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Spark9 Since: Nov, 2010
#1: Apr 22nd 2020 at 4:28:56 PM

This looks like somebody scribbled it together in five minutes using MS Paint. Aside from that, it doesn't illustrate the trope anyway, besides having the trope title somewhere in the middle.

From the webcomics section, maybe some frames of this could work?

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#2: Apr 22nd 2020 at 5:03:59 PM

The current is creepy. Panels 1+2 at a minimum from the suggestion work.

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#3: Apr 22nd 2020 at 5:10:08 PM

Current is undoubtedly a shitpost and should go. How about panels 2+4: shows the saving and the vow?

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dontmentionit.png
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#4: Apr 22nd 2020 at 5:14:59 PM

I remember seeing this image before; I was gonna bring it here myself but I forgot the trope name. (The current is definitely a surreal meme.)

Anyway, 3 works, but I’ll wait to see if there’s anything better.

Edited by jandn2014 on Apr 22nd 2020 at 8:17:12 AM

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#5: Apr 23rd 2020 at 1:18:37 AM

I'll go with 3 for now.

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#6: Apr 23rd 2020 at 1:50:59 AM

3 seems more illustrative, and the text is current is small, so I'll vote for that.

Edited by Piterpicher on Apr 23rd 2020 at 11:00:27 AM

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#9: Apr 23rd 2020 at 4:57:20 PM

[awesome] 3.

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rachiebird Since: May, 2014
#10: Apr 24th 2020 at 11:51:14 AM

Personally, I like current better - it feels more expressive, and tells a little bit of a story, while 3 feels only slightly above being a page quote in terms of visual expressiveness.

But I think that current is technically a meme, so I guess 3 is okay.

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#11: Apr 24th 2020 at 11:53:08 AM

3 does show the black guy almost falling off a cliff, so it also kinda shows the help (though he also shouts that he's saved as he's still kinda hanging from it, for some reason). 3 is mostly a better than nothing option, to be honest.

Edited by Piterpicher on Apr 24th 2020 at 8:54:01 PM

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rachiebird Since: May, 2014
#12: Apr 24th 2020 at 4:09:20 PM

Oh! I didn't notice the cliff. That makes it a little better, at least. Though yeah, still mainly a "better than nothing" for me too.

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#13: Apr 24th 2020 at 4:43:59 PM

I think we've got enough consensus for 3; it's in and tagged. Caption?

Old pic:

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/b95.jpg
Not even H. R. Giger would have represented it better.

Edited by Willbyr on Apr 24th 2020 at 6:47:44 AM

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#14: Apr 27th 2020 at 8:55:15 AM

No caption discussion; locking up.

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