Motion to pull.
That image was (only somewhat, given trope meaning) appropriate for the first name. Not at all now.
Becky: Who are you? The Mysterious Stranger: An angel. Huck: What's your name? The Mysterious Stranger: Satan.
Pull.
Oppression anywhere is a threat to democracy everywhere.
One just might
Pull.
If a chicken crosses the road and nobody else is around to see it, does the road move beneath the chicken instead?
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+1 to pull.
That One Guy
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Okay, pulled it. Now we can work on replacements.
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How's this?
Fro-ed Wonder
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I like that one.
We could go with a close-up of Mjolnir
◊ from Marvel.
edited 9th Jan '12 1:58:21 PM by tbarrie
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That's not really this trope. It just states one will be granted power by it, not that anyone not chosen cannot use it at all.
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Well, you can't actually wield it at all if you're not worthy, but I guess Odin left that in the fine print.
edited 9th Jan '12 2:05:26 PM by tbarrie
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Well if there is a trope for an item that grants power (and a bit more general than something like Transformation Trinket), I would wholeheartedly support it for something like that.
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I've been here for thirteen years and all I got
I like the edited image provided before, but surely someone can re-add the text so it's not so .. ameteurish-looking.
Mocked this up from the current Skin Horse storyline.
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Without the text.
I don't really understand that one, sorry. It seems like the SECOND person could be chosen, and is making the blade do something special, aka light up, even though that's not true. The issue is he doesn't look hurt. I've got another example I could dig up...
edited 9th Jan '12 2:34:10 PM by Katrika
"You fail to grasp the basic principles of mad science. Common sense would be cheating." - Narbonic
even though it was renamed, I think Sword in the Stone would work here. A few images of various people being unable to pull it out, then the last one is Arthur actually holding it.
Took me a long time to parse that. It would be improved by a small space (vertical white line) between the columns.
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Clock is set.
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Clock's up; locking for inactivity/lack of consensus. No further action is to be taken based on this thread.
This trope was named "The Sword In The Stone" before, and people just thought it was the sword of Arthurian legend. The picture didn't help. We need one that shows the worthiness requirement(s).
I have my DVD set of Magic Knight Rayearth, that might show this in a few frames. I'll go see what's there. Anyone else have their own suggestions?
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