time-travel
Original: time-travel on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1: A glowing figure with spiky hair appears in a beam of green/purple light, hovering in the air above a seated man.
Glowing figure: HEY! TEENAGE ME! I'VE COME BACK IN TIME TO GIVE YOU ADVICE!
Panel 2: The seated young man (teenage version) sits at a computer, not looking at the glowing time-traveling figure.
Teenage man: SORRY. I'M BUSY POSTING MY OPINIONS ON WOMEN TO A MAGIC, THE GATHERING WEB-FORUM.
Panel 3: Another man stands nearby, asking a question.
Other man: SO WHAT'D YOU TELL HIM?
Panel 4: The time-traveler, now standing, answers grimly.
Time-traveler: WE'RE NOT ON SPEAKING TERMS.
Votey: A large close-up drawing of a man's face, looking pained/wistful.
Voice (from upper left, in a fading speech bubble): You're fading away!
Voice (from upper right): I made my choice.
Glowing figure: HEY! TEENAGE ME! I'VE COME BACK IN TIME TO GIVE YOU ADVICE!
Panel 2: The seated young man (teenage version) sits at a computer, not looking at the glowing time-traveling figure.
Teenage man: SORRY. I'M BUSY POSTING MY OPINIONS ON WOMEN TO A MAGIC, THE GATHERING WEB-FORUM.
Panel 3: Another man stands nearby, asking a question.
Other man: SO WHAT'D YOU TELL HIM?
Panel 4: The time-traveler, now standing, answers grimly.
Time-traveler: WE'RE NOT ON SPEAKING TERMS.
Votey: A large close-up drawing of a man's face, looking pained/wistful.
Voice (from upper left, in a fading speech bubble): You're fading away!
Voice (from upper right): I made my choice.
Alt text
A four-panel comic. Panel 1: a glowing, spiky-haired figure materializes in a beam of light above a seated man and announces, "Hey! Teenage me! I've come back in time to give you advice!" Panel 2: the seated teenage version, facing a computer, replies, "Sorry. I'm busy posting my opinions on women to a Magic, the Gathering web-forum." Panel 3: a second man asks the time-traveler, "So what'd you tell him?" Panel 4: the time-traveler answers flatly, "We're not on speaking terms." The joke: the older self gave up on advising his obnoxious teenage self entirely. Votey (aftercomic): a large hand-drawn close-up of a man's pained, wistful face. A fading speech bubble at upper left says, "You're fading away!" and another at upper right replies, "I made my choice." — the time-traveler is being erased from existence, having chosen not to fix his past.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.