Let's Talk Tinteku!


Hi! I'm Frecklefawn, and I have brainrot for my king Tinteku. I've been sick for about a week now, and decided to abruptly make a whole forum post for him, because he makes me happy and I can compress things into a single post or two! (Plus I can possibly post comics I draw of him in here, which could be fun.)
This is just a cute goofy thing I'm doing to cheer myself up, but if you have any comments, don't be afraid to leave them!


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Who's Tinteku?

Tinteku is a young king and big-name brawler during the championships in May! He's,,, hardly seen outside of that season, which is admittedly a bit odd, but he's a pleasant interaction when he is around! He's mainly known for his unnaturally short stature and distinctly fast, flashy fighting style. He was definitely laughed at for a while there, but after enough battling and proving himself, once he came out as the champion of multiple arena tournaments, his name was at least taken semi-seriously. (Even if there's definitely still a bit of making fun being done.)



What's he like?

Can himbos be super short? Are pocket-sized himbos a thing?

It's no secret jocks like Tinteku can be,, a bit dull in the brain category. He's absolutely no exception. Not a single ounce, he's a moron. That being said, I swear he means the absolute best.
He's exceedingly eager to show off this strength and know-how whenever it's appropriate, and he's nothing if not jovial when battling, putting every ounce of passion into it, and having as much fun with it as he can, even if he may lose on some occasions. He's just a playful and competitive guy who loves brawling and socializing. You might just need to squeeze past a groupie or two to reach him, though.



Additional Info



☀️ Honeybush grows in plentiful amounts on his prideland, and has been since he was a cub. He's always favored them over any other he's seen.


☀️ His favorite food is shark, and yes, he will lose his damn mind anytime he's given the chance to eat it. Besides the championships, winter is his second favorite season because he can get it in abundance. The teeth make him feel badass.


☀️ He does often join in on eating fermented marula fruit and getting wasted, though not to a very high degree like some other challengers his age. A single time he blacked out and ended up waking up with a smilus looming over him in a threatening, unhappy manner, and ever since then he's been too scared to overdo it and have startling shit like that happen again.


☀️ If he were a food he’d be a Lemon Poppyseed muffin, and if he were a drink, he’d be orange juice mixed with pineapple juice. This has nothing to do with lioden, it's just fun to think about.


☀️ Adding onto the little notes that have nothing to do with the actual lore but is just stuff I like to think about: Tinteku's favorite band if he could listen to music would be ABBA. I'm not even going to go more in depth with it or give context, because I don't have any, I just feel it in my bones.


☀️ He's the human equivalent of around 19-21 years old. Him being posed as an adol is mainly just because I don't like the adult male dorsal fur lineart much, and it ended up turning into an inside joke about him being really short. ....That became canon and actually lore relevant.


☀️ He has met the May event brothers! He's younger than Vash, but older than V'kai, and enjoys hanging around V'kai when he gets the chance, though they're not the closest. Tinteku and Vash on the other hand- ...Tinteku tries to keep his distance. He'd prefer to make his losing battles at least flashy instead of just getting straight up punted. He doesn't interact with those two too often, but when he does, it's definitely a bit wild.


☀️ Tinteku was born to king Na’Chinu the ruthless, an infamously territorial king with just as infamous fertility issues. By the time he was nearing retirement age, he still hadn't produced a single cub, and losing hope, opted to mass breed. His saving grace was Vaalah, a goddess fertility travelling lioness, who gave birth to a litter of one, that cub being Tinteku. And tiny or no, Na'chinu didn't exactly have much of a choice in heir besides him, so he did his best.


☀️ At first his father assumed his mother had lied and somehow given birth to a cheetah's cub instead because at the time, there were a lot of biological coincidences that made tiny Tinteku look strikingly similar to a cheetah cub. Thankfully that seemed to mostly wear off as he grew up.


☀️ Tinteku is extremely bisexual, but probably somewhere on the aromantic spectrum, most likely being cupioromantic. He swings both ways like a baseball bat, and while he refuses to admit it, his type is usually the primal sort.




More will likely be added soon!
Any comments are appreciated! <3 Don't be afraid to say hi!