by Ninaroja » May 11th, 2014, 12:57 pm
IMO Nala didn't suffer the same emotional trauma as Simba. She suffered under Scar, yes, but the lionesses at Pride Rock had survival instincts to get through the lack of food etc., as most animals would. Simba, however, was made to think that he had killed his own father, hence why I think Simba had obvious emotional problems during TLKII but Nala didn't.
Also IMO, despite how I've written him in some of my fanfics, movie Rafiki was just a Shaman, not also a "Medicine man" as it were. Rafiki represents the spiritual link in TLK between the living and the dead, I honestly don't think he was involved in healing/medicine etc.
And yes, the idea of any sort of medication in TLK is ludicrous.