Compatible
Original: Compatible on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1: A therapy office, viewed from a distance. A therapist sits in a chair facing a couple seated together on a red couch.
Therapist: "Let's talk about your sexual compatibility issues."
Panel 2: Close-up on a man with red/orange hair, looking dejected.
Man: "I wish she'd initiate more."
Panel 3: The therapist (a man) turns toward the woman.
Therapist: "And you, Sally?"
Panel 4: Close-up on the woman, Sally, who has long blonde/strawberry hair and looks distressed.
Sally: "I was raised by corals and am only attracted to entities that remain perfectly still while broadcasting male and female gametes into the environment."
Panel 5: The man, exasperated, gestures while speaking.
Man: "It's literally impossible, Sally! It's IMPOSSIBLE!"
Panel 6: The man leans in angrily as Sally turns away, arms crossed and frowning.
Man: "It wasn't for my ex, Lawrence."
Sally (thought/aside): "She always does this."
Votey:
A hand-drawn picture of a coral with the name "Lawrence" written beneath it.
Therapist: "Let's talk about your sexual compatibility issues."
Panel 2: Close-up on a man with red/orange hair, looking dejected.
Man: "I wish she'd initiate more."
Panel 3: The therapist (a man) turns toward the woman.
Therapist: "And you, Sally?"
Panel 4: Close-up on the woman, Sally, who has long blonde/strawberry hair and looks distressed.
Sally: "I was raised by corals and am only attracted to entities that remain perfectly still while broadcasting male and female gametes into the environment."
Panel 5: The man, exasperated, gestures while speaking.
Man: "It's literally impossible, Sally! It's IMPOSSIBLE!"
Panel 6: The man leans in angrily as Sally turns away, arms crossed and frowning.
Man: "It wasn't for my ex, Lawrence."
Sally (thought/aside): "She always does this."
Votey:
A hand-drawn picture of a coral with the name "Lawrence" written beneath it.
Alt text
A six-panel SMBC comic set in a therapist's office. Panel 1 shows the therapist sitting across from a red-haired man and a blonde woman on a red couch; the therapist says, "Let's talk about your sexual compatibility issues." Panel 2, the man, glum: "I wish she'd initiate more." Panel 3, the therapist turns to the woman: "And you, Sally?" Panel 4, close-up of distressed blonde Sally: "I was raised by corals and am only attracted to entities that remain perfectly still while broadcasting male and female gametes into the environment." Panel 5, the man throws up his hands: "It's literally impossible, Sally! It's IMPOSSIBLE!" Panel 6, the man leans in angrily while Sally crosses her arms and looks away; he says, "It wasn't for my ex, Lawrence," and Sally thinks, "She always does this." The joke: Sally is sexually attracted only to broadcast-spawning corals, and her ex Lawrence apparently met that standard. The votey aftercomic is a simple drawing of a coral labeled "Lawrence" — revealing the ex was, in fact, a coral.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.