princess-2
Original: princess-2 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Frog: If you kiss me, I will turn into a princess and marry you!
Man: I'm in!
Panel 2:
Frog: To be clear, I mean princess in the political sense. I will remain in my frog body but will have sovereign authority over realms and the like. And that authority will be widely understood as conferred directly by God.
Panel 3:
Man: What?
Frog: Do I really want to marry you, or do I want power? Means no sex?
Panel 4:
Man: What exactly do you mean by that?
Man (or narration): Know what, I'll pass.
Votey:
Frog: Bro, do you know how much sinning you have to do to become a cursed toad?
Frog: If you kiss me, I will turn into a princess and marry you!
Man: I'm in!
Panel 2:
Frog: To be clear, I mean princess in the political sense. I will remain in my frog body but will have sovereign authority over realms and the like. And that authority will be widely understood as conferred directly by God.
Panel 3:
Man: What?
Frog: Do I really want to marry you, or do I want power? Means no sex?
Panel 4:
Man: What exactly do you mean by that?
Man (or narration): Know what, I'll pass.
Votey:
Frog: Bro, do you know how much sinning you have to do to become a cursed toad?
Alt text
A four-panel SMBC comic. A crowned frog sitting on the ground talks to a man. Panel 1: the frog says "If you kiss me, I will turn into a princess and marry you!" and the man eagerly replies "I'm in!". Panel 2: the frog explains "To be clear, I mean princess in the political sense. I will remain in my frog body but will have sovereign authority over realms and the like. And that authority will be widely understood as conferred directly by God." Panel 3: the man, confused, says "What?" while the frog muses about whether it really wants to marry him or just wants power, and whether it means no sex. Panel 4: the man asks "What exactly do you mean by that?" then decides "Know what, I'll pass." The joke turns the fairy-tale frog-prince promise into a cynical bid for divinely-justified political power rather than romance. Votey (aftercomic): a hand-lettered panel where the frog/toad says "Bro, do you know how much sinning you have to do to become a cursed toad?", below a sketch of the toad-creature, implying it is far more corrupt than it first appeared.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.