by Majordomo » April 24th, 2009, 3:01 am
Yes, Scar really was that bad.
- He tried to kill his nephew and his nephew's friend.
- He succeeded in killing his own brother, and thought he had also succeeded in killing his nephew.
- Through this all, he felt no remorse. The only bit shown is in the eulogy, and we all know that was insincere.
- He single-handedly planned and executed a coup in the space of one day. One night, even.
Any 'proof' that Scar possibly had a rough childhood is fan-made. There is no evidence that Scar's father was abusive. There is no evidence that Mufasa was snobby. There is no evidence that Scar was unpopular. There's not even evidence that he and Zira had any sort of relationship, though that's not relevant to the topic at hand. His Scar is the only possible indication of a rough past, but even that could have been given to him by himself, by a clumsy move, as a birthmark, or even by the hyenas. Nobody knows how he got it (since the semi-canon water buffalo scenario is generally thought of as boring and unrealistic), so all of these are just as viable as the more popular theories. Even going with the Buffalo story, that's his own fault and completely unrelated to his power hunger.