Editing 248: Hypotheticals
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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | The comic is, in short, a new take on the common comedy {{w| | + | {{Incomplete|TV tropes still do need an explain.}} |
+ | The comic is, in short, a new take on the common comedy {{w|TV Tropes|trope}} in which characters in a thought bubble will sometimes look out of the bubble and talk directly to the person thinking it, another person nearby, or even the viewer. In this comic, however, it features [[Cueball]] and [[Beret Guy]] in a conversation together, in which Beret Guy creates a hypothetical situation by imagining he had ice cream. This then, to Cueball's dismay, creates a hypothetical situation in which Beret Guy has ice cream, which he promptly begins to eat. Cueball then creates a hypothetical situation in which his hypothetical self has a knife to 'cut' out of the thought. He then gives this knife to Cueball, who supposedly will use it to cut out of his hypothetical situation. | ||
− | The title text puts the comic into context, noting the unlikely possibility — and your most likely surprised reaction — if a person in a hypothetical situation you'd involuntarily created managed to break out of it and suddenly appear in your room. Or it could be understood the other way, that a person you have forced into your hypothetical situation breaks free from it, and disappears from | + | The title text puts the comic into context, noting the unlikely possibility — and your most likely surprised reaction — if a person in a hypothetical situation you'd involuntarily created managed to break out of it and suddenly appear in your room. Or it could be understood the other way, that a person you have forced into your hypothetical situation breaks free from it, and disappears from you room. Also, it points out that the situation is in fact a hypothetical situation itself, creating some irony. |
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==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
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:Beret Guy: What if I had some ice cream? Wouldn't that be awesome? | :Beret Guy: What if I had some ice cream? Wouldn't that be awesome? | ||
− | :Cueball: No, stop- | + | :Cueball: No, stop-- |
− | + | :Beret Guy (thinking): | |
− | : | + | ::Cueball: Great, you've trapped us in a a hypothetical situation! |
− | ::Cueball: Great, you've trapped us in a hypothetical situation! | + | ::Beret Guy (holding ice cream): Mm, ice cream. |
− | ::Beret Guy: | ||
::Cueball: Maybe if I had a knife I could cut our way free... | ::Cueball: Maybe if I had a knife I could cut our way free... | ||
− | + | ::Cueball (thinking): | |
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:::Beret Guy: Mmm, ice cream! | :::Beret Guy: Mmm, ice cream! | ||
− | :::Cueball: Here, take this one. | + | :::Cueball (reaching back into previous thought bubble): Here, take this one. |
{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | ||
[[Category:Comics featuring Beret Guy]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Beret Guy]] | ||
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[[Category:Recursion]] | [[Category:Recursion]] | ||
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