He was trying to hurt her feelings, and leave her feeling alienated and upset. This is quite obvious from the dialogue in Journal 1, and I have no idea where you would possibly get the idea that Black Hat's original intention was anything close to seduction. 108.162.219.209 ( talk) (please sign your comments with ~~~~) Just a correction, Black Hat was not trying to seduce her. This is the third and middle part of the Journal story arc. He does this by stealing a Russian submarine (according to the alt-text) and breaking through the ice the girl and her friend are skating on. In this comic, the Black Hat guy retrieves his hat from the girl he tried (unsuccessfully) to seduce in Journal 2. Īdd a comment! ⋅ add a topic (use sparingly)! ⋅ refresh comments! Discussion Black Hat: Because if you wanted to stay lost forever, you made one mistake Black Hat: You took my hat. Black Hat: You saw through me, all right. Black Hat (out of frame): You didn't make it easy. Danish (wearing Black Hat's Hat): So, you found me after all.
Transcript Ponytail: Wait up! Danish (wearing Black Hat's Hat): Skate faster! Crack Crack Crack Rumble AWOOGA CREAK Black Hat: Hi. It is perhaps an interesting point that this comic includes the line "So, you found me after all," given that the previous comic number xkcd 404 was skipped, leading instead to an HTTP 404 Not Found error page. However, since this is (presumably) the American Senate reviewing him, it may be that he simply has stolen two submarines.
Black Hat will even be blamed for stealing the submarine in 496: Secretary: Part 3. The title text continues the theme of Black Hat's superhuman ability to troll and to avoid the consequences: If Black Hat stole a military submarine, said military is probably going to be hot on his tail, but he writes it off with: "just tell them it was always here," as if it is no big deal. She thought that he would mourn the loss of her - the only person who understands him - but he deflates her ego when claiming that he likes his hat (implicitly saying that he doesn't care for her). It may also be the possibility that Black Hat placed a tracking device of some sort on his hat. We are led to believe that this is some mistake in the covering of her tracks, but then he explains that it was simply how much he values his hat. He tells Danish that although she was able to read him brilliantly, she miscalculated one minor detail. Initially stunned, Black Hat seems to have quickly recovered and tracked Danish down, even to the ends of the earth.
She leaves, taking his hat in the process. She counteracts it by proving that she understands him, and attempts to resign him to the fact that he will never see her again, thus robbing him of the satisfaction of a proper social connection. In Journal 2, however, Danish sees through his ruse. He then proceeds to silently scorn the person once they give him any kind of reassurance. In Journal 1, Black Hat explains to Cueball that a hobby of his is to pretend to write in a journal while on the subway, acting embarrassed if anyone sees.
Title text: Oh, and, uh, if the Russian government asks, that submarine was always there.