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| date = October 19, 2005 | | date = October 19, 2005 | ||
| title = Love | | title = Love | ||
| + | | ognumber = 21 | ||
| + | | ogtitle = Wednesday's Drawing | ||
| + | | oglink = https://web.archive.org/web/20060529063505/http://xkcd-drawings.livejournal.com/?skip=20#:~:text=1%3A07%20pm-,Wednesday%27s%20Drawing,-(2%20Comments | ||
| + | | ogprev = 21 | ||
| + | | ognext = 40 | ||
| image = love.jpg | | image = love.jpg | ||
| titletext = This one makes me wince every time I think about it | | titletext = This one makes me wince every time I think about it | ||
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| + | This was the twenty-first comic [[LiveJournal|originally posted to LiveJournal]]. The previous one was [[21: Kepler]], and the next one was [[40: Light]]. | ||
==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
| − | This comic expresses how | + | This comic expresses the view of a love that is unbalanced and unequal. And how one form of love can be painful when closely examined. It is customary for people in a romantic relationship, when one makes a declaration of love or affection, for the other to make a matching declaration. However, instead of continuing [[Cueball]]'s escalation by saying the expected response "I love you ''more''!", [[Megan]] stops and agrees with him: he does in fact love her more than she loves him. This leads to an uncomfortable dynamic in the relationship, and the final frame shows the couple awkwardly standing in silence. |
| − | + | In the title text, [[Randall]] expresses how this comic is shockingly stark in its portrayal of love. | |
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| − | In the title text, [[Randall]] expresses how this comic is shockingly stark in its portrayal | ||
==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
:[Cueball and Megan stand facing one another.] | :[Cueball and Megan stand facing one another.] | ||
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:Cueball: I love you! | :Cueball: I love you! | ||
:Megan: I love you! | :Megan: I love you! | ||
| − | :[ | + | :[Same scene as before.] |
:Cueball: I love you more! | :Cueball: I love you more! | ||
:Megan: Yeah. | :Megan: Yeah. | ||
| − | :[ | + | :[Beat panel.] |
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
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| + | EDITORS: THIS IS NOT THE LAST COMIC TO BE DRAWN ON CHECKERED PAPER. The last was [[36]]. Please see [[Category:Checkered paper]] and [[LiveJournal]] for details. | ||
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| − | [[Category: | + | [[Category:Posted on LiveJournal| 21]] |
| − | [[Category:First day on xkcd]] | + | [[Category:First day on xkcd.com]] |
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[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | ||
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Latest revision as of 15:14, 25 April 2025
| Love |
| Original title: Wednesday's Drawing |
 Title text: This one makes me wince every time I think about it |
This was the twenty-first comic originally posted to LiveJournal. The previous one was 21: Kepler, and the next one was 40: Light.
Explanation[edit]
This comic expresses the view of a love that is unbalanced and unequal. And how one form of love can be painful when closely examined. It is customary for people in a romantic relationship, when one makes a declaration of love or affection, for the other to make a matching declaration. However, instead of continuing Cueball's escalation by saying the expected response "I love you more!", Megan stops and agrees with him: he does in fact love her more than she loves him. This leads to an uncomfortable dynamic in the relationship, and the final frame shows the couple awkwardly standing in silence.
In the title text, Randall expresses how this comic is shockingly stark in its portrayal of love.
Transcript[edit]
- [Cueball and Megan stand facing one another.]
- Cueball: I love you!
- Megan: I love you!
- [Same scene as before.]
- Cueball: I love you more!
- Megan: Yeah.
- [Beat panel.]
Trivia[edit]
This used to be one of the footer comics featured in the bottom segment of xkcd.com.
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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)
Pretty sure this comic has the longest break in between the next post-10/19/2005 jumps to 01/04/2006. 42.book.addictTalk to me! 20:39, 27 December 2024 (UTC)
- Not really, the following comic was only posted 2 days later (40: Light). You can learn more about the LiveJournal chaos here. :) --FaviFake (talk) 09:40, 12 January 2025 (UTC)
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