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Synchronicity (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#1: Nov 19th 2021 at 7:25:15 AM

Shares a panel with Inherent in the System, which was selected via crowner.

Justified Criminal strikes me as a tad easier to replace, so I vote to pull it from there.

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#3: Nov 19th 2021 at 8:39:43 AM

[up]

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#7: Nov 19th 2021 at 11:46:45 AM

I am thinking it would be easier to cut the first panel of Inherent in the System and keep Justified Criminal.

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/inherentinthesystem_7.png

Edited by eroock on Nov 19th 2021 at 11:54:27 AM

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#8: Nov 19th 2021 at 11:57:20 AM

[up][tup] Agreed.

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#10: Nov 19th 2021 at 5:09:27 PM

[up]What's that supposed to illustrate? The composition is really bad

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#11: Nov 19th 2021 at 5:24:53 PM

Is that even an example, anyways? From what I can tell, it shows a character that is on the villain’s side disobeying the villains in a way that benefits the heroes, while this trope is more like “this person has to deal drugs to make money because they’re poor” or whatever.

neoYTPism Since: May, 2010
#12: Nov 19th 2021 at 6:04:24 PM

[up] What the character did was illegal, but justified. Hence "justified criminal."

[up][up] Here is the surrounding context, in case you want an alternate panel arrangement.

Edited by neoYTPism on Nov 19th 2021 at 6:08:49 AM

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#13: Nov 19th 2021 at 6:21:08 PM

[up] To quote the first paragraph:

This is a trope for when a person becomes a criminal because of socio-economic reasons, or just plain horrible circumstances, and is portrayed sympathetically because of this. Basically a person or a group of people are in dire straits and need money immediately and become bank robbers and drug dealers out of necessity.

The crimes committed should theoretically be something that is usually condemned and not of a particularly large scale. "Not robotizing all the residents of an entire planet" doesn't fit either of said categories.

Edited by jandn2014 on Nov 19th 2021 at 9:21:15 AM

neoYTPism Since: May, 2010
#14: Nov 19th 2021 at 7:22:38 PM

[up] I stand corrected, then. I retract the suggestion.

Would it be better than imageless for Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right!? I thought it fit both tropes, but I initially proposed it for this one because this one had a thread. Should I make a separate thread for STRIDWR?

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Synchronicity (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#20: Nov 20th 2021 at 7:29:36 AM

I kinda like the Inherent in the System setup with four panels, because superheroes are commonly seen going after low-level thugs. So making them underpaid subverts that notion.

That latest suggestion is pretty good, though I wish we got to see more of the crime.

Edited by Synchronicity on Nov 20th 2021 at 9:29:52 AM

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#21: Nov 25th 2021 at 3:54:27 PM

Clock is set. I favor 16 most.

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#24: Nov 26th 2021 at 8:23:25 AM

16.

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#25: Nov 27th 2021 at 8:26:45 AM

[tup] 16.

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