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Like, for Madagascar 2, would she have gone with Julien and Maurice in the plane, or would she have been tasked with looking after the kingdom while they were gone?

If she had gone with them, I wonder what kind of shenanigans she could've gotten up to, with the plane crash, the sacrifice to the volcano, Madly Madagascar, the whole thing with Europe and the circus, etc etc.

I love to think about Clover traveling the world with the circus. 🥺 I answered here if Clover would stay to watch the kingdom, but in review I am 100% Clover comes with them or nothin.

The plane crash makes me tehehe because the idea is basically the ahkj lemurs are bored and dissatisfied after all their problems go away, so they decide to answer the call of adventure. And what does adventure have in store but shooting them out of a plane thousands of feet in the air over unfamiliar terrain with nothing but a parachute and Maurice clutching at her for dear life? And she's living for this!

With the sacrifice, Clover wouldn't really believe Melman jumping in a volcano will fix the water. She's a skeptic. But if he's dumb enough to jump in, well… he's a grown man. She probably thinks Julien was being nice asking for volunteers. Usually a sacrifice is nominated whether they like it or not, but KJ's a soft touch.

Would she think selling the Madly Madagascar love potion is stupid af? Yes. But her attention would be RAPT on if Maurice will really kiss Mort on the lips just bc Julien told him to. 😭🤭 She also gets to be the muscle enforcing those contracts he wanted people to sign. THAT is something movie Julien did not have and really needed! I wonder if the lemurs occupied themselves the entire time in Africa running schemes on random reserve animals. Clover has her integrity thing so she wouldn't scam people, but it's not HER fault you were so distracted by Maurice in a bra you didn't read the contract you signed.

For the circus, Clover would make a great act bc she can do so many incredible things, and she's never before actually gotten cheered by a crowd for it like she deserves, which is heartbreaking to me. I want her to perform with Sonya bc she can throw that bear. Then she'll backalley brawl those british dogs. While KJ is busy with Sonya, Clover will also take Maurice and Mort out like she does. But maybe Maurice will flip it around on her and be like ok EYE decide where we go this time.

I WAS HOPING SOMEONE WOULD ASK THIS. I'm imagining an au where ahkj's final season instead covered the plot of the first movie but entirely from the lemurs' perspective. With apocryphal missing scenes and new subplots which would be impossible in the original movie's timeline about our ahkj lemurs spying on, scheming about, and integrating the zoosters into their society.

So when Clover recruits Alex, he goes along with it because he's reached the "ok, this might as well happen" stage of the film. I think the lemurs are still being covert about their true intentions cuz they're silly so what starts as "hey, giant freaks, come join us for a fun game" seems more and more like a Clover-designed bootcamp that Alex is not cut out for.

Marty and Gloria are juust sporty enough that they're game for it, they're really just humoring the lemurs who seem like fun hosts that keep the refreshments coming lol. However Clover won't lift her foot off Alex's neck and never lets let him sit down or tag out, and the challenges seem designed much harder whenever it's his turn.... He does NOT know why she's picking on him.

Normally, Clover would love to wield Alex as a weapon against the fossa. However, he's useless, and she's taken poorly to the idea because everyone keeps phrasing it like "wow, finally someone's here to do what Clover does except better!" How is he going to protect anyone better than her when he can't run, doesn't listen, doesn't give a shit, spends more time looking at his friends than at the coach, and seems completely clueless about the fact that some animals eat each other?

And I mean... Alex barely acknowledges the lemurs are people. 😭😂 To him they're kind of like strange fairy guides he keeps having to talk to. He's gonna piss her off just for standing there most of the time. Clover will use his lack of focus to her advantage and try to prove Julien wrong about Alex's potential (he's spectating from a shaded pavilion) and, overall, will be extremely unfair and gaslight him the whole time about it.

Ted: wow, Clover, you never trained us by throwing us in a mechanized rotating vat lined with poisoned cactus spears? Clover: I updated the curriculum. The next person who questions me about it goes inside the vat. Mort: me, me! i like the vat :D Alex: What about those of us who want to get OUT of the vat? Clover: (kicks the lid closed)

Maybe an apocryphal-timeline moment is in the middle of this, Marty gives Alex the pep talk and teaches him to run, which unlocks his mile-high pastrami on rye. At this point Clover's so unimpressed with him, she thinks her tail must be twitching about something else. So when he finally locks in with his predatory cat reflexes, they've been doing this ALL DAY, she loves a challenge... and it's finally getting FUN? The more unhinged he gets? The lemurs are all watching in excitement so it slips from everyone's notice that actually, if he's doing REALLY well, that could be REALLY bad. (Maurice notices.)

Thanks! Yes, he's still a king in my human au! I think I considered giving him a more realistic job but I have to write so many ridiculous things for them as it is, I decided to make everything the same as much as possible. I figured they must be this remote little rural community who seem so unnecessary and unimportant to the larger world that they've been left to their own devices. The Fossa are a gang of bandits who raid the town and make it a dangerous place to visit or leave, plus they're separated from other civilization by miles of difficult wilderness.

I see the kingdom with a lot of dirt roads and small colorful buildings surrounded by wild plant life. The closer you get to downtown, the more paved and stately it becomes (in an old-fashioned way). The only computers are at the library. I gave them a Town Hall because that's how they use the plane as lemurs. KJ has a big ~office~ there (Clover has one too), though he's more likely to sign royal decrees out about town using a pen he had to borrow and Maurice's back 🙂‍↕️

As far as king goes, it's not very prestigious by our standards. like I didn't describe his house or car in the fic, but it's basically his house in the show, it's not a fabulous mansion. And I picture him driving this sedan that looks like it was manufactured in the nineties. It's not a fancy car by itself, it's just indulgent bc he lives in a town where most people don't drive. Clover walked everywhere before him. And for her, his car is more about the pleasure of the company.