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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Raven Crowking" data-source="post: 3237770" data-attributes="member: 18280">Sure, but that is true of a blank page as well....and few people I know look at a blank sketchbook and then say, "Wow, those guys are in trouble."  For most people I know, trouble requires some kind of context.  Generally that context has something to do with a situation that is out of control, or a situation where the viewer has a better understanding than the subject, and the subject seems to think it is in control.For example, one might say that "It just takes a shadow among the trees, or a weird perspective, or a dark cloud in the sky, to turn a picture of a field filled with bunnies into a harbinger of doom" but this would imply some form of contextual background.  Few people I know go screaming because of bunnies and the potential of rain.So, if I am to understand you, all those posing pictures convey a serious threat?!?I expect that the iconics are armed because being armed reduces threat.  A serious threat, IMHO, is one which your level or armament and/or preparation may not be equal to.  A serious threat suggests that you should perhaps have prepared more, and that things are spinning out of control.Of course, I'm obviously not the cleverest, or smartest, person on this forum -- not even close.  In order to perceive a serious threat, I need to see evidence of it.  I can't pick up on the subtle clues you so easily perceive.RC</blockquote>