Board Thread:Lion Guard Discussion/@comment-27393094-20160905181058/@comment-27624599-20160909223728

Pinkpeony73 wrote: I feel like the predators in TLG are often passed off as cruel animals who think of nothing but killing. That's nothing like real life. Predators need to hunt to survive and keep prey from multiplying too quickly. I think TLG jut wants to keep little children from seeing a dead animal - which I guess is fine - but it's not really like TLK. I do wish just once the hyenas could get some food - even if it's brought to them, like from Mzingo. But Kion and the others always have to step in and save the day, even if it's really none of their business. You make a good point, but I think that is that it is their business. As the Lion Guard, it's their main task- keeping the Circle of Life in balance. If the hyenas hunted in the Pride Lands, that would break the Circle of Life(too many predators, not enough prey), whether they overhunted or not. This was actually a major part of the original film, and as I've said before, it is realistic. Large numbers of various predators just can't live in harmony together.

As for TLG portraying them as cruel... I do agree that most of our villains are predatory, but then, so is our main protagonist, Kion, as well Fuli, Simba, Nala, Jasiri, Pua, and a lot of other good characters. I hope to see more predatory good guys(which was why I was very happy that Badili was so gentle and sweet) and maybe some non-predatory villains.