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Synchronicity (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#1: Aug 1st 2025 at 2:39:06 PM

A couple days ago I had suggested this in the Suggestion thread [1]

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

But I came across this example today and thought her expression sold the 'ominous' more concisely:

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

Thoughts or alternatives? Note that Baldness Means Sickness is a separate trope.

StalkerGamer That's All, Folks! Since: Dec, 2021 Relationship Status: Love is an open door
malias Since: Jun, 2015
#3: Aug 1st 2025 at 5:35:43 PM

Yeah, I think 1.1 makes the hair loss more apparent.

AnotherEpicFail Since: Dec, 2012
#4: Aug 1st 2025 at 5:52:10 PM

I'm more inclined towards the first image, in part because the hair loss is visible and immediately apparent.

The second image delivers on the ominousness, but the darkness and contrast means that I can't see the strands of hair very well.

MsOranjeDiscoDancer 2much2furious from the Saja Boys' last performance! Since: Aug, 2022 Relationship Status: Will you go out with me to the End?
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#5: Aug 1st 2025 at 5:55:15 PM

1.1, but perhaps showing what she eventually becomes might be better — the text helps a lot. the other pic just looks like she's looking at her hands

i may be dead inside but at least i have Mystery :,)
Synchronicity (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#6: Aug 1st 2025 at 6:08:35 PM

Honest q: is the big bald spot on 1.2 not obvious?

Edited by Synchronicity on Aug 1st 2025 at 9:08:45 AM

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#7: Aug 1st 2025 at 6:11:01 PM

Yeah, I thin 1.2 is fine. Took me a sec to see the bald spot, but then it became very obvious.

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#9: Aug 1st 2025 at 6:37:52 PM

i can see the bald spot but it looks cut off

i may be dead inside but at least i have Mystery :,)
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#10: Aug 1st 2025 at 7:01:08 PM

1.1[tup]

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Rabbitearsblog Movie and TV Goddess from United States Since: Jan, 2014 Relationship Status: You cannot grasp the true form
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#11: Aug 1st 2025 at 7:13:57 PM

[tup] 1.1 since it actually shows the hair coming out in the brush.

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MurlocAggroB from the second-most ridiculous province of Canada Since: May, 2015
#14: Aug 1st 2025 at 10:37:52 PM

1.1 [tup]

Nothing wrong with 1.2, but 1.1 is just clearer.

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#15: Aug 2nd 2025 at 1:45:08 AM

1.1, same reasons as everyone else - it's just easier to understand the hair loss.

ilovewildkratts1 Local Odd Squad Connoisseur from a nice breezy expansive meadow (Experienced, Not Yet Jaded) Relationship Status: Chocolate!
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#17: Aug 2nd 2025 at 9:02:13 AM

1.1 reads more like Baldness Means Sickness to me, especially with how her reaction to her hair loss is "I wasn't ready".

For that reason, going with 1.2.

Edited by ilovewildkratts1 on Aug 2nd 2025 at 12:02:42 PM

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#18: Aug 2nd 2025 at 11:58:06 AM

[up] It is vague enough to not be strong illustration for that trope, so there isn't too much thematic overlay

1.1[tup]

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Synchronicity MOD (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#20: Aug 2nd 2025 at 3:02:48 PM

Ayt, 1.1 is in and tagged. Caption?

Earnest (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#21: Aug 2nd 2025 at 5:12:16 PM

It's hard to wean myself off of funny caption ideas, so here's a couple of more empathetic ones to start. 21.1

The worst part of stress so bad you want to pull your hair out is even if you hold out, it'll do it for you.

21.2
The stress of being a rock star, super heroine, and mutant can have unexpected fallout.

21.3
On the bright side, no more bad hair days?

21.4
*Sigh* "I guess I'll go hang out with Weird Barbie."

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#22: Aug 2nd 2025 at 6:35:17 PM

No one wants to meet Al O'Pecia, he's an ass.

Willbyr MOD Hi (Y2K) Relationship Status: With my statistically significant other
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#23: Aug 3rd 2025 at 6:17:12 PM

I've put the caption options in that thread for a future crowner; locking up.

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