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[–] usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca -1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

It feels like the punchline doesn't quite fit like it should...

I think the second panel should be leaning in for the kiss with the frog out of frame, third panel the same, a new fourth panel showing a close-up of the frog so we can retroactively piece together what happened.

[–] HowManyNimons@lemmy.world 9 points 6 months ago (1 children)

But the whole point of the gag is to subvert our expectation of what happens when a princess kisses a frog. If the frog doesn't appear until the end, then where are we going to get our expectation from?

[–] usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca -1 points 6 months ago

You still see the frog on the wall in the first and third panels, you just might not notice it's colorful so the comic has a chance to do that subversion and surprise at the end.

With the way it's structured now you aren't surprised by the ending because it's very clearly a poisonous looking frog.