by DGFone » June 6th, 2012, 6:02 am
I am one of those people who thinks that Zira actually let herself go and effectively committed suicide instead of allowing Kiara to save her. And if you look at the early drafts of SP, that's exactly what happens.
What would have happened if she didn't let go? I think that Zira would have died either way. Not only did she now have two entire prides hating her (both the Pridelanders and Outlanders), but she is also quite insane. I doubt that Zira could survive alone, and that's assuming that neither Simba nor anyone else who wanted to take a shot at Zira would have allowed her to leave the Pride lands in peace.
So either way, Zira dies. But by letting go, she chose to leave her own way and not submit to someone else's will.