Something I quite never understood...
Posted: February 27th, 2011, 7:52 amIn every single appeance Mufasa has made in the films after death be it physical or spiritual (through wind and such), why is it that Mufasa only appears with Rafiki's help or within his range? I know Rafiki's the spiritual one in the flims and such, but it still makes me rather confused. Mufasa's ghost never showed himself to Simba untill Rafiki showed up, AND it wasn't untill Rafiki told Simba to look harder and almost touch the water that his reflection started to show that of Mufasa's.
In the 2nd film Mufasa is shown proudly watching the birth ceremony of his grand daughter and communicating so to speak with everyone through the wind, but it's as if Rafiki summoned him or something. Later there is a seen where Mufasa is "speaking" to Rafiki through the wind once more, but it's only Rafiki! The scene in which Simba is under the stars and says: "Father, I am lost. Kovu is one of them, Scar's heir. How can I accept him?" Mufasa makes no point in comunicating with his son whatsoever! At all! But he talks with Rafiki whenever! It just really bugs me that Mufasa is only allowed per say to communicate with Rafiki, but not even his own son. Only doing so with Rafiki's help or in his range.
On a side note, has anyone heard of the reviewer, Confused Matthew? He did a 3 part review on The Lion King which was more of a rant as he HATES the film, but it's a good watch. He also recently has posted 2 parts of a review on SP which hasn't been finished yet.
Lion King Review Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOwWzFOvCq8&feature=related
SP Review Part 1 & 2: http://confusedmatthew.com/The-Lion-King-II.php
Anyway, back to the original topic, what are your guys thoughts on Mufasa's ways of appearing?
In the 2nd film Mufasa is shown proudly watching the birth ceremony of his grand daughter and communicating so to speak with everyone through the wind, but it's as if Rafiki summoned him or something. Later there is a seen where Mufasa is "speaking" to Rafiki through the wind once more, but it's only Rafiki! The scene in which Simba is under the stars and says: "Father, I am lost. Kovu is one of them, Scar's heir. How can I accept him?" Mufasa makes no point in comunicating with his son whatsoever! At all! But he talks with Rafiki whenever! It just really bugs me that Mufasa is only allowed per say to communicate with Rafiki, but not even his own son. Only doing so with Rafiki's help or in his range.
On a side note, has anyone heard of the reviewer, Confused Matthew? He did a 3 part review on The Lion King which was more of a rant as he HATES the film, but it's a good watch. He also recently has posted 2 parts of a review on SP which hasn't been finished yet.
Lion King Review Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOwWzFOvCq8&feature=related
SP Review Part 1 & 2: http://confusedmatthew.com/The-Lion-King-II.php
Anyway, back to the original topic, what are your guys thoughts on Mufasa's ways of appearing?
I have no answer to this, except that it might have something to do with the fact that Rafiki is a shaman and so is sort of the bridge between the physical and spiritual worlds (lol Avatar). So maybe the only way to communicate with the Great Kings and other dead animals is through Rafiki. That's sort of his job as a shaman right? *shrugs*
And this leads Simba to also believe that he is communicating with his dead father when he is in fact hallucinating. LOL you can definitely tell it's 2 am here 
