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Deadlock Clock: May 27th 2018 at 11:59:00 PM
eroock Since: Sep, 2012
#1: May 6th 2018 at 1:13:31 PM

The definition for Flat "What" is: You've just been witness to something so bizarre, so eye-crossingly stupid (or possibly so mind-crushingly terrifying as to put you beyond the capacity for rational thought), that your brain no longer has the cognitive faculties to put together a more articulate response.

While current is an actual example of the trope, the panel does not convey it well. To me it looks like a Defensive "What?". The character in the front seems to roll her eyes because of the characters in the back have put her on the spot.

Replacement suggestions: Last two panels [1], crop of last panel [2]

edited 6th May '18 1:14:14 PM by eroock

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#2: May 6th 2018 at 2:15:15 PM

Opened...lateral changes for me, to be honest.

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#3: May 6th 2018 at 2:32:34 PM

How do you read current?

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#4: May 6th 2018 at 5:08:49 PM

It looks exactly like a flat "what" to me...her expression does seem a bit more like annoyance than I'd expect, but it's not so much that it takes away from getting the trope across.

Here's some others for consideration: last two panels, last panel, cropped, first panel, cropped, panels 2+3, panels 2+3, last 3 panels, first panel

edited 6th May '18 5:22:49 PM by Willbyr

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#5: May 6th 2018 at 10:07:32 PM

Current is fine.

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#7: May 29th 2018 at 7:49:38 PM

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