Does Not Illustrate: Deadly Disc

The current image is Rings of Death, not this trope. Plus, it doesn't really look like a weapon in this picture.

edited 20th Jan '14 9:53:53 PM by videogmer314

And the caption doesn't help, either.

Yeah this one's a bit too Fan Myopic and it is really a ring, not a disc. Pull, suggestions for a replacement.

Wrong trope, so pull.

Agreed on the pull...unsure if it's better than Rings of Death's current pic.

I don't think so, no clear suggestion of being a ring of doom like the OP says.

What's wrong with her face? Um, yeah, that's a ring, not a disk, though the current on Rings of Death is a bit hard to see, since it's behind her and kind of hidden away.

This◊ from the examples list as possible replacement?

But those aren't discs, the guy who's shooting them is even called The Hoopster (or at least acting like some villain named The Hoopster)!

edited 21st Jan '14 6:13:27 AM by treelo

Frieza's Destructo-Disk?◊

In use (kinda) over on Hoist by His Own Petard. Is it a dupe or not? Never were very clear on their use in collages.

edited 21st Jan '14 6:43:23 AM by treelo

Side note - I moved the RL folder on this page to Rings of Death since chakrams are rings.

Saw blades, C Ds and vinyls is mentioned in the description and they have holes in the middle too. Having a hole or not isn't important for the trope.

edited 21st Jan '14 10:07:27 AM by m8e

So... where do we draw the line between discs and rings? Technically anything with a hole is a ring and yeah, I know it's a TRS thing to discuss but it'd be way easier if we delineated these things.

Does this◊ work?

Or maybe this.◊

edited 21st Jan '14 12:45:26 PM by BaconManiac5000

My personal rule of thumb would be, if the hole's radius is less than 1/3 the entire object's radius, it's more a disc than a ring. Also, whether or not you can wrap your fingers around the inner surface is a good delineator.

edited 21st Jan '14 2:13:16 PM by Willbyr

Krillin's Destructo Disk doesn't have a hole I don't think.

Besides, it's called a "disk."

If we can help it let's not have a hole in the disc we decide to use, got enough bad examples anyway. I do like 15.2.

edited 21st Jan '14 3:07:24 PM by treelo

I like 15.1 because it looks more like a disk and less like an oval.

Is really ring/disk the distincion between these tropes? I though the distinction was how they where used.

Rings of Death:

This may be inspired by a couple of real life weapons. The Chinese feng huo lun ("wind and fire wheels") are ring-shaped, but one section of the circle is padded to serve as a grip. The Indian chakram ("wheel") is more of a throwing weapon (thrown like a quoit), though sometimes the Rings Of Death can be thrown as well (often serving as impromptu boomerangs).

Deadly Disc:

edited 22nd Jan '14 8:42:42 AM by m8e

That's a question for TRS.

Well, the question is if the image illustrates the trope.

edited 22nd Jan '14 2:32:57 PM by m8e

For now, I'd assume if it has a hole of any diameter then we shouldn't use it to avoid confusion.

I second that assumption.

For now I really do fancy 15.1.

edited 22nd Jan '14 2:06:07 PM by Paktra

But from the quote above, Rings of Death actually links to Deadly Disc, so if the latter is a supertrope of the former, then technically the current does illustrate, right?