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| titletext = Or perhaps they knew he was there, and were just trying to torment him first.
 
| titletext = Or perhaps they knew he was there, and were just trying to torment him first.
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==Explanation==
 
==Explanation==
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[[Black Hat]] and [[Danish]] are more known for {{w|Psychopathy#Sociopathy|sociopathy}} than affection. In the first panel, they are affectionate towards each other, holding hands and using terms of endearment, i.e. {{w|danish pastry}} and {{w|pie}}. This behavior is common with couples but unexpected coming from these normally cynical characters. (However, [[433: Journal 5]] confirms that they are dating—so the surprise here is their unusually affectionate language rather than their relationship.) The entrance of [[Cueball]] and his subsequent discovery of them in this state prompts Black Hat and Danish to kill him. Their return to their more typical behavior contrasts with the first panel, presumably motivated by a desire to either dissimulate the warmer aspects of their personalities or their relationship altogether.  
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[[Black Hat]] and [[Danish]] are more known for their sociopathy than their affection. In the first panel, they are uncharacteristically affectionate.  The entrance of [[Cueball]] (or another stick figure that looks like [[Cueball]], and his observation of this state leads [[Black Hat]] and [[Danish]] to kill him and bury the evidence, so that no one knows that side of them.
  
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The title text provides the alternative hypothesis that they were planning on killing him the whole time and were intentionally acting affectionate for the mental effect it would have on their victim.
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The title text provides the alternative hypothesis that they were planning on killing him the whole time, and were intentionally acting affectionate for the mental effect it would have on their victim.
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==Transcript==
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[Man with hat and his female lover are talking and holding hands]
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Hat Man: You're my dearest darling danish.
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Hat Man's Girl: And you're my lovely cutie pie.
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Hat Man: Well, you're --
  
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[[542: Cover-Up]] provides a possible continuation of this story.
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[Another man enters]
  
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==Transcript==
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[Hat man and his female lover look at each other]
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:[Black Hat and Danish are talking and holding hands.]
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:Black Hat: You're my dearest darling danish.
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[Hat man is holding a bloody sack, while his female lover is pushing down on a shovel to make a hole for the body.]
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:Danish: And you're my lovely cutie pie.
 
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:Black Hat: Well, you're-
 
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:[Cueball enters.]
 
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:[Black Hat and Danish look at each other and let go of each others hands.]
 
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:[Black Hat holds a bloody sack, while Danish pushes down on a shovel to make a hole for what is presumably Cueball's body.]
 
  
 
==Trivia==
 
==Trivia==
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*This comic inspired the use of "Danish" to refer to [[Black Hat]]'s girlfriend on this wiki.
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This comic inspired the use of "Danish" to refer to [[Black Hat]]'s girlfriend on this Wiki.
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**It is obviously not her real name, as it was just a cake-related term of endearment. But at least one person thinks it is better than the name used before this comic.
 
  
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{{comic discussion}}
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{{Comic discussion}}
 
[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]]
 
[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]]
 
[[Category:Comics featuring Black Hat]]
 
[[Category:Comics featuring Black Hat]]
 
[[Category:Comics featuring Danish]]
 
[[Category:Comics featuring Danish]]
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[[Category:Comics with color]]
 
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[[Category:Romance]]
 
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