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AngryScientist Nostalgia from Russia with Love Since: Nov, 2009
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#1: Dec 20th 2010 at 2:16:36 AM

While this is a Nudity Trope, the current image isn't really...appropriate. The hair is only covering a very small area, and the angle kind of shows off her nipples.

I suggest an image of Lady Godiva herself.

shimaspawn from Here and Now Since: May, 2010 Relationship Status: In your bunk
#2: Dec 20th 2010 at 2:22:07 AM

The hair only covering up a small area is the trope. It's only supposed to cover the naughty bits.

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AngryScientist Nostalgia from Russia with Love Since: Nov, 2009
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#3: Dec 20th 2010 at 2:43:27 AM

Well, I mainly meant the nipples. I thought that was frowned upon?

Osmium from Germany Since: Dec, 2010
#4: Dec 20th 2010 at 3:28:53 AM

It looks to me, like the only reason we don’t see any naughty bits in the current picture is more due to Anime Anatomy than due to Godiva Hair. Especially the right breast either has the nipple on a rather strange position, or none at all. My first thought was, that nudity is most of the times more accepted in pieces of art like paintings or statues. But all Godiva paintings I found by a quick Google search don’t really use the Godiva Hair.

Maybe a movie poster ?

SeanMurrayI Since: Jan, 2010
#5: Dec 20th 2010 at 8:30:39 AM

The hair only covering up a small area is the trope. It's only supposed to cover the naughty bits.

While the current picture is an example of the trope, it leaves a lot of skin exposed for little reason other than getting a few people wild over anime breasts. It's not an entirely necessary step when other possible examples show much less skin.

Take this, for example. (I'm not suggesting this as an alternative for the page; I'm just showing how an image on Godiva Hair doesn't need to show as much as the current picture does.)

edited 20th Dec '10 8:34:12 AM by SeanMurrayI

Osmium from Germany Since: Dec, 2010
ThePope Since: Oct, 2010
#7: Dec 20th 2010 at 8:49:01 AM

I'm fine with the current one.

shimaspawn from Here and Now Since: May, 2010 Relationship Status: In your bunk
#8: Dec 20th 2010 at 9:03:07 AM

The Movie poster doesn't really show the trope. The naughty bits in it are hidden more by her positioning and it just makes the trope look like really long hair. Sean's isn't bad, but I'd rather not have a real person. It automatically looks more NSFW even if she's better covered.

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JapaneseTeeth Existence Weighed Against Nonbeing from Meinong's jungle Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Mu
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#9: Dec 20th 2010 at 9:43:33 AM

I really don't think that the current picture is all that NSFW, she's not showing any more than she would be if she were wearing a bikini.

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SeanMurrayI Since: Jan, 2010
#10: Dec 20th 2010 at 9:47:32 AM

I don't see why an image of an actual person would be more NSFW, not when Art Imitates Art shows Uma Thurman showing MUCH more bare skin, same deal with the Film page for Getting Crap Past The Radar. There's hardly even any overtly sensual content in the image I suggested, unlike the winking anime girl for which sensuality is its only purpose.

Surely there's quite a bit of wiggle room here for these live action images or else ALL of them should be in the process of getting changed.

^The only "bikinis" I ever see leave that much bare skin on top are typically worn at strip clubs... or in Brazil.

edited 20th Dec '10 10:05:28 AM by SeanMurrayI

Osmium from Germany Since: Dec, 2010
#11: Dec 20th 2010 at 10:26:37 AM

Marge Simpson The naughty bits are better covered, no suggestive blush or wink, and not a real person. If somebody thinks the lower parts are not covered enough we can cut them.

edited 20th Dec '10 10:29:17 AM by Osmium

SeanMurrayI Since: Jan, 2010
#12: Dec 20th 2010 at 11:41:12 AM

Marge as Eve was actually the first thing I was looking for when looking for a good substitute; I just wasn't entirely happy with what I can find of that on Google.

edited 20th Dec '10 11:42:04 AM by SeanMurrayI

DoktorvonEurotrash Lex et Veritas from Not a place of honour (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#13: Dec 20th 2010 at 12:03:41 PM

I regard Godiva Hair as supposed to cover everything, though, not just the breasts. Isn't that the whole point of the legend?

defunctzombie Since: Feb, 2010
#14: Dec 20th 2010 at 12:04:37 PM

The current image isn't what I think of when I hear Godiva hair. She's hardly got any hair covering her anyway. I vote for a Marge image.

SeanMurrayI Since: Jan, 2010
#15: Dec 20th 2010 at 12:25:42 PM

^^ The point of the original story was just that a woman rode a horse while naked, which is also why a lot of depictions or portrayals of Lady Godiva don't also show Godiva Hair (part of this was already mentioned, I believe). This trope is just about hair being used to either keep certain parts of the female body covered or blocked from view.

edited 20th Dec '10 12:27:34 PM by SeanMurrayI

JapaneseTeeth Existence Weighed Against Nonbeing from Meinong's jungle Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Mu
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#16: Dec 20th 2010 at 1:33:36 PM

The Marge image works great.

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DRCEQ Since: Oct, 2009
#17: Dec 20th 2010 at 1:35:48 PM

If it comes down to replacing the picture, the mermaids from Ever Quest use this trope nicely, despite the dated graphics.

edited 20th Dec '10 1:37:05 PM by DRCEQ

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#18: Dec 20th 2010 at 1:39:00 PM

I'm for a change, just because it makes sense to have the actual person who named the trope in the image.

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Osmium from Germany Since: Dec, 2010
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#20: Dec 20th 2010 at 2:43:55 PM

Is it possible to cut out everything but Marge?

Since with the rest of the picture, it looks like a Genesis related trope, not a hair related one.

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Osmium from Germany Since: Dec, 2010
#21: Dec 20th 2010 at 2:47:01 PM

I am afraid, that I can't cut homer completly, and having just parts of him showing in the picture would look strange.

SalFishFin Since: Jan, 2001
#22: Dec 20th 2010 at 3:07:36 PM

We really just need Marge's top half anyway.

SeanMurrayI Since: Jan, 2010
#23: Dec 20th 2010 at 3:28:24 PM

Just show Marge and Homer from the waist up. Give me a second here...

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edited 20th Dec '10 3:30:47 PM by SeanMurrayI

helterskelter Since: Nov, 2009 Relationship Status: Drift compatible
#24: Dec 20th 2010 at 3:34:45 PM

This Godiva Hair's everything [1] I just wish her hands weren't in the way as well. This one, too. [2]

edited 20th Dec '10 3:37:27 PM by helterskelter

DRCEQ Since: Oct, 2009

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