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| | | titletext = That's my hat! You took my hat! | | | titletext = That's my hat! You took my hat! |
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| | ==Explanation== | | ==Explanation== |
| | + | This comic is a direct sequel to [[374: Journal]], where [[Black Hat]] discusses his plan exactly as [[Danish]] describes it here. |
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| − | This comic is a direct sequel to [[374: Journal]], where [[Black Hat]] discusses his plan exactly as [[Danish]] describes it here, that is, he intends to display signs of interest in order to flatter a stranger only to hurt her by rejecting her when she responds. In this case, the plan ricochets when Danish recognizes his plan before he has a chance to implement it.
| + | [[Danish]] proves she is equal — or even better (worse?) — to [[Black Hat]]. Her claim that [[Black Hat]] will never see her again proves false in [[405: Journal 3]], however. |
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| − | Black Hat's tendency to act in enigmatic, and at times sociopathic, ways serves to give him a sense of superiority while at the same time keeping others distant enough that they can't hurt him. Danish not only recognizes that, she also calls him out on it. She recognizes his secret longing for connection to another, a connection that she could give should she choose to do so. Instead, she uses a more disingenuous version of his own ploy by laying bare his intentions and his desires before stripping him of his hat and confidence and herself from his life.
| + | The whole "Journal" story arc |
| | + | * [[374: Journal]] |
| | + | * [[377: Journal 2]] |
| | + | * [[405: Journal 3]] |
| | + | * [[432: Journal 4]] |
| | + | * [[433: Journal 5]] |
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| − | Danish proves she is equal to — or possibly even better than — Black Hat. His hat is an adumbration of his sociopathy and possibly a realisation that, in the completely hypothetical situation that Black Hat is just a character in a webcomic, no one would recognize him without his black hat.
| + | ==Transcript== |
| | + | [Hatguy and a girl are sitting in a train across from each other. Hatguy is writing in a journal.] |
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| | + | Hatguy: <<blush>> |
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| | + | Girl: I see what you did there. |
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| | + | [Girl stands up.] |
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| | + | Girl: You were trying to open me up so you could hurt my feelings. |
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| | + | Girl: You like to hurt people. |
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| − | The jarred Black Hat can bring his vast intellectual powers to say nothing more to an already-decamped Danish than “That’s my hat! You took my hat!”, making Danish far better at hurting others' feelings.
| + | [Girl walks closer.] |
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| − | The whole "[[:Category:Journal|Journal]]" story is:
| + | Girl: Well, I like to hurt people too. And you know what? |
| − | *[[374: Journal]]
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| − | *[[377: Journal 2]]
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| − | *[[405: Journal 3]]
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| − | *[[432: Journal 4]]
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| − | *[[433: Journal 5]]
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| − | ==Transcript==
| + | [Girl is in Hatguy's face.] |
| − | :[Black Hat and Danish are sitting in a train across from each other. Black Hat is writing in a journal.]
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| − | :Black Hat: ''blush''
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| − | :Danish: I see what you did there. | + | Girl: *whispering* I'm better at it than you. |
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| − | :[Danish stands up.] | + | Girl: I'm about to hurt you more than you could ever hurt me. |
| − | :Danish: You were trying to open me up so you could hurt my feelings.
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| − | :Danish: You like to hurt people.
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| − | :[Danish walks closer.] | + | Girl: See, I just saw right through you. |
| − | :Danish: Well, I like to hurt people too. And you know what?
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| − | :[Danish is in Black Hat's face.] | + | Girl: Alone of all the people you'll ever meet, I understand you- |
| − | :Danish: *whispering* ''I'm better at it than you.''
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| − | :Danish: I'm about to hurt you more than you could ever hurt me.
| + | [Girl hits Hatguy's hat so it falls off.] |
| − | :Danish: See, I just saw right through you.
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| − | :Danish: Alone of all the people you'll ever meet, I understand you-
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| − | :[Danish strikes Black Hat's hat so it falls off.]
| + | [Hatguy is surprised.] |
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| − | :[Black Hat is surprised.]
| + | [Girl catches Hatguy's hat and puts it on.] |
| − | :[Danish catches Black Hat's hat and self-dons it]
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| − | :Danish: -and you'll never see me again.
| + | Girl: -and you'll never see me again. |
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| − | :[Danish exits frame left.]
| + | [Girl exeunt frame left.] |
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| − | :[Black Hat sits alone on the train and puts his arms down.]
| + | [The Guy Formerly Wearing a Hat sits alone on the train.] |
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| | ==Trivia== | | ==Trivia== |
| − | * This is the first xkcd comic featuring [[Danish]]. | + | * This comic is the first comic that [[Danish]] appears in. Her name comes from [[515: No One Must Know]]. |
| − | * After this comic was posted, Black Hat would not appear in another comic until [[Journal 3]], implying Black Hat stopped his usual antics whilst trying to track down Danish and get his hat back.
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| − | * This comic used to be [https://web.archive.org/web/20220125023401/https://store.xkcd.com/products/signed-prints available as a signed print] in the xkcd store before it was [[Store|shut down]].
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| − | {{comic discussion}}
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| − | [[Category:Journal|02]]
| + | {{Comic discussion}} |
| − | [[Category:Comics sharing name|Journal]]
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| | [[Category:Comics featuring Black Hat]] | | [[Category:Comics featuring Black Hat]] |
| | [[Category:Comics featuring Danish]] | | [[Category:Comics featuring Danish]] |
| − | [[Category:Comics with xkcd store products]] | + | [[Category:Journal]] |
| − | [[Category:Comics with lowercase text]]
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