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Morgenthaler Since: Feb, 2016
#1: Feb 16th 2017 at 1:21:18 PM

This is the old "lipstick on his collar means he's cheating" trope. I came across two instances in the Film Noir comic Fatale. Judge for yourself which is better: one where it's pointed out by the guy's colleague/best friend, and one where his wife discovers it while doing the laundry.

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lipstick_1.png
https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lipstick_2.png

edited 16th Feb '17 1:22:29 PM by Morgenthaler

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#2: Feb 17th 2017 at 4:14:59 AM

Either's fine with me...my only gripe about 1.2 is the graininess of the text.

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#3: Feb 17th 2017 at 4:40:16 AM

I prefer the first of the suggestions, but having a few more to choose from wouldn't hurt,

...if you don’t love you’re dead, and if you do, they’ll kill you for it.
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#6: Mar 3rd 2017 at 9:04:25 AM

Both suggestions are fine.

The lipstip print is more visible in 1.2, so it gets my vote, but the text really is grainy.

Would be ok with 1.1, too.

Morgenthaler Since: Feb, 2016
#7: Mar 3rd 2017 at 10:36:36 AM

Shall I set up a crowner, then?

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#8: Mar 3rd 2017 at 11:59:46 AM

Not too hyped, but either work. The mark is a little unclear in the first, and the text is kinda bad in the second.

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#10: Mar 7th 2017 at 2:52:11 AM

1.1 doesn't say anything about the mark meaning he's cheating.

Becky: Who are you? The Mysterious Stranger: An angel. Huck: What's your name? The Mysterious Stranger: Satan.
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#11: Mar 7th 2017 at 5:48:39 AM

Not in so many words, but in the context, it certainly gets the message across.

...if you don’t love you’re dead, and if you do, they’ll kill you for it.
rodneyAnonymous Sophisticated as Hell from empty space Since: Aug, 2010
#12: Mar 7th 2017 at 6:18:59 AM

Oh, you're right, I must not have been reading the text. I prefer 1.2 though.

edited 7th Mar '17 6:20:09 AM by rodneyAnonymous

Becky: Who are you? The Mysterious Stranger: An angel. Huck: What's your name? The Mysterious Stranger: Satan.
Morgenthaler Since: Feb, 2016
#13: Mar 7th 2017 at 6:59:25 AM

Here's 1.2 again with the speech bubbles re-edited to make the text less grainy.

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lipstick_2_fixed_text.png

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#14: Mar 10th 2017 at 7:36:51 PM

Votes bump; both are in the green.

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#15: Mar 12th 2017 at 6:27:51 PM

Calling this one. The new pic's up and tagged; caption?

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#16: Mar 21st 2017 at 4:22:56 AM

Wow, this should've been closed a while back.

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