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FallenLegend Trickster. from Navel Of The Moon. Since: Oct, 2010
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#1: Jan 14th 2011 at 9:21:17 PM

In the picture it looks just Like they are just being Indiferent /angry towards one and another.The caption is only helpful if you are an evangelion fan and it really doesn't explain the picture nor the trope well.

I have only seen 10 episodes of the series an shinji is a very good example.But the picture isn't

As a suggestion I think a picture of krunk (from the emperors new groove )daydreaming about having his father giving him a thumb up would fit better.

edited 14th Jan '11 9:29:44 PM by FallenLegend

Make your hearth shine through the darkest night; let it transform hate into kindness, evil into justice, and loneliness into love.
ThePope Since: Oct, 2010
#2: Jan 14th 2011 at 9:23:07 PM

I don't watch NGE, but I'm fine with the current image.

boobustuber on a horse from hey what did i just say Since: Apr, 2010
on a horse
#3: Jan 14th 2011 at 9:23:27 PM

I wouldn't even know those two are related.

DRCEQ Since: Oct, 2009
#5: Jan 14th 2011 at 10:34:26 PM

Is this even picturable? How can we properly represent:

1. That the characters are even father and son.

2. That the son wants his father to acknowledge him?

Deboss I see the Awesomeness. from Awesomeville Texas Since: Aug, 2009
I see the Awesomeness.
#6: Jan 15th 2011 at 12:05:03 AM

I can see a set up, son comes in with award or something to tell father, father says something like "who are you again?", next panel, kids got a really crushed expression on his face.

Fight smart, not fair.
FallenLegend Trickster. from Navel Of The Moon. Since: Oct, 2010
Trickster.
#7: Jan 15th 2011 at 6:05:19 AM

^that would work

Make your hearth shine through the darkest night; let it transform hate into kindness, evil into justice, and loneliness into love.
GeneralTommy WAAAGH! from With Da Orkz Since: Jan, 2001
WAAAGH!
#8: Jan 15th 2011 at 6:36:28 AM

Maybe one of those Son...I am disappoint pictures or comics?

Still need More Dakka, and it's about time to start a real WAAAAAGH.
EternalSeptember Since: Sep, 2010
#9: Jan 15th 2011 at 7:09:31 AM

The current one works for me, the boy looks disappointed, and the father looks distant. Even literally.

I wouldn't even know those two are related.
You should be able to guess it from the fact that you just clicked on a trope that is called "Well Done, Son" Guy, and they look a generation apart.

For the millionth time, we are not always looking for a picture that would demonstrate every possible aspect of a trope. (If we could have that, we wouldn't even need a description, just a lone picture, and below, the examples for the perfectly demonstrated trope.)

It just needs to help the page, by showing how it is visually portrayed, and it already does that.

edited 15th Jan '11 7:09:57 AM by EternalSeptember

FallenLegend Trickster. from Navel Of The Moon. Since: Oct, 2010
Trickster.
#10: Jan 15th 2011 at 9:04:28 AM

^Acording to the JAFAAC rules a picture the picture should be understood by itself.If the picture is only understood because the title , then it isn't doing a good job.

I can think of many pictures that would fit better.For instance using a picture of krunk dreaming that his father will give him a thumb up.

edited 15th Jan '11 9:06:00 AM by FallenLegend

Make your hearth shine through the darkest night; let it transform hate into kindness, evil into justice, and loneliness into love.
EternalSeptember Since: Sep, 2010
#11: Jan 15th 2011 at 9:31:52 AM

[up] No, it isn'. The JAFAAC rule says that pictures shouldn't be just a random picture of of someone who is also an example.

As Fast Eddie said: "A picture can need a caption to make the final leap, as long as it tells the story right up to the point where the caption closes the gap."

I'm not saying that it's the absolute best picture, but so far, no one proposed a better one, and this one isn't broken either.

Deboss I see the Awesomeness. from Awesomeville Texas Since: Aug, 2009
I see the Awesomeness.
#12: Jan 15th 2011 at 10:47:36 AM

The proper ratio for caption weight to picture would be that the picture is the entire set up and caption is the punchline. It works a lot better than the caption as the set up with the picture as the punchline because it'd be like telling the punchline then the joke.

Fight smart, not fair.
TheEvilOboist Don't call me honey. from USA Since: Apr, 2009
Don't call me honey.
#13: Jan 23rd 2011 at 1:22:11 PM

I haven't seen NGE and I still know that it's a pretty good representation of the trope.

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AlexThePrettyGood Could be worse from Feeding the cat Since: Jul, 2009 Relationship Status: Pining for the fjords
Could be worse
#14: Jan 23rd 2011 at 1:50:44 PM

Another option would be a caption of Austin Powers' to do list in Goldmember which ends with "Earn Daddy's respect".

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#15: Jan 23rd 2011 at 6:01:19 PM

It's legible at wiki size.

Well, at least he has his priorities in order.

edited 23rd Jan '11 6:02:17 PM by Willbyr

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AlexThePrettyGood Could be worse from Feeding the cat Since: Jul, 2009 Relationship Status: Pining for the fjords
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#17: Jan 25th 2011 at 12:33:34 PM

[up][up] That's exactly th image I meant. Thanks.

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boobustuber on a horse from hey what did i just say Since: Apr, 2010
on a horse
#20: Jan 25th 2011 at 2:16:47 PM

I'd suggest zooming in a bit, to make it slightly clearer.

SalFishFin Since: Jan, 2001
#21: Jan 25th 2011 at 2:22:02 PM

Austin FTW, but I agree you could zoom in a bit more.

helterskelter Since: Nov, 2009 Relationship Status: Drift compatible
#22: Jan 25th 2011 at 4:50:52 PM

The actual image would be bigger on the page. The forums shrink it. It's fine.

Willbyr Hi (Y2K) Relationship Status: With my statistically significant other
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#23: Jan 25th 2011 at 5:10:41 PM

[up] Agreed; I like the image as is.

edited 25th Jan '11 5:11:11 PM by Willbyr

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