universal-2
Original: universal-2 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Woman (green shirt, brown hair, standing behind a seated writer): What're you doing?
Writer (red hair, at a computer): Taking my life experience and universalizing it through the medium of storytelling.
Panel 2:
Woman: But this is Harry Potter fanfiction.
Panel 3:
Writer: Right. I said universal.
Panel 4:
Writer: 90% of fiction that is actually read from start to finish is Harry Potter fan fiction.
Panel 5:
Writer: It's our generation's version of "the book was well-written."
Panel 6:
Woman (looking pained, eyes closed): No more true things today, please.
Votey:
A man stands at a podium reading aloud: "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, and also there were wizards."
Woman (green shirt, brown hair, standing behind a seated writer): What're you doing?
Writer (red hair, at a computer): Taking my life experience and universalizing it through the medium of storytelling.
Panel 2:
Woman: But this is Harry Potter fanfiction.
Panel 3:
Writer: Right. I said universal.
Panel 4:
Writer: 90% of fiction that is actually read from start to finish is Harry Potter fan fiction.
Panel 5:
Writer: It's our generation's version of "the book was well-written."
Panel 6:
Woman (looking pained, eyes closed): No more true things today, please.
Votey:
A man stands at a podium reading aloud: "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, and also there were wizards."
Alt text
A six-panel SMBC comic. A woman in a green shirt stands behind a red-haired writer who is typing at a computer. She asks, "What're you doing?" He replies that he is "taking my life experience and universalizing it through the medium of storytelling." She points out, "But this is Harry Potter fanfiction." He answers, "Right. I said universal," then adds, "90% of fiction that is actually read from start to finish is Harry Potter fan fiction" and "It's our generation's version of 'the book was well-written.'" In the final panel the woman shuts her eyes, looking pained, and says, "No more true things today, please." Votey aftercomic: a man at a podium reads aloud, "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, and also there were wizards."
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.