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Morgenthaler Since: Feb, 2016
#1: Apr 20th 2017 at 1:38:48 PM

This pic did not get enough consensus in the Image Suggestion thread. Other ideas?

BTW, it crossed my mind that Jasmine distracting Jafar might make for a better pic on Show Some Leg, which had its previous page image moved to the new trope Hitchhiker's Leg recently.

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

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#3: Apr 21st 2017 at 6:01:42 AM

The reflection isn't particularly noticeable in OP. I could support putting it on Show Some Leg.

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#4: Apr 21st 2017 at 6:16:05 AM

The OP could work if there was some tweaks that focused the eyes on the reflection in the crown. Either cut out a bunch of the distracting background imagery from the picture, or alter the picture to point out the reflection (draw a circle around it, add some garish looking arrows to the picture, or something.)

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#5: Apr 21st 2017 at 6:46:56 AM

Could fit Show Some Leg if Jafar actually looked bedazzled byJasmine.

edited 21st Apr '17 6:47:43 AM by Gosicrystal

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#6: Apr 21st 2017 at 7:41:41 AM

I think that it works well now. The reflection isn't glaringly obvious, but that's the way the trope usually plays out, and I think what page it's on will add sufficient context.

I don't think that it's at all good for Show Some Leg, mostly because, as mentioned, Jafar isn't distracted at all..

edited 21st Apr '17 7:41:54 AM by Madrugada

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Morgenthaler Since: Feb, 2016
#7: Apr 21st 2017 at 9:12:13 AM

I don't think "Jafar doesn't look bedazzled" is a valid critique regarding Show Some Leg. There's nothing in the description stating that the attempt has to necessarily be succesful. Tropes Are Flexible.

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eroock Since: Sep, 2012
#8: Apr 24th 2017 at 9:10:45 PM

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/revealing_reflection.jpg
For the unobservant viewer...

eroock Since: Sep, 2012
#9: Apr 24th 2017 at 9:50:30 PM

This could work for Show Some Leg or Kiss of Distraction.

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/distraction_aladdin.jpg
https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kiss_of_distraction.jpg

edited 26th Apr '17 3:39:32 PM by eroock

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#10: Apr 25th 2017 at 12:46:42 AM

I would rather use a single frame (1), but have a caption that calls attention to the tiara.

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Morgenthaler Since: Feb, 2016
#11: Apr 25th 2017 at 12:57:14 AM

Well, the top panel in 8 cuts out most of the dead space, increasing focus on the trope and making it clearer. I would support that one with a solid caption that emphasizes it even more.

9 works for Show Some Leg as well.

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eroock Since: Sep, 2012
#12: Apr 25th 2017 at 4:19:36 AM

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/revealing_reflection_9.jpg
A little lens flair can go a long way.

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#13: Apr 25th 2017 at 6:46:47 AM

I legit forgot about the events of the movie and seriously thought the reflection was of Jafar showing his real self (like with Meg/Ursula in The Little Mermaid). It's kind of difficult, for me at least, to tell that's just a regular reflection of Aladdin. But it is easier in 8, even though it's more frames.

edited 25th Apr '17 6:47:02 AM by WaterBlap

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#15: Apr 25th 2017 at 12:34:30 PM

^^^ [tup]

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#16: Apr 25th 2017 at 1:05:10 PM

12 works for me.

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#17: Apr 25th 2017 at 7:53:03 PM

I think 12's the best of everything so far.

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#18: Apr 26th 2017 at 4:45:21 AM

12 if anything.

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#19: Apr 26th 2017 at 8:48:07 AM

12 will do me.

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#20: Apr 27th 2017 at 4:43:20 AM

Since 12 is basically what I asked for to fix the pic (with lens flare counting as "or something") [tup] 12.

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#21: May 6th 2017 at 5:21:56 AM

This one's at the clocking point, but we've got 6 votes for 12 so we're good to go. The new pic's up and tagged; caption?

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#22: May 9th 2017 at 7:56:19 PM

No caption discussion; locking up.

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