
[ Referencing this post! ]

Yes, Zira is a “bad guy” in TLK 2. In fact, she’s the primary antagonist and tries to manipulate her own son into claiming revenge for the fallen Scar, whom she is obsessed with and worships.
I don’t think this entirely rules Zira out though. NRC had “good guy” students like Kalim (twisted from the Sultan), Silver (twisted from Aurora + with elements of Phillip), and Rook (twisted from the Huntsman, who betrays the Evil Queen and helps Snow White). RSA could therefore potentially have the opposite: “bad guys” among the generally good population. I personally speculate that Disney twist villains attend RSA and act as the black sheep in their flocks 😂
Regardless, I think it’s most likely going to be some character or combination of characters from the original film and not the sequel, since the original is the property that is most nostalgic + all Twst primarily pulls from the originals. The situation’s a little odd since we already have our twisted!Simba, 5-year old Cheka, so to introduce a teenage twisted!Nala or twisted!Kiara seems like it would confusing. My personal theory is that the new RSA guy will be inspired by the collective of lionesses that helped fight Scar, similar to how Ruggie is twisted from three hyena and not a single one.


















