[quote="Kojo"]I've never really thought that Nuka was Scar's own son. I'd always assumed that his resentment towards Kovu was based on his being the eldest and being passed up as the heir for the younger male. Zira states that Kovu was the last cub born before the Outlanders were exiled from the Pridelands. That being true, Nuka, being older, could have actually known Scar while Kovu never met the lion (that he can remember). That, too, would add to his resentment of not being chosen.[/quote]
I can accept all of that except for the part about Kovu meeting Scar (even as a baby cub too young to understand who he was "meeting"). Though it would make sense going by the line in SP, in order for that line to
make sense, the timeline set down by the first film would have to be completely nullified, which I can't accept.
At the end of the first film, we see Simba and Nala's first cub ("Fluffy") being presented to the kingdom. Now, as far as story-line is concerned, "Fluffy"
is Kiara; I personally don't buy that, but I digress...
Now, you will recall that between the time Scar is overthrown and Simba takes his place as king and the time when Simba and Nala present "Fluffy"/Kopa/Tanabi/Kiara/whatever, there is a pretty MAJOR change in scenery. All of the vegetation that was completely, 100% dead and/or burnt away has come back and is again growing and bountiful in the Pridelands. You can't very well expect that this happened overnight just because Simba was back and Scar was dead; it just doesn't work that way.
That alone gives at least a few months (more realistically, close to a year or more) from the time Scar is overthrown to the time Kiara (and sometime near there, Kovu) is born. Hence, no way for Kovu and Scar to meet.
[quote="Kojo"]And if Nuka was Scar's biological son, then I don't understand why Scar would have chosen another cub who he didn't sire to be his heir in the first place. Scar was obsessed with leaving a legacy, with being the greatest king ever. And he was nutso. There's no reason why he wouldn't want his bloodline to continue to be royal, even if he thought Kovu might have been smarter than Nuka.[/quote]
Who says Scar
knew that Kovu wasn't his son?
[quote="Kojo"]Saying that Scar passed up Nuka in place of Kovu because Nuka was weak doesn't hold water with me either. We only see Nuka as a young adult, well after it's known that he is not the Chosen One. Kovu is well cared for as a cub and young adult because of his value to the Outlanders. Nuka didn't get so much care, so of course he would be unkempt, skinny, and look weaker than he would've been otherwise.[/quote]
Perhaps Nuka was given the same nurturing before Kovu was born, and after showing no promise for however many months he was alive before the birth of Kovu and Vitani (whom I personally believe are of the same litter), he was substituted and left to fend for himself.
[quote="outsider500"]well after all Nuka, was more like Scar then Kovu was. so therefore Nuka is Scars son.[/quote]
Um... what? How does that prove anything?