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Stratadrake Dragon Writer Since: Oct, 2009
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#1: Sep 25th 2010 at 9:31:55 AM

On Person of Mass Destruction, it took me awhile to realize that Dr. Manhattan was blowing something up with his mind — up until that point I was ready to call Just A Face And A Caption.

Additionally, the text boxes in the panel are too small to read.

Does this need a better image or no?

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SeanMurrayI Since: Jan, 2010
#2: Sep 25th 2010 at 11:45:44 AM

He's actually blowing stuff up by simply pointing at it.

Being very familiar with Watchmen, I feel like maybe I should be disqualified from saying this, but I thought the picture's relationship to the trope is pretty obvious.

SCAmigo S.C. Amigo from Arizona Since: Jul, 2010
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#3: Sep 25th 2010 at 7:22:03 PM

As someone, on the other hand, who does not know much about Watchman I still think this is a fine picture, as it's 30-foot tall man just making big explosions just by pointing, which perfect as an example.

DRCEQ Since: Oct, 2009
#4: Sep 25th 2010 at 7:23:46 PM

Yeah I don't see anything wrong with the picture. It's pretty easy to see he's making stuff blow up just by pointing and thinking it.

Edmania o hai from under a pile of erasers Since: Apr, 2010
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#5: Sep 25th 2010 at 8:54:43 PM

I didn't really see how he's exploding things by pointing at them, but his sheer size should show that he isn't exactly someone you should be messing with.

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Iaculus Pronounced YAK-you-luss from England Since: May, 2010
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#6: Sep 26th 2010 at 3:50:58 AM

Then again, a Person of Mass Destruction is ideally a vastly-powerful destructive force in a human-sized guise.

Doc Manhattan may be an excellent example (hell, he changes the balance of the Cold War all by himself), but that image could be seen as somewhat misleading.

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SeanTucker Since: Dec, 1969
#7: Sep 28th 2010 at 8:40:03 PM

-snip-

edited 28th Sep '10 8:40:50 PM by SeanTucker

Stratadrake Dragon Writer Since: Oct, 2009
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#8: Sep 28th 2010 at 9:58:05 PM

...but that image could be seen as somewhat misleading.
...Something like that.

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SeanMurrayI Since: Jan, 2010
#9: Sep 29th 2010 at 11:40:56 AM

What about the panel where he's melting a tank during his first televised public appearance? He's certainly "human-size" in that image.

Apart from stuff from Watchmen, I can think up a few other examples where characters actually start splitting apart atom by atom and going out with a nuclear bang (i.e. Heroes), although a lot of that would probably look more like a minor Spontaneous Combustion case.

(And why the hell isn't that a [Trope Name] or redirect for something?)

edited 29th Sep '10 11:45:53 AM by SeanMurrayI

DRCEQ Since: Oct, 2009
#10: Sep 29th 2010 at 5:29:41 PM

^ I like that image. The dialogue only further explains why he qualifies.

JapaneseTeeth Existence Weighed Against Nonbeing from Meinong's jungle Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Mu
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#11: Sep 29th 2010 at 6:19:55 PM

It works just as well, if not better, than the current image.

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#13: Nov 23rd 2010 at 3:15:50 PM

An image of Ted Sprague might work better. I can probably get one.

edited 23rd Nov '10 3:16:02 PM by BulldozerBegins

Hoo Since: Jul, 2010
#14: Dec 14th 2010 at 7:03:35 PM

The trope makes no mention of the Person being human sized. The line about being human is about psychological concerns, not physical ones.

The image is fine as it is; there's obvious destruction, it's definitely a person, and it gets the message across without using text (though the text is actually a bit distracting, if anything). If we're really looking for a new image, it should be more attentive to the trope from the third break onwards (You'd think their own side...).

ThePope Since: Oct, 2010
#15: Jan 11th 2011 at 9:52:57 PM

I'd say the current image is just fine.

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#17: Jan 12th 2011 at 11:04:05 AM

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