I thought it was darius who added the dream killer text to an avatar
I had made.
LavishLioness, you have a valid point with that if a fan theory makes sense with the canon source's plot. But the thing is that the most popular Kopa theories don't make sense to the canon.
[quote="LavishLioness"]Another little detail I just thought of is that they can't show every detail of Simba and any other character's life in the movie, so perhaps the comics show what happened... "behind the scenes."[/quote]
You're right, they can't show every little detail about crucial plot parts in the film. But what they can do is
refer to everything crucial. Like, in this case, if there had been another cub before Kiara, they could've and would've said so in the film.
In example, they could've had Simba and Nala briefly discuss it instead of how much Kiara reminds them of Simba. Or, combined the two topics. Nala: "She's just like you when you were young."--Simba could've replied "Exactly!
Remember how our son Kopa was just like me and he disappeared/got killed by the outlanders! And remember all those danger we got ourselves into!" I mean, Kiara was far away by that point--the discussion was free to be about anything in the world--and adding that one line would've taken less than five seconds of their minuete limit. And instead of having Nala be careless, they could've had her walk away worried/sorrowful indtead of walking away carelessly. But no, instead they have him only remark about their personal childhood dangers and Nala poke him about it and carelessly state that Kiara will be fine. Because there was never a son at all, not to mention a murdered son.
[quote="LavishLioness"]And I do support Zira killing Kopa to make some room for Kovu, but if enough flaws in that common theory are pointed out I'll reconsider. I can't really find anything too invalid with it

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1. My point in my above paragraph.
2. Kiara's protection and supervision is left in the hands of a tiny meerkat and a warthog. Creatures that are easily killed by a lion, not to mention numerous lions. If someone really wanted to kill the princess, they would bear a warthog's stink for a little while. Especially as it would stop stinking after it's dead or at least couldn't follow around. As in if Kiara's parents had a child who'd disappeared or been murdered, they would have their second child much, much better supervised and protected
--especially as she is eveidently just like Simba who himself used to manage ditching unreliable babysitter.3.) Zira is an evil psycho who takes pleasure in blood spilling and war. Yet she doesn' brag about how she succeeded in killing the prince and revenge Scar's death by it. Instead she whines and complains about how unjust the exile was and how she is about to get her revenge for Scar. Obviously she hadn't done anything to deserve the exile and the very least anything that gave her pleasure.
4. Nala is completely carefree and light-hearted about Kiara. Doesn't seem like a loving mother who has lots a child.