2014-10-03
Original: 2014-10-03 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Woman (pointing up excitedly): LOOK! A SHOOTING STAR! MAKE A WISH!
Panel 2:
(The two women stand in silhouette against the night sky, no dialogue.)
Panel 3:
Woman (who made the wish): I WISH I WAS NEVER SAD!
Panel 4:
First woman: ARE YOU SURE THAT WAS A GOOD WISH?
Panel 5:
Wishing woman: I DON'T... I... OH WEIRD! I'M SUDDENLY INCAPABLE OF INTROSPECTION!
Panel 6:
First woman: HOW WOULD THAT--
Wishing woman (interrupting): NO TIME TO TALK! RUNNING NAKED THROUGH FLOWERS!
Votey:
A close-up of the wishing woman's face, eyes squeezed shut: OH GOD! THORNS! THORNS!
Woman (pointing up excitedly): LOOK! A SHOOTING STAR! MAKE A WISH!
Panel 2:
(The two women stand in silhouette against the night sky, no dialogue.)
Panel 3:
Woman (who made the wish): I WISH I WAS NEVER SAD!
Panel 4:
First woman: ARE YOU SURE THAT WAS A GOOD WISH?
Panel 5:
Wishing woman: I DON'T... I... OH WEIRD! I'M SUDDENLY INCAPABLE OF INTROSPECTION!
Panel 6:
First woman: HOW WOULD THAT--
Wishing woman (interrupting): NO TIME TO TALK! RUNNING NAKED THROUGH FLOWERS!
Votey:
A close-up of the wishing woman's face, eyes squeezed shut: OH GOD! THORNS! THORNS!
Alt text
A six-panel SMBC comic. Two women stand outside at night under a starry sky. The first woman points up and says, "Look! A shooting star! Make a wish!" The other woman wishes, "I wish I was never sad!" The first woman asks, "Are you sure that was a good wish?" The wishing woman replies, "I don't... I... oh weird! I'm suddenly incapable of introspection!" When asked "How would that--" she cuts in: "No time to talk! Running naked through flowers!" The joke: her wish to never be sad has stripped away self-awareness and impulse control. Votey (aftercomic): a close-up of the woman's face with eyes scrunched shut, mid-run, exclaiming "Oh God! Thorns! Thorns!" -- her carefree flower-running has run her straight into pain she can no longer reflect on or avoid.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.