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#26: Jan 16th 2017 at 2:08:35 AM

[up][up]Shouldn't the question be reversed? What makes any of the suggestions better than the current?

If we're changing anything, it has to be an improvement. Everything suggested so far are lateral at best.

neoYTPism Since: May, 2010
#27: Jan 16th 2017 at 12:22:34 PM

Honestly, I still think the XKCD one is a further improvement than just lateral, and I've yet to see much of a case otherwise; the current relies completely on the text, the XKCD one only partially. (Ie. It wouldn't get the message across without the text, but the visuals help.)

Should we set up a crowner?

edited 16th Jan '17 12:24:03 PM by neoYTPism

eroock Since: Sep, 2012
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#29: Jan 16th 2017 at 8:49:32 PM

4 panels is too many, I think page images should "read" within a few seconds.

Becky: Who are you? The Mysterious Stranger: An angel. Huck: What's your name? The Mysterious Stranger: Satan.
ShadowHog from Earth Since: May, 2009 Relationship Status: Healthy, deeply-felt respect for this here Shotgun
#30: Jan 17th 2017 at 12:25:50 AM

Really late to responding to this, but:

For the record, it uses 4 of the 5 panels, but not all 5. Is that still problematic, or is it legit?
It's an xkcd comic. Randall's given us carte blanche use of it. Thus, it's one of those cases where the usual legal rules for how much of the work we can get away with using don't apply.

(...though whether using all five panels would be good aesthetic taste is another matter entirely.)

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neoYTPism Since: May, 2010
eroock Since: Sep, 2012
#32: Jan 17th 2017 at 10:58:28 AM

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/the_skifree_monster.jpg
I would actually like ti include the last Beat Panel where the realization sinks in.

Morgenthaler Since: Feb, 2016
#33: Jan 17th 2017 at 11:55:11 AM

[tup] 32.

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neoYTPism Since: May, 2010
#34: Jan 17th 2017 at 5:14:56 PM

Huh, didn't know others would like the beat panel.

Yeah, that works too.

Willbyr Hi (Y2K) Relationship Status: With my statistically significant other
TheUnsquished Filthy casual from Southern Limey Land (Life not ruined yet) Relationship Status: Married to the job
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#36: Jan 19th 2017 at 9:15:34 AM

32 is indeed good.

(Annoyed grunt)
AnotherDuck No, the other one. from Stockholm Since: Jul, 2012 Relationship Status: Mu
No, the other one.
neoYTPism Since: May, 2010
#38: Jan 31st 2017 at 4:28:56 AM

Bumping after 11 days... anyone else want to weigh in?

eroock Since: Sep, 2012
#39: Jan 31st 2017 at 6:42:18 AM

6 votes for 32. One more and we are good to go.

Willbyr Hi (Y2K) Relationship Status: With my statistically significant other
Hi
#40: Jan 31st 2017 at 7:04:16 AM

As long as this one's been around, let's go ahead and go with it.

Daefaroth Fnord from California Since: Jan, 2014 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
#41: Jan 31st 2017 at 12:53:41 PM

If one more make people feel better, 32[tup]

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Willbyr Hi (Y2K) Relationship Status: With my statistically significant other
Hi
#42: Jan 31st 2017 at 5:59:18 PM

32's up and the tag's adjusted; caption?

Old pic:

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/analogy_backfire.jpg
But that leaves you with nothing to do once it's dried.

AnotherDuck No, the other one. from Stockholm Since: Jul, 2012 Relationship Status: Mu
No, the other one.
#43: Feb 1st 2017 at 12:27:21 AM

Works better without, due to the panels ending in silence.

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TheUnsquished Filthy casual from Southern Limey Land (Life not ruined yet) Relationship Status: Married to the job
Filthy casual
#44: Feb 2nd 2017 at 9:54:17 AM

No caption.

(Annoyed grunt)
Willbyr Hi (Y2K) Relationship Status: With my statistically significant other
Hi
#45: Feb 2nd 2017 at 6:00:02 PM

I can live without a caption as well. Locking up.

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