positive
Original: positive on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Son: MOM, I'M HAVING TROUBLE OUT IN THE REAL WORLD. I JUST FEEL LIKE NOTHING'S EASY LIKE...
Mom: AHAHAHA HAHAHAHA HAHAHA!
Panel 2:
Son: WHEN YOU WERE A KID, YOU CALLED ME OLD ON THAT DAY I VOWED THAT YOU WOULD PAY!
Panel 3:
Son: EVER AFTER, I ENCOURAGED YOU AT EVERYTHING! ESPECIALLY THE STUFF YOU SUCKED AT! SUCKED BAD!
Mom: LOOK BACK INTO YOUR MIND!
Panel 4:
Son: SO CLOSE! YOU CAN DO IT BUDDY! YOU'RE GOOD AT THIS!
Mom: NOW! KEEP THIS UP AND YOU'LL LOOK LIKE SUPERMAN!
Panel 5:
Mom: GIRLS WON'T BE ABLE TO RESIST YOU IN THAT HAIRCUT!
Mom: IT'S BEEN SUCH A PRIVILEGE TO WATCH YOU GROW IN KINDNESS AND MATURITY INTO MANHOOD!
Panel 6:
Son: LIES! ALL OF IT LIES! LIES BUILT ATOP A CRYPT OF DEAD TRUTH! AHAHAHAHAHA!
Mom: SO... YOUR RELENTLESS POSITIVITY WAS FOR REVENGE?
Panel 7:
Mom: IT'S SURPRISINGLY COMMON AMONG MOMS.
Votey:
Son: JOKES ON YOU! NOW I'M GONNA LIVE HERE UNTIL I'M FIFTY!
Son: MOM, I'M HAVING TROUBLE OUT IN THE REAL WORLD. I JUST FEEL LIKE NOTHING'S EASY LIKE...
Mom: AHAHAHA HAHAHAHA HAHAHA!
Panel 2:
Son: WHEN YOU WERE A KID, YOU CALLED ME OLD ON THAT DAY I VOWED THAT YOU WOULD PAY!
Panel 3:
Son: EVER AFTER, I ENCOURAGED YOU AT EVERYTHING! ESPECIALLY THE STUFF YOU SUCKED AT! SUCKED BAD!
Mom: LOOK BACK INTO YOUR MIND!
Panel 4:
Son: SO CLOSE! YOU CAN DO IT BUDDY! YOU'RE GOOD AT THIS!
Mom: NOW! KEEP THIS UP AND YOU'LL LOOK LIKE SUPERMAN!
Panel 5:
Mom: GIRLS WON'T BE ABLE TO RESIST YOU IN THAT HAIRCUT!
Mom: IT'S BEEN SUCH A PRIVILEGE TO WATCH YOU GROW IN KINDNESS AND MATURITY INTO MANHOOD!
Panel 6:
Son: LIES! ALL OF IT LIES! LIES BUILT ATOP A CRYPT OF DEAD TRUTH! AHAHAHAHAHA!
Mom: SO... YOUR RELENTLESS POSITIVITY WAS FOR REVENGE?
Panel 7:
Mom: IT'S SURPRISINGLY COMMON AMONG MOMS.
Votey:
Son: JOKES ON YOU! NOW I'M GONNA LIVE HERE UNTIL I'M FIFTY!
Alt text
A seven-panel SMBC comic. A grown son confronts his mother. He says he's having trouble in the real world because nothing feels easy; she laughs maniacally. He recalls that as a kid he once called her old, and she vowed revenge: ever after she relentlessly encouraged him at everything, especially things he was bad at ('You're good at this!', 'You'll look like Superman!', 'Girls won't be able to resist you in that haircut!', 'such a privilege to watch you grow into manhood!'). In the climactic panel the son screams that it was all 'Lies built atop a crypt of dead truth!' The mom calmly asks if her relentless positivity was for revenge. Final panel, she remarks deadpan: 'It's surprisingly common among moms.' Votey (aftercomic): a single panel where the son, with a smug smile, declares: 'Jokes on you! Now I'm gonna live here until I'm fifty!'
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.