#simba PTSD

[angelicheaven12]

You know simba doesn't deserve all hate that he get from TLK fandom because he literally through some shit when he was kid and even he got blamed for his own father death by his uncle and scar is 100% asshole for that and he had through some grief and he even had low self esteem and he felt he wasn't worthy for throne because scar btw i would ranting about simba all day

Simba and PTSD

[lorelaileighh]

Ok...... HEAR ME OUT

[angelicheaven12]

If i say who are more complex character than stolas and i know probably still stirred unpopular opinion and *clear my throat* let me introduced you to my boii had been having PTSD because he LITERALLY witnessed his father death and got blamed for it by his evil ass uncle and he doesn't had time for grieving especially it caused him to having bad temper and overprotective even strict toward his children especially kiara but he actually TRIED his best as his father despite imperfections and you know what- Im would keep ranting about how complexities and depth on simba character that many tlk fandom mischaracterized it even disney itself

[divinepowerfulgoddess]

Im probably gonna ranting about why simba is better character than stolas and let start that simba actually trying being better father to his children despite he having severe PTSD due to he literally witnessing his own father brutal death while getting blamed for it by his evil uncle and he doesn't had chance for processing his grief properly that we saw that he literally often having anger outbursts almost his emotional coping whole stolas on other side is very neglectful father literally prioritizing his affair partner whom also he coerced into the relationship than his own fucking daughter and he also more putting his time on his affair partner rather than his daughter then crying that he say "no one need him or loved him" like is he forgot that he had literal daughter whom cravings for his attention and in conclusion that simba is way BETTER character than stolas that it my ranting

[angelicheaven12]

Thank your for essay on defending my man Simba

“It ruined Simba’s character!”

With all this recent fandom drama and unnecessary hate around characters who are trauma survivors and implied to be mentally ill, and whose reaction to trauma results in their borderline abusive behavior, I figured there’s something to be said about Simba too in this context. After all, there must be a reason why certain segments of the fandom are way more comfortable with straightforward villains than deeply flawed heroes.

Keep reading

[loganofthenorth]

Lion King 2: Simba's PTSD Interferes With His Daughter's Lovelife

[the-whispers-of-death]

Rescue Mission

CW: Canon-typical violence & death, PTSD (not entirely accurate, please tell me if it's offensive), mention of torture, and rather graphic description of scars/wounds.

"We have a new mission," Kali said as he entered The Lions' shared barracks, where the other three soldiers in his squad were. He walked to the dining table, unfurling a map and setting it down on the table.

Sarabi frowned, noticing how his captain didn't sound as upbeat as usual. "A new mission?" he asked, getting up from the armchair that he had claimed months ago and walking over to where Kali was.

"Uh, not to be a worry-wart, Cap," Nala started, also moving towards Kali along with Simba. "But you're usually more excited for a new mission than you are right now. Is everything alright?"

Kali fiddled with his hands, it being unusual since he had settled back into his usual projection of authority and strength ever since he and the other Lions were reunited.

"It's a rescue mission, Commander Graves is sending us to save a Fleet Marine Corpsman who was presumed to be dead six months ago but was actually captured," he explained, ignoring Nala's question. He cleared his throat as he continued. "The people who are holding him is the terror cell called Minerva."

The name of said terror cell caused Simba, Nala, and Sarabi to bristle at the mention, all of them having a bad experience with the terror cell. After all, a year ago, Minerva was the both the mission and the terror cell that injured all three of them and caused the Marine Corps to presume they were dead. It was a sore subject for all of them, even Kali.

Simba seemed especially bothered by this new information. "The Marine Corps still haven't taken them down after what happened to us?" he inquired, a sneer heard in his voice and no doubt was on his face that was covered by the black balaclava.

Kali shrugged, barely containing his own rage. "According to the file that Graves gave me, the Marine Corps tried to take down Minerva but the squad they sent after us to another warehouse of Minerva barely got out of there alive and their Fleet Marine Corpsman—the one we're rescuing—got captured in the mayhem," he said, his hands curling into fists at the thought. "Shadow Company scouts have caught a glimpse of this Corpsman, callsign "Cerberus", in a warehouse specifically meant for prisoners of Minerva but they're all going to be moving to somewhere else soon. The window to rescue him is closing."

He let this all sink in and he looked at his men.

Sarabi was stock still, but that was usual for the lieutenant. Simba seemed perturbed at the thought of encountering Minerva again and Nala was trying to hide his fear by fiddling with his leather gloves.

They were scared and Kali couldn't blame them. Kali was the only one who managed to not get an injury during the fateful "Minerva" mission The Lions were sent on, but it still scarred him emotionally. And it had scarred his men physically.

Sarabi had his entire right side of his body, face and all, burned from barely diving out of the way when a grenade was thrown. Nala had a nasty knife scar on his stomach which still throbbed and felt like it could open out at any time. Simba had a bullet scar on his back and his legs still felt shaky despite the numerous months of physical therapy he was going to.

"I can ask Graves to assign another squad to the mission," Kali suggested after a few beats of silence. His hand reached for the closest Lion, which was Simba, intertwining their fingers together in a comforting gesture. "We don't have to do this mission, I will back you all up if you don't want to do it."

Sarabi looked at his other squadmates, all of them communicating silently. "We want to do the mission, Mufasa," he replied after a few seconds of silent communication. "There's a Corpsman in need of rescuing, assigning another squad could take more time than he has. You said it yourself, there's a window of time to rescue him that's closing."

Simba nodded in agreement with his lieutenant, squeezing Kali's hand. "Yeah, besides, we're in dire need of a Corpsman, yeah?" His comment was light-hearted and it made Nala and Kali chuckled just a little bit.

"Alright, then let's go over the plan." Kali let go of Simba's hand and took a deep breath before launching into the details of the plan.

*************

A day later, The Lions were executing their plan, having a back-up Shadow Company squad waiting in case the plan went wrong. Again.

Their entry to the warehouse was smooth, Kali leading the front of the group and shooting down enemies. They moved through the warehouse as one, Kali in the front while Simba and Nala were in the middle with Sarabi flanking the rear. They shot down enemy after enemy, making quick work at getting to the large room where the prisoners were being held.

"Simba, you have the flash grenade ready?" Kali asked as they all pressed themselves against the wall near the door, Kali on the left side of the door while while Simba was right side.

Simba nodded, holding the flash grenade. "I'm ready, Mufasa."

"On three, Simba. One, two, three."

Simba opened the door and threw the denoted flash grenade into the room. It exploded and there were sounds of enemies shouting out in surprise as they got blinded.

The Lions used the temporary disadvantage and breached the room, taking down enemies. They didn't bother keeping any alive for interrogation, as their mission was solely a rescue mission. So all of their shooting were lethal, hitting their targets efficiently.

When all of the firing was dead twenty minutes later, Sarabi and Nala got to work on the freeing the prisoners while Kali and Simba moved to the other parts of the warehouse to take down the rest of the enemies.

"We're friendlies, from the private military company called Shadow Company," Nala said, his voice soft. He got to work getting the chains off of the prisoners. "We're going to get all of you out of here and to safety. But we're also here for a specific person, a Corpsman. Callsign "Cerberus". Any of you fit that description?"

"I didn't break," a weak masculine voice said, prompting Sarabi and Nala to turn their heads to look at the man.

His brown skin was pale, dirty, and scarred with knife and whip scars that covered almost everywhere on his body. There were scars spanning six months on his arms, legs, torso, back. One could barely see the tattoo of a swallow on his left shoulder and the tattoo of an eagle flying over a globe with the words "Semper Fi" underneath it that was on his right forearm because the swallow tattoo was marred by a whip scar and the Semper Fi tattoo was marred by a knife scar going up his right arm. His black hair was shoulder-length, evidence of his six-month captivity, and when he lifted his head up to look at both Sarabi and Nala, there was a huge knife scar that went from his right eyebrow down all the way to his cheek and seemed to blind the eye as it was white and cloudy.

"You didn't break?" Sarabi asked, slowly walking towards the Corpsman. He knelt down and gently unchained the man. "You stayed true to your country?"

The Corpsman, Cerberus, nodded. "They tried to get me to turn, I held my ground," he replied, his eyes drooping as he was so dehydrated and hungry.

Sarabi felt a pull towards the Corpsman and he very slowly and gently cupped Cerberus' right cheek, running his gloved thumb across the scar.

"You did great, soldier," he murmured, smiling softly beneath the hard-plated lioness mask and his black balaclava to which Cerberus could see his eyes crinkle as he smiled.

"We're getting you out of here, you survived. You survived and you're going home."

Reblogs are welcomed & appreciated! Asks are open, feel free to pop in and talk or request something! (SFW requests only, please and thank you)

[sukalaap]

To those who keep insisting that Simba was an ass in The Lion King 2: Simba's Pride.

Simba literally saw his father die a horrible death as a very small child, was gaslit by a family member into believing it was his fault, then later found out that said family member was responsible for it.

PTSD.

He had every right to react negatively to those who still supported a fratricidal dictator for an uncle. Said supporters literally plotted his death as well.

But he became the bigger lion and was willing to forgive the past by the end.

[hyperfixated-maybe]

You ever think about what would happen if Zazu actually met Scar’s ghost in TLG?

Imagine Zazu singing “it’s a small world” lowkey just to annoy him

AHAHAHAHAHA

Oh my GOSH that would've been AWESOME but I also think terrifying for Zazu :(

I mean THINK ABOUT IT. How much trauma has Scar inflicted upon this bird? Before the stampede, Scar was an ass to Zazu. They didn't get along, neither of them liked the other. Scar hated Zazu’s relationship with Mufasa, and the two of them constantly reminded him that he WASN'T king. And Zazu did that shit ON PURPOSE. “As the king's brother you should have been first in line.” Like that was TARGETED. Then the stampede happened. Scar knocked Zazu out, injuring and preventing him from getting help. Zazu doesn't know that it was Scar who KILLED Mufasa (and Simba for his knowledge) but Scar was the one who destroyed any chance there was to save them. OOF. DAMN. I bet Scar claimed it do have been an accident.

Z: “It's your fault they're dead!”

S: “That was an ACCIDENT. Do you really think I would do something like that on purpose? I was panicking, and you got in the way. Ive had to watch my dear brother and nephew die, and you DARE blame ME???”

And then Scar proceeded to imprison Zazu and mistreat him for the entirety of his reign that we get to see. Zazu would be fucking TERRIFIED to see Scar in the flames of the caldera, even if he had prior warning and the chance to prepare himself. He might quip, but I don't imagine they'd enjoy it.

Also the rib-cage cage? The one Scar put him in for who KNOWS how long? The one he was in as the hyenas held him over a vent and threatened his life? PTSD ANYONE???

Honestly? I think that would have led to BFTPD happening earlier. With Zazu pushing for that FUCKING MURDERER TO BE PUT BACK IN HELL WHERE HE BELONGS???

I think it has excellent angst potential over all else.

[didsomebodysaypancakes]

Throwback to the time I watched The Lion King 2 as an adult and got emotional about Simba having lion-PTSD

[flowersofstarlight]

Hi @ericaportfolio

If you’re reading this, I wanted to let you know about my thoughts about Nick Nack’s past and thinking about him having PTSD. I’ve been thinking a lot about Nick’s childhood and going through trauma and abuse by his father in your AU. And it kinda got me to psychoanalyze him and theorize what he’s feeling, what he’s afraid of and that he might be going through depression after he and the Handeemen manage to escape from Francis and his mob.

I’m not a therapist or a psychiatrist or psychologist, but I have learned a little bit about how the brain works when people have experienced schizophrenia, PTSD, trauma, etc. from the videos of Therapists reacting to Arcane: League of Legends, talking about Vi’s trauma and Jinx/Powder’s PTSD and schizophrenia. Both Moxxie from Helluva Boss and Hunter from The Owl House were also abused by their parent/guaridan like Nick. It might make sense to mention them having similar situation as Nick did.

This is going to be sad what I’m about to say and long to read, but take the time you need to check it out later and if you have some free time. And let me know your thoughts about this in the comments or reblog. I am curious what you think and I think Nick needs a lot of hugs.

So, after Mortimer and the others escaped from Fracis, Nick probably would be at home blaming himself for getting the others dragged into that situation with Francis and his mob. Obviously he didn’t know that he would see his father again and didn’t know what to do. He thought he got away and never had to go back to the place he grew up in. I feel like Francis’ manipulation has pushed Nick’s sadness to guilt, making him think that it’s Nick’s fault for what happened to his mother and what was about to happen to Mortimer and the others, the way Scar did to his nephew Simba.

If Francis told him things, when he was a child and internalized those messages in his head, Nick would have a hard time challenging them as an adult. He might still carry that guilt and what Francis said to him. He probably would feel like a burden to everyone in their life. Feeling like he carried so much weight on them to stress out and felt like the one who put them in danger. He would even hate himself because he didn’t ask for anything bad to happen to the Handeemen that got dragged into that mess, he didn’t ask to be born, and never asked to be the son of the Mob Boss.

Francis’ words and manipulation would be stuck into Nick’s head, and Nick would be going through depression, fear and probably hallucinate hearing negative words around him and having nightmares and trouble falling asleep. His mother Jancis, was very kind and loving to him, like the light that guides him and there to comfort him. But since Francis took that away from him, he would felt helpless and be treated like a toy or moved around like a pawn on the chessboard.

Nick might be thinking that it’s his fault for his mother to disappear because he is her weakness. Although Jancis does love her son dearly and wanted to protect him, it isn’t true that Nick is the responsible for her disappearance because he was (I assumed when he was eight) just a kid and didn’t do anything wrong to her. It was Francis’ choices that made Jancis disappear. And that affects Nick really badly, causing him to have PTSD, and Francis hitting his own son (like an abusive father he is) makes him never forget those scars and would haunt him forever.

Of course, Nick ran away to start a new life where he can be himself and follow his dream and years later, he found others who truly cared about him and like him the way he is like Valentino, Mortimer and the others. But after meeting Francis, Nick probably felt he does not matter to anyone and is just a problem that dragged others to get hurt because of him. He is sick and tired of being the victim and wants to bury that pain or other negative emotions down in the ground forever, but it gets worse. It really doesn’t help if you keep suppressing your own emotions.

He probably would push everyone away, so that they won’t get hurt again. But he needed to realize that bad things are going to happen to everyone, including the good people. He has people who cared about him, but that scared him the most because he’s afraid that Mortimer and the others will disappear like his mother or be killed or worse and that he can’t do anything but watch it happen right in front of him, and he thinks it’ll be all his fault because he did nothing and let it happen.

Valentino may not understand what Nick is going through or what it feels like to be in his shoes, but they can sympathize that because they were mistreated by someone who treats them like they’re nothing, but a tool or pawn. Before Val opened their own boutique, they used to work with their boss who is a famous fashion designer operating in London.

Valentino was extremely happy that they got the job to work with their idol and create the dresses and suits to show their creations. But after a while working with their idol, Val told Nick that they were getting abused and under so much pressure by their boss. Valentino felt they needed to be perfect around her and keep pleasing her to do what she demanded because they are one of her best designers to create new clothes that are worth selling. She was very manipulative to them and would steal their ideas, and also insulting their appearance. And Val once said to themselves, “If I don’t complain, if I do my best, if I do every simple thing she asks of me, maybe one day she will throw me a bone. Maybe one day, I will gain her enough satisfaction that she will give me the respect and show her gratitude.” Which obviously is not good, and is unhealthy relationship to have with someone.

They worked with her for almost 3 years and it really made Val feel miserable and felt like they haven’t rested since forever. It even made them forget about their family and why they do it in the first place. However, their boss is not just awful to Valentino, she is awful to every fashion designer who works with her and would fire her least favorite designer if she didn’t like what they created.

But after Val met a friend who was very kind and gave them the wisdom they needed to hear, Val was happy that they worked up the courage to quit and say “I deserve better” and walk away from a toxic relationship. After they quit, they felt a lot happy like they haven’t been that happy for so long. Now they get to reconnect with their family and catch up for lost time, they find peace and went to therapy to talk about their emotions they felt working with their idol (well, used to be their idol). Val gives Nick advice to go to see therapy that their old friend could help.

Nick needed to realize it wasn’t his fault for putting the Handeemen in danger and his mother disappearing. He needs to see that he’s not alone and has people who are there to support and care about him. He also needed to be honest and show his vulnerability to himself and others to grow as a person. And have self-acceptance, opening up, and relinquishing his fears to build trust and honesty with others.

I think if Nick will give time to heal, he’ll finally start accepting the past and move on. And maybe he’ll be able to let go and find peace and he’ll be okay despite everything that happened.

It would be interesting to see his character development grow, seeing him standing up to his father, fighting back to protect his loved ones, seeing Riley and Nick working together to escape, and helping others to escape from Francis and his mobs. And maybe it would be cool to see Nick vs Francis if it’s possible. You know, like fight scenes. But knowing that Mortimer’s Handeemen is a kids show, I don’t think they’ll allow that. But if they do, the battles would probably be similar to Muppets as long as it is not dark, not too violent or inappropriate to watch for the kids.

Anyway, that is all I want to talk about. Again, feel free to reblog or comment what you think. And I hope you’re doing good and find it interesting what I talked about Nick having PTSD.

[kierancampire]

Also, I just got Simba and Nala, when Simba opened up to me about how he basically has PTSD about his dad dying and really misses talking to him. Then this was the memory I got. My first memory is of his dead dad lying there.

[tsuruhimes]

i already have some thoughts surrounding it scattered around my blog but one day (not today, but one day) i want to write a huge character analysis about everything to do with scar in-universe. not just him as a person but how he impacted the general area of the pridelands, his off-screen relationship with mufasa, simba's ptsd, zira's entire deal, how kovu, nuka and vitani feel about him, how the hyenas have always seemed a bit irritated with him and took matters into their own hands by the end of the first movie, etc. such an interesting villain honestly, truly disney doesn't make them like this anymore

[angelicheaven12]

Im tired of Simba slandering and he is literally had PTSD and he never truly coped with his own father death and people keep blamed on him even to length mischaracterized him and simbe deserve BETTER treatment from fandom and Disney and i will defending him with all my life and Simba haters dni from my blog atleast he better than king magnifico

[go-whump-in-the-night]

just thinking about Simba's PTSD in "Lion King II" 🥰

[cepheusgalaxy]

List of disabled characters:

In EIN:

Lis (def: albinism, photophobia, low vision | prob: dyslexia, nystagmus)

Lali (def: NPD)

Simba (prob: low vision, Deafness)

Margeoux (def: *undefined*, but uses mobility aids such as a wheelchair)

Tatiana (def: autism)

In T&M

Totsuka (prob: inattentive type ADHD)

Leo (def: OCA2 albinism)

Quenya (prob: HoH)

In MEINE

Ceres (def: autism)

Meine (def: PTSD)

In SNOW WHITE

Cauã (def: amputee | prob: inattentive type ADHD, autism)

In LRRHC

Amani (def: amputee)

In TWOTHT

Polaris (prob: DID)