I've been thinking about this for a while now: do you think it's possible for Vitani to be Simba and Nala's daughter?
I know there's no actual proof in Simba's Pride, and I also know Vitani refers to Zira as "mother" but still....
Why I think it MIGHT be possible:
--Zira doesn't seem to give any motherly attention to Vitani, at least not that we see. She even threatened to kill Vitani, who'd been her right-hand lioness. If she were Zira's daughter, I don't know if Zira really would have threatened her.
--Nala knows her name. Why is that?
--Her appearance: Blue eyes, pink nose, gold fur, ear rims: Zira has none of these features. True, Vitani has ear rims as an adult and not a child, but Sarabi ALSO has ear rims as an adult: who's to say she didn't have them as a cub, like Vitani? Vitani also has gold fur, just a little darker than Kiara.
True, she DOES have some outlander features, but she probably inherited them from Simba's side (if she IS his daughter)
If we exclude Kopa's existance....I wonder if maybe this is part of the reason for Simba's overprotectiveness? Maybe he 'lost' a daughter already, because he was too lenient with her protection as an infant. In reality, of course, she was kidnapped and brainwashed by Zira.
Just an idea!