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

MissConduct (Septatroper)
#5801: Feb 13th 2024 at 9:07:05 AM

[up]Yeah, that's pretty JAFAAC. It's hard to even tell the people yelling in the glasses are of different generations.

Can you tell War Refugees are fleeing a war? They just look like sad impoverished people to me.

Edited by MissConduct on Feb 13th 2024 at 12:13:34 PM

Bullman Enid Sinclair Since: Jun, 2018 Relationship Status: Longing for my OTP
Enid Sinclair
#5802: Feb 13th 2024 at 9:49:06 AM

Does The Bore demonstrate the trope out of context and does the caption help make it clearer.

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Synchronicity (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#5803: Feb 13th 2024 at 10:00:50 AM

It's a joke image. He's talking so much the other person died.

jandn2014 SMILE! from somewhere in Connecticut Since: Aug, 2017 Relationship Status: Hiding
SMILE!
#5804: Feb 13th 2024 at 10:02:46 AM

I actually really like The Generation Gap; the imagery of an older and younger person arguing in the shades of the "hip" (for the day) younger person gets the idea across very well with little to no text. Gave it a quality upgrade; how's it look?

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tumblr_mq94trktey1so5ik5o1_1280_jpg.png

War Refugees isn't clear at all. The implications of The Bore's pic is that the other person died from sheer boredom. I'd give it a Keep Until Better Image Suggested, and having an image that doesn't rely on text (like a comic) is nice.

Edited by jandn2014 on Feb 13th 2024 at 1:03:11 PM

MurlocAggroB from the second-most ridiculous province of Canada Since: May, 2015
#5805: Feb 13th 2024 at 10:13:22 AM

[up] I agree with all of that, although I'm also open for a clearer image for The Generation Gap if it can be found.

regulation pigeon
jandn2014 SMILE! from somewhere in Connecticut Since: Aug, 2017 Relationship Status: Hiding
SMILE!
#5806: Feb 14th 2024 at 9:06:42 AM

iSophagus uses a pin instead of an image of the scene from the original, which I find odd (though I guess it was difficult to access the cartoon before it entered the public domain...). Should it be replaced with such?

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/goat1_4.png

Edited by jandn2014 on Feb 14th 2024 at 12:07:07 PM

Paperfly Buzz from On The Wall Since: Jun, 2022
Buzz
#5807: Feb 14th 2024 at 9:16:39 AM

I think we should include the shot of the goat eating the violin, as that's also part of the trope

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Spark9 Since: Nov, 2010
#5808: Feb 14th 2024 at 9:19:45 AM

[up][up][up][up] Reading the trope description of The Generation Gap more closely, it turns out that a parent and a child arguing is explicitly not an example of the trope (as it requires a significant difference in values and ideas).

MissConduct (Septatroper)
#5810: Feb 14th 2024 at 8:08:53 PM

[up]I think it means that the ship in the window appears at a weird scale - I think that the scale unintentionally makes the other ship too small. But yeah, it's really bad. I thought that was a TV screen at first.

Are you guys having trouble reading the text on Alternate Personality Punishment? I think the trope fits, but if other people are having as much trouble reading it as I do there might be a problem.

jandn2014 SMILE! from somewhere in Connecticut Since: Aug, 2017 Relationship Status: Hiding
SMILE!
#5811: Feb 14th 2024 at 9:26:56 PM

Tried giving it an upgrade; better?

Worst case scenario, we could instead arrange it vertically:

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/alternatevillain_waifu2x_art_noise1.png

Edited by jandn2014 on Feb 14th 2024 at 12:28:35 PM

maxwellsilver Since: Sep, 2011
#5812: Feb 15th 2024 at 1:02:33 AM

[up]I wonder if alt-Bolfman's reaction "Well then... that was... rude" should be added as a caption or the image expanded to three panels to include it.

Luckily, My Shield Will Protect Me is more of a pose than demonstrating the trope. I suggest panel 1 or 1+2 of here from Latchkey Kingdom, which sees a simple wooden shield No-Sell a katana.

Edited by maxwellsilver on Feb 15th 2024 at 4:07:51 AM

petersohn from Earth, Solar System (Long Runner) Relationship Status: Hiding
#5813: Feb 15th 2024 at 3:46:33 AM

I think the image on Awesome, but Impractical would fit better on Cool, but Inefficient note . Awesome, but Impractical is when something is really better, but its limitations make it impractical to use in practice, while Cool, but Inefficient is when something looks cool but has no real advantage. This huge shotgun is the latter, because it has no advantage over an artillery piece of the same caliber apart from looking cool.

Fjón þvæ ég af mér fjanda minna rán og reiði ríkra manna.
MissConduct (Septatroper)
#5814: Feb 15th 2024 at 8:36:11 AM

5811 is an improvement[tup].

[up] Yeah, Cool, but Inefficient is a better fit since ABI is for things that are meant to be used but it's difficult while CBI is for things that are purely Rule of Cool, like that truck.

Is Crime and Punishment Tropes a stock image?

Edited by MissConduct on Feb 15th 2024 at 11:48:28 AM

sohibil Since: Dec, 2020 Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
#5815: Feb 15th 2024 at 11:38:42 AM

Spellbound! Magical Princess Lil'Pri image is rather blurry due to low resolution. I suggest this.

GracieLizzy from Sunderland, UK (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#5816: Feb 15th 2024 at 1:46:01 PM

[up] I'd rather not switch a poster looking image for a cast shot with no logo, I've found an upgrade of current instead and swapped it in.

Is it just me or is the rags part of Rags to Riches a bit weak? I mean he has slightly messy hair but he doesn't look that raggy to me? It could be just the kinda "eh" caption throwing me off though.

KoshaVinka The Yggdrasil Cretin from Rimestrov Since: Apr, 2022 Relationship Status: You're the prettiest girl this side of the Mississippi
The Yggdrasil Cretin
#5817: Feb 16th 2024 at 12:08:58 AM

Technopath does not look duper clear. It looks like someone walking into traffic with barely visible magic tricks, especially since the cars glow blue instead of fuchsia like his magic, so it's not clear he is controlling the cars.

petersohn from Earth, Solar System (Long Runner) Relationship Status: Hiding
GracieLizzy from Sunderland, UK (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#5819: Feb 16th 2024 at 5:38:11 AM

[up][up] I actually agree with you Kosha. It was selected by thread though so would need a new one. He looks like he's just standing in front of cars casting a spell not controlling them. He could even just be the person who is dropping the flag at the beginning of a road race.

MurlocAggroB from the second-most ridiculous province of Canada Since: May, 2015
#5820: Feb 16th 2024 at 6:40:23 AM

[up] It looks fine to me. If an image could be one of two things and one of those things is explained by the trope name, then readers are going to assume that it's the thing explained by the trope name.

regulation pigeon
Synchronicity (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#5821: Feb 16th 2024 at 6:49:29 AM

Also perfect, enemy of good, etc. An image that doesn't illustrate perfectly doesn't mean it should be pulled without replacement. If you have a clearer alternative to propose then by all means go ahead, but we shouldn't be pulling based on "it's not the ideal image".

Nethilia Girl Gang Disaster (she and zie) (Life not ruined yet) Relationship Status: A gay little love melody
Girl Gang Disaster (she and zie)
#5822: Feb 16th 2024 at 7:33:14 AM

Is the fanart image on Romantic False Lead something that got permission? I was considering a new image thread because I clicked through and didn't see permission on the DA account/in the comments, but it had a thread not even a year ago and it just doesn't make sense to do yet another if things are fine. (Also DA is weird to navigate now.)

Edited by Nethilia on Feb 16th 2024 at 7:33:22 AM

I focus on obscure 1990s or graphic Middle Grade Literature novels and dolls. (She or zie, not they.)
GracieLizzy from Sunderland, UK (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#5823: Feb 16th 2024 at 7:35:18 AM

[up] Less than half the fan art so permission not required

Nethilia Girl Gang Disaster (she and zie) (Life not ruined yet) Relationship Status: A gay little love melody
Girl Gang Disaster (she and zie)
#5824: Feb 16th 2024 at 7:38:50 AM

[up] Gotcha, thanks.

I focus on obscure 1990s or graphic Middle Grade Literature novels and dolls. (She or zie, not they.)
petersohn from Earth, Solar System (Long Runner) Relationship Status: Hiding

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