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This thread is meant to be a place for people to ask questions and request discussion about existing page images they have concerns about; this can be used to determine if a thread should be made to replace an image.

For example, questions about Just a Face and a Caption concerns, whether a picture requires additional context, whether a picture demonstrates all of the necessary aspects or a trope, or whether a trope better demonstrates a related trope can be asked here.

Mod edit: Before posting here, please check the page source to see if the page has previously been discussed in Image Pickin'. Your question may already have been brought up in a prior thread.

Edited by Synchronicity on Aug 7th 2024 at 10:00:48 AM

FernandoLemon Since: Aug, 2015
ShinyCottonCandy Everyone's friend Malamar from Lumiose City (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Everyone's friend Malamar
#4227: Nov 22nd 2022 at 6:41:33 AM

I still can't tell how the image on Placebo Eureka Moment isn't just a "Eureka!" Moment. It seems like the mention of "salt" is a legitimate trigger for a eureka moment.

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petersohn from Earth, Solar System (Long Runner) Relationship Status: Hiding
#4228: Nov 22nd 2022 at 6:49:07 AM

"Eureka!" Moment is simply a character having a sudden realization. Placebo Eureka Moment is when a character has an "Eureka!" Moment and attributes it to another character even though the other character did not directly inspire them.

Fjón þvæ ég af mér fjanda minna rán og reiði ríkra manna.
ShinyCottonCandy Everyone's friend Malamar from Lumiose City (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Everyone's friend Malamar
#4229: Nov 22nd 2022 at 6:49:55 AM

[up]Yes, but it looks like the other character did inspire the Eureka moment.

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petersohn from Earth, Solar System (Long Runner) Relationship Status: Hiding
#4230: Nov 22nd 2022 at 7:07:15 AM

Regular "Eureka!" Moment does not say anything about inspiration, it can (and usually does) come by itself. Like the case with the trope's image, where it's just seeing a bat and coming to a realization that he should become Batman. In Placebo Eureka Moment's image, the woman is thanking the man for helping her find a solution to some mystery, which he did by saying 'salt' in an unrelated context. Thus, he didn't really "help" her in the real sense, i.e. he was not actively trying to come up with a solution, which makes it this trope.

That said, I don't really like the image either because it's texty and difficult to understand what's going on, but after you read it one or two times, it actually does illustrate the trope.

Fjón þvæ ég af mér fjanda minna rán og reiði ríkra manna.
Amonimus the "Retromancer" from <<|Wiki Talk|>> (Sergeant) Relationship Status: In another castle
the "Retromancer"
#4231: Nov 22nd 2022 at 10:41:58 AM

Aside of a scared baby, Wretched Hive doesn't really show me crapsack city.

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Amonimus the "Retromancer" from <<|Wiki Talk|>> (Sergeant) Relationship Status: In another castle
the "Retromancer"
#4232: Nov 24th 2022 at 5:45:46 AM

Chasing a Butterfly description says that either the critter leads to danger or is the danger. Either the image is poor or the description is too restrictive.

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WarJay77 It's NaNo, Bay-beeee! (10,238/50,000) from My Writing Cave (Troper Knight) Relationship Status: Armed with the Power of Love
It's NaNo, Bay-beeee! (10,238/50,000)
#4233: Nov 24th 2022 at 6:57:30 AM

If it's a conflict between anything and a trope description, I lean on always trusting the description unless there's a reason to not.

Working on: Author Appeal | Sandbox | Troper Wall
badtothebaritone (Life not ruined yet) Relationship Status: Snooping as usual
#4234: Nov 24th 2022 at 3:25:09 PM

I'm not really getting the image for Helpful Hallucination. I don't get the "helpful" part at all, and if it weren't for the caption, I'd probably mistake Gusteau for a ghost.

Edited by badtothebaritone on Nov 24th 2022 at 5:25:44 AM

MurlocAggroB from the second-most ridiculous province of Canada Since: May, 2015
#4235: Nov 24th 2022 at 3:51:41 PM

[up] I think "hallucination or ghost" is going to be hard to differentiate in general, so I have no problem with that. However, it doesn't show the helpful part at all.

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Willbyr Hi (Y2K) Relationship Status: With my statistically significant other
Azorius24 Knight of Solace from the bonnie, bonnie banks o' Loch Lomond (Five Long Years) Relationship Status: love is a deadly lazer
Knight of Solace
#4237: Nov 26th 2022 at 2:16:27 AM

I'm not sure if the image for Thrown Out the Airlock is quite right? Yes, Among Us is now intimately connected with that trope, but the image chosen is more or less a poster for the game, and the same one used on the game's work page. It might be better to have the "X was not the Imposter" screen instead?

"The only thing which is certain, is that something will happen".
Amonimus the "Retromancer" from <<|Wiki Talk|>> (Sergeant) Relationship Status: In another castle
Azorius24 Knight of Solace from the bonnie, bonnie banks o' Loch Lomond (Five Long Years) Relationship Status: love is a deadly lazer
Amonimus the "Retromancer" from <<|Wiki Talk|>> (Sergeant) Relationship Status: In another castle
badtothebaritone (Life not ruined yet) Relationship Status: Snooping as usual
#4241: Nov 26th 2022 at 9:59:06 AM

[up]x4 I'm guessing that's code for "Don't bother challenging it unless you have a suggestion (which I don't) because they're probably going to vote to keep it even though it's a poor image"?

MaeBea from Satan's basement Since: Jul, 2021 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
#4242: Nov 26th 2022 at 1:43:35 PM

[up] That happens more than you'd think, where a page has an image that's weak, but it stays because nobody has a better image. Take for example Tall, Dark, and Snarky. Here's an excerpt from that page:


This page has had FOUR separate Image Pickin' threads which have failed to produce a better image than the current: DO NOT start a new Image Pickin' thread for this page without a suggestion for a replacement image.

Any thread that fails to do so will be locked.

Also, check the previous threads and make sure that your suggestion hasn't already been fielded.

"Squid has to go to market. He's had to go to market for as long as he's sucked water."
Anarchist2 Confounded by avatar changes Since: Apr, 2020 Relationship Status: watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
Confounded by avatar changes
#4243: Nov 26th 2022 at 7:10:43 PM

How does You Are Too Late illustrate the trope? I can't even read the text.

RandomTroper123 She / Her from I'll let you guess... (Not-So-Newbie) Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
She / Her
#4244: Nov 26th 2022 at 7:28:14 PM

[up]The first text box says "Sounds take nearly ten seconds to travel two miles." while the second says "She was already dead.". I'm assuming what happened is that the heroes were too late to save a Damsel in Distress and a villain shot her.

Edited by RandomTroper123 on Nov 26th 2022 at 7:36:54 AM

Willbyr Hi (Y2K) Relationship Status: With my statistically significant other
Hi
#4245: Nov 26th 2022 at 7:35:09 PM

I thought that one had had a thread before, but apparently not. The pic is a good example, but those speech bubbles definitely need to be Photoshopped to be bigger.

Amonimus the "Retromancer" from <<|Wiki Talk|>> (Sergeant) Relationship Status: In another castle
FernandoLemon Since: Aug, 2015
#4247: Nov 28th 2022 at 3:02:20 AM

It has too much dialogue, that's for sure.

Willbyr Hi (Y2K) Relationship Status: With my statistically significant other
Hi
#4248: Nov 28th 2022 at 7:19:41 AM

Great example, but a bad pic due to textiness.

BigBadShadow25 With my last breath, I curse Zoidberg. from Basement at the Alamo (Experienced, Not Yet Jaded) Relationship Status: Desperate
With my last breath, I curse Zoidberg.
#4249: Nov 28th 2022 at 8:40:39 AM

How do we feel about Daywalking Vampire? Is it obvious that he’s outside in daylight?

You’re Gonna Carry That Weight.
Synchronicity (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#4250: Nov 28th 2022 at 8:43:20 AM

That definitely looks like outside and it doesn't look dark, so one can infer.

Edited by Synchronicity on Nov 28th 2022 at 10:43:51 AM


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