by SimbasGuard » June 29th, 2017, 9:49 am
[quote="Kallo"]Don't think it was as much shock that Kovu would ask such a question, but that she herself didn't know because she had never thought about it. It's more of a sad realisation and wonderment on her part.
We don't know how the afterlife in TLK works, and probably never will. There might not even be a "lion-heaven" and "lion-hell". All the kings could end up in the same "place" as similar deity-like beings, but they just manifest themselves differently, depending on their personalities/intentions. "The Great Kings of the Past" doesn't necessarily refer to the kings doing a great job as leaders, but simply that they were notable rulers (or just rulers in general). I always did count Scar as being a Great King of the Past, despite his actions.[/quote]
[quote="Squeely"]^Especially since "great" doesn't necessarily mean good. It can mean "big" - as in, influential, important. Scar was a bad king but was definitely influential.[/quote]
I have to politely disagree with you both on this. I do not consider someone evil (I'll avoid any real life examples) great. As for The Lion King, Mufasa told Simba that The Great Kings would always be there to guide him. I would not want guidance from someone evil. I also doubt that The Great Kings who are supposedly very wise would want to have someone that could give bad guidance among them.
[quote="Aelwen"]All that brainwashing was for nothing as when Kiara showed him some fun Kovu immediately became good. He has never been truly evil.[/quote]
True, Kovu's heart was always good at it's core, but without Kiara's influence Kovu's goodness would not have had the chance to emerge. He was preparing to attack Simba just before Kiara showed up for her first hunting lesson. Had Kiara not arrived when she did, Kovu would have attacked Simba with the intent to kill and with the element of surprise he might have been successful. Now if Kovu did murder Simba doing so would have likely killed the goodness in his heart. Thereby leaving him truly evil.
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