Board Thread:Lion Guard Discussion/@comment-33871435-20190806010914/@comment-26812159-20190817142523

Giraffe-Okapi wrote: (continued)


 * Some important plot points are not addressed at all, which could've enrichened the show a lot. I will only elaborate on my biggest gripe, but it's not the only one. While I commend the writers on their guts, when their killed off Ushari... it just feels so wrong?

Why not having him be redeemed, too? why not addressing that their former grumpy, but ultimately ally neighbour (as seen in Kupatana) suddently turned on you so badly? Why not acknowledging that Bunga WAS unfair to Ushari in their first interaction, that they were wrong by randomly trampling him?(or hell, maybe apologising on not seeing him) The Lion Guard could grow positively as characters if they admitted that they sometimes they acted in the wrong, and apologised. That would've made them stronger, not weaker. Why couldn't the Guard and Ushari work out their differences? Have a discussion where all of them receive a lesson in humilty? Ushari's argument "I allied with Scar, because he treated me well, and respected me. Something you all never did!" can be a very sympathetic one. Wanting to be respected is not a whim, no egoistical, it's a right. Why not addressing it, for a wonderful lesson?

Not to mention, PLEASE stop with villainous snakes. I feel so bad for poor snakes. They're as much living creatures and deserving of respect as any other.

Again, I'm a big fan of the show, being a fan doesn't mean you think it's perfect. I understand and respect that not everybody shares my opinion, or my tastes, but wanted to share all that anyway. I agree with you. There are so many animal stereotypes in this series. Snakes and lizards are devious and untrustworthy, jackals are just cunning thieves, vultures are pests, monitor lizards are monsters... Oh, please.

I like how Jasiri's Clan was portrayed, and Jasiri is my favourite character. But other carnivores were portrayed so falsely....

I also didn't like the fact that all the villains are carnivores and all the herbivores are good. It's just stupid. In addition, insectivores (like Bunga or Pumba) can eat as much as they want, even if they are not hungry. They can eat even very rare grubs (Utamu) and they don't care that they can become extinct. Meanwhile, carnivores from the Outlands are often hungry, because 'the Circle of Life' basically forbids them to eat. Janja's hyenas couldn't kill a single zebra from Pride Lands, though the herds were overpopulated. Even if they found a prey on their territory, the Lion Guard defended it (The Travelling Baboon Show).