1141: Two Years - Revision history

Claire Kholin: /* Explanation */ still alive video is now private, changed link a different version, may want to change it to a video that will definatly not get taken down, but it works for now.

2025-11-26T15:00:01Z

‎Explanation: still alive video is now private, changed link a different version, may want to change it to a video that will definatly not get taken down, but it works for now.

91.199.203.11: /* Explanation */

2025-11-25T17:13:16Z

‎Explanation

162.158.137.212: Removed "because she was weak" comment

2024-07-25T03:04:21Z

Removed "because she was weak" comment

172.69.195.51: /* Transcript */ Can think of more likely "-EA" words than "-FA" ones. Could be a placename, though. Otherwise "...visit us in the mount(ains in the are)a / and (walk over to )" is one feasible answer.

2024-01-25T20:58:02Z

‎Transcript: Can think of more likely "-EA" words than "-FA" ones. Could be a placename, though. Otherwise "...visit us in the mount(ains in the <FOO> are)a / and (walk over to <BAR>)" is one feasible answer.

172.68.2.84: /* Transcript */

2024-01-25T16:34:48Z

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172.68.3.59: /* Transcript */

2024-01-25T16:34:17Z

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FaviFake: Removed part no longer relevant since she's now a defined character

2023-07-06T22:57:35Z

Removed part no longer relevant since she's now a defined character

FaviFake: added Category:Characters with hats using HotCat

2023-07-06T11:07:49Z

added Category:Characters with hats using HotCat

Jacky720: rv

2022-05-04T23:52:29Z

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Ex Kay Cee Dee at 23:52, 4 May 2022

2022-05-04T23:52:25Z

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 *Panel 7: Randall and his fiancée marry. With the chemotherapy completed, her hair has grown back enough that she has stopped using her knit cap.
 *Panel 8: The couple goes whale ({{w|humpback whales}}) watching, possibly on their {{w|honeymoon}}. In this panel, she again wears the knit cap likely because it is cold.
-*Panel 9: Randall paraphrases a line from the song "{{w|Still Alive}}" (watch the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_S0PGu-cH4 video]) from the video game ''{{w|Portal}}'' (''"I'm doing science and I'm still alive"''). He does this because his wife is again back at her laptop working.
+*Panel 9: Randall paraphrases a line from the song "{{w|Still Alive}}" (watch the [https://youtu.be/Y6ljFaKRTrI?si=G8nRr3OSUb0lqDn7 video]) from the video game ''{{w|Portal}}'' (''"I'm doing science and I'm still alive"''). He does this because his wife is again back at her laptop working.
 *Panel 10: The two of them sit under a tree reflecting on the significance of the past two years.
 *Panel 11: Randall and his wife go out to dinner to celebrate the fact that she has made it two years since her {{w|biopsy}}. This turns awkward for [[Hairy]], the waiter, since he had assumed it was an anniversary of their marriage.

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 This comic marks the second year of [[Randall Munroe]]'s wife's battle with cancer, and appears to depict actual events from those two years. Randall is depicted as [[Cueball]] and his wife as [[Megan]], as usual for both.
-This comic later became part of a [[:Category:X Years|series of comics]] directly continued in [[1928: Seven Years]] and later continued in [[2386: Ten Years]]. The first eight panels of this comic are included in the next two, although  slightly grayed out.
+This comic later became part of a [[:Category:X Years|series of comics]] directly continued in [[1928: Seven Years]] and later continued in [[2386: Ten Years]] and [[3172: Fifteen Years]]. The first eight panels of this comic are included in the next two, although  slightly grayed out.
 [[Image:two years key.png|right]]

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 *Panel 6: Someone suggests they come for a visit next year, but all they can think about are the words "next year." Their future is entirely uncertain because of her health, making long-term planning a consistent source of worry and doubt. In this panel she wears a knit cap to hide her missing hair.
 *Panel 7: Randall and his fiancée marry. With the chemotherapy completed, her hair has grown back enough that she has stopped using her knit cap.
-*Panel 8: The couple goes whale ({{w|humpback whales}}) watching, possibly on their {{w|honeymoon}}. In this panel, she again wears the knit cap either because it is cold or because she is weak.
+*Panel 8: The couple goes whale ({{w|humpback whales}}) watching, possibly on their {{w|honeymoon}}. In this panel, she again wears the knit cap likely because it is cold.
 *Panel 9: Randall paraphrases a line from the song "{{w|Still Alive}}" (watch the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_S0PGu-cH4 video]) from the video game ''{{w|Portal}}'' (''"I'm doing science and I'm still alive"''). He does this because his wife is again back at her laptop working.
 *Panel 10: The two of them sit under a tree reflecting on the significance of the past two years.

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 :[Randall and Randall's fiancée (wearing a knit cap) are listening to a Cueball-like friend. A large thought bubble is above their heads and it obscures the friends talk. The text below, split in three is the only part there can be no doubt about:]
-:Friend: So next year you should come visit us up in the mounta
+:Friend: So next year you should come visit us up in the mounta [final 'A' partly obscured, but distinctive enough to suggest the whole word as being "mountain(s)"]
-::a (it should be noted that part of an F can also be seen next to the A)
+::a [end of that line, end of word, follows obscured character best matching either an 'E' or 'F']
-::and
+::and [obscured next word starts with a upper near-vertical, similar to edge of 'V'/’W' but could match the style of 'H' or other characters]
 :Randall and Randall's fiancée (thinking): '''"Next year"'''

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 :[Randall and Randall's fiancée (wearing a knit cap) are listening to a Cueball-like friend. A large thought bubble is above their heads and it obscures the friends talk. The text below, split in three is the only part there can be no doubt about:]
 :Friend: So next year you should come visit us up in the mounta
-::a (it should be noted that part of an F can also be seen)
+::a (it should be noted that part of an F can also be seen next to the A)
 ::and
 :Randall and Randall's fiancée (thinking): '''"Next year"'''

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	The use of the asterisk in the title text for "dominated" might be a reference to the 1999 game {{w\|Unreal Tournament}} in which the game announcer voice would from time to time use the words "dominating" or "dominated" in a deep tone when a player is doing really well in the game (for example being on a multi-kill strike). Example sound [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=miS5lh9xq_g here].		The use of the asterisk in the title text for "dominated" might be a reference to the 1999 game {{w\|Unreal Tournament}} in which the game announcer voice would from time to time use the words "dominating" or "dominated" in a deep tone when a player is doing really well in the game (for example being on a multi-kill strike). Example sound [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=miS5lh9xq_g here].
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−	~~Knit caps have only been used a few times in xkcd, most prominently on [[1350:_Lorenz#Knit_Cap_Girl\|Knit Cap Girl]] in [[1350: Lorenz]], see her section for more details.~~

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