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AngryScientist Nostalgia from Russia with Love Since: Nov, 2009
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#51: Dec 22nd 2010 at 6:09:17 AM

Presumably the flesh-and-blood actress.

SeanMurrayI Since: Jan, 2010
#52: Dec 22nd 2010 at 7:44:43 AM

I would still ideally prefer Lady Godiva to the underage banned fairy or whatever it is.

edited 22nd Dec '10 7:44:50 AM by SeanMurrayI

EternalSeptember Since: Sep, 2010
#53: Dec 22nd 2010 at 8:09:45 AM

I prefer the drawn versions. On those, you just know that every pixel is exactly where the creator wanted it to be.

The live action versions, on the other hand, could be screenshots from a porno, with unfortunate positioned hair, for all I know.

Osmium from Germany Since: Dec, 2010
#54: Dec 22nd 2010 at 8:26:54 AM

some caption text
Doesn’t look like a porno…

SeanMurrayI Since: Jan, 2010
#55: Dec 22nd 2010 at 8:30:14 AM

The live action versions, on the other hand, could be screenshots from a porno, with unfortunate positioned hair, for all I know.

You got a lot to learn about pornography's flaws and imperfections; though take it from me, Godiva Hair is never one of them.

A live-action image has gained Fast Eddie's approval so I'd take that as a sign of not needing to worry about a lot of what people are worrying about here, and the Lady Godiva pic is no worse than the live action image on Art Imitates Art, anyway.

Like I keep saying, clearly someone is giving these images of bare, real life human flesh (that, apparently, have some of us even ready to cry as offensive, no less) some "wiggle room" with which to remain on the wiki.

edited 22nd Dec '10 8:33:24 AM by SeanMurrayI

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#57: Dec 22nd 2010 at 11:47:58 AM

I prefer the color version. The full shot has distracting legs.

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defunctzombie Since: Feb, 2010
#58: Dec 22nd 2010 at 1:39:21 PM

Both of them have distracting legs. The O'Hara one is a little better since there's not as much ass showing.

Osmium from Germany Since: Dec, 2010
#59: Dec 22nd 2010 at 2:04:51 PM

I like the black and white one. The insane amount of fake hair used, makes clear that they were going for this trope. Nobody can get the idea the naughty bits are covered by accident. It is quite tame, you can see woman showing more skin wearing everyday clothes in summer. And you can see the horse way better than in the colored picture, this makes the connection to Godiva easy.

rodneyAnonymous Sophisticated as Hell from empty space Since: Aug, 2010
#60: Dec 22nd 2010 at 2:10:05 PM

"We also don't need naked women for the sake of naked women when we have less offensive alternatives that show the trope just as well."

So yeah, if there is a picture of the Trope Namer illustrating the trope, using an image of someone else would have to be because that image is unbelievably better, right? So we're going to censor it by using a not-Godiva image just because?! That is ridiculous.

If the B&W image is classier, okay, tho I like the color image better. If you want the image to be anime, fine, find an anime-style picture of Lady Godiva. I agree though, it should be of Lady Godiva.

edited 22nd Dec '10 2:11:09 PM by rodneyAnonymous

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JapaneseTeeth Existence Weighed Against Nonbeing from Meinong's jungle Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Mu
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#61: Dec 22nd 2010 at 3:27:36 PM

The picture that Osmium posted is probably the best one so far; it's clearly demonstrating this trope, and it isn't nearly as potentially NSFW as most of the other options. We could always crop it if we don't want the legs in the picture.

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rodneyAnonymous Sophisticated as Hell from empty space Since: Aug, 2010
#62: Dec 22nd 2010 at 3:51:47 PM

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Godiva_in_popular_culture

Here is a cropped version of an image posted earlier.

edited 22nd Dec '10 3:55:27 PM by rodneyAnonymous

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Osmium from Germany Since: Dec, 2010
#63: Dec 22nd 2010 at 4:05:27 PM

I think without the horse the Lady Godiva aspect is lost. And why are the legs a problem?

DRCEQ Since: Oct, 2009
#64: Dec 22nd 2010 at 5:34:40 PM

People are instinctively drawn towards light colors. In a black and white photo, a woman's entirely naked legs stands out much more than her hair. People will be drawn to the legs first whether they know what the trope is about or not.

JapaneseTeeth Existence Weighed Against Nonbeing from Meinong's jungle Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Mu
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#65: Dec 22nd 2010 at 5:45:25 PM

The horse isn't really an integral part of the photo anyway. As long as the "hair covering the boobs" part of the picture is obvious, the horse is unnecessary.

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SeanMurrayI Since: Jan, 2010
#66: Dec 22nd 2010 at 5:48:01 PM

^^And then they'll notice all the hair and remember that the trope is about hair from the trope title and not legs.

Even if someone looking at that picture for the first time wasn't immediately drawn to the hair, it's not like what makes that image a fitting example of the trope isn't incredibly difficult to find. Heck, for who knows how many great images conveying tropes we want to look at, I'm sure the defining trope feature isn't necessarily always the first detail people are drawn to in a picture, but that shouldn't prevent any pictures that more-than-obviously show the trope from being on a page.

edited 22nd Dec '10 5:50:47 PM by SeanMurrayI

helterskelter Since: Nov, 2009 Relationship Status: Drift compatible
#67: Dec 22nd 2010 at 5:56:04 PM

Why not make a crowner and have people vote? If people feel like the B&W is of poor quality, then it won't win. If they want a human, that'll win. If they like green hair, we'll have a three-way tie.

rodneyAnonymous Sophisticated as Hell from empty space Since: Aug, 2010
#68: Dec 22nd 2010 at 6:02:52 PM

I left a little bit of the horse in the crop. It could be cropped off less.

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Sackett Since: Jan, 2001
#69: Dec 23rd 2010 at 8:54:59 AM

Crowner time

edited 23rd Dec '10 8:55:07 AM by Sackett

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ThePope Since: Oct, 2010
#72: Jan 8th 2011 at 6:19:15 PM

The lead's not ahead by too much.

Madrugada Since: Jan, 2001
#73: Jan 8th 2011 at 7:27:44 PM

Then something's changed drastically since you posted: The top three are:

  • 6 (yeas:16 nays:10) Godiva, in color (61% approval)

0 (yeas:9 nays:9) Marge

-1 (yeas:10 nays:11) Godiva Cropped

We'll let it run at least a little longer.

Willbyr Hi (Y2K) Relationship Status: With my statistically significant other
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#74: Jan 8th 2011 at 8:05:22 PM

As of right now, it's the only one in the green.

UK Since: Apr, 2009
#75: Jan 10th 2011 at 5:00:24 PM

And now as well. We have a winner?

ImagePickin: GodivaHair
20th Apr '10 12:00:00 AM

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