This screenshot motivational poster is highly, utterly, and absolutely Pro-Basuli, Pro-Tarzan, and Pro-Basuli x Tarzan in a firmly platonic and brotherly sense. Sit back, relax, and soak in why I believe Basuli’s and Tarzan’s brotherly relationship should be celebrated and discovered more often.
As you all know, I have been a huge partisan of Basuli’s and Tarzan’s epic bromance, friendship, and potent sense of brotherly love ever since I was a nine-year-old third-grader. Seeing their platonic relationship unfold also gave me the spark in my idea to have Tarzan be raised by the Waziri Tribe, specifically by Chief Keewazi, in my AU headcanon, thus making Basuli and Tarzan full-fledged brothers for life. These two jungle warrior kings bear so much in common from their peak physical prowess to their magnificent muscles that it is entirely plausible to make them brothers. Their brotherly love would make even the closest of siblings turn green with envy. Though Basuli and Tarzan compete and fight on a nearly daily basis, they would be the brothers who indubitably care for each other and want what is best for each other.
Basuli’s and Tarzan’s brotherly relationship can function well because of how much they can challenge each other as warriors and as individuals. Elder brother Basuli is all about the code of honor, determination, and persistence, while younger brother Tarzan is all about animal prowess, fierceness, and pure athleticism. Combining their phenomenal physical skills can make them a formidable force and they can provide their enemies with a one-way ticket to annihilation should they dare to challenge these two jungle warrior kings. Given the similarity of their physical prowess and strength, they could learn a whole lot of wrestling moves from each other. Basuli could teach Tarzan all sorts of chokeholds and bear-hugs and Tarzan could teach Basuli how to clinch at his opponents. As a duo, they would grow in strength, formidability, and power.
With the jungle serving as Basuli’s and Tarzan’s home, it should not surprise anybody that they have a close affinity with their animal brethren from their lion father Mufasa to their lion brother Simba to their leopardman brother Kaj. Not only would they learn how to emit powerful roars that could make any lion and leopard envious, but they would learn all about strength by wrestling with full-grown bull apes and gorillas, running on all fours with lions, leopards, and cheetahs, and even learning how to use their “claws” and “fangs” to subdue their foes. Learning a lot from their animal brethren could make Basuli and Tarzan more capable warriors and make them fully cognizant of their duties as jungle protectors and preserving nature for all generations.
What makes Basuli and Tarzan just as close as brothers, best friends, and allies is the set of differences which have brought them together. Basuli’s sense of honor and Tarzan’s competitive enthusiasm are what plant the seeds of their strong fraternal love. Even with their different skin colors, they look beyond that attribute to realize that they are the same and will never leave each other. Whatever judgment arises against both Basuli and Tarzan could be debunked by the strength and closeness of their brotherhood and fierce loyalty. They do embody the proverb of “my brother, my hero”, but they are each others’ heroes in amazing ways. Basuli’s strong sense of responsibility and authority make him a great older brother to Tarzan to the point where he would never allow anybody to hurt him, let alone them. Tarzan’s fierceness and determination inspire Basuli to never surrender as well as respect him on a much deeper level. The healthy synergy they would demonstrate a great will to change for the better and accept each other for who they are.
One man who would make Basuli and Tarzan the strong brothers they are is Chief Keewazi. If any other Waziri chief were to be in his position, they would understand that raising two powerful jungle warrior sons as a single father is never easy, but the blessings of being a dad to two strong warrior brother are abundant. The abundance is found in how much wisdom, patience, kindness, moral support, and dedication there is in Keewazi in order to raise his sons to be the best warriors and men they can be. To Keewazi, muscles are never sufficient to make a great warrior, but the strength of character, wisdom to know the difference between right and wrong, and unwavering motivation are great traits to build up any warrior. As a father, Keewazi would easily ensure that both Basuli and Tarzan are loved, protected, and well-bred with all the wisdom, strength, and courage necessary for growth and solidarity. Keewazi is not alone in raising his sons to be upstanding warrior kings, for he is also aided by their two grandfather figures in the forms of Kobe and Usula, who are also just as wise, caring, and loving as grandfathers. Without Kobe’s and Usula’s grandfatherly love and Keewazi’s paternal strength, Basuli’s and Tarzan’s family would not be as strong as they are.
Basuli’s and Tarzan’s brotherhood is neither arbitrary nor based completely out of nowhere. It is based on their common physical strength as well as the fierce loyalty they embody that transcends mere friendship, which solidifies how strong their brotherly love is. Keewazi has a lot to be grateful for in terms of having his two beloved sons in his life. Furthermore, Basuli’s and Tarzan’s brotherhood deserves more love, more attention, and, of course, more fan art and more fanfics.
I hope you all enjoyed this exploration into Basuli’s and Tarzan’s brotherhood and I will see you in the next submission. Take care, stay safe, and please show more love to Basuli, Tarzan, and their amazingly brotherly bond, everybody.
Basuli and Tarzan from The Legend of Tarzan belong to Edgar Rice Burroughs and Disney.
