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Cueball is making an honest profession of his feelings. This is often held up as a valuable thing in cementing a relationship. In the first three panels, he makes the kind of cliched poetic, romantic statements that would typically be expected. In the last panel, however, he undercuts all of this by crassly revealing that he also really wants to have sex with his paramour's sister. | Cueball is making an honest profession of his feelings. This is often held up as a valuable thing in cementing a relationship. In the first three panels, he makes the kind of cliched poetic, romantic statements that would typically be expected. In the last panel, however, he undercuts all of this by crassly revealing that he also really wants to have sex with his paramour's sister. | ||
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| + | * This was the forty-sixth comic originally posted to [[LiveJournal]]. The previous one was [[48: Found]], and the next one was [[50: Penny Arcade]]. | ||
* This used to be one of the [[Footer comics|footer comics]] featured in the bottom segment of [https://xkcd.com xkcd.com]. | * This used to be one of the [[Footer comics|footer comics]] featured in the bottom segment of [https://xkcd.com xkcd.com]. | ||
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* Original title: "Drawing - Want" | * Original title: "Drawing - Want" | ||
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* This comic was one of the last 11 comics posted on LiveJournal. | * This comic was one of the last 11 comics posted on LiveJournal. | ||
** These 11 comics were [[:Category:Posted on LiveJournal after xkcd|posted both on LiveJournal and xkcd]] after the [[xkcd]] site opened on the 1st of January 2006. | ** These 11 comics were [[:Category:Posted on LiveJournal after xkcd|posted both on LiveJournal and xkcd]] after the [[xkcd]] site opened on the 1st of January 2006. | ||
** This comic was posted on the same day on both sites. | ** This comic was posted on the same day on both sites. | ||
** They were not all posted on the same day though. | ** They were not all posted on the same day though. | ||
| − | * During the start-up of xkcd, four of the last 11 comics were released on days that deviated from the normal Monday, Wednesday, Friday scheme. | + | * During the start-up of xkcd, four of the last 11 comics were released on days that deviated from the normal Monday, Wednesday, Friday scheme. This one was released on a Saturday. It was the middle part of a series of three where the release day was shifted to one day later. This one was posted so late, 11:41 pm, that it almost became a Sunday comic. The next "Friday" comic [[52: Secret Worlds]] was also released on a Saturday. |
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Revision as of 10:31, 4 August 2023
| Want |
 Title text: Well, she's pretty hot. |
Explanation
Cueball is making an honest profession of his feelings. This is often held up as a valuable thing in cementing a relationship. In the first three panels, he makes the kind of cliched poetic, romantic statements that would typically be expected. In the last panel, however, he undercuts all of this by crassly revealing that he also really wants to have sex with his paramour's sister.
In the title text, he attempts to excuse his statement by reasoning that the sister is very attractive.
Transcript
- [Cueball is standing talking in the same position in all four panels. In the second panel, Cueball seems to have hair.]
- Cueball: I want to be brave enough to tell you how I feel.
- Cueball: I want to say "I love you" before I hang up the phone for once.
- Cueball: I want to drive all night with you, listening to mix tapes, not caring where we end up.
- Cueball: Oh, and I also really want to get with your sister.
- Cueball: I mean, DAMN.
Trivia
- This was the forty-sixth comic originally posted to LiveJournal. The previous one was 48: Found, and the next one was 50: Penny Arcade.
- This used to be one of the footer comics featured in the bottom segment of xkcd.com.
- Original title: "Drawing - Want"
- This comic was one of the last 11 comics posted on LiveJournal.
- These 11 comics were posted both on LiveJournal and xkcd after the xkcd site opened on the 1st of January 2006.
- This comic was posted on the same day on both sites.
- They were not all posted on the same day though.
- During the start-up of xkcd, four of the last 11 comics were released on days that deviated from the normal Monday, Wednesday, Friday scheme. This one was released on a Saturday. It was the middle part of a series of three where the release day was shifted to one day later. This one was posted so late, 11:41 pm, that it almost became a Sunday comic. The next "Friday" comic 52: Secret Worlds was also released on a Saturday.
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I feel as though this comic also expresses the difference between romantic and sexual attraction. 173.245.55.124 17:45, 16 July 2015 (UTC)
