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I find myself kind of bothered by the many entries on the main page for Simba\'s Pride that reference or cite Nuka as having been Scar\'s son. Was this ever confirmed anywhere as canon? Most people usually take this from Nuka\'s line (concerning Kovu) that \
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I find myself kind of bothered by the many entries on the main page for Simba\\\'s Pride that reference or cite Nuka as having been Scar\\\'s son. Was this ever confirmed anywhere as canon? Most people usually take this from Nuka\\\'s line (concerning Kovu) that \\\"Scar wasn\\\'t even his father. He just took him in.\\\". To me, the purpose of this dialogue wasn\\\'t to imply Nuka \\\'\\\'is\\\'\\\' Scar\\\'s son, but to clarify to the audience that Kiara and Kovu aren\\\'t cousins (and consequently aren\\\'t in an incestuous relationship). I believe Nuka\\\'s bitterness at being snubbed as a successor stems from being older and therefor presumably first in line, not because he was actually blood-related to Scar.
Also, two things:
1) After Nuka has died, we get the line from Zira: \\\"Scar, watch over my poor Nuka.\\\"
If Nuka had also been Scar\\\'s cub, Zira surely would have said \\\"our\\\".
2) When Nuka lists the qualities that make him more deserving as an heir (\\\"I\\\'m the oldest, I\\\'m the strongest, I\\\'m the smartest,\\\".) he makes no reference to what would presumably be the most qualifying attribute: direct blood-relation to Scar.
So in short, if Nuka really was supposed to be a descendent of Scar\\\'s, I think the movie would have just outright said that; there\\\'s no reason to beat around the bush.
I think that if people personally want to interpret his character that way, it\\\'s completely cool (Nuka does look like Scar), but I don\\\'t think it\\\'s canon, and consequently I\\\'m kind of iffy about the multiple entries that cite this outside of YMMV. It implies that this is established in the movie, which it isn\\\'t.
Also, two things:
1) After Nuka has died, we get the line from Zira: \\\"Scar, watch over my poor Nuka.\\\"
If Nuka had also been Scar\\\'s cub, Zira surely would have said \\\"our\\\".
2) When Nuka lists the qualities that make him more deserving as an heir (\\\"I\\\'m the oldest, I\\\'m the strongest, I\\\'m the smartest,\\\".) he makes no reference to what would presumably be the most qualifying attribute: direct blood-relation to Scar.
So in short, if Nuka really was supposed to be a descendent of Scar\\\'s, I think the movie would have just outright said that; there\\\'s no reason to beat around the bush.
I think that if people personally want to interpret his character that way, it\\\'s completely cool (Nuka does look like Scar), but I don\\\'t think it\\\'s canon, and consequently I\\\'m kind of iffy about the multiple entries that cite this outside of YMMV. It implies that this is established in the movie, which it isn\\\'t.
