Good ol' Kopa. In reply to your question, no I don't think I've seen a site on this planet that doesn't fawn over Kopa in some way. Granted, I'm guilty of being somewhat of a fan of him but I can agree with your sentiments.
I think the reason that people are so 'omg' about him is because he is one of the few characters tied to the major characters that is essentially a mystery. We don't know much about him except he is a bit of a Simba clone as a cub and had similar interests and appearance as his parents. It was a bit startling to see him vanish all of a sudden and have no one mention him ever since. The only tiny bit of validation we have to his existence which keeps people's interest in Kopa going is Simba's obsessive worryness about Kiara. On the contrary there is little to no evidence to suggest that he actually exists in the canon and I accept that.
Another thing is that because we don't see him older than a cub, we kinda like to project our own vision of him. Talking to a few people who are Kopa lovers in some way, we all had strikingly different views and theories; examples being that he was a world weary rogue or a cold hearted lion etc. I know I've got my own vision and it is all in good fun after all. He is just that kind of character that is so closely related to Simba and Nala that we pick him up and indoctrinate him into our own universe, shape him how we see fit. Whether this was done on Disney's part or not is another debate altogether - if I recall correctly, Six New Adventures was connected to Disney n some way (unless I've got my facts wrong).
Nonetheless though it would be nice to discuss finer points of some characters without it turning into a blind one sided storm.
I think the reason that people are so 'omg' about him is because he is one of the few characters tied to the major characters that is essentially a mystery. We don't know much about him except he is a bit of a Simba clone as a cub and had similar interests and appearance as his parents. It was a bit startling to see him vanish all of a sudden and have no one mention him ever since. The only tiny bit of validation we have to his existence which keeps people's interest in Kopa going is Simba's obsessive worryness about Kiara. On the contrary there is little to no evidence to suggest that he actually exists in the canon and I accept that.
Another thing is that because we don't see him older than a cub, we kinda like to project our own vision of him. Talking to a few people who are Kopa lovers in some way, we all had strikingly different views and theories; examples being that he was a world weary rogue or a cold hearted lion etc. I know I've got my own vision and it is all in good fun after all. He is just that kind of character that is so closely related to Simba and Nala that we pick him up and indoctrinate him into our own universe, shape him how we see fit. Whether this was done on Disney's part or not is another debate altogether - if I recall correctly, Six New Adventures was connected to Disney n some way (unless I've got my facts wrong).
Nonetheless though it would be nice to discuss finer points of some characters without it turning into a blind one sided storm.