Poor Image (caption crowner 9/25/14): Survivor Guilt

I like "Have I earned this?", myself.

Or to be more elaborate:

"What have I done to earn this, that they didn't..."

edited 22nd Sep '14 12:37:10 PM by dRoy

None of these caption suggestions are clicking with me (there's something too "restating-the-trope" about all of them, especially 21), but I'm at a loss for a better idea.

edited 22nd Sep '14 7:41:44 PM by Willbyr

Maybe we should put up a crowner? We got a lot of suggestions.

I was thinking the same thing. Lots of choices here; I'm not quite sure which one is my favorite.

We kinda need it to be "re-stating the trope" though because without a pretty clear caption, it honestly looks more like mourning.

I half-believe that the guy who added the bad pic did so as a gambit to get us to put this one on the page.

To be quite honest, when I looked at the page and so the links to this image, I was like "Holy crap, why isn't this the page image?!"

Of course, there are legitimate reasons against that, but goddamn it, this picture is so good. XP

"The burden of living is sometimes not understanding how you escaped your comrades' fate.", perhaps? A little clunky, to be honest.

edited 23rd Sep '14 9:53:10 AM by Willbyr

Hmm, how about:

"The burden of the living is heavier than that of the dead."?

Oh, how about:

"The death of the comrades is the burden of the survivor."?

Okay, maybe too restating the trope.

edited 23rd Sep '14 10:07:19 AM by dRoy

Caption crowner's hooked.

Wow, 8 potential captions? I've never seen that much.

It seems that, as of this posting, "Have I earned this...?" seems to be the top one.

Lots of good captions.

Heh, I'm happy that people get SPR reference. XD

I've never seen that movie, but the words seem fitting regardless.

Oh. Well, it's even better, then!

The best references are the ones that also manage to stand on their own.

Also, something related to the page itself: I'm very tempted to cut that unnecessary mention of Mary Sue in there. It breaks the flow of the description, confuses anyone unfamiliar with the term, and there's honestly no important reason to bring it up. Any objections?

edited 25th Sep '14 8:32:21 PM by Elbruno

No objection here.

I thought it was more used in the other direction in relation to Mary Sues. As a cheap way to get them to angst and/or sympathy. Can go or stay; doesn't really matter.

I think it can stay, but it's a little jarring in that sentence.

So...shall we wait for more votes, or are we good?

We're definitely good. The caption's up and the tag's adjusted; locking up.

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edited 28th Sep '14 4:33:23 AM by Willbyr