only-one
Original: only-one on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1: A muscular warrior with wild red flame-like hair and beard wields a sword, shouting at a calm young man with red hair.
Warrior: IF I CUT OFF YOUR HEAD I GAIN YOUR POWERS!
Panel 2: Close on the young man, unbothered.
Young man: MY POWERS? YOU WANT MY POWERS? GO NUTS BRO.
Panel 3: The warrior raises his sword (wordless).
Panel 4: A flash of motion as the blade strikes (wordless).
Panel 5: The warrior's face, now wide-eyed and unsettled (wordless).
Panel 6: Close-up of the warrior's anguished face, surrounded by a swarm of overlapping anxious thoughts in many speech bubbles:
"What'll happen with climate change?"
"Did everyone hate me at dinner last night?"
"Is nuclear war coming soon?"
"Why d[...]"
"Is this mole cancer?"
"Why are my friends more successful than me?"
"Is my job secure?"
"Wh[...] I have pains"
Warrior: WHAT. HAVE. I. DONE.
Votey:
A simply-drawn, distressed face in a panel.
Caption (the warrior's resolution): NO MORE KILLING NERDS. I DON'T WANT THEIR POWERS.
Warrior: IF I CUT OFF YOUR HEAD I GAIN YOUR POWERS!
Panel 2: Close on the young man, unbothered.
Young man: MY POWERS? YOU WANT MY POWERS? GO NUTS BRO.
Panel 3: The warrior raises his sword (wordless).
Panel 4: A flash of motion as the blade strikes (wordless).
Panel 5: The warrior's face, now wide-eyed and unsettled (wordless).
Panel 6: Close-up of the warrior's anguished face, surrounded by a swarm of overlapping anxious thoughts in many speech bubbles:
"What'll happen with climate change?"
"Did everyone hate me at dinner last night?"
"Is nuclear war coming soon?"
"Why d[...]"
"Is this mole cancer?"
"Why are my friends more successful than me?"
"Is my job secure?"
"Wh[...] I have pains"
Warrior: WHAT. HAVE. I. DONE.
Votey:
A simply-drawn, distressed face in a panel.
Caption (the warrior's resolution): NO MORE KILLING NERDS. I DON'T WANT THEIR POWERS.
Alt text
A six-panel comic. A muscular warrior with wild red flame-like hair and beard points a sword at a calm young man and shouts, 'IF I CUT OFF YOUR HEAD I GAIN YOUR POWERS!' The young man shrugs and replies, 'MY POWERS? YOU WANT MY POWERS? GO NUTS BRO.' The warrior swings the sword and beheads him in a flash. In the final large panel, the warrior's face is stricken and overwhelmed as a swarm of anxious modern thoughts crowd around his head in speech bubbles: 'What'll happen with climate change?', 'Did everyone hate me at dinner last night?', 'Is nuclear war coming soon?', 'Is this mole cancer?', 'Why are my friends more successful than me?', 'Is my job secure?', and worries about pains. He gasps, 'WHAT. HAVE. I. DONE.' The 'powers' he absorbed are the young man's crushing anxiety. Votey: a crudely drawn worried face with the caption, 'NO MORE KILLING NERDS. I DON'T WANT THEIR POWERS.'
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.