#the lion king: the gift

[tornbluefoamcouch]

Artista: Beyoncé Álbum: The Lion King: The Gift Ano: 2020 Faixas/Tempo: 17/61min Estilo: Pop/Soundtrack Data de Execução: 11/12/2023 Nota: 6,0 Melhor Música: OTHERSIDE

[quitecontraryy]

Let love be the water I pour into you and you pour into me There ain't no drought here Bloom into our actual powers I'll be your sanctuary, you just don't know it yet You just don't know it yet No matter how hard it gets You got my blood in ya And you're gonna rise

You're part of something way bigger

[comradekarin]

And if I said this is the best song on the gift?

[mythicalmagical-monkeyman]

Wukong: "Dear Aza, please accept this gift as our declaration of war! Love your ex-swore brothers Sun Wukong and the Six-Eared Ma-CAQUE👿!" Macaque: Woah, woah, don't get me involved! Take my name off that card right now! Wukong: Too late, I already wrote it in pen Macaque: You little-

[randomnameless]

Random AU :

While helping to clean what's left of the Monastery in FE16, Gilbert finds Cyril pretty pissed because he found the "box with important things" Lady Rhea kept in her room empty, so he wants to recover what was inside ("i'm sure those imperials soldiers stole it!") but, well, he never asked what was inside.

Gilbert only notices a weird thing next to the box on the floor, but promises to help Cyril later on.

Still, he picks up the thing and while he's curious about it, given all the events happening, he puts it in the back of his mind.

One night though, he studies it more attentively (or actually wanted to make space in his inventory) and notices it's a broken toy!

(but missing two wheels)

Cursing the Imperials under his breath for not even having spared children, he imagines it might have belonged to a kid who couldn't escape the assault and tried to hide in the Archbishop's room, only to be found out and, well, neither kid nor toy survived.

However, he notices this toy seems to be old as fuck, and while he only paid regular (for Gilbert!) attention to the monastery's inhabitants, he never saw any child in the monastery play with a similar toy. What was it doing in Lady Rhea's room?

Later asking Cyril if he found the missing wheels ("the what? who designs a horse with wheels?"), Gilbert, again, refocused on the war and his duty and left that mystery aside.

After the Bridge of Myrddin and it's high number of casualties, he felt like he had to "help at least" this "maimed" toy standing on his desk - he made wood wheels himself and managed to find a branch to make everything sort of stand and roll.

When Annette learns about it, she cries to his great dismay, it's nothing - but she tells him it's everything, this war only takes lives, but the sheer act of repairing this toy means so much - there will be hope later on, and children will be able to play again. Her dad might suck at white magic, he can still "heal" things, like toys. Can he imagine the joy on its owner's face when they will finally be able to play with it again?

(even if she thinks it's a bit weird to have a toy designed as a horse with wheels)

Seteth overheard Cyril's quest about looking for Rhea's "important stuff" even if he doesn't know what it is, together they find a slab of wax and a weird golem stuffed thing with a :) face.

Cyril ignore those things, but Seteth guesses those were the "treasures" Rhea stored in that box - under Cyril's disbelief, those are junk, not important treasure!

"Well, I am sure if you gave her something, she would have stored it in this box."

After retaking Firdhiad, everyone is happily, well, taking a rest at GM before going to Enbarr and Gilbert is assaulted by dozens of orphans who are sheltered in the monastery who ask him to "heal their toys". Gilbert only says he is a knight and will help as best as he can, which prompts Dimitri to wonder if he too, can help, before remembering that he still has difficulties to control his crest activation and would most likely break the toys.

Dedue tries to cheer him up, and one of Alois' jokes leads Dimtiri to vow to open a "toy hospital" in the castle when he returns - after all, he can help in his own way, right?

After hearing the story from Cyril about the contents of Rhea's box, Gilbert returns the toy immediately - to a kid's chagrin since they found that horse very neat ("it can roll on the walls!").

Rhea ultimately returns, and, after much consideration, accepts to give the contents of the box away since it's "time to accept the past and move on".

She gives the golem :) stuffie to Billy, saying it was one of their mother's favorite toys and how she refused to sleep without it when she was a child, because Rhea made it for her 5th birthday.

Rhea nearly cries at seeing Lycaon's horse on wheels repaired and thanks Gilbert, before returning it to the kid who was playing with it, telling them the precedent child who played with it told her that horse could fly, and was actually a "dragon-horse".

The kid looked at the archbishop weirdly, before nodding and calling their new toy a "draco-horse".

However, his sigillaria wasn't as popular, an Adrestian orphan managed to recognise a duck on it (this orphan was one of the survivors of the various "weeded lines" over the decades) but still called that thing weird (tfw he didn't inherit the Hresvelg artistic skills) and prefered to play with cats instead.

Little does Rhea know, Archbishop Billy roped Cyril in their plan to give her a new present, a herborium.

They filled it with the hundreds of flowers Billy gave her during their time at the monastery, before the war, and Cyril added the small flowers and lilies he helped grow during her absence.

Rhea's so overjoyed that she cries and hugs them both.

[beatriz-lioness]

"[...] my time is now coming to a end. Cause, I'm getting old."

Years ago, as some of you might know, I used to be part of a blog TLK fandom. There are so many talented and creative people, and nostalgic stories... Characters I grew attached to. The end of one of these stories, in particular, made me cry, and still brings me emotions to this day. One of the two main cubs we saw being born and growing up, now it's too old. Lira, the lioness, sings "Somewhere only we know" while revisiting her old home pride. Her love, and best friend Dayo, now gone like many of their friends, appears to take her to the stars with him. I'm crap at descriptions but I swear it was amazing.

Unfortunately I don't have contact with the author anymore. I hope one day she can see this...

Speedpaint below the cut!

[winterrhayle]

FIND YOUR WAY BACK (2020) big, big world, but you got it baby

[synergysilhouette]

Imagine if for every Disney musical remake, we got a concept album like "The Gift"

IDK how everyone else felt about it, but I think Beyonce understood the assignment. I could see it becoming a trend to help generate more excitement for upcoming remakes. For example...

Billie Eilish with "The Hunchback of Notre Dame"--Let's call it "Revelations." She always knows how to make introspective music that's sad and hopeful and dark, which I think really fits the vibe of a "Hunchback" concept album. Finneas would also be involved, of course.

2. SZA with "The Princess and the Frog"--I could really picture SZA going in a wonderful direction with this soundtrack. I know next to nothing about jazz and if SZA has used it in her music before, but I know the RnB aspects would be exquisite. I like the idea of it being called "Almost There..."

3. Olivia Rodrigo with "Hercules"--Originally I was gonna say Dua Lipa due to her music sounding trendy and thus how I picture Hercules' music sounding (as he rises to the top and thus becomes more mainstream), but I really love Olivia's pop-rock sound and how she's had her own record-breaking, meteoric rise to stardom. Perhaps the album could be called "Meteor" (or "Constellation" since it ties into the Greek culture better). No idea how she'd feel about being in charge of a concept album for a major motion picture, though.

4. Taylor Swift with "Snow White"--I fear for this remake SO MUCH because it's a turning point to show whether Disney is gonna appreciate their OG film or just tear it to shreds. Many of Taylor's albums have a delicate, romantic touch that I'd love as a concept album for it. I'd call it "Apple Blossoms."

You may disagree with my pics, but you gotta admit it'd be refreshing and something to look forward to if you were uneasy about the remakes (unless you don't like any of these artists).

[emilietheharpy]

When your friend finally come for france to see you 😊 and she give you some personalized gift specially for you 😍 im so lucky !

[starxcxboy]

— Black is King: a film by Beyoncé, 2020

[empressofmankind]

Medieval democracy working as intended, right? Right.

[barkers-art]

Third of my Christmas presents that I drew this year, and this one's for Percy-McMurphy on DA. I decided to design some cubs for a couple characters in his TLK universe. The cub on the left is a son of Kopa and Timira while the one on the right is a daughter of Afua and Kirijah. Hope you like them!

[snow-dragon-rider]

Instead of carrying my soapbox around, I’m going to make it into a pair of platform shoes so I’m always on it and ready to spout strong opinions.