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Spark9 Gentleman Troper! from Castle Wulfenbach Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Pining for the fjords
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#1: Nov 2nd 2014 at 4:01:59 PM

The image on Self-Made Orphan doesn't add anything: the caption and text bubble do all the work. Also, it's not an example as the girl in the picture kills her father but not her mother, meaning she's not in fact an orphan.

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SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#2: Nov 2nd 2014 at 11:39:30 PM

Opened.

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lexicon Since: May, 2012
#3: Nov 3rd 2014 at 12:01:05 AM

I'm not sure if the character has to kill both parents for this to count but yes, the image is just a face and a speech bubble. There's not even a weapon to be seen.

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#4: Nov 3rd 2014 at 9:00:41 AM

Not crazy about that one.

eedwardgrey3 Since: Jun, 2011
#5: Nov 11th 2014 at 9:58:45 PM

Houw about this one of Stewie (dreaming about) killing Lois?

lexicon Since: May, 2012
#6: Nov 11th 2014 at 10:05:31 PM

I don't see killing in any of those pictures. What are you referring to?

videogmer314 from that one place Since: Dec, 2009 Relationship Status: Yes, I'm alone, but I'm alone and free
#7: Nov 11th 2014 at 10:10:20 PM

[up] Try this link.

As for the suggestion itself, it just looks like he's dreaming about killing a random person. I would like some indication that the victim is the attacker's parent.

Memers Since: Aug, 2013
#8: Nov 11th 2014 at 11:41:15 PM

All I see in those links is ads.

Leaper Since: May, 2009
#9: Nov 12th 2014 at 3:29:55 AM

FWIW, the example listing of the current clarifies that the girl (as I thought I recalled) framed her mother for her father's murder, resulting in the mother's execution, so she did take out both parents.

Still, it's pretty weak for already mentioned reasons.

theAdeptrogue iRidescence Since: Nov, 2011 Relationship Status: Having tea with Cthulhu
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#10: Nov 12th 2014 at 1:30:30 PM

Stewie dreaming about killing Lois is already on Antagonistic Offspring.

rafi Since: Jun, 2014
#11: Nov 14th 2014 at 4:28:15 AM

Itachi killing his parents.

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lexicon Since: May, 2012
#12: Nov 14th 2014 at 9:31:00 AM

That would actually work really well.

SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#13: Nov 14th 2014 at 10:38:37 AM

These are his parents?

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ObsidianFire Since: May, 2014 Relationship Status: Not caught up in your love affair
theAdeptRogue iRidescence Since: Nov, 2011 Relationship Status: Having tea with Cthulhu
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#15: Nov 15th 2014 at 1:57:34 AM

Probably needs a caption to clarify that, since it's not so obvious

rafi Since: Jun, 2014
#16: Nov 15th 2014 at 3:35:10 AM

or a collage with this photo family [1]

Rethkir A Trusted Friend in Science and Ponies from the gap between dimensions Since: Mar, 2013
#17: Nov 15th 2014 at 1:14:18 PM

That's really not necessary. This isn't really open for misinterpretation.

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lexicon Since: May, 2012
#18: Nov 22nd 2014 at 11:45:04 AM

In 11 they look like him, especially the mother.

XFllo There is no Planet B from Planet A Since: Aug, 2012
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#20: Nov 23rd 2014 at 12:58:31 AM

11 is not too bad, but I'm not opposed to the idea of collage. They don't look like his parents — at least to me. For all I know, they could be his random victims.

edited 23rd Nov '14 12:58:46 AM by XFllo

theAdeptRogue iRidescence Since: Nov, 2011 Relationship Status: Having tea with Cthulhu
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#21: Nov 23rd 2014 at 3:49:55 AM

The tendency of Only Six Faces style in doesn't really help, either, though I'd prefer a caption rather than a collage.

MrL1193 Since: Apr, 2013
#22: Nov 23rd 2014 at 4:00:52 AM

I'm not seeing any indication of a familial tie in 11. (It doesn't help that the lower part of the attacker's face is covered—not that I see a strong family resemblance in the other picture of them anyway.)

PacificGreen Since: Sep, 2014
#23: Nov 23rd 2014 at 6:01:00 PM

Given the trope name, I think people will be able to draw the conclusion that those are supposed to be his parents.

MrL1193 Since: Apr, 2013
#24: Nov 23rd 2014 at 6:14:51 PM

By that logic, it doesn't matter if we even use an image that's an actual example, as long as the victims look somewhat like a mother and father. And it's not even like it's a very hard thing to show—all we have to do is find an image where the attacker is a child, and the implication will be made clear.

edited 23rd Nov '14 6:15:15 PM by MrL1193

lexicon Since: May, 2012
#25: Nov 24th 2014 at 12:33:01 AM

I'd also prefer a caption rather than a collage.


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