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| title = Two Years | | title = Two Years | ||
| image = two years.png | | image = two years.png | ||
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| titletext = She won the first half of all our chemo Scrabble games, but then her IV drugs started kicking in and I *dominated*. | | titletext = She won the first half of all our chemo Scrabble games, but then her IV drugs started kicking in and I *dominated*. | ||
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− | ==Explanation== | + | == Explanation == |
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− | This comic | + | 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. |
− | + | Some explanations: | |
− | + | * Panel 1: Randall's wife-to-be (at that point) receives a diagnosis over the phone as Randall sits by her side supportively. | |
− | + | * Panel 2: Undergoing IV (intravenous) {{w|chemotherapy}}. Because of the hair loss that results from chemotherapy, many patients opt to shave their heads when they undergo chemotherapy. Her hair grows back over the course of the following panels. | |
− | *Panel 1: Randall's wife-to-be (at that point) receives a diagnosis over the phone | + | * Panel 3: The two of them spending time alone together. |
− | *Panel 2: | + | * Panel 4: The couple are waiting for the results of a scan. A phone is on the middle of the table that they are waiting to ring. |
− | *Panel 3: The two of them | + | * Panel 5: More chemotherapy. The couple are playing {{w|Scrabble}}, in which players use letter tiles to spell words in a cross-word style. She uses the fact that she has cancer as leverage to get Randall to ignore the fact that the word she has played (zarg) is not a real word. |
− | *Panel 4: The couple | + | * Panel 6: Someone suggests they come for a visit next year, but all they can think about are the words "next year", indicating that they know the future is very much in doubt. |
− | *Panel 5: More chemotherapy. The couple | + | * Panel 7: They get married. |
− | *Panel 6: Someone suggests they come for a visit next year, but all they can think about are the words "next year | + | * Panel 8: The couple watching {{w|humpback whales}}. |
− | *Panel 7: | + | * Panel 9: Randall is paraphrasing a line from the song "{{w|Still Alive}}" ([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"''). |
− | *Panel 8: The couple | + | * Panel 10: The two of them sit under a tree reflecting on the significance of the past two years. |
− | *Panel 9: Randall | + | * Panel 11: Randall and his wife have dinner to celebrate the fact that she has made it two years since her {{w|biopsy}}. |
− | *Panel 10: The two of them sit under a tree reflecting on the significance of the past two years. | + | The title text is referring to a possible {{w|Chemotherapy#Neurological adverse effects|side-effect of chemotherapy drugs}}, the inability to concentrate. The emphasis through quotes on dominate may mean that one of the words he used to win was actually dominate. This 8 letter word would likely use up all or most of his letters and potentially earn a bonus. |
− | *Panel 11: Randall and his wife | ||
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− | The title text is referring to a possible {{w|Chemotherapy#Neurological adverse effects|side-effect of chemotherapy drugs}}, the inability to concentrate. | ||
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==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
− | :[Randall and Randall's fiancée | + | :[Randall and Randall's fiancée sitting on a bed. She's on the phone with a doctor (shown in inset), who is looking at a clipboard.] |
− | :Randall's fiancée: Oh | + | :Doctor: [illegible] |
+ | :Randall's fiancée: Oh God | ||
− | :[Randall and Randall's fiancée | + | :[Randall and Randall's fiancée sitting at their laptops. Randall's fiancée is hooked up to an IV pump and her head is shaved.] |
− | :IV pump: ... | + | :IV pump: ...BEEEP...BEEEP...BEEEP... |
− | :[Randall and Randall's fiancée | + | :[Randall and Randall's fiancée rowing a canoe in a lake/mountain setting. Randall's fiancée is wearing a beanie.] |
− | :[Randall and Randall's fiancée | + | :[Randall and Randall's fiancée sitting at a table staring at a phone. A clock is mounted behind them. Her head is stubbly.] |
− | :Randall's fiancée: How long can it take to read a scan!? | + | :Randall's fiancée: How long can it take to read a scan!? |
− | :[Randall and Randall's fiancée | + | :[Randall and Randall's fiancée playing scrabble. Randall's fiancée is again hooked up to an IV pump. She has longer stubbles.] |
− | :Randall: "Zarg" isn't a word. | + | :Randall: "Zarg" isn't a word. |
− | :Randall's fiancée: But | + | :Randall's fiancée: But Caaancer. |
− | :Randall: ...Ok, fine. | + | :Randall: ...Ok, fine. |
− | :[Randall and Randall's fiancée | + | :[Randall and Randall's fiancée talking to a friend. A large thought bubble is above their heads. She's wearing a beanie.] |
− | :Friend: So next year you should come visit us up in the | + | :Friend: So next year you should come visit us up in the mountain - [cut off by thought bubble] |
− | + | :Randall and Randall's fiancée: "Next year" | |
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− | :Randall and Randall's fiancée | ||
− | :[Randall and Randall's fiancée | + | :[Randall and Randall's fiancée getting married. He's wearing a bow-tie; she a white dress. A heart is above their heads. Randall's wife's hair is growing back a little.] |
− | :[Randall and Randall's wife | + | :[Randall and Randall's wife standing on the coast, watching a whale jump out of the water. She's wearing a beanie.] |
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− | :[Randall's wife is sitting at a desk | + | :[Randall standing behind Randall's wife, who is sitting at a desk using a laptop. Her hair has grown back a little more.] |
− | :Randall: | + | :Randall: Hey- |
− | :Randall: | + | :Randall: You're doing science, |
− | :Randall: | + | :Randall: And you're still alive. |
− | :Randall's wife: Yeah! | + | :Randall's wife: Yeah! |
− | :[Randall and Randall's wife | + | :[Randall and Randall's wife sitting under a tree.] |
− | :Randall: It's really only been two years? | + | :Randall: It's really only been two years? |
− | :Randall's wife: They were big years. | + | :Randall's wife: They were big years. |
− | :[Randall and Randall's wife | + | :[Randall and Randall's wife at a fancy restaurant being served. Her hair has grown back more.] |
− | :Waiter: Happy... Anniversary? | + | :Waiter: Happy... Anniversary? |
− | :Randall's wife: Biopsy-versary! | + | :Randall's wife: Biopsy-versary! |
− | :Waiter: | + | :Waiter: ...eww. |
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{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
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[[Category:Comics featuring Randall Munroe]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Randall Munroe]] | ||
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[[Category:Cancer]] | [[Category:Cancer]] | ||
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