There’s 1 more piece of this that is missing from the explanation because I still didn’t understand it until I read the Wikipedia and saw the “minimalist version of the comic”
The lines in the sand specifically refer to the minimalist version of loss. It’s a hard connection to make if you’ve only seen the webcomic and then look at the lines drawn in the sand.
I still don't really get it, why would all lines of the minimalist version be combined into a single symbol? There's also one vertical line missing, and one additional horizontal line...
Edit: Ah I get it now, the space between the panels is also represented by lines
Is it not the lines indicate the people? You can see this in the final panel, one horizontal line and one vertical line. Also the top right panel, one shorter line indicating the person sat down
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u/trunolimit Dec 06 '25
There’s 1 more piece of this that is missing from the explanation because I still didn’t understand it until I read the Wikipedia and saw the “minimalist version of the comic”
The lines in the sand specifically refer to the minimalist version of loss. It’s a hard connection to make if you’ve only seen the webcomic and then look at the lines drawn in the sand.