User blog:ChalexGamer/The Lion King alternate timelines theory, and how The Lion King (2019) could fit in it.

I know It's supposedly confirmed that The Lion Guard happens between The Lion King 2, but, since there are lots of inconsistencies found throughout the series, what if it actually happens in an alternate dimension? This is my theory about the three possible timelines that originate from the final battle in The Lion King. And it goes like this:

TLK 2 Dimension: In this timeline, at the final battle in the original movie, Simba throws Scar off the edge of Pride Rock, and after he falls, the hyenas kill him for betraying them. Afterward, Kopa is born, he gets killed by Zira, and because of that, after Kiara is born, Simba acts very savage, violent, and overprotective with Kiara and threatens everyone who approaches her, mainly Kovu. Kiara is not interested in becoming queen, and she just wants to be free and have fun.

The Lion Guard Dimension: In this timeline, instead of the hyenas eating Scar, Simba throws him directly into the fire, and that explains his latter transformation into a giant lion head made of fire. Afterward, Kiara is born, then Kion, instead of Kopa. This could mean that Kion is actually Kopa's counterpart. Simba and Zira are less feral than in TLK 2 because they didn't suffer traumatic experiences before (Simba, losing his son, and Zira, finding out the brutal death of Scar at the claws of the hyenas, respectively). Kiara, unlike her TLK 2 counterpart, takes her role as future queen seriously and presumes it a lot.

My fanfics' dimension: This is an alternate timeline that originates after The Trail to Udugu, in TLG, instead of The Lost Gorillas. It begins with A Jinx To The Past. Sometime before the story Kion had already told his dad about Jasiri and her clan, and he accepted them into the Pride Lands. Then, Jasiri became a more recurrent character. At the end of A Jinx To The Past, Simba learns about the heroic things Kovu did to save him and Nala. So he no longer considers Kovu an enemy and lets him spend more time with Kiara.

Now, how would the live action remake of The Lion King fit in the theory?

What if in this version, Scar is defeated by Simba throwing him into the flames? We've seen the change of a villain's defeat before. For example, in The Jungle Book (2016) instead of Shere Khan fleeing away with a branch in flames tied to his tail, he falls into the fire. So, why Scar would not be defeated in a different way to the original? If he dies in a fire, that would give beginning to the Lion Guard dimension.

I hope you liked my theory. To believe it or not to believe it, that depends on you.

EXTRA:

"How shall Scar die? Flames? Or death by hyenaaaaaaas! Heeheehahahahahahaaaa! Choose!"

Did you get the reference?