Hi
Opened.
Filthy casual
Doesn't do much for me.
(Annoyed grunt)
I rather want to use a still frame from this
without any context given whatsoever, much like what Toby himself was using for his Twitter avatar in October (at least, until Gigidigi gave Peridot the Toriel slippers he's currently using as an avatar)... but I've got doubts that our spoiler policy would allow it.
The Unknown
That game is so spoiler heavy that I don't think we should care about that.
I love 4, it's actually really creepy.
If a tree falls in the forest and nobody remembers it, who else will you have ice cream with?
How sweet it is
The problem with 4 is that no one without exposure to the game will know that it's actually related to Undertale and not some other work entirely.
Though I kinda prefer something from the game itself, if it cannot be done without spoilers, then we may have to leave it imageless.
edited 12th Nov '15 12:21:48 PM by Berrenta
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I mean, it's certainly a bit of a drastic departure from the art style of the rest of the game, but I don't think too many people are going to assume that the page image for a work's Nightmare Fuel page isn't actually from that work, especially if it were chosen in an IPD thread with several people familiar with the game involved in the decision process.
And, well, it's the part of that specific part of the game that gives away the twist the least, so.
edited 12th Nov '15 12:29:42 PM by ShadowHog
Moon◊
I've taken some shots of gameplay, I know they are both fairly heavy spoilers, but out of context, I don't think they'd do much. I don't actually know how to post images yet(some help there would be nice so I can share them) but the two shots are of Chara's Nightmare Face and the first encounter with an amalgamate, just before the fight(When it shifts into a weird globy thing). The captions I'd give them are respectfully "Since when were you in control?" and "Here we are."(named after the True Labs' music).
The Unknown
No caption is honestly better because no context is creepier.
If a tree falls in the forest and nobody remembers it, who else will you have ice cream with?
I'll just use my DA account to share them...
I cropped the second image a little so that it focuses a bit more on the player and the amalgamate.
So will either of these work?
edited 14th Nov '15 6:18:06 AM by PrinnyOverlord
I'd say the Amalgamate one would work better. Chara's Nightmare Face is, well... It's literally the last thing you see in one of the endings, and Chara DOES resemble Frisk so one could assume some weird spoiler-ness from that image, but the Amalgamates, without context, are just... Creepy shit.
The Unknown
10.2 looks goofy, not scary.
If a tree falls in the forest and nobody remembers it, who else will you have ice cream with?
Well I think 10.2 works considering that it's darker, ruined, and most important to me, has a thing that's not right, even as far as monsters go.
The Unknown
It's a large white blob with two smiling faces.
edited 14th Nov '15 9:24:40 AM by Karxrida
If a tree falls in the forest and nobody remembers it, who else will you have ice cream with?
I don't know about you, but those look like the faces of a murderer.
Well anyway, I got a bit busier between posts will any of these work?
http://pommyman.deviantart.com/art/Undertale-Nightmare-Fuel-idea-3-572175389?ga_submit_new=10%253A1447523638
(Textless version as well)
http://pommyman.deviantart.com/art/Undertale-Nightmare-Fuel-idea-5-572175867?ga_submit_new=10%253A1447523825
(I really do have those other two images. I'll combine them later)
http://pommyman.deviantart.com/art/Undertale-Nightmare-Fuel-idea-6-572176459?ga_submit_new=10%253A1447523961
(I'd give this one a caption of "It's scarier with the lights ON.")
How about these ones?
edited 14th Nov '15 10:00:42 AM by PrinnyOverlord
That's Dr. Title, thank you!
I think 15.1 gives the right balance of creepy and avoiding of spoilers (I don't think the idea that Flowey might get seriously damaged is really that much of a spoiler). 15.2 and 15.4 are way too spoilery in my opinion, especially 15.4 (nothing about the final bosses should be posted, even obscured like that).
Alright, thanks for the advice, but should I go for textless 15.1 or use the text?
Hi
15.1 or 15.3 work...although, to be honest, the graphics make me wonder how this would be really fitting for such a trope. Must be the lack of context.
I think anything with Flowey is honestly pretty spoilery. The best bet really is an amalgamate, 15.3 being the best, I think. They're scarier than any of Flowey's Nightmare Faces anyway.
edited 16th Nov '15 9:00:11 PM by Ryonne
See, that's why I like the faces in 4 - without prior context, it doesn't spoil anything more than "there's some freaky-looking shit in Undertale", which... well, you're on a Nightmare Fuel page, so that's not really a shocker. And if you have that prior context, then you aren't really getting spoiled, are you? You already knew what it's from.
Moon◊
Just your average nobody.
How about Faceless Flowey from the Demo's Manual?
The Unknown
Somebody in Ask The Tropers pointed out that NF is an "after-action report" that shouldn't hide spoilers since it's meant for people who've already experienced it.
If a tree falls in the forest and nobody remembers it, who else will you have ice cream with?
Well, that opens up quite a few doors, I guess.
So we can just slap the Neutral Route final boss
◊ if we really wanted to, I guess.
Image spoilers are much more sensitive than text spoilers. It is common for a troper to arrive at a page, and then decide not to read it. You can't unsee an image, though. No such thing as a page image spoiler warning. Regardless, there should never be spoilers above the example line.
That ATT conversation is about spoiler markup in example entries. Applying it to the image at the top of the page too is a hasty generalization. There are important, fundamental differences.
edited 25th Nov '15 12:58:21 PM by rodneyAnonymous
Becky: Who are you? The Mysterious Stranger: An angel. Huck: What's your name? The Mysterious Stranger: Satan.
Okay, then that's right out. Amalgamates might be too, not sure.
I still think 4 is context-lacking enough to pass. Just for reference, I ripped all the faces from the game data to a single image file
◊, roughly in the order they appeared (they weren't aligned quite this nicely, but nothing a little rearranging couldn't fix).
I rather like the second one on the third row.
Moon◊
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Nominations for replacement images:
" alt="Pomni looked at the old computer, and then screamed and closed the door (The Amazing Digital Circus) - 
Without getting too spoilery, one of Flowey's Nightmare Faces?
(http(:)//static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/your_best_friend19.png)
edited 12th Nov '15 10:08:40 AM by SebastianStan