44: Love

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Love
This one makes me wince every time I think about it
Title text: This one makes me wince every time I think about it

Explanation

This comic is a play on a trope whereby couples obnoxiously escalate the claims of how much they love each other. Instead of continuing [[Cueball]'s escalation by saying the expected response "I love you more!" Megan stops and agrees with him: he does love her more than she loves him, which is a common, though unfortunate, situation in relationships. Typically, however, the couple never openly admits this painful truth, particularly right in the middle of a fun, loving exchange as Megan does here.

In the title text, Randall expresses his awkwardness or chagrin at the exchange he's portrayed.

Transcript

[Cueball and Megan stand facing one another.]
Cueball: I love you!
Megan: I love you!
Cueball: I love you more!
Megan: Yeah.
[Cueball and Megan stand facing one another - saying nothing.]

Trivia

  • This is the twenty-first comic originally posted to livejournal. The previous was 21: Kepler. The next was 40: Light.
  • This is the last strip drawn on graph paper.


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Discussion

This comic made me go OOF and wince. SilverMagpie (talk) 05:29, 14 December 2018 (UTC)

Now, that's epic. 172.70.98.153 22:01, 7 September 2021 (UTC)