Board Thread:Lion Guard Discussion/@comment-35691319-20190802040431/@comment-36574594-20190802043729

This is actually a very common theme in fiction stories, especially in more recent years, where the protagonist really seems to be going down a dark path. In Kion's case, I am going to presume that Ushari's venom threatens to drive him insane or at least for him to embrace his darker instincts. Kion has to head for the Tree of Life in order to get a cure for the venom to prevent himself from going insane and becoming evil. While traveling, he begins to hallucinate Scar taunting him, with lines such as "Your parents never really cared about you, all they saw was just another princeling." or possibly throwing it at him that he is infected due to his own anger along the line like "Have you ever stopped to think that all of your problems are your fault? Your roar brought me back from the dead. It was your formation of the Guard that created these threats. You were a signal, a challenge for them to defeat. Look at Reirei, look at Usharri, and look at Makuu. Would they even have considered their acts if not for you?! Its so ironic, all of your attempts to keep the Pridelands safe, and yet you merely create the threats you battle. And all this time, the Pridelanders never respected you, the ungrateful whelps that they are." Kion begins to form a romantic bond with Jasiri, who begins to become a sanity link to him, as he ignores Scar whenever he thinks about her.