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| date      = October 21, 2005
 
| date      = October 21, 2005
 
| title    = Light
 
| title    = Light
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| before    = <big><big><span class="plainlinks">[https://web.archive.org/web/20060529063505/http://xkcd-drawings.livejournal.com/?skip=20#:~:text=1%3A03%20pm-,Friday%27s%20Drawing,-(3%20Comments Original title</span>]: '''Friday's Drawing'''</big></big>
 
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| image    = light.jpg
 
| titletext = Like a beacon
 
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==Explanation==
 
==Explanation==
Lighthouses were built on coasts to give ships a point of reference where land was, so that they could find where they were going, and to know where they should avoid during a storm. [[Megan]] fills this role for [[Cueball]]. She is his lighthouse to know where he can be safe.
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This was the twenty-second comic originally posted to [[LiveJournal]]. The previous one was [[44: Love]], and the next one was [[22: Barrel - Part 3]].
  
This also has a romantic notion, as Megan is lighting up the world for Cueball to find her.
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Lighthouses were built on coasts to give ships a point of reference where land was, so that they could find where they were going, and to know where they should avoid during a storm. In the comic, [[Megan]] fills this role for [[Cueball]]: she is his lighthouse to know where he can be safe. This also has a romantic notion, as Megan is lighting up the world for Cueball to find her.
  
 
==Transcript==
 
==Transcript==
:[A crowd of figures stand around in the dark. One figure is illuminated by a beam of light.]
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:[A crowd of figures stand around in the dark. A Megan is illuminated by a beam of light.]
:In a dark and confusing world, you burn brightly. I never feel lost.
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:In a dark and confusing world,
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:you burn brightly  
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:I never feel lost
  
 
==Trivia==
 
==Trivia==
*This was the 22nd comic originally posted to [[LiveJournal]].
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This used to be one of the [[Footer comics|footer comics]] featured in the bottom segment of [https://xkcd.com xkcd.com].
**The previous was [[44: Love]].
 
**The next was [[22: Barrel - Part 3]].
 
*Original title: "Friday's Drawing"
 
*There was no original [[Randall]] quote for this comic.
 
*This comic was posted on [[xkcd]] when the web site opened on Sunday the 1st of January 2006.
 
**It was posted along [[:Category:First day on xkcd|with all 41 comics]] posted before that on LiveJournal as well as a few others.
 
**The latter explaining why the numbers of these 41 LiveJournal comics ranges from 1-44.
 
*One of the original drawings drawn on [[:Category:Checkered paper|checkered paper]].
 
  
 
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[[Category:First day on xkcd]]
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[[Category:Posted on LiveJournal| 22]]
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[[Category:First day on xkcd.com]]
 
[[Category:Checkered paper]]
 
[[Category:Checkered paper]]
 
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[[Category:Romance]]
 
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Revision as of 07:54, 31 August 2023

Light
Original title: Friday's Drawing
Like a beacon
Title text: Like a beacon

Explanation

This was the twenty-second comic originally posted to LiveJournal. The previous one was 44: Love, and the next one was 22: Barrel - Part 3.

Lighthouses were built on coasts to give ships a point of reference where land was, so that they could find where they were going, and to know where they should avoid during a storm. In the comic, Megan fills this role for Cueball: she is his lighthouse to know where he can be safe. This also has a romantic notion, as Megan is lighting up the world for Cueball to find her.

Transcript

[A crowd of figures stand around in the dark. A Megan is illuminated by a beam of light.]
In a dark and confusing world,
you burn brightly
I never feel lost

Trivia

This used to be one of the footer comics featured in the bottom segment of xkcd.com.


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Bruh

bruhThe 𝗦𝗾𝗿𝘁-𝟭 talk stalk 04:22, 15 December 2020 (UTC)

bruh Beanie (talk) 12:38, 11 March 2021 (UTC)
Still better than "First" 162.158.89.124 16:50, 5 October 2021 (UTC)

why are there so many cueballs 162.158.126.146 20:51, 26 March 2021 (UTC)

probably adding to the meaning of uniqueness. Psychoticpotato (talk) 19:52, 20 May 2024 (UTC)

okokok here l4st p0st An user who has no account yet (talk) 02:22, 12 September 2023 (UTC)

think again Caliban (talk) 09:06, 8 January 2025 (UTC)
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