[MySpoons]

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How does this lion handle rejection? What was it like, and how much did it hurt? Interpretation up to you! 500 words max or 1 art piece. I'm looking for emotion, baby~

Ends on the 19th of OCT!

Username: ToxicShadow
Lion name: Jabari
Lion gender: Male
Pride: Oddity Pride
Pride status: Undecided Member

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Username: Isabella45
Lion name: Imani
Lion gender: Male/Lion
Pride: link to thread
Pride status: Hunter/Forager
How does this lion handle rejection?:

Well, Imani handles rejection terribly really. When he forms relationships of any kind he puts everything he has into it, his whole heart. So if he is rejected in an already standing relationship he take it very much to heart and can be feeling down for days, even months.
Usually he is very cheerful but this kind of thing seems to just take all of the joy right out of him and even things he usually likes doing don't help.
He gets upset even if it isn't an established relationship, if he likes someone and tries to befriend them or romantically approach them and gets turned down. In part this is because so far in his life if he has been rejected it hasn't been in a gentle way and he is pretty sensitive really.

One such time was when he was younger and met a lioness he really liked and tried to approach her about spending some time together.
She wasn't interested and told him so very plainly, telling him without compassion that he was simply not the kind of lion she, or likely anyone else, could see being romantically attached to.
He was deeply hurt by this and found himself questioning if he really had any worth.
Eventually he got over it somewhat, but he was never really the same and to this day fears rejection more than most anything.

Every time he is rejected again he finds himself asking the same questions and thinking critically of himself. Truthfully it hurts him more than he would admit and he carries that hurt like scars no one can see.

Deep down he hopes one day he'll find someone he can give his heart to who will treasure it for always, but he has had no luck so far and honestly wonders if he is even worthy of that.

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Username: ☁Lady Raincloud☁
Lion name: Campanella
Lion gender: male
Pride: https://toyhou.se/TheLadyRaincloud/char ... er:1004843
Pride status: Western Guard Unit Member
How does this lion handle rejection?:

Campanella was used to it, by this time- being ignored, having his wishes refused. He listened to the king, his eyes dull, as he drolled out their orders; of course he would be staying.

"Campanella, I know you want to join your mate and children in this pilgrimage, but your needed here." The elderly leader said, focusing his sharp gold eyes on the guard captain. Campanella bowed his head in supposed resignation- his eyes would have otherwise betrayed to the keen focus of the old man, his resentful looks.

Campanella was assigned to lead his troupe to guard the highgates. He agreed and was sent away.

He took the opposite direction was no one was in sight to see him do so.

While he had been resigned for his wishes being rejected for so long, a separation from his family? This was too much. He thought of assigned Telemachus to take over his station, but realized the young lion would probably report it to King Archibald. Thus he crept out secretly, finding the route his mate was sure to have taken, and following the pilgrims from a distance far enough that he wouldn't be seen.

[ToxicShadow]

Username: ToxicShadow
Lion name: Jabari
Lion gender: Male
Pride: Oddity Pride
Pride status: Undecided Member
How does this lion handle rejection?:

"As you know, we are gathered here today in order to announce my heir. It is with my greatest pleasure to announce that... Abanoub will eventually take my role as king."

Hearing those words made it official. Jabari had been rejected, betrayed.

As a young cub, before he could even really remember, he'd lost his own family, they having honorably fought and gave their lives to protect the pride. But, in the aftermath, was taken in by the Queen and King due to his parents' merits and because the Queen had been unable to birth any cubs, herself. He was raised lovingly at first, and they filled his head with promises that he was their most precious son, that no one could take his place in their hearts, and that he would, one day, become king, in his adoptive father's place.

That all changed when his adoptive mother finally gave birth to his younger brother, Abanoub. From that moment on, he was slowly treated more and more of an outcast of the family, more like someone to order around, rather than a son or brother. And he obeyed their orders for so long, in an attempt to please them, even though, deep down, he knew it would not do any good.

Those words, though, spoken by the King, was the final betrayal. He could take it no longer. Though, Jabari did not lash out angrily. Instead, he marched right up the King and Queen and renounced his title, his association with them. Renounced their pride. With a brave face and a strong heart, he broke his connections with the only family he had ever really known, ever remembered.

As he left their pride lands, his head was held high but, once out of their sight, he could not stop his tears from falling, nor the prevent the aching in his heart. He didn't even want to be king. He just wanted to be loved, to be treated as their son again, and for them to at least be honest with him.

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On the outside, in the presence of others, Jabari is able to put on a brave face when met with rejection and even stand up for himself, as necessary. However, the truth of the matter is that he takes the rejection very hard, especially if it was something that was important to him. He just hides his tears and broken heart from the rest of the world, keeping them behind closed doors, and only letting them out when he's alone.

But, even though he may cry, he is still brave, and urges himself to move forward once he's let out his despair.

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[MySpoons]

Username: ToxicShadow
Lion name: Jabari
Lion gender: Male
Pride: Oddity Pride
Pride status: Undecided Member
How does this lion handle rejection?:

"As you know, we are gathered here today in order to announce my heir. It is with my greatest pleasure to announce that... Abanoub will eventually take my role as king."

Hearing those words made it official. Jabari had been rejected, betrayed.

As a young cub, before he could even really remember, he'd lost his own family, they having honorably fought and gave their lives to protect the pride. But, in the aftermath, was taken in by the Queen and King due to his parents' merits and because the Queen had been unable to birth any cubs, herself. He was raised lovingly at first, and they filled his head with promises that he was their most precious son, that no one could take his place in their hearts, and that he would, one day, become king, in his adoptive father's place.

That all changed when his adoptive mother finally gave birth to his younger brother, Abanoub. From that moment on, he was slowly treated more and more of an outcast of the family, more like someone to order around, rather than a son or brother. And he obeyed their orders for so long, in an attempt to please them, even though, deep down, he knew it would not do any good.

Those words, though, spoken by the King, was the final betrayal. He could take it no longer. Though, Jabari did not lash out angrily. Instead, he marched right up the King and Queen and renounced his title, his association with them. Renounced their pride. With a brave face and a strong heart, he broke his connections with the only family he had ever really known, ever remembered.

As he left their pride lands, his head was held high but, once out of their sight, he could not stop his tears from falling, nor the prevent the aching in his heart. He didn't even want to be king. He just wanted to be loved, to be treated as their son again, and for them to at least be honest with him.

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On the outside, in the presence of others, Jabari is able to put on a brave face when met with rejection and even stand up for himself, as necessary. However, the truth of the matter is that he takes the rejection very hard, especially if it was something that was important to him. He just hides his tears and broken heart from the rest of the world, keeping them behind closed doors, and only letting them out when he's alone.

But, even though he may cry, he is still brave, and urges himself to move forward once he's let out his despair.

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