by Ophelia » October 10th, 2011, 3:54 am
I think it'd be: Nuka, Sarabi and Simba.
Nuka's had, by far, the worst life IMO. It's not something that just lasts in his cubhood, either - it goes on throughout his life, ultimately until his death. He's had a difficult life and, however much of a humorous character he's made to be, he's always simply wanting to get love from his mother. He's not evil, or bad, he just wants to make his mother proud. I can relate to that - after all, don't most of us want to make our parents proud? And unfortunately, some of us do not achieve that, as it is in Nuka's case. Nuka suffers hardships and gathers no compassion from his mother until his death. By that time, it's obviously far too late for her to change things around. Nuka hasn't really done anything wrong whatsoever, he just, as I've expressed, wants love and attention. It's not fun to be consistently ignored and never recognized for your achievements. To always be viewed as a failure by the people you love the most.
Sarabi lost both her mate and her son in one day and endured Scar's reign with dignity, as others have said. Still, I don't view her life as the worst - after all, she gets her son back and lives peacefully in the Pridelands. From what I can tell, she's suffered like pretty much everyone in life, and has endured and ended up because of her own strength. Very admirable, that.
Simba's reasons are obvious, and I suppose a tad like Sarabi's. Still, I think he did suffer a lot, and it's definitely not fair to just kind of dismiss what he went through at his early age.
I also agree that Scar had a pretty tough life, presumably, probably much like Nuka's. But this information comes mostly from comics, resources and other things, so who really knows?
Oops, I forgot to add: Nala is, to me, VERY strong and though probably affected unpleasantly (naturally) from the events that went on, Nala is much like Sarabi in that she readily endures every second of it. I love that. I also think that saying that Nala didn't have a father figure was what made her life the worst is positively ridiculous (not to insult anyone!). Plenty of people grow up without fathers (it's different in Simba's case because he thinks he murdered him, I suppose) and are absolutely fine. Nala likely never knew her father, so what was there to really miss or long for? She grew up surrounded by great lionesses and Mufasa and the like, had friends and (presumably) a fantastic mom. I think that she really is happy for it.