by Carl » November 7th, 2016, 9:03 pm
All kinds of cartoons pair animals of different species, they don't have to address the actual mating part at all if the couple simply doesn't have children, and technically, they can still mate even if they can't produce offspring. Which hasn't stopped cartoons from making up their own hybrids, either. All that aside, TLG is still a Disney Junior show. I highly doubt there will be any relationships of a romantic nature established, and the most they'll likely do in that regard is reference/touch on/build the Kiara/Kovu relationship. If they do establish another kind of relationship, it will likely be side characters for the plot of a single episode, and they will probably be the same species. But TLK/TLG already has an interracial couple, anyway, even if they don't really make a big deal of it (which they shouldn't make a big deal of and I do think they are handling sort of well). We don't even really see anything romantic between Simba and Nala, so yeah. People can ship Kion with whomever they like, but I doubt any of it will play any role in the series itself.