Board Thread:Lion Guard Discussion/@comment-31214635-20170409211617/@comment-31440266-20170612234701

Gracekim12 wrote: Yeah sorry I just REALLY hate stereotypes I'm worried this will make children think that all girls think about fashion and how they look which is boring and not true. (and My younger cousin is in the demographic audince so..) I don't think it's fair to say they're your typical brainless girly girls. True, they haven't had much screentime or development yet, and what they have had they've kinda changed in each episode, so it's hard to say. But I think they have more personality than just your typical dumb girl characters. Zuri is an obvious primadonna, who's afraid to get her "hands" dirty and doesn't really like anything but chilling and taking it easy. But she's also got sass to her and isn't afraid to defend her own views if someone disagrees with her. Tiifu has some of Zuri's primadonna influences in her, but she's clearly the more adventurous one of the two, and even she seems to think Zuri's behaviour is ridiculous sometimes. Also, they both seem to live vicariously through Kiara, probably wishing they could be princesses too, but at the same time they're friends to her and clearly love and support her out of honest love. I view the two as more of a comedy couple, with Zuri being the silly one and Tiifu being the straight man.

By the way, even if they were your typical "dumb girl" characters, which I disagree with, then so what? Just because it's a very stereotypical character, doesn't mean it should be left out. You shouldn't ignore it, because those type of people exist. We have very strong and smart female characters on the show, such as Fuli, Kiara, Nala, Jasiri, Zira and Reirei (Vitani too if her movie counterpart is of any indication), so why not throw in the opposite style of characters as well? Otherwise it'd be completely unrealistically one-sided. Basically, saying Tiifu and Zuri shouldn't be there because you think they're stereotypical girly characters, is as silly as saying Pumbaa shouldn't be there because he's your typical dumb, fat, smelly and unhygienic male character. Or that Goigoi shouldn't be there cause he's your typical "idiot husband" male character. There's no point in complaining about them, because those type of people actually DO exist, and it's important to show children all types of characters; not just ones that are likely to be a positive influence.