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Deadlock Clock: Apr 27th 2017 at 11:59:00 PM
TokoWH Professional Lurker Since: Jan, 2011
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#1: Apr 9th 2017 at 4:04:33 PM

The current image shows the 'shed armor' part but does nothing to demonstrate the 'gain speed' part. Granted, this may be a hard one to fully illustrate in an image but I still figured it was worth it to open up an image picking discussion on it.

I don't know of an image that illustrates it off hand but I think our best bet is one that's sequential. One that shows the character in bulky armor, one of them shedding their armor, and one showing them showing off their newfound speed. Again, I don't know of any examples off hand but that would likely be the best bet for this trope.

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#2: Apr 9th 2017 at 4:06:45 PM

Yeah, that's completely undemonstrative. Pull regardless of replacement.

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#3: Apr 9th 2017 at 6:36:12 PM

Keep Until Better Image Suggested. Usually I am the one not seeing the obvious in an image, but here it's pretty clear to me how the right character has gained mobility. Together with the arrow and the caption it makes for a solid illustration.

edited 9th Apr '17 6:36:28 PM by eroock

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#4: Apr 9th 2017 at 6:43:09 PM

Keep Until Better Image Suggested.

Pre-shredding, her stance is solid and it's obviously bulky armor. She clearly wouldn't be able to turn her head much or be in a similar pose as on the right. Moreover, her pose is "static," by which I mean that she's obviously not moving.

Post-shredding, her stance is almost whimsical, and she's clearly more agile. Her pose is "dynamic," by which I mean that she's obviously moving.

I think it illustrates the trope fine, and — as a bonus — does so in a concise way. I don't think another image would illustrate this in two parts.

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#5: Apr 9th 2017 at 9:11:09 PM

Keep Until Better Image Suggested

I'd like to change the page quote, though, since it's from the same source as the image.

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#6: Apr 10th 2017 at 8:29:12 AM

It's a keep for me.

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#7: Apr 10th 2017 at 11:39:19 AM

Part of me would point out it's not an example. Since armored Samus is faster thanks to the Speed Booster.

Dunno if we could do anything with Goku's weighted clothing.

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#8: Apr 14th 2017 at 11:08:21 AM

Maybe do Goku's weight clothes as a 3-4 panel thing with a caption like, "Step One, Fight. Step Two, Strip. Step Three, Kick ass."

EDIT: Also just realized that Pokemon has a move called "Shell Smash" which demonstrates this concept. So maybe take a couple of screenshots of Cilan's Dwebble/Crustle using it.

edited 14th Apr '17 11:10:46 AM by GreeneMachine92

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#9: Apr 14th 2017 at 10:17:37 PM

Keep Until Better Image Suggested, what #4 said. Unless a similar image pops up with before and after stat bars, I think this is pretty good.

Also, Samus is certainly an example in Brawl.

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#10: Apr 15th 2017 at 1:28:08 AM

Keep Until Better Image Suggested.

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#11: Apr 15th 2017 at 2:10:25 AM

If you have to state the specific work it is actually the trope and it is not the case in other works featuring the same thing it is not a good image.

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#13: Apr 16th 2017 at 6:14:45 PM

[up] It's a bit wordy but it definitely gets the trope across. [tup]

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#14: Apr 17th 2017 at 3:52:09 PM

@7: That honestly sounds like it is this trope, since she needs a special ability to be mobile in her suit, and then inverted with the special ability. Either way, though, it doesn't need to actually be an example to be a good image.

[tdown] 12 in part because it's not as concise as the current but also because it shows someone gaining "power" and not "speed" (according to the last panel, anyway).

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#15: Apr 17th 2017 at 5:12:37 PM

[tdown]Neither the current nor the suggestion illustrates "Gain Speed" without text. The current has the advantage of being concise, and illustrating the "Shed Armour' part clearer.

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#17: Apr 24th 2017 at 5:28:27 PM

I disagree that the speed aspect is conveyed only through text. I already mentioned in the thread what I think the image itself conveys. The caption could be better or nixed and the image would still, imo, illustrate the trope.

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#18: Apr 24th 2017 at 8:55:32 PM

Don't really like any suggestion.

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#20: Apr 25th 2017 at 12:54:50 AM

I still think Keep Until Better Image Suggested is the way to go for this one, but crowner?

@11, my point was that in Brawl, which is the game the image links to, she is an example. Whether or not she is in any other Metroid game is irrelevant (since the Speed Booster doesn't exist in Brawl anyway), and there's also what @14 said.

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#21: Apr 25th 2017 at 7:12:42 AM

[up] But then your context only is apparent if you click the link. To anyone looking at the image, it's not an example. Nothing about the image says "Brawl only"

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#22: Apr 25th 2017 at 7:35:11 AM

[up]I disagree. The current illustrates the "shed armor" part, and the "gain speed" is implied in the difference in their posing (grounded and firm vs. mid-air and moving). It's not ideal — a more explicit declaration of gaining speed like stat bars would be better — but it's certainly more concise than the suggestion.

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#23: Apr 25th 2017 at 9:07:10 AM

The points about the image "not being an example" or "actually being an example" are moot. The image does not need to be an actual example in order for it to be a decent or good image. This is the exact reasoning that allowed Sinister Minister to keep its image despite the character not actually being an example.

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#24: Apr 25th 2017 at 10:48:38 AM

[up] It does matter. Much like why JAFAAC is a bad thing because you need context, having context shouldn't penalise your understanding of the image.

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