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Deadlock Clock: Jul 22nd 2017 at 11:59:00 PM
TheBigBopper Curator of Berserk Since: Jan, 2013
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#1: Jul 1st 2017 at 10:37:10 PM

I am not sure how the image for Harem Seeker was originally chosen, but this guy in the image from Out There seems to just be talking about being The Casanova and not discussing anything related to wanting to have a harem of multiple steady romantic partners. As I understand it, a harem seeker isn't someone who wants to sleep with a lot of different people and dump them afterwards, but rather who wants multiple girlfriends, concubines, or spouses whom they can horde all to themselves, but who can expect a certain amount of continuous attention and commitment from them. More possessive than Polyamory, but more committed than The Casanova.

I'm going to propose this shot of Issei from High School Dx D declaring his ambition to become a harem king, and invite anybody else to come up with a better one.

edited 1st Jul '17 10:38:08 PM by TheBigBopper

Willbyr Hi (Y2K) Relationship Status: With my statistically significant other
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#2: Jul 2nd 2017 at 6:36:54 AM

The current is way too texty, while the text in the suggestion is barely legible. For the moment, I'm just voting to pull the current.

TheUnsquished Filthy casual from Southern Limey Land (Life not ruined yet) Relationship Status: Married to the job
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#3: Jul 2nd 2017 at 7:52:18 AM

Same.

(Annoyed grunt)
AnotherDuck No, the other one. from Stockholm Since: Jul, 2012 Relationship Status: Mu
No, the other one.
#4: Jul 2nd 2017 at 12:14:20 PM

The current doesn't even say anything about a harem. It might as well be your average Casanova or Wannabe.

Pull for being misleading.

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Willbyr Hi (Y2K) Relationship Status: With my statistically significant other
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#5: Jul 11th 2017 at 8:11:41 PM

Clock is set. Anyone else for/against pulling the current?

eroock Since: Sep, 2012
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#7: Jul 12th 2017 at 4:29:19 AM

Works as a quote but there isn't anything actually shown.

Can we pair that with something like this or an imagine spot of something similar?

TheBigBopper Curator of Berserk Since: Jan, 2013
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#8: Jul 12th 2017 at 8:24:18 PM

Yeah, I guess you're right after all: it's no good if he's just saying it. That imagine spot or image of what he wants is kind of necessary.

edited 13th Jul '17 12:34:08 PM by TheBigBopper

Willbyr Hi (Y2K) Relationship Status: With my statistically significant other
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#9: Jul 12th 2017 at 8:54:00 PM

Agreed; without that it's all tell and no show.

babil Since: Jul, 2017
#10: Jul 14th 2017 at 9:03:43 AM

Similar pic from To Love-Ru here

(even if the seeker is the girl in the story..)

edited 16th Jul '17 1:00:19 AM by babil

Willbyr Hi (Y2K) Relationship Status: With my statistically significant other
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eroock Since: Sep, 2012
#13: Jul 14th 2017 at 1:02:25 PM

If it wasn't right to left.

TheBigBopper Curator of Berserk Since: Jan, 2013
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#14: Jul 16th 2017 at 5:02:07 PM

What a pity! If the text were in bubbles instead of superimposed over the image, it would be so easy to just flip it.

eroock Since: Sep, 2012
TheBigBopper Curator of Berserk Since: Jan, 2013
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#17: Jul 18th 2017 at 10:29:55 AM

Let's keep looking, but I wouldn't mind settling for 15 if nothing else can be found. It's actually pretty good.

Millership from Kazakhstan Since: Jan, 2014
#18: Jul 18th 2017 at 10:43:20 AM

Pull the current. Don't think that any of the suggestions are an improvement.

Spiral out, keep going.
Willbyr Hi (Y2K) Relationship Status: With my statistically significant other
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#19: Jul 19th 2017 at 8:03:10 PM

Re-clocking. I kinda like 15.

AnotherDuck No, the other one. from Stockholm Since: Jul, 2012 Relationship Status: Mu
No, the other one.
#20: Jul 20th 2017 at 4:55:30 AM

I think that shows more that she likes two characters, and she's open for suggestions than actively seeking a harem, so I don't think it works as a page image.

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MorganWick (Elder Troper)
#21: Jul 21st 2017 at 12:03:36 AM

Part of the problem is that any image that isn't text-heavy or clearly an Imagine Spot would start to encroach on other tropes. For example, 7 is similar in concept to the image on Marry Them All.

Willbyr Hi (Y2K) Relationship Status: With my statistically significant other
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#22: Jul 27th 2017 at 7:32:31 PM

The clock's up and the only decision that has any real consensus is to pull the current pic, so it's gone and the page is tagged. Locking up.

Old pic:

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/OutThereRodLogic_8493.gif
You gotta admit, his logic is pretty sound.

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