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✘     WARDAEMONESS      :     slow,  low  activity  writing  blog  for  VITANI  of  DISNEY’S  THE  LION  KING  2  :  SIMBA’S  PRIDE.  highly  headcanon  based.    [  written  by  jenn,   she/her,  25+   ]   exploring  themes  of  abusive  family  dynamics,  sibling  relationships,  overcoming  your  upbringing,  morality,  retribution,  guilt,  transformation,  and  brutality  of  war.  

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Vitani was very affected by Nuka’s death, as well as Kovu’s subsequent estrangement from her family. Losing both of her brothers took a huge toll emotionally on Vitani, and Nuka’s death especially served as a major turning point for her. It was the first time in which Vitani took a step back and asked herself what they were doing -- and questioned their mother’s motives. Up until that point she had always been in sync with Zira, even idolized her -- she had never once thought Zira might be going too far. But after Nuka’s death, she began to question things . . . and once Kiara gave her speech at the battle at Pride Rock, she realized she had had enough. Nuka’s death was unnecessary. Zira was, indeed, going too far. 

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VITANI & HUNTER·.

The cheetah had a black mask covering his mouth, his hood covering mostly his face. “It’s a bow. It’s a bow and arrow. There’s a difference between a crossbow and a bow and arrow.” He pointed out, holding his bow and arrow close to his chest.

“  Yeah,  okay,  right.  ”   Vitani  is  hardly  listening  ;  to  her,  it’s  still  a  tool  of  war,  which  is  good  enough  for  her.    “  Why  don’t  you  DEMONSTRATE  how  it  WORKS  ?  ”

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what is vitani's relation to nala in your view? she seemed to know her in the movie even though they never actually spoke before that

I think Vitani mostly just knew Nala because she was the Queen. I also headcanon that Vitani was born in the Pridelands, and lived there as a very young cub, under Scar's reign. Zira, Nuka, Vitani and Kovu were all exiled upon Simba's return, but Zira was familiar with Nala since she had lived with her briefly, and so I think Nala recognized Vitani as Zira's cub, bur grown, in that scene in which they addresses each other. Vitani had unmistakable eyes -- difficult to miss her!

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do you think zira was born in the pridelands or do you think she was adopted into the kingdom?

No, actually, in my headcanon, Zira was from a rogue pride outside of the Pridelands known as the Outlanders, which consisted of lions and lionesses that were not of royal blood, and therefore could not live at Pride Rock nor hunt in the Pridelands. The original Outlanders consisted of several males and dozens of females that banded together and trained, day in and day out, with the goal of overthrowing the Pridelander King one day, so that they would be allowed to live within the Pridelands. Zira’s father was the unspoken leader of the Outlanders because he was the most brutal, bloodthirsty, and abusive. Though the lionesses simply wanted a better life, Zira’s father was incredibly power hungry and his goals went beyond this -- he wanted to be King himself, much like Scar. 

Eventually, because Zira’s father was so brutal, Zira and the rest of the lionesses banded together and overthrew him. They also drove out the remainder of the males (there were not many of them) and joined together with Zira as their new leader. Zira, unlike her father, did not want to be the Pridelander Queen, but she did idolize Scar, the King’s brother.

Once Scar became King, he let the Outlanders into the Pridelands to give himself more leverage and more to choose from regarding heirs to his rule. There was no longer any need to fight for their right to live at Pride Rock. Zira came into the Pridelands during Scar’s reign ; Nuka had already been born at that point and she was pregnant with Vitani and Kovu, and gave birth to them while living in the Pridelands. She loved and idolized Scar ; he symbolized hope and a better life for her. However, she distrusted all of the Pridelander lionesses, and they all mistrusted the Outlanders, who were obviously loyal to Scar. When Simba returned and ended up winning his throne back from Scar, Zira’s lionesses were all exiled once more for being treasonous. But in their eyes, their lives had been much better under his rule.

So longwinded answer, she was adopted momentarily into the Kingdom, but exiled once more!

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“  Hey,  do  you  FIGHT  ?  ”   The  other  being  looked  small,  and  slightly  soft,  too.  WAY  too  soft  to  be  an  Outlander.  But  Vitani  was  bored    ━━   Nuka  was  off  sulking,  and  Mother  was  training  with  Kovu.  What  could  it  hurt ?  

Vitani  grins,  gets  down  low  to  the  ground,  extending  her  claws.  

“  Wanna  FIGHT ?  ”

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Outlander siblings (Kovu, Vitani and Nuka)

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Vitani  and  Kovu  are  twins!  Vitani  older  by  a  few  minutes.  Nuka,  their  older  brother,  has  a  different  father  as  well.  Zira  never  talks  about  her  former  mates  with  anyone,  even  her  children,  and  so  Vitani  doesn’t  find  out  about  this  until  she  is  older  from  another  member  of  the  Outlanders  whom  had  been  with  Zira  for  a  long  time.  Nuka’s  father  was  also  very  abusive  to  Zira,  and  he  was  assigned  to  be  her  mate,  rather  than  a  union  formed  through  a   consensual  bond.  Thus,  Nuka  was  an  unwanted  and  unloved  child,  while  Zira  had  more  affection  for  Vitani  and  Kovu’s  father.  Both  former  mates  are  now  deceased,  and  Vitani  never  knew  her  father.  But  she  and  Kovu  learn  bits  and  pieces  about  him  after  Zira’s  death.

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“  HEY    ━━    is  that  a  CROSSBOW  ?  ”  She’s  immediately  excited,  blue  eyes  shimmering  greedily.  “  NICE.  ”

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Hi, Jen! I came across your promo, but I couldn't find a rule page when I checked out your blog. Have I overlooked it somewhere? 😅

hi! no you didn't overlook it! i have to post them lol i was just so excited to start writing. i will post them soon and do a psa when they're up! but in the meantime just know i'm pretty chill, crossover friendly, etc.

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“  Look,  King  Sim  ━━    yeah,  SIMBA.  Whatever.  ”  Vitani  feels  her  throat  burn,  the  sting  of  a  thousand  daggers,  still,  in  addressing  her  formerly  sworn  enemy  as  the  King.   It  never  got  easier.   She  can  hear  Mother’s  voice  every  time,  sharp  and  cold  and  painful  :     YES.  BECAUSE  OF  SIMBA.      Everything  awful,  cruel,  wrong  with  the  world  is  all  because  of  Simba.  

Vitani  swallows,  shakes  it  off,  and  continues.  [  IT’S  BEHIND  YOU  NOW,  TANI.  BEHIND  YOU.  ]

“  Hunting’s  been  terrible  and  your  daughter’s  not  doing  us  any  favors.  We  need  to  start  rations.  There’s  a  dry  spell  coming  and  too  many  mouths  to  feed.   Don’t  you  see  it  ?  ”

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If  You  Won’t  Fight  When  You  Will  Die  by  NamyGaga.

It’s  not  shown  in  the  film,  but  this  was  Vitani’s  reaction  to  hearing  those  words  from  Zira.  A  lifetime  of  love,  devotion,  and  even  idolatry,  and  her  mother’s  love  is  lost  [  WAS  IT  EVER  THERE  ANYWAY?  ]  in  a  synapse.  I  think  deep  down,  Vitani  always  knew  and  understood  the  infallible  rule  of  :   she  had  to  obey  to  be  ‘loved’  by  Zira,  but  that  didn’t  make  seeing  the  proof  of  her  belief  any  less  crushing.  Also,  I  love  Kovu’s  face,  too.  He’d  be   like  “easy sis,  I  promise  it  gets  easier  from  here”  and  super  proud  of  her  for  finally  leaving  their  abusive  home.

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“  What  are  YOU  looking  at  ?  ”

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“But never have I been a blue calm sea. I have always been a storm.”

— Stevie Nicks

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“  HA  !  ”     Vitani  wastes  no  time,  launching  herself  forward  and  at  the  tiny  little  creature.  It  was  always  a  treat  to  find  one  of  these  --  they  were  fast  and  great  practice.  Two  paws  surround  the  mouse,  preventing  escape,  claws  out  like  a  jail  cell,  razor  sharp  from  being  filed  on  rocks  incessantly.      “  Got  you  now,  vermin,  you  can’t  escape  !  ”

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nick  wilde  &  vitani·.

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“Oh, hello! Is there something I could do for you, miss?” Nick asked the lioness, raising an eyebrow with curiosity.

“  YEAH.  You  can  start  by  telling  me  WHAT  EXACTLY  YOU’RE  DOING,  selling  in  OUTLANDER  TERF?  ”       Vitani  curls  her  lip  and  looks  at  the  other  with  disgust,  advancing  on  the  other  with  every  word.  NICK  WILDE.  So  this  was  him.  HA.  Scrawny  little  fox.  She’d  teach  him  a  lesson.

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