Scaruka

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Scaruka
GENERAL
The Lion King
Character	Scar
Character	Nuka
Canonical?	Fanon
Status of Relationship	Former members of the same pride
IN FANDOM
Type (?)	Family

Scaruka is the family ship between Scar and Nuka from The Lion King fandom.

Canon

Nuka was evidently acquainted with Scar but doesn't seem to have held him in much regard, though he did accompany the lions loyal to Scar into exile. He seems to have resented Scar's decision to select Kovu as heir to the throne of the Pride Lands. In particular, Nuka notes that Kovu isn't actually Scar's son, but rather was adopted by Scar as his successor. This may stem in part from the fact that, as Nuka and Kovu are both sons of Zira, Nuka seems to have been passed over in favor of his younger brother.

When their mother Zira compares Kovu to Scar, Nuka expresses disgust that he quickly covers with a laugh when Zira reacts angrily. Years later, he complains that "[he] never even had a chance!" in apparent reference to being favored by Scar or by Zira. In seeking vengeance upon Simba and the Pride Landers, Nuka seems to have motivated by devotion to his mother rather than by any loyalty to Scar. Later, when Nuka was killed attempting to kill Simba, Zira expressed the wish that Scar would watch over him.

Fanon

Scar and Nuka share a number of visual similarities: fur color, mane color, nose shape, and a similar build that is smaller than that seen in Mufasa, Simba, and Kovu. Like Scar, Nuka also has patches of darker fur matching mane on his front "elbows" and usually kept his claws unsheathed. These factors, combined with the obvious devotion Nuka's mother Zira displays towards Scar, have led to much speculation that Scar is, in fact, Nuka's biological father. However, there are a number of things that cast this theory into doubt.

Nowhere in Simba's Pride or The Lion Guard is it stated that Scar is the father of any of Zira's children. Indeed, though early versions of the film did feature Zira as Scar's mate, this was later altered so as to avoid an incestuous situation in the relationship between Kovu and Kiara. It could be argued that one or more of Zira's cubs have different fathers. However, were this the case, and if Scar were Nuka's father but not Kovu's, it begs the question of why Scar would have passed his own son over in favor of an unrelated cub.

This would be particularly strange given that Scar seems to have felt that he was more deserving of kingship than his older brother. As such, one would expect him to choose Nuka, if Nuka were indeed his son, as his own successor. Of course, given Nuka's generally unimpressive appearance and demeanor, Scar may have deemed him unfit. Alternatively, Scar may have seen Nuka's similarities to himself as a threat and thus chosen another heir in hopes of avoiding Nuka turning against him.

Fandom

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