2012-12-15
Original: 2012-12-15 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1 (header banner): CHILD FANTASIES
A smiling young girl in a blue shirt has a thought bubble.
Girl's thought: "Sally Jenkins is the first female NFL quarterback detective Jedi to be Batman."
Panel 2 (header banner): ADULT FANTASIES
The same person, now an adult woman with longer hair in a blue/purple shirt, hand on her chest, has a thought bubble.
Woman's thought: "Nobody made Sally Jenkins sad today."
Votey:
Header banner: MY FANTASIES
A person sits writing at a desk with a thought bubble above their head.
Thought: "Own clothing."
A smiling young girl in a blue shirt has a thought bubble.
Girl's thought: "Sally Jenkins is the first female NFL quarterback detective Jedi to be Batman."
Panel 2 (header banner): ADULT FANTASIES
The same person, now an adult woman with longer hair in a blue/purple shirt, hand on her chest, has a thought bubble.
Woman's thought: "Nobody made Sally Jenkins sad today."
Votey:
Header banner: MY FANTASIES
A person sits writing at a desk with a thought bubble above their head.
Thought: "Own clothing."
Alt text
A two-panel SMBC comic contrasting childhood and adult fantasies. Panel one, titled CHILD FANTASIES, shows a smiling girl in a blue shirt thinking an over-the-top dream: "Sally Jenkins is the first female NFL quarterback detective Jedi to be Batman." Panel two, titled ADULT FANTASIES, shows the same character grown up, hand on her chest, with a far more modest wish: "Nobody made Sally Jenkins sad today." The joke is that adult fantasies shrink to simply wanting a day without being hurt. Votey aftercomic, titled MY FANTASIES: a person hunched over a desk writing, thinking the deflated, even smaller wish "Own clothing."
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.