What is YOUR view of Mufasa and Scar's youth?

[Kieran]

IGNORE the Six New Adventures books even if you like/love them because I'm asking about your view, not someone else's but yours alone.

What kind of a cub do you think Scar was? How about Mufasa? What kind of a relationship do you think the brothers had? What kind of a relationship do you think they had with their parents? How did Scar get his scar? What do you think happened to their parents? And so on. (:

I personally have never thought of these things much, so I'm just pulling these from my hat now.

What kind of a cub do you think Scar was?
X I could imagine he was always a little arrogant and especially intelligent and ambitious (in a thoughtless way though) which slowly made him jealous that he didn't even get the chance to be the king unless Mufasa died. But I don't think he ever made any serious efforts to become a king before the film's times as in that before that he was patient enough to wait for his turn. Because his first line is "Life's not fair, is it? You see I, well I will never be king." He even laughed after it in a more or less accepting tone. I mean he did that even when it seemed hopless that he'd ever be king as he wasn't getting any younger. But Simba's existence combined to how the boy boasted about it to him and even had some of his uncle's views of kingship (yet was looking up to Mufasa) fomented his jealousy and anger and pushed Scar into a murder. I don't think it takes any extreme favoring or neglect from the father to make Scar generally jealous which I think he was during his cubhood. I think he may have used his cunning nature simply in means to annoy his brother or something.

What kind of a relationship do you think the brothers had?
X Evidently it couldn't have been strong from Scar's side as he was able to plan and go through with the plans to murder his brother's child and the brother himself and didn't seem to feel the slightest regret. Yet Mufasa seemed absolutely horrified and disbeliefed when he realized Scar was about to throw him off the cliff. The beginning also implies they had play fights or "play" fights a lot. Perhaps Scar felt Mufasa looked down on him because he was older and the future king even at times when Mufasa was just trying to be a responsible big brother. In the film they are so old that we can't tell if they are even from the same litter. I personally always imagined Scar was about 6-7 years old and Mufasa was 7-8 years old. And you know when you're a small child, even a year's age difference seems in the child's mind as essential as ten years would in adulthood. I think their relationship was generally ok but troubled in a sneaky way.

What kind of a relationship do you think they had with their parents?
X At least their father must have been a great one or else Mufasa couldn't have become the great father he was to Simba. That's really as far as I've ever thought of it.

How did Scar get his scar?
X As it's obviosuly from someone's claw, I'd like to think he got it in some heroic deed/event with a stranger lion from outside the pride. That he wasn't always a troublemaker or a broody/semi-evil brat but actually had many sides of which the better ones just were overshadowed by the negative as he grew older. Another view I like is that he got it as a cub of around Simba's age. I saw a fan art pic like that and it was too cute! In any case I don't think it came from any of his family member's claw as he apparently wanted to be called Scar after the event. Whatever his birth name was, I don't think it was Scar.

What do you think happened to their parents?
X I think their father died of old age. Somehow I got that type of atmosphere from the Under the Star scenes combined to how old I think Muffy was in the film. Thus of course both of their parents may have died of old age. May be boring but I think there is family drama enough for many lifetimes in the film's events!

[queen]

I deleted my old post because my opinions have shifted heavily throughout the years and personally, I'm going to express my opinions -

Firstly, I do think that Scar, as a cub, was highly educated by his parents, given that he had the "lion's share" - The reason being is that with Mufasa as the future King, they'd need to raise him on how to father the Kingdom respectfully, but with Scar, he would be next-in-line. Even with the possibility of Mufasa having a mate and cubs, they would not take any risk, and would often have daily lessons with their second-son, mainly how to act like a noble-man, retain knowledge about the entire Kingdom, solve problems to the King's aid, and charm those who would try to cause any unwanted conflict - This would be how he manages to rope the hyenas on his little ploy to kill Mufasa, and plots 3 steps ahead in case his plans go south.

As for his relationship with Mufasa, I do think it was generally alright, but Mufasa being the future King arose some jealousy from Scar as they became older, feeling that Mufasa has more freedom as the future King, whilst Scar himself is literally getting high amounts of education, yet his growing intelligence is not enough to earn the role of King. I believe that they were littermates, which would explain Scar's bitterness, as his future was only defined by a few minutes. But Mufasa being more responsible as he is growing up, would condescend to Scar, knowing no matter how much time they are apart, he is still his older brother. So in the end, it was brotherly, but it was very shifty.

In terms of their relationship with their parents, I think they were great parents, but Scar himself obviously became more angsty towards them, leading to constant arguments - I can easily see a 16 year old Scar instigating a petty argument with his mother, whoever she is.

Now, in terms of how he got his scar, I used to believe this as a kid, before I was introduced to the fan-theories of the Internet, and before The Lion Guard, or any further statements were made - I believe that Scar got his scar from a hyena - I like to think that When Mufasa was a cub, hyenas were allowed in the Pride Lands, much like any other animal or predator, just as long as they respect the Circle of Life, as it's never stated they were always in the Elephant Cemetery, and Zazu has a good chance of telling Simba that the hyenas were always in exile, but they weren't - I think that in some point of time, when the hyenas had started getting a bit out of control, the royal family started to panic and wonder what to do - Scar, remembering what his parents taught him, and finding himself as the ONLY one who could resolve this, goes on a solo-diplomatic mission to the hyenas' territory to try and smooth things out. I imagine that Scar runs his mouth off, resulting in one of the hyenas attacking him, giving him his scar. Eventually this is discovered, and the hyenas are put on trial and found guilty of treason through attacking a prince, and are sentenced to exile in the Elephant Cemetery - Scar could very well decide to keep this name to remind him of his noble and gentleman-like act- Scar is a pathological liar, so when he befriended the hyenas, he likely could've told them how he tried to make peace, but the hyenas didn't let him - I believe his original name was Pili, which is Swahili for "Second" seeing as he was their second child.

As for their parents, I agree that they'd pass away - Both Mufasa and Scar's behavior in the film does not imply that they experienced a dramatic death within a family member. More-so for Mufasa, he'd probably be passing his father's words onto Simba.