How Second-Born Royal Cubs Are Treated

            Some fans have stipulated that the second-born royal cub is always treated worse than the first-born and heir to the throne. I’ll be analyzing Taka’s and Kion’s experiences to try and determine whether or not this is true. This post will heavily reference the Six New Adventures books and The Lion Guard (TLG) in addition to The Lion King (TLK).

The Lion Guard Before Scar

             We know that Scar was the leader of the Guard before Kion but who was the leader before him? We saw in “Eye Of the Beholder” that there were other Lion Guards (at least 5) before Scar’s Guard, as evidenced by the paintings on the wall in the Guard’s Lair. This means there were previous leaders and there had to have been some kind of system for choosing them. I’ll be discussing some fan theories about who led the Guard before Scar and how said leader was chosen. I’ll be referencing characters and events from both The Lion Guard (TLG) and The Six New Adventures books.

How The Lion Guard Affects the Existing Canon

            Some people consider The Lion Guard (TLG) and its lore to be part of an AU but if we incorporate it into the existing canon, it helps explain and set up a lot of things that had previously been unexplored or glossed-over. Scar, for example, seems to be left out of a lot of the rest of the royal family’s activities, as evidenced not only by his general separation from Mufasa and Simba in The Lion King (TLK) but by the fact that Taka and Mufasa don’t spend much time together (and it would seem that Taka spends even less time with Ahadi) in the Six New Adventures books. It’s not really clear why he uses the hyenas to do his dirty work instead of just plotting against Mufasa directly. Nala’s father, Serafina’s mate, is nowhere to be found in TLK. I’ll be discussing multiple fan theories based on TLG’s lore that fill in some of these gaps.

Why Kion Isn’t In Simba’s Pride

           Kion is Kiara’s younger brother and the main character of Disney Junior’s new TV spin-off series The Lion Guard (TLG). He’s not in the second Lion King movie, Simba’s Pride (SP), and I’m going to be looking at some fan theories about why. While most people agree that Kion wouldn’t be in the beginning of the movie because he is younger than Kiara and likely hadn’t been born yet, there are many different possible explanations for why he isn’t in the end of the movie.