I think it's fair to presume they were born at relatively the same time.

Disney's lion cubs all look a lot smaller than they'd actually be in real life. They look kitten sized, but lion cubs of that age are about the size of a full grown cougar. And of course Simba would be massive.

Oh yeah I know, I just got the impression that Kion would be the "next generation" kid when I heard of the show so I've got a small headcanon that Kiara's a little older, there's no logistics behind it :p

There's an obvious issue because we see Kiara grown up in Simba's Pride, but we never see any other male lions. The entire pride is female except for Kovu.

That's not uncommon, however now we see Kion was born soon after Kiara, so where was he in Simba's Pride?

A possibility is that he left the pride once reaching adulthood, as most male lions usually do.

Anyway, I don't really care cause I love the show and I need moar moar moar!

TLG is completely ignoring all TLK canon actually, they're not very subtle about it. I don't think they're bothering with the logistics of the situation at all.

What do you mean? Besides the things we've already mentioned.

I'm a pretty obsessive fan but I have not seen any other inconsistencies..

Like introducing an entire cast of characters that were never mentioned in any other films, as well as the entirety of "the lion guard" lore which didn't exist until this show as far as I know.

Well the lore itself sure..

What cast? The other lion cubs? There's been a dozen or more lions in the pride since the first film so I think that can explain the other lions..

All of Kion's friends as well. Bunga for example is basically Timon and Pumba's second adopted son when he was never once mentioned. And lore wise they even rewrote Scar's backstory to include that he was formerly part of the guard.

There were only 2 male lions in the pride at the time of the original film, however that does not mean there could not have been more males in the pride before the film took place. The guard including Scar could have occured in the time before the film. The story claims that Scar "destroyed" the guard, which would explain the absence of the other males.

Bunga does introduce an inconsistency. Only because we saw Kiara full grown in Simba's Pride, so unless Bunga's involvement was temporary, then he should have been around too.

Ah well, this is the nature of hollywood entertainment, the market is way too volatile to plan epics of this nature far in advance.

All of this is just nit picking for examples because you asked though, I don't actually care about any of these details I just enjoy the show for what it is :p

Lovely drawing! <3

I haven't watched Lion Guard yet, but I was wondering how they handled Kiara/TLK2 and Kion basically not existing in that movie. Did they just say "oh Kion was alive and stuff during TLK2, he just wasn't anywhere present in the movie at all during the whole thing"? Does the Kovu/Zira thing not exist yet, or was Kion away at boarding school or something during the whole thing? P:

I had thought Kion would be born/Lion Guard set after the events of TLK2 but from what I'm hearing they're actually the same age, so.... I kinda wanna know how they're trying to make that work, lol.

They basically handle it by not addressing any of the issues at all and ignoring the original canon completely. Timeline is confusing because we honestly just don't really know when its supposed to take place. We DO know that Kovu, Vitani, and Nuka are all set to appear on the show in the future though. Whether it'll be a first time introduction or a "they've always been here btw" thing is unclear at the moment.

Hmmm, that is kind of a shame. :/ So does that mean Kiara won't be queen anymore, that Kion will bump her out of the way...? I do wonder how they're acting as if either having two different canon timelines is okay, or how Kion's complete and utter absence in TLK2 can be just brushed aside and pretended like it never happened. Either way it's a bit disappointing to some dedicated TLK fans like myself that have spent many years appreciating the already-established canon TLK universe, only for it to be changed or disregarded years later... Ah well, I guess I can't really judge it until I've seen it for myself. Soon, hopefully!

Kiara is still the heir to the pridelands because shes canonically first born. Kion, being second born, takes charge of the lion guard. Just like (supposedly) Scar had before him. They're basically ignoring the expanded universe and rewriting it as they please.

Hm, that is a bit of a shame. Still, I guess I can't complain too much since they ARE at least bringing back some new content for a fan base that hasn't had much of anything to go on. Regardless, this is still a lovely piece of art of Kiara and Kion. <3

looks like kion is a bit chubby

I gave him the natural lion cub pudge to make him seem younger.

I like it nice work