this-reality
Original: this-reality on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Woman (with reddish-brown hair, green shirt): HONEY! TERRIBLE NEWS!
Panel 2:
Woman: I'VE DISCOVERED THAT THE ENTIRE WORLD IS A FANTASY. I'M ASLEEP AND I'VE DREAMED ALL OF IT!
Panel 3:
Woman (pointing): YOU. THE CHILDREN. THIS CITY. THIS COUNTRY. EVERYTHING. IT'S AN IDLE MIND'S FANCY!
Panel 4:
Man (seated, concerned): MY GOD. IF THAT'S SO... WHAT DOES IT MEAN? WHAT AM I? WHAT DO WE DO?
Panel 5:
Woman (angry): THERE'S ONLY ONE SENSIBLE OPTION.
Panel 6:
Woman (standing on a raised platform with a megaphone, addressing a crowd of people below): EVERYONE BOW DOWN BEFORE ME OR I'LL PINCH MYSELF REAL HARD!
Votey:
Close-up of the woman's face, shouting: GIMME ALL THE SEX AND GOLD!
Woman (with reddish-brown hair, green shirt): HONEY! TERRIBLE NEWS!
Panel 2:
Woman: I'VE DISCOVERED THAT THE ENTIRE WORLD IS A FANTASY. I'M ASLEEP AND I'VE DREAMED ALL OF IT!
Panel 3:
Woman (pointing): YOU. THE CHILDREN. THIS CITY. THIS COUNTRY. EVERYTHING. IT'S AN IDLE MIND'S FANCY!
Panel 4:
Man (seated, concerned): MY GOD. IF THAT'S SO... WHAT DOES IT MEAN? WHAT AM I? WHAT DO WE DO?
Panel 5:
Woman (angry): THERE'S ONLY ONE SENSIBLE OPTION.
Panel 6:
Woman (standing on a raised platform with a megaphone, addressing a crowd of people below): EVERYONE BOW DOWN BEFORE ME OR I'LL PINCH MYSELF REAL HARD!
Votey:
Close-up of the woman's face, shouting: GIMME ALL THE SEX AND GOLD!
Alt text
A six-panel comic. A woman with reddish hair bursts in to tell her seated husband terrible news: she has discovered the entire world is a fantasy, that she is asleep and has dreamed all of it -- him, the children, this city, this country, everything is 'an idle mind's fancy.' The husband is distraught, asking what it means and what they should do. The woman declares there is only one sensible option. The final panel shows her standing on a raised platform with a megaphone, addressing a crowd of townspeople, shouting: 'Everyone bow down before me or I'll pinch myself real hard!' In the votey aftercomic, a close-up of her face shouting: 'Gimme all the sex and gold!' The joke: realizing the world is your dream, she immediately turns tyrant, threatening to wake herself up unless everyone obeys.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.