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Willbyr Hi (Y2K) Relationship Status: With my statistically significant other
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#1: Nov 26th 2010 at 8:06:32 PM

The current pic is probably good for the page, but can we find a full-sized version of the comic and stack the panels so they're a little easier to read?

helterskelter Since: Nov, 2009 Relationship Status: Drift compatible
#2: Nov 26th 2010 at 8:50:23 PM

Honestly, I'm not even sure what's happening. One character doesn't like time travel...so they time travel...and find a person who doesn't know what time travel is?

I only read the trope title, and that page doesn't give me a clue what the trope is about.

EDIT: OH it's the future! Ah, I see—I missed the little "future" above the lever. It's fine then, if a little confusing and really text heavy.

edited 26th Nov '10 8:51:11 PM by helterskelter

Mattonymy Mr. Dr. from The Evils of Free Will Since: Jul, 2010
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#3: Nov 26th 2010 at 9:02:26 PM

This seems like a relatively easy fix then.

edited 26th Nov '10 9:03:41 PM by Mattonymy

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SeanMurrayI Since: Jan, 2010
#4: Nov 26th 2010 at 9:14:21 PM

How is that a time paradox?

Actually; I'm not actually sure what even is the paradox being conveyed?

edited 26th Nov '10 9:15:19 PM by SeanMurrayI

JapaneseTeeth Existence Weighed Against Nonbeing from Meinong's jungle Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Mu
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#5: Nov 26th 2010 at 9:19:13 PM

Yeah, I'm not really seeing a paradox in that picture, although that might be due to lack of sleep on my part.

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helterskelter Since: Nov, 2009 Relationship Status: Drift compatible
#6: Nov 26th 2010 at 9:38:43 PM

Because they time-traveled into the future, and in the future they say time-travel is impossible...but they just time-traveled. It's not very clear, I agree, but it's not horrible, either. I think possibly the worst part is that it's not technically a paradox: the guy could just not know about the single time-machine built.

edited 26th Nov '10 10:04:43 PM by helterskelter

Willbyr Hi (Y2K) Relationship Status: With my statistically significant other
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#7: Nov 26th 2010 at 9:58:35 PM

Well, if anyone knows of a better visual example of a paradox, it's worth considering.

DRCEQ Since: Oct, 2009
#8: Nov 27th 2010 at 8:04:08 AM

Horrible image. It doesn't convey anything relating to the trope. We're only suppose to assume it does.

Mattonymy Mr. Dr. from The Evils of Free Will Since: Jul, 2010
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#9: Nov 27th 2010 at 2:37:46 PM

Then... does anyone else have any better images for this trope then? Because frankly, I think this trope might be better off without an image then.

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DRCEQ Since: Oct, 2009
#10: Nov 27th 2010 at 3:43:12 PM

How about an image of Snake creating a Pime Taradox by killing Ocelot in MGS 3? The Colonel even calls him out for doing that. I've got nothing on hand to show as suggestions... just suggestions.

occono from Ireland. Since: Apr, 2009
#11: Nov 27th 2010 at 6:04:44 PM

Agreed, the joke isn't very clear/relevant, even if it was written to be about a paradox, it isn't really. The future doesn't know Time Travel is possible, even though it is. So?

I second MGS 3.

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SeanMurrayI Since: Jan, 2010
#12: Nov 27th 2010 at 7:22:59 PM

Because they time-traveled into the future, and in the future they say time-travel is impossible...

I kinda got that part... but that's not what a Time Paradox is.

RagnaThePig French rillettes from Québec wilderness Since: Jan, 2010
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#13: Dec 4th 2010 at 12:29:26 PM

People who never played Metal Gear Solid 3 won't understand.

SeanMurrayI Since: Jan, 2010
#14: Dec 4th 2010 at 12:33:25 PM

Having never played a Metal Gear Solid game before, I'd be willing hold my judgment until I see a picture.

memetics Skulls are Awesome from Floating, Sir Since: Feb, 2010
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#15: Dec 9th 2010 at 8:11:36 AM

How about a screen capture from Back to the Future II of Doc at the chalk board trying to explain to Marty how their altering events in 1955 led to their inability to get home? (I'm thinking of the point where Doc has drawn a fork in the timeline at 1955, showing two timelines, one to "old, normal 1985" and one to "the crazy 1985 where we're at now".)

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SeanMurrayI Since: Jan, 2010
#16: Dec 9th 2010 at 8:16:47 AM

That's not a Time Paradox; that's Alternate Timeline. (Well, technically, it's an explanation of Gray's Sports Almanac, but that's a stupid trope to name.)

edited 9th Dec '10 8:19:00 AM by SeanMurrayI

ThePope Since: Oct, 2010
#17: Jan 26th 2011 at 2:21:47 PM

I don't get the current image.

suedenim Teutonic Tomboy T-Girl from Jet Dream HQ Since: Oct, 2009
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#18: Jan 26th 2011 at 2:25:37 PM

I don't get it either. Quite confusing.

Would something like Superman meeting a bunch of Batmans work? Maybe not, though, because while you do have "Different Batmen from different times" going on, the different styles might confuse the issue.

edited 26th Jan '11 2:28:58 PM by suedenim

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petrie911 Since: Aug, 2009
#19: Jan 26th 2011 at 4:31:46 PM

Doing a google image search on "time paradox" returned surprisingly few usable images. Still, it did come up with this. I'd like the letters to be a bit more readable, but it's the best I could do.

some caption text

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ThePope Since: Oct, 2010
#21: Jan 26th 2011 at 4:37:50 PM

The caption would have to point out that she's reading a story about herself, because until I looked deeply at the newspaper text, it just looked to me like she was reading the news.

joeyjojojuniorshabadoo Since: Nov, 2010
#22: Jan 26th 2011 at 4:57:36 PM

Stable time loops aren't necessarily the same thing as paradoxes though, right?

edited 26th Jan '11 4:57:55 PM by joeyjojojuniorshabadoo

Deboss I see the Awesomeness. from Awesomeville Texas Since: Aug, 2009
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#23: Jan 26th 2011 at 6:29:03 PM

A simple "Wait, what?" caption should do it.

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Willbyr Hi (Y2K) Relationship Status: With my statistically significant other
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#24: Jan 26th 2011 at 7:38:07 PM

Love the pic, and [up] is a great caption.

DRCEQ Since: Oct, 2009
#25: Jan 26th 2011 at 7:40:42 PM

Love the pic and the "Wait, what?" caption idea.

20th Apr '10 12:00:00 AM

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Which caption to use with the newspaper picture?

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