#Tiifu

[mask-of-prime]

VG: Something in the Water - PART 1

One month into Simba’s Reign… In the long-abandoned Lion Guard Lair, Rafiki was refining an old painting of his just before being called over by Simba for a very important ceremony. In the rush to get ready, he had forgotten his Bakora Staff, and therefore without the pigment he needed for the ritual.

The rattling sound of the gourds roused a certain toddler’s attention.

The toddler, along with her brothers, mother, and close pridesisters, had been residing in the space as an exclusive hideout ever since Scar's Reign. It had been and idea of her mother's as a way to feel superior to the lionesses who resided in the main den above.

Vitani squirmed and mewed nonstop in the arms of a younger Zira. Zira, deep in a talk with a fellow close lioness of hers, ignored the infant cub's mews for a good while. Eventually, Zira gave into Vitani's squirms, and let her free. If it meant Vitani would stop disrupting her important conversation...

The toddler waddled over towards the wall. Not knowing her small size, Vitani tried to reach for the pretty gourds with her paw, but missed. Instead, the entire staff slid down the wall.

Suddenly, something on the wall began to glow. Vitani looked to see that the painting on the wall had come to life.

The animation showed four creatures flying away from a roaring creature. The roaring creature seemed to resemble someone she vaguely remembered. A scary lion who was unsettlingly quiet, or frighteningly loud. The lion that Mother said was gone, now.

The toddler watched the pretty moving painting play over and over again in absolute awe, babbling in entertainment.

Vitani’s vocalizations got Zira’s attention. The mother looked up to see her daughter watching Scar lose his Roar, over and over again.

Taking offense to the visual of one of Scar’s humiliating failures that Rafiki dared depict, Zira pulled her cub away. She would not let her children watch these lies. She ripped Vitani away from her focus, grabbing her by the scruff, with just enough room in her mouth to still be able to speak.

"Put me back..." Vitani quietly and feebly protested, a slight speech impediment from few teeth growing in.

"We don't go over there." she deadpans, "We don't look at that monkey's propaganda..." ____

24 lion years later, present day... Zira's words echoed in Vitani's mind was lost in thought, staring into Rafiki's cave paintings. She had looked the frescoes of Scar's loss of the Roar many times before, swearing every time that she had seen them much longer ago, long before volunteering to lead her very own Guard.

She gave this painting in particular another look today due to a dream featuring the image, a dream she'd jolted awake from. Last night, her subconscious had given her more clarity on this mystery: She must've seen it before...

She sighed, still not quite knowing. Hearing Zira's voice for the first time in a year after her passing viscerally stuck with Vitani the past few hours she'd been up. She was awake hours before the rest of the Pride, admittedly rather shaken up from the ordeal.

Thunder roared outside the cave, drawing Vitani's attention away from the wall. She sighed again and promptly made her way out into the pouring rain. ____

Hours later, Tiifu hummed as she made feline stretches, hoping to spot a heavily sleeping Vitani next to her.

No luck. Again...

Tiifu huffed, perplexed. Vitani had been getting up early for weeks, now. Instances of this had been happening since the recent enemy of the Pridelands, Ngurumo, lost his life in a fatal fall. This time Vitani was gone.

Looking all around the Ponya, then the remaining sections of the Lair -- careful not to wake the rest of the Guard -- Tiifu went up Pride Rock and searched the Royal Den, until she spotted Vitani outside on the lintel. She was soaking wet and seemingly in a daze. She also seemed to be talking skyward, as if in full conversation with someone.

"Vitani..." Tiifu called.

The Fiercest heard her, but she took a long time to turn around, struggling to get out of her trance.

"What are you doing...?" the spotted lioness scrunched her face.

"I don't know, really, just... wonder if she's out there..." Vitani trailed off, "Ridiculous, I know. But... I sometimes wonder if she's trying to talk to me..."

"...Who?"

"My mother."

"Oh..." Tiifu looked at her love, "Have you ever done this before? Talking to her? Do you know if she might even be up there?"

Tiifu bit her lip awkwardly, she wasn't trying to say Zira didn't belong in the stars and the clouds, but what she got to know about Vitani's mother, the little time they had coexisting in one place, chances looked pretty slim. She didn't like Zira, from what she saw from her. But she knew Vitani lived with her, and likely knew more about her, being her child.

"Wouldn't hurt to try, I guess..." Vitani stared onward.

"You know, I didn't think you'd be one to really talk to the sky, I never see you do it. Usually a leader can talk to the Lions of the Past if they have the Roar..."

Oh, she had no idea. Vitani thought to herself. She hadn't yet told anyone she did have an advisor in the form of Nuka. She feared revealing sacred knowledge would revoke her privilege to speak to spirits -- let alone one of fire who's in purgatory. But she internally digressed, and suddenly shrugged.

"I don't know," she answered aloud to Tiifu, "It just feels like she's here every time it rains. Like she's fighting for revenge, even in death..."

"Vitani, you lost her in the rain. This time of year, too. Rain is thought to bring back pain from old injuries, y'know... Maybe it's doing that to you, but like, emotional pain."

"It has been a year, hasn't it?"

"Think so. I remember the trees losing their leaves like this, and the air smelling kinda moldy, too."

"But it hasn't rained this much. This is weird." Vitani fretted, "Hasn't stopped since I made that raincloud to put out those fires..."

"I mean, the Pridelands hasn't got a good rain like this for years, not even when Simba was king. What's wrong with quenching the earth a little with your Roar?"

"Well, this might be too much rain. As much as I like the rain, I'm starting to see why Kion never made the clouds do that again out of fear of breaking the Circle of Life. Sinkholes, mudslides, and mosquito overpopulations have been crazier than they need to be."

Tiifu was blown away. In all this time she knew Vitani, she remembered a time when she saw the leader treat non-lion animals as something other than alive, but now she spoke like Kion, with regard over the Circle of Life, something she almost never talked about. Vitani was growing, and Tiifu could see it.

The spotted lioness brushed her cheek on Vitani's shoulder, "All storms eventually have to pass, Vitani. I'm sure it'll stop soon."

She wasn't only referring to the literal weather, but Vitani's mood.

Vitani sighed, "We'll see..."

"...and while the storm is still going, we should head inside. Might catch something out here."

Vitani gave the clouds one last glance as she turned to follow Tiifu.  ____

The pride had spent yet another night cooped up in the den.

Vitani stealthily padded her way through the Lion Guard Lair. Sporting a subtly energetic demeanor. She entered the Ponya and happened upon a curled up Tiifu. She lightly tapped her arm and head.

"Tiifu."

Stirring, the straw-colored lioness groggily awakened, only to have a boost of energy shoot right through her as she was jumpscared by Vitani staring directly at her, their faces close together.

"The rain stopped."

...

Tiifu followed Vitani's lead out the den, the latter seemed unable to contain an eager smile. Tiifu gasped at what she saw.

"A rainbow! Oh, how pretty!"

Vitani smiled all the way, happy to please Tiifu with the things she loved. She knew Tiifu was all about beautiful mornings, vivid cloud colors, things like that.

The two found a ledge on the side of Pride Rock to sit and gaze at the rainbow on the other side of the sunrise.

"Didn't know these happened after rain. I've heard about them, but I've never actually seen them."

"Really?" Tiifu looked up at her.

"Didn't rain much in the Outlands. There's like, always an awful drought there."

Tiifu nodded. Vitani never saw much hope in dark times, if she's never seen a rainbow...

She then pressed her head against Vitani's neck, "There's a rainbow at the end of every storm, Vitani..."

Tiifu, again, meant more than what literally happened before them. Vitani admittedly took a bit, but it eventually dawned on her.

Out of nowhere, feeling a sudden urge to express affection, Tiifu began to groom Vitani’s jaw. Vitani still hadn’t gotten used to the sensation of grooming, at least, nothing as gentle and organized like Tiifu’s. Tiifu did not form a wall around Vitani, nor press down on her. There was pressure in her licks, but in a massaging manner, and she seemed to be careful not to let her comb-like hairs in deep enough to scratch Vitani's skin. Vitani never truly groomed for years since no one had ever reminded her to do so, growing up in a conquest-oriented pride, and the only kind she ever knew was a tedious burden to endure. Her fur only started looking cleaner and feeling less dry and itchy once the Pridelander lionesses were all over her. It's like they had some sort of radar when someone had the slightest case of bedhead. But, anywho, it was time to tilt her head a little. Tiifu needed to reach the other side of her neck.

They continued to gaze at the rainbow until it faded along with the moisture in the air. Vitani squeezed her eyes shut, feeling total security with Tiifu.

...

Throughout the remainder of the day, excited buzzing made its way throughout Pride Rock. Talks of Kiara and Kovu's coronation made a return, now that things seemed to be drying up for good. The imminent arrival of some valued guests could not be more perfectly-timed...

Vitani slept better that night. ____

Meanwhile, at Msingi Falls... A ghastly glow illuminated the steadily-flowing river. The flow was suddenly disrupted, spinning into a small whirlpool. The riverwater seemed to defy physics as drops at the epicenter of the whirlpool began to rise. Humming filled the air, turning into a cadence sung in a siren-like matter.

A nearby animal -- a lone buffalo -- had picked up on the enticing noise, breaking its grazing. He found himself staring off absentmindedly as he felt himself being pulled to the source of the singing.

A drink sounded nice. Yes, in this beautiful pool of water... 

Before the poor bovine knew it, a strong wave forcefully pulled him in. He could've sworn it looked like a large paw of a lion.

The last sounds he made were prolonged, suffering moos as he tried to pull away. The water soon stopped bubbling. ____

((Author's Note: Celebrating Wet Beast Wednesday with some Wet Beasts in the form of a sulking Vitani and Tiifu lol. Also age reveal for Vitani 👏. I headcanon her to be the equivalent of a 24-year-old in the post-TLK 2 timeline. As for other characters, like Tiifu, Zuri, and Kiara, they're, like, 21 or so.

Fun Facts:

Many poses and compositions were considered for the first and second thumbnails, I'll post the unfinished sketches/unused assets at another time.

I would like to make future art/name reveals of Zira's closest followers. Another thing I'll post some other time.

I learned about the word "lintel" in my Ancient-to-Medieval art history class. A stonehenge, for example, is comprised of a arch system of posts and lintels, the posts being the vertical reinforcement while the lintel is the horizontal stone topping the structure. Come to think of it, Pride Rock is reminiscent of a megalithic structure since it seems to posses posts and lintels.

I headcanon Tiifu to be a master of metaphors, you're gonna see this a lot this season.

Vitani staring right into Tiifu's face after waking her up is very much based on a cat owner experience lol

IMPORTANT: If you see a change in the storytelling style, like full, proper fanfics or simple, short descriptions contextualizing the art between uploads, it's because I've thought long and hard about how I want to present VG. After an epiphany, I've come to terms that I'm not some corporate animation studio who pushes out full episodes of a show I desperately want to see exist, I originally made VG to jot down concepts of what I wanted to see, and I realize now that I work better when I draw concepts sporadically rather than gradually, slowly telling a suspenseful story in order. I realized this when I've been looking back and realizing how much I wanted to add to the story after releasing art. If you see me going out-of-order with my art at any point, it's because I'm adding bonus content. Yes there will still be a continuous main story and there's a subfolder for that, but there'll be extra sketches made randomly, which has its own subfolder. Lastly, I'm actually fiddling with the idea of maybe releasing art and concepts, and then releasing full fanfics on Ao3 or FF.net or something. But... I'm not a big writer so again, just fiddling with that idea for now 😅

EDIT: Extended the literature for the first and third illustrations/scenes))

#The Lion King #The Lion Guard #Vitani's Guard #TLK #TLG #Vitani #Tiifu #Zira #My Art

[leopardsealz]

my favourite girls! included my orientation headcanons for funsies... (also theyre polyam together to me :3)

please reblog my art!

#the lion king #the lion guard #tlk #tlk fanart #vitani #zuri #tiifu #sam draws #took aspects of both her TLK & TLG designs for vitani since i like both

[darkmoonravewolf]

What do you think about Kiara Tiifu and Zuri as a group? Do you think they could be a good ship?

Yea! I really like thier friendship and them growing up and realizing thier feelings for each other would be cute too.

I think Tiifu and Zuri would gradually become a thing not even asking the other out and Kiara would be happy for them but semi jealous when they're all hanging out. Then later on they ask what's wrong and Kiara is a bit hesitant but admits that she has feelings for them only for Tiifu to be confused because she thought they were all already an item.

#the kit answers! #the kit's cartoons #the lion guard #kiara #tiifu #zuri #kitizu

[dierentumbls]

#the lion guard #disney shitposting #fuli #jasiri #kasi #nirmala #rani #beshte #imara #kiara #kion #ono #baliyo #kovu #vitani #tiifu #janja #shabaha #tazama #zuri #bunga #timon #pumbaa #dieren

[australet789]

"Hahaha! Tiifu, that tickles!" "Stop moving, I need to clean all the dirt you got from your patrol!"

Continuing my pairs for Pride Month, here is Tiifu and Shabaha (they are both lesbians, in case it wasn’t clear)

Before getting together, Shabaha and Tiifu had a painfully mutual crush on each other. It was so obvious that even Thurston, Tiifu's friend, had noticed the blushes and shy looks the lioness sent to the new Lion Guard Member. And Shabaha was also very obvious as well, by usally patroling around the places Tiifu was gonna be hunting.

But Vitani got tired of their bullshit and decided to take things on her paws: she decided to flirt with Tiifu knowing Shabaha was gonna be super close to them: that way, Vitani hoped that in jealousy, Shabaha would be (ironically) brave enough to finally confess her feelings.

By everybody's surprise, when Vitani tried to flirt with Tiifu, the shy lioness stopped Vitani's attempts, saying she had a crush on Shabaha. And since Shabaha was close by, she heard what Tiifu said and, admiring her bravery, decided to confess to the Pridelander as well.

(Vitani considered this a success of her plan btw xD)

Shabaha and Tiifu are gonna have a son (sired by Shabaha's brother, whom is not important to the story, he is just a rogue that got expelled of Zira's pride so he wouldn't be a competition to Kovu. Shabaha mantained contact with him, despite Zira's law.) named Kuendela (persistent) and he would continue his mom's job as The Bravest of Akili's guard.

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A little clarification (just in case) that the one carrying their son is gonna be Tiifu. 

#the lion king #the lion guard #tlk #tlg #tiifu #shabaha #tlk fanart #lioness #my art #pictures arts

[queen-raven-imp]

Tiifutani

🤍~ Tiifu and Vitani from TLK 2 and TLG !!! I’ve been rewatching TLG and remembering how good it is, and the episode about Tiifu dealing with her anxiety really got to me. I’ve wanted to draw this ship for a while, I love them both sm !!! Two of my fave characters and such a cute sun x moon kinda dynamic!!!

#Tiifutani #the lion king 2 #pencil drawing #pencil illustration #pencil sketch #sketch #sketchbook #traditional art #doodle #artists on tumblr #character art #gay ships #fandom ships #ship art #shipping #sapphic #disney fanart #disney art #disney #lion king #the lion guard #the lion king #lionesses #Tiifu #vitani #the lion king art #the lion king 2 art #the lion guard art #the lion guard fanart #the lion king fanart

[yael-aryeh]

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#kiara #tlk #vitani #kovu #Tiifu #Nala #the lion king #the lion guard

[art-of-tek]

Commission for @sketch-shepherd! Thanks for commissioning me!

[ID: Three digitally drawn fullbodies of lions. In the back, two adult lionesses are sitting, leaning against one another. One of them has a pale golden pelt with freckles and green eyes, Tiifu. The other has a darker and scruffier orange pelt with darker ear rims and violet eyes. This is Vitani. In front of them is their adopted cub, Aina, who is a light colored lioness with a small fur tuft on her forehead and yellow eyes. End ID.]

#my art #digital art #fanart #artists on tumblr #the lion king #the lion guard #art #lion #lions #vitani #tiifu

[spinnysocks]

Do you have any ideas on the Kiara Tiifu and Zuri ship?

conveniently, it is valentine's day so i will be answering this today!

i honestly only started thinking about this ship after seeing another post, but i could see the tiifu x zuri appeal before that. i think it's really cute, childhood best friends to lovers!

i've been thinking about how it would work with kiara being queen. i've always had the idea of the acceptance of lgbtq+ breaking down harmful parts of the pride/royalty system (mainly based off of the My Pride series, but obviously there is a lack of canon lgbtq+ in Lion King & Guard). i think kiara being queen with her two girlfriends would be great, good for her to be honest! i already imagine her being the best queen in canon, and i think with this ship she would be an even better leader - nothing against kovu btw! i'm just saying that having your childhood advisors turned mates by your side would likely lead you to make the best decisions

however i was also thinking about the possibility of her running away with them. there's some great posts about kiara recognising the error of traditional ways and going against them. i completely agree, she has never taken anybody's shit. if it was expressed to her that she couldn't be mates with tiifu and zuri, and/or that she needed to have a male as a mate, she would likely run away if she couldn't do anything. would be like a parallel of simba running away in tlk 1 except she feels forced out by her family (or, more likely, by the rules of the pride/royalty)

on a happier tone, i think tiifu and zuri would genuinely make her happy! i'm sorry i don't have too many ideas because i focus more on the outlanders lol, but this was fun to brainstorm about

them! <3

#asks! #the lion guard #tlg #the lion king #tlk #kiara #tiifu #zuri #kitizu

[faeriekougraz]

"Go for the eyes! Break his jaw! Hit him low!”

Yea in my AU tiifu’s the one who had her jaw broken and zuri got slashed across the face. Zuri also has some recessive barbary genes that show when she gets older

#my beloveds #tlk #lion king #the lion guard #zuri #tiifu #art time #furry #furry art #sfw furry

[legitlionkingquotes]

Kiara: So what "special skills" should i add?

Tiifu: Martial arts.

Zuri: Gymnastics

Kion: Flirtatious hair flipping.

Kiara: Okay, i DO NOT flip my hair flirtatiously!

Kion: Oh, really? This dosen't look familiar? (imitates Kiara) Why hello, boys! My name's Kiara! Buy me some licorice and i'll give you a kiss!

Kiara: I talk NOTHING like that!

#source: victorious #incorrect quotes #tlk #the lion king #the lion guard #kiara obx #tiifu #zuri #kion #submission

[mask-of-prime]

V/T and Even More Tiifu

Was horribly artblocked from writing the plot for the remainder of VG's storyline and had been overcome with sudden Tiifu brainrot out of nowhere at the same time, so I did the only thing that was making me feel better: Ship Art.

You know how Kiara and Kovu are known for their strictly round Pridelander features vs strictly angular Outsider features respectively, or how Simba and Nala seem to contrast with square features and saturated, reddish color scheme vs neutral/greenish colors and smooth, slanted features? Vitani and Tiifu's physical gimmick seems to be contrasting body types lol. From the way I design their definitive adult models, Vitani is underweight with a broad upper body while Tiifu is overweight with narrow shoulders and a curvy lower body.

A revelation I've had the past few days is that I seem to have an easier time drawing round Pridelander characters with a tablet rather than a mouse. I normally just use a mouse at home and only just started getting properly used to drawing with a tablet provided at my school. I'd better start getting used to using a tablet, it's a required industry standard.

Another thing I seem to be experimenting with is this kinda xeroxed look that Silver Age Disney films once had, like that sketchy, barely-erased lineart.

Top left is referenced from this lovely cat picture sent to me, and the bottom right takes inspiration from those videos of people squishing animals' faces when getting really into petting them lol (like this for example)

Other illustrations include sketches of expressions Tiifu is least likely to show, a fullbody sketch showing her (lowkey medicine cat-like) hunting party healer attire, with a quadruped-accessible pouch crafted by none other than Makini.

Lastly, on the top right is a cold-ridden Vitani (this one is a visual I often get -- no matter what comfort character -- when I feel immensely stressed or upset. Thinking about it now and I'm wondering if a hurt/comfort visual like that might stem from the fact that I wish stress was visible like being sick was, and secretly wishing for that attention and babying if someone were to notice)

#The Lion King #The Lion Guard #TLK #TLG #Vitani #Tiifu #My Art

[trashsfanficgarden]

Tiifu had a crush on Kiara

i just wanna say that

#the lion guard #the lion king 2 #kiara #tiifu

[darkmoonravewolf]

I had this weird dream about the lion guard (I think it's cause I watched this video right before I fell asleep, other than that idk why the lion guard appeared. I was dreaming about a shitty fnaf game before the scene suddenly shifted)

Most of the lion guard weren't there???? for some reason??? so Kion had to make a temporary guard to stop Scar's newest plan. (Fuli was still there but she wasn't considered part of the guard for some reason???)

Jasiri was the bravest, Kiara was the strongest, Chuluun???? (Why the fuck was she even there??? This was before Kion got his scar)was the fastest and Dogo?? was the keenest of sight. Also Kion never even considers using his roar at any point. I think my brain forgot that he had that.

Scar's plan was... Weird but kinda smart. He wasn't using any of the regular outlander animals instead, he was trying to pretend that he was "apologizing".

His plan was to first have birds collect a bunch of this certain herb. Then have the baboons deliver it as as a gift to pride rock, saying it was from a secret admirer. Then he was going to send bats in at night to set the herbs on fire, filling pride rock with the Herb's smoke.

Just smelling the herb slowly makes lions more aggressive (this was shown with their eyes slowly turning dull and red and walking around with thier claws unsheathed) so planning to fill pride rock, where the main fucking group of lions live, with the smoke, which gets into thier system faster, was smart.

They find out about the plan and while everyone is out hunting, This pseudo lion guard plus Kiara's friends were trying to get rid of the herb.

Slowly over time though all the lion cubs were getting more aggressive and rude. Purposely, knocking into one another, nipping at the others, and saying rude things telling the others to hurry up or they'll eat them.

At one point, Dogo mentions out of all the lions, only Tiifu isn't being rude or aggressive only to realize that she was still affected. While she wasn't rude or anything, she didn't care about herself. She was working quietly but also so much, up to the point that her fur was thinning and her paws were red and starting to bleed. So not only does this herb makes lions aggressive it gives them no self-preservation.

Jasiri suggests that the lions leave the rest to the other animals, and Kion growls a bit only to agree. Which makes Kiara mad and she pins and is about to bite his neck, Chuluun, Fuli, and Jasiri manage to get her off.

It takes a bit but the others convince the lions to go outside of pride rock for a while to breathe. Only for them to see that Scar sent the bats early. There wasn't a lot of the herb left but still, it started to fill with a light smoke that blew down wind where the lion cubs went to take thier break and even further, the rest of the lions were hunting.

I then woke up so who knows maybe, next night I'll get the rest of this two-parter

#the kit screams! #the kit's cartoons #the lion guard #kion #kiara #fuli #jasiri #dogo #chuluun #tiifu #zuri #scar #the lion guard kion #the lion guard kiara #the lion guard fuli #the lion guard jasiri #the lion guard dogo #the lion guard chuluun #the lion guard tiifu #the lion guard zuri #the lion guard scar

[barkers-art]

Remember that Lion Guard AU I came up with where Kion is Kiara and Kovu's son?

Well, I decided to draw what Zuri and Tiifu look like in this AU. They're both in the same age group as Kion and are the daughters of two background lions from TLK2. Zuri's mom is the Outsider lioness commonly referred to as "Dotty" while Tiifu's is a Pridelands lioness who appears when Kiara goes off on her first hunt. They're more or less the same as they are in canon personality-wise, except now they hang around Kion's future betrothed, Rani.

#fanart #tlk #the lion king #the lion guard #lion king au #lion guard au #zuri #tiifu #character redesign

[australet789]

Do you have any hcs about Kiara Tiifu and Zuri as a group?

Yes!

They are very good friends and Tiifu and Zuri are 100% loyal to Kiara and would die for her (which almost happened to Zuri in my verse, i hc that she and Tiifu went to fight against The Outsiders in the second movie)

A lot in the fandom make Zuri a "bitch" and i hate that. Zuri is the most loyal to Kiara, despite the former being the mate of Baliyo and doing trips to The Tree of Life to see him.

Tiifu is, in my verse, the adopted sister of Zuri, so them both consider each other siblings. Zuri is (again, in my verse) the granddaughter of Scar, so she is related to Kiara, making them all 3 not only friends, but family.

#ask #anonymous #the lion king #tlk #the lion guard #tlg #kiara #tiifu #zuri