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      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.

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

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    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.

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      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.

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      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

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    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

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    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.

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    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.