Poor Image: Badass Normal

The image for Badass Normal doesn't actually depict a badass normal. It may show Batman, but it's an image of him from The Dark Knight Returns, wearing a suit of Iron Man style Powered Armour that channels the entire Gotham power grid into him and providing him with enhanced strength, speed, etc. It doesn't actually illustrate the trope.

The current seems like it's got some artifacting issues, so I'd be fine with pulling it for quality issues.

Same here.

How would you even demonstrate a lack of magic powers anyway? Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.

I'm thinking this may as well be imageless.

Using a well known Badass Normal like Batman could be acceptable. It just shouldn't be an image where he's not being a badass normal.

I agree that an image of Batman fighting [supernatural foe] could work (not sure how we could depict this trope otherwise so I can live with relying on Pop-Cultural Osmosis), but current is just composed badly on top of the presence of Powered Armor and the quality issues. Pull current.

edited 6th Jul '17 8:22:50 PM by Karxrida

Maybe I'll take a look around and see if I can find some pictures of Batman staring down Darkseid or something.

Here's one of Batman punching out Dracula◊. And another of the the two facing off◊.

edited 13th Jul '17 9:41:09 PM by AmbarSonofDeshar

The second one of those is the same as on The Batman vs. Dracula, though I'm not sure which would be considered better quality.

edited 13th Jul '17 11:00:41 PM by MorganWick

The former just makes it look like he's beating up some old guy.

We can always leave the work's page imageless.

I still think the absence of magic powers is unpicturable, but if we're to rely on Popcultural Osmosis, we probably couldn't do much better than one of the recognizable superheroes vs. the character on whom a common Halloween archetype is based.

edited 14th Jul '17 2:14:54 AM by neoYTPism

I'd be fine with it being imageless but obviously I don't get to make that call by myself.

Maybe we should look for images of Frew's Phantom (the guy who lives in the jungle in the Skull Cave) demonstrating his badassness (I think I just made up a new word) in some way.

Perhaps we could get a picture of him punching out someone obviously bigger than him, or shooting someone's gun out of their hands?

I literally have no idea who that is and I expect many others wouldn't either. In any case for this trope you'd need someone we know has no powers fighting someone we know does. Either that or we need to leave it blank.

Kind of a different take: mythological heroes? The "normal" vs "supernatural" contrast tends to be more obvious, and it doesn't fall into Non-Powered Costumed Hero.

Atalanta◊ Theseus

Otherwise, maybe something like Lara Croft punching out the supernatural?

Although the creatures depicted in these images don't exist in the real world, they aren't super-powered (or if they are, it isn't illustrated properly).

The page itself says:

edited 23rd Jul '17 7:52:56 AM by Zuxtron

For those who don't know The Phantom, perhaps one of the following will prove suitable.

http://core.collectorz.com/comics/the-phantom-frew/1568-242269

[1]◊

http://core.collectorz.com/comics/the-phantom-frew/932-144811

That last one should be good because it's obvious that the man is bigger than The Phantom but is still staggered by the punch. Also because The Phantom obviously has guns but isn't using them.

edited 26th Jul '17 9:03:02 AM by Melkior

I don't see superpowers anywhere in those suggestions. And I don't see the guns on the Phantom in the last pic.

edited 26th Jul '17 9:10:38 AM by Gosicrystal

So, I guess Batman fighting Dracula is out by default as well...?

Dracula can be considered super-powered; on the The Batman vs. Dracula page he is described as having Super-Strength and Flash Step powers among others.

How about Artemis◊ from Young Justice? The fact that she doesn't have superpowers is implied by her bow and arrow, and the keeping up with other superbeings part is implied by the array of superpowered people behind her.

Using a weapon does not automatically imply a lack of superpowers. It could be a magic bow, or she could be using it in combination with other powers to make it more effective.

I'm pretty sure the only way this trope can have an image is by using a character who's almost universally recognized as Badass Normal, like Batman, and showing him defeating a clearly super-powered character. Batman vs. Dracula above could work.

Batman facing off Venom-powered Bane◊, perhaps?

That is not the first conclusion I would draw from an illustration of a character using a bow and arrow, but sure. I'm not sure it's really worse than relying on Popcultural Osmosis. My ideal illustration for BN is an obviously "normal" character (ie. not a Nonpowered Costumed Hero) beating up an obviously superpowered foe to really drive the "normal" part home (eg. fanart of Phoenix Wright beating up Hulk◊).

I think the focus of the picture is too much on Bane and not enough on Batman in that one.

edited 27th Jul '17 11:16:23 AM by Synchronicity

I think I agree with what you're saying, but that particular suggestion doesn't illustrate the "normal" part, since it looks like he's using speech bubbles as weapons.

The only thing I agree on is to pull the current; don't think any of the alternative suggestions really work.

Regarding the suggestion in 20, we do already have a trope for team ensembles: The Team Normal.