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

jandn2014 SMILE! from somewhere in Connecticut Since: Aug, 2017 Relationship Status: Hiding
SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#1102: May 13th 2021 at 7:39:39 AM

It looks like a YouTube video but you can't click or play anything because it's actually a TV Tropes image.

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
wingedcatgirl mys. minty from the silly dimension from lurking (Holding A Herring) Relationship Status: Oh my word! I'm gay!
mys. minty from the silly dimension
#1103: May 13th 2021 at 7:40:00 AM

It's supposed to look like a video embed but not actually be interactive

Suddenly I'm... still rotating Fallen London in my mind even though I've stopped actively playing it.
petersohn from Earth, Solar System (Long Runner) Relationship Status: Hiding
#1104: May 13th 2021 at 8:39:52 AM

I think it illustrates the trope title, but if you read the description, that's not what the trope is about.

Fjón þvæ ég af mér fjanda minna rán og reiði ríkra manna.
SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#1105: May 13th 2021 at 8:43:37 AM

Well, the description spends a little too much with rhetoric to be clear but I don't think that the image doesn't fit the trope description. "Apparent interactivity has no actual effect" is the trope.

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
Clown-Face Wild Child from Canada Since: Dec, 2015 Relationship Status: In another castle
Wild Child
#1106: May 15th 2021 at 12:46:02 PM

Is Prisoner Exchange clear enough?

Why so serious?
petersohn from Earth, Solar System (Long Runner) Relationship Status: Hiding
#1107: May 15th 2021 at 2:39:15 PM

[up]It's not perfect, but those usually look like that, so I think it's OK.

Fjón þvæ ég af mér fjanda minna rán og reiði ríkra manna.
Synchronicity (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#1108: May 15th 2021 at 7:07:40 PM

Agreed, all the prisoner exchanges i've seen in media are people standing intimidatingly on some sort of meeting point, so it's a Keep Until Better Image Suggested.

Willbyr Hi (Y2K) Relationship Status: With my statistically significant other
Hi
#1109: May 15th 2021 at 7:10:42 PM

Agreed, it's a weak Keep Until Better Image Suggested case for me.

Tabs Since: Jan, 2001
#1110: May 15th 2021 at 7:13:06 PM

What's happening in the image here?

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/CastlevaniaAlucardShapeshift_4294.jpg

Willbyr Hi (Y2K) Relationship Status: With my statistically significant other
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#1111: May 15th 2021 at 7:14:51 PM

[up] Took me a second; it's an amalgam of Dracula, his bat form, and his wolf form.

Crossover-Enthusiast from an abaondoned mall (Lucky 7) Relationship Status: Chocolate!
#1112: May 15th 2021 at 7:26:01 PM

I do not understand that at all.

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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)
#1113: May 15th 2021 at 7:28:29 PM

Would be a cool tattoo though.

FR though, I have no idea what I'm looking at. I didn't see Dracula until Willbyr pointed it out.

Edited by WarJay77 on May 15th 2021 at 10:28:52 AM

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Synchronicity (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#1114: May 15th 2021 at 7:33:14 PM

Gonna be Pedant Mcpedantry and point out that it's Alucard, not Dracula.

Other than that yeah that is (a) obtuse and (b) easy to replace.

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)
#1115: May 18th 2021 at 1:33:21 AM

Is Cold Sleep, Cold Future okay? I find it hard to read and the visuals don't help illustrate much.

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petersohn from Earth, Solar System (Long Runner) Relationship Status: Hiding
#1116: May 18th 2021 at 1:48:01 AM

[up]It's really bad. Not only is it too text-heavy, it's also difficult to read and not even too illustrative.

Fjón þvæ ég af mér fjanda minna rán og reiði ríkra manna.
petersohn from Earth, Solar System (Long Runner) Relationship Status: Hiding
#1118: May 18th 2021 at 3:26:27 AM

[up]Not great, but acceptable IMO. A teenager looking really sad while looking at her phone. The caption helps too.

Fjón þvæ ég af mér fjanda minna rán og reiði ríkra manna.
ginsengaddict Lt (jg) T'lyn (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
Lt (jg) T'lyn
#1119: May 18th 2021 at 3:28:39 AM

[up] Isn't that the textbook definition of jafaac tho?

I think we can do better.

I suppose, by the transitive property, I too must be "Vulcan as a Motherfucker."[1]
petersohn from Earth, Solar System (Long Runner) Relationship Status: Hiding
#1120: May 18th 2021 at 3:29:28 AM

It's definitely not JAFAAC, because we don't need to know the context to know what's happening.

Fjón þvæ ég af mér fjanda minna rán og reiði ríkra manna.
jandn2014 SMILE! from somewhere in Connecticut Since: Aug, 2017 Relationship Status: Hiding
SMILE!
#1121: May 18th 2021 at 3:51:22 AM

Yeah, JAFAAC means “the caption provides all of the context” not “an image is literally a face with a caption”.

ginsengaddict Lt (jg) T'lyn (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
Lt (jg) T'lyn
#1122: May 18th 2021 at 4:08:12 AM

Except, the context is all coming from the trope title. If the trope title were "Doomscrolling", would the image say "this person is being cyber-bullied" to you?

Besides that, This might be the source

It doesn't appear to be from a work; just a stock photo. I think we can do better.

I suppose, by the transitive property, I too must be "Vulcan as a Motherfucker."[1]
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)
#1123: May 18th 2021 at 10:52:58 AM

Nobody's saying we can't do better, they're just saying it's not JAFAAC. That's for when the image literally has nothing illustrative about it.

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Willbyr Hi (Y2K) Relationship Status: With my statistically significant other
Hi
#1125: May 19th 2021 at 12:34:23 PM

[up] No, not in comparison to some of the pics we've kept...it's gruesome but not too gory.


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