Not trying to rush anything, just asking: any objections to using this image for Manipulative Bastard and leaving Batman Gambit without an image?
Becky: Who are you? The Mysterious Stranger: An angel. Huck: What's your name? The Mysterious Stranger: Satan.This [1]
was also shown in the Manipulative Bastard image discussion. It has an element of 'but what if he...?" and also a clear way it could fail.
This could definitely use an image. The current image was great, but since it's being used on Manipulative Bastard, we can probably come up with something else.
I think it would be way more clear if it's not. The trope is manipulating people by predicting how they will behave and planning accordingly, which is a kind of gambit frequently employed by Batman... not "a gambit employed by Batman"...
edited 26th Jan '11 8:40:13 PM by rodneyAnonymous
Becky: Who are you? The Mysterious Stranger: An angel. Huck: What's your name? The Mysterious Stranger: Satan.Reviving discussion: if there were a better scan of the Superdickery deathtrap page
, I'd think the second panel would work quite well.
I don't think that would leave enough context, though. Here's the whole story, starting with its first mention of the gambit, in case earlier parts would yield a better image.
In any case, I've replaced the bottom-left panel so as to give more focus on the gambit.
edited 12th Feb '11 7:06:33 PM by neoYTPism
One problem, apart from the question of "How many panels do we need," is copyright. While the "fair use" doctrine isn't as simple as a lot of the "sea lawyers" you see on teh intarwebs would have you think, a panel or two from a four-panel strip are certainly less likely to be problematic than a strip in its entirety.
Jet-a-Reeno!I like Calvin And Hobbes as much as the next guy, but I'm not sure to what extent that series is an example. A Batman Gambit relies on people doing what they normally do. Is that really going on here?
Calvin trying to trick Susie, and her outsmarting him? Of course that's how they normally are!
^That's not the question. Did Calvin's gambit rely on knowledge of Susie's standard behavior?
Infinite Tree: an experimental storyIndeed. I'd say this is an attempt at some sort of trick that isn't a Batman Gambit that doesn't work anyway. In short, not very good for the page image.
Infinite Tree: an experimental story"Failing because he doesn't know her that well" =/= "Succeeding because he knows her that well."
edited 13th Feb '11 1:02:29 PM by INUH
Infinite Tree: an experimental story
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In another conversation
pickin' an image for Manipulative Bastard, it was noted that the page image on Batman Gambit would be perfect.
Even better than it is on that page: it is a good picture, and the characters are recognizably superheroes, but nothing says Batman is manipulating people by being able to predict their thought patterns, just that he's being manipulative and controlling the strings. On the other hand, although Batman is an Anti-Hero, Manipulative Bastard is mostly a villain trope and about using your powers for evil.
Perhaps Batman Gambit is easier to convey, if we can find a picture appropriately expressing "I knew you'd do that".
edited 6th Dec '10 12:59:13 AM by rodneyAnonymous
Becky: Who are you? The Mysterious Stranger: An angel. Huck: What's your name? The Mysterious Stranger: Satan.