Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-3562042-20190927235322/@comment-25400573-20191002052342

I feel the main problem with this finale is that it pretty much suffers from the replacement trope we sometimes see in villains.

Pretty much: take a character you’ve grown to love, introduce a new character, and have that character utterly humiliate them and take their place. That’s what this feels like

The Vitani Guard as I’ll call them just appear from nowhere and are supposedly on par and maybe even better than the real Lion Guard. I could believe Simba asked her to form her own since he didn’t know if Kion would come back or not. But even after the real Guard return, these lionesses just come off as selfish, whinny jerks. Why none of them went to Simba, IDK.

Then there’s the battle of the guards. People have already pointed out the shenanigans that took place in Besthe’s challenge, while Anga I can say isn’t too rigged and actually is important.

However, then we get to Kion. I’m sorry, but it felt like Kion cared more about mastering the roar than what his friends thought or protecting the Pride Lands. I doubt that was what happened, but it sure came off that way. And even then, we couldn’t keep this sacrifice and instead have the Lion Guard go to a place they’ve barely been at compared to the Pridelands, effectively leaving there friends and families behind because they have to follow Kion.

To sum this all up, this finally is just ugh. That’s the best word I can think of for this situation. The Vitani Guard are selfish, and the ending is just................ unsatisfying.