by yagodamalina » December 25th, 2014, 9:05 pm
I voted for Mufasa. His parenting seemed to be the most balanced and wise.
Simba had good intentions, but he, unwittingly, ruined his daughter’s self-esteem (Kiara: “I may not be brave, or strong, or smart…”). He constantly doubted her abilities and was barely giving her an opportunity to do things on her own (and I, also, believe it was because he had PTSD). But he did spend a lot of time with her, taught her everything he knows, and that knowledge was from what she could grow even beyond everyone’s expectations, and even teach her father something in turn.
Kovu seems too young to be a father yet. He still has some growing to do, both physically and character-wise, and he’d probably need some time to recover from recent events. I don’t think it’s possible to judge what kind of a father he’d be by now, but with his new pride’s help and support, I think he’d make a pretty decent parent, even though he didn’t have a good role model.
Nuka is too immature to have cubs of his own, to be honest. He had massive issues with his family and basically was everyone’s scapegoat – there seems to be too much damage done. As a teenager, he couldn’t properly watch over his younger siblings, and his mother’s neglectful attitude towards him played a role in that. However, if adult Nuka got to live and had cubs, I think he’d be pretty much the opposite of Zira – he would’ve tried to give them everything he himself was deprived of. He’d probably smother them with love, and it’s likely his cubs wouldn’t have had much respect for him.
Scar, I think, made/would’ve made the worst father of the five. He’s too self-centered to genuinely care about anyone but himself.