The movie itself kind of muddled this since when Simba flees the Pridelands it's because the hyenas are chasing him and they straight up say "If you ever come back we'll kill you" so Nala calling him an irresponsible coward isn't 100% fair
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But yeah I do remember Christian parents getting all upset that Hakuna Matata was a song "celebrating irresponsibility" even though in the plot of the movie that was the whole point The "Rhythm of the Pride Lands" soundtrack album made it so clear it was a stoner anthem
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I think there's actually a trap remix of the song floating around YouTube I found at one point
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my own experience, which i don't think i've ever seen on screen, is watching my mother die and as a result going numb for a decade and burying all gendernonconforming feelings as relentlessly as possible
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my stage of grieving was being valedictorian and getting into fights, how about you
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I took it more as a hippy commune, but a stoner house works too, I think.
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I think of hippies as at least pretending to have some kind of political angle which Timon and Pumbaa clearly eschewed
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isn't he more like chased out of school cause by murderous hyenas & also he thinks he got his dad killed? the 1-to-1 parallels aren't totally there
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honestly ime people treat being chased out of school like you dropped out so even framed that way it lowkey resonates
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Still worth considering that Simba thought he was responsible for his Dad's death, and was convinced to live in exile. He didn't "drop out", he was forced out.
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