real
Original: real on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1 (wide):
A young girl sits sad on a grassy hill, head in her hands. A man (her father) approaches from the right.
Father: What's the matter, honey?
Panel 2:
The girl, looking worried.
Girl: Is the tooth fairy real?
Panel 3:
The father, smiling reassuringly.
Father: If you love her in your heart, then she's as real as anything.
Panel 4:
Close on the girl looking up skeptically at the father.
Girl: But you love Batman and Batman isn't real.
Panel 5 (wide):
The father now sits on the grass next to the girl, head in his hands in the same defeated pose she had at the start, both staring blankly ahead.
Votey:
A close-up of the father's face, looking pained/devastated, holding his face in his hand.
Father (small voice): Apologize.
A young girl sits sad on a grassy hill, head in her hands. A man (her father) approaches from the right.
Father: What's the matter, honey?
Panel 2:
The girl, looking worried.
Girl: Is the tooth fairy real?
Panel 3:
The father, smiling reassuringly.
Father: If you love her in your heart, then she's as real as anything.
Panel 4:
Close on the girl looking up skeptically at the father.
Girl: But you love Batman and Batman isn't real.
Panel 5 (wide):
The father now sits on the grass next to the girl, head in his hands in the same defeated pose she had at the start, both staring blankly ahead.
Votey:
A close-up of the father's face, looking pained/devastated, holding his face in his hand.
Father (small voice): Apologize.
Alt text
A five-panel SMBC comic. Panel 1: a sad young girl sits hugging her knees on a grassy hill; her father walks up and asks, "What's the matter, honey?" Panel 2: the worried girl asks, "Is the tooth fairy real?" Panel 3: the father smiles and reassures her, "If you love her in your heart, then she's as real as anything." Panel 4: the girl looks up skeptically and counters, "But you love Batman and Batman isn't real." Panel 5: defeated, the father now sits slumped on the grass beside her with his head in his hands, mirroring her opening pose. Votey: a close-up of the father's stricken face holding his cheek, quietly saying, "Apologize."
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.