Hover

"'I'm Hover, by the way! Self-named, self-satisfied, proudly unkempt, undisciplined, and unskilled!' —Hover goofing off with Nothing in Episode 2: Nothing."

Hover is the deuteragonist in My Pride. She is Nothing's love interest, and a Prideless lioness who was momentarily a member of the Sisters Steppe before leaving to find Nothing alongside Farleap and Powerstrike. She debuted in Episode 2.

Hover was born and raised Prideless, and gave herself the name of Hover.

After meeting Nothing, she became close friends with the Pride lioness, even obtaining romantic feelings for her. When Nothing's grandmother, Sharptongue passed, Hover decided to join the Sisters Steppe so she could be with Nothing. Upon joining, she received the Pride name Longrun. However, Longrun soon became furious at Nothing for missing her ceremony despite her promise, as she was incredibly anxious about throwing her life away for her.

Later, Nothing was said to have been killed by Proudmane, and Longrun was heartbroken, blaming herself for her supposed death. After some time passes, she and Farleap run into a Prideless lioness named Rain, who tells them of a scarred lioness who is journeying on the stretch with a cub. Longrun believes this to be Nothing and that this is proof that she is still alive, and openly challenges Proudmane about his statement on what happened. During the argument, she reveals that she loves Nothing, causing her to leave the the Pride alongside Powerstrike and Farleap. She and her companions form a group for the journey, and Longrun remames herself Hover once more.

Personality

 * Hover is super outgoing, and jokes around a lot. She is also very calm, witty, sarcastic, and bold. She sometimes jumps to conclusions.


 * Hover is shown to be rather sensitive towards those she cares about. She doesn’t respond to taking orders well and is very rebellious, which is one of the many reasons why she dislikes Prides. She has no problem disrespecting larger and stronger lions, such as Quickmane and Proudmane.


 * Hover is also shown to be very brave when she confesses her love for Nothing to Proudmane, defying the much larger and stronger lion. She seems to be a little prickly and very bold, and seems to hold grudges against those she dislikes.

Adult

 * Hover has a grey pelt that is tinted with dark cream and has a somewhat lighter muzzle, underbelly, paws, inner-ears, and eyelids, as well as a swirl marking under her left eye that curls inward. She has fur tufts that have darker lines along the ends, which are the same color as her tail tip. She also has two teeth embedded in her left ear acting as earrings, and light blue eyes.

Voice Actor

 * Morgan Ganahl

Episode Two: Nothing

 * Hover appears towards the end of the episode, after Nothing's Huntress assessment. Thirsty, she drinks lake water in the Sisters Steppe and doesn't realize that a crocodile is in the water nearby. Nothing calls out to her and leaps on her to push her away from the water, but Hover shouts at her, believing herself under attack. After Nothing explains that a crocodile was about to get her, they both apologize and are getting to know each other when Powerstrike shows up with Quickmane and Farleap. Hover cracks a few jokes at Quickmane and Powerstrike's expense and leaves, but not before thanking Nothing and saying that maybe they’ll see each other again.

Episode Three: The Calling

 * In the beginning of the episode Hover sneaks into the Sister's Steppe and awakens Nothing so as to watch the sunrise with her. Nothing explains in a voice-over that it's been a few weeks since they've met, and that the pair have been meeting in secret nearly every day. They leave camp and find a long branch to sit on and talk about their strange dreams, and towards the end of the conversation Nothing mentions her desire to ask Powerstrike whether Hover can join the Pride. Hover becomes upset and says that while she enjoys spending time with Nothing, asking her to join the Pride is a lot.


 * She observes Sharptongue's funeral from afar and calls Nothing when it's over, asking why the Pride roared for Sharptongue. Nothing explains that roaring to Asra helps the Moon Goddess to guide Huntresses' spirits to the stars when they die, one of the reasons Huntresses are so afraid to be Prideless. After thinking on this, Hover decides that she will join the Pride and her and Nothing go to Quickmane and Powerstrike to ask for permission. Quickmane calls Hover a 'fleabag' and tells Nothing to take her away, however Powerstrike interrupts and states that Hover may join in the Pride if she performs a successful Huntress evaluation, which will take place under the highest eye of Sunce the next day. Hover appears downhearted afterwards, and shrugs it off by telling Nothing that she just needs some sleep. A voice-over by Nothing at the end of the episode reveals that she didn't realize until later how much of herself Hover was giving up for her, and that she wouldn't have let her do it at all if she'd known what was coming next.

Episode Four: Outsider

 * At the beginning of the episode she explains to Nothing that she is nervous about the ceremony, and doesn't want to lose her name. Whilst Nothing calms her, Farleap arrives with Silentstalk and asks if she wants to train with her. Although Nothing is hesitant to allow Hover to head out with her sisters, Hover admits that it might be helpful and heads out with Farleap and Silentstalk.

Episode Five: Escape

 * Hover, now named Longrun, is with the rest of her Pridemates when they confront Ghost. Her face is rather subdued and less angry than her peers, perhaps because she empathizes with the Prideless lion due to formerly having been Prideless herself. When Nothing misses her naming ceremony she is furious with her, and refuses to help her to save Fire from Quickmane's wrath, instead telling Nothing to solve her own problems before heading back to the Sister's Steppe.

Episode Six: Prideless

 * Longrun doesn't formally appear but is mentioned by Nothing when she realizes how tough Longrun was when Nothing travels through the Prideless stretch with Feather. Nothing wonders if she'll ever see her again, and refers to her as Hover. When Nothing begins to dream, Longrun appears with her back to her and repeats the last words she spoke to Nothing. When Nothing questions her, she turns around to reveal a bloody scratch on her chest and glowing white eyes.

Episode Seven: Hover

 * Longrun is shown to feel gloomy and "drifting" in Pride life. She states that she misses Nothing, and everything feels pointless without her. She lives with the Pride reluctantly, with Farleap seemingly growing closer and developing romantic feelings for her. She blames herself for Nothing's supposed death, and regrets getting so angry with her. Longrun sits in the same tree that she had sat in with Nothing, gazing at the stars. Farleap joins her on the branch and ask what she is doing there. She says she's just doing normal Pride things, but Farleap correctly suspects she is still thinking about Nothing. She tells Longrun how she felt Nothing always stole away her attention, and that's why she hated her, before they hear something in the grass and go to investigate. They find Rain to be looking for water. Rain asks them if she can drink from their watering hole. Farleap says no, but a sympathetic Longrun lets her drink. Rain overhears Farleap bring up Longrun’s original name, Hover, and asks if she is the Hover that Nothing and Feather are looking for. Longrun is ecstatic to hear Nothing is alive and convinces Farleap to confront Proudmane about telling the Pride of Nothing’s death.


 * Longrun and Farleap return to the Sisters Steppe to confront Proudmane, who is flirting with Silentstalk. When Longrun asks Proudmane about Nothing, he says he killed her. Longrun then explains how she found out that Nothing is still alive and accuses Proudmane of lying to the Pride. After Farleap says that the lioness that Rain described may not be Nothing, Proudmane tries to walk off Longrun’s accusations and asks why she cares so much about finding her. Longrun forcefully tells Proudmane that she loves Nothing. This angers the homophobic and traditionalist Proudmane, who tells Longrun that relationships between lionesses in the Pride are punishable by death, though attempts to bargain with her by making her never speak of the relationship again and pledge allegiance to Proudmane. Longrun disrespectfully tells Proudmane that she would rather plegde her life to a warthog, which causes the large lion to try to injure her. He is stopped by Farleap, who takes the hit for her. After this, Longrun and an injured Farleap, along with Powerstrike, tries to reason with Proudmane one final time before the three leave the Sisters Steppe after Proudmane forces them out to The Prideless Stretch.


 * On the Stretch, Longrun asks Powerstrike why she left the Pride with her and Farleap and the former Hunt Chief tells her that she knew Longrun loved Nothing and knows she made a mistake treating her so harshly. Now that Longrun is the leader of the three lionesses, Farleap jokingly suggests Longrun be renamed “Longrunmane.” Longrun, however, tells the two lionesses to call her Hover, dropping her Pride name in favor of her true name.

Nothing

 * Hover loves Nothing dearly. When she first met Nothing, she joked about her thoughts on Prides, and how stupid she found them. Later, when Nothing asks Hover if she may want to join the Pride, Hover is taken aback. After Sharptongue dies, Nothing admits she feels alone. Hover gives up her Prideless life to be with Nothing.


 * Hover receives the name Longrun during her huntress assessment, but Nothing misses it while she's with Fire. Longrun is furious that she didn't make it, seeing as she promised that she would. Longrun leaves Nothing to fend for herself, despite Nothing's plea for her to help stop Quickmane.


 * When Longrun is told that Nothing is dead, she blames herself for her love's death. However, when Farleap and Longrun find Rain, who tells them that Nothing is still alive, Longrun rushes back to the pride to confront Proudmane. This leads to an argument, which makes Longrun confess her love for Nothing. Longrun leaves with Farleap and Powerstrike to go search for Nothing.

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Trivia

 * In Episode 4, Hover says "Yeah, only I won't be Hover anymore. I'll be 'good bitey girl' or something equally insane". This might be a slight homage to Hover's Pride name in the book, which was 'Swiftbite'.
 * Due to Golden being cut out of the My Pride series, Hover replaces Golden as the love interest while Fire partly replaces the character with the non-romantic parts.
 * It is confirmed that Hover thinks Nothing's scars are attractive.
 * In the book, Hover originally had two sisters who died before she had met Nothing. It is currently unknown if they were scrapped or not.