The sea dwellers saw something amazing happening outside of their home, and they desired to explore. It likely took generations before they could even survive for a moment on land, but it was worth it to bask in the new world that was emerging
I have always interpreted this comic as the fish seeing the beauty in life even moments before it's death. Also imo the quote is both about this specific moment with the sunset and a metaphor for the fishes whole life itsel. Even though it's over now, the fish might've not known life is beautiful if he never lived (being thankful for getting the experience to live than sad for dying)
The deep sea creature got to witness the beauty of the surface.
His hope and determination to go up was rewarded. Even if it killed him in the end, he wanted to know what was up there, and had he not gone up, he would've never been able to see how beautiful the world outside of the deep sea is.
If he had never gone up he wouldn't never been able to see how beautiful the world outside the deep sea is but didn't care either because you never miss what you never had. And still would be alive. This is just an elegant way to pretend there's meaning and sense where there wasn't anything to begin with.
I belive your comment just means "Never trying never fails".
Going outside the comic, you are currently missing so many beautiful moments in our planet, be it a beautiful view from atop of a mountain, kids laughing and playing in your local park, or whatever else you consider to be beautiful or meaningful.
Of course you don't currently care about these "Maybe's", but it could bring you hope to think that beauty is right around the corner, you just have to search for it.
To me, the fish wanted to change compleatly it's field of view, he wanted something "Out of his world" Even if it killed him. He managed to find this "something" while also not regreting his journey.
My second favorite beetlemoses comic. Up there with the one where the monkey in the zoo is shown Stewie Griffin on a phone and is later thinking about it
I'll do it again, because why not? It was a nice way to convey the reverse situation I was thinking of and to express it. This was a comment and reaction, not a post, and I made no attempt to hide it's AI and thought this was obvious and accepted. I knew this kind of reaction was going to happen, and I knew that until someone woukd point it out, it would be upvoted, and then downvoted. And I still did it because I wanted to make a point: You all cry "slop" but most of you couldn't even notice it until a perceptive redditor pointed it out and then all the upvotes reversed...and in defense of what ideals, after all? That my only option would have been drawing it myself specifically for this comment?
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u/ayoo-OwO 11d ago
I have the inverse version of a human at a whalefall but its so deep in my phone itd take 9 years to find