We haven’t done a Rorschach Inkblot Test activity in a while, primarily because we breezed our way through the majority of the Halo 3 Global Heatmaps we were using for our images. I feel like changing things up a bit this week though so I am temporarily interrupting our regularly scheduled Friday Caption Fun to bring back an old favorite.
The last time we did this interpretive activity we used the rather intriguing image of Blackout. The striking similarity to female reproductive organs was first noted by pwkwsfi and then quickly seconded by -S-, Kyle, Dan, and Azrylle.
There are certainly some parallel characteristics between the images. I guess a few people were paying attention to the Human Reproduction chapter in Science, eh? This week in an effort to delve deep into your psyche (that was probably the wrong phrase to use after referring to the female reproductive system), I present you with another map to interpret, this time being Avalanche. So tell me, what do you see? And as always, extra nonexistent points for originality!
Posted by mendicantbias00 on July 11, 2008 at 3:08 am
This is probably the lamest idea ever….but if you turn it upside down, it looks like a Winner’s Wreath.
Posted by mendicantbias00 on July 11, 2008 at 3:11 am
It also looks like a Tuxedo Shirt.
Posted by Louis Wu on July 11, 2008 at 3:33 am
Whoa – it’s The Butterfly and the Snake!
(What is the Butterfly and the Snake, you ask? Hush.)
Posted by newguy2445 on July 11, 2008 at 4:40 am
I reckon it looks like the Mjolnir armour.
Here I quickly drew up a crappy example gif. (Sorry about some of the crappy proportions)
http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f19/newguy2445/mjolnir.gif
Posted by newguy2445 on July 11, 2008 at 4:42 am
Oh and Louis, I believe the reason the left-handside has more deaths there is due to the fact the right hand side is elevated, making it harder(and costing more time) for combatants on foot to get up top and kill those above.
Where as the one on the left-handside is lower to the ground and is easier access.
Posted by AusQB on July 11, 2008 at 4:49 am
It almost looks like a life vest, but the red in the middle does have a striking resemblance to a bow tie, in which case mendicantbias00’s tuxedo shit suggestion is plausible.
Posted by TheDarksage on July 11, 2008 at 5:22 am
What I first thought of when I saw it was Wiliam Blake’s painting, The Great Red Dragon and the Woman Clothed in Sun.
Posted by mendicantbias00 on July 11, 2008 at 5:32 am
lol Tuxedo Shit???
Thanks AusQB, I tried to find one that had ruffles under the bow tie, but no luck.
Posted by AusQB on July 11, 2008 at 5:34 am
Oh, damn. Lol.
*Cleanup in comment 6*
Posted by Pundarquartis on July 11, 2008 at 5:48 am
Definetly Minnie the Mouse… I mean, there’s a striking resemblance…
Posted by Dakota the Wolf on July 11, 2008 at 5:51 am
… is it just me, or does anyone else see a bra in the middle?
Posted by Mattdonk on July 11, 2008 at 6:05 am
Alien Rabbit from Donnie Darko? 0.o
Posted by yayap_the_grunt on July 11, 2008 at 6:10 am
yup, the bra was the first thing i saw too. lol.
Posted by GundamX67 on July 11, 2008 at 6:21 am
Ooh, I was just asking my friend about this yesterday.
I personally think it looks like a lyre, an ancient instrument.
http://etc.usf.edu/clipart/1500/1593/lyre_2_lg.gif
http://www.mishkanministries.org/images/lyre.jpg
including everything, that’s what it looks like to me.
Posted by -S- on July 11, 2008 at 6:27 am
The red part in the middle looks like the human lungs, and the red part down low could be the digestive area…either that or just a big horseshoe lol
Posted by mendicantbias00 on July 11, 2008 at 6:28 am
Maybe its just me…but if you turn it upside down…I totally see Weird Al.
Anyone? anyone?
Posted by retinence on July 11, 2008 at 6:39 am
I see a very angry grandpa, spewing fire from his mouth, yelling “Get off my lawn, you damn kids!”
Posted by Roflsalad on July 11, 2008 at 6:57 am
I’m curious if you’re getting sick of nether-regions ideas yet…
It looks like a Pelvis-bone to me. But that’s just me. o_o
Posted by Roflsalad on July 11, 2008 at 7:07 am
The other thing I see is also a head- due to the cave part. The top red section is the uvula, and the bottom is a tongue; the darkness is the inside of the mouth. The rest is just the face of the person.
Posted by Dakota the Wolf on July 11, 2008 at 7:16 am
mendicantbias was right, it DOES look like weird al… lol!
Posted by setters on July 11, 2008 at 7:35 am
ooh – it’s a plethora of inkblots ideas…
Posted by SoxKid05 on July 11, 2008 at 7:48 am
I believe it looks like the epic pokemon, Crobat without wings. http://www.pokemondungeon.com/pokedex/images/crobat.jpg
Posted by SIR COFFEE on July 11, 2008 at 8:16 am
A pelvis.
Posted by Scotty on July 11, 2008 at 9:05 am
Its a dissected frog!!
http://www.buffalo.edu/news/hires/KeshVFrog2.jpg
Posted by Ragingterror on July 11, 2008 at 9:14 am
Two things I saw right away:
1. The central red blot is in the shape of the Thyroid Gland (or a butterfly)
2. The entire bit looks sort of like a PET scan (or similar chemical scan) of a deep slice of a (damaged) brain.
Posted by Turtle Mann on July 11, 2008 at 9:22 am
I see a moose head and a snake.
Posted by Crisp on July 11, 2008 at 9:54 am
It’s the devil or someone:
http://img359.imageshack.us/img359/6483/thedevilio4.gif
Posted by Jonathan B. on July 11, 2008 at 10:33 am
I definitely see a bra.
I also see a dragon. The top two red horns, the eyes in the middle, and the tongue sticking out at the bottom.
Posted by Azrylle on July 11, 2008 at 10:34 am
I see an owl… though it would help if owls had arms and hands so that they could shake their fists in the air… cuz if they could, that’s totally what this would look like. XD
Posted by Shotgunchief on July 11, 2008 at 11:09 am
Venom from Spiderman? The two big red spots near the middle are his eyes, then the swirly red at the bottom is his tongue. *shrugs* All I can think of.
Posted by Lan Mordreth on July 11, 2008 at 12:50 pm
I think it kinda looks like an Oni. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oni_(Japanese_folklore) The japanese demons.
Posted by Deadguy on July 11, 2008 at 2:47 pm
If you were about the size of a tennis ball, and able to see right thru people with your x-ray glasses…. AND got swallowed, so you’re sitting right at the base of someone’s lungs..
If you looked straight down, you’d see exactly this picture
Complete with the open hips of the pelvic bone (at the top of the picture), and a nice red “curly” tailbone at the bottom of the picture..
Essentially, it’s the same as the last one, only from a different angle, and a different kind of x-ray specs. :)
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Posted by caelan96 on July 11, 2008 at 4:11 pm
I see a butterfly that has just done a poo
Posted by NINJA:Dusk2Dawn on July 11, 2008 at 4:29 pm
someone has to say it from last week, come on its a penis!
Posted by frEkLz on July 11, 2008 at 5:24 pm
penis!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by madfiNch on July 11, 2008 at 6:08 pm
Slimer ftw!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by newguy2445 on July 11, 2008 at 8:11 pm
To the people who said penis.
I don’t know about you guys, but my penis sure as hell does not look like anything on that image.
Posted by HaLo2FrEeEk on July 11, 2008 at 10:52 pm
It looks like a bord, flying down to snatch a fish leaping out of the water. The blue on the side is the splashes of water from the fish, and the red on the top and bottom are the bird and the fish respectively.
I can do an image, if you’d like.
Posted by capt_weasle on July 12, 2008 at 12:10 am
Ooh! Ooh! Bob Marley!
Posted by OcR GimpTactics on July 12, 2008 at 7:17 am
You’re all wrong! It’s Santa Claus!
Posted by Dan the Stick on July 12, 2008 at 1:17 pm
Seriously? Bra and panties…
Posted by Jim on July 12, 2008 at 4:54 pm
I saw a giant horseshoe. As to why there are more deaths on the left? Its probably because that side’s defense in one goal games.
Posted by grantix on July 15, 2008 at 4:43 pm
It’s totally this guy…
http://www.pezcyclingnews.com/photos/races06/tdf06/tdf06st19-jh-DidiDevil.jpg
creepy old geezer….
Posted by snipe712 on November 20, 2009 at 10:56 am
magnet with lightning connecting n and s