2011-09-04
Original: 2011-09-04 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1: A brown-haired girl and a red-haired boy lie on their backs on a grassy hillside, looking up.
Girl: DO YOU THINK IT'S POSSIBLE THAT WHEN WE HIT PUBERTY WE'LL FIND EACH OTHER'S BODIES ATTRACTIVE, EVEN THOUGH THAT IDEA IS REPULSIVE NOW?
Panel 2: Close-up of the two children's faces side by side under a starry night sky.
Boy: I DON'T THINK SO. THAT'D BE A FUNDAMENTAL SHIFT IN MY MIND CAUSED BY A MERE CHEMICAL SHIFT IN MY BODY. I'M NOT SURE I'M READY TO ACCEPT MYSELF AS SUCH A MECHANICAL BEING.
Panel 3: A wide silent shot of the starry sky over the dark hills, the two children's heads in silhouette at the bottom. No dialogue.
Panel 4: Back to the two children lying on the grass.
Girl: THEN DO YOU THINK THE CONSTELLATIONS ARE UGLY FOR HAVING MECHANICAL ORBITS?
Boy: ONLY THE ONES SHAPED LIKE GIRLS.
Votey: A simple black-and-white panel. A person's head in profile looks up at a constellation of stars in the night sky.
Person: EWW...
Girl: DO YOU THINK IT'S POSSIBLE THAT WHEN WE HIT PUBERTY WE'LL FIND EACH OTHER'S BODIES ATTRACTIVE, EVEN THOUGH THAT IDEA IS REPULSIVE NOW?
Panel 2: Close-up of the two children's faces side by side under a starry night sky.
Boy: I DON'T THINK SO. THAT'D BE A FUNDAMENTAL SHIFT IN MY MIND CAUSED BY A MERE CHEMICAL SHIFT IN MY BODY. I'M NOT SURE I'M READY TO ACCEPT MYSELF AS SUCH A MECHANICAL BEING.
Panel 3: A wide silent shot of the starry sky over the dark hills, the two children's heads in silhouette at the bottom. No dialogue.
Panel 4: Back to the two children lying on the grass.
Girl: THEN DO YOU THINK THE CONSTELLATIONS ARE UGLY FOR HAVING MECHANICAL ORBITS?
Boy: ONLY THE ONES SHAPED LIKE GIRLS.
Votey: A simple black-and-white panel. A person's head in profile looks up at a constellation of stars in the night sky.
Person: EWW...
Alt text
A four-panel SMBC comic. A brown-haired girl and a red-haired boy lie on a grassy hillside at night, gazing up at the stars. The girl asks whether it's possible that when they hit puberty they'll find each other's bodies attractive, even though the idea is repulsive now. The boy says he doesn't think so: that'd be a fundamental shift in his mind caused by a mere chemical shift in his body, and he's not sure he's ready to accept himself as such a mechanical being. A silent wide panel shows the star field over the dark hills. The girl then asks if he thinks the constellations are ugly for having mechanical orbits; the boy replies, 'Only the ones shaped like girls.' Votey: a black-and-white panel of a head in profile looking up at a star constellation and saying 'Eww...'
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.