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==Explanation==
 
==Explanation==
In this comic, you have to do some back-and-forth reading. The man, in the last panel, is saying to the couple, in the first panel (by manners unknown) to come explore the future with him. Since the panels appear in chronological order, he is literally in the future. The couple has to reply that they can't, since they are not drawn in the last panel, a.k.a. the future. They are stuck.
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{{incomplete| If there are several different deeper interpretations we need more than just one. But this also has to go into a trivia section as well.}}
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To understand this comic you have to do some back-and-forth reading. [[Cueball]], in the last panel, is telling [[Megan]] in the first panel to come explore the future with him. Since the panels appear in chronological order, he is literally in the future. [[Megan]] replies that she can't, since she is not drawn in the last panel, a.k.a. the future. She is stuck, figuratively and literally.
  
If the comic took a different turn, and they replied "sure," they all would have to be drawn in a fourth panel.
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The title text is another pun. Cueball says the past is too "cramped"; indeed, there are twice as many people in the first panel as there are in the last panel.
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There are several different deeper interpretations of the comic, such as Cueball asking Megan to break up with Hairy. This would give Cueball's assertion that the past is too cramped another double meaning, that there was too much emotional turmoil and/or that Megan would supposedly be better off without Hairy.
  
 
==Transcript==
 
==Transcript==
:[The comic has three panels. In the first panel, a boy and a girl are holding hands. A voice bubble
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:[The comic has three panels. In the first panel, Hairy and Megan are holding hands. There is a voice bubble originating from Cueball standing in the third panel.]
:originating from a guy standing in the third panel says…]
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:Cueball: Come explore the future with me!
:Voice #1: Come explore the future with me!
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:[And Megan says something which goes to the third panel.]
:[And the girl says something which goes to the third panel.]
 
 
:[The two voice bubbles cross in the middle of the second panel.]
 
:[The two voice bubbles cross in the middle of the second panel.]
:[The voice of the girl says…]
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:[The voice of Megan says…]
:Voice #2: I can't.
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:Megan: I can't.
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Revision as of 16:48, 21 May 2014

Future
But the past was much too cramped!
Title text: But the past was much too cramped!

Explanation

Ambox notice.png This explanation may be incomplete or incorrect: If there are several different deeper interpretations we need more than just one. But this also has to go into a trivia section as well.
If you can address this issue, please edit the page! Thanks.

To understand this comic you have to do some back-and-forth reading. Cueball, in the last panel, is telling Megan in the first panel to come explore the future with him. Since the panels appear in chronological order, he is literally in the future. Megan replies that she can't, since she is not drawn in the last panel, a.k.a. the future. She is stuck, figuratively and literally.

The title text is another pun. Cueball says the past is too "cramped"; indeed, there are twice as many people in the first panel as there are in the last panel.

There are several different deeper interpretations of the comic, such as Cueball asking Megan to break up with Hairy. This would give Cueball's assertion that the past is too cramped another double meaning, that there was too much emotional turmoil and/or that Megan would supposedly be better off without Hairy.

Transcript

[The comic has three panels. In the first panel, Hairy and Megan are holding hands. There is a voice bubble originating from Cueball standing in the third panel.]
Cueball: Come explore the future with me!
[And Megan says something which goes to the third panel.]
[The two voice bubbles cross in the middle of the second panel.]
[The voice of Megan says…]
Megan: I can't.


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Discussion

I think the explanation with Megan not able becuase she could be dead wrong. It is because she is in love with Hairy. Cueball is in my oppinion just in the other side of a larg frame that has been split to make the time issue clear. The future is what Cueball wish to enter together with Megan but she do not wish to do so. I have written an alternative explanation - but will leave it to other to decide which is more true to the intent of the comic. Kynde (talk) 18:58, 30 April 2014 (UTC)

Please discuss this first before editing the explain. And try to understand the explain first. I'm doing a revert on your edit. --Dgbrt (talk) 19:52, 30 April 2014 (UTC)
WP:BOLD. I'm reverting your autorevert. You've already been warned about this in the past. At least try to understand the content of an edit before undoing it. Davidy²²[talk] 20:29, 30 April 2014 (UTC)
Please let's do discuss major edits BEFORE it's included into the explain. This one wasn't helpful. I do change AND not undo by always all my edits. And I did mention that edit here at the discussion page right before.--Dgbrt (talk) 20:45, 30 April 2014 (UTC)
Your unwillingness to read/disagreement with the content does not make his additions valueless. Davidy²²[talk] 21:25, 30 April 2014 (UTC)
Please let's do discuss major edits BEFORE it's included into the explain. --Dgbrt (talk) 19:49, 1 May 2014 (UTC)

She says "I can't" not "we can't"

Imo, this comic needs two axes of time to make sense lol. AzureArmageddon 02:26, 6 October 2023 (UTC)