Suggestion: Real Men Cook

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I'd suggest this image◊. It demonstrates both the cooking and the manliness very well. Art is by Lysol Jones. We'd just need his permission.

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I don't think it works. To me that looks more like a fighter with a chef motif than the ability to cook well establishing manliness.

Yeah, would be best if we have an image of a man actually cooking, making the suggestion pretty much JAFAAC.

Edit: Throwing in a potential candidate: firemen cooking

edited 11th Oct '15 7:02:51 AM by Berrenta

In the OP, the harpoon is really distracting. The firemen is a possible candidate. I'll support that pending other suggestions.

4 isn't very strong, but certainly better than nothing.

edited 11th Oct '15 11:52:29 AM by Morgenthaler

4 is not perfect but works for me.

edited 11th Oct '15 3:11:39 PM by DeisTheAlcano

The page itself very kindly gives us some images:

• Deadpool◊
• Thor◊ (Just the first panel, maybe keep the dialogue as image caption)
• Wolverine◊

edited 11th Oct '15 12:03:07 PM by dreamofwritting

Not really feeling any of the suggestions. Here's a couple more firefighter options: 1◊, 2◊

Wow, can't decide which I prefer from 8, they each illustrate the trope pretty well.

Despite all the rippling muscles, I'm not sure the suggestions in 8 say "real men" very strongly. I prefer the firemen in 4.

I don't know why a fireman cooking would strike one as "manly cooking". None of the firemen look particularly "manly" and really I don't know what's inherently manly about a fireman. It's a heroic profession, that's beyond dispute, but I don't see the manliness in just being a fireman.

I think (besides my original suggestion, which I still find valid), the Thor pic in 8 is the one that comes across best, because he's cooking and he actually looks reasonably manly.

I like the Thor pic. The fact that he's cooking different kinds of steaks gives it an edge over any of the other suggestions.

8.2 [Thor first panel].

8.2

Also going with 8.2. Just illustrates the trope better for me.

for 8.2

8.2

Yeah, I think 8.2 illustrates the trope best overall. 8.1 looks too silly to be Rated M for Manly, and while I like 8.3 too, the allignment is a bit of a problem.

Yeah, 8.2 is good.

edited 12th Oct '15 8:31:18 AM by dRoy

Let's go with 8.2.

Resized and cropped a bit:

text is difficult to read

Sanji from One piece? [1]◊

I think it works even with the hard-to-read text.

I don't think the text is necessary.

Kind of missing the "real man" part.