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Obligatory "The Lion Guard" journal
9 years ago
So...recently....i have been getting into The Lion Guard. Orogonally i didnt really like the idea of them retconning the canon of the second movie since The Lion King and The Lion King 2 are like my top favorite movies...but its grown on me. however, i feel like some backstory is needed
when i was little, my grandmother used to tell me stories of me when i was 3...she would take me to the zoo and i would hang off the front of the stroller roaring at people and telling them i was "simba the yion". I spent most of my childhood running around on all 4's for years pretending to be any animal i could...realistic or not...its safe to say it shaped my young life XD
That being said..The Lion King 1 and 2 hold a special place i my heart....so any sort of new and "updated" thing for that would naturally be met with hostility. The lion guard looks dumb...but its got good songs ( Sisi ne Sawa and My own way are my top 2) so its quickyl becoming rather charming to me. the art style has a sort-of....paper-doll feel...like those projects you did at scholl where you made puppets with the gold push-pin things for joints....wich is not a problem, its actually kinda perfect for kids..but it does mean i notice certain anitomical issues with their paws.
Now..there are lots of people that dont like how its messed up the canon, myself included, but while at work one morning i thought about it and...who said it had to mess anything up? Let me explain...
The Lion Guard is set within Lion King 2. There is a time jump between when Kiara and Kovu get split up as cubs to them being adults....so who says within that time the show cant happen. At that time Kion would have been born, but being part of the lion guard would effectively excuse him from the plot of the movie. This could also explain why the hyenas are still around within the show, since im sure once Kovu became an adult and waaay more dangerous, they would have left...This could also explain why Kiara went from a sort-of tomboy to a tattle-tail....shes taking her queen duties more serriously.
As for Kion, well within the second movie Vitanti, who has been confirmed to be in the lion guard show, and her older brother Nuka set fire to the hunting lands that Kiara runs off to..so set a trap...if Kion is part of the Lion Guard, it would be his job to settle the animals and get them to safety. Realisticly...this is just my way to explain how both can still be canon....so take it as you will...
I also thought maybe when hes older, something happens and the Guard disbands....wich would explain why its not present within the movies. Again..just my thought process at 3am at work XD Im totaly open to discussion about the show...but im not interested in any comment that is just "lion guard sucks" or "disney is going downhill". Those comments are not productive nor do they invite discusson...so kindly keep them to yourself if you have no valuable points to add
>w> *totally ships KionXJasiri...lionxhyena love forever*
when i was little, my grandmother used to tell me stories of me when i was 3...she would take me to the zoo and i would hang off the front of the stroller roaring at people and telling them i was "simba the yion". I spent most of my childhood running around on all 4's for years pretending to be any animal i could...realistic or not...its safe to say it shaped my young life XD
That being said..The Lion King 1 and 2 hold a special place i my heart....so any sort of new and "updated" thing for that would naturally be met with hostility. The lion guard looks dumb...but its got good songs ( Sisi ne Sawa and My own way are my top 2) so its quickyl becoming rather charming to me. the art style has a sort-of....paper-doll feel...like those projects you did at scholl where you made puppets with the gold push-pin things for joints....wich is not a problem, its actually kinda perfect for kids..but it does mean i notice certain anitomical issues with their paws.
Now..there are lots of people that dont like how its messed up the canon, myself included, but while at work one morning i thought about it and...who said it had to mess anything up? Let me explain...
The Lion Guard is set within Lion King 2. There is a time jump between when Kiara and Kovu get split up as cubs to them being adults....so who says within that time the show cant happen. At that time Kion would have been born, but being part of the lion guard would effectively excuse him from the plot of the movie. This could also explain why the hyenas are still around within the show, since im sure once Kovu became an adult and waaay more dangerous, they would have left...This could also explain why Kiara went from a sort-of tomboy to a tattle-tail....shes taking her queen duties more serriously.
As for Kion, well within the second movie Vitanti, who has been confirmed to be in the lion guard show, and her older brother Nuka set fire to the hunting lands that Kiara runs off to..so set a trap...if Kion is part of the Lion Guard, it would be his job to settle the animals and get them to safety. Realisticly...this is just my way to explain how both can still be canon....so take it as you will...
I also thought maybe when hes older, something happens and the Guard disbands....wich would explain why its not present within the movies. Again..just my thought process at 3am at work XD Im totaly open to discussion about the show...but im not interested in any comment that is just "lion guard sucks" or "disney is going downhill". Those comments are not productive nor do they invite discusson...so kindly keep them to yourself if you have no valuable points to add
>w> *totally ships KionXJasiri...lionxhyena love forever*
The Lion Guard is cute for what it is, not the most amazing thing that could happen, but it's good none the less. Yeah the animation is kinda cheap but at the same time it's really nice for the style it is. It's making an attempt to be like the original movies, but at a low budget maybe? Plus, seeing the animation errors are kinda entertaining to me personally like "HAHA they fucked up now it's too late it's online you're doomed" XD
The story is odd because for so long this character called Kopa was Kiara's brother, from the book series. But then Kion is the main character for the new show? Wonder what that's about. :O
*fist bumps* ive always been for the hyenas and scar....and there has been some theories about Zira actually killing Kopa and thats why she was banished. At this point i would want them to bring him back as Kovu and Kirara's son....i think it would be a nice throw back to the books
That's an odd idea, Kovu as Kiara's kid. :O
Well not as odd as the theory that Kiara and Kovu were related, since he looked like scar and all. And how Zira was moist af for Scar, so that still bothers me. :'I Yeah I like your idea better.
That's a fun idea omg.
As for the Guard itself I have to say i really like how they introduced the guard and the lore of it. It did make sense and it was covered rather well. BUT it just left alot of questions about where they were during the big fights in the second movie specifically the final battle which i would have thought they would defiantly be there to you know... keep the peace? But like you mentioned there can always be a convenient plot hole to explain their absence such as during the events (after the fire incident) they may have had to take care of some duties that took them away from the pride lands for the remainder of it though that's alot of time for them to be "conveniently away" but in any case the series is still going so perhaps they will explain more about what they are expected to do as the lion guard.
I may just be looking to deep into this but maybe after watching more of the show itl start to kinda show where they stood during the events lol