[quote="Aelwen"][quote]Now let's assume that Disney was willing to ignore nature and the fact that a Lion and a Cheetah can not reproduce. Disney does ignore nature when they want too (and most of the time it works out for the best) and they did let Kion And Fuli get together. If they still intended to stick with the theme of The Circle of Life, wouldn't the existence of a Lion/Cheetah hybrid disrupt The Circle of Life?[/quote]
It's not even about reproducing. An adult lion weights 420-500 pounds, a female cheetah 84-88 pounds. They can't even mate.
If Kion is 8 months old already then he is already larger than her.[/quote]
I think we're getting too technical. LK doesn't follow real animal rules so I don't think we can use them to argue against something. Real lions kill whichever cubs aren't there, Scar didn't kill Nala and I couldn't even picture Simba or Mufasa killing any cubs.
Lions weigh around 420 pounds except Scar clearly doesn't there is no way Scar with his overall frail form could weigh that, it's impossible. Scar should've been attracting females left and right since Black mane lions are considered highly desirable.
The pridelands return in a few months when before there was nothing left. While some growth is likely the whole kingdom being fully restored by the time Nala gives birth is virtually impossible.
Another factor is that in prides I don't think there even is a female alpha meaning Mufasa and Simba likely wouldn't have queens. The ending of SP which has two prides becoming one is not likely to happen in the real Lion world. I don't think male lions have true heirs either since almost every male is eventually kicked out to find their own pride. Could you picture Simba kicking Kion out? The idea of all females being related is hard to picture as well. I can't see Simba or Kovu even thinking of another lioness beside Nala or Kiara let alone mating with one.
Simba grew up eating nothing but bugs which I don't think a lion could even survive that diet, they wouldn't be getting the proper nutrition. With a diet like that Simba should be about as skinny as Scar if not worse, instead he's fairly large.
The rules of a real Lion pride do not apply here and even the biology of lions doesn't seem to apply as such it's likely real cheetahs and other animals don't fully apply either.
[quote="SimbasGuard"][quote="Hatari05"]I get exactly what you are saying and while Kion has defied tradition by assembling a non-lion excursive Lion Guard. Cross species friendships are nothing new to the Lion King franchise in general. Kion befriending a Hyena speaks volumes about his ability to see past what he has (likely been taught) learned of a species. As well as being a first for the franchise (as far as actual canon goes). This is a hallmark of the series itself. Another Theme of the series is The Circle of Life. Respecting it and protecting it by keeping it in balance. I would think part of that balance would be no animals dating outside their species. It would make no sense at all if Zazu and Timon were vying for the affections of Ma Tembo. I could see Kion and Fuli ( I am relatively certain that Hyenas are in the cat family, but Jasiri seems too different species-wise to be a ligament prospect for Kion) potentially falling in love, but I think both of them would never peruse it because of how it would it would disrupt the circle of life.
Now let's assume that Disney was willing to ignore nature and the fact that a Lion and a Cheetah can not reproduce. Disney does ignore nature when they want too (and most of the time it works out for the best) and they did let Kion And Fuli get together. If they still intended to stick with the theme of The Circle of Life, wouldn't the existence of a Lion/Cheetah hybrid disrupt The Circle of Life?[/quote][/quote]
This could be seen as an issue except we have no idea what the rules of the circle of life actually are, the very concept of the circle of life is very vague, we don't even where it originated from or what constitutes disrupting it. In the actual jungle yeah such a union would disrupt the natural order but this isn't the real world. The handling of the different species seems to be more along the lines of handling of different cultures. The animals come off like different human cultures and beliefs rather than entirely different species. Kion ending up with Fuli or Jasiri would be more along the lines of someone from one culture marrying someone from a different cultural society.