dragon
Original: dragon on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
A young person (with light-colored hair) is speaking to an older bearded man (a sage/scholar figure).
Young person: Father, why do we fight dragons with flaming arrows if fire is their natural element?
Panel 2:
The bearded man, gesturing in explanation.
Bearded man: Exactly.
Panel 3:
The bearded man continues, raising a hand.
Bearded man: Because they blow fire, we conclude they have an internal organ filled with flammable fluids — likely methane, hydrogen, and fats.
Panel 4:
The bearded man, mid-lecture.
Bearded man: From which it follows that by piercing their skin and breaking open here —
Panel 5:
A distant scene: a small figure shoots a flaming arrow at a green dragon flying in the air. The arrow streaks toward the dragon.
Panel 6:
The dragon explodes in a fiery red blast.
Sound effect: BOOM!
Votey:
Close-up on the bearded man's face, smiling contentedly.
Bearded man: Dragon murder is nature's fireworks.
A young person (with light-colored hair) is speaking to an older bearded man (a sage/scholar figure).
Young person: Father, why do we fight dragons with flaming arrows if fire is their natural element?
Panel 2:
The bearded man, gesturing in explanation.
Bearded man: Exactly.
Panel 3:
The bearded man continues, raising a hand.
Bearded man: Because they blow fire, we conclude they have an internal organ filled with flammable fluids — likely methane, hydrogen, and fats.
Panel 4:
The bearded man, mid-lecture.
Bearded man: From which it follows that by piercing their skin and breaking open here —
Panel 5:
A distant scene: a small figure shoots a flaming arrow at a green dragon flying in the air. The arrow streaks toward the dragon.
Panel 6:
The dragon explodes in a fiery red blast.
Sound effect: BOOM!
Votey:
Close-up on the bearded man's face, smiling contentedly.
Bearded man: Dragon murder is nature's fireworks.
Alt text
A six-panel SMBC comic in a fantasy setting. A young light-haired person asks a bearded older man (a scholar figure), 'Father, why do we fight dragons with flaming arrows if fire is their natural element?' The man replies, 'Exactly,' then explains that because dragons blow fire, they must have an internal organ full of flammable fluids — likely methane, hydrogen, and fats — so piercing their skin and breaking it open will ignite them. The final panels show a tiny figure firing a flaming arrow at a green flying dragon, which then explodes in a red fireball with a 'BOOM!' Votey: a close-up of the bearded man's face, smiling, with the caption 'Dragon murder is nature's fireworks.'
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.