[quote="SimbasGuard"][quote="ScarLoyal"]Indeed. Which leads me to believe that Zira may of been the 'victim' and that what Simba went through, changed him more than we thought.
Simba and Zira have a 'story' we will never know. But their 'hate' was very strong, even to consider banishing the Outsiders who saw 'hope' in Scar and Zira.. but Simba could of even banished them for their loyalty to Scar, but perhaps not even for committing a crime.. but every time he took a look at their 'appearances' he saw the one who murdered his father but also made him think he did it..
Simba did suffer so much when he learned that his uncle killed Mufasa and forced him to abandon his home-land. He clearly lost what little 'cub innocence' he had left. And lefts face it. He wasn't a 'great King' like his father, but who could blame him? after what he went through.. maybe he turned Zira into the 'devil' she was. And Zira clearly had a sort of 'love' for Scar. I wonder if Zira had a horrible child-hood?[/quote]
If Zira and The Outsiders were loyal to Scar, that means that they would not accept Simba as King. That would then make them enemies of Simba and therefore a threat. No King with any kind of intelligence would keep his enemies in his own castle. There is no question as to whether or not Simba was justified in banishing Zira and The Outsiders.
I freely admit that Zira was insane on some level, but her madness did not affect her ability to plan and scheme. That shows me that Zira wasn't so insane as to not be aware of her own actions. There could very well be any number of determining factors contributing to Zira's madness, but at the end of the day Zira followed the path
she chose.[/quote]
The only one he was justified in banishing was Zira, the others obviously had no loyalty to her or Scar or they wouldn't have flipped sides so quickly, and as for Kovu, Vitani, and Nuka, they were just cubs, innocents, and were still exiled. THAT cannot be justified. Banishing Zira most certainly can be though.
Also, I'm perturbed by how many people don't understand insanity/mental illness. Different illnesses do different things, and so it's not a measure of intensity in this case. It's a matter of which illness. Once the illness is determined, then you can measure intensity... but honestly most of the illnesses in the running for Zira's are not "less severe" than other illnesses, but do allow (warped) cognitive function, and that's all that's needed to plot and scheme. There's simply no such thing as "so insane as to not be aware of her own actions" in this case; the question is not
how insane is she, but
in what way is she insane.