true-love
Original: true-love on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Man (with flame-like hair): I want a woman who loves me for who I am, not my status.
Panel 2:
Man: I want her to love ME, not my wealth, or achievements, or intelligence.
Panel 3:
Man: The essential me. Not my appearance, behavior, or thoughts.
Panel 4:
Woman (with glasses): You mean like a partner who looks into your soul?
Man: Just my soul?
Panel 5:
Man: That's so shallow!
Panel 6:
Woman: Ohhhh, wait. I got it.
Panel 7:
Woman: You want to be adored by someone while investing nothing into the relationship?
Man: So much.
Votey:
A close-up of the same man's head.
Offscreen speech bubble: Will you marry-
Man: NO
Man (with flame-like hair): I want a woman who loves me for who I am, not my status.
Panel 2:
Man: I want her to love ME, not my wealth, or achievements, or intelligence.
Panel 3:
Man: The essential me. Not my appearance, behavior, or thoughts.
Panel 4:
Woman (with glasses): You mean like a partner who looks into your soul?
Man: Just my soul?
Panel 5:
Man: That's so shallow!
Panel 6:
Woman: Ohhhh, wait. I got it.
Panel 7:
Woman: You want to be adored by someone while investing nothing into the relationship?
Man: So much.
Votey:
A close-up of the same man's head.
Offscreen speech bubble: Will you marry-
Man: NO
Alt text
A seven-panel SMBC comic. A man with flame-like hair sits across a table from a woman with glasses. Over several panels he insists he wants a woman who loves him for who he is, not his status, wealth, achievements, or intelligence; not his appearance, behavior, or thoughts. The woman asks, 'You mean like a partner who looks into your soul?' He balks: 'Just my soul? That's so shallow!' She pauses, then realizes: 'Ohhhh, wait. I got it. You want to be adored by someone while investing nothing into the relationship?' He happily agrees, 'So much.' Votey: a close-up of the man's head; a partial speech bubble begins 'Will you marry-' and he immediately answers 'NO.'
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.