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Morgenthaler Since: Feb, 2016
#1: May 23rd 2017 at 4:04:27 AM

This pic was voted down in the Image Suggestion thread. Other ideas?

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#3: May 23rd 2017 at 10:10:20 PM

Looked at the trope examples and...I vote bench IP until we can sort out the trope, probably in TRS. On one hand there's the figurative meaning (hero's thrust into the call), and on the other, there's the phrase taken literally (swallowed by a creature).

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#5: May 24th 2017 at 6:54:53 PM

It seems clear to me (from the description) that the intended meaning of the trope is the figurative one, part of The Hero's Journey. The examples involving literal creature insides should have been added to Ribcage Stomach, Swallowed Whole, or Womb Level. The suggested image would make that problem worse. It just needs an example cleanup.

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Memers Since: Aug, 2013
#6: May 24th 2017 at 7:05:56 PM

[up] Not just example, but wick and probably a rename as well. Literal happens pretty often and often a shoutout to Pinocchio and such.

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#7: May 24th 2017 at 8:33:30 PM

Okay, started up the TRS thread. For now, let's put this on the back burner.

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#8: May 24th 2017 at 9:11:17 PM

Agreed. Locking for now.

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