Agreed, but his subjects singing and dancing along takes a different tone if you thing of him as a violent and petulant predator that could decide to kill any of them at any point. Beneath the smiles and harmonies, they are terrified of the boy-king and his betrothed sister-consort, who hold their lives in their pathetic little paws.

i don't rlly remember the lion king, but that sounds a lot like Star Wars. i don't really remember star wars either.

I was surprisingly old (about 10 or 11) before I understood on an emotional level that "everybody dies" meant that the people I cared about would die. Before that time, I could have logically reasoned that these people were a part of "everyone" but I still felt like they would live forever.

What I'm saying is that I think it's realistic that Simba knew that if there was a new king then the old king was dead, but he never really thought about what that meant about his own life.

I won't pretend that I know about the intricacy of lion monarchies, but it could be possible his father would have given him the crown before dying.

That didn't happen lmao

Go to the options screen, enter BARRY, skip this level

You mean to tell me that the skilful diplomacy with hyenas and tenacity that underpinned Scar's usurpation were less difficult and worthy of respect than 'kid goes on a camping trip with some weirdos for a bit, comes back and is made king'?

Really, beyond the 'divine right', Scar showed many traits of being a much more able king.

Even his villain song was a banger.