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Deadlock Clock: Mar 18th 2021 at 11:59:00 PM
Spark9 Gentleman Troper! from Castle Wulfenbach Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Pining for the fjords
Gentleman Troper!
#1: Feb 22nd 2021 at 7:16:53 AM

I don't see how this picture has anything to do with the trope: the woman in this picture suggests to flat-out tell "he's dead", which is decidedly not breaking the news gently. So if anything, the image shows the opposite of the trope.

Suggestion, this one (last two frames) or that one (frame 9), but pull the current regardless.

Rhetorical, eh? ... Eight!
Willbyr Hi (Y2K) Relationship Status: With my statistically significant other
petersohn from Earth, Solar System (Long Runner) Relationship Status: Hiding
#3: Feb 26th 2021 at 10:51:27 AM

I feel these are lateral change. The first one, maybe?

The universe is under no obligation to make sense to us.
jandn2014 Very Spooky from somewhere in Connecticut Since: Aug, 2017 Relationship Status: Hiding
Very Spooky
#4: Feb 28th 2021 at 7:57:57 AM

Not a huge fan of the current, but 1.1 is Talking Heads, and 1.2 suffers from the same issue as so many OoTS strips: too much dialogue placed within hard-to-crop speech bubbles.

Edited by jandn2014 on Feb 28th 2021 at 10:58:07 AM

back lol
FernandoLemon Nobody Here from Argentina (Troper Knight) Relationship Status: In season
jandn2014 Very Spooky from somewhere in Connecticut Since: Aug, 2017 Relationship Status: Hiding
Very Spooky
#6: Feb 28th 2021 at 8:49:32 AM

[up] Why BUPKIS? I think you mean “no pic for now”.

back lol
FernandoLemon Nobody Here from Argentina (Troper Knight) Relationship Status: In season
#7: Feb 28th 2021 at 10:01:12 AM

Thread just started, so yeah, I guess. But current is a definite pull, at least.

Edited by FernandoLemon on Feb 28th 2021 at 3:01:33 PM

I'd like to apologize for all this.
TheUnsquished Filthy casual from Southern Limey Land (Life not ruined yet) Relationship Status: Married to the job
Filthy casual
#8: Mar 6th 2021 at 10:49:55 AM

Pull regardless of replacement.

(Annoyed grunt)
callmeamuffin ❀ Mint, Nuts, and Waffle ❀ from the kitchen (Trinitroper) Relationship Status: Thinkin' about you, muffin
❀ Mint, Nuts, and Waffle ❀
Willbyr MOD Hi (Y2K) Relationship Status: With my statistically significant other
Spark9 Gentleman Troper! from Castle Wulfenbach Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Pining for the fjords
Gentleman Troper!
#11: Mar 15th 2021 at 7:49:37 AM

I see everybody agreeing with pulling, so far. Do we need a crowner to confirm that?

Rhetorical, eh? ... Eight!
Willbyr Hi (Y2K) Relationship Status: With my statistically significant other
Hi
#12: Mar 15th 2021 at 8:21:59 AM

[up] Nah, if no other suggestions come forward before the clock expires it'll just be pulled.

Willbyr Hi (Y2K) Relationship Status: With my statistically significant other
Hi
#13: Mar 19th 2021 at 3:56:04 PM

The clock's up. The pic's pulled and the page is tagged; locking up.

Old pic:

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

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