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Deadlock Clock: Sep 6th 2018 at 11:59:00 PM
Karxrida from Eureka, the Forbidden Land Since: May, 2012 Relationship Status: I LOVE THIS DOCTOR!
#1: Jul 7th 2018 at 5:47:13 PM

Pretty standard JAFAAC situation. While this kind of trope doesn't lend itself to an image I actually have a replacement suggestion.

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#2: Jul 9th 2018 at 7:23:01 PM

Temp-locking; see here. Once everything’s back up and running, if this thread isn’t re-opened then PM me and I’ll take care of it.

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#3: Aug 12th 2018 at 7:08:37 AM

Moved back to IP for discussion.

I don't have much of an issue with the current.

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#4: Aug 12th 2018 at 7:28:35 AM

I don't like either, to be frank.

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bitemytail Since: Dec, 2011
#5: Aug 12th 2018 at 10:18:11 AM

Cut current. Weak [tup] on suggestion.

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#6: Aug 12th 2018 at 11:01:37 AM

Previous thread. I'm not very fond of the current, but I appreciate the joke in the caption at least. Don't get the suggestion.

Edited by Synchronicity on Aug 13th 2018 at 2:01:23 AM

Karxrida from Eureka, the Forbidden Land Since: May, 2012 Relationship Status: I LOVE THIS DOCTOR!
#7: Aug 12th 2018 at 12:02:06 PM

"Words I Probably Said" is the title (so self-admittance to unreliableness), plus it's an audio book.

I agree it's not the best and would need to be cropped (it's way too wide), but I think it's decent enough.

Edited by Karxrida on Aug 12th 2018 at 12:03:57 PM

DEIDATVM from East Fishkill, New York Since: Dec, 2016
#8: Aug 12th 2018 at 12:30:58 PM

Caption seems to do all the heavy lifting in the current. Suggestion would I think be an improvement.

In any case, I think any potential image could have a caption with a similar joke to the current caption.

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#9: Aug 12th 2018 at 2:23:23 PM

Current > nothing > suggestion

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#10: Aug 12th 2018 at 4:49:56 PM

I want to see the suggestion at wiki size before making a judgment call, as I think the text is going to be nigh-illegible when it's size-reduced.

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#11: Aug 13th 2018 at 5:51:34 AM

I think this image helps to illustrate the concept. We are experiencing the story from someone's flawed perspective, and the image shows that the narration is from someone's memory, which could be flawed or distorted. Alternatively, we might be able to tweak the image to better illustrate that the recollection is imperfect. (Source)

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neoYTPism Since: May, 2010
#12: Aug 13th 2018 at 8:35:16 AM

Idea from The Simpsons. Namely, this scene.

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/unreliablnarrator1.png

EDIT: Wasn't sure whether to make the stem of the speech balloon white or use the scene itself as part of that stem, but I'm not sure how to do the latter anyway.

Edited by neoYTPism on Aug 13th 2018 at 8:36:48 AM

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#13: Aug 13th 2018 at 6:09:23 PM

Terrible quality, and already in use on Crazy Memory.

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neoYTPism Since: May, 2010
#14: Aug 14th 2018 at 7:34:02 AM

[up] Would it be easier to find another alternative for that one, or for this one?

Were I to swap the quality, could something like it be used on either trope?

More to the point, is the overall concept; situation being described edited into a speech balloon pointing out from the mouth of the character describing it; worthwhile enough to try on other scenes, or scenes from other episodes?

Gosicrystal Since: Jun, 2016 Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
#15: Aug 16th 2018 at 5:08:54 PM

Current is not great, but all the suggestions so far are too cryptic or have poor quality. Keep Until Better Image Suggested.

Morgenthaler Since: Feb, 2016
#16: Aug 20th 2018 at 11:33:10 AM

Keep Until Better Image Suggested.

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#18: Sep 7th 2018 at 6:34:27 AM

Clock's up; locking for inactivity/lack of consensus.

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