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This is the thread to use if you feel that the page image itself is good but the caption needs help.

If you think that both the image and the caption are poor, please make a thread in Image Pickin' for the page, and we'll work on the image and caption both at the same time.

As with other TRS and IP threads, please state your reasons and make your case in your first post. Don't make the other posters spend time trying to pry it out of you.

Edited by Willbyr on Jun 21st 2021 at 9:42:03 AM

FernandoLemon Since: Aug, 2015
#4351: Nov 17th 2022 at 7:44:05 AM

[up][up] I'd cut it, it's only tangentially related.

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RamenChef Since: Dec, 2017 Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
#4353: Nov 18th 2022 at 5:39:35 PM

Proposing to revise the caption on Smokestack Drop to:

Remember, kids, smoking kills.

RandomTroper123 She / Her from I'll let you guess... (Not-So-Newbie) Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
She / Her
#4354: Nov 18th 2022 at 6:01:48 PM

[up][tup]because I find your suggestion funnier than the current.

ChloeJessica Since: Jun, 2020 Relationship Status: Awaiting my mail-order bride
Noaqiyeum we must dissent (it/they) from across the gulf of space (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: Arm chopping is not a love language!
we must dissent (it/they)
#4358: Nov 18th 2022 at 9:54:36 PM

Suggestion for Lamprey Mouth: '"Out of the jaws of death" is just an expression.'

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Inky100 Ragdoll used for creepy stuff from The virtual horror factory Since: Dec, 2020 Relationship Status: is commanded to— WANK!
Ragdoll used for creepy stuff
#4359: Nov 19th 2022 at 1:29:01 AM

I've noticed that the caption on Nightmare Fuel.Saw I has been changed twice by different tropers:

Original: Think of it like a reverse bear trap...

Nexohook's change: Think of it like a reverse bear trap, my friend.

ASJ's change: GAME OVER.

I think the original is the best of all these. ASJ's caption in particular has absolutely no relation with what's being shown on the image.

Waiting to have my head disfigured and mounted on a wall.
FernandoLemon Since: Aug, 2015
#4360: Nov 19th 2022 at 3:15:24 AM

I've cut the caption on Batman: The Animated Series because referential captions are not allowed on work pages.

Also, someboy changed the caption on Lamprey Mouth to "Yikes", which is Word Cruft. I've cut that too for the time being.

Edited by FernandoLemon on Nov 19th 2022 at 8:17:02 AM

RamenChef Since: Dec, 2017 Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
#4361: Nov 19th 2022 at 7:15:15 AM

Caption proposal for Decision Darts:

Somehow, it always lands on "stay late".

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TheLivingDrawing Lucas the Dreamer from The Town of Clayton Since: Apr, 2019 Relationship Status: Yes, I'm alone, but I'm alone and free
Lucas the Dreamer
#4363: Nov 19th 2022 at 12:13:19 PM

[up][up] [tup] With “Stay Late” potholed to Workaholic

Once Upon A Time.
MurlocAggroB from the second-most ridiculous province of Canada Since: May, 2015
#4364: Nov 20th 2022 at 10:45:16 AM

Emma Fuhrmann has a caption referencing her role as Cassie Lang in Avengers: Endgame, which is already dated since Cassie was recast. Also, the phrasing is kinda icky. Permission to pull?

regulation pigeon
QuizzicalPieridine Since: Sep, 2016
#4366: Nov 21st 2022 at 5:48:25 PM

Proposing a new caption for Pun-Based Title, since the old one was redundant for simply posting the movie's Tag Line:

Edited by QuizzicalPieridine on Nov 21st 2022 at 5:50:27 AM

Willbyr Hi (Y2K) Relationship Status: With my statistically significant other
Hi
#4367: Nov 22nd 2022 at 9:18:03 AM

These were suggested in the thread for Glasgow Grin but it timed out.

Guess he didn't have any duct tape.

Nothing is as permanent as a temporary solution.

He must have given someone too much cheek.

MurlocAggroB from the second-most ridiculous province of Canada Since: May, 2015
RandomTroper123 She / Her from I'll let you guess... (Not-So-Newbie) Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
She / Her
#4369: Nov 22nd 2022 at 1:33:36 PM

[up][up]I stand by what I said in that thread in that I like the first one and I think it's funny.

ChloeJessica Since: Jun, 2020 Relationship Status: Awaiting my mail-order bride
PurpleEyedGuma Since: Apr, 2020
#4371: Nov 22nd 2022 at 8:14:21 PM

Yeah, it’s not that surprising all things considered.

RandomTroper123 She / Her from I'll let you guess... (Not-So-Newbie) Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
She / Her
#4372: Nov 22nd 2022 at 8:44:25 PM

[up][up]That and, the foremost trope is misused since "Not Making This Up" Disclaimer is in-universe only.

ChloeJessica Since: Jun, 2020 Relationship Status: Awaiting my mail-order bride
#4373: Nov 22nd 2022 at 8:50:26 PM

well, it's not wicked to it, that's just what it is.

Mrph1 he/him from Mercia (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: This is not my beautiful wife!
he/him
#4374: Nov 23rd 2022 at 8:21:31 AM

The caption on Comicbook.X Force is simply "Nineties!!!", with a pothole link to The Dark Age Of Comic Books.

Which... might be fair if it was just the 1991 series (and we deleted some exclamation marks), but this is also Comicbook.XForce not Comicbook.XForce1991, (even if that's where the image came from) and there are at least three more post-90s volumes of the comic using that title.

So - do we pull the caption? Change it? Or kick off a wider discussion about page image?

Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 23rd 2022 at 4:21:44 PM

FernandoLemon Since: Aug, 2015

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