Suggestion: Yank The Dogs Chain

Uh, is it just me or I think the image of Yank the Dog's Chain doesn't portray the trope? How are we supposed to know that beforehand Charlie Brown was showing signs of getting something good before it was yanked again?

I'd like to suggest an unique way to solve this based on this strip from a League of Legends webcomic, "Tales of Valoran". The comic is this.

To portray the trope well, which might get into the territory of Self Demonstrating Article, I propose that rather than post ALL panels, for the beginning of the page, we just show the second and third panel (the first panel is just completely unnecessary). They pretty much set up that Riven (the white haired girl, the 'dog' in question of the trope) used to be suffering and then looks like she will finally get a break. Then the topic goes on like usual.

And then, in the bottom of the page, we add up just the 4th panel, see how the chain was truly yanked from Riven that the money wasn't for her, but for Yasuo (ponytail guy).

What do you think? Will ask for permission of the original artist if this idea is good to go.

edited 4th Aug '14 7:09:09 AM by ChrisX

The current isn't bad but the suggestion is better.

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Aside from the fact that pretty much everybody in the English-speaking world knows Peanuts well enough to know the football gag, what could possibly be going on in that picture besides the football being yanked away at the last minute?

Strongly oppose replacing a good, simple single image with a complicated, wordy multi-panel setup.

edited 6th Aug '14 2:41:05 PM by tbarrie

So-so on the switch; the current does at least clue in on the trope.

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Not fond of the suggestion. It seems rather wordy for little payback.

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Agree. The suggestion is too wordy, and it's not that much of an improvement.

I won't insist on the suggestion further, but there's just one thing I have to raise.

Aside from the fact that pretty much everybody in the English-speaking world knows Peanuts well enough to know the football gag, what could possibly be going on in that picture besides the football being yanked away at the last minute?

... Uuh... isn't this kinda like Fan Myopia? You can't expect everyone to know Peanuts just because they know English (Because I really don't know of it much). And besides, in what way do we know that the football was yanked at the last minute if we only have that one pic? Or how it looks like he was gaining luck before the yanking? Isn't that what Yank the Dog's Chain meant? Portray the signs of good things first before cruelly yanking it away?

edited 9th Aug '14 5:14:09 AM by ChrisX

Well, if the current is too Myopic, perhaps we can add the panel having Lucy promise she won't do it pull that ball trick again?

It would be if I were wrong.:)

Well, as I asked, what else could it plausibly be depicting?

Clock's up; locking for inactivity/lack of consensus. No action is to be taken based on this thread.