Editing 1419: On the Phone
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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | {{w|Fidgeting}} while talking on the telephone is a very common habit and may manifest as doodling or pacing. In the case of the person speaking off-panel (presumably [[Cueball]]), he paces while absent-mindedly moving random objects around the house. | + | {{incomplete|No explanation yet, just a description}} |
+ | {{w|Fidgeting}} while talking on the telephone is a very common habit and may manifest as doodling or pacing. In the case of the person speaking off-panel (presumably [[Cueball]]), he paces while absent-mindedly moving random objects around the house. Taking this behavior to the extreme, he has also erected an {{w|obelisk}} in the backyard and carved prayers to "Ba'al, the Soul Eater" on it. This may be a reference to the saying "Idle hands are the devil's playthings." | ||
− | + | The title text suggests that the "fidgeting" is just a cover story - the off-panel speaker is actually worshipping (or possessed by) by Ba'al, and is casually trying to encourage Megan to do the same. | |
− | + | Ba'al, or {{w|Baal_(disambiguation)|Baal}}, refers to one of many deities and demons which go by this name. Given its title "The Soul Eater", it probably refers to {{w|Beelzebub}} (one of the {{w|Classification_of_demons#Binsfeld.27s_classification_of_demons|seven princes of hell}}). | |
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==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
− | [Megan is pointing | + | {{incomplete transcript}} |
− | :Megan: Why is there a teapot in the bathroom? | + | [Megan is pointing to the left off-panel and looking to the right off-panel.] |
− | :Off-panel voice (right): Sorry. When I'm on the phone I always zone out and pick stuff up and carry it around. | + | : Megan: Why is there a teapot in the bathroom? |
+ | : Off-panel voice (right): Sorry. When I'm on the phone I always zone out and pick stuff up and carry it around. | ||
[Megan is in front of an open fridge, holding a hammer.] | [Megan is in front of an open fridge, holding a hammer.] | ||
− | :Megan: There's a hammer in the fridge. | + | : Megan: There's a hammer in the fridge. |
− | :Off-panel voice: Another phone call. I was just fidgeting. | + | : Off-panel voice: Another phone call. I was just fidgeting. |
− | [Megan is walking next to four stacks of household objects: the first has a lightbulb on top of a book, the second has a blender on top of three books, the third has five books (two balanced vertically) with a smaller rectangular object on top, and the fourth has two tennis balls on top of three books | + | [Megan is walking next to four stacks of household objects: the first has a lightbulb on top of a book, the second has a blender on top of three books, the third has five books (two balanced vertically) with a smaller rectangular object on top, and the fourth has two tennis balls on top of three books] |
− | :Megan: Did you put all our stuff in weird stacks? | + | : Megan: Did you put all our stuff in weird stacks? |
− | :Off-panel voice: Long call. Sorry. | + | : Off-panel voice: Long call. Sorry. |
− | [Megan, outside, looks up at a towering straight-sided object | + | [Megan, outside, looks up at a towering straight-sided object] |
− | :Megan: ...Why is there a giant obelisk in the backyard? | + | : Megan: ...Why is there a giant obelisk in the backyard? |
− | :Off-panel voice: Phone again. My bad. | + | : Off-panel voice: Phone again. My bad. |
− | :Megan: It's carved with prayers to "Ba'al, the Soul-Eater." | + | : Megan: It's carved with prayers to "Ba'al, the Soul-Eater." |
− | :Off-panel voice: Haha! I'm so absentminded. | + | : Off-panel voice: Haha! I'm so absentminded. |
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{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
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