Poor Image: Tongue Tied

I assume that the mark on the character's tongue is some kind of spell, but I don't think that it alone illustrates this trope very well.

For suggestions I have the 4th and 5th panels of this comic, this comic, and the last panel of this Gunnerkrigg Court comic.

I really like the GC suggestion. The L Do F one is kinda meh overall and the XKCD one needs three panels to get the full context across.

I'm not seeing the trope in the GC example. Could someone explain it to me please? It just looks like she shouldn't talk about whatever it is, not that she can't talk about it.

edited 22nd Dec '14 9:46:25 PM by ObsidianFire

That's a fair point, but I think it counts, as I can't imagine anyone trying to figure out a way to worm around that sort of condition knowing what they'd lose if they slipped up in any way.

That is Not An Example. This is a magic spell.

'The cursed individual just becomes unable to communicate a certain piece of information, like "I'm not really a frog, I'm a transformed prince!" or "I know where the villain's hideout is!" or "I'm under a curse!" If he tries to talk about this particular subject, he may be unable to speak at all, it may all come out as gibberish, or he may be magically forced to give a cover story...' (emphasis added)

edited 22nd Dec '14 11:59:25 PM by rodneyAnonymous

So the first suggestion might work.

The first comic works, but rather than using the 4th and 5th panel, I think using the 4th and 7th gets the meaning across more clearly.

Otherwise, there is also this KH2◊ example.

edited 23rd Dec '14 6:48:20 AM by Adept

That could work. Also, I meant to say "4th and 6th". And I guess we should cut the Gunnerkrigg Court example from the page, right?

edited 23rd Dec '14 7:16:57 AM by Camberf

Clock is set.

8 works, although it should probably be flipped to read left to right.

Not bad. Here's a crop with cleaner borders.

edited 13th Jan '15 4:40:52 PM by troacctid

Works for me.

@12: Good crop.

Ugh. I hate, hate, hate when manga's flipped left to right.

I think all page images on this site should read left-to-right.

This site is in English, and there are lots of people who don't read manga and have no idea it should be read "backwards".

edited 13th Jan '15 9:59:50 PM by rodneyAnonymous

Manga images in general tend to confuse me on this site.

Usually, I start by reading left to right, like I usually would.

Then I realize, "Oh, it's from a manga. I should be reading it right to left."

Then I think, "Wait, is this the original orientation or is it flipped so it reads left to right?"

It's frustrating because the way manga images are handled on this site is inconsistent. I don't really care which way they read; I just want them to be the same every time.

That said, I'm pretty sure that if we commit to flipping all of them to read left to right, we're going to have a never-ending battle on our hands trying to get it through every new user's skull that all manga images need to be flipped. It just seems to me like it would be the harder route to take.

edited 13th Jan '15 10:52:08 PM by MrL1193

Eddie's said before that he wants them all as if they're in English, left to right.

I'm aware of that.

There's more I'd like to say on the matter, but I'm not sure this is the best place to discuss it, so I'll save it for the policies thread.

Are there other page images from manga which are still right-to-left?

Bump for votes on 12.

Crowner's hooked.

Yes. Many.

And I fear to point them out by name, lest the mods go on a witch hunt to "convert" those to mirrored versions.

This looks just about settled to me.