Poor Image: Laser Cutter

I can't really tell what's going on in the pic.

For a replacement suggestion, there's a scene in Breaking the Bank that comes to mind, but I can't fetch the image atm.

Keep Until Better Image Suggested; it's pretty obvious to me.

Keep Until Better Image Suggested

Keeping with the 007 theme, at least this one is more visible. The current is really dark because the burning from the laser is drawing light away from the watch that emits the laser.

An almost identical shot from that scene is used on Distressed Dude. I wouldn't mind swapping it for a color pic, though.

Potential spoilers, though, as it's from the latest (so far) strip.

Doesn't seem that spoilery to me .

Edited by Crossover-Enthusiast on Mar 23rd 2019 at 8:41:23 AM

That's pretty good, pending other options.

Here's that replacement suggestion I mentioned in the OP:

If 6 really is that much of a spoiler, 9.

6

6 gives away the fact that Annie has gained a new skill. If this is a problem, it could lose its first panel without losing in illustrativeness.

6 isn't a spoiler at all, but 9 is more clearly a machine-generated laser...leaning toward 9. A good shot of the Sentinels using their cutting beams from the Matrix movies would work really well but I've had a hard time getting good shots.

Does it have to be machine-generated, though? 6 is more on-the-nose in the "cutting" part of the trope, as the pieces of that crab-thingie are clearly getting separated by the girl's fire-beam-thingie.

^ I didn't notice the cutting in 6 until you pointed it out.

...How could you not?

I don't think it necessarily has to be, but that's where my mind goes from the trope title.

6.

I leaning towards 6.

6

6

6 is good.

6 be good.

We've got enough consensus to make the change, but the more I think about this the more I worry that we're emphasizing the appearance of the trope over the meat of it, as the examples are very focused on actual lasers or laser equivalents as cutting tools.

Depends on what you consider the meat of the trope. If it's "A beam of light that cuts things" then we're fine. If we go a contrario, overly narrow definition of the trope is not a good thing, too. Having a picture that shows that Tropes Are Flexible would help the trope thrive.