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Edited by Synchronicity on Aug 7th 2024 at 10:00:48 AM
Agree, textbook JAFAAC.
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.
My musician page"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.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.Aside of a scared baby, Wretched Hive doesn't really show me crapsack city.
TroperWall / WikiMagic CleanupChasing 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.
TroperWall / WikiMagic CleanupIf 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 WallI'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
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.
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".So should the original one be reverted?
"The only thing which is certain, is that something will happen".
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:
- https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=1294629876092020100
- https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=1355173649011680100
- https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=1421415150026414500
- https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=1458566772089397600
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."How does You Are Too Late illustrate the trope? I can't even read the text.
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
How do we feel about Daywalking Vampire? Is it obvious that he’s outside in daylight?
You’re Gonna Carry That Weight.
