Mane stubborn lion. Har har.

[filled_with_pride]

Why are you questioning me? I did what I thought was best at the time. No one can expect better of a King.

[Simba might be pacing.]

Father... [This is a painful subject.] He would have understood that. He knew the pressures of standing alone. I have to be strong. I won't let what happened to him happen to me. I won't let Kiara grow up without a father.

[Though she is a good deal older than you were, Simba.]

It doesn't matter. It's too big of a risk. I'll make her see that.

Comments

just going to hug Sora has no lion icons so bear with me /sob

[heartisabattleground]

[Sora looks confused, tilting his head as his friend goes on.]

Simba? Sure you're King. But that doesn't mean you have to do things alone, you know? You've got friends who'll always be there to help you when you need it.

It's cool! <3

[filled_with_pride]

[Simba arches a brow, confused.]

I know I do, but sometimes being King means you stand alone. You have to be strong in your decisions. No matter who you might hurt.

Re: It's cool! <3

[heartisabattleground]

[Sora's scratching the side of his head. He's not sure he gets it.]

But if your decisions hurt the people you care about are they good ones?

[filled_with_pride]

She's mistaken. She doesn't understand what...

[He sits down heavily.]

She's too young to know what we went through.

[heartisabattleground]

You mean Nala? I'm pretty sure she'd get it. She's your wife after all.

[Sora doesn't know that his friend went and bred with things.]

[filled_with_pride]

No, not Nala. Kiara. My daughter.

[heartisabattleground]

[Oh...Oh right, Nala did say they were expec-

OH KH DEITIES! HIS FRIEND HAD A KID!]

So you guys already had your kid!? That's great!

[filled_with_pride]

She's nearly full grown. [What on Earth, Sora?] And falling for an Outsider.

[heartisabattleground]

Huuuuuuuuuuh? Really? How long has been since I last saw you then if she's already big?

[The term outsider confuses him.]

Outsider?

[filled_with_pride]

I don't remember seeing you at all.

[His expression hardens.]

One of the lions who followed Scar. I banished them from the Pridelands.

[heartisabattleground]

You don't?

[Sigh, all disney friends just don't know him. He's gotten used to the fact that his friends come from a whole other universe now.]

Oh, I see...well you trust your daughter right, Simba?

[filled_with_pride]

Should I?

[Sorry, Simba is a little grumpy at the world in general, Sora.]

Not in this case.

[heartisabattleground]

I guess not...well I'm Sora.

[It's okay, just don't expect Sora to put up with it too much longer.]

Why not? Maybe this one Outsider guy isn't all that bad.

[filled_with_pride]

Where are you from, Sora?

[He snorts.]

He betrayed me! He nearly got me killed! He deserved to be exiled.

[heartisabattleground]

I'm from an Island.

[Oh...okay, Sora's not sure how to feel about this. But he doesn't seem happy about it either.]

Are you all right?

[filled_with_pride]

An island? [Sorry, don't have those in Africa.]

I'm healing. [His voice is gruff.] I gave him a chance and that's how he repaid me.

[just]

{ Talking Lion-- color him curious. }

No fault in protection, that much is sure. { To some. }

[filled_with_pride]

[He's not quite like Mufasa yet. Simba is a young, lost King.]

I will do what's necessary to ensure my family stays safe.

[just]

The danger being? { If he's allowed to ask. }

[filled_with_pride]

Death. Those lions were banished for a reason. I cannot allow one of them to come back. He might continue what Scar started.

[just]

{ It's hardly up to him to decide for others, especially when he knows not what's been going on. }

He might not.

[filled_with_pride]

I'm not willing to take that chance.

[just]

{ Mercy on the unknown being as much a cornerstone to being a King than courage and constancy. } A decision you best defend with more of a reason than fear, King.

[filled_with_pride]

[Kovu isn't unknown to him - or, rather, Zira (Kovu's mother) is not unknown to him.)

It's my decision. Everyone may have forgotten the past, but I haven't.

[just]

You speak for more than just yourself.

[filled_with_pride]

Doesn't every King?

[just]

Take other voices into some consideration, then. { A pause, and really, he feels like he's just repeated himself. So he gives an apologetic sort of smile for that. } It'll come right in the end.

[filled_with_pride]

I know what's best for my pride. [Speaking of repetitive.] I don't know what the future holds, but I'm determined to keep her safe.

[pridelanderprincess]

[ le sigh. dad before he came to trust kovu. oh boy. ]

Are you talking about Kovu?

[ She is damn sure he means Kovu, but hey, she's been wrong before! ]

lmao that icon.

[filled_with_pride]

Who else? [He's bordering on sounding tired.] You'll understand one day.

daddy why ya gotta harsh my mellow

[pridelanderprincess]

Uhm...

[ how does she say this without make it confusing...

screw it. she can't. ]

I think you'll understood someday soon that you're wrong about Kovu.

b/c there was a big bad lion

[filled_with_pride]

What do you mean?

[Oh no his daughter is sounding like Rafiki.]

yea dad we know your uncle did weird shit

[pridelanderprincess]

Maybe our paths aren't...aligned because...Kovu is already part of our pride. He's my mate.

you have no idea

[filled_with_pride]

WHAT?! [Small explosion brb.] Kiara, don't even joke about that!

talk it out in therapy like a normal person

[pridelanderprincess]

[ would now be a good time for the "already had sex too" talk? ]

I am not joking. He's my mate. It's already...happened.

not enough hours in the world

[filled_with_pride]

[ . . . If you want to kill him, Kiara.]

...how? [That's all he can manage.]

don't go hamlet on me daddy

[pridelanderprincess]

We put a stop to the fighting. It had to stop.

that'd make mom ophelia and that ain't happenin

[pridelanderprincess]

...he saved me. He found me. He doesn't want to be Scar. He just wants to be Kovu.

but then tragic hamlet and ophelia having juliet makes sense

[pridelanderprincess]

Besides. He makes me feel the way...the way Mom feels about you, Daddy.

too late 1/3

[filled_with_pride]

[To his credit, he DOES listen. But his anger - no, his hurt - is still too fresh. How can Kiara be saying these things when...

Hadn't Kovu almost led to his death?]

nala ain't no ophelia. 2/3

[filled_with_pride]

Kiara. [His voice wavers the slightest bit.] You weren't there. His lionesses were waiting for us. They nearly -

it so does. 8| 3/3

[filled_with_pride]

[He sets his jaw, clenching his teeth together.]

If this does happen...

What makes me change my mind?

Shakespeare for Disney

[pridelanderprincess]

He stands against Zira and saves you from her claws. By doing that he not only proved his loyalty...but his mother rejected him.

It's all so clear. Juliet, go to your room. Romeo is a bad lion.

[filled_with_pride]

[That catches him off-guard.]

What becomes of Zira and her lionesses, then?

Oh the bedroom ladder scene

[pridelanderprincess]

Zira fell from a ledge. I tried to help her up but she was too angry. She fell into the rushing river and didn't surface.

The lionesses are part of our pride.

If it was accurate, Kovu would be waaay older than Kiara. Oh my.

[filled_with_pride]

[What father can hear that and not give her a hug? Despite his current feelings on the matter, he didn't ever want her to experience seeing a death.]

I'm sure you did all you could. [He sighs.] It's hard for me to see that future, but...

We'll see.

guess that makes Simba also Tybalt

[pridelanderprincess]

[ Kiara returns the hug. ]

You'll soon see -- trust me. It will be all right, Daddy. In a way, Kovu is a lot like you.