Re: All of the issuefic

(Anonymous) 2019-12-25 11:15 pm (UTC)(link)
I just... what. Just because you like a movie doesn't mean it's suitable for your political commentary.

The Lion King is literally about upholding the status quo. Rebelling and changing things is explicitly shown as bad. Scar trying to rule when he's not the real king literally brings on a drought that ruins everything, until the one true heir returns.

It's about growing up and overcoming your internal issues too.

If you want a Disney animal movie, why not use Robin Hood? That one at least is about rebelling and fighting the system.

Re: All of the issuefic

(Anonymous) 2019-12-25 11:18 pm (UTC)(link)
You might not like Civil Rights Era Lion King, but it's what was requested.

Re: All of the issuefic

(Anonymous) 2019-12-25 11:23 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, now that I know that the gifset, not the movie, was requested, that moves the "wtf" away from the fic writer and towards a just general wtf. Next time, maybe don't add the movie as a fandom to avoid this kind of confusion. Or link to the gifset in the author's note or something.

Re: All of the issuefic

(Anonymous) 2019-12-25 11:27 pm (UTC)(link)
I gotta think adding the movie as a fandom tag was probably just a way to get around the unwrangled fandoms problem. Anyone looking solely at the fic info + tags would see pretty clearly that it wasn't a movie fic.