Shen Yuan (peerlesscucumber)

Shen Yuan relaxes, a little, though he feels a stab of guilt for doing so. "Well," he says, truthfully. "Her name in it is Nala, and she and Simba--that's lion Hamlet--end up together. She helps him defeat Scar--that's Claudius, who's the villain of the piece." He carves the curve of Laertes' brow in light and shadow and jokes, lightly, "You know, having spoken with him here, I'm beginning to think maybe the children's movie version of the story loses some of the complexity and nuance of the original. But he does get all the best songs."