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Acritdy Since: Dec, 1969
#1: Jan 24th 2011 at 3:49:02 PM

Right now the picture on that page seems to put way too much empthasis on the words and less on the, y'know, image. I think we can easily do something better than this.

troacctid (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#2: Jan 24th 2011 at 3:54:03 PM

Image pulled as a poor representation of the trope and too big. Previous:

Scar shows how it's done.

rodneyAnonymous Sophisticated as Hell from empty space Since: Aug, 2010
#3: Jan 24th 2011 at 3:56:41 PM

I really dislike the "Soandso shows us how it's done." caption form. It has no information content and is inferior to no caption.

edited 24th Jan '11 3:57:14 PM by rodneyAnonymous

Becky: Who are you? The Mysterious Stranger: An angel. Huck: What's your name? The Mysterious Stranger: Satan.
boobustuber on a horse from hey what did i just say Since: Apr, 2010
on a horse
#4: Jan 24th 2011 at 4:00:34 PM

It also counts as face and caption, because if you're not familiar with the work (which I am), he could just be killing them and claiming it's mercy. Which I don't think he really is for that matter but it's hard to read.

troacctid (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#5: Jan 24th 2011 at 4:03:10 PM

It's actually twice the allowed image width as well.

neoYTPism Since: May, 2010
#6: Jan 24th 2011 at 4:05:46 PM

What comes to mind for me for that trope is a very unconventional case of it involvingDarmani from The Legend Of Zelda : Majoras Mask. One screenshot of it also relies on text, but isn't as focused on it.


some caption text

edited 24th Jan '11 4:06:38 PM by neoYTPism

Raso Cure Candy Since: Jul, 2009
boobustuber on a horse from hey what did i just say Since: Apr, 2010
on a horse
#8: Jan 24th 2011 at 4:09:33 PM

The problem with this trope is it can often be spoilery.

Raso Cure Candy Since: Jul, 2009
Cure Candy
#9: Jan 24th 2011 at 4:11:56 PM

[up] Very true, this might be better imageless.

Sparkling and glittering! Jan-Ken-Pon!
ThePope Since: Oct, 2010
#10: Jan 24th 2011 at 4:12:06 PM

Slightly wordy but still gets the point across, and is spoiler-free while also a Tear Jerker.

Acritdy Since: Dec, 1969
#11: Jan 24th 2011 at 4:50:31 PM

I think the bottom half of that one works very well - it's clearly not sarcasm, and she's obviously struggling to do it. Nothing really strikes me as being killing someone for anything other than the sake of a quicker death.

Raso Cure Candy Since: Jul, 2009
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#13: Jan 24th 2011 at 4:58:27 PM

Still Seems rather spoilery and its really dark. And it doesnt seem the trope really without context.

(still on the No image side)

edited 24th Jan '11 4:59:10 PM by Raso

Sparkling and glittering! Jan-Ken-Pon!
ThePope Since: Oct, 2010
#14: Jan 24th 2011 at 4:59:47 PM

Knowing the source material, it's not a spoiler; it's a character's backstory that is never brought up in the game and has no real influence on the plot.

And of course it's dark. Mercy Kills tend to be dark.

Raso Cure Candy Since: Jul, 2009
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#15: Jan 24th 2011 at 5:00:28 PM

The image is dark I mean. like turn the brightness up one or two clicks.

Sparkling and glittering! Jan-Ken-Pon!
ThePope Since: Oct, 2010
#16: Jan 24th 2011 at 5:01:41 PM

Oh.

It's shadowy. I can't do anything about it.

Or at least don't want to by altering the tone of the comic.

suedenim Teutonic Tomboy T-Girl from Jet Dream HQ Since: Oct, 2009
Teutonic Tomboy T-Girl
#17: Jan 24th 2011 at 5:03:26 PM

I like it, but I think the "with context" version is necessary.

Jet-a-Reeno!
Willbyr Hi (Y2K) Relationship Status: With my statistically significant other
Hi
#18: Jan 24th 2011 at 5:06:23 PM

That's pretty good, what's that from?

[up] Agreed, it needs the context to work completely.

edited 24th Jan '11 5:07:13 PM by Willbyr

suedenim Teutonic Tomboy T-Girl from Jet Dream HQ Since: Oct, 2009
Teutonic Tomboy T-Girl
#20: Jan 24th 2011 at 5:11:44 PM

My only quibble (and this is one of those things that probably just bugs me and nobody else, so feel free to ignore it) is the blank word balloon in the upper-left of Panel 1. I see that and can't help wondering "Hmm, why'd he blank that? What'd it say before?" and such. It might be better if that area (including the little greenish-tan bits) could be blacked out with the background black color used in the rest of the page.

edited 24th Jan '11 5:12:43 PM by suedenim

Jet-a-Reeno!
ThePope Since: Oct, 2010
#21: Jan 24th 2011 at 5:20:03 PM

She was saying something in response to something said in a previous panel, and it was just distracting. If I blacked it out, it might look even worse and unnatural.

suedenim Teutonic Tomboy T-Girl from Jet Dream HQ Since: Oct, 2009
Teutonic Tomboy T-Girl
#22: Jan 24th 2011 at 5:25:04 PM

I was thinking it might look decent enough, since there are a lot of spot blacks in the artwork anyway.

Jet-a-Reeno!
Deboss I see the Awesomeness. from Awesomeville Texas Since: Aug, 2009
I see the Awesomeness.
#23: Jan 24th 2011 at 6:15:07 PM

I like "I love you dad" the most so far.

Fight smart, not fair.
ThePope Since: Oct, 2010
#24: Jan 24th 2011 at 7:49:33 PM

Which, with or without context?

Deboss I see the Awesomeness. from Awesomeville Texas Since: Aug, 2009
I see the Awesomeness.
#25: Jan 24th 2011 at 7:55:16 PM

I think it works without. With, it looks kind of cramped.

Fight smart, not fair.

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