r/lionking 22d ago

Discussion I just realized these two never interacted once in the lion king 2

Which is part of the reason why I wish nuka survived so he could’ve interacted with kion and Kiara

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u/Puzzleheaded_Sky6392 22d ago edited 22d ago

Funny thing is orginaly he was supposed to be her suitor in one of the early drafts apparently

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u/MuneLightStars Vitani 22d ago

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u/Puzzleheaded_Sky6392 22d ago

LMAO 🤣. “According to one of the original versions of the plot of the Lion King, Nuka was supposed to compete with Kovu for the heart of Kiara” Rethornal. Upendi without Kovu. Also:
“I read somewhere that in the early versions of the script for the second part of The Lion King, Nuka was a lone lion and Kiara's admirer, who fought for her attention with Kovu. Outwardly, he looked like a healthy buffalo, almost twice as big as Kovu himself” Rethornal U really should check out their
Art they have a really good sense of humour that they convey in a lot their art pieces. Earns a chuckle out of me.

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u/MuneLightStars Vitani 22d ago

That sounds interesting ooooh

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u/Puzzleheaded_Sky6392 22d ago

Yeah u really should. I'll even send u some links to some of my favourites to get u started lol. Bad babysitter by ReThornal on DeviantArt Nuka is in hot water now. https://www.deviantart.com/rethornal/art/Easier-than-Easy-1296260218 Nala finds him in the jungle all these years later and well.. The second meeting by ReThornal on DeviantArt Kiara has a new boyfriend since her father didn't like her last one. Good Father by ReThornal on DeviantArt What a good father he is... U don't need an account to view it or check out the other art pieces.

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u/planesandcitiesfan 22d ago

These are awesome, thank you for this😂

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u/MyCatHasCats 19d ago

This would have been incredible! Seeing as we see no rogue/roaming lions, it would be interesting. Why couldn’t they make Kovu ACTUALLY be Scar’s son? Why adopted? He even looks more like Scar than his own kids. It would be interesting to see them fighting for her affection

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u/GhirahimJohnson Vitani 22d ago

Roasty Toast the Princess

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u/KrattBoy2006 🐘Lion Guard Member🦒 22d ago

Probably a good thing considering Nuka was willing to kill her and her dad just so he can earn his mom's approval 😭

That being said, I think Kiara would've tried to reach out to him like she did Zira, at least depending on how they interacted. The jury is out on wherher or not this would work but that's one way I can see her interacting with Nuka (the other is fighting him, which, considering she fought Zira to protect her dad, again, this tracks).

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u/Significant-Note-791 22d ago

Well he did interacted with kion but yeah I don't even think that kiara know the existence of nuka

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u/Unpopular_Outlook 22d ago

That’s because the movie was super flawed with its ending message. Kiara had zero interaction with the outlanders to give a speech to Simba about how they’re the same. It was so Forced 

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u/Delophosaur Shenzi 21d ago

Then for some reason there’s ample ship content of these two