by Harvs » October 15th, 2010, 2:54 am
[quote="TheRoguePrince"]Come on Simba66, is there any particular reason that Simba should act this way, or are we gonna start letting everyone who feels anger toward someone else pass along the resentment from one dead foe, to another living one? This is not meant to offend you, but this really bothers me. Simba comes off as a great guy and a good King, but this really isn't the Simba we see in the original TLK[/quote]
You're right. He's not. He's more protective of Kiara and he does have good reason. As I've said many times, Zira kinda sealed Simba's opinion of Kovu from the start. Being Scars heir, even as a cub, Simba has a good reason to not like Kovu.
Chronological huh? Okie dokie artichokie:
1. Scar tricks Simba into going to an elephant graveyard in an attempt to kill him.
2. Decides to just kill Simba and Mufasa in one go.
3. Tells Simba to leave the Pride Lands forever.
4. Abuses the Pride Landers and decimates their land for god knows how long.
5. When Simba returns, he tries to turn Simba's own pride against him.
6. Tries to blame the whole thing on the hyenas to save his own butt.
7. Finally attempts to kill Simba and almost succeeds.
Wrap all this together in a newly born cub who was Scar's heir, and you can understand why Simba does what he does. This is also in no way meant to offend you. He was a bit too hasty with his decisions, I'll admit that much. But the Simba we see in SP is different because it changed in context to Kovu's appearance.
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