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TotemicHero No longer a forum herald from the next level Since: Dec, 2009
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#1: May 3rd 2016 at 10:45:02 AM

Well, the current image has got the website the pic is from marked in the bottom corner, which is a no-no (and indicates an image possibly bound by copyright, which we can't use). So at the very least, the current one needs pulling.

As a replacement, I'd like to suggest a cropped/edited version of this image (the title screen of VideoGame.Armello), which seems to showcase the "position of authority" aspect better. But I'm open to other ideas, if they come of as even more representative of the trope. So...thoughts?

edited 3rd May '16 10:48:55 AM by TotemicHero

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#2: May 3rd 2016 at 12:51:14 PM

From mediaeval art of the Reynard cycle.

edited 3rd May '16 12:51:57 PM by Morgenthaler

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#3: May 3rd 2016 at 1:55:17 PM

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/72a01861811d96926f81d2e32d8cf67e.jpg
Not queen, not duke, not prince.

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#4: May 3rd 2016 at 6:17:42 PM

[up] Was the lion from the Wizard of Oz ever actually royalty? Cause I don't remember him being such.

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#5: May 4th 2016 at 6:26:56 AM

In the books, he was crowned the king of the forest beasts after killing a giant spider IIRC. Of course, then Ozma appeared and he became her steed/bodyguard instead.

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#6: May 4th 2016 at 6:46:46 AM

Yeah, I hit up the other wiki and it confirmed it. Still, I'd say that just showing a lion wearing a crown isn't the best illustration of the trope. The one in #2 is fairly good, I'll admit.

Anyway, since no one seems to object to pulling the current image, I'll do so later today.

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#8: May 7th 2016 at 6:33:48 AM

And here's the modified version of the Video Game.Armello title screen. (Caption to be decided later.)

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/thekingofbeasts.png
some caption text

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#9: May 7th 2016 at 9:50:24 AM

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/king_of_beasts_4.jpg
What about this crop?

edited 8th May '16 3:58:39 AM by eroock

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#10: May 7th 2016 at 10:15:30 AM

That's much better, thank you. What's the width on yours (just so we know)?

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#14: May 8th 2016 at 5:19:06 AM

9 is good.

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#15: May 8th 2016 at 3:14:29 PM

9 is good, but I think I like 2 a little more.

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#16: May 8th 2016 at 3:42:58 PM

[up] It's a good pic, but I think the clarity and sharp colors of 9 make it pop more as a page pic...2 is solid Image Links material for me.

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#17: May 9th 2016 at 5:42:16 AM

9 is pretty cool.

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#18: May 10th 2016 at 2:57:47 PM

Do you think this is enough consensus to move ahead, or we need a crowner?

Also, any ideas for the image caption? I don't want to use the old one, since it runs counter to the image source (the goal in Armello is to either kill the king or set yourself up to become the next ruler).

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#19: May 11th 2016 at 6:43:26 AM

Let's get another vote or two for 9.

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#20: May 11th 2016 at 1:34:13 PM

[tup]9

edited 11th May '16 1:34:26 PM by rafi

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#21: May 11th 2016 at 1:56:24 PM

Good enough. The new pic's up and tagged and the OP and the Cowardly Lion pics are on the Image Links page. Caption?

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#22: May 11th 2016 at 2:34:37 PM

Very minor nitpick, but the Reynard cycle pic wasn't in my OP. tongue

I'm sort of leaning towards something referencing 'I Just Can't Wait To Be King'. A couple of lines from that song include "I'm gonna be a mighty king/so enemies beware" and "I'm gonna be the mane event/like no king was before", so maybe a nod to one of those? Not necessarily the full quote in each case, of course: for example, we could do "The mane event, like no king was before".

Edit: I also updated the Image Source indexes to match the new image.

edited 11th May '16 2:39:24 PM by TotemicHero

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#23: May 15th 2016 at 8:22:27 PM

No consensus on a caption; locking up.

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