by Azdgari » July 27th, 2017, 3:54 am
[quote="Kina"]Works for me. I had an OC at one point that was Nala's father, so I'll see if I can dig up his information from my harddrive.
I also like the idea of Ni being Kopa's father via Shani, possible plot-related death on that part, and being adopted by Simba and Nala - keeps the family resemblance, still technically part of the royal family, technically Simba's son via said adoption, while also maintaining the official canon that Simba has no son other than Kion. Just food for thought. (Should we do a continuation of the RP, at any rate, those questions would be addressed.)
Another plot related question, in regards to hyena backstory - I'd like to give them more of a reason for their antagonism other than "ebil henchman species." I know that IRL hyenas and lions are natural enemies, but a possible reasonable explanation for their banishment could be that they were overhunting in whatever generation of ruler (Mohatu, Uru, Mufasa) that was the one to exile them to the Elephant Graveyard.
And another tangent, sorry: I like the idea of elephants being the "king" of the prey species, so to speak. Excellent memory, impressive intelligence (they've actually learned to modify ASL with their trunks, which is pretty cool), so large little dares to challenge them, etc. It'd be a nice world building note, at very least.[/quote]
Yeah, overhunting is certainly one that comes to mind. Everyone really does react quite strongly to them whenever they're mentioned, especially early on--I could even see it being something even darker, like a cub-killing or something similarly abhorrent. Just spitballing.
Yeah, I like that elephant bit a lot. Could perhaps develop an OC or two for elephant leaders to meet with Mufasa, Simba, etc.