Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-5488183-20170729115806/@comment-30544344-20170730003428

My two cents!

Pros:

​-         Little Kion! Bit of a whacky design,         but super cute nonetheless. He looked far too big to be a baby, but it pretty much cemented my headcanon that he was injured during the cub days of Simba's Pride. To me, it almost looked like he was learning to walk again?? IDK.

​- Mtoto holding onto Beshte during the stampede was cute too!

​- I've been waiting for Simba and Kion to get a song together, so I enjoyed that immensely.

- Also that shot with Simba and Kion sitting with Mufasa looking down at them :')

- Looks like we got our first look at Kiburi the crocodile! In the song Fujo, Makuu walked past with a fancy looking croc at the head of the group. We see the same fancy croc in one of the "Rise of Scar" trailers, talking to Scar. I'll see if I can rustle up some screenshots.

- We saw a lot of old faces! And some new! We saw the last two hyenas in Janja's clan, hopefully they'll get names soon!

- I liked that no one else could see Mufasa while Kion was talking to him. Nice touch.

- No one will every beat Jeremy Irons as Scar, but I can tell already that David Oyelowo is going to do an excellent job!

Cons:

​- Makini really grinds my gears, but hopefully she'll get better.

- Kiara remains uncharacteristically (I had to google the spelling for that one) useless, and that's not going to stop bothering me.

- Did everyone just forget that the hyenas?? Literally ate Scar alive?? My sister reckons that Scar's gonna purposefully screw Janja over for that reason, but I'm not convinced.

- The songs wasn't great, "Path of Honor" being the exception.

'''Critiques? I guess?:'''

​- I left with more questions than answers. Makini made a big deal out of Kion talking to Mufasa, but they never explained why ​he was able to do it in the first place.

- The show had some really neat designs for the background lionesses in Zira's pride, why not show some Pridelanders?

- I want some Mufasa-Scar backstory dammit. Any backstory really.

- Ushari getting so frustrated with the Guard that he decides that his only option is to summon Lion Satan is the next level pettiness that I aspire to.