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DragonQuestZ The Other Troper from Somewhere in California Since: Jan, 2001
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#1: May 18th 2011 at 1:27:21 PM

Need to see that someone is being killed (preferably with a before and after picture). Doesn't have to be too violent. Something like a death from Tron Legacy or Sub-Zero's fatality from the SNES port of the first Mortal Kombat (that was supposed to be non-violent but was clearly so badass that it was used in the sequel).

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#2: May 18th 2011 at 1:56:33 PM

I think the current image shows the trope well. It's a face broken off of someone turned to stone. It's not gory. It shows a person in pieces. I think most of the cryo freeze ones are more violent, and aren't really recognizable as people anymore. I'd rather someone turned to stone, and the face really helps get the trope across.

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DragonQuestZ The Other Troper from Somewhere in California Since: Jan, 2001
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#3: May 18th 2011 at 2:03:03 PM

"It's a face broken off of someone turned to stone."

Where does the image itself show someone was turned to stone?

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Stratadrake Dragon Writer Since: Oct, 2009
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#4: May 18th 2011 at 2:10:29 PM

I agree. There aren't enough pieces to indicate that it was broken off a once-living, then-Taken for Granite creature.

Hmm, and apparently this isn't something you can just GIS.

Would that T1000 image [1] work here? It's certainly a man-shaped shatter, but....

edited 18th May '11 2:17:18 PM by Stratadrake

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#5: May 18th 2011 at 2:13:31 PM

9th and 10th panels here.

edited 18th May '11 2:13:40 PM by petrie911

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#6: May 18th 2011 at 2:36:48 PM

The first thing that came to mind is the programs getting shattered in Tron Legacy, but I think a T1000 pic could work as well.

Deboss I see the Awesomeness. from Awesomeville Texas Since: Aug, 2009
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#7: May 18th 2011 at 3:26:36 PM

I'm liking the T1000 image. I'd like a better image though.

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#8: May 18th 2011 at 8:52:07 PM

Here's a shot from Tron Legacy.

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#9: May 19th 2011 at 12:23:27 AM

There is a perfect example in the Negima Manga.

Not a spoiler since its just a dream sequence

Deboss I see the Awesomeness. from Awesomeville Texas Since: Aug, 2009
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#10: May 19th 2011 at 2:53:54 AM

That's actually a good image from Negima, I'm surprised. I suggest cropping the speech bubble out. And finding a higher quality scan if you can.

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#11: May 19th 2011 at 3:18:28 AM

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I'll scan my Del Rey copy tomorrow...later today...whatever it will be after I sleep.

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#12: May 19th 2011 at 4:08:15 AM

Here's a crop and resize of that middle panel...I think it looks pretty good as is. (view image for wiki size)

Deboss I see the Awesomeness. from Awesomeville Texas Since: Aug, 2009
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#13: May 19th 2011 at 4:18:33 AM

I think it might work better with the text cropped out. But it's okay now. This has more to do with the fact that text immediately draws my eye away from anything else in the picture.

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#14: May 19th 2011 at 5:56:51 AM

some caption text

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DragonQuestZ The Other Troper from Somewhere in California Since: Jan, 2001
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#16: May 19th 2011 at 7:16:31 AM

Still prefer the Tron one, since it's clear it's not a statue (not that the trope doesn't involve that, but it means it's clear it's not inanimate).

edited 19th May '11 7:16:46 AM by DragonQuestZ

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#18: May 19th 2011 at 10:12:11 AM

[up] It's...alright, but the shattering is much more pronounced on all the other pics.

JapaneseTeeth Existence Weighed Against Nonbeing from Meinong's jungle Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Mu
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#19: May 19th 2011 at 12:35:19 PM

[up]Agreed.

The Tron one is okay, but I find it a bit problematic that everything is the same color.

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#20: May 19th 2011 at 2:12:53 PM

You want me to scan the image from the manga, or is that one acceptable?

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#21: May 19th 2011 at 2:36:13 PM

Current one or Negima one.

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Deboss I see the Awesomeness. from Awesomeville Texas Since: Aug, 2009
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#22: May 19th 2011 at 5:40:48 PM

I'm okay with that one. If you think your manga scan would be better, I'm willing to look.

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#23: May 20th 2011 at 12:23:29 AM

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I don't think I can improve on it enough to be really worthwhile.

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#25: May 25th 2011 at 2:32:27 PM

So, we want to do a crowner?

26th May '11 4:45:00 PM

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