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GoldenCityBird from the UK Since: Oct, 2018
#1: Feb 16th 2020 at 3:39:08 AM

The current image only illustrates the "archer" part of the trope. The actual trope, however, revolves around independent, arrogant and stealthy archers. I'd like to suggest this image of the Green Arrow as a replacement:

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/19924b5f_c3b7_4fc0_bb4a_efe231d6f5b9.jpeg
some caption text

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#2: Feb 16th 2020 at 10:53:53 AM

The suggestion is slightly better than the current, but I'm not sure that either's all that great.

GoldenCityBird from the UK Since: Oct, 2018
#3: Feb 16th 2020 at 11:33:26 AM

It was hard to find any other images I thought illustrated well. Here's one from Young Avengers:

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/df0debc9_771f_4b75_b11f_5c709b81be6d.jpeg
some caption text

The speech bubble could be edited out, but I don't have the means to at this moment.

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rachiebird Since: May, 2014
#4: Feb 16th 2020 at 2:38:04 PM

Based on the trope description, 1.1 definitely feels like it does a way better job than current at illustrating the traits associated with this trope. 1.3 is also good - I feel like it trades off a bit of the "cocky aloofness" in exchange for portraying the "frequently female" side of the trope.

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#5: Feb 16th 2020 at 2:55:37 PM

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/katniss.jpg

Does this Katniss image illustrate well enough? Yes, no? I thought it was worth a shot, but I'm not super confident on it, so I'm fine if it's a no go. As for why this specific image...well, it's the best one I could find on Google. [lol]

Edited by WarJay77 on Feb 16th 2020 at 5:56:15 AM

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#6: Feb 16th 2020 at 3:01:50 PM

1 is the best suggestion so far, he looks both arrogant and stealthy. 3 is clearly not stealthy in that neon suit, and 5 looks timid rather than arrogant.

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#7: Feb 17th 2020 at 12:17:21 AM

1 > 5 > 3 for me.

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#9: Feb 17th 2020 at 2:09:03 AM

1 for me.

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#11: Feb 17th 2020 at 7:39:22 AM

1 shows off the aloof and stealthy traits best.

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#13: Feb 17th 2020 at 8:46:17 AM

1

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#14: Feb 17th 2020 at 9:54:34 AM

Yeah, okay, 1 is definitely best. But hey, worth a shot with Katniss, yeah?

Anyway, 1 [tup]

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GoldenCityBird from the UK Since: Oct, 2018
#15: Feb 17th 2020 at 10:06:33 AM

Seems like 1's by far the most popular, with universal agreement. Should we wait a bit longer to put it in?

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#16: Feb 17th 2020 at 1:51:02 PM

No, that's plenty of consensus for 1. It's in and tagged; caption?

Old pic:

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/master-bowman.jpg
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#17: Feb 19th 2020 at 11:07:15 AM

No caption discussion for a couple of days; locking up.

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