Classic cover contest - Dec 9th - Dec 15th
Dec 13, 2015 16:56:44 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Dec 13, 2015 16:56:44 GMT -5
But that doesn't mean that there has to be 2 women on the cover...Jez never specified which definition of babe she meant...
babe (bāb)
n.
1. A baby; an infant.
2. An innocent or naive person.
3. Slang A young woman, especially one considered sexually attractive.
4. Informal Sweetheart; dear. Used as a term of endearment.
So a beautiful young woman and a naive person qualifies as 2 babes, 2 sweethearts is 2 babes, 2 infants is 2 babes, etc.
so for instance the Airboy cover I posted has Valkyrie-a young woman and Davy Nelson III an naive young man who is learning about the realities of politics in the 1980s in Dixon's series. So 2 babes but only 1 woman. A cover with Archie and Betty only has 2 sweethearts, so 2 babes, etc. If you disqualify a cover because you only see one woman and think it doesn't fit the criteria, you are thinking way too narrowly.
But if that's the way you want to vote, then so be it. But again, the guidelimes point out that if you don't think a cover doesn't qualify, don't make a stink over it, just don't vote for it. The only time I point out a cover not qualifying is if it doesn't fit in the 10 year rule, and that is often an oversight on part of the OP. It's an objective fact of the cover qualification based on cover date, not a subjective evaluation of the content of the cover. If someone wants to enter a cover that doesn't seem to qualify based on your interpretation, well if they enjoy it, so be it, they might have a different interpretation of the criteria. It may be right, it may be wrong, but it's their entry. Vote for it or don't. Kvetching about it just sucks the fun out of a light-hearted contest meant to spotlight cool covers people like.
-M
babe (bāb)
n.
1. A baby; an infant.
2. An innocent or naive person.
3. Slang A young woman, especially one considered sexually attractive.
4. Informal Sweetheart; dear. Used as a term of endearment.
So a beautiful young woman and a naive person qualifies as 2 babes, 2 sweethearts is 2 babes, 2 infants is 2 babes, etc.
so for instance the Airboy cover I posted has Valkyrie-a young woman and Davy Nelson III an naive young man who is learning about the realities of politics in the 1980s in Dixon's series. So 2 babes but only 1 woman. A cover with Archie and Betty only has 2 sweethearts, so 2 babes, etc. If you disqualify a cover because you only see one woman and think it doesn't fit the criteria, you are thinking way too narrowly.
But if that's the way you want to vote, then so be it. But again, the guidelimes point out that if you don't think a cover doesn't qualify, don't make a stink over it, just don't vote for it. The only time I point out a cover not qualifying is if it doesn't fit in the 10 year rule, and that is often an oversight on part of the OP. It's an objective fact of the cover qualification based on cover date, not a subjective evaluation of the content of the cover. If someone wants to enter a cover that doesn't seem to qualify based on your interpretation, well if they enjoy it, so be it, they might have a different interpretation of the criteria. It may be right, it may be wrong, but it's their entry. Vote for it or don't. Kvetching about it just sucks the fun out of a light-hearted contest meant to spotlight cool covers people like.
-M
