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Deadlock Clock: Oct 23rd 2013 at 11:59:00 PM
ginsengaddict Not a Fragile Flower from atop Olympus Mons in a Hero Pose Since: Mar, 2010 Relationship Status: Too sexy for my shirt
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#1: Sep 5th 2013 at 9:07:11 PM

There is no image. Plenty of examples, but no image.

Since this is a character trope, it should have one, right?

Any suggestions?

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#2: Sep 5th 2013 at 10:01:00 PM

It should only have an image if there's one that we can look at and see the person being seductive and heroic. I don't think this is the kind of thing there can easily be an image for.

Rethkir A Trusted Friend in Science and Ponies from the gap between dimensions Since: Mar, 2013
#3: Sep 6th 2013 at 7:47:15 AM

[up] Agree, and this trope doesn't really have that many examples, and is in need of crosswicking or TRS. It's too small for folders.

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Larkmarn Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Hello, I love you
#4: Sep 6th 2013 at 8:29:34 AM

Personally, I had issues with the page's tropeability before it got launched (with one hat to boot), but it's definitely going to be hard to illustrate past just a picture of a seductive woman and a caption saying that she's good.

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#5: Sep 6th 2013 at 7:35:51 PM

[up] Agreed...I've a feeling this is going to be damn near impossible to pull off without being too close to JAFAAC to be worth the trouble.

RatherRandomRachel "Just as planned." from Somewhere underground. Since: Sep, 2013
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#6: Sep 7th 2013 at 10:48:03 AM

[up] One other problem is how far into NSFW will this go? I don't think there are too many examples of this one being outside of adult media.

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XFllo There is no Planet B from Planet A Since: Aug, 2012
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#7: Sep 7th 2013 at 12:46:20 PM

I remember the YKTTW. I think the trope sponsor had issues with feedback, for example when people suggested Super Tropes or Sister Tropes, and they insisted it's just a related concept.

I lean to think that it is a valid character trope, though.

I agree that it badly needs cross-wicking and that it's hard to illustrate. I can imagine clean images of seducing, but is there a way to show what her goal is? Though I know people can be very creative here, so perhaps we'll get surprised.


[down] ETA: Also for the record: When number of hats drops, it means somebody thinks that it's not launch-able (at least yet) and that it needs more work. If it happens without addressing what is wrong, then be it, but I think in this case people had good questions and suggestions. Though to be fair, I also remember that at that particular time this trope was launched, the hat system seemed a bit off. It looked like it might have been a technical thing or a troll attack.

edited 21st Oct '13 3:32:05 PM by XFllo

ginsengaddict Not a Fragile Flower from atop Olympus Mons in a Hero Pose Since: Mar, 2010 Relationship Status: Too sexy for my shirt
Not a Fragile Flower
#8: Sep 7th 2013 at 9:22:19 PM

For the record, the YKTTW had five hats at one point, but the discussion wasn't moving any further, so the OP proposed going ahead with a launch - that's when the hat number dropped.

A cartoon of the "Show Some Leg to distract the baddies while your friends steal the secret evil plans" variety might work. Does that exist?

edited 7th Sep '13 9:23:44 PM by ginsengaddict

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#9: Sep 7th 2013 at 9:56:15 PM

[up] I think one or two of the examples are to that effect, but getting pics from them could be difficult. Now, if someone wanted to make one for us, that'd be cool.

Bluecatcinema Since: Nov, 2010
#10: Sep 24th 2013 at 12:59:52 PM

Maybe a shot of Jasmine trying to seduce Jafar would work. Not too smutty, and it gets the point across.

theAdeptrogue iRidescence Since: Nov, 2011 Relationship Status: Having tea with Cthulhu
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#11: Sep 24th 2013 at 8:13:55 PM

[up]Wouldn't that rely too much on people having to recognize who Jasmine is? I'm afraid it might appear like Unholy Matrimony if so

DRCEQ Since: Oct, 2009
#12: Sep 24th 2013 at 8:18:33 PM

I have an example of the Show Some Leg variety from Ghost In The Shell Stand Alone Complex, but it wouldn't be much more than JAFAAC, since the context would need to be explained through some other way. :/

m8e from Sweden Since: Jul, 2012 Relationship Status: Wanna dance with somebody
#13: Sep 25th 2013 at 10:06:20 AM

A shot of Jasmine kissing Jafar. I think it's clearly not Unholy Matrimony.

nitrokitty Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Love is for the living, Sal
#14: Sep 25th 2013 at 11:04:02 AM

[up] Yeah, he looks surprised and she looks like she's forcing it, so it doesn't look like Unholy Matrimony to me.

rodneyAnonymous Sophisticated as Hell from empty space Since: Aug, 2010
#15: Sep 28th 2013 at 10:54:02 PM

It doesn't look like Heroic Seductress either.

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#17: Oct 20th 2013 at 2:11:01 PM

Is this trope limited to females? The first thing I thought of upon reading the title is James Bond.

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rodneyAnonymous Sophisticated as Hell from empty space Since: Aug, 2010
#18: Oct 20th 2013 at 2:23:47 PM

That is a great idea for a Spear Counterpart and definitely an example, but I think given the trope name, any image of Bond interacting with a female is going to have problems with the focus being on the wrong person.

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#19: Oct 24th 2013 at 4:30:46 AM

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