User blog comment:DragonDude83/Is Lion King's Scar a complete monster?/@comment-27818776-20150627171624

Yes, he is one. He murders his own brother so that he could become king, he psychologically manipualted his own nephew into thinking that he was the one who murdered his father, he ultimately crosses it by condemning his own pride to starve to death, and he mocks Simba by telling him that he was the one who murdered Mufasa, and that he couldn'tg do anything about it.

Scar is never played for sympathy, and his supposed back story wasn't even written by anyone who worked on the original film. In short, yes, he is a complete monster.