Why are we supposed to think of the characters as humans?

[SummerSnowLeopard]

I've never thought of them as humans

[AdAstrα]

I always thought of them as...well, talking animals.

[SummerSnowLeopard]

Me too. Why would we think of them as humans

[Shyann]

Because they r like humans, they talk and almost act like human beings, they might be diffrent by not having only 2 legs, and they might have diffrent face fitures, but they r like humans

[SummerSnowLeopard]

I don't see it. They're lions. Lions. Lions. Not People. *Imagines Scar walking on 2 legs*

[Maaaaaaaaaan]

I've always seen it the other way around I guess. People are animals, just the same as lions are. We do all the things other animals do; eat, breathe, drink, communicate with each other...

Really, us humans do nothing different than our fuzzy counterparts. It just so happens our intelligence is what's made us the way we are now, and drove us to the top of the food chain. Being an animal is still a revered trait in our world though, and something about that primal aspect of life is fascinating.

In sports, someone who's dominant is called a "beast", and it's good to have "cat-like reflexes" or the "eyes of a hawk".
Girls are sometimes considered "foxy" and boys are sometimes considered to be "dogs", as well as numerous other terms.


Whenever I think of LK, I suppose I consider them lions more than anything else, but what makes them endearing is that they're really no different than us. Just a little fuzzier.


I think that's what Disney's talking about when they say to think of them as humans.

(Although if I had the cat-like reflexes of my cat, all I'd be able to do is sleep on the most busy face in the house until they couldn't breathe.)

[FlipMode]

[quote="QueenSummer"]I don't see it. They're lions. Lions. Lions. Not People. *Imagines Scar walking on 2 legs* :lol:[/quote]

Yes but in mentality they are human; at least a lot more human than lions actually would be. Not just the fact they speak, but just the way they act in general.

[AdAstrα]

Yeah...like crying. Real lions don't cry, at least not like we do. Shedding tears to let others see that we are hurting, that's a human thing. Yet Simba cries when Mufasa is killed.

[SummerSnowLeopard]

I know. Maybe they have human abilitys. But they're supposed to be lions.

[AdAstrα]

Yeah..if they didn't have these traits, it would be much harder for us to relate to them. Which is kind of the whole point in creating this story, I would think.