destiny
Original: destiny on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
A young woman approaches a robed, long-bearded wizard/sage figure.
Woman: "Wise master! I've been chosen to save the world! Set me on the true path!"
Wizard: "Ah, yes. I have foreseen it. You will spend 60 years making incremental improvements to perovskite photovoltaic cells."
Panel 2:
Woman: "I... like with a cool sword?"
Wizard: "Your cool sword shall be... expertise in chemical stabilization methods!"
Panel 3:
A small house sits atop a barren hill or mountain. A caption box reads: "Real life is trash."
Votey:
Caption: "Maybe if the world goes to shit, it'll get more interesting."
(Below, a robot/cartoonish figure is drawn, with a small person and a stylized scene.)
A young woman approaches a robed, long-bearded wizard/sage figure.
Woman: "Wise master! I've been chosen to save the world! Set me on the true path!"
Wizard: "Ah, yes. I have foreseen it. You will spend 60 years making incremental improvements to perovskite photovoltaic cells."
Panel 2:
Woman: "I... like with a cool sword?"
Wizard: "Your cool sword shall be... expertise in chemical stabilization methods!"
Panel 3:
A small house sits atop a barren hill or mountain. A caption box reads: "Real life is trash."
Votey:
Caption: "Maybe if the world goes to shit, it'll get more interesting."
(Below, a robot/cartoonish figure is drawn, with a small person and a stylized scene.)
Alt text
A three-panel SMBC comic parodying the chosen-one fantasy trope. Panel 1: A young woman eagerly approaches a robed, long-bearded wizard, saying "Wise master! I've been chosen to save the world! Set me on the true path!" The wizard replies, "Ah, yes. I have foreseen it. You will spend 60 years making incremental improvements to perovskite photovoltaic cells." Panel 2: The woman, deflated, asks "I... like with a cool sword?" The wizard answers, "Your cool sword shall be... expertise in chemical stabilization methods!" Panel 3: A lone house perched atop a barren hill, with a caption: "Real life is trash." The joke contrasts grand heroic destiny with the unglamorous, slow, real-world work of solving climate problems. Votey (aftercomic): A caption over a small cartoon scene reads, "Maybe if the world goes to shit, it'll get more interesting."
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.