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blackadder98 /////////// Since: Jun, 2011
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#1: Aug 14th 2011 at 8:09:03 PM

Is his dad a hustler, and he's happy because his son got a girlfriend? This image is incomprehensible to me.

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INUH Since: Jul, 2009
#2: Aug 14th 2011 at 8:11:35 PM

Motion to pull.

Reason:I have no idea what this has to do with the trope.

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#4: Aug 14th 2011 at 8:32:20 PM

Yeah... Totally don't get it.

Discar Since: Jun, 2009
#5: Aug 14th 2011 at 8:50:51 PM

The old caption was better: "Rakan hammers in the point." Would that (or no caption) make this serviceable? If not, then pull away.

But the second panel is slightly shrunk. I think slightly cropped, it could work. Lemme see if I can find the page.

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#6: Aug 14th 2011 at 8:53:30 PM

Thirding the pull. It's a valid example, but what's being shown in the pic is way too obscure to work as a page image. Rakan (big dude with the blond hair) is seeing Negi interacting with his students and (in the second panel) remembering how Negi's dad used to interact in a similar manner with the princess that, IIRC, ended up being Negi's mom.

edited 14th Aug '11 8:53:55 PM by Willbyr

INUH Since: Jul, 2009
#7: Aug 14th 2011 at 8:53:31 PM

^^Um...no? The caption's the only part that I could identify as related to the trope.

edited 14th Aug '11 8:53:39 PM by INUH

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INUH Since: Jul, 2009
#9: Aug 14th 2011 at 8:56:01 PM

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Oh, the bottom half's a flashback to his dad! I couldn't even tell at that size.

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Discar Since: Jun, 2009
#10: Aug 14th 2011 at 8:56:32 PM

Yeah, cropping won't help. Fast Eddie pulled it, here it is:

blackadder98 /////////// Since: Jun, 2011
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#11: Aug 14th 2011 at 9:16:16 PM

Is this a valid suggestion?

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Adannor from effin' belarus Since: May, 2010 Relationship Status: Buried in snow, waiting for spring
#12: Aug 15th 2011 at 1:33:56 AM

Katekyo Hitman Reborn relies on this trope heavily and may have some good images.
For example, how about a comparison of these shots of generations ten and one (after some rearranging - they aren't in the same order)?

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#13: Aug 15th 2011 at 4:20:22 AM

[up][up] I think that would rely too much on inferrence...we need something that clearly shows the father/son relationship in the pic.

blackadder98 /////////// Since: Jun, 2011
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#14: Aug 15th 2011 at 9:27:41 AM

[up]No, I think a man and a boy would easily be thought of as father and son. Maybe a caption?

edited 15th Aug '11 9:28:02 AM by blackadder98

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#15: Aug 15th 2011 at 9:32:22 AM

I don't think the father and son with AKs is a good picture—past the Unfortunate Implications—because the trope is supposed to be about identical children, or at least nearly identical. They're vaguely similar, but not enough to match the trope, in my opinion...

edited 15th Aug '11 9:32:32 AM by USAF713

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blackadder98 /////////// Since: Jun, 2011
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#16: Aug 15th 2011 at 9:45:38 AM

Maybe it should go on Lamarck Was Right?

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#17: Aug 15th 2011 at 9:51:00 AM

[up] [lol] Perfect!

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#19: Aug 15th 2011 at 11:09:44 AM

[up] Oh, man I hope that scales down well...

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#20: Aug 15th 2011 at 11:16:18 AM

This original cover might prove a better source than the one I previously linked to. That image seems to have been used as a preliminary thumbnail image for the Super Sons collection, for use by online booksellers, and mostly seems to exist as a smallish image.

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#21: Aug 15th 2011 at 11:17:51 AM

It resized okay. Click for wikisize.

Though the text does all the job indicating that there is any generation stuff going on.

edited 15th Aug '11 11:20:33 AM by Adannor

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#23: Aug 15th 2011 at 11:23:57 AM

[up][up] I like it as well. It uses text the "right way" for IP.

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blackadder98 /////////// Since: Jun, 2011
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#24: Aug 15th 2011 at 12:11:43 PM

It gets my vote.

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blackadder98 /////////// Since: Jun, 2011
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#25: Aug 15th 2011 at 6:25:11 PM

Should we wait a day for objections before we put it up?

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