: The famous important-as-hell-but-vaguely-presented lore drop of the Strange Lion's (actually pretty ambiguous) existence as well as his actions accelerating Scar's entitlement and envy of Mufasa (which would kickstart the very premise of the first movie and the franchise as we know it). I love this guy's design for the same reason I love Zira's -- it's just so consistent in shapes and colors that all match with each other.

5. I find it funny that in order to not interfere with the events of TLK 2, TLG just decided to have it so the Outsiders would be completely out of the loop of the fact that Scar's spirit returned. It could easily be explained that Scar kept Zira out of it on purpose, or that he didn't know (and possibly didn't care) that she was still around. I have to think that the Outsiders don't live too far from the Outlands Volcano, so they've had to have heard some commotion and wonder what on earth could be going on. Looks like Zira's fanatic spiritual connection with her beloved Scar can apparently be heard by her peers.

[kaythefloppa]

You know what, fuck it, cringe culture is dead. Here are some highlights of the Lion Guard/Wild Kratts crossover AU that I had drafted out in my head as a 9-10 year old watching both shows in 2016, but never got around to publishing. Also note that the continuity is absolutely shit because once again, this was conceptualized by an elementary student who hadn't discovered what fanfiction was.

Kion and Bunga being the lion and honey badger that show up in Honey Seekers during a very rocky patch in their relationship. Bunga and Sweet-Tweet would be in an on-off relationship (this was before S3 so Binga didn't exist, and also this was before the honey badger/honey guide symbiosis thing was proven to be bullshit because it is bullshit.)

Fuli being Spot-Swat's mother after a much-needed glowup. Suffers post-traumatic stress due to natural selection taking one of her cubs (a very unfortunate fact of cheetahs). Given how Blur is shown to attack Zach upon mistaking him for a vulture (hmmm), the ammo is right there.

Makuu being the mate of Crocodilla, and the biological father Frederica, Jawsana, Snappifer, Munchette, Crunchina, and Chompella. He happily accepts the soft-shell turtles as his daughters given his own upbringing where he was raised with turtles as his foster-brothers (that last bit was a headcanon I coined around a year or 2 ago, but inspired by the show).

Beshte being an expy for Tusker who is leading the pod (once again, waaay before S3 came in). He is not the friendly happy-go-lucky kid you see in the show. Has killed before. Will kill you. He figuratively and literally eats crocodiles for breakfast. Hippos are fucking assholes.

That being said, he could not be a more protective father towards Hipster O-Potamous.

I coined a headcanon of Ono being raised by a peregrine falcon since they live all over the world and thus would gain the knowledge that he does in the show. To add to that, I like to imagine Aviva creating a translation device to talk to an understand animals, and it becomes 2 hours of the brothers completely nerding out with Ono.

The WK villains often targeting the TLG characters. Donita capturing Dogo and his sibs to use as hats, Zach wanting Makuu and his float as Guard bots, Gourmand intending to cook Janja (karma?) and Paisley demolishing Ma Tembo's valley. Kion and the Lion Guard occasionally teaming up with the Kratts to beat the villains and both sides being utterly surprised by the others abilities.

Stomp the Secratarybird having this unexplained beef with Ushari, making it well known that he is his Nemesis.

Zooboomafoo making an appearance in the Pride Lands (cause why not) and he instantly becomes fresh meat for the monkeys of the Pride Lands and had to be guarded at all costs.

The Cheetah adopted episode but it's with Pumbaa and Fuli/Blur having a custody battle over Spot-Swat.

The vultures being captured by Gourmand in the S1 finale being Mzingo and his flock and although out they just have back and forth political banter with the other raptors.

Replace at least one of the servals with a caracal cat and have it be Hang Time.

[tofautisawa]

I'm REALLY curious on what you mean by TLG giving ass backwards treatment to Jasiri and her pack

I like Jasiri, don't get me wrong. It's nice to have a hyena character in The Lion King franchise that isn't just a stupid cackling villain. She has a cute design, and I always enjoyed the episodes she appeared it. Don't Judge A Hyena By It's Spots being one of my top favorite episodes of season 1.

However, she is only "good" by the narrative because she and her clan live by the Pride Land's specific "Circle Of Life" ideology. A ideology that in my opinion, doesn't benefit her, her clan, or her species AT ALL. She and spotted hyenas in general are still subjected to living in a barren wasteland with little to no resources. (The Lion Guard even one ups this by saying even TERMITES don't live in the Outlands just to get the Aardwolves to come back. Continuity be damned.) They only got one water source to call their own. They live near an active volcano with open lava pits that one can easily fall into ( and one that she and the cubs nearly died in). There is absolutely no bitterness from any innocent hyenas, and they basically just accepted that this is how they must live. Jasiri can sing Kwetu Ni Kwetu all she wants, the melody will go real great with the sound of her homies sizzling at the bottom of a lava pit next to Ushari.

It's actually really bad that Makucha ( a reoccurring villain) is subjected to live in a much better environment filled with prey, water, and plenty of vegetation where even the zebras are happier.

And I say subjected because I never got the vibe that these animals live where they do out of their own volition, more like they are assigned. Aside from the hyenas not being allowed in the Pride Lands, I never got that vibe from the movies. It really makes me wish Fuli's quote from the pilot about "Always the Lions lording over the Pride Lands" was expanded on and explored. Anyways.... The show also never really addresses what she even eats, because I doubt much prey ventures into the out lands. BUT DON'T WORRY- Jasiri states that hyenas are clean up crews and eat what lions leave behind. Further reinforcing that outdated belief that spotted hyenas are primarily scavengers (which Ono even states in a later episode because he has to be the "educational mouthpiece" even when he's blatantly wrong). I can appreciate the show trying to show the benefits of scavengers- but it really should have been saved for animals like the vultures. So the show couldn't even make her and her clan respectable hunters that only hunt specifically what they need ( Probably because there is nothing TO hunt and whenever Janja is shown hunting on his own damn lands, he is stopped but I digress). I can't even help but wonder how she even CAN scavenge if all the lions live in the Pride Lands, and the alarm is sounded whenever a hyena sets a toe within Pride Land territory- unless the lions are just dumping corpses into the Outlands. This is probably why they had the show outright lie to you and pretend that Aardwolves are no way related to Spotted Hyenas because they can't have the children asking why they are allowed in the pride lands and not a friend of our protagonists, Jasiri.

Also, The hyenas specifically are only treated as "good" the very second they don't hunt for food and instead scavenge, and ONLY scavenge. (Not by their own choice) Compare this to Fuli who has been shown hunting, and it's treated as a bad thing that her hunts got interrupted and she doesn't get to eat. BUT WHATEVER, YOU AREN'T SUPPOSED TO THINK ABOUT IT MUCH! LOOK AT THE FUNNY HONEY BADGER!!!

I honestly wouldn't even be complaining about any of this if it turned out Jasiri secretly lived in a oasis within or in the outskirts of the Outlands, or even the Backlands where she had access to prey or even later got a better land for her own in the end.

Keep in mind, this is all just my opinion. And you are free to disagree with me. And it's been a hot minute since I watched The Lion Guard so my details might be off here and there. Just don't try to pull the whole "It's a preschool show" argument, because that really doesn't matter to me.

[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]

What are your thoughts on Ushari and his arc? Would you have changed it?

OH I WOULD HAVE ABSOLUTELY CHANGED IT!

I don’t have too much of a problem with him turning to the dark side. It was understandable cuz he was treated like shit (sometimes an object) for laughs. It makes sense that he would have enough and want both respect AND revenge. It seems that the skinks are the only ones who respected him from what we’ve seen. I assume Kenge too, even though we’ve never seen it. I’d say Scar as well, but we ALL know he was just using poor Ushari for his evil scheme. Even though Ushari was loyal, I don’t believe it was mutual.

I’ve said this before and I’ll say it again, I would have made Kion question why Ushari was on Scar’s army. All we got was Bunga saying “So it’s a snake and a few lizards! We can take ‘em!” in The Scorpion’s Sting. If I were writing for the show, I would have made Kion ask why Ushari turned to the dark side in Battle for the Pridelands after he git his new scar. Everyone knew he was a Pridelander so what made him change? Ushari would have went off on them and you know what I would have made Kion’s response to be?

He apologizes.

He and the guard would think about it for a minute and actually apologize to Ushari (yes, even Bunga) about everything. They would tell him how he was essentially right, but went about it the wrong way. Kion would say how it doesn’t have to be this way and promise to respect Ushari from now on. Maybe then he wouldn’t have died 😭

If the other Outlanders got to redeem, why shouldn’t Ushari?

On a separate note, imagine an AU where the pack leaders learn that Scar was only using them and would betray them the MINUTE they defeat the guard. Imagine they find out through the skinks and they all had their moments where they were questioning if they were on the right side. Imagine all the Outlanders join the Pridelanders to defeat Scar. THAT is something I’d like to see

[spinnysocks]

inspired by this post :)

Regularly says fuck: Kenge, Janja, Kiburi, Tamka, Neema, Nne, Tano, the Skinks

Has sworn off saying fuck, but has said it at some point: Reirei, Mzingo

Has not said fuck before, but can if so desired: Ushari, Sumu, Chungu, Cheezi

Has not said fuck before, and refuses to say it: Jasiri, Madoa, Goigoi, Mwoga

Legally cannot say fuck: Wema, Tunu, Dogo, Kijana, Nduli

[lion-king-toy-otd]

Ushari

Just Play (2016)

[froody-matriarch-of-bleu-cheese]

An impossible, unlikely encounter with Ushari and my cousin’s pet ball python, Shaba. I wish Ushari didn’t die, and he needed someone who could understand his plight. Thank you Disney for going the “Moo ha ha evil noodle” route.

[dawn-sunlight]

My thoughts below the cut

At the end of the day, the Outlanders all believe Scar is on their side and wants to help them get a better life, and Janja is the prime example of this. A New Way to Go makes it clear that part of the reason he has such a hard time choosing which side of the fight to be on is because he's trying really hard to rationalize Scar's behavior and treatment of them, saying "he'd never give me something a hyena couldn't handle, would he?" He trusts Scar, he truly believes that this is the one singular lion willing to actually help hyenas, at least until the backstabbing is the final straw for him. That being said, he's scared of Scar from day one, and he's particularly scared of Scar being upset with him. All the Outlanders are pretty nervous around Scar when he's angry, and I think the reason is because this is the first time any of them have seen or encountered this kind of magical stuff. None of them are lions, so they've never seen dead people in the sky before, and obviously none of them have seen a giant floating lion head made of lava before. There's an element of unknown here; none of them really know what exactly Scar is capable of but between Scar making big promises and their trust in him they can imagine that they really do not want to make him too mad. His words are harsh enough, especially with the amount of times they end up failing. And in Janja's case, it particularly makes sense for him to be scared of Scar because he's still a teenager, and on top of that he usually bears the brunt of Scar's anger. Ushari and the skinks aren't scared of him at all because from their perspective they have no reason to be. They do their jobs and they do them well. They have Scar's favor because of that. What they don't know, and what none of the army knows until the backstabbing is that "Scar's favor" means absolutely nothing because he's a massive lier.

Also, what Spinny said about Janja being trapped is completely true. Even if he had wanted out before Jasiri gave him the option, he wouldn't have had anywhere to go. If Scar had kicked him out of the army for being a failure, the only place he (and his clan assuming they were kicked out with him and Scar didn't keep them around as more muscle) could have possibly gone is to the vultures, assuming it happened before they joined the army. But he still would have lost his home in the volcano and likely most of his territory. And that's not the only way he's trapped. Janja genuinely believes that hyenas have to behave a certain way, both The Worst Hyena We Know and A New Way to Go make that incredibly clear("Hyenas should be rotten, hyenas should be mean"; "She says I can trust her but I don't know, could there really be a new way to go?"). Janja really and truly believes that there is no other path he can take, he has to be like this, and I think it's extremely likely that he blames himself for not being good enough when Scar gets mad at him. That's why Jasiri's act of kindness and offer for him to join her side was such a shock, because it was something that completely and utterly shattered Janja's worldview. And once he was made aware that things could truly be different, he found that he couldn't just forget about it and go on like normal.

”today we will end simba’s reign” do u think the outlanders ever get tired of scar and his obsession with taking over the pridelands

[kingmxfasa-a]

Tumblr talks about Avatar: The Last Airbender like it’s a perfect show, but for me the final season was definitely a step down from the previous two in multiple ways, and I’m realizing a lot of those are the same things that disappointed me about the final season of The Lion Guard:

-The already overpowered hero becoming even more overpowered (Aang randomly gaining the ability to energybend in the battle with Ozai, Kion gaining the ability to earthbend and waterbend with the Roar) -The fire villain being defeated in a nonviolent but ultimately anticlimactic and unsatisfying way -The increased focus on romance and all the main characters being paired off in the finale despite being literal children