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

eroock Since: Sep, 2012
#5776: Feb 10th 2024 at 5:54:02 AM

How does the image on Abuse Mistake relate to the trope?

StalkerGamer That's All, Folks! Since: Dec, 2021 Relationship Status: Love is an open door
jandn2014 SMILE! from somewhere in Connecticut Since: Aug, 2017 Relationship Status: Hiding
SMILE!
#5778: Feb 10th 2024 at 6:19:31 AM

The joke is the claiming injuries on one’s girlfriend are merely the result of her “running into a door” is viewed as a thinly-veiled attempt to hide domestic abuse, but the comic depicts a girlfriend who really does run into doors. It’s not all that straightforward, but I think it works fine if nobody has anything better in mind.

eroock Since: Sep, 2012
#5779: Feb 10th 2024 at 6:34:43 AM

Now I get it. I don't think we should make users think in roundabout ways when presenting trope images.

FernandoLemon Since: Aug, 2015
#5780: Feb 10th 2024 at 7:51:38 AM

I got it fine.

Disclaimer: I am not a domestic abuser.

petersohn from Earth, Solar System (Long Runner) Relationship Status: Hiding
#5781: Feb 10th 2024 at 8:04:36 AM

[up]evil grin

I got it too, though I'm not sure that the reader should be aware of the common excuse of "running into a door". It's still a weak keep for me.

Edit: do we have a trope for this kind of excuse? If so, potholing to it in the caption might help.

Edited by petersohn on Feb 10th 2024 at 5:05:44 PM

Fjón þvæ ég af mér fjanda minna rán og reiði ríkra manna.
Synchronicity (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#5782: Feb 10th 2024 at 8:19:47 AM

Cut Himself Shaving? (I also understood the image.)

Edited by Synchronicity on Feb 10th 2024 at 11:19:57 AM

GracieLizzy from Sunderland, UK (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#5783: Feb 10th 2024 at 9:30:35 AM

Anyone else think Big Fun is a tad weak?

Coachpill Taxidermy (he/him) from Gen Z Since: Aug, 2022 Relationship Status: Baby don't hurt me!
Taxidermy (he/him)
#5784: Feb 10th 2024 at 9:35:05 AM

I like the pun in the caption a lot, but yeah the "fun" part is pretty weak.

Your goateed philistine is sashaying towards us. | 🧱
Synchronicity (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#5785: Feb 10th 2024 at 9:49:24 AM

I don't have a problem with it.

jandn2014 SMILE! from somewhere in Connecticut Since: Aug, 2017 Relationship Status: Hiding
Amonimus the "Retromancer" from <<|Wiki Talk|>> (Sergeant) Relationship Status: In another castle
the "Retromancer"
#5787: Feb 10th 2024 at 10:38:14 AM

It's a happy overweight man, so it's not going down without a counter image.

TroperWall / WikiMagic Cleanup
KoshaVinka The Yggdrasil Cretin from Rimestrov Since: Apr, 2022 Relationship Status: You're the prettiest girl this side of the Mississippi
The Yggdrasil Cretin
#5788: Feb 10th 2024 at 11:16:18 AM

I'm sure we can find a better Budai/Buddha image for the Friendly and Jolly part if we really wanna keep the caption

Edited by KoshaVinka on Feb 10th 2024 at 8:17:39 PM

ilovewildkratts1 Local Odd Squad Connoisseur from a nice breezy expansive meadow (Experienced, Not Yet Jaded) Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Local Odd Squad Connoisseur
#5789: Feb 11th 2024 at 9:18:29 AM

The image for WhamEpisode.Odd Squad really only works effectively if you know the work in question. To those unfamiliar, it just looks like two characters reacting in shock to something offscreen.

Wuewuewuewuewueing my way to the bank.
KoshaVinka The Yggdrasil Cretin from Rimestrov Since: Apr, 2022 Relationship Status: You're the prettiest girl this side of the Mississippi
The Yggdrasil Cretin
#5790: Feb 11th 2024 at 9:31:14 AM

[up] "The usual reactions to these episodes"

the pictured reactions: :| :0

Yeah, complete JAFAAC

MissConduct (Septatroper)
#5791: Feb 11th 2024 at 2:35:07 PM

[up][up] In general, I think we don't like "the usual reaction to these moments" pics, but this is bad even on that scale since they're barely reacting.

is Troubled Child clear that the child is troubled, as in "has emotional issues?" It just looks like any old kid in danger.

Bullman Enid Sinclair Since: Jun, 2018 Relationship Status: Longing for my OTP
Enid Sinclair
#5792: Feb 11th 2024 at 3:01:40 PM

Do we need permission to use the current on SayMyName.Video Games because I can't find the original source of the comic?

Fan-Preferred Couple cleanup thread
jandn2014 SMILE! from somewhere in Connecticut Since: Aug, 2017 Relationship Status: Hiding
SMILE!
#5793: Feb 11th 2024 at 3:10:43 PM

[up] Here's the source. Permission would be required, but the artist hasn't uploaded in 7 years. Though we ought to be using an image from, y'know, a video game, rather than a webcomic parody.

Bullman Enid Sinclair Since: Jun, 2018 Relationship Status: Longing for my OTP
jandn2014 SMILE! from somewhere in Connecticut Since: Aug, 2017 Relationship Status: Hiding
SMILE!
#5795: Feb 12th 2024 at 11:52:13 AM

Is Lightworlder really illustrative? They certainly do look tall and lanky, but I wouldn’t necessarily associate that with “adapted to thrive in low-gravity environments”.

Edited by jandn2014 on Feb 12th 2024 at 2:52:53 PM

Amonimus the "Retromancer" from <<|Wiki Talk|>> (Sergeant) Relationship Status: In another castle
the "Retromancer"
#5796: Feb 12th 2024 at 12:05:32 PM

Has no indication there's low gravity, it's just a fantasy creature.

TroperWall / WikiMagic Cleanup
KoshaVinka The Yggdrasil Cretin from Rimestrov Since: Apr, 2022 Relationship Status: You're the prettiest girl this side of the Mississippi
The Yggdrasil Cretin
#5797: Feb 12th 2024 at 12:54:07 PM

That's absolutely not something that could survive in our gravity

I think it's as illustrative as an image can get for the trope

Amonimus the "Retromancer" from <<|Wiki Talk|>> (Sergeant) Relationship Status: In another castle
the "Retromancer"
#5798: Feb 12th 2024 at 1:34:44 PM

Works respecting Square-Cube Law are a rarity, so why can't it survive in our gravity isn't shown (it may not even be Earth with pterodactyls).

TroperWall / WikiMagic Cleanup
TheUnsquished Filthy Casual from A youngun between two oldies Since: Nov, 2014 Relationship Status: Married to the job
Filthy Casual
#5799: Feb 12th 2024 at 9:56:57 PM

The examples seem to suggest it's called a Strider, something genetically engineered to live on a moon with one-fifths Earth gravity.

(Annoyed grunt)
Spark9 Since: Nov, 2010
#5800: Feb 13th 2024 at 8:37:36 AM

How do people feel about The Generation Gap? I'd call it a textbook JAFAAC, except that I can kind-of make out two people arguing in those eye sockets. I'd still not call that particularly great or illustrative.

Edited by Spark9 on Feb 13th 2024 at 8:37:52 AM


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