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BlackFaithStar [Hiatus til March] from 🇲🇾 (UTC plus 8) (Less Newbie) Relationship Status: Longing for my OTP
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#1: Mar 14th 2022 at 7:59:19 AM

Brought up here that the current may be unillustrative and the previous thread said similarly but failed to produce a new image. The blur effect may suggest it to be a flashback but I'm here to suggest an alternative. Coming from the recent show Mechamato (all are at page quality):

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

Vertical paneling:

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

- Possible alternate shot and paneling

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/screenshot_20220314_104813_picsart.jpg
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https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/screenshot_20220314_104929_picsart_5.jpg

Gonna try not give context off the bat, but there is an on-trope-page example which has it. I know I used spoiler markup but it's more of an emotional reveal of past events rather than a major twist that affects the whole series, and I've yet to find another troper who knows this show to contest otherwise.
I'm inclining that the afterimage in her eye makes the connection between past and present visible.

Here's the clip (minute timestamp) for anyone who'd like to get better shots.

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#3: Mar 14th 2022 at 8:38:58 AM

Not feeling the suggestion. Pull regardless of replacement.

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#4: Mar 14th 2022 at 8:43:21 AM

[up]

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#5: Mar 14th 2022 at 8:43:59 AM

Hmm, maybe reverse the order in 1.4? That way it looks like we're getting a closeup of the image in her retina / flashback.

Voting keep unless we find a replacement, the current pic has the visual filters for a flashback (blurry edges, sepia tones) and a tragedy (dead family around the father).

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#6: Mar 14th 2022 at 9:03:22 AM

I'm completely lost as to the context of the suggestion, so [tdown] for now. Not feeling the current, either.

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#7: Mar 14th 2022 at 9:03:25 AM

[nja][up][up] I'm unsure if it'd look similar to Eye Recall, and that shot with the eye happens after, but here goes:

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

[down] I thought the current for Eye Recall is more clear, and although I know This Image Is Not An Example exists, that's not what happens here.

Edited by BlackFaithStar on Mar 15th 2022 at 12:08:44 AM

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#8: Mar 14th 2022 at 9:04:23 AM

[up] That could potentially replace Eye Recall actually.

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#9: Mar 14th 2022 at 2:13:43 PM

[up] I could tentatively get behind that.

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#11: Mar 15th 2022 at 7:59:15 AM

I still prefer the current, but it looks like it'll get removed and I'd rather the page not be imageless.

Here's a composite of several shots in Pacific Rim. It's actually a lot more immersive and involved, but it risks confusing viewers to include the VR augmented traumatic flashback.

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/pacific_rim_troubled_backstory_flashback_0.png

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#13: Mar 15th 2022 at 9:00:14 AM

[up][up] I like that, but both logs are blurry.

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#14: Mar 15th 2022 at 9:30:55 AM

[up]Ok, here's pushing the "sharpen" button and a bit of recropping.

Edit: And I hadn't noticed when watching the movie, but you can see the streetscape from the second panel reflected in her helmet in the first panel. Nice attention to detail.

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/pacific_rim_troubled_backstory_flashback_3.png

Edited by Earnest on Mar 15th 2022 at 10:35:15 AM

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#16: Mar 17th 2022 at 8:37:48 AM

[up]

(Annoyed grunt)
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#17: Mar 19th 2022 at 9:14:31 AM

Eh, not really feeling that TBH.

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#18: Mar 19th 2022 at 9:33:19 AM

I think 14 works. The caption might need to draw attention to the red shoe, because it took me a few seconds to notice it on the first picture.

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#21: Mar 19th 2022 at 10:27:13 PM

I still stand by my previous "current is keepable" vote, but throwing this from the new Fruits Basket out there: it's a bit crude but I think it works. Note the different colorations plus the Hairstyle Inertia on the Hime Cut.

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

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#22: Mar 20th 2022 at 6:37:17 PM

[up] Not sure if it's just my laptop, but that bottom panel's so bright that I'm having a hard time seeing what's happening...is the mom throwing a bowl of food at her?

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#23: Mar 21st 2022 at 10:32:31 AM

Here's 21 with less brightness:

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/fb_rin_1.png

And here's another suggestion:

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

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