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eedwardgrey3 Since: Jun, 2011
#1: Dec 3rd 2012 at 10:12:33 AM

This might be used as an SFW page pic. I think the beat panel can be cut to bring it down to three panels.

rodneyAnonymous Sophisticated as Hell from empty space Since: Aug, 2010
#2: Dec 3rd 2012 at 3:35:09 PM

75% is technically only a portion, but that's a big portion. Need permission IMO.

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#3: Dec 3rd 2012 at 3:37:06 PM

It's just dialogue anyway. No illustration.

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lora20 Since: Nov, 2012
#4: Dec 3rd 2012 at 4:10:38 PM

What about this? The characters are cousins Neji and Hinata from Naruto and the picture is a panel from the manga. Apparently, those are their alternate versions where Neji lusts after Hinata acts like a pervert towards her.

They will appear like that in the upcoming movie Road To Ninja too.

edited 3rd Dec '12 4:15:10 PM by lora20

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#5: Dec 3rd 2012 at 4:13:11 PM

[up][up] Agreed.

edited 3rd Dec '12 8:25:35 PM by Willbyr

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#6: Dec 3rd 2012 at 5:32:48 PM

[up][up]I don't see "brother or sister" in there much.

You know, I think maybe the best way to show this would be with family trees. Maybe show a family tree with two branches at the end (portraits of a brother and a sister) eying each other illicitly.

edited 3rd Dec '12 5:42:39 PM by TropeEater

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lora20 Since: Nov, 2012
#7: Dec 3rd 2012 at 7:06:37 PM

Frankly, I think the cousins one is quite good. The dude looks at her like he is about to jump on her in any second. And just the looks on the other characters' faces indicate that they're freaked out about it.

edited 3rd Dec '12 7:08:47 PM by lora20

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#8: Dec 3rd 2012 at 7:19:33 PM

The issue I have with the Neji/Hinata one is that if I didn't know who they were, there's nothing to indicate incestuous attraction in the image.

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#9: Dec 3rd 2012 at 8:26:11 PM

My original post was to agree with Another Duck; I don't care for the anime pic at all.

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#10: Dec 3rd 2012 at 8:35:29 PM

Here's some ideas, of Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch from Ultimate Marvel: 1, 2, 3

edited 4th Dec '12 7:36:54 AM by Willbyr

lora20 Since: Nov, 2012
#11: Dec 4th 2012 at 12:20:48 AM

Well that's the same issue with the Neji and Hinata one. A lot of people don't know who the characters are in these Marvel comics.

nitrokitty Since: Jun, 2010
#12: Dec 4th 2012 at 1:03:45 AM

Maybe if we found two characters with similar features to make it clear they're related. Neji and Hinata do look similar, especially the eyes, but not in that picture.

edited 4th Dec '12 1:03:58 AM by nitrokitty

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#13: Dec 4th 2012 at 7:23:45 AM

My first thought about the Naruto pic was, "That's Neji, but who's the girl?" Even now when it's pointed out, I don't recognise her.

But all suggestions have the same problem. Just two people with (hopefully) some affection one or both ways, and a caption.

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#14: Dec 4th 2012 at 7:35:57 AM

The title of the trope should provide enough context to establish that the characters in the image are related...now, if we can find a pic that makes it clear without having to resort to that, that will be preferred.

edited 4th Dec '12 7:39:00 AM by Willbyr

Xeniph Cloudcuckoolander Since: Jun, 2009
#15: Dec 4th 2012 at 12:32:02 PM

Would the twins from Ouran High School Host Club work?

pic 1

pic 2

edited 4th Dec '12 12:32:24 PM by Xeniph

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#16: Dec 4th 2012 at 12:34:44 PM

Yep, that would work.

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#17: Dec 4th 2012 at 12:36:30 PM

They're already on Twincest.

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Xeniph Cloudcuckoolander Since: Jun, 2009
#18: Dec 4th 2012 at 1:44:37 PM

[up] Oh. Well...

Some other possible images:

Shmion:

[1] [2]

Found through Google. The second one looks like it might be a fanart, but a quick check in Google Image Search makes it seem not to be the case*

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The twins from Monster. The family resemblance is not that strong in this one, but I still feel it illustrates the Trope well, even if it needs to rely on text to do it: [3]

Definitely a fanart however, thankfully the image has the author's contact info on it.

If none of these are good enough, I'll try to find and screencap the infamous bath scene from the Utena movie.

On a sidenote, I didn't realize we had so many incest tropes...

edited 4th Dec '12 1:48:10 PM by Xeniph

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lora20 Since: Nov, 2012
#19: Dec 5th 2012 at 7:36:50 AM

^ the last one is good, the one with the hug.

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#20: Dec 8th 2012 at 6:26:49 AM

[up][up][tdown] The last one has the you-can't-tell-that-they're-related problem.

And I also really don't think we should do one with identical twins, not only because there's a different trope for that, but also because you can't tell that it's not Screw Yourself.

edited 8th Dec '12 6:31:39 AM by TropeEater

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coraline94 Since: Jun, 2012
#21: Dec 9th 2012 at 3:56:39 AM

^ You can tell they're related in the last one, because they look like each other. What do you want now?

"Twins don't work, the other ones don't work because you can't tell they're related, that won't work" meh, then give something better if you find it.

rodneyAnonymous Sophisticated as Hell from empty space Since: Aug, 2010
#22: Dec 9th 2012 at 12:07:15 PM

Think he means it would be better if they look similar but not identical.

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#23: Dec 9th 2012 at 3:39:05 PM

Monster is probably the best one suggested so far, but I still think we can do better.

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#24: Dec 9th 2012 at 3:45:32 PM

15 would be good if it weren't already on an image.

With 18, I think a good caption to make clear that they are related (it's already implied in the similarity) would make them good. Not easily decided on which is better.

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margibso Since: May, 2011
#25: Dec 10th 2012 at 6:06:09 PM

I'm not sure about the Neji Hinata one since cousins marrying is still a common practice in much of the world.


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