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| date      = January 14, 2006
 
| date      = January 14, 2006
 
| title    = Want
 
| title    = Want
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| before    = <big><big><span class="plainlinks">[https://web.archive.org/web/20060529063441/http://xkcd-drawings.livejournal.com/#:~:text=11%3A41%20pm-,Drawing%20%2D%20Want,-(2%20Comments LiveJournal title</span>]: '''Drawing - Want'''</big></big>
 
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| image    = want.jpg
 
| titletext = Well, she's pretty hot.
 
| titletext = Well, she's pretty hot.
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==Explanation==
 
==Explanation==
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This was the forty-sixth comic originally posted to [[LiveJournal]]. The previous one was [[48: Found]], and the next one was [[50: Penny Arcade]]. It was among the [[:Category:Posted on LiveJournal after xkcd.com|last eleven comics]] posted both on LiveJournal and on [https://xkcd.com xkcd.com] after the new site was launched. This comic was published on the same day across both sites, but not all of them shared the same posting day.
  
In the first three panels of this comic, [[Cueball]] is expressing what he wants, voicing poetic romantic notions towards someone. In the last panel, Cueball contradicts his previous poetic statements, as he crassly states that he also really wants to have sex with his paramour's sister.
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Cueball is making an honest profession of his feelings. This is often held up as a valuable thing in cementing a relationship. In the first three panels, he makes the kind of cliched poetic, romantic statements that would typically be expected. In the last panel, however, he undercuts all of this by crassly revealing that he also really wants to have sex with his paramour's sister.
  
In the title text he attempts to excuse his crass statement.
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In the title text, he attempts to excuse his statement by reasoning that the sister is incredibly attractive.
  
 
==Transcript==
 
==Transcript==
:[Cueball is standing talking in the same position in all four panels. Seems like he has hair in panel 2.]
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:[Cueball is standing talking in the same position in all four panels. In the second panel, Cueball seems to have hair.]
 
:Cueball: I want to be brave enough to tell you how I feel.
 
:Cueball: I want to be brave enough to tell you how I feel.
  
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==Trivia==
 
==Trivia==
*This was the 46th comic originally posted to [[LiveJournal]].
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* This comic was [[:Category:Saturday comics|released on a Saturday]]. It was released only 19 minutes before midnight at 11:41 PM.
**The previous was [[48: Found]].
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* This used to be one of the [[Footer comics|footer comics]] featured in the bottom segment of [https://xkcd.com xkcd.com].
**The next was [[50: Penny Arcade]].
 
*Original title: "Drawing - Want"
 
*There were no original [[Randall]] quote for this comic.
 
*This comic was one of the last 11 comics posted on LiveJournal.
 
**These 11 comics were [[:Category:Posted on LiveJournal after xkcd|posted both on LiveJournal and xkcd]] after the [[xkcd]] site opened on the 1st of January 2006.
 
**This comic was posted on the same day on both sites.
 
**They were not all posted on the same day though.
 
*During the start-up of xkcd four of the last 11 comics were released on days that deviated from the normal Monday, Wednesday, Friday scheme.
 
**This one was thus '''released on a Saturday'''.
 
**It was the middle part of a series of three were the release day was shifted to one day later.  
 
**This one was posted so late, 11:41 pm, that it almost became a Sunday comic.
 
**The next "Friday" comic [[52: Secret Worlds]] was also released on a Saturday.
 
  
 
{{comic discussion}}
 
{{comic discussion}}
  
[[Category:Comics posted on livejournal| 46]]
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[[Category:Posted on LiveJournal| 46]]
[[Category:Posted on LiveJournal after xkcd]]
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[[Category:Posted on LiveJournal after xkcd.com]]
 
[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]]
 
[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]]
 
[[Category:Romance]]
 
[[Category:Romance]]
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[[Category:Footer comics]] <!-- in initial footer -->
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[[Category:Your sister]]
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[[Category:Comics with lowercase text]]

Latest revision as of 12:59, 31 August 2023

Want
LiveJournal title: Drawing - Want
Well, she's pretty hot.
Title text: Well, she's pretty hot.

Explanation[edit]

This was the forty-sixth comic originally posted to LiveJournal. The previous one was 48: Found, and the next one was 50: Penny Arcade. It was among the last eleven comics posted both on LiveJournal and on xkcd.com after the new site was launched. This comic was published on the same day across both sites, but not all of them shared the same posting day.

Cueball is making an honest profession of his feelings. This is often held up as a valuable thing in cementing a relationship. In the first three panels, he makes the kind of cliched poetic, romantic statements that would typically be expected. In the last panel, however, he undercuts all of this by crassly revealing that he also really wants to have sex with his paramour's sister.

In the title text, he attempts to excuse his statement by reasoning that the sister is incredibly attractive.

Transcript[edit]

[Cueball is standing talking in the same position in all four panels. In the second panel, Cueball seems to have hair.]
Cueball: I want to be brave enough to tell you how I feel.
Cueball: I want to say "I love you" before I hang up the phone for once.
Cueball: I want to drive all night with you, listening to mix tapes, not caring where we end up.
Cueball: Oh, and I also really want to get with your sister.
Cueball: I mean, DAMN.

Trivia[edit]


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I feel as though this comic also expresses the difference between romantic and sexual attraction. 173.245.55.124 17:45, 16 July 2015 (UTC)