You Can Be Queen Again

is an episode of Siblings In Action that released on May 7, 2024, as an episode of the Junior Season arc. This episode focuses on Flora.
== Summary ==
Flora's confidence is... shattered?! What?! After their longtime bully crosses the line with them (again), Flora's confidence drops, concerning their friends.
== Major Events ==
* Flora plays a tiny bit of "Loser, Baby" from Hazbin Hotel on piano, later sending the video to their band server. Later, the host of the server berates them for using a YouTube tutorial rather than sheet music.
* Flora tells their friends what happened and are visibly distraught.
* During Flora's choir class, they have a panic attack. Later, they go home and cry.
* They take a walk and wind up at the Pontypandy Fire Station, where they are consoled by Penny.
* When they come home, they decide to stop by the Lion Guard's lair, where they inform their TLG friends of the earlier incident.
* While both groups discuss this at separate places later, both Fuli and Penny break down once they realize just how bad things had gotten for Flora.
* Flora's confidence is shattered.
== Plot ==
The episode opens with Flora on a FaceTime with Fuli at around 5:30 PM on Sunday, May 5, 2024. The two are joking around and Flora, while scrolling YouTube Shorts, comes across a video of someone playing a tiny piece of "Loser, Baby" on piano. They jokingly tell Fuli about it, who encourages them to actually test it out. After some convincing, they eventually do, and record themself playing it to share to their friends. They also send it to their school's band Discord chat and go back to finishing the last of their homework. Someone replies with a question to their video, and they respond to it. The person mocks their use of a YouTube video to learn instead of sheet music. Enraged, Flora closes Discord after screenshotting the conversation and sends the screenshots to the group chat they have with their Lion Guard co-stars.
The next day, Flora and Fuli end up discussing the incident again. Fuli encourages Flora to talk about the incident to people they trust before the two head to their respective schools.
Later that day, Flora, while singing in their choir class, suddenly begins shaking and having a panic attack, running out of the classroom in the process. Leah comes outside to check on them and comforts them as they cry and explain last night's events. Soon, the entire class rallies around them, including the teacher. Haven runs across the classroom to hug Flora, to which they are grateful. Charlotte and Elena offer encouraging words to Flora, to which they thank the two and nod.
Meanwhile, Bunga and Kion are still debating whether or not the chicken or the egg came first. Fuli sarcastically suggests hosting a schoolwide poll, which both boys take seriously and decide to do during their break between classes. Fuli can only roll her eyes at their stupidity and mutter to Anga about the pure disaster about to unfold, to which Anga nods her head in agreement.
(rest TBA)
== Soundtrack ==
* "Loser, Baby" from Hazbin Hotel (tiny snippet on piano (this song contains some foul language))
* "heart beat" from A Silent Voice (Koe no Katachi)
* "prc" from A Silent Voice (Koe no Katachi)
* "King" by Lauren Aquilina (both versions; several times)
* "My Song" (AmaLee Cover) (Elvis and Ellie try to uplift Flora's spirits)
* "Snow Angel" by Reneé Rapp (end credits)
== Quotes ==
* "Well, I'm done! You hear me?! I'm done! I am calling the school and you better pray I stay calm here! See or hear something, say something, my foot!" - Fuli after breaking down and being fed up by others' lack of action
== Critical Reception ==
This episode was well-recieved by fans, praising the sudden downturn of the story's mood and the realistic effects of bullying.
== Trivia ==
* The episode title is a reference to the "you can be king again" AMV, which uses the song "King" by Lauren Aquilina.
** The song was used multiple times throughout the episode.
* The scene where the Guard, Makini, Jasiri, Simba, Nala, and Rafiki, as well as the Pontypandy Rescue Team, all share their concerns was heavily inspired by several scenes from Dance Moms. Later scenes, like the scene with the Pontypandy Rescue Team and Lion Guard growing concerned for Flora, Fuli, and Penny (after they all break down in different scenes) also take minor inspiration from Dance Moms as well as other shows.
* This episode was based on a real incident that happened to the author.
** They dedicated this episode to their choir as a thank-you.
* The events of this episode are referenced in the episodes "Broken Walls" and "Token of Appreciation" from the Senior Season arc.
* This episode was referenced in a later episode titled "The Queen is Announced!" Several people repeat Olivia's chant of "you are our queen once again" to Flora.
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