by Squeely » July 30th, 2017, 6:40 am
I didn't have a problem with the way Rafiki reacted to Makini losing her staff. Both the fact that they can talk to past kings, and how to do it, are kept secret. Rafiki had no reason to suspect anyone would steal the staff and be able to use it. And quite frankly, his reaction also make me like him more because he doesn't make Makini feel worse about making a mistake. My mom has a tendency to do that and all it does is drive my anxiety through the roof. I lost my keys once, accidentally threw them in the trash forgetting they were in the bag I threw away (at 3am after being out all night so I was quite tired). My mom got really mad at me, acting like I'm horribly irresponsible despite the fact that I had kept track of my keys for years. So now, I tend to explode into an anxiety-fueled meltdown if I'm really having trouble tracking down my keys, not even out of any worry over someone using them to get into our house, but out of worry of my mother yelling at and insulting me over it. I'm not saying the staff isn't important, but stressing out over what happens if someone makes a mistake only worsens the situation for someone who already feels bad about themselves for messing up.
Anywho, this episode was great! It's interesting that Janja said Scar died in the fire, rather than at the hands of fellow hyenas. Maybe it's because propaganda is on my mind as of late, but I wonder if this is what the surviving hyenas told everyone to absolve hyenas of guilt, and I wonder if the Outlanders even know that Scar died because hyenas attacked him. I don't think the hyenas were wrong in killing Scar, but I can see where it would be politically favorable to make it sound like hyenas played little part in Scar's death. Imagine if a minority group killed a president. No matter how justified it may have been, their enemies now have something to constantly use against them. I can practically hear the talkshow hosts of the animal version of Fox News: "The hyenas killed their leader and now they want to come back into the Pridelands?" "Hyenas are dangerous, let's not forget they killed a powerful lion" and so on and so forth. I doubt TLG will ever get quite this deep, but I thought it was interesting nonetheless.