[quote="Deeri"]As Moka mentioned TLK is based on Hamlet.
By taking out the fact that Mufasa's death inadvertly brought about Simba's struggle to liberate the Pridelands and reclaim his throne..then it would just be another poor and bland storyline.
Don't misunderstand me but as much as I like Mufasa and as much as I was saddened by his death in the movie, by having a What if Mufasa survived storyline then..the Lion King wouldn't be the Lion King as the Lion King is about Simba and his struggle to reclaim his throne.
I read a fanfiction once, about Mufasa surviving. It was called What might have been:
http://www.lionking.org/text/readstory.cgi?176Has some theories.[/quote]
That is a story I love!!! It explains very well what could have happened. I love the split personality of Scar and Taka.