A little theory I had about Simbas guilt over mufasa.

[Elton John]

http://i.imgur.com/FhYspWm.jpg

So, apparently walt disney might have had a lot of guilt over the death of his mother, blaming himself over it. I was thinking that the creators of the film knew this and this is how we got simba feeling a lot of guilt over blaming himself for the death of his dad. Keeping sarabi alive as a reverse of what happened.

[Kiana]

That does seem a reasonable explanation

[Alexterri1]

I didn't know that before. That does sound like a good explanation.

[TheLionPrince]

[SimbasMate]

How would that even make sense if Walt Disney died in 1966 and TLK was made in 1994

[Lynx]

[Captain Cupcake]

Simba's guilt was just a natural result of what he thought had occurred after the stampede, and a necessary element to make the second half of the film's plot work. It's unlikely that there was any inspiration for that aspect of the character. When you're playing with the idea of a father's death being blamed on the son, the immense guilt that person is going to feel is practically required in such a story arc.

[Rollo]

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