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WarJay77 Big Catch, Sparkle Edition (Troper Knight)
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#1: May 7th 2020 at 1:47:07 PM

I see the bugs. Not so much the evil.

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Willbyr Hi (Y2K) Relationship Status: With my statistically significant other
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#2: May 8th 2020 at 3:54:46 AM

I'd say a dude covered in locusts is not in a good place...it's a decent Keep Until Better Image Suggested case for me.

WarJay77 Big Catch, Sparkle Edition (Troper Knight)
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#3: May 8th 2020 at 3:56:39 AM

[up] That's not really what the trope means though; it's for when the presence of bugs signifies a greater evil of some sort, and this doesn't do that. The dude doesn't even look like he's in a bad place, more than he just looks slightly annoyed.

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#6: May 9th 2020 at 3:10:22 PM

Kill the image

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Shadao Since: Jan, 2013
#7: May 9th 2020 at 3:55:33 PM

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/clancy_001.png

Finding a good swarm and an evil man is surprisingly difficult.

Synchronicity (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#8: May 9th 2020 at 9:00:14 PM

[up]That's pretty good. I like that he's in focus and not the bees.

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#9: May 10th 2020 at 3:02:12 AM

[up][up][tup]

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#10: May 10th 2020 at 4:05:00 AM

[up][up][up] I will go with that.

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WarJay77 Big Catch, Sparkle Edition (Troper Knight)
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#12: May 10th 2020 at 7:06:46 PM

7 [tup]

What's the work?

Edited by WarJay77 on May 10th 2020 at 10:06:58 AM

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#15: May 15th 2020 at 1:20:48 PM

[tup] Ben 10 image

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#16: May 15th 2020 at 5:34:27 PM

go for Ben 10

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#17: May 15th 2020 at 6:34:01 PM

The Ben 10 image looks nice enough, but the bees seem to just be too blurry and out-of-focus to work properly, and there's just too few of them in the image. I think an image from Rasputin's musical number in Anastasia would work better, especially as it has bugs literally heralding evil. A high-quality version of [1] would be best, IMO. If there's also an image of the Ben Ten villain but zoomed out to show more bees, that would also work better.

Edited by geekgecko on May 15th 2020 at 6:38:55 AM

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#18: May 15th 2020 at 11:29:13 PM

Here is 17 in wikisize.

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/bugs_01.png

Either this one or 7 could work. I think 7 might be somewhat better quality.

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WarJay77 Big Catch, Sparkle Edition (Troper Knight)
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#19: May 15th 2020 at 11:42:50 PM

IDK, the things in the Anastasia example are just harder for me to see as bugs. I know they are, but either their design or how they're a bit hard to make out...just makes it hard for me to see them as bugs and not just weird worm things.

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eroock Since: Sep, 2012
#20: May 16th 2020 at 3:30:25 AM

Alternative shots from Anastasia

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/rasputin_bugs2.png

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/rasputin_bugs1.png

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

Synchronicity (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#21: May 16th 2020 at 5:26:14 AM

[up]He looks more 'evil' in the second one, but I still like it less than Ben 10. I agree that it's the art style — they're something small and probably disgusting, but it's not as immediately obvious that they're insects, compared to B10 where I see the 'evil' first and the things that surround him are something yellow, black, and flying — so a bee, wasp, or hornet.

Edited by Synchronicity on May 16th 2020 at 7:26:26 AM

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#24: May 16th 2020 at 11:09:32 AM

[up]That's kind of OK, but both 7 and 20 are better.

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#25: May 16th 2020 at 11:13:23 AM

Is that still in spoiler territory?


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