destiny-4
Original: destiny-4 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Son (a young man with red hair): "Son, I now give to you the sword of destiny, which my father had from his father, and his, it from of old."
(The father is depicted as a dark silhouette holding a glowing sword.)
Panel 2:
Son: "Thanks, but... you're an assistant manager at a KFC. What destiny is the sword good for?"
Father: "It gets you to destiny. I don't say it was great."
Panel 3:
Son: "Then what's the point?"
Father (an older bearded man): "Point is, after every unforgiving day of adulthood you can come home from work, and instead of drinking three glasses of wine and crying yourself to sleep, you can hold up the sword, close your eyes, and whisper, 'It is as the prophecy foretold. Bearer of my father's...'"
Panel 4:
Son: "Why don't therapists promote this approach to life?"
Father: "They'd all be out of work."
(A small silhouette figure holds the sword aloft.)
Votey:
The bearded father: "If you play some Dio while you're holding the sword, it's like nothing matters."
Son (a young man with red hair): "Son, I now give to you the sword of destiny, which my father had from his father, and his, it from of old."
(The father is depicted as a dark silhouette holding a glowing sword.)
Panel 2:
Son: "Thanks, but... you're an assistant manager at a KFC. What destiny is the sword good for?"
Father: "It gets you to destiny. I don't say it was great."
Panel 3:
Son: "Then what's the point?"
Father (an older bearded man): "Point is, after every unforgiving day of adulthood you can come home from work, and instead of drinking three glasses of wine and crying yourself to sleep, you can hold up the sword, close your eyes, and whisper, 'It is as the prophecy foretold. Bearer of my father's...'"
Panel 4:
Son: "Why don't therapists promote this approach to life?"
Father: "They'd all be out of work."
(A small silhouette figure holds the sword aloft.)
Votey:
The bearded father: "If you play some Dio while you're holding the sword, it's like nothing matters."
Alt text
A four-panel SMBC comic. Panel 1: A red-haired young man stands beside the silhouette of his father, who holds a glowing sword. The father says he now gives his son the sword of destiny, handed down from father to son since of old. Panel 2: The son objects that his father is just an assistant manager at a KFC and asks what destiny the sword is good for; the father admits it merely gets you to destiny and he never said it was great. Panel 3: The son asks the point. The bearded father explains that after every unforgiving day of adulthood, instead of drinking three glasses of wine and crying yourself to sleep, you can hold up the sword, close your eyes, and whisper grand prophecy-talk about being bearer of your father's legacy. Panel 4: The son asks why therapists don't promote this approach to life; the father answers they'd all be out of work, as a tiny figure holds the sword aloft. Votey: The bearded father adds that if you play some Dio (the metal band) while holding the sword, it's like nothing matters.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.