My Lion King Forum

(Yeah, leave it to me to be the creator of all Kiara-related threads) lol

So do you think Kiara has ever visited the Elephant Graveyard?
Do you think Simba even told her about it?

Well.. We can assume that the Elephant Graveyard at least is not such a dangerous place anymore, because according to Nuka "the Hyenas ran off.." So being in grave danger wouldn’t be a reason for Kiara not to go there. However, it is outside the border of the Pride Lands, which I assume would be a big reason for Simba to deny her accsess, plus he remembers his and Nalas scary adventure there.. With Kiara visiting the Outlands, history sort of repeated itself, so perhaps Simba never even told Kiara about the EG to prevent her from going there? Of course he might have told her if she spotted "the shadowy place," from the top of Pride Rock, like he did... But unlike Simba, maybe an Elephant Graveyard wouldn’t be so exciting and cool to Kiara.

Sorry, I’m rambling.

I don't believe that Kiara ever visited there, but i'm sure she heard stories about it from Simba. ^^ I think, like you mentioned PK, the allure of The Elephant Graveyard was the danger factor, and seeing that the hyenas were no longer present, there's not really that bit of intrigue there to spark a cub's curiosity either. :) Kiara doesn't seem like the type who would be interested in that sort of thing, although Nala didn't seem that way either, yet she still seemed to want to go, probably only because Simba did though. ^^

Yeah, I don’t think Kiara would be interested in going to the Elephant Graveyard, to be honest. I mean, when it came to the Outlands, she just seemed to be driven by a mild curiousity, she wanted to know what it was like out there. I just can’t see her going to the EG, it just feels.. wrong in a way.

About Nala, I think she was just as interested in the EG as Simba. She seemed very excited when she learned where they were really going, she suggested to check if the Elephants brain was still inside the skull, and she gave Simba the most sneaky look ever when she realized how much trouble they could get in for going there. She also mentioned that she thought it was creepy, but I think she was pretty excited nonetheless.

I don't think she knew about the EG, I don't think Simba or Nala ever told her about it.

Ral: Yeah, I think that’s a pretty strong possibility. Especially considering Simba and Nalas talk on Pride Rock after Cub Kiara runs off. Simba realizes how much Kiara is like himself, and fears that she’ll get in trouble. like he did.

lol, again though, I think the only reason why Nala went was because her best friend wanted to go. ^^ In Kiara's case, she didn't have anyone to convince her to go there, or to maybe coax her in going, so that's another reason why I think The Elephant Graveyard wouldn't be as much of an interest to her as it was for Simba and Nala growing up. ^^

As for Simba or Nala not telling her about The Elephant Graveyard in order to protect her, if there was no threat from hyenas there, they wouldn't really need to keep her from exploring it would they, aside from the random steam geysers. ^^

I believe see did go there at some point when Simba told her about his past, but she was being escorted there by her father so she wouldn't be in danger. That's just my own theory though.

I think that Nala at one point told Kiara about the Elephant Graveyard. I think Kiara was too scared to visit it after the stories Nala told her about it.

KM: Eventhough there’s no real danger at the EG now, I still think Simba would have a problem with Kiara going there because it’s outside the borders of the Pride Lands. Considering how protective he is, I just can’t see him being fine with her exploring there, Hyenas or not.

Kops: That’s a nice theory. I imagine it would be a strange and emotional excperience for Simba to visit that place again as an adult.

TLP: I love the idea of Nala being the one telling Kiara about it. We know Nala got quite scared, so I imagine the stories she’d tell would be pretty frightning and would put Kiara off going there.