Scar is the True Protagonist of "The Lion King"

Oho, boy. This is definitely going to be a debate of epic proportions. Good opponents always make a good debate, just like good villains make a good movie. I thank my opponent for the acceptation of my first observation. (For those voters who don't know, an observation is something that can be used to clarify the round and provide more specific guidelines than those already in place. They are debatable.) Observation Rebuttal: My opponent contradicts himself in his 2nd and 3rd points against my observation. In his 2nd point, he says that we cannot define "solid logic", and as such, we must provide evidence for our claims. Then, in his 3rd point, he says that logic does not need to be based off of evidence to be considered valid. This is an obvious contradiction, and as such, both points should be considered invalid. In his first point against my observation, he says that there are records of pre-film history. I would like my opponent to provide me a link with these sources as I cannot find any. Rebuttal: 1. Favoritism: My opponent agreed with me that Mufasa was a reasonably successful leader, however, I did not show that it was because of anything more than strength. In the first round, my opponent asked, "Mufasa's strength as a leader comes in his literal strength. Is this truly the best quality in a leader? Or is intelligence the preferred trait?" Apparently, strength is the best quality in a leader. Even by my opponent's own admission, Mufasa was a successful leader. If we assume that he isn't intelligent like my opponent claims, then clearly strength is more beneficial. While I am not arguing that leaders should gain their position by strength alone, there is clear evidence that strength is a beneficial trait. My opponent's only piece of evidence for Mufasa not being intelligent is Scar's own opinion, which is anecdotal. Anecdotes are unreliable and highly biased as they are based off of personal experience and not anything else. My opponent also attacked me by saying that Mufasa had only held the throne for a maximum of three years, and this is true...because he was murdered by his jealous younger brother. Lions mature at age 3, live around 14 years, and mate around the ages of 4 to 6. By this information, we can deduce that Mufasa was approximately 9 years old when he became king. Simba was approximately 1 when Mufasa died, so Mufasa was probably 10 to 11. As there is no evidence that Pridelanders were unhappy with Mufasa's rule, if Scar hadn't murdered him, Mufasa's reign would have continued for at least two more years, maybe more, almost twice as long as Scar held it. If that isn't a sign of good leadership, I don't know what is. 2a. Overhunting: My opponent's statement that I contradicted my own observation is completely false. My observation says that we must back up speculations with logic, as I have done. I stated that when the hyenas were introduced to the Pridelands, it ran out of food. Based on this, it is likely that this same phenomenon was already occurring, and the hyenas were banished to prevent it. Pro goes on to say that there is no point at which the Pridelands suffer a decline. Interestingly, this is true...until the hyenas were introduced to it. At that point, there were far too many predators and far too little prey, so they started to run out of food. Simple ecology. Again, the only logical reason why the hyenas were banished is to prevent overhunting. Besides this, my opponent agreed that he has the burden of proof; therefore, as I have presented my logic and refuted his own, he must prove that the hyenas were banished for a reason other than overhunting. 2b. Scar's Motives: My opponent's only rebuttal about Scar's motives is restating basically what this whole debate is about. As my opponent did mount any attack on my logical arguments, i.e. Scar's confrontation with Sarabi, his stubbornness in leaving (essentially sentencing all of the Pridelanders to death). I must also stress the point that when Scar did this, he was starving the very creatures that my opponent claims he was trying to save with his coup. Because my opponent did not attack this point, it must be considered valid and flow through the round. 2c. Elitism: My opponent states that I attack elitism, and then in the same breath support a regime that is heavily elitist. This is not true; I am not attacking elitism itself, but the fact that Scar's elitism put an unbearable strain on the lionesses to hunt, and the prey to survive. With the lions' elitism, they do their own hunting, and make sure that they don't overhunt. Also, there is evidence that the hyenas don't hunt: the hyenas came complaining to Scar that they don't have any food, and Scar, heaving a sigh, says that it is the lionesses' job to do the hunting. None of the hyenas respond to this, indicating that it is, in fact, true. If the hyenas did their own hunting, then why would they come complaining to Scar that the lionesses aren't hunting? Answer: they wouldn't. My opponent continues by saying that the had to keep Scar alive because he didn't have a male heir, and the pride would die. However, in The Lion King 2, Zira says that Kovu is Scar's handpicked successor. This clearly shows that Kovu was, in fact, alive during Scar's reign, and that he did, in fact, have an heir, therefore proving that Scar was eating tons of food while everyone else starved for no other reason than his own greed. 3. Character Arc: My opponent says that this time does nothing to show Simba coping with his father's death, but the fact is, it does. Any time his father is mentioned, he gets upset and depressed. Learning "hakuna matata" is especially important for the character arc because it shows that Simba is so scarred with his father's death that he would rather forget about it completely than learn from it, as Rafiki explains to him. Then, when he is forced to accept that he is the rightful king, he turns away from the hakuna matata ideal, instead taking the place of his father. Because it is obvious that thoughts of his father hurt him, the fact that he was able to push through the pain and assume the throne shows how much he has evolved from the beginning of the film to the end, becoming far more mature. 4. Scar Maintaining Rule: My opponent states that a pride of lionesses try to take over the Pridelands with the intention to rule, but this is only a partial truth. Yes, the lionesses plan to take over the Pridelands, but they do not intend to rule it themselves. They have Kovu, who, as I have said before, is Scar's handpicked heir. They want to reinstate him as king of the Pridelands, thus disproving my opponent's claim that prides can be ruled by lionesses as well as lions. 5. Who Killed Mufasa: There is logic behind the claim that the lionesses would not attack Simba if Scar hadn't confessed, contrary to what my opponent stated. Basically, it boils down to this: Scar's life was at the mercy of Simba, and if he hadn't confessed, Simba would have most likely killed him. While he does say that he isn't like Scar in that he won't kill his own family, he does end up fighting Scar very aggressively, and essentially killing him in the end. Thus, with Scar dead, Simba would be king and the lionesses would not attack their king, especially since he would have a chance to explain what had happened. And, contrary to what my opponent claims, it does prove Simba's superior leadership abilities through the fact that when Simba admitted to killing Mufasa, they stayed where they were, unsure if Simba was truly Mufasa's murderer. Then, when Scar confesses, they immediately jump into the fray and follow Simba's leadership. If people are willing to die to put you on the throne, then you must be doing something right. Unfotunately, my rebuttal is too long to fit within the character limit. I have PM'ed Pro, and he agreed to let me post the rest of my rebuttal in the comments section, so there it will be.