Comic #2851: 2013-03-08

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Panel 1: Character 1: "Hamlet's tragic flaw is that he’s an antisocial geek." Character 2: "What?" Character 1: "Think about it."

Panel 2: Character 1: "His dad is murdered and his mom marries his uncle, and he doesn’t say anything." Character 2: "Ech… it’d be really socially awkward if I started asking questions…"

Panel 3: Character 1: "Then he only considers action when his dad comes as a ghost and insists on it." Ghost: "Wait… you were murdered by the person who profited from your death? But… why?" Ghost: "You need to leave your room more, son."

Panel 4: Character 1: "People say Hamlet starts acting crazy then, but what if he was just always that socially inept? Like, that’s just how he talks." Character 2: "I am am north-north-west; when the wind is southerly, I know a hawk from a handsaw."

Panel 5: Character 1: "He’s so antisocial, he won’t kill his uncle because it’s too awkward, but in the one part where his 'friends' show up, he kills them." Character 2: "Where’d Rosenkrantz and Guildenstern go?"

Panel 6: Character 1: "The only people he gets along with are an emotionless token and a skull." Character 1 (pointing to pictures): "Me & Horatio." Character 1 (pointing to skull): "Me & Yorick."

Panel 7: Character 1: "At the end, he’s so nonempathetic that when the guy who killed his dad puts something in his drink and his enemy wants to swordfight, he doesn’t think it’s weird." Character 2: "I could never have seen this coming."

Panel 8: Character 1: "So Hamlet's tragic flaw is being a geeky loser?" Character 2: "He lives with his parents his entire life. I thought it was obvious."

This transcription captures the dialogue from each panel accurately for accessibility.