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Deadlock Clock: Jun 30th 2017 at 11:59:00 PM
Morgenthaler Since: Feb, 2016
#1: Jun 10th 2017 at 2:55:58 AM

This image did not get enough consensus in the Image Suggestion thread. Other ideas?

You've got roaming bands of armed, aggressive, tyrannical plumbers coming to your door, saying "Use our service, or else!"
Berrenta Bejeweled (she/her) (Ten years in the joint) Relationship Status: I made a point to burn all of the photographs
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#2: Jun 10th 2017 at 11:34:29 AM

The page is in the "no pic" list due to it being near impossible to picture, yet the comment was removed?

I'll look through the edit history to see who took it out and when.

Berrenta MOD Bejeweled (she/her) (Ten years in the joint) Relationship Status: I made a point to burn all of the photographs
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#3: Jun 10th 2017 at 11:41:25 AM

And it turns out someone added an image despite the comment saying no.

~Yasmin Perry, did you mean to eliminate the entire comment section? Part of it was to inform editors not to add an image. I'll restore that part.

Also, ~Universalist, care to explain why you ignored that comment?

Willbyr Hi (Y2K) Relationship Status: With my statistically significant other
neoYTPism Since: May, 2010
#5: Jun 10th 2017 at 6:07:02 PM

Yuki Nagato, from Haruhi

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/yukinagato1.png

Maud Pie, from MLP:FIM

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/maudpie1.png

Willbyr Hi (Y2K) Relationship Status: With my statistically significant other
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#6: Jun 10th 2017 at 8:53:27 PM

Part of the problem with trying to pic this trope is that there's a lot of similar tropes, and trying to capture something in a single pic that gets this one across is exceedingly difficult. How do we know, for instance, that the character isn't just The Stoic or The Comically Serious?

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#7: Jun 10th 2017 at 8:58:09 PM

From what I see in the previous threads, the issue with the images not working is that it doesn't really show "not feeling emotion" instead of just "not showing emotion".

Per the definition:

Emotions are an essential part of humanity. Controlling those emotions is often a sign of maturity and rationality. This character goes beyond that and enters a disturbing, perhaps even creepy, realm of emotional numbness.

Most suggested pic show the second line, but that's not the trope.

Willbyr Hi (Y2K) Relationship Status: With my statistically significant other
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#8: Jun 10th 2017 at 9:00:18 PM

Previous threads for reference (at least, the ones that are still in the system).

Memers Since: Aug, 2013
#9: Jun 10th 2017 at 9:15:42 PM

[up][up][up] The trope isnt straight up emotionless, its more the breaking of the stereotype that all young girls are emotional via them being incapable of that and in turn social interaction. They can be an emotionally repressed broken bird or really anything.

The trope even says "she just stands out for lacking emotional reactions." Thats the trope. And almost always they are paired with a Genki Girl to make it stand out even more.

It is treated as disturbing, creepy if not alien. Its related to the Stoic but its always treated as a bad thing and have people attempt to 'fix' them, not so much with a male Stoic which is treated as cool and manly. Almost always will try to invoke a When She Smiles moment.

Even Yuki from Haruhi isnt completely emotionless, she just lacks the programing to express it. or Eu Hellscythe in Is This A Zombie is extremely caring and emotional just hides her emotions cause they can literally kill.

That said those pictures are on the right track but it doesn't get the point across well enough.

edited 10th Jun '17 9:38:45 PM by Memers

Memers Since: Aug, 2013
#10: Jun 10th 2017 at 9:36:55 PM

how about this? Getting introduced to a class you should show some kind of emotion instead of just standing there blank faced.

Morgenthaler Since: Feb, 2016
#11: Jun 11th 2017 at 6:56:55 AM

Given all the previous threads that have failed to come up with anything concrete, I'm voting to leave it as "no pic" and close this thread.

You've got roaming bands of armed, aggressive, tyrannical plumbers coming to your door, saying "Use our service, or else!"
TheUnsquished Filthy Casual from A youngun between two oldies Since: Nov, 2014 Relationship Status: Married to the job
Filthy Casual
#12: Jun 11th 2017 at 11:04:29 AM

[up]

(Annoyed grunt)
neoYTPism Since: May, 2010
#13: Jun 11th 2017 at 1:07:13 PM

[up][up][up] She looks more "angry" than "emotionless" to me.

Karxrida from Eureka, the Forbidden Land Since: May, 2012 Relationship Status: I LOVE THIS DOCTOR!
#14: Jun 11th 2017 at 3:23:05 PM

Gonna stick with "no pic" for this one.

Willbyr Hi (Y2K) Relationship Status: With my statistically significant other
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#15: Jun 11th 2017 at 4:03:27 PM

I'd vote BUPKIS over "no pic"...I don't think this is impossible to pic, but it's about as good a candidate for "needs a really spectacular image to get across" as there is.

Berrenta Bejeweled (she/her) (Ten years in the joint) Relationship Status: I made a point to burn all of the photographs
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#16: Jun 17th 2017 at 4:22:09 PM

Moving from no pic to BUPKIS works for me.

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TheUnsquished Filthy Casual from A youngun between two oldies Since: Nov, 2014 Relationship Status: Married to the job
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#18: Jun 17th 2017 at 11:33:04 PM

I guess I can go with that.

(Annoyed grunt)
Willbyr Hi (Y2K) Relationship Status: With my statistically significant other
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#19: Jun 27th 2017 at 6:57:47 PM

Clock is set. Anyone else for/against moving this to the BUPKIS list?

Memers Since: Aug, 2013
#21: Jun 28th 2017 at 5:34:32 PM

I think we have had some alright images of the trope in here.

Karxrida from Eureka, the Forbidden Land Since: May, 2012 Relationship Status: I LOVE THIS DOCTOR!
Millership from Kazakhstan Since: Jan, 2014
#23: Jul 1st 2017 at 7:15:55 AM

There was the decontamination scene in the second Rebuild Of Evangelion, where the Children were having all sorts of reactions to this unpleasant procedure, except Rei, who was being her usual unemotive self. A collage of that could work, but it probably won't look good in wiki size.

BUPKIS

edited 1st Jul '17 7:18:45 AM by Millership

Spiral out, keep going.
Berrenta Bejeweled (she/her) (Ten years in the joint) Relationship Status: I made a point to burn all of the photographs
Bejeweled (she/her)
#24: Jul 1st 2017 at 5:18:31 PM

BUPKIS it is, then. Changing tag and closing.

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