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neoYTPism Since: May, 2010
#1: May 21st 2011 at 6:26:41 AM

So yeah, the current image just doesn't seem to that clearly show the handicap.

How about Joe Swanson from Family Guy?

If this trope refers to being "badass" specifically in more violent contexts, there's this image.

If it's open to "sports" contexts, could we use this?

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#4: May 21st 2011 at 8:52:54 AM

[up][up] I'm the one who posted the picture, but fuck it, cannot argue against that one.

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#5: May 21st 2011 at 10:08:14 PM

Doesn't look to convincing to me, but I may be in the minority.

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#6: May 22nd 2011 at 4:35:22 AM

The GIS picture I cropped that out from had a pretty distorted color scheme compared to the original image. I played around with color balance to make it slightly better now, and here's the result.

This implies, quite correctly, that my mind is dark and damp and full of tiny translucent fish.
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#7: May 22nd 2011 at 8:58:12 AM

Am I the only one who thinks the new proposal just looks more Crazy Awesome than real Handicapped Badass? Just me.

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#8: May 22nd 2011 at 9:05:36 AM

Wow, Crazy Awesome is pictureless... I'd think that would be easy to find. If you think Mad Hamish is a good candidate, take a look at the rest of the Silver Horde.

edited 22nd May '11 9:10:25 AM by ArtisticPlatypus

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Fawriel Since: Jan, 2001
#9: May 22nd 2011 at 1:51:17 PM

It only seems fitting for Crazy Awesome because it's so over-the-top that it makes you smile. And that is a perfect quality for a page image to have. And it's not like you could argue that it doesn't fit the bill – the guy is in a wheelchair, and he's still quite clearly going to fuck your shit up. He's even in an action pose. The Family Guy guy is in a wheelchair as well, but he just looks so dull compared to this. And holding a gun alone doesn't make you badass.

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#10: May 22nd 2011 at 9:26:59 PM

It's not immediately obvious that it's a wheelchair, but maybe it's obvious enough, I don't know.

I remember people trying to pick up an image for Crazy Awesome a while back. Maybe they decided to leave it imageless?

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neoYTPism Since: May, 2010
#11: May 23rd 2011 at 3:21:39 AM

[up][up] You addressed the one of him holding a gun, but not the one of him playing baseball.

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#12: May 23rd 2011 at 11:22:39 AM

The Scotsman from Samurai Jack. HE HAS A GUN FOR A PEG-LEG!

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SalFishFin Since: Jan, 2001
#13: May 23rd 2011 at 3:15:23 PM

There was a movie that had a girl with a gun-leg. Grind House, was it?

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captainpat Since: Sep, 2010
#15: May 23rd 2011 at 4:08:34 PM

Man, I hate uploading images.

edited 23rd May '11 4:12:19 PM by captainpat

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#17: May 23rd 2011 at 7:15:00 PM

I like the Scotsman.

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#18: May 23rd 2011 at 7:18:51 PM

Personally I like the Family Guy images the most. He just looks kind of calm about doing what he's doing, like you'd expect from a Badass. Being crazy is not the same as being Badass. Don't like the gun-leg images much either.

Fawriel Since: Jan, 2001
#19: May 25th 2011 at 8:21:27 AM

The baseball-playing looks to me more like a picture for a trope about handicapped people doing things they simply shouldn't be capable of. And his facial expression is so unhappy for some reason.

I guess I could possibly get behind the gun image, but I still much prefer the geriatric warrior.

With the Scotsman, the gun leg is a too minor detail of the giant character, and the picture also doesn't look terribly expressive. The gun leg girl is alright.

edited 25th May '11 8:23:35 AM by Fawriel

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#20: May 25th 2011 at 10:18:52 AM

As far as gun-for-leg pics go, I much prefer the Rose McGowan pic to the Scotsman.

edited 25th May '11 12:12:20 PM by Willbyr

clockwork11 Since: May, 2011
#21: May 25th 2011 at 11:02:16 AM

I like the Scotsman!

But then again, I'm biased to Samurai Jack. That and not only is he with a GUN for a peg-leg, but he's got a BFS.

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#22: May 25th 2011 at 12:37:20 PM

Alright, thanks to Big T's thoughtfulness, we've got an issue. A few of the pics that are being considered in the crowner for Disabled Hottie don't fit that trope, but would work for this thread. So, without further ado:

I know only a couple of the Oracle pics will work, but I'm not where I can look at all of them to know which is which.

edited 25th May '11 12:38:10 PM by Willbyr

marheavenangel89 Captain Mimi from TEXAS!!!! Since: Mar, 2010
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#23: May 25th 2011 at 12:47:16 PM

[up] If Kukaku is going to be suggested, probably would be better to find a pic of her doing something Bad Ass rather than just posing for a manga cover.

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ChaoticNovelist Since: Jun, 2010
#24: Jun 26th 2011 at 3:07:49 PM

Discworld's Mad Hammish is best. The Family Guy is bland; holding a gun does noto a badass make. The Scottsman would be better if he were doing something with that gun leg. All but one of the Oracle pics either don't show her in action or are glamor pics. The one with the knife is better but than the others but not Mad Hammish. Shiba is a good alternative though.

captainpat Since: Sep, 2010
#25: Jul 7th 2011 at 12:40:44 PM

bump, is this thread still going or is everyone ok with the replacement picture?

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