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

Spark9 Since: Nov, 2010
#176: Aug 18th 2020 at 8:22:51 AM

[up] Thank you! Can we display that link somewhere prominently, perhaps?

petersohn from Earth, Solar System (Long Runner) Relationship Status: Hiding
#177: Aug 18th 2020 at 12:30:16 PM

I used to frequent the video examples page, but as those can only be modified by mods, unless there is some really serious issue with them (e.g. copyright or NSFW) they are practically stuck for good. This is one of the reasons I don't care about them any more. The best you can do is to vote on their illustrativeness.

Fjón þvæ ég af mér fjanda minna rán og reiði ríkra manna.
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#178: Aug 18th 2020 at 5:27:53 PM

Not sure on Gossipy Hens's image. It feels too small and a viewer might not know if the image is demonstrating the trope or not.

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jandn2014 SMILE! from somewhere in Connecticut Since: Aug, 2017 Relationship Status: Hiding
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#179: Aug 18th 2020 at 5:28:36 PM

[up] I can get the idea of the trope from the image, but it's too small currently.

Willbyr Hi (Y2K) Relationship Status: With my statistically significant other
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#181: Aug 19th 2020 at 9:47:13 AM

I couldn't find a larger version in GIS. There's a Norman Rockwell painting called "Gossip" IIRC that makes for a better page pic but has men mixed into it...not sure if that goes against the trope.

jandn2014 SMILE! from somewhere in Connecticut Since: Aug, 2017 Relationship Status: Hiding
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#182: Aug 19th 2020 at 10:35:39 AM

I couldn't find a larger version of the image, but I did try resizing it using a program; does it look good?

Willbyr Hi (Y2K) Relationship Status: With my statistically significant other
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#183: Aug 19th 2020 at 12:50:25 PM

[up] That looks really good to my eye, but most of the dead space on the left edge can be cropped.

petersohn from Earth, Solar System (Long Runner) Relationship Status: Hiding
#184: Aug 19th 2020 at 1:35:40 PM

Here is an image of the Rockwell painting. The whole one would look really bad on wikisize, but a crop might work, but I'm not sure it would be that much better than the current. Should we start a thread about it?

Edited by petersohn on Aug 19th 2020 at 10:36:08 AM

Fjón þvæ ég af mér fjanda minna rán og reiði ríkra manna.
jandn2014 SMILE! from somewhere in Connecticut Since: Aug, 2017 Relationship Status: Hiding
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#186: Aug 19th 2020 at 2:54:13 PM

[up] I’d say no.

Is Badge Gag an image macro? The text on the paper looks edited.

Spark9 Since: Nov, 2010
#187: Aug 19th 2020 at 3:04:24 PM

And what about Blackmail Backfire? I'm having trouble seeing the backfire in the pic.

Synchronicity (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#188: Aug 19th 2020 at 3:57:27 PM

[up][up]I can confirm that’s the original dialogue, just with the ugly meme font.

[down] Crop:

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/parksandrec_2.png


I like the idea of cropping the Rockwell painting, maybe taking the top three and turning it into a 3 panel so you can see the chain of gossip.

Edited by Synchronicity on Aug 19th 2020 at 6:09:19 AM

wingedcatgirl mys. minty from the silly dimension from lurking (Holding A Herring) Relationship Status: Oh my word! I'm gay!
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#189: Aug 19th 2020 at 4:05:08 PM

[up][up][up]The original text on the paper was far too small to be readable at wiki size, so it had to be embiggened.

Suddenly I'm... still rotating Fallen London in my mind even though I've stopped actively playing it.
jandn2014 SMILE! from somewhere in Connecticut Since: Aug, 2017 Relationship Status: Hiding
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#190: Aug 19th 2020 at 4:10:04 PM

[up][up] Maybe use a close-up of the second panel instead to make the text more readable.

Edited by jandn2014 on Aug 19th 2020 at 7:10:15 AM

jandn2014 SMILE! from somewhere in Connecticut Since: Aug, 2017 Relationship Status: Hiding
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#191: Aug 19th 2020 at 5:46:55 PM

Anyone else think Graffiti Town doesn't illustrate the idea of the trope very well?

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
#192: Aug 19th 2020 at 5:50:17 PM

Yeah, that doesn't look like the trope at all. It just looks like a city.

Suddenly I'm... still rotating Fallen London in my mind even though I've stopped actively playing it.
Spark9 Since: Nov, 2010
#193: Aug 21st 2020 at 7:01:42 AM

I'm pretty sure Stiff Upper Lip is an image macro... at the very least, it's a tired old meme by now.

Spark9 Since: Nov, 2010
#194: Aug 21st 2020 at 7:04:28 AM

Is Quintessential British Gentleman too similar to Gentleman Adventurer? It's the same character in a pretty similar pose, except the latter has a backdrop.

jandn2014 SMILE! from somewhere in Connecticut Since: Aug, 2017 Relationship Status: Hiding
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#195: Aug 21st 2020 at 7:29:06 AM

[up][up] Judging from this article, it seems to be an actual propaganda poster from WWII.

[up] Yeah, we could probably find something better for the former trope.

Edited by jandn2014 on Aug 21st 2020 at 10:29:10 AM

Synchronicity (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#196: Aug 21st 2020 at 9:36:54 AM

Not too similar to be a straight dupe IMO (we have same character-different sprite Ace Attorney images on various pages, for example), but wouldn't mind replacing the one on Quintessential British Gentleman

Edited by Synchronicity on Aug 21st 2020 at 11:37:22 AM

rjd1922 Best robot boy | he/him | Image Pickin' regular, from the United States Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: Love is for the living, Sal
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#197: Aug 21st 2020 at 9:59:24 AM

Regarding Stiff Upper Lip, I wonder if the photo from which the poster is reconstructed would make a better image.

Keet cleanup
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
#198: Aug 21st 2020 at 11:34:09 AM

I, for one, vote for the photo.

Suddenly I'm... still rotating Fallen London in my mind even though I've stopped actively playing it.
jandn2014 SMILE! from somewhere in Connecticut Since: Aug, 2017 Relationship Status: Hiding

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