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randomtroper89 from The Fire Nation Since: Nov, 2010
#1: Dec 5th 2013 at 5:02:57 PM

I think that the trope I Don't Want to Ruin Our Friendship needs a new image. The picture from Friends does not illustrate this trope. While the characters are a well know example of this trope, anyone who is unaware of the show would not understand it.

edited 5th Dec '13 5:05:51 PM by randomtroper89

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#2: Dec 5th 2013 at 6:36:04 PM

And given that, as the caption points out, they did eventually marry, it takes a little too much thought to realize it is an example.

(Granted, the description doesn't rule such a scenario out, but the entire point is the "not happening" part.)

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#3: Dec 5th 2013 at 6:54:38 PM

Seems like Just Two Faces And A Caption, but would like to see replacement suggestions.

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Larkmarn Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Hello, I love you
#4: Dec 5th 2013 at 7:33:41 PM

I'd be down to pull even without replacement.

It's misleading especially since the "I Don't Want to Ruin Our Friendship" part of their relationship lasted about an episode, and they remained together for several seasons. Heck, the picture even has them looking like a couple.

The second panel of this QC strip shows this... but it's a bit too... direct, in my opinion.

edited 5th Dec '13 7:34:50 PM by Larkmarn

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#5: Dec 5th 2013 at 10:18:32 PM

[up] It's fine with me; cropped and at wiki size:

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#6: Dec 8th 2013 at 8:04:22 AM

5's way better than the current, which I'd be wont to pull even without replacements.

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#7: Dec 8th 2013 at 8:08:21 AM

Yeah, looks better cropped than I expected. Has my support.

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#8: Dec 8th 2013 at 8:34:12 AM

It's better but its QC so... meh, reluctant [tup].

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#9: Dec 8th 2013 at 4:55:49 PM

I like #5, but it could be cropped a bit more so that the final image (and text) is a bit bigger. The basket of whatever on the counter on the right side can go, as can the space behind Marten's head on the left.

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#10: Dec 8th 2013 at 7:44:52 PM

[up]

edited 8th Dec '13 7:45:05 PM by Willbyr

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#11: Dec 9th 2013 at 12:07:30 AM

I don't know, seems a bit like a page quote to me.

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#12: Dec 9th 2013 at 12:54:23 AM

This is basically a dialogue trope. Describe an image that wouldn't.

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#13: Dec 9th 2013 at 7:10:40 AM

[up]In that case, does it really need a page image? It feels kinda redundant

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#14: Dec 9th 2013 at 12:14:03 PM

I think the guy's body language (slumped over the counter, somewhat despondent facial expression) keeps it out of "purely text" territory.

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#15: Dec 9th 2013 at 5:23:38 PM

I don't think the picture adds anything. He could be slumped over for a number of reasons. If any image would seem like a quote I think this is better without one.

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#16: Dec 9th 2013 at 5:59:13 PM

The body language doesn't really add anything more than what he's saying, though. It's already in That Makes Me Feel Angry territory.

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#17: Dec 9th 2013 at 7:19:03 PM

[up][up] Yes, I'm sure he's going to be bright and peppy and eager to assist customers when he's fretting over possibly making things weird with a girl.

There's no effective way to illustrate this that I know of without leaning on dialogue, and I'm fine with that provided we don't use the same source for the page quote.

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#18: Dec 9th 2013 at 8:15:13 PM

Does it help that I don't think it'd be that great a page quote?

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#19: Dec 30th 2013 at 7:50:20 AM

Clock is set. Crowner between the current and 10?

edited 30th Dec '13 7:50:37 AM by Willbyr

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#20: Dec 30th 2013 at 8:11:41 AM

I suppose?

I do have to reiterate, current is meaningless without context, and actively misleading with context (since if you know enough to know that this trope applied to them (for all of three episodes), then you know enough to realize they get Happily Married for several seasons.

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randomtroper89 from The Fire Nation Since: Nov, 2010
#21: Dec 30th 2013 at 11:12:36 AM

Can I get rid of the the Friends picture.

lexicon Since: May, 2012
#22: Dec 30th 2013 at 7:17:00 PM

We need consensus before getting rid of it. I agree that the current (Friends) is bad but I don't think the suggestion (QC) is good. It wouldn't hurt, I just don't think it would help.

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#23: Dec 30th 2013 at 7:17:34 PM

Inclined to agree with [up] on this one.

edited 30th Dec '13 7:18:37 PM by Synchronicity

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#24: Dec 31st 2013 at 6:53:29 AM

I definitely agree with getting rid of the Friends pic, but I also believe that the QC pic is better than nothing at all.

Larkmarn Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Hello, I love you
#25: Dec 31st 2013 at 7:36:14 AM

[up] Agree.

QC > Nothing > Friends.

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