User blog comment:JoxFox2109/PE Proposal: Scar (2019)/@comment-27022982-20190802003453

Alright, so I was planning to make some arguments for Scar being PE. Here are some:


 * While Scar is definitely more dangerous in the remake than the original, he promised the hyenas in the Elephant Graveyard that they would get unlimited food. He seems to keep his promise, as after Sarabi refused to follow him, he declared that the hyenas would be able to hunt first and not leave food for the lions. Also, he claimed that he was only trying to fool Simba when he blamed the hyenas and said he was going to kill them. However, during the climax, Scar tries to save his own skin by blaming the incident in Pride Rock on the entire hyena clan, and reveals that he was going to kill them anyway to protect his reign over the Pride Lands. After Scar is defeated, he tries to manipulate the hyenas into becoming an army, but Shenzi tells Scar that the only thing he ever said that was true was that a hyena's belly is never full. This would indicate that Scar would've broken his word later on once the hyenas aren't useful to him anymore, and/or him keeping said promise was a form of manipulation to the hyenas and not a true redeeming quality since he only cared about himself. Plus, when taking into consideration that Scar tried to kill the hyenas instead of accepting his fate, it means that Scar was not trying to fool Simba when he said he was going to kill the hyenas, and was only trying to save himself when he blamed the hyenas. It doesn't make sense that Scar was fooling Simba when considering the actions he does afterwards.
 * Now, because of a possible mitigating factor mentioned, even with the remake Scar being much more violent and brutal than the original counterpart, I feel that he's much more of a debatable candidate than the original Scar because he made a promise about the hyenas getting unlimited food, and eventually declared that the hyenas can hunt first, while the original Scar was willing to let everyone starve to death (even the hyenas) because of his laziness. However, even then, the remake Scar was going to wipe out the hyena clan to keep his tyranny, and even tried to manipulate them into joining an army, caring about no one but himself. However, his keeping of his promise falls just short of being a redeeming quality, as he doesn't care even a bit about the hyena clan; when remake Scar blamed his incident on the hyenas, even considering the promise he gave them, it showed what he truly thought of them: as disposable tools to help him claim the throne.
 * Scar sets the General Standard, as he tries to kill off the heroes in very brutal manners, an he also comes off as very personal, too, as he smacks Mufasa's face before letting him fall into the wildebeest stampede. What really makes him pass this is that he also tries to woo Sarabi into following him, but she refuses, so he pettily retaliates by deciding that the hyenas will eat first so the lions can starve to death for all he cares.
 * He also sets the In-Story Standard. He's the one who comes up with the most heinous, most personal crimes the movie has to offer. While Simba did destroy a termite mound and allowed them to be eaten by other animals, Scar not only allowed the hyenas to eat first so the lions would starve, but also made a very personal crime by murdering Mufasa. Simba never does anything that personal, even though he didn't care that Pride Rock became unsafe until Mufasa's spirit intervened.

Ultimately, this is why I upvoted this version of Scar.