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[–] [email protected] 79 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Well yes, and that was the point of the scene.

[–] [email protected] 38 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

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.

[–] [email protected] 49 points 2 months ago (1 children)

But don’t worry, he eventually befriends a pair of losers, murders his uncle, impregnates his sister, and institutes apartheid once again!

[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 months ago

both kinda remind me of hamlet. huh, weird.

[–] [email protected] 33 points 2 months ago (2 children)

It's worse than that. It's less a maturing trust, more a post-death inheritance. He is eagerly awaiting the day of his Father's death - his patient, present and loving father - so that he can take his power.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

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.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

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

[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It doesn't matter, he'll never get past the monkeys.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

[save state] [load state] [save state] [load state]...

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Memorizing where to go in the monkey maze isn't getting good, it's just a chore.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

One persons chore is another's dark souls

/s

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Actually very true!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The flesh is weak but the mind is strong. Upgrade simba's zweihander to chaos +5 and the monkeys will fall like dominos.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago

I like how Americans think that humans don't have kings anymore. Kings? Nah those are just for disney cartoons, like talking animals or China

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago

Trust funder - no that's horrible, hobos are gross, it's much more rewarding to sign these songs to someone working two jobs to make ends meet.

[–] user1234 4 points 2 months ago

I think that Weird Al should do a cover of Trustfall by Pink and call it Trustfund. This post could work as inspiration for the lyrics.