by PrincessKiara » July 3rd, 2015, 10:16 pm
I also think it`s a reasonable explanation that the mark was painted on by Rafiki, and appears to be permanent, unlike the mark he makes on the newborn crownprince(ss) cubs heads which disappears..
I personally prefer the paw print. The lion head looks too neat, like an actual, RL tattoo and that comes across as odd in my opinion. The paw print has a nice symbolism to it, (following in the pawprints of Kions predeseccors) plus it may serve as a reference to the shot in the original film where Simba steps into Mufasas paw print.