NSFW/Image Macro: Deadly Environment Prison

Watermark is visible. Image is also really dark and difficult to make out.

That's a bug, not a watermark. That being said, I'm not sure how illustrative the image is.

Maybe the Boiling Rock from Avatar: The Last Airbender? (Here's the source◊ if anyone wants to try a different crop)

I don't feel the current is illustrative. I'm also unsure about, though I do prefer it over the current (in terms of how well it represents Deadly Environment Prison).

Current is unclear, 3 is marginally better, but still a bit unclear about the prison part.

Edited by petersohn on Nov 20th 2022 at 8:10:17 PM

Ming-Hua's cell from The Legend of Korra?

Edited by Synchronicity on Nov 21st 2022 at 10:08:52 AM

That's pretty good.

First, it's too dark. Second, I'm not sure if it illustrates the trope. the trope is about a prison that doesn't need to be securely guarded because the environment prevents inmates from escaping. This image shows a cage over a volcano instead.

It's a plot point that it's not that securely guarded, because anyone would have a hard time escaping a cage over a volcano.

6 looks more like a Tailor-Made Prison to me.

Edited by Morgenthaler on Nov 21st 2022 at 9:31:49 AM

That looks like something out of a pedestrian's nightmares.

Here's a few ones from the Citadel Prison located on Lola Sayu, in Star Wars: The Clone Wars. For context, the planet itself is a hell world with half of the crust missing. Even escaping the prison is a death sentence unless you have a ship to leave on.
11.1

11.2

11.3. Concept art

Edited by Earnest on Nov 21st 2022 at 11:01:04 AM

In theory I like Boiling Rock the best so far, but the crop doesn't have enough contrast so the prison structure blends into the island. So failing that, 10, followed by 11.2 (looks more like a prison than the others because of the watchtower with ground-pointed searchlights and the detention-camp layout).

I feel, so far at least, 11.2 is the best option.

I'm noticing a trend towards showing a prison as The Alcatraz more than a Deadly Environment Prison. They can overlap, but the key feature here is that security can afford to be lax because the environment will do the work for them. I don't see that in a lot of the images. 11 has spotlights monitoring the periphery, 6 has guards patrolling the area.

Edited by Morgenthaler on Nov 22nd 2022 at 2:36:16 AM

How do you indicate that it's a prison (and not just a harsh survival situation) without at least some elements of prison security?

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Orange jumpsuits and forced labour?◊

That looks promising, but I don't think it would look good in wikisize.

11.2

Votes bump, three in green and one in consensus range.

One more bump; still three in the green.

It's good for the (extremely deadly!) environment!

"With these conditions, the least of your worries will be the inmates..."

No consensus on a caption, closing.