blue
Original: blue on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Man (with pink/blue spiky hair): I'm feeling blue.
Winged fairy: Don't despair! I am the Happiness Fairy!
Panel 2:
Fairy: I am here to remind you that as long as your memory lasts even a little bit, you'll recall the period of your life you consider the good old days!
Panel 3:
Man: But I'm objectively sad.
Fairy: Doesn't matter! You don't relive the past! You can tag it with it whatever emotional character you like!
Panel 4:
Fairy: Look back about 1/3 of your current lifespan. Were you happy then?
Man: I think so?
Panel 5:
Man: Wrong dipt! You've remembered all the bad stuff as interesting and the easier as righteous struggle!
Panel 6:
Fairy: You'll be the same for now! This will be forgotten, even if you...
Panel 7:
Man: I find that strangely encouraging.
Fairy: Aren't you lucky humans are so broken?
Votey:
The man's face, drawn in a simple sketch style, with a speech bubble above reading: SO LUCKY...
Man (with pink/blue spiky hair): I'm feeling blue.
Winged fairy: Don't despair! I am the Happiness Fairy!
Panel 2:
Fairy: I am here to remind you that as long as your memory lasts even a little bit, you'll recall the period of your life you consider the good old days!
Panel 3:
Man: But I'm objectively sad.
Fairy: Doesn't matter! You don't relive the past! You can tag it with it whatever emotional character you like!
Panel 4:
Fairy: Look back about 1/3 of your current lifespan. Were you happy then?
Man: I think so?
Panel 5:
Man: Wrong dipt! You've remembered all the bad stuff as interesting and the easier as righteous struggle!
Panel 6:
Fairy: You'll be the same for now! This will be forgotten, even if you...
Panel 7:
Man: I find that strangely encouraging.
Fairy: Aren't you lucky humans are so broken?
Votey:
The man's face, drawn in a simple sketch style, with a speech bubble above reading: SO LUCKY...
Alt text
A seven-panel SMBC comic. A man with spiky pink-and-blue hair is visited by a winged 'Happiness Fairy.' She explains that as long as his memory lasts even a little, he'll always recall some period as 'the good old days.' When he protests that he's objectively sad, she says it doesn't matter because you don't relive the past, you can tag it with whatever emotion you like. She has him look back about one-third of his lifespan and asks if he was happy then; he says he thinks so. She reveals he's just remembered all the bad stuff as 'interesting' and the hard parts as 'righteous struggle,' and that his current misery will be remembered the same way once it's forgotten. He admits he finds this strangely encouraging, and she asks, 'Aren't you lucky humans are so broken?' Votey: a simple sketch of the man's face with a speech bubble saying 'SO LUCKY...'
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.