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− | [[Megan]] and [[Blondie]] (in her first appearance) discuss their plans for life after college | + | [[Megan]] and a young [[Blondie]] (in her first appearance) discuss their plans for life after college. |
− | When it comes to her turn to answer her own question, | + | Megan has taken the increasingly unusual choice of pursuing a career as a lighthouse operator, a path that has become increasingly less traveled as lighthouses have become ever more automated, and supplanted by other solutions. Before GPS technology, lighthouses were invaluable markers of where dangers to marine navigation, such as shallow reefs or coastal headlands, were located. Megan likes the idea of subverting the [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/GirlInTheTower trope of the helpless maid in the tower] who needs saving, by helping to save seafarers by operating a lighthouse that helps them to find their way safely back home. |
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+ | When it comes to her turn to answer her own question, the blonde can only answer that doesn't have much of a plan beyond going to {{w|Graduate school|grad school}}. Graduate school is the next level of education after {{w|undergraduate education|undergraduate work}}, where students pursue a master's or doctoral degree. The fact that she then accepts an invitation to spend her breaks at Megan's lighthouse suggests she finds this a more attractive prospect than her more conventional path. | ||
Other comics with a similar theme about finding or taking unexplored paths, instead of fitting into the mold, include [[137: Dreams]] and [[267: Choices: Part 4]]. | Other comics with a similar theme about finding or taking unexplored paths, instead of fitting into the mold, include [[137: Dreams]] and [[267: Choices: Part 4]]. | ||
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:[Megan and Blondie are talking.] | :[Megan and Blondie are talking.] | ||
:Blondie: What do you want to do when you graduate? | :Blondie: What do you want to do when you graduate? | ||
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:Megan: I want to become a lighthouse operator. | :Megan: I want to become a lighthouse operator. | ||
:Blondie: Oh? | :Blondie: Oh? | ||
:Megan: Yeah. | :Megan: Yeah. | ||
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:[Cut to scene of lighthouse with text overlaid.] | :[Cut to scene of lighthouse with text overlaid.] | ||
:Megan: Lighthouses are built on interesting pieces of coast, so I'll have an interesting place to walk and swim, and great views of all kinds of weather. I'd feel good about myself and my work every single day. | :Megan: Lighthouses are built on interesting pieces of coast, so I'll have an interesting place to walk and swim, and great views of all kinds of weather. I'd feel good about myself and my work every single day. | ||
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− | :[Cut back to | + | :Megan: I'd get to be the girl in the tower, only I'd be the one rescuing people. |
− | :Megan: I'd get to be the girl in the tower, only | ||
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:Megan: Why, what do you want to do? | :Megan: Why, what do you want to do? | ||
:Blondie: I'm going to grad school. I don't really know why. | :Blondie: I'm going to grad school. I don't really know why. | ||
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:Megan: Wanna come hang in my lighthouse over breaks? | :Megan: Wanna come hang in my lighthouse over breaks? | ||
:Blondie: ...yeah. | :Blondie: ...yeah. | ||
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{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
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[[Category:Comics featuring Megan]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Megan]] | ||
[[Category:Comics featuring Blondie]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Blondie]] | ||
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[[Category:Opening dialogue by Scott]] | [[Category:Opening dialogue by Scott]] | ||
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