love-5
Original: love-5 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Child (a young red-haired kid wearing a unicorn shirt, arms raised): DAD! KIDS AT SCHOOL MADE FUN OF MY UNICORN SHIRT!
Panel 2:
Dad (a balding man sitting at a table with a mug): SON, IF PEOPLE MAKE FUN OF SOMETHING YOU LOVE, ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS STOP LOVING ANYTHING.
Panel 3:
Child (sitting/leaning forward): THEN, WHAT'RE THEY GONNA DO? CHECKMATE.
Panel 4:
Dad: I REALLY THOUGHT YOU WERE GONNA SAY SOMETHING ABOUT BEING TRUE TO MYSELF.
Child: DO YOU WANT TRANSCENDANCE, OR DO YOU WANT TO WIN?
Votey:
Child (off-panel, addressing the dad, whose worried face fills the panel): I PURSUED TOTAL TRANSCENDANCE AND NOW I'M PROXY-FIGHTING WITH 8 YEAR OLDS. IS THIS WHAT YOU WANT FOR YOURSELF?!
Child (a young red-haired kid wearing a unicorn shirt, arms raised): DAD! KIDS AT SCHOOL MADE FUN OF MY UNICORN SHIRT!
Panel 2:
Dad (a balding man sitting at a table with a mug): SON, IF PEOPLE MAKE FUN OF SOMETHING YOU LOVE, ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS STOP LOVING ANYTHING.
Panel 3:
Child (sitting/leaning forward): THEN, WHAT'RE THEY GONNA DO? CHECKMATE.
Panel 4:
Dad: I REALLY THOUGHT YOU WERE GONNA SAY SOMETHING ABOUT BEING TRUE TO MYSELF.
Child: DO YOU WANT TRANSCENDANCE, OR DO YOU WANT TO WIN?
Votey:
Child (off-panel, addressing the dad, whose worried face fills the panel): I PURSUED TOTAL TRANSCENDANCE AND NOW I'M PROXY-FIGHTING WITH 8 YEAR OLDS. IS THIS WHAT YOU WANT FOR YOURSELF?!
Alt text
A four-panel comic. Panel 1: A young red-haired child in a unicorn shirt throws up their arms and tells their balding dad, who is seated at a table with a mug, "Dad! Kids at school made fun of my unicorn shirt!" Panel 2: The dad calmly replies, "Son, if people make fun of something you love, all you have to do is stop loving anything." Panel 3: The child, now leaning in seriously, says, "Then, what're they gonna do? Checkmate." Panel 4: The dad looks unsettled and says, "I really thought you were gonna say something about being true to myself," and the child coolly answers, "Do you want transcendance, or do you want to win?" Votey (aftercomic): A close-up of the dad's worried, frowning face as the off-panel child says, "I pursued total transcendance and now I'm proxy-fighting with 8 year olds. Is this what you want for yourself?!"
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.