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DragonQuestZ The Other Troper from Somewhere in California Since: Jan, 2001
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#1: Aug 2nd 2011 at 10:09:35 AM

It looks like it could just be some fantasy universe that happens to look like the 18th century instead of the 14th. How about splicing the middle left and last panel of this comic?

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Deboss I see the Awesomeness. from Awesomeville Texas Since: Aug, 2009
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#2: Aug 2nd 2011 at 2:58:47 PM

I like it. We could always go with:

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Madrugada Zzzzzzzzzz Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: In season
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#3: Aug 2nd 2011 at 3:09:23 PM

Cropped from the cover of Harry Turtledove's ''Guns Of The South:

General Lee with an AK-47

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TheDeadMansLife Lover of masks. Since: Nov, 2009
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#4: Aug 2nd 2011 at 3:34:06 PM

[up]Always wanted to read that :'(

Only the first suggestion is really an example though.

Please.
DragonQuestZ The Other Troper from Somewhere in California Since: Jan, 2001
The Other Troper
#5: Aug 2nd 2011 at 3:42:33 PM

Those seem more like Anachronism Stew.

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Deboss I see the Awesomeness. from Awesomeville Texas Since: Aug, 2009
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#6: Aug 2nd 2011 at 4:17:28 PM

I was thinking of adding the caption:

Lies! Everyone knows they didn't have cameras in the Revolutionary War!

For added effect.

Ps: I know that's not the revolutionary war, just in case someone asks

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TheDeadMansLife Lover of masks. Since: Nov, 2009
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#7: Aug 2nd 2011 at 5:25:10 PM

Your suggestion, Deboss, is Anachronism Stew. This has to be a person, in or out of story, getting history wrong. So the foxed ones suggestion is out, because it is not an example as that is intentional, yours is out because... well maybe yours is in. I will let smarter people handle it.

edited 2nd Aug '11 5:25:35 PM by TheDeadMansLife

Please.
DragonQuestZ The Other Troper from Somewhere in California Since: Jan, 2001
The Other Troper
#8: Aug 2nd 2011 at 5:38:29 PM

This is what I had in mind (a bit rough, though):

edited 2nd Aug '11 5:38:48 PM by DragonQuestZ

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Madrugada Zzzzzzzzzz Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: In season
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#9: Aug 2nd 2011 at 6:14:54 PM

Make it vertical, so that Paul's speech bubbles are larger and easier to read and I think it would work well.

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DragonQuestZ The Other Troper from Somewhere in California Since: Jan, 2001
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#10: Aug 2nd 2011 at 6:26:56 PM

This better?

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Madrugada Zzzzzzzzzz Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: In season
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#11: Aug 2nd 2011 at 6:33:14 PM

Yes. Much!

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#12: Aug 2nd 2011 at 10:36:29 PM

[up][up] That's perfect.

edited 2nd Aug '11 10:36:41 PM by Willbyr

DragonQuestZ The Other Troper from Somewhere in California Since: Jan, 2001
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#13: Aug 3rd 2011 at 9:20:07 AM

Then, if others agree, any good caption suggestions?

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Madrugada Zzzzzzzzzz Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: In season
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#14: Aug 3rd 2011 at 9:22:07 AM

"No, that pretty much covers it, I think."

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Madrugada Zzzzzzzzzz Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: In season
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#16: Aug 3rd 2011 at 9:37:48 AM

Without it, it could be an alternate history.

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DragonQuestZ The Other Troper from Somewhere in California Since: Jan, 2001
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#18: Aug 3rd 2011 at 9:41:25 AM

That plus Rule of Funny.

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Willbyr Hi (Y2K) Relationship Status: With my statistically significant other
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#19: Aug 3rd 2011 at 6:03:08 PM

I'm good with Madrugada's caption.

DragonQuestZ The Other Troper from Somewhere in California Since: Jan, 2001
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#20: Aug 5th 2011 at 9:05:41 AM

Or "Can I see your old report cards?"

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unhappyyak :( from Minneapolis Since: Apr, 2009
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#21: Aug 5th 2011 at 9:14:03 AM

"One blast by land, two blasts by sea"

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DragonQuestZ The Other Troper from Somewhere in California Since: Jan, 2001
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#22: Aug 5th 2011 at 2:14:39 PM

That works as well.

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Spark9 Gentleman Troper! from Castle Wulfenbach Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Pining for the fjords
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#23: Aug 5th 2011 at 3:08:11 PM

Who's Paul Revere?

...I'm going to guess he's a figure from American history that people in the rest of the world haven't heard of. Does that count as Patriot Myopia? tongue

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DragonQuestZ The Other Troper from Somewhere in California Since: Jan, 2001
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#24: Aug 5th 2011 at 4:31:32 PM

Actually "Who's Paul Revere?" might be the best caption.

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Spark9 Gentleman Troper! from Castle Wulfenbach Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Pining for the fjords
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#25: Aug 6th 2011 at 3:17:01 AM

[up] Well, to be honest, I don't like the image much. It doesn't make sense unless you know who Paul Revere is, and it really requires the speech balloon to point that out, and aside from that the girl in the bottom pic looks more like The Ditz than as somebody taking artistic license.

I mean, if we could find a picture of Abraham Lincoln with a machine gun, that'd be more appropriate, because at least he is visually recognizable (and, I'm willing to bet, a fair amount more famous than this Revere guy). \

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