Oedipusian Scar: The Lion King

After reading “Young hero Simba defeats old villain Scar: Oedipus wrecks the Lyin’ King” I am surprised at the many proposed and also doubtful of the true intentions of the many theories that are present in the article. The main theory that this article focuses on is Oedipal psychology. Odeipal psychology is the belief that a child has a desire to engage in sexual relations with their parent of the opposite sex. In terms of the movie The Lion King that would be Simba desiring to have relations with his mother, Sarabi. However, I disagree with this theory.
Although there are interesting points risen in the paper I do not believe the original intentions were for Simba to want to have sexual relations with his mother. Additionally, I do not necessarily