[quote="Lionkingview"][quote="Aelwen"] the seeds are there all it would take is for Zira to push the right buttons and plant the right thoughts and Kion could go to a darker place. In fact Kion's love for his home and family are the key to corrupting him all it takes is making Kion believe he knows what's best for his kingdom convincing him the only way to ensure the survival of his family and home that he loves so much is to take the throne, that's all it would take.[/quote]
Whoa , you just made me think of Lex Luthor (not Jesse Eisenberg Lex but rather Micheal Rosenbaum Lex Luthor from Smallville)
Here's my little Headcanon of (let's just go with an Emo name) Dark Kion (or Dan, as i like to call him)
After he encounters Zira Kion slowly becomes more and more convinced that he was destined to whipe out some wague threat . Slowly he descends into darkness, becoming more and more paranoid untill he kills another lion for the first time. He would also take advantage of the guard, who ,while at first not questening his intentions,slowly grow more and more suspicious towards him untill they have a,partly fatal fight in which ono and bunga die. Bunga, having been a close friend to kion for a long time , says some amazingly heartbreaking last words. This makes Kion even more hostile towards everyone else. Then he either leaves the Pridelands, or changes his ways in resentment or....
(my Personal favorite)
somehow kills Simba , making it look like the outlanders did it. Then he simbolicly kills off his former self by choking him to death infront of a fireplace in his mantion.....wait....whups that was Lex Luthor
But anyway...

that's just a headcanon....
a hypothetical headcanon
I think that "Lions of the Outlands" is gonna be nothing like my little headcanon.
It's gonna be a mix of a regular episode and "Sissi ni Sawa".[/quote]
A smallville fan nice love Lex from that show. Your headcanon is really cool though it's very dark much too dark to be true but a truly awesome fan fic maybe you should consider actually writing it. However I do believe we will see Kion likely struggle with this later on I could see something similar to what I suggested being a central arc for season 2.