User blog comment:Random-storykeeper/Comments as citations/@comment-1455034-20140411000018

Images are provided for three reasons. We could stop using images if you want, as citations don't completely rely on them. However, if people want proof, they have to go and scroll all the way down to where it is on the blog post.
 * 1: As part of the citation
 * 2: To show what it looks like and that it exists
 * 3: So they don't have to go and scroll all the way down the linked blog post