by Captain Cupcake » October 1st, 2015, 7:08 am
[quote="Hatari05"]I think people take real lions into consideration too much when talking about the franchise while the creators did try to make them move like them they don't act like them we've never been told how fast a lion ages in the franchise so they are not bond to the aging cycle of a lion the world clearly isn't ours for too many reasons to name i don't recall a lion roaring and the clouds roaring with him for example lol. So for all we know they age like humans which actually makes a lot of stories easier it's not confirmed but I don't think the creators are bond by a lion's life cycle as it's never been stated how old any of the characters are and I don't think it will be.[/quote]
It can be assumed as such that they are intended to age like normal lions, though.
Even though there's obviously a semblance of anthropomorphism and supernatural elements in the storyline, that doesn't automatically mean every little aspect is altered and toyed with just for the sake of it, especially when there aren't many implications that say otherwise(other than possibly Scar's "decades of denial" line, which doesn't exactly prove anything as it is possible for lions to live past 20 years if not for the harshness of nature that often prevents them to do so).
Besides, if they actually did age like how humans do, then Simba and Nala would probably come off a bit more older than they seemed after the time skip in TLKII.