Just a Face and a Caption: Seductive Mummy

There's next to nothing to inform the reader that the girl is actually a mummy as opposed to a random attractive Egyptian girl. Alternate suggestion.

Suggestion > current for not relying on the caption to get the mummy part across.

for the OP.

OP

edited 13th Sep '17 6:52:12 PM by Synchronicity

OP

The OP is great.

Alternate suggestion: Mira Naigus from Soul Eater - Cover Art (Needs Cropping◊; Anime Screenshot 1◊; Anime Screenshot 2 (Needs Cropping)◊; Manga◊; Fan Art◊.

I don't think that's an example. Nothing seductive or fanservicey about it, just some bandages on someone who doesn't look like a corpse.

OP has the seductive bit down, and the bandages more clearly say mummy.

While it may not strictly be an example of the trope, I do believe the trope is a part of her visual theme and thought that the picture got the point across (especially the nurse ones) and was going for something from an actual work and went with the "not an example but still demonstrates the trope" rule.

Sorry, I was unclear. I was judging they looked like (which in this context means how illustrative the suggestions are), as I'm not familiar with the series. Nothing in those images suggests she's an example the way I see them.

She invokes a mummy as part of her motif, not a seductive mummy, which the OP more clearly portrays.

If I'm reading the description right, this trope is specifically about mummies who look just like regular people. So I don't think adding visual elements from the Boris Karloff-style bandage-wrapped mummy improves the image.

The problem is, by that logic any image will just end up being "Yes, it's an example, Take Our Word for It".

the original Monster Girl Encyclopedia mummy?◊

Would Menat's " " " battle " " " costume from Street Fighter V count? She's not technically undead (at least I don't think so? I haven't played the game), but her outfit is a pretty stripperiffic take on the whole "mummy" concept.

Bandages as sexy clothing like that strikes me as a different trope, something more related to Sarashi. I would put forth Neptunia's bandage scene if that was the case [1]◊

I agree, that character gives more of a Sarashi vibe than this trope just based on that pic.

We do have Bandage Babe, some of the anime examples may work better. But I agree with Another Duck, I don't get the mummy part on any of 6's suggestions. OP and 16 are the ones that get closer as they show two aspects that we associate with mummies; bandages and Egyptian woman.

Of course there's a character name Nefer-Tina from an obscure animated show named Mummies Alive! that has the advantage of having grey skin, thus emphasizing the undead part check -Deviantart.

This is from the show's wiki, check◊ (should be cropped)

edited 19th Sep '17 11:03:30 PM by Luppercus

I don't think 'Egyptian' should be a requirement, sexy seductive mummies are far more universal especially nowadays.

Nor I meant that, it's just a normally associated (not mandatory) characteristic that we often put together with the other.

Egyptian traits aren't mandatory, but they do help a bit with the connotations.

I still prefer OP, by the way.

OP for me.

Me Too!

I personally would like something not Egyptian, the trope description itself focuses way too much on it as is and if the page image is that it will just monopolize the page.

The reason for that is that there were not many cultures that practiced intentional mummification in their burial customs, and Egyptian mummies are easily the most recognizable. The rest would just make an example ambiguous.

Although there is an example of a mummy that is both recognizable and not an Egyptian: Lenin. But I doubt that there would be many people who would like an image of sexy mummy Lenin adorning the page. And while I don't doubt that there exists such an image, I have no intention of actually searching it out.

edited 20th Sep '17 9:22:03 AM by Millership

I'll just go with the OP.