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What are your Thoughts on ma tembo

She’s a gentle hearted character who looks after her herd and can always rely on Kion and the lion guard for help.

u/Bright-pokefan50 — 1 day ago
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Kivuli — Kion’s grown son and the darkest of his siblings

I previously shared Kivuli, but I wanted to show his adult design again with a little more context about the character.

Kivuli is one of Kion’s cubs, now fully grown. Out of the siblings, he is the one who eventually becomes the antagonist.

I wanted his design to make him look physically imposing without making him look completely unnatural. He has a massive dark mane, a golden coat, a powerful build, and a cold expression.

His name, Kivuli, means “shadow” in Swahili, which fits his role and his darker personality.

I'm still developing his story and personality, so I'd love to hear what you think of the design as an adult lion and as a villain.

u/Ntumax_dax_422 — 3 days ago
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What’s your favourite piece of advice that mufasa has given to Kion.

My favourite advice is be true to who you are inside and remember don’t fight fire with fire.

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u/Bright-pokefan50 — 3 days ago
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Beta Kion PNG???

https://preview.redd.it/eip7wre6zrjh1.png?width=1857&format=png&auto=webp&s=8dc158140970bf065db08a17b42d7189df3da4fa

Okay so I was looking at the Smyths toys website in 2016 via wayback machine, mostly looking for old animal jam stuff. but this Kion png caught my eye, at first I thought "haha that's funny they used someone's fanart." but THEN I realised "WAIT A MINUTE. THAT'S THE BETA MARK OF THE GUARD" as for the fanart part, a lot of pilot/beta Kion stuff had a slightly different art style SO I THINK I MAYBE JUST FOUND A BETA KION RENDER?

Wayback machine link for anyone who wants to see for themselves: https://web.archive.org/web/20160716113439/https://www.smythstoys.com/uk/en-gb

More beta Kion stuff below for reference for what I'm talking about!

https://preview.redd.it/1idnrmjmzrjh1.png?width=640&format=png&auto=webp&s=200e76bddfa258d7ad94914088343c75108eb32b

https://preview.redd.it/0oma2z5qzrjh1.png?width=600&format=png&auto=webp&s=9af65ed230bc25b1bdbcf7f6d3495cf909b0e1dc

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u/WillowisWillow — 4 days ago
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I designed Kion’s son as a fully grown adult lion, what do you think?

I recently redesigned one of Kion’s cubs as a fully grown adult. I wanted him to look powerful while still feeling like he could realistically be part of Kion’s bloodline.

I gave him a large red mane, a darker face, yellow eyes, and a very strong build. I imagine him as the more physically dominant and fearless sibling.

I’m still developing their personalities and story, so I’d love to hear what you think about his design.

u/Ntumax_dax_422 — 5 days ago
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This is the second of Kion’s cubs that I designed as a fully grown adult.

This is the second of Kion’s cubs that I designed as a fully grown adult.

Unlike his siblings, he becomes the antagonist. I wanted his appearance to hint at his personality without making him look like an obvious cartoon villain.

He has a golden coat, a very dark mane, a powerful muscular build, and a more cold and intimidating expression. I imagine him as someone who is physically strong but, more importantly, intelligent and dangerous.

u/Ntumax_dax_422 — 5 days ago
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"Do you think I could get the roar? And if I do, would honey badgers appear in the sky?"

I think Bunga's questlon here unintentionally touches upon metaphysical implications of this universe. Do you think afterlife lion loyalty seems to project from is a universal afterlife that only loyaty can communicate from? Or a completely lion loyalty exclusive thing thats irrelevant to fate of the souls of other animals? If its the later, would that affect the Kion's faith in the circle of life?

u/EgoandUtility — 8 days ago
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Roar Towards the Future: Badala Refsheet

This refsheet was commissioned from RedTheLioness on Deviantart for $50. Badala is one of the two main antagonists of the first story arc of my fanfiction Lion Guard sequel, Roar Towards the Future.

Badala is one of the agents responsible for the deaths of King Sãhasí and Queen Ãnanda. Her role in the invasion was for her and her family to infiltrate the Tree of Life and gain the trust of the royal family in order to get close enough to them and give intel to the tigers' superior, Mrtyu (an asiatic buffalo, this is important). Badala, only a teenager at the time, (15 human years old), "befriended" the young twins Rani and Baliyo (8 human years old), as well as their friends, which gave her the closest amount of access to the royals and enough info to relay the information to Mrtyu.

Her betrayal was revealed to the twins when she took part in Mrtyu's attack on the Tree of Life and helped her kill the King and Queen. Despite this, the attackers were forced to flee by Queen Janna and her allies before they could destroy the Tree of Life and its inhabitants. In the end, only Badala and Mrtyu survived, unbeknownst to anyone else. Mrtyu "adopted" Badala and the two of them rebuilt their army, the "Dhara Mrtyu." In Mrtyu's old age, Badala took control of the Dhara Mrtyu, and conspired multiple schemes to expand the army across Eurasia in order to destroy the Tree of Life in her adoptive mother's name.

On top of her strength, size, and stamina, Badala has a skill unique to tigers, allowing her to stun or even paralyze her opponents with her roar.

Throughout Part 1 of Roar Towards the Future, she's made multiple schemes against the Night Pride and the Tree of Life, taking advantage of the inexperience of its young rulers as well as that of the kingdom's new Lion Guard. She's also responsible for the trauma that made Rani and Baliyo hyperviglient and overprotective (hence their initial antagonism towards Kion and the Lion Guard), having violated and betrayed their trust in such a damaging way when they were at such a young age that left them with mental and emotional scars that follow them into adulthood. Eventually, the tides will turn in the tigress' favor when her army discovers a method to steal a piece of the Tree of Life's magic to weaponize for their nefarious schemes... as well as getting some allies on the inside.

At the end of Season 1, Badala will encounter Queen Rani for the first time in 10 years. Vengeance will be taken, but it's just a matter of when and how...

NOTES:

  • Badala's name translates to "revenge" in Hindi.
  • My voice-canon for her is Faye Mata (the English voice actress of Kagami Tsurugi from Miraculous).
  • I initially wanted there to be waaayy more scars in her design but I ultimately decided to opt for the claw marks on her face just for simplicity's sake and to keep her design from looking too "edgy."
  • To pre-empt any guesses, no, she is NOT the one to give Rani the scar on her foreleg. I'm saving that for a twist reveal. And I'm also not revealing where Badala got her facial claws. Both answers will be in Chapter 35 that's a flashback episode.
  • Badala's ability to paralyze animals with her roar is based on an actual skill tigers have IRL. Tigers produce sounds in a very low range (ones that we can't hear) that can paralyze prey. The fic sorta exaggerates this for dramatic effect, but learning about this one fact was what convinced me to create this character in the first place. It reminded me of the Roar of the Elders and it seemed like such an interesting thing to explore in this universe. Some stories and characters just write themselves.

If you saw my shitty sketch of this that I posted a year ago, no the fuck you didn't.

Because of Reddit's shitty updates, I can only use one embedded link: So for those wanting to read Roar Towards the Future, here's the link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/46958152?view_full_work=true

As per usual, I'll disclaim that this is very fucking long (300K words so far...) so you should probably grab a food or drink, and play something off-tab:

Part 1 of 6 has 12 chapters left. I initially wanted Chapters 20-29 to be released last year and for the remaining 13 chapters of Part 1 to be released this year, but... college and burn-out continue to be my worst nemesis. I've only gotten two chapters out this year and am working on Chapter 31 at the moment. At the rate I'm going and assuming all goes well, the final chapter (of Part 1, not of the entire work), is expected for a 2027 release. Fingers crossed!

Once again, credit to the artist, RedTheLioness for the commission!

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u/KrattBoy2006 — 8 days ago
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Why did the hyenas in the lion guard treat Scar like a savior after TLK?

Honestly, this is the only question i really have about the show. In the Lion King, the hyenas obviously betray Scar in revenge after he tries to blame them for everything. Considering the hyenas survive, I'm assuming Scar wouldn't really live in good image around their culture/groups. Why would there still be hyenas in the Lion Guard that follow them anyway?

Look, I know the Lion Guard is notorious for being a bit off canon from the actual Lion King series, but entertain my question for a moment. Because im really curious what headcanon at all can be given to excuse this reason.

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u/death_by_puma — 12 days ago
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Le vrai âge de la Garde

Si on s'en tient à ce plan du premier épisode de la saison 3, on aperçoit un baobab africain passer de pousse à adulte, en même temps que la Garde passe de l'enfance à l'adolescence.

Or un baobab met plusieurs décennies à atteindre sa taille finale, il serait donc absurde de penser que la Garde ado a 50-60 ans, cependant on peut largement considérer que les scénaristes ont voulu nous faire comprendre que du temps a passé, et pas du temps d'un point de vue animal.

Par ailleurs en s'appuyant sur d'autres cas, comme le post Instagram de Disney Jr d'il y a quelque temps qui donne à Kion l'âge de 15 ans malgré son apparence juvénile, + le fait que dans la chanson Ami pour la vie, Fuli dit "tellement d'années ensemble", et encore d'autres preuves, je peux donc affirmer que dans le lore TLK verse, les personnages, qu'importe leur espèce, vieillissent comme les humains, et que par conséquent, Kion a bien 15 ans dans la saison 3, et la Garde à peu près la même chose.

u/Ok_Notice_231 — 11 days ago