Ok, this is the last rant revolving around Starlight and how people react to her. I swear! At least it should be. I don’t see myself doing this again. At least in art form. But hey, give me credit. She’s not the only subject matter here.
 
Now you all know the Sunset vs Starlight thing the fans go into for a long time now (hell, I bet more than half of you took part in that one way or another) and how their one in the same. In fact some claim their exactly the same. But they’re not. They’re really not. The only thing they have in common is they both reformed thanks to Twilight and their last names rhyme, that’s really it. More superficial the more I think about it. And of course there the fans constantly arguing (I’ll admit, I was guilty of this too), the two sides never getting along, and the constant, constant art of characters being used as mouth pieces and the endless amount of the two fighting. And I mean legit fighting. Like, to the death. And the one who came first comes out on top.
 
Now, this seems familiar. Hmmmm, where have I seen this before? Let me think. Hmm……. Oh! Yes I remember. This is basically the same exact situation of the whole Kinba the White Lion vs Lion King. In fact, it’s almost identical! The reactions anyway. Now I’ve seen some of Kimba and yeah, considering the settings and the animals there are similarities. But they’re pretty small and the story isn’t one of them. Well I should say “stories” because from what I can tell there are some different versions of Kimba’s story, how he came to be and even how the father died. But there’s still this feud even though it’s been over two decades. And yeah, there is (or at least was) art of the two fighting like one of them invaded in on the other’s territory. A little sad if you ask me. But…..no body really asked me but whatever. So I did this as some sort of response/joke
 
And yes, I know the irony of calling people out on using these characters as mouth pieces while this technically is the same thing. But here’s the thing: I kept them in character. I honestly think that Sunset would be confused of the feud, Starlight would be irritatingly annoyed by it, Simba can empathize and would be jaded yet just as annoyed, and Kimba (being a lion who tries to bring piece and harmony among all the animals in the savanna) would have a migraine after witnessing all this chaos over nothing and is beyond fixing. So is me doing this is ironic? Yes. Hypocritical? I don’t think so.
 
Bottom line: for every one similarity that Starlight and Sunset or Simba and Kimba (or rather Lion King and Kimba the White Lion) have, there’s like five differences that are right in front of us. So let’s all just relax and enjoy what we enjoy. You know, live and let live.  
This is only me semi venting about it while having a little fun with it. Drawing these four like this was pretty fun. :D Also, I’m not 100% sure, but Kimba never grows up in his stories. He’s always a cub and I couldn’t find an adult design of him. So I had to get a little inventive with how I think he’d look as an adult lion.  

 
WHEW! Alright, that’s enough venting and ranting/raving. Next art pieces will be cute, fun and positive. I promise. :)