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HiddenFacedMatt Avatars may be subject to change without notice. Since: Jul, 2011
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#1: Dec 28th 2011 at 3:15:10 PM

This looks it was either drawn lazily or drawn by a child. Or drawn lazily by a child.

I am not sure what to suggest for an alternative, but I would rather it have no image at all than have this for its image.

(On a sidenote, I think a better pothole for "guy who likes ponies," if we are to use any, would be Real Men Wear Pink. I like MLP:FIM as well, but there is no sense potholing to a specific work, especially when the ponies from it look nothing like real ponies.)

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#2: Dec 28th 2011 at 3:17:56 PM

As I understand it,that is the style of the comic,which in this case is Homestuck.

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#3: Dec 28th 2011 at 3:55:39 PM

Well, it shouldn't be hard to find some Megan with Pony pics. Here's one I found from a quick Google search

edited 28th Dec '11 3:56:19 PM by Servbot

KaiserMazoku Since: Apr, 2011
#4: Dec 28th 2011 at 4:08:10 PM

Support replacement pic. And I agree about the pothole, it's not gonna make sense to anyone outside the random.

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#5: Dec 28th 2011 at 4:08:47 PM

I have no problems with the current image.

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#6: Dec 28th 2011 at 4:12:48 PM

(which is this, by the way...)

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rodneyAnonymous Sophisticated as Hell from empty space Since: Aug, 2010
#7: Dec 28th 2011 at 4:30:09 PM

Poor quality means it's blurry or it has compression artifacts. That is a deliberate style.

Better suggestions are always welcome, of course. But the current image isn't bad.

edited 28th Dec '11 4:31:42 PM by rodneyAnonymous

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#8: Dec 28th 2011 at 4:33:06 PM

I do sort of like the MLP one better just because the girl is more obviously a girl, but that's a minor thing really.

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#9: Dec 28th 2011 at 4:40:58 PM

I have no problems with the current image.

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#10: Dec 28th 2011 at 5:50:13 PM

I think either picture works. In the case of the current one, it's Stylistic Suck; Homestuck periodically switches to sribbles for comedic effect.

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rodneyAnonymous Sophisticated as Hell from empty space Since: Aug, 2010
#11: Dec 28th 2011 at 6:08:55 PM

An actual improvement would be an image that communicates the expectation that girls (all girls) like ponies. Not another picture of a girl hugging a pony.

"I don't like the art style" is not a good reason to pull an image. It wouldn't matter if it is drawn by a lazy child.

edited 28th Dec '11 6:10:34 PM by rodneyAnonymous

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#12: Dec 28th 2011 at 6:15:21 PM

"I don't like the art style" is not a good reason to pull an image.
Even if the "art" style is completely ridiculous? Come on, this isn't minimalist like XKCD. This is horrid-looking garbage.

In any case, the My Little Pony one will do. And it is from a reasonably well-known source, too.

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rodneyAnonymous Sophisticated as Hell from empty space Since: Aug, 2010
#13: Dec 28th 2011 at 6:15:55 PM

Yes.

That's just, like, your opinion, man.

edited 28th Dec '11 6:17:04 PM by rodneyAnonymous

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#14: Dec 28th 2011 at 6:31:52 PM

My only problem with the current image is that I can't tell the human is a girl. That's rather significant to the trope. The pony is obviously a girl because of the bow, but I can't tell a gender at all on the human.

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rodneyAnonymous Sophisticated as Hell from empty space Since: Aug, 2010
#15: Dec 28th 2011 at 6:34:01 PM

Boys aren't usually depicted wearing that sort of Hair Decoration or bow lips. Still, another picture of a human (more clearly female or not) hugging a pony is not an improvement.

edited 28th Dec '11 6:39:13 PM by rodneyAnonymous

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DragonQuestZ The Other Troper from Somewhere in California Since: Jan, 2001
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#16: Dec 28th 2011 at 7:36:33 PM

I would say that scribbling, even for stylistic suck, should be for tropes where it makes sense.

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rodneyAnonymous Sophisticated as Hell from empty space Since: Aug, 2010
#17: Dec 28th 2011 at 7:47:04 PM

It is not Stylistic Suck. That is intentionally poor quality. It is just stylistic.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIF9KRBbAWU

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#18: Dec 28th 2011 at 7:49:35 PM

Still scribbling.

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rodneyAnonymous Sophisticated as Hell from empty space Since: Aug, 2010
#19: Dec 28th 2011 at 7:51:55 PM

I have heard Guernica described as scribbling.

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#20: Dec 28th 2011 at 8:18:49 PM

Well I honestly never knew of the word "Guernica" before. I'm looking it up.

EDIT: I was referring to the trope picture, and I don't see that word meaning an art style.

edited 28th Dec '11 8:20:21 PM by DragonQuestZ

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rodneyAnonymous Sophisticated as Hell from empty space Since: Aug, 2010
#21: Dec 28th 2011 at 8:21:24 PM

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guernica_%28painting%29

Rephrase:

"Still scribbling."

No it's not.

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#22: Dec 28th 2011 at 8:37:10 PM

I'm unable to tell that the human has hair decoration even now that you mention it. Five minutes of staring have kind of figured out that the mouth has lips but I'm not sure I'd call them bow lips. They look more like fangs to me.

edited 28th Dec '11 8:37:49 PM by shimaspawn

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Bookyangel2438 from New York City Since: Jul, 2011
#23: Dec 28th 2011 at 8:38:23 PM

Like others have said, it's more stylistic choice than "just scribbles". smile

I'm fine with the current image. smile

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KaiserMazoku Since: Apr, 2011
#24: Dec 28th 2011 at 8:56:43 PM

I went ahead and changed the pothole

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#25: Dec 28th 2011 at 9:00:04 PM

It may be a stylistic choice, but it's a stylistic choice that makes the trope harder to see in the image. That's the issue.

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