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Morgenthaler Since: Feb, 2016
#1: Sep 30th 2015 at 11:05:44 PM

Opening suggestion: from Howl's Moving Castle. Looks slightly similar to a shot on the current work page, but we could easily find an alternate poster for that.

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#4: Oct 1st 2015 at 6:44:53 AM

Hmm.

The problem with the Howl's Moving Castle images is that, while the castle is a good example of the trope, most still images of it don't really convey movement. Combined with the fact that its "legs" don't really look like legs at all, it may simply end up looking like a building with a strange support, which would be misleading.

I'm going to suggest a classic example: Baba Yaga's hut. Considering how many works it has appeared in, there's no shortage of images.

This one is from Runescape.

This one is from Dungeons & Dragons.

This one is from The Sisters Grimm. I like that it shows Baba Yaga inside the hut, though it may be too dark.

This one is from Talisman. I really like it!

Really, any could work.

edited 1st Oct '15 6:49:54 AM by WackyPancake

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#5: Oct 1st 2015 at 8:06:36 AM

One of the Baba Yaga images could work...

Though if I have a preference, the second one (Dungeons and Dragons) is my favorite out of those.

edited 1st Oct '15 8:07:35 AM by Berrenta

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#6: Oct 1st 2015 at 9:49:17 AM

I think my favorite is also the Talisman one - although the Sisters Grimm one is pretty nice too, if only because Baba Yaga's visible.

A little concerned that her example is listed under "Tabletop Games", though. Gonna move that to a Folklore folder...

edited 1st Oct '15 9:50:14 AM by ShadowHog

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#7: Oct 1st 2015 at 9:49:54 AM

Speaking of Baba Yaga, example from Scooby Doo Mystery Incorporated [1]

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#8: Oct 1st 2015 at 9:50:40 AM

[up] Legs blend in too much with the surrounding trees for my tastes.

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#9: Oct 1st 2015 at 12:03:54 PM

Re: 4: That's a fair point. I think of the suggestions in this thread I like 4.4 best so far; looks more humorous than the others.

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#10: Oct 1st 2015 at 1:27:29 PM

[up]Same here, 4.4 is funny.

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#12: Oct 1st 2015 at 8:23:12 PM

Didn't even look at the others, 4.4 FTW.

EDIT: The rest are great for an Image Links page.

edited 1st Oct '15 9:23:59 PM by Willbyr

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#14: Oct 2nd 2015 at 1:44:39 AM

[tup] for 4.4

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#15: Oct 2nd 2015 at 2:19:42 AM

All the suggestions in 4 are okay, but I think 4.4 (the Talisman one) is the most dynamic and interesting.

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#16: Oct 2nd 2015 at 9:20:33 AM

Go ahead and run with 4.4.

edited 2nd Oct '15 9:21:12 AM by Willbyr

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#17: Oct 2nd 2015 at 9:46:59 AM

It's up. Caption?

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#18: Oct 2nd 2015 at 10:11:38 AM

Probably should say something about Baba Yaga considering the house is usually associated with her and not any particular work.

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#19: Oct 2nd 2015 at 10:20:46 AM

The "hut on fowl's legs" - for when Baba Yaga's flying mortar-and-pestle just isn't weird enough for her.

(...it's a bit dry, still. Tad wordy, too. Decent starting point, at least?)

edited 2nd Oct '15 10:22:45 AM by ShadowHog

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#20: Oct 2nd 2015 at 10:38:31 AM

"An RV, Baba Yaga style"?

edited 2nd Oct '15 10:39:00 AM by WackyPancake

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#21: Oct 2nd 2015 at 11:31:47 AM

"Baba Yaga: Redefining Chicken Walker since the 1700s."

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#22: Oct 2nd 2015 at 11:46:43 AM

[up] I like that one.

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#23: Oct 2nd 2015 at 12:06:27 PM

It'd need a pothole to Literature.Baba Yaga given she's the source of the concept, but it works.

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#24: Oct 2nd 2015 at 12:28:03 PM

[up] I figured the pothole would be in the pic.

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#25: Oct 2nd 2015 at 12:32:08 PM

I actually linked it to Talisman as that was where the image apparently came from. Though that's easily alterable if necessary.

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