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Deadlock Clock: Nov 29th 2017 at 11:59:00 PM
GirlofMassDeconstruction Since: Apr, 2017 Relationship Status: Betrayed by Delilah
#1: Oct 27th 2017 at 7:23:52 AM

New trope!

Here are some suggestions:

If the Neo-Africa page dies, (see the TRS thread for discussion) we can take that picture.

Here's also one of Janelle MonĂ¡e and some picture I found on Google.

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/neo_africa.png
https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/janelle.jpg
https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/african_electronic_music_king_britt.jpg

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#2: Oct 28th 2017 at 5:47:19 AM

I think the one on Neo-Africa is better than the other two.

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#3: Oct 28th 2017 at 6:25:07 AM

As I understand, it's a Setting Trope? Then I think 1.1 would be the better choice.

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#5: Oct 28th 2017 at 12:45:36 PM

I think 1.1 is more about sci-fi in Africa than sci-fi with themes of African cultures, if that distinction makes sense.

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Synchronicity (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#6: Oct 28th 2017 at 5:46:47 PM

It's not so much a setting trope as it is an aesthetic one, I think.

Could the Black Panther cast (1, may need cropping 2) work?

edited 28th Oct '17 6:15:58 PM by Synchronicity

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#7: Oct 28th 2017 at 7:49:27 PM

[up] I really like the first one of those.[tup]

I also think it is an aesthetic trope, afrofuturistic stories aren't always in Africa.

edited 28th Oct '17 7:51:17 PM by GirlofMassDeconstruction

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#8: Oct 30th 2017 at 8:09:56 PM

[up][up] The first is good provided it looks good at wiki size.

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#9: Nov 3rd 2017 at 4:14:56 AM

I'm more of a fan of the Monae one, but I'm cool with 1. And yeah, its definitely an aesthetic/cultural trope, not a setting one.

Synchronicity (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#10: Nov 9th 2017 at 8:26:42 PM

Yeah, I had a hard time coming up with good crops for the first Black Panther cast image; there's always someone's foot or arm sticking in the shot.

Alternatively, the character posters that just came out? Something like this, although I think it's more or less lateral to the Monae one with much less color.

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#11: Nov 10th 2017 at 8:50:25 AM

i really like 1.3, the colors are cool. i vote for that one

1.1 is my second choice over the black panther pics

edited 10th Nov '17 8:51:11 AM by PistolsAtDawn

Millership from Kazakhstan Since: Jan, 2014
#12: Nov 10th 2017 at 8:53:05 AM

6.1 does fit the aesthetic [tup], not really getting "futuristic" from 6.2.

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#13: Nov 10th 2017 at 10:50:32 AM

6.1 or 1.1 seem to be the best. I'd like to see 6.1 at wiki size before "finalizing" my vote (so to speak). Tentatively voting in favor of 1.1.

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#14: Nov 10th 2017 at 12:30:57 PM

6.1 cropped and at wiki size.

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

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#16: Nov 26th 2017 at 10:40:50 AM

I guess 6.1 could work.

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#21: Nov 30th 2017 at 8:53:55 PM

The clock's up and we've got enough consensus to go with the Black Panther pic, so it's swapped in and tagged. Locking up.

Old pic:

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/picsart_11_28_103751.jpg

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