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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | + | Parodies the experience of finding that things you saw as a child are much smaller than you'd perceived them to be: [[Cueball]] is convinced that this will be the case with his childhood slide, only to find that it is indeed quite large. (As a child it's roughly four times his height, whilst as an adult it's only about double.) | |
− | The title text references {{w|Aslan}}, a | + | The title text references {{w|Aslan}}, a character from ''{{w|The Chronicles of Narnia}}''. Aslan is often regarded as a Christ figure, but since ''Narnia'' is a children's series many readers don't realize this until long after they've read the books – another instance of how perspective changes with age, and of the comic's title, "subjectivity". |
==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
− | :[ | + | :[Tall slide, seen from the ground.] |
:When I was a kid, my school playground had a really tall slide that always made me nervous. | :When I was a kid, my school playground had a really tall slide that always made me nervous. | ||
− | :[ | + | :[Tall slide, seen from the side.] |
:We moved away, but the slide stuck in my memory, becoming a skyscraping monster. | :We moved away, but the slide stuck in my memory, becoming a skyscraping monster. | ||
− | :[ | + | :[Car and a sign pointing to school zone.] |
:Years later, I was passing through my old town and remembered the playground. | :Years later, I was passing through my old town and remembered the playground. | ||
:I drove to the school to see the slide that my inner six-year-old thought was so towering. | :I drove to the school to see the slide that my inner six-year-old thought was so towering. | ||
− | :[ | + | :[Huge slide, Cueball beside it.] |
:AND IT <u>WAS</u> HUGE! | :AND IT <u>WAS</u> HUGE! | ||
:I <u>KNEW</u> IT! | :I <u>KNEW</u> IT! | ||
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{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | ||
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