anything lion guard

[Alexterri1]

[quote="lelizwe"]Just to reiterate what I've been talking about on my Tumblr. I'm starting to become seriously annoyed at how TLG has made a habit out of erasing its female characters.

It was already clear when TLG was first being marketed that this was a boy's oriented show. I thought, with the help of a little viewer feedback, they might see that there are a ton of little girls who love the The Lion Guard. Some who have a tomboyish streak and can enjoy the never-ending presence of Bunga, the ultimate little boy character along with literally everyone else in the show at this point, and some other little girls who prefer seeing actual female characters because they are easier to relate to. But so far, they haven't been getting a lot of this.

First, we have a Guard consisting of only one female, which is already sort of poor. Instead of giving Fuli the two episodes she deserves back-to-back to help explore her character and extend her screen-time - seeing how many episodes we've had focusing on everyone but her - we then get one moved to make way for an episode about the side-character... again. Yeah, you know, not Kion or anything. Not the protagonist. Or anyone who actually hasn't had the chance for the splot-light. Also, in the preview for the sole female's episode, who do we see splattered all over it? Yes, it's Bunga again. Joy!

Next, we have Nala's role as the saviour of the first movie completely erased in favour of making Timon and Pumbaa the center of yet ANOTHER episode with the side-character. Nala, a strong, persevering, hard-working female, in favour of the two laziest characters in the history of The Lion King. Ah yes, we get some funny toilet humour. That's all well and good when it's balanced out with something with a little more substance... such as a strong female lead that again, can I stress, we've been lacking.

Whenever Kiara is on the screen she's either joined by two constantly complaining friends or she's somehow made out to be a bore. So with Nala practically non-existent and Fuli only ever there to provide some dialogue any character could be landed with or help provide a solution to a situation, the same thing Beshte and Ono do half the time, we only really have Kiara to work with when it comes to real personality.

And so far, her personality isn't all that fun or engaging, the way Kion and Bunga's is. Her responsibility is made out to be boring, when really, she's just trying to do the same thing Simba would've went through if things hadn't turned out the way they had. In fact, it's almost purposely off-putting, though I'd hate to think Disney, in 2016, are actually trying to show that girls (some with responsibilities) are ALWAYS boring and the farting honey badger is definitely the more long-term-impacting screen presence.

Sorry, I'm just a little annoyed by how this is playing out. I feel so bad for those little girls who don't like Bunga and his antics all that much and want to love The Lion Guard and feel included, the way it should be, but can't, because Disney are literally providing no consistently strong female character.[/quote]

THANK YOU SO MUCH. THIS HAS BEEN BUGGING ME FOR AGES.

I just hope that we get a Fuli-centric episode, or another episode with Jasiri

[_TravelerBlu_]

Bunga isn't a lion king character. I won't allow it at all. And home fully to make you feel better, I saw lots of girls and boys walking around at WDW with a plush Fuli in their hands. I didn't see anyone else, only Fuli. It made me happy!

[SimbasGuard]

Perhaps Fuli will have a side story in the next episode the way Bunga did in this episode?

[kyomon]

i have to admit, i thought Kion would be the most annoying character in the lion guard series. after watching ROTR, i found him to be a pretty cool and likable character. my favorite is Fuli, but Kion is also up there with her.

[goody2shoes]

my faveorite lion king/lion guard character or should i say characters would be all lion cubs simba, nala, kovu, kiara, and her friends, and kion and any other lion cubs i missed

[_TravelerBlu_]

http://youtu.be/ihxVvkH8wDo I think this is official!!! It's the early production story board for the beginning sequence

[JackStover]

While "Fuli Speeds Ahead" is currently scheduled to air this Sunday morning, it probably won't air, as it's clearly not something that Disney planned to do. Perhaps we'll get lucky and Disney won't realize it in time, but as somebody who has a lot of experience dealing with the animation industry, people may not want to get their hopes up.

If Sunday were a holiday, or a special occasion, maybe we could think they were doing this on purpose. But it's not. It would be airing on a random Sunday between a couple of re-runs. It's clearly a mistake. Our best hope is that the episode ends up getting uploaded to iTunes or Amazon Video, as it was originally scheduled to premiere this Friday and, on occasion, networks fail to change the digital distribution side of things when they make these changes.

[Rollo]

^ Not sure what you mean by this, Jack. If they're re-airing Fuli's New Family, it would be another re-run just like the rest. Fuli's New Family was released last week.

[JackStover]

[quote="lelizwe"]^ Not sure what you mean by this, Jack. If they're re-airing Fuli's New Family, it would be another re-run just like the rest. Fuli's New Family was released last week.[/quote]
I meant "Fuli Speeds Ahead". I just woke up, sorry.

[Rollo]

^ Ah, that makes sense No worries.

Yes, I think you're right. This Friday's episode is Bunga the Brave. I for one am just glad that it wasn't another misleading promo. I don't mind waiting for another Fuli episode. I just hope this isn't another filler episode, similar to how the last Bunga-centered episode was.