I see the Awesomeness.
Superstrength I guess?
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You know, it would probably fall under JAFAAC, but taking a cue from the RL examples, a pic could be a woman holding her lower belly and grimacing, captioned "Awesome: You can be a mother. Cursed: Cramps are a bitch."
edited 23rd Sep '11 4:57:28 PM by Willbyr
The Other Troper
This is something that would need dialog to show.
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"Super strength" is enough "awesome" that I don't think we need to pull this one. Willing to consider replacement suggestions.
Rhymes with "Protracted."
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No you don't. She has super-strength. See: huge, bulging muscles. Also, the caption.
edited 24th Sep '11 12:56:27 PM by troacctid
Rhymes with "Protracted."
Yes, I'm better than you
The cover that's being used makes it look like a Hulk-esque transformation, where she gets big, violent, and dumb; especially with the title "The Savage She-Hulk" and the vacant look in She-Hulk's eyes.
Perhaps if we juxtaposed it with something that shows Shulky being a little more awesome?
That only shows she's strong, not that it's super-human strength.
That's the point I failed to make. It's hard to tell that She Hulk is even a good character.
A pocketful of saudade.
I think it's pushing it. She's transforming into a superhero, and the caption clarifies it further that there's not much ill effects.
The words above are to be read as if they are narrated by Morgan Freeman.
Yes, I'm better than you
That's the problem; it's all in the caption. The picture is non-indicative.
And let's face it, somebody who is unfamiliar with She-Hulk is going to naturally assume that her transformation works the same way as Hulk's, and thus it'd be much more of a curse and not so much awesome. Especially with that picture of Jennifer lamenting her transformation, and She-Hulk in a torn dress with a vacant, angry look on her face. Seriously, forget that you know a single thing about She-Hulk for a second, look at that pic objectively, and tell me there's anything awesome going on there.
edited 25th Sep '11 11:22:03 PM by HeartBurnKid
A pocketful of saudade.
It's not all in the caption, and the caption is technically part of the page image. Captions are not a place for jokes, it's also there to provide context and further clarifications.
edited 25th Sep '11 11:34:26 PM by Catalogue
The words above are to be read as if they are narrated by Morgan Freeman.
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I have to agree, and at that point in her history, She-Hulk *did* have more or less the same deal as her male cousin. She-Hulk was maybe a little mellower than Hulk, but was still angry, relatively dumb, uncontrollable, etc. It's only if you know She-Hulk from her later days (when she has the same personality and intelligence in either form) that the cover looks weird.
edited 26th Sep '11 9:54:45 AM by suedenim
Jet-a-Reeno!
Well, if you don't know She-Hulk some people might just see a young woman turning into a big, green monster. Kind of like Jekyll and Hyde, scientist turns into super strong killing machine. That's not exactly awesome. In fact, it drives them both to suicide. Although to be honest I'm not sure what picture would be able to come across as this without some captioning to help get the meaning across.
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"The Daily Show has to be right 100% of the time; FOX News only has to be right once." - Jon Stewart
The problem is, that while She-Hulk once may have felt to be cursed, she doesn't anymore. These days she much prefers the She-Hulk amazon form over the Jennifer Walters form. So she's not really a good example of this trope, as in the old days her transformation wasn't all that awesome, and in her current incarnation she doesn't see it as a curse at all.
edited 28th Nov '11 2:09:26 AM by Tuomas
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Hmm I want to say a Chick Magnet with an Unwanted Harem as Negi in Negima Abridged put it "Damn my Charisma" as he got mobbed by a girls dodgeball team.
I don't have an image at the moment though.
Sparkling and glittering! Jan-Ken-Pon!
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That might work.
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edited 28th Nov '11 1:49:50 PM by Raso
Sparkling and glittering! Jan-Ken-Pon!Looks like a different trope to me.
Rhymes with "Protracted."
on a horse
That's not awesome. That's annoying.
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Thing is, most guys think it would be awesome to be Chick Magnets like that. So, him finding it annoying when it happens creates that contrast between curse and awesome...
... or is that the kind of contrast that's supposed to be there for Blessed with Suck? Now I'm confused. o.o
edited 29th Nov '11 2:40:34 PM by HiddenFacedMatt
"The Daily Show has to be right 100% of the time; FOX News only has to be right once." - Jon Stewart
Except that that particular kind of female attention - at least to me - seems like it would annoy anyone. An unwilling Chick Magnet would qualify normally, but I think it's easy enough to see why he's annoyed there.
I don't see the awesome except I vaguely know who/what She Hulk is but I don't think the image really gets it across. Certainly shows the curse but it lacks any positive side effects (in the picture that is).