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TLK: Hakim and Akeem Refs

///// PLOT SPOILERS FOR "BE PREPARED: A TWISTED TALE" BELOW /////

The Hatari is a coalition of brothers introduced in the book Be Prepared: A Twisted Tale (an older-audience novel series of classic Disney tales with a dark twist). The Hatari is said to live around the area called Garamba, which is what the Pridelanders call the oasis that Simba was raised in by Timon and Pumbaa. The brothers that lead the Hatari pride have deemed Scar a sworn enemy after the young lion tried to take over their land. He was pulled to safety by Mufasa the first time, but when he encountered them again by accident while begrudgingly escorting Nala to search for Simba, he didn't have his big brother to protect him. The twist is that Scar instead dies at the paws of the Hatari brothers once he was found critically injured in Garamba, rather than just the hyenas finishing him off at Pride Rock.

Headcanons:

In my additional headcanon, the Hatari is where my OC Sakin comes from, due to how one brother in the book was unnamed and how easily an Arabic name like his could fit right in with the others.

(Also... I'm aware that what they did to Scar is part of the twist in this book's AU, but I still feel the Hatari Pride can very much exist in the canon TLKverse.)

But yeah because I made Sakin their brother, this means that they, too, are Barbary lions. Barbary lions who migrated from the Atlas region in North Africa down to East Africa. They settled in Garamba, a prosperous oasis that they just had to claim for themselves.

Hakim is the eldest brother. He was once the sole leader of the coalition. Once Scar challenged him for his land, he entrusted his brothers to co-lead as a means to strengthen the pride. He is intimidating, aggressive, and bullheaded.

(Voicecanon: Something like Nathan Explosion from Dethklok or Corey Taylor from Slipknot)

Akeem is the middle brother. He was Hakim's second-in-command and has since been promoted to co-leader. He is an unstable, over-protective, grudge-holding lion who tends to run his mouth, eager to attack intruders.

(Voicecanon: Maybe something like Axl Rose? idk if anyone else has suggestions I'll take them)

Sakin is the youngest brother. He was the Hatari's scout, but was never promoted to co-leader due to being viewed as the black sheep who weighed the brothers down often. He differed from their aggressive, occasionally cannibalistic ways, by being a calm, emotional rock and taking up a vegetarian lifestyle. He left the Hatari to attempt to claim the Pridelands as he believed there were no sitting rulers, wishing his brothers would be impressed. He instead stumbled across Zira on his way, leading to Vitani's existence (looks like she's got some uncles now).

(Voicecanon: Something raspy like Trent Lane from Daria or Moto Moto from Madagascar 2)

Designs:

Due to already basing Sakin's mane on a generic metal hairstyle, I decided to make the entire Hatari Pride based on various rock/metal influences. As a whole, they mostly take after the likes of Motley Crue and Van Halen.

Hakim Design Inspirations:

Nikki Sixx (mane fringes)

Alice Cooper (eye markings and nose shape)

Gene Simmons (tongue, mane/pelt contrast)

Various shock rock aesthetics

Mastiff dogs (overall shape)

Akeem Design Inspirations:

Vince Neil (mane fringes, band-like forehead marking)

Twisted Sister (eye markings)

Axl Rose (partial inspiration for mane)

Various glam rock and hard rock aesthetics

Sheep dogs (overall shape)

Sakin Design Inspirations:

Tommy Lee (mane fringes)

Eddie Van Halen (mane fringes and smile)

Various thrash metal band aesthetics

Beast from Beauty and the Beast (eyes, teeth, and mane)

Nazar amulets (eyes and role in the pride)

I plan to make much more art of the Hatari. I have headcanons for them that I'd planned ahead months in advance (just gotta draw them eventually).

(On kind of a serious note, while I already thought up designs for these guys a long time ago, some recent real-world news that affected the music scene on a global/cultural scale really made it so I had metal themes on my mind and it ultimately motivated me to show off these sketches.)

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The Rockers (Shawn Michaels and Marty Jannetty) made their Wrestlemania debut against The Twin Towers (Akeem and Big Boss Man) (with Slick) in a tag team match.

In the end, Akeem defeated Shawn Michaels by pinfall to win the match for The Twin Towers.

(Wrestlemania V 4/2/1989)

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Sold acrylic print of prince Akeem 2026

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Ellen Degeneres’s Writer’s Speak the Lyrics at Barnes & Noble ft. Akeem Mair

Subscribe: @Akeem Mair Let’s get to 10’000 Subscribers together!!! Ellen sent her writer Lauren to Barnes & Noble to speak lyrics to popular song by Taylor...

The Ellen Show was one of the most widely watched programs on television!! Akeem Mair makes a splash on Ellen DeGeneres’s show with one of her top writers, Lauren Pomerantz!! 

It happened when I was in acting class at the time. I swear my phone kept buzzing every 5 minutes like crazy. My friends and family kept blowing up my phone up with texts like, “you were on The Ellen Show??? Call me!” They were thrilled seeing me on the recurring humor segment called “Speak The Lyrics.” A show where one of Ellen’s writers walks up to a complete stranger and begins speaking to them in song lyrics.

I swear I had no idea it was on TV because I was in a class, ‘On Set/On Camera’ breaking down being realistic with your actions in a scene taught by David Rountree. I originally had no idea I was even being filmed for The Ellen Show. A couple months earlier, I stopped at a Barnes and Noble in Burbank. I notice a bunch of film crew standing outside so I asked one of the crew members, “What’s going on?” None of them claim they knew any information about what’s going on. I walked in and checked out some books and was on my way out when I notice a 2pac record and stopped at the record section. That’s when Lauren appeared.

The hilarious segment puts some of Ellen DeGeneres’ writers in a public setting with hidden cameras that also record the conversation that takes place between them and a complete unsuspecting stranger. The catch is, the writers only get to use lyrics from a song when engaging a stranger. How the person responds to the incoherent statements being thrown at them is usually the funniest part of the segment. In Akeem Mair’s case, the show’s staff was using lyrics from Taylor Swift’s song titled Me!

I remember Coach Mike lessons of being completely confident and don’t disagree with what anyone says while their improving. Next thing I know, I was signing some papers and it airs on TV, Ellen calling it, “The best episode she’s ever seen!”

Unlike other strangers seen in past episodes of the segment who tend to shy away from the situation, Akeem Mair, being the experienced actor that he is, acted confidently and comfortably in engaging the show’s writer in a conversation that did not make sense at all. The whole segment with Akeem turned out to be such a treat for followers of the Ellen DeGeneres Show, and the actor gained instant popularity online, much to his surprise.

On Ellen Show’s YouTube channel, the segment with Akeem Mair reached more than 700,000 views and more than 5 million on Instagram. Akeem Mair’s brief stint on the Ellen DeGeneres Show landed in the instagram feed of his future agent, Sarah Angeli from Commercial Talent Agency. The timing was perfect because I had just submitted my headshots and resume to her last week. So when I walked into her office for my agent meeting, she had my episode cued up on her computer. She was like, “I just saw this yesterday and here you are!” She played it again and we both smiled and laughed. I’ll never forget that experience, it was God’s blessings written all over it.

Akeem Mair’s words, “I learned that life is an unexpected audition, especially in the land of Hollywood. You never know when your opportunity is so always be ready!!”

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Okay guys, guys, listen.

Listen.

New tinfoil hat theory, okay?

Akeem was known for shapeshifting, right? And it's never outright clarified that they died, right? The closest thing is the text from the tarot card

II: The Minister Illuminate

The one who brings together our two words will die doing so; at the feet of monstrous force, they will perish.

What if they're just pretending to be something else this whole time? That Akeem has been doing this for so long that "Akeem" is functionally dead?

Okay, now, this could mean Akeem is literally anybody. Honestly it'd be hilarious if it turned out Akeem was Zommoros this whole time.

But-

Let's take a quick look at the name of the card: Minister Illuminate. Minister can mean a head of an organization, namely a country or religion. Illuminate is to shed light or information.

All this talk about being a leader who gets information... with ties to Elona... who brings two worlds together... and is the Wizard of the Obscure... information that is hidden... whispers in shadows you might say...

Could they be the Master of Shadows? Or is Riel Darkwater aka the Master of Whispers just a disguise, a persona?

Also, when you go out of your way to do the achievements that gives you more details about each of the Wizards to get a themed weapon, the history and weapon you learn about for the Obscure are involving Turai to a weird degree.

Why Turai of all people?

Now it gets wilder. Isgarren pretended to be Akeem when he first met Turai, and the Order of Whispers & Shadows were formed by Turai's body guards. What if Isgarren and Akeem pulled the biggest con and snuck Akeem into Turai's most trusted companions?

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Remember that whole tidbit about how gaining wizard powers makes you forget who you are?

That's pretty interesting when you consider that the last djinn we encounter who suffered memory loss defaulted to look like a human.

And wouldn't it be real interesting if, in a desperate attempt to get Akeem to remember who they are, Isgarren disguised himself to look like them, hoping that maybe the confused shapeshifter might remember who they are?

Gaining wizard powers is definitely a monstrous force, wouldn't you say?