Talk:The Savannah Summit/@comment-35090616-20180608030105/@comment-35090616-20180608211552

True. But the main reason I didn't like Makuu in season one was because his story was almost ripping off Scar's. Think about it. Scar wanted to be king and got it for a few years, Makuu wanted to take over the float and got it, and still has it. Scar smacked Sarabi while not knowing Simba was watching, and Makuu threatened Kion with Nala (How was Kion supposed to forgive that again?). Scar had Zira, a bloodthirsty lioness, and Makuu, for a while, had Kiburi, who attempted to kill Simba. To be fair, they're not complete rip offs, as they at least changed it up with Makuu's. I did like his role in Never roar again, but for the most part, I just found him to be boring.

I'll give Makuu credit for not intentionally antagonizing anyone, but I feel like he overreacted to Kion being cautious just a tiny little bit. If Makuu did mature as you say, then he would've been able to admit his mistakes to Kion and apologize for them. Not have everyone brush it off like it was no big deal. Yes, you could argue that he tried to do that in the summit, but that's more or less about politics. And reforming him is fine, but his redemption felt rushed and forced. This episode still made me go from disliking Makuu to hating him, but I won't deny it when I like him in an episode.

As for Simba, I just despised him here. If he told Kion that Makuu was coming then I would've been fine with his later actions. Eh...somewhat. I could never really get how a dad could be so harsh to say what Simba did to Kion. His flesh and blood. Simba's just a complete idiot and jerk in this episode, not telling Kion about Makuu coming (Makes me question why he didn't also invite Mzingo, since he's ALSO an antagonist.), and not just talking to Kion about this whole thing. His behavior honestly felt like an excuse to put Mufasa in the episode. Especially since this moral was already there in Paintings and Predictions. And I'm really nod seeing the point in Simba's words with how Kion was just trying to protect everyone.

It's fine if you like the episode, but I personally hate it. It's my least favorite episode so far, and I may make a rewrite on Fanfiction someday when I have the time. More or less on the second half, as I did think the first half was good. Still. If Makuu actually showed his maturity rather than them just saying he matured, and Simba wasn't an absolute...swear word, this would be a good one for me. But as it stands, this episode could've used a rewrite. At least for me.