the-chosen-one
Original: the-chosen-one on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Child (with flame-like spiky hair): No, dad. You win the bet. I'm forced to admit you are God. You were right about evil and good. And evil, through your good Bible parable.
Father: Really?
Father: I'm forced to admit, in promotio.
Panel 2:
Child: Hey, dad! I'm giving up on learning, thinking, and good behavior!
Father: That's...
Panel 3:
Child: Turns out life is totally set to me. I'm gonna do nothing then get chained somehow and pray that into health.
Father: It's not against the rules. Is it?
Child: No, but it's really in the spirit of heaven.
Panel 4 (caption: SOME TIME LATER):
Child (now grown, in a suit): We now go to the interview with David Strange, who defeated the wicked dragon Xorxoka.
Panel 5:
Man in suit: I understand you stabbed him before he saw you.
David Strange: Yeah, right in the back.
Panel 6:
Interviewer: How did you know it was him?
David Strange: I thought he was the teenager who owns me money for meth.
Panel 7:
Interviewer: So it was 'luck'?
David Strange: I mean, I stab a lot of people when I'm drunk.
Votey:
A sketchy, scribbled drawing of a horse-like or dragon-like head in profile. A speech bubble trails off with the words: "...or high. ...or tweaked. ...or sober."
Child (with flame-like spiky hair): No, dad. You win the bet. I'm forced to admit you are God. You were right about evil and good. And evil, through your good Bible parable.
Father: Really?
Father: I'm forced to admit, in promotio.
Panel 2:
Child: Hey, dad! I'm giving up on learning, thinking, and good behavior!
Father: That's...
Panel 3:
Child: Turns out life is totally set to me. I'm gonna do nothing then get chained somehow and pray that into health.
Father: It's not against the rules. Is it?
Child: No, but it's really in the spirit of heaven.
Panel 4 (caption: SOME TIME LATER):
Child (now grown, in a suit): We now go to the interview with David Strange, who defeated the wicked dragon Xorxoka.
Panel 5:
Man in suit: I understand you stabbed him before he saw you.
David Strange: Yeah, right in the back.
Panel 6:
Interviewer: How did you know it was him?
David Strange: I thought he was the teenager who owns me money for meth.
Panel 7:
Interviewer: So it was 'luck'?
David Strange: I mean, I stab a lot of people when I'm drunk.
Votey:
A sketchy, scribbled drawing of a horse-like or dragon-like head in profile. A speech bubble trails off with the words: "...or high. ...or tweaked. ...or sober."
Alt text
A seven-panel SMBC comic about a child arguing theology with their father. In the first panels a child with flame-like spiky hair concedes a bet to their dad, admitting he is God and was right about good and evil through a Bible parable. The child then announces they are giving up on learning, thinking, and good behavior, deciding to do nothing and just pray their way to a good outcome, reasoning it's not against the rules and is in the spirit of heaven. A 'Some Time Later' caption introduces a TV interview: the now-grown child, named David Strange, is interviewed for having defeated a wicked dragon named Xorxoka. The interviewer notes David stabbed the dragon in the back before it saw him. David explains he only thought it was a teenager who owed him money for meth, and adds that he stabs a lot of people when he's drunk, undercutting any heroism. The votey aftercomic is a rough sketch of a beast's head with a trailing speech bubble reading 'or high. or tweaked. or sober.' extending David's list of impaired states.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.