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How it really happened.

I was reading this for my literature class and was inspired. For those who are unfamiliar with the story of Oedipus, an oracle tells him that he will kill his father and sleep with his mother. Saying "fuk nah" he leaves his parents, the king and queen of Corinth (actually adoptive parents) and goes to Thebes (where his birth parents are). On the way, comes across some douche who runs him off the road in a hoity-toity cart. Oedipus flips his shit and kills everyone on that cart except for one servant. He arrives in Thebes but there's a Sphinx that's been terrorizing the people. He solves the riddle, the Sphinx kills herself, hooray for Oedipus, "here, have the queen as your wife 'cause her husband is dead and you can be our king." Oedipus marries the queen, they have four kids, he rules Thebes, and all is happy. BUT WAIT! This is a Greek tragedy! Here's where "Oedipus the King" starts (it's a series of like 5 plays). After ruling for a little under 20 years (so it's been estimated), Thebes is tortured by plague and famine. The oracle says "find the murderer of the former king and all with be happy again". Oedipus goes all Greek hero on us and says "bitches, I'll find this murderer and kick his ass!" (I may be paraphrasing) There's this big investigation and it turns out the douche in the cart was the king of Thebes (and Oedipus' father) whom he killed. Mmmmeeeeannnningggg, the queen who's husband died IS HIS MOTHER. Gross, right? They had four kids... Oedipus thought so too because after she hung herself, he gouged his eyes out and exiled himself ('cause he's the king) to a mountain.

TL;DR: He kills his dad in road rage and makes babies with his mom. Disgusted, he gouges his eyes out. The end.

I'll color this someday.

Description
How it really happened.

I was reading this for my literature class and was inspired. For those who are unfamiliar with the story of Oedipus, an oracle tells him that he will kill his father and sleep with his mother. Saying "fuk nah" he leaves his parents, the king and queen of Corinth (actually adoptive parents) and goes to Thebes (where his birth parents are). On the way, comes across some douche who runs him off the road in a hoity-toity cart. Oedipus flips his shit and kills everyone on that cart except for one servant. He arrives in Thebes but there's a Sphinx that's been terrorizing the people. He solves the riddle, the Sphinx kills herself, hooray for Oedipus, "here, have the queen as your wife 'cause her husband is dead and you can be our king." Oedipus marries the queen, they have four kids, he rules Thebes, and all is happy. BUT WAIT! This is a Greek tragedy! Here's where "Oedipus the King" starts (it's a series of like 5 plays). After ruling for a little under 20 years (so it's been estimated), Thebes is tortured by plague and famine. The oracle says "find the murderer of the former king and all with be happy again". Oedipus goes all Greek hero on us and says "bitches, I'll find this murderer and kick his ass!" (I may be paraphrasing) There's this big investigation and it turns out the douche in the cart was the king of Thebes (and Oedipus' father) whom he killed. Mmmmeeeeannnningggg, the queen who's husband died IS HIS MOTHER. Gross, right? They had four kids... Oedipus thought so too because after she hung herself, he gouged his eyes out and exiled himself ('cause he's the king) to a mountain.

TL;DR: He kills his dad in road rage and makes babies with his mom. Disgusted, he gouges his eyes out. The end.

I'll color this someday.