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Why does Simba and the rest of the Pride landers think Kovu is evil just cause they know that Zira was training him to be like that but isn't?I don't think Kovu has the guts to be evil to another lion even if his mom had a grudge against pridelanders. Do you think Kovu would have turned murderous if he didn't fall in love with Kiara?Please Explain your thoughts cause I had this on my mind alot....

all things have some good and some evil in them, Love can make thing wicked or kind. I don't think him falling in love with Kiara changed anything in him. Even as a cub he wasn't "vicious" he was just pretending to be. i don't think Murderous is the word to use because all Lions are murderous. I think if kovu had stayed with the outlanders, he would have been either exiled, or he would have left. kovu waas never scary or anything in the first place.pride thought he was evil because of were he came from and who his mother was. know Simba though he was evil because kovu's apperence reminded him so much scar, it brought back unwanted memories of his fathers death and all the trouble the pride went though, also i think that fact that kovu was taking his "little girl" away was a threat as well. You also have to keep in mind Prides don't just let any ol' male lion into the pride, they are normaly scared off in a fight or fight the current "king" of the pride away. So thats another reason that they didn't welcome him in. I hope this helps some.

Mmm yeah that's true and good points there too. It's just confusing when Simba & pride thougth Kovu was evil even if he didn't do anything and got a reputation for being evll

well lions really don't need a reason do believe another male lion is evil.

the pride though Kovu was evil because of the fact simba didn't like him and because he looked so much like scar.

Simba didn't like Kovu and thought he was "evil" because he looked so much like scar aswell. However simba also found kovu evil because he was taking away simba's little girl. And after all Simba had (do to clue's in the movie) already lost one cub "kopa".

Oh I haven't thought of it that way. That would make sense if you already lost a cub you would protect your other one^

Personally, I don`t think Kovu ever had hate or darkness in him to begin with.. Zira tried to make him into a second Scar, but that couldn`t be done. Whatever coldness and darkness she managed to put in him was chased away by love and light in form of Kiara.

yeah, that's probably why the lions of Simba's pride didn't like Kovu at first, just because he was way too much like Scar.
But it was obvius(sp?) that Kovu couldn't be evil. He was the Romeo of the movie, Simba's daughter future boyfriend so, he couldn't be like Scar or Zira. If you pay attention, it's easy to notice that neither Vitani or Nuka were evil at all, Nuka just wanted to show his mother that he could be something too and Vitani just obeyed her mother's orders but at the end she stayed with Kovu and Kiara.
there wasn't any trace of evilness on Kovu when he was a cub and he was just obey Zira's orders (like Vitani) when he was sent to kill Kiara, I think he didn't really believed in all Zira's ideas against Simba.

I believe it was just Simba,Timon,and Pumbaa?,that thought Kovu was evil,because he probably reminded Simba,of Scar,on the other hand,Nala had no reason to think that because she assured Kiara,and Zazu assured Simba that Kiara would be fine,although that's not how it turned out to be.

Yeah that could be true but I don't think Kovu would have a heart by wanting to kill Simba as much as Zira did...