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GracieLizzy from Sunderland, UK (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#1: Apr 22nd 2024 at 7:48:25 AM

Current is poor quality and you can't tell the character has a big exposed brain as well as electrical powers.

Here is a better shot of the same character from the same source:

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/1000009422.png

petersohn from Earth, Solar System (Long Runner) Relationship Status: Hiding
#2: Apr 22nd 2024 at 7:50:42 AM

It's definitely an improvement, but I still question whether it's clear enough that the lightning indicates that the creature is smart.

Pull the current regardless.

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GracieLizzy from Sunderland, UK (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#3: Apr 22nd 2024 at 7:57:34 AM

It's coming from his brain and My Brain Is Big is usual visual short hand for intelligence especially in aliens.

My other thought was this but it relies on people knowing who Nikola Tesla is, which I thought could be a problem:

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/1000009418.jpg

Edited by GracieLizzy on Apr 22nd 2024 at 5:11:40 PM

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#7: Apr 22nd 2024 at 9:10:06 AM

[tup] OP=3

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#10: Apr 22nd 2024 at 9:53:17 AM

[tup] to OP.

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#11: Apr 22nd 2024 at 10:41:07 AM

So, fun fact. When I made the comment at the other thread I already knew this about the character because someone suggested a video for it. A video I rejected because shooting lightning from your brain alone doesn't scream "intelligent electro" to me.

So I'm not completely sold on OP, either.

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GracieLizzy from Sunderland, UK (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#12: Apr 22nd 2024 at 12:58:34 PM

I get that it relies on visual shorthand but given we have a trope for visible brains being short hand showing intelligence (My Brain Is Big) and the trope is a Elemental Personalities subtrope of "electricity power users being intelligent" I think it gets the gist enough well enough.

Alternatively we could go with something like this:

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/1000009439.png

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#13: Apr 22nd 2024 at 1:02:04 PM

Yeah, that I'd be okay with since it has a bit more for it. I know that big brain is shorthand for "smart" but I was also briefly tricked into thinking the trope could have been something more like "electricity from the brain" given that your body sends electrical signals and stuff.

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#15: Apr 22nd 2024 at 1:19:22 PM

If people disagree with me, that's fine. I just wanted to clarify my issue more since I already understood the context going in.

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GracieLizzy from Sunderland, UK (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#16: Apr 22nd 2024 at 1:23:47 PM

I did think the IQ read out in 12 was a bit difficult to see so I've made a version with the saturation altered a bit to still be more or less the same colours but hopefully to make the readout easier to see:

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

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#17: Apr 22nd 2024 at 1:27:05 PM

I didn't see it was an IQ thing, but just having him do robotic science-y stuff was enough for me.

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#23: Apr 26th 2024 at 8:32:29 PM

I do like 20.1 a lot

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#24: Apr 27th 2024 at 6:53:34 PM

I also prefer 20.1. The combination of Nerd Glasses and an outfit that is at least designed to invoke the Labcoat of Science and Medicine (bare shoulders are obviously less than ideal for a labcoat, but it's clearly designed to make you think of one) makes you think that this character is probably smart. Considering the trope name, I'd rather rely on that than My Brain Is Big to avoid creating the impression that the trope is narrower than it actually is.

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#25: Apr 27th 2024 at 6:54:46 PM

20.1 [tup]

It builds character.

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