My Lion King Forum

ok, here's a question, who you consider more evil, Scar or Zira ?

well, it have to be concider that Scar kills his own brother, Mufasa, almost kill his nephew, Simba, and took control the pridelands

Zira wanted to kill Simba, also want to kill Kiara, and I can't think on something more

Now, what's you opinion

hmm i think that zira definitely has the evilness potential, but Scar wins, because not only did he plot everything out, he went through with it! he successfully became king by killing his brother!

If we were talking about brilliance, I'd definitely give the nod to Scar, but when it comes down to just being pure evil, I have to go with Zira. ^^

Scar did, in fact, actually succeed in killing his brother, but he really didn't do much of the dirty work. All he did was toss Muffy off the cliff after he had been weakened by the wildebeest stampede. As for the rest of his plot, he mainly just pulled the strings, which is more clever, than evil in my opinion.

Given that Zira didn't actually kill anyone, she still was a little more active in her plot to kill Simba. Yes, she trained her own son to do what was needed, which is really evil if I do say so myself. Zira struck her own kin, which again, if that's not evil, I don't know what else is, and furthermore, she was willing (or so it seemed) to even kill her own daughter to get what she wanted.

Don't get me wrong, both Scar and Zira are as bad as baddies come but I just feel as though Zira has a tad bit more evilness tucked inside of her. Her motives just seem more enduring to result in how evil she was for me. Plus I think it takes a lot more to turn a female that evil than a male. Not trying to sound sexist of course, just saying is all.

Wow, this is a difficult one..

Like KM said, Scar didn’t do much of the dirty work.. But he did kill his own brother and sent his nephew into exile in order to claim the throne as king.. If Scar had been truly evil, he would have killed Simba himself when he went to the Elephant Graveyard, instead of letting the Hyenas take care of everything.. Of course, he used the Hyenas to avoid being caught, but still..

When it comes to Zira, I think she’s more sick and twisted than downright evil. To me, she comes off as she’s been driven insane by the want for power and consumed by hate and rage. (Much like Scar, in fact.. but I’ve always thought Scar is more clever and sophisticated.)

Zira trained her youngest cub to be a killer, and when he was an adult, she slashed his face (claws extended!).. She gave no sign of affection (hardly even attention) to Nuka or Vitani, except when Nuka died, and Vitani refused to follow Zira anymore.. Zira wouldn’t think twice about killing her own offspring rather than to have them rebel against her..

Eventhough Zira never killed anyone like Scar did, I’d have to say she’s the more evil one..

Scar had more thought put into his plan. Zira thought she and the outlanders could just take the kingdom by force (Takeshi's Castle, anyone?! It never works)
But her personality seemed more evil, so i'd go with her.

Scar is more evil but people say Zira killed Kopa

Who is this Kopa I keep hearing about ?!

I will pm you.

So that is just my opinion

I think Scar is more evil. Scar killed his own brother and tried to kill his nephew. His motivation was to become king.

Zira is more like insane to me. She lost her love and wants revenge, so there's more an emotional motivation that drives her. About Zira killing Kopa: that are fan theories, but it didn't actually happen.

I think Zira was more evil. Everything she ever said or did proved it. Even Scar was nice sometimes