by StarlightLioness » April 14th, 2011, 4:25 am
I always thought that a few of the lionesses were probably from the Pridelands. They may have been born while Scar was king, since none of the lionesses in TLK have the Outlander "look" aside from Scar. So some of them were very likely Scar's daugthers. Others were probably a separate pride that Scar took in. None of the lionesses who had lived under Mufasa's reign would have been likely to submit to be his queen. They may have been forced to mate with him (hence some of his daughters would have been of Prideland blood). So Scar took in Zira and her followers (my gut says Zira was the matriarch before Scar ever got to her and she was in all likelihood his Queen though we don't see her at all in TLK). They were, perhaps, part of the pride that Scar's own mother was from (they all share the same facial features - the nose shape the most visible feature). Again, I assume that Uru was the one who carried the Outlander look, since we never see a design for her and the design for Ahadi (although flawed - he's written with a black mane but drawn with a mane similiar to Mufasa's color) shows only the Prideland look.
This would also explain why the Outlanders all seem to view Scar as the rightful king of the Pridelands. Some would be of his own blood (and therefore want to believe that he was the rightful king). The rest would have been taken in by him. Neither group would have known Mufasa. The Prideland mothers might have told Scar's daughters about Mufasa, but probably not. They would have feared retribution from Scar for talking about his brother (as Scar says to Zazu in TLK - "You know the law! Never, ever mention THAT name in my presence!"). By the time Simba returns from his self-imposed exile and defeats Scar, some of the Prideland mothers would have been dead (old age, starvation, illness, etc). So there wouldn't have been too much opposition to banishing the daughters of those Prideland mothers, the ones who had been essentially brainwashed into thinking that their father was the rightful king and Simba was a big brute who came along and caused their father's death.
All in theory of course. They may have all been from an outside pride that Scar took in. But I am fairly certain that none of the Outlanders were originially Pridelanders that had been around when Mufasa was king.
"Simba, let me tell you something my father told me. Look at the stars. The great kings of the past look down on us from those stars. So whenever you feel alone, just remember that those kings will always be there to guide you. And so will I." ~ Mufasa
