Suggestion: Unnecessarily Cruel Rejection

Unnecessarily Cruel Rejection is a TLP in the works right now; on its thread it's had some pic suggestions (both from My Love Story!!):

But, since there's been concerns that the pic on Prank Date isn't really illustrative of that trope, I'm going to throw my hat in the ring and say that that pic looks more like this trope than Prank Date:

Edited by Synchronicity on Mar 27th 2024 at 11:42:03 AM

1.2's subtitle is covered by the caption; can you add some line breaks to separate it?

Either way, I think that one could be a good page quote; but I'm not feeling it as a page pic.

Edited by FernandoLemon on Mar 26th 2024 at 10:35:29 AM

Not a fan of any of them, though 1.3 is closest. I agree either way it doesn't illustrate Prank Date well enough.

Eh, I raised concerns in the TLP that 1.2 isn't cruel enough for the trope (it's blunt, but cruel?).

I think 1.3 is the best we got so far.

1.3.

1.3

1.3

I added line breaks between 1.1/1.2 and their respective captions. 1.1 looks like he could've just bullied her. 1.2 is a straightforward rejection, it doesn't seem unnecessarily cruel.

I'm fine with 1.3, there's also this:

8 is pretty good, though I'm still leaning towards 1.3 because it's purely visual.

1.3 >> 8 because 8 only discusses a trope while 1.3 shows it directly.

to 1.3

1.3.

Either 1.3 or 8, both are good in their own way.

1.3

Here's a quality upgrade of 1.3

I've only just realised though why it's on Prank Date I think the implication is she pulled his pants open to reveal his Uncool Undies

Hmmmm...indeed. In that case, solidly voting for 8.

Even if we go with 8, I don't think 1.3. works for Prank Date as well it is not an example. She didn't open his pants. The character just walks around with them open like that the whole game.

Edited by Bullman on Apr 11th 2024 at 3:57:44 AM

Agreed

Obligatory This Image Is Not an Example link aside, I think the quality upgrade (which I've swapped in) makes the pants-pulling a lot more obvious and the interaction looks a lot more malicious as a result, so I'm fine with leaving it on Prank Date pending other ideas.

Again, she didn't pull his pants. He just looks like that the whole game. Its his default character model:

I get that "This image is not an example" is a thing but shouldn't it at least show a prank or a date?

Edited by Bullman on Apr 12th 2024 at 9:22:41 AM

It doesn't even look to me like she pulled his pants. She just embarrasses him about the fact. At least that's what I read out of the image. I see no implication at all that it would be the girl who pulled his pants.

Same. I'm not getting the implication of either aspect of Prank Date. She's just laughing at him. Given the clothes it's also implied to be happening at school. Hence why I've thought it fits here instead of there.