2012-08-11
Original: 2012-08-11 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1: MY LOVE FOR YOU IS SMALL.
(A tiny red heart floats in a black panel.)
Panel 2: I HOPE THAT DOESN'T WORRY YOU.
(The silhouette of a red figure with a small dark heart shape on its chest.)
Panel 3: THE SMALLEST THINGS ARE THE LEAST BREAKABLE.
(A purple starfield with scattered specks.)
Panel 4: THE SMALLEST THINGS ARE EVERYWHERE AND EVERYWHEN.
(A dark starfield.)
Panel 5: BIG THINGS ARE TEMPORARY.
(A pale stone angel statue with folded wings against an orange background.)
Panel 6: BEAUTIFUL, BUT MADE TO CRUMBLE.
(The same statue, now broken off so only the base and lower wings remain, against a purple background.)
Panel 7: MY LOVE FOR YOU IS LIKE A SMALL THING, BECAUSE IT IS ALWAYS.
(A smiling woman holds a small red heart to her chest.)
Panel 8:
Woman: SO, THAT'S WHY YOU ONLY GOT ME A FIVE DOLLAR GIFT CERTIFICATE FOR MY BIRTHDAY?
Man: MY LOVE FOR YOU IS ALSO FRUGAL.
Votey: A close-up of the smiling man's face as he leans in. Text: ANYWAY, ENJOY YOUR 3/5ths OF THAT GIFT CERTIFICATE!
(A tiny red heart floats in a black panel.)
Panel 2: I HOPE THAT DOESN'T WORRY YOU.
(The silhouette of a red figure with a small dark heart shape on its chest.)
Panel 3: THE SMALLEST THINGS ARE THE LEAST BREAKABLE.
(A purple starfield with scattered specks.)
Panel 4: THE SMALLEST THINGS ARE EVERYWHERE AND EVERYWHEN.
(A dark starfield.)
Panel 5: BIG THINGS ARE TEMPORARY.
(A pale stone angel statue with folded wings against an orange background.)
Panel 6: BEAUTIFUL, BUT MADE TO CRUMBLE.
(The same statue, now broken off so only the base and lower wings remain, against a purple background.)
Panel 7: MY LOVE FOR YOU IS LIKE A SMALL THING, BECAUSE IT IS ALWAYS.
(A smiling woman holds a small red heart to her chest.)
Panel 8:
Woman: SO, THAT'S WHY YOU ONLY GOT ME A FIVE DOLLAR GIFT CERTIFICATE FOR MY BIRTHDAY?
Man: MY LOVE FOR YOU IS ALSO FRUGAL.
Votey: A close-up of the smiling man's face as he leans in. Text: ANYWAY, ENJOY YOUR 3/5ths OF THAT GIFT CERTIFICATE!
Alt text
A tall SMBC comic in which a man delivers an increasingly grand, poetic speech about his love. Over a series of cosmic and artistic images, captions read: 'My love for you is small. I hope that doesn't worry you. The smallest things are the least breakable. The smallest things are everywhere and everywhen.' These accompany a tiny floating red heart, purple and black starfields, and a beautiful pale stone angel statue (orange background) that in the next panel has crumbled to just its base (purple background), captioned 'Big things are temporary' and 'Beautiful, but made to crumble.' A smiling woman holds a small heart while the caption finishes: 'My love for you is like a small thing, because it is always.' In the final panel the romantic framing collapses: a woman flatly asks, 'So, that's why you only got me a five dollar gift certificate for my birthday?' and the man replies, 'My love for you is also frugal.' Votey: a close-up of the grinning man saying, 'Anyway, enjoy your 3/5ths of that gift certificate!'
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.