Raka was the best character in the film, R.I.P king 😭

Him and Proximus were the best thing about that film, wasted potential smh

Agreed, based on the ending I can only assume they’re gonna go the route of the OG POTA films and have more human villains going forward but they’re not gonna have the same charisma & charm as Proximus or Kona

Raka might return in the next film. He got swept away, but who knows if someone found him and saved him.

I've noticed among PotA fans, a lot have human/ape pairings. Noa/Mae as example.

Oh noamae is huge right now, I don't ship it, the vibe is too awkward between them, but I can understand the appeal.

As much as I want Raka back I would find it a bit far fetched for him to survive those rapids considering orangs are awful swimmers

I've read some. I noticed many human/ape couples are always male apes with female humans. I've never seen one with a male human and female ape. That's something new the fans haven't tried. Especially given the OG and Tim Burton remake had a human guy kiss a female ape. There should be a fanfiction on this.

Speaking of orangs, I saw a video on YouTube of a story of a guy who had long orange hair. The locals told him to wear a hat because it was orangutan mating season and he might be mistaken for one. He didn't listen and a male orangutan took him as a mate. 😆 The guy got away, but he'll never be right after that experience.

The late Robin Williams joked about what almost happened to him and Koko the female gorilla. Koko almost had her way with him had her trainer not intervened. Robin said Koko almost dragged him into her cage. "Koko signed for me to lift my shirt and she reached out and grabbed me. When an 800 pound gorilla grabs your nipples, you listen."

I too would like to see more male human/female ape. It's something I draw sometimes but not tied to pota or anything, just self-indulgent stuff from the animal's perspective. I think it's less common because the "beauty and the beast" concept is much more mainstream. Male animal is a hypermasculine figure, human woman is ravished by it, super old trope.
Man fucking a female animal or monster is seen as just plain weird.

An act of desperation on the man's part, even

Dolphins, even the females seek out human partners. Man or woman, if the dolphins likes them, it'll be very obvious and direct. King of the Hill even had an episode joking about it.

I see. There's a movie called Tanya's Island that has this trope. It's a really interesting film. Woman on an island falls for a big sasquatch ape creature.

Imagine what the apes in Ceaser's time would say of cavemen from seeing a museum. Humans evolved from an ape ancestor. Nobody knows how or why, but one group of apes became humans.

This rocks!
Also, glad to learn the possible reason why Raka lacks cheek flanges.