Oedipus's Conversations
Oedipus's Conversations
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Mother's Day and Father's Day are both very confusing for me…
It really is confusing. Like... are we supposed to get everybody two presents for Christmas?
Um... we don't celebrate Mother's Day or Father's Day either, do we?
Freud was full of crap.
Was meinst du damit?
I'm from ancient Greece. What makes you think I speak German? Your people just spoke in grunts and groans when I walked the earth.
You are writing in English.
I am Sigmund Freud. It is my job to be smart.
To be honest, sir, I thought you were a fictional construct, representing the unconscious desire of all men to copulate with their mother and kill their father.
There is rarely a literal manifestation of these desires.
Whatever, your theory is stupid. I didn't even know that Laius and Jocasta were my parents. If what you say is true, then shouldn't I have done the things I did to Polybus and Merope, who I thought were my real parents?
The fact that you performed your actions unknowingly only proves my point that we are all driven by unconscious desires. There are imprints made on us from the moment of conception, which guide our actions. Our unconscious desires, dear Oedipus, are the true threads of fate.
Ich gebe auf.
If only every father had a daughter like Antigone, the world would be a better place.
What about me?!
Hey, I was an awesome son, right?
Me too!
You two are the worst. When I stepped down from the throne, I trusted that the two of you would take care of Thebes. But noooooo... you had to start a civil war and kill each other.
It wasn't my fault! Eteocles refused to step down. We said we'd alternate every year.
You snooze you lose, bro.
What about for your kids, Daddy-O? You're our dad and our half-brother. Jocasta is our mom and our grandma.