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Synchronicity (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#1: Jul 2nd 2022 at 9:06:36 PM

This got a lot of replies in the policy thread but no one actually made a thread for it where we can pull and potentially brainstorm replacements so here is that :P Anyway, criticisms leveled against the current thus far, in order of how much I personally agree with them:

  1. It is text-heavy and the visuals don't contribute much (besides a tight pic of babies in the left panel).
  2. The actual problem needing a solution (that a character doesn't want to be a Breeding Slave and suggests insemination to get out of it) is in the caption
  3. It's intended to be read right-to-left, which could throw some readers off
  4. It might be too fanservicey.

So yeah, motion to pull.

StarSword Captain of USS Bajor from somewhere in deep space Since: Sep, 2011
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#3: Jul 2nd 2022 at 9:50:12 PM

Sponsor here. The current was my third choice after I couldn't make something better with the webcomics examples. Since this is (usually) a dialogue trope, it would be difficult to depict with a non-textual medium.

Edited by StarSword on Jul 2nd 2022 at 1:04:16 PM

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Chabal2 Since: Jan, 2010
#4: Jul 2nd 2022 at 10:20:46 PM

Panel 2 from this Schlock Mercenary strip, last panel of this Foxtrot strip?

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#5: Jul 2nd 2022 at 10:40:12 PM

Pull

[up] Neither of those fit. Those are just characters suggesting things others don't want to do, not suggesting solutions that don't resolve the problem.

Edited by WarJay77 on Jul 2nd 2022 at 1:41:50 PM

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Chabal2 Since: Jan, 2010
#7: Jul 2nd 2022 at 11:00:30 PM

^^ Well no, those are their proposed solutions (that are simple but won't work out): going from a marriage to a menage-a-trois with gate-clone wives for the Schlock one, and buying expensive consoles for the Foxtrot one.

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#8: Jul 2nd 2022 at 11:03:44 PM

The first one only seems to show a guy wanting a threesome, I'm seeing no signs of it being a solution for anything, let alone marriage-related issues. The second one is a solution, but there's no evidence it's a bad one.

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#9: Jul 2nd 2022 at 11:29:26 PM

It appears like this trope is pretty hard to illustrate.

135 -> 180 -> 273 -> 191 -> 188 -> 230 -> 300 -> 311
TheUnsquished Filthy Casual from A youngun between two oldies Since: Nov, 2014 Relationship Status: Married to the job
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#10: Jul 2nd 2022 at 11:33:49 PM

Pull current regardless.

(Annoyed grunt)
BoltDMC Since: May, 2020
#11: Jul 3rd 2022 at 1:34:42 AM

Pull. Having no image would even be better than this.

Edited by BoltDMC on Jul 3rd 2022 at 1:35:59 AM

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#12: Jul 3rd 2022 at 4:01:01 AM

The example section has this. Could panels 2+4 work?

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#13: Jul 3rd 2022 at 4:32:52 AM

[up] I think it needs the first panel to state the problem, the second panel to state the proposed solution, and the last panel to explain why it wouldn't work. 2+4 is close to working, but doesn't quite get there.

Edited by thok on Jul 3rd 2022 at 7:33:06 AM

Willbyr Hi (Y2K) Relationship Status: With my statistically significant other
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#14: Jul 3rd 2022 at 8:09:33 AM

[up] Agreed all around.

Edited by Willbyr on Jul 3rd 2022 at 10:11:11 AM

Stage7-4 Since: Nov, 2014
#15: Jul 3rd 2022 at 8:48:42 AM

Could we post some sort of bullet deflection and reference "why don't you just shoot him"?

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#16: Jul 3rd 2022 at 10:21:59 AM

[up] I think that idea would overlap too much with Immune to Bullets IMO

EDIT: I also vote to pull.

Edited by Cutegirl920fire on Jul 3rd 2022 at 10:22:27 AM

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Synchronicity MOD (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#19: Jul 3rd 2022 at 1:38:32 PM

I think Immune to Bullets overlap wouldn't be a dealbreaker; it would be a good visual demonstration of "won't work".

Current's gone and tagged:

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/weh_simple_solution_wont_work.jpg
You're not getting out of being a Breeding Slave that easily, Reito.

Willbyr MOD Hi (Y2K) Relationship Status: With my statistically significant other
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#20: Jul 8th 2022 at 8:18:22 AM

Locking as this is at the clocking point and has been dead since the pic was pulled.

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