Comic #2824: 2013-02-09
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Comic Title: "God Has a Plan for Us"
Panel 1:
- Scene: A bright yellow sun with spiky rays in a blue sky, above fluffy white clouds. Below is a small blue Earth.
- Text: "God has a plan for us."
Panel 2:
- Scene: A horizontal line connecting various symbols and objects—an arrow pointing to the right, a light bulb, a clock, and a rocket.
- Text: "Although he allows some free will, the great events of history are prefigured."
Panel 3:
- Scene: A character with a halo (an angel) and a person with a notepad. The angel stands beside a large equation chalkboard.
- Text above angel: "Toss a few +/- signs on those equations, would ya?"
- Response from the person: "Yes, sure."
Panel 4:
- Scene: The same characters, with the angel crossing their arms and the person looking thoughtful.
- Text from the angel: "If time travel is possible, but history cannot be altered dramatically, the most responsible way to time travel is to only interact with history's highlights."
- Response: "Whatever you do, don't alter anything boring. It could bring chaos to other boring things or cause your non-existence."
Panel 5:
- Scene: The angel cartoonishly looks at another character, who appears nervous.
- Text from the nervous character: "Maybe I'll just make it so you have a prosthetic nose!"
- Response from the angel: "Ha! You're weird."
Panel 6:
- Scene: The same characters, now discussing historical events over a visual of "World War 1" appearing.
- Text: "Over time, we determined God's plan by seeing what could and could not be altered."
- Response: "Looks like World War 1 was in the plan and World War 2 wasn't, so no mucking with WW1. But you can be as mischievous as you like."
Panel 7:
- Scene: Two characters plotting with an enthusiasm similar to brainstorming.
- Text: "Which led to strange consequences."
- Character 1: "I'm gonna make it so Hitler has a toothbrush mustache so my husband will shave his!"
- Character 2: "I’m gonna make it so Nazis wear cool emblems, just like movie villains."
Panel 8:
- Scene: One character reflects back on historical events, looking intrigued.
- Text: "It may sound odd that all of history's touchstones are characterized by irresponsible time travelers."
- Character says: "I got Judas Iscariot to pants Jesus for 30 pieces of silver. Beat that!"
Panel 9:
- Scene: A character with a concerned expression.
- Text: "But… well… have you READ history?"
- Response from another character: "I’m gonna make the British Empire declare war on a place called 'The Kingdom of Kandy.'"
- Character 3: "Oh how this is getting ridiculous."
This comic humorously explores the concept of time travel and the idea that altering critical historical events could lead to unforeseen consequences.