Powers over shadows is a sub factor of darkness, but I do think the title is misleading. Picture wise, I'm a fan of the Celty one myself.
edited 16th Dec '10 10:28:00 AM by Prime_of_Perfection
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This was a hard trope to rename. It's just gone through the TRS, and the name was almost unanimous on the crowner. It was hard to come up with an elemental pun the first time, so I don't think the name is going anywhere fast. You have a legitimate point about the name though.
I think the current pic is fine to emphasise that this is not restricted to shadow control.
Australia The country with a 2 party system But all the power with independentsThe tropes is about both darkness and shadows because it's very hard to disentangle them. A lot of times it's just a matter of semantics. It's very hard to find a picture of one that isn't a picture of the other. Is that shadow moving because he can control darkness and that's what shadows are made of? Or are they calling it shadow manipulation when those arms of darkness erupt from his body?
Reality is that, which when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away. -Philip K. DickSince the trope is purely about wielding darkness as a power, Celty pic should do fine. This trope used to be named Dark is Edgy, and I see that the rename has not managed to make it any more clear what the trope is.
Anyways, here's a nice Raven
◊ one. Or perhaps this one
◊ might be clearer.
edited 16th Dec '10 1:11:02 PM by petrie911
Belief or disbelief rests with you.I like the name Casting a Shadow. But that (several different
s) is a good reason to have the picture be of general darkness and not specifically a shadow.
edited 17th Dec '10 12:43:15 AM by rodneyAnonymous
Becky: Who are you? The Mysterious Stranger: An angel. Huck: What's your name? The Mysterious Stranger: Satan.At the very least, the image needs a caption change, seeing as the current one is a HUGE spoiler for Chrono Trigger.
Escape.Kind of like Blackbeard as the example (Maybe a better picture, though) as he's also good for Dark Is Evil if need be. But, I am slightly biased.
On the issue of Shadows, though, I would say examples here belong as look at Light The Way where it has it as something holy and regular laser light.
Many people periodically comb old threads looking for stuff that languished. There isn't much point to bumping something that is already on the first page of threads.
If you want to usefully bump stuff, look on the second, third, hell the last page.
edited 18th Dec '10 6:10:31 PM by rodneyAnonymous
Becky: Who are you? The Mysterious Stranger: An angel. Huck: What's your name? The Mysterious Stranger: Satan.
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Looking at the picture for the page, I wouldn't be able to tell that the person pictured is using any kind of shadow ability. The purple-colored spell might give the idea they are using Black Magic or something like that, but I wouldn't think shadow at all.
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