Baloo sure does enjoy his 🍉🇵🇸🍉
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Drew another fake 90's Disney screencap of Baloo and my TaleSpin OC Persephone.
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Transforming into a papa bear. 🐻 Sketch sequence for @/SpicyNookNuts on Twitter.
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Jungle Cubs was one of the best/weirdest classic Disney cartoon series because, while on the surface it's just your classic "your favourite characters, but as babies!" series, with all the cheesy songs and cliches that that suggests, the fact that they chose to do this with the Jungle Book characters— and have for some reason chosen to include the villains in this premise— lends the whole thing such a weird sense of pathos.
Literally all these characters end up disliking each other to a certain degree. When you watch the original film, none of them are still friends.
Even for Baloo, Bagheera and Hathi, the nominal 'good guys' in the original film, the full extent of their relationship as adults is 'Can Coexist In The Same Space Without Actively Trying To Attack You', which is a step up from how Kaa, Shere Khan and King Louie behave, but is still pretty bleak.
(Baloo and Bagheera do at least end up bonding again over Mogli, but they're not particularly friendly at the start of the film.)
There is an entire implied but unspoken tragic epilogue to Jungle Cubs, where the characters grow older and start to develop their adult instincts, species divides grow stronger, and they one by one either stop showing up at or are driven away from The Cold Lairs.
Every song, or joke, or laugh shared between these characters implies a poignant Last Time sometime after the credits roll. Every adventure is lent a certain dark irony, by the knowledge that many of these characters will surely resent these decisions to rescue their friends from danger later on in life, when the time comes to try and kill them.
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Baloo & Bagheera from The Jungle Book (1967)
It’s Fanon: Within the film, Baloo insinuates that he would consider becoming romantically involved with a panther (directed towards Bagheera) if one were to ask, leading fans to ship the two characters together.
Do Not Separate: While not exclusively depicted together, these characters are typically read as queer due to the way they interact with one another.
Wait, You Were Joking?: Baloo wears a grass skirt within the film, in a way that’s played for humor, and is regularly depicted in drag as a joke within extended canon.
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Li Shang & Fa Mulan/Ping from Mulan (1998)
Gay as an Umbrella Term: The character arc of Mulan/Ping and how they relate to their gender roles has been considered relatable to transgender fans.
It’s a Secret: Throughout the film, Mulan/Ping attempts to pass as male despite being born female, in a way that mirrors the experiences of transgender individuals at many instances.
Do Not Separate: While Mulan/Ping is considered queer on their own, Shang is often read as bisexual due to the way he exhibits interest in Mulan/Ping regardless of how they present.
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