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Primis Since: Nov, 2010
#1: Mar 8th 2019 at 10:08:28 AM

Current is just a promo shot of Dexter. If you're not familiar with the show, then it's just a guy holding a knife.

No ideas for a replacement, but I vote to pull the current anyway.

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#2: Mar 8th 2019 at 10:14:41 AM

Weak Keep Until Better Image Suggested vote for me.

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#3: Mar 8th 2019 at 10:25:07 AM

Keep Until Better Image Suggested.

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#4: Mar 8th 2019 at 10:50:07 AM

Keep untill better image suggestion.

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Primis Since: Nov, 2010
#5: Mar 8th 2019 at 11:11:39 AM

Sticking with Dexter, how about one of these? They at least get the "killer" part across better.

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dexter1.png
https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dexter2.png
https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dexter3.png

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#6: Mar 8th 2019 at 11:17:37 AM

[up] I like 5.1 the most, since the weapons are also in the shot.

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#7: Mar 8th 2019 at 11:17:48 AM

I do declare that 5.3 is the one I like.

eroock Since: Sep, 2012
#8: Mar 8th 2019 at 11:31:41 AM

Neither image supports the "serial" part.

Primis Since: Nov, 2010
#9: Mar 8th 2019 at 11:34:39 AM

[up] Neither does the current. That's the problem.

The current doesn't even convey "killer" very well.

Edited by Primis on Mar 8th 2019 at 12:36:32 PM

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#10: Mar 8th 2019 at 11:37:26 AM

[up] Eh, the fact that he happens to have a mug saying "Have A Killer Day" at least implies he's not only proud of his murders but that he's done them enough times to warrant getting a punny mug about it.

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#11: Mar 8th 2019 at 11:37:43 AM

Perhaps a montage of some of Dexters victims.

Edited by miraculous on Mar 8th 2019 at 11:38:01 AM

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Primis Since: Nov, 2010
#14: Mar 8th 2019 at 2:34:47 PM

12.1 is pretty good. [tup]

12.2 is entirely reliant on its text and wouldn't look good at wiki-size anyway. [tdown]

13 is also good, but it's got this weird horizontal line in the middle. Only noticeable on Normal View, not Night Vision.

Edited by Primis on Mar 8th 2019 at 3:35:54 AM

eroock Since: Sep, 2012
#15: Mar 8th 2019 at 2:57:22 PM

12.1 shows mass murder and 13 show Ax-Crazy.

Primis Since: Nov, 2010
#16: Mar 8th 2019 at 3:01:28 PM

Two victims is hardly "mass murder".

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#17: Mar 8th 2019 at 3:04:42 PM

I guess the point is that Mass Murder is done with multiple victims at once, while Serial Killing is multiple individual murders.

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eroock Since: Sep, 2012
#18: Mar 8th 2019 at 3:08:18 PM

[up][tup]

The trope page talks about a cool-off period between the killings.

Edited by eroock on Mar 8th 2019 at 1:08:39 PM

Primis Since: Nov, 2010
#19: Mar 8th 2019 at 3:16:41 PM

Fair enough, but the description also says:

though mass murderers can and do become serial killers if they act multiple times.

Considering that he's keeping tally marks on his arms and head, it works. Add to the fact that we don't have a separate trope for mass murder, it's still leagues better than the current.

Is there a higher-quality version of that panel that better shows the tally marks?

eroock Since: Sep, 2012
#20: Mar 8th 2019 at 4:21:45 PM

Did not notice the tally marks until you pointed them out.

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/zsasz_kill_3.png

Edited by eroock on Mar 8th 2019 at 2:26:01 PM

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#25: Mar 8th 2019 at 9:16:09 PM

[tup]

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