History Quotes / VictoryIsBoring

->''"I'd cut [[DoYouWantToHaggle a lotta deals]], but none spiffier than this. I [[YouWillBeSpared spared]] [[PhysicalGod Kronika]], and she gave up the [[{{MacGuffin}} Hourglass]]. The power to [[TimeMaster shape time and history to my liking]]? [[EvilLaugh Oh ho ho]], [[PrecisionFStrike fuck]] yeah. I [[MakeWrongWhatOnceWentRight set it up so that everything came up aces]]. Every [[GladiatorGames desire]], every [[{{Sadist}} wish]], every [[AllMenArePerverts whim]] I ever had? [[TheBadGuyWins Done and done]]. But I realized pretty quick I'd [[ChallengeSeeker sucked the fun out of things]]. Without [[BloodKnight a fight]], winning was worthless. Nah, the fun [[WantingIsBetterThanHaving wasn't in the having]]. It was in the getting. So I changed things up one more time. Now what I want is always just outta reach. I gotta earn it. I score lotsa wins, but not always. And when I do win... It's [[ArtifactOfDoom something to savor]]."''

-->'''Emperor Nefarious''': "That's it...? Where's the joy? The bliss? The ''murderous enlightenment''? Why don't I feel any different??"
-->'''Dr. Nefarious''': "Because you equated happiness with success, and now that you've achieved it, life is meaningless?"
-->---''VideoGame/RatchetAndClankRiftApart''

-->'''Tucker:''' It looks like the Reds pulled out. Does that mean we win?\\

-->---''Machinima/RedVsBlue''

->''""I swear to you, I was never so alive as when I was winning this throne, or so dead now that I've won it."

->''"I'd cut [[DoYouWantToHaggle a lotta deals]], but none spiffier than this. I [[YouWillBeSpared spared]] [[PhysicalGod Kronika]], and she gave up the [[{{MacGuffin}} Hourglass]]. The power to [[TimeMaster shape time and history to my liking]]? [[EvilLaugh Oh ho ho]], [[PrecisionFStrike fuck]] yeah. I [[MakeWrongWhatOnceWentRight set it up so that everything came up aces]]. Every [[GladiatorGames desire]], every [[{{Sadist}} wish]], every [[AllMenArePerverts whim]] I ever had? [[TheBadGuyWins Done and done]]. But I realized pretty quick I'd [[ChallengeSeeker sucked the fun out of things]]. Without [[BloodKnight a fight]], winning was worthless. Nah, the fun [[WantingIsBetterThanHaving wasn't in the having]]. It was in the getting. So I changed things up one more time. Now what I want is always just out of reach. I gotta earn it. I score lotsa wins, but not always. And when I do win... It's [[ArtifactOfDoom something to savor]]."''

->''"I'd cut [[DoYouWantToHaggle a lotta deals]], but none spiffier than this. I [[YouWillBeSpared spared]] [[PhysicalGod Kronika]], and she gave up the [[{{MacGuffin}} Hourglass]]. The power to [[TimeMaster shape time and history to my liking]]? [[EvilLaugh Oh ho ho]], [[PrecisionFStrike fuck]] yeah. I [[MakeWrongWhatOnceWentRight set it up so that everything came up roses]]. Every [[GladiatorGames desire]], every [[{{Sadist}} wish]], every [[AllMenArePerverts whim]] I ever had? [[TheBadGuyWins Done and done]]. But I realized pretty quick I'd [[ChallengeSeeker sucked the fun out of things]]. Without [[BloodKnight a fight]], winning was worthless. Nah, the fun [[WantingIsBetterThanHaving wasn't in the having]]. It was in the getting. So I changed things up one more time. Now what I want is always just out of reach. I gotta earn it. I score lotsa wins, but not always. And when I do win... It's [[ArtifactOfDoom something to savor]]."''

->''"I've cut [[DoYouWantToHaggle a lotta deals]], but none spiffier than this. I [[YouWillBeSpared spared]] [[PhysicalGod Kronika]], and she gave up the [[{{MacGuffin}} Hourglass]]. The power to [[TimeMaster shape time and history to my liking]]? [[EvilLaugh Oh ho ho]], [[PrecisionFStrike fuck]] yeah. I [[MakeWrongWhatOnceWentRight set it up so that everything came up roses]]. Every [[GladiatorGames desire]], every [[{{Sadist}} wish]], every [[AllMenArePerverts whim]] I ever had? [[TheBadGuyWins Done and done]]. But I realized pretty quick I'd [[ChallengeSeeker sucked the fun out of things]]. Without [[BloodKnight a fight]], winning was worthless. Nah, the fun [[WantingIsBetterThanHaving wasn't in the having]]. It was in the getting. So I changed things up one more time. Now what I want is always just out of reach. I gotta earn it. I score lotsa wins, but not always. And when I do win... It's [[ArtifactOfDoom something to savor]]."''

->''"The world is mine. So I say to all prisoners... Rise! Come out! Kill your wardens. Make slaves of your guards. Teach them the meaning of despair! We have no more prisons, no police, no Regime left to fight... No one left to fight... Any worthy opponent has already... fallen. Dios mío. Perhaps victory can be a prison. A possibility I never imagined..."''
-->-- '''Bane''' Arcade Ending, ''VideoGame/Injustice2''

->''"Who would have ever imagined that [[FromNobodyToNightmare a sickly boy born in a prison would survive to become humanity's savior?]] I did. And now [[TheBadGuyWins the world is mine]]. So I say to all prisoners... '''[[SuddenlyShouting RISE]]! [[RousingSpeech Come out! Kill your wardens. Make slaves of your guards. Teach them the meaning of despair!]]''' We have no more prisons, no police, no [[KnightTemplar Regime]] left to fight... [[ExplainExplainOhCrap No one left to fight]]... Any WorthyOpponent has already.. fallen. [[GratuitousSpanish Dios mio]]. Perhaps victory can be a prison. A possibility I never imagined..."''

-->--'''ComicBook/Bane,''' ''VideoGame/Injustice2''

-->-- Blaise Pascal, ''Pensées''

->'''GreyGoo Avatar:''' You do not understand, isolated one. [[SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong I come to undo a great injustice.]]
->'''Vexxarr:''' [[SnarkKnight As in, rebel atoms spreading thermal anarchy throughout the universe…]]
->'''GreyGoo Avatar:''' No, isolate. That way is behind me. [[DarkFuture It is true I consumed the cosmos.]] I spread my body until I became the very light that speckles the night sky. I became all and all became one. [[GoMadFromTheIsolation And then I was alone. Do you know what it means to literally be alone in the universe?]] To wonder what's out there, and know without question that the answer is ''me''. [[KingOfAllCosmos To seek a higher power and know that I am both the peak and nadir?]] Be the void that stares back at itself… [[{{Metaphorgotten}} To say "Good morning" but know you are both morning and the measure of good. To wish to talk about the weather only to realize you are raining on yourself…]]
-->--''Webcomic/{{Vexxarr}}'' encountering the future version of the nanobot swarm he's trying to destroy.

->'''GreyGoo Avatar:''' No, isolate. That way is behind me. [[DarkFuture It is true I consumed the cosmos.]] I spread my body until I became the very light that speckles the night sky. I became all and all became one. [[GoMadFromTheIsolation And then I was alone. Do you know what it means to ''literally'' be alone in the universe?]] To wonder what's out there, and know without question that the answer is ''me''. [[KingOfAllCosmos To seek a higher power and know that I am both the peak and nadir?]] Be the void that stares back at itself… [[{{Metaphorgotten}} To say "Good morning" but know you are both morning and the measure of good. To wish to talk about the weather only to realize you are raining on yourself…]]

-->'''GreyGoo Avatar:''' You do not understand, isolated one. [[SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong I come to undo a great injustice.]]
-->'''Vexxarr:''' [[SnarkKnight As in, rebel atoms spreading thermal anarchy throughout the universe…]]
-->'''GreyGoo Avatar:''' No, isolate. That way is behind me. [[DarkFuture It is true I consumed the cosmos.]] I spread my body until I became the very light that speckles the night sky. I became all and all became one. [[GoMadFromTheIsolation And then I was alone. Do you know what it means to ''literally'' be alone in the universe?]] To wonder what's out there, and know without question that the answer is ''me''. [[KingOfAllCosmos To seek a higher power and know that I am both the peak and nadir?]] Be the void that stares back at itself… [[{{Metaphorgotten}} To say "Good morning" but know you are both morning and the measure of good. To wish to talk about the weather only to realize you are raining on yourself…]]

->''"The only real surprise was that the Oscar messes didn’t find a way to nominate Creator/MerylStreep for something. I expected to hear the words, “And for Best Actress, the nominees are Meryl Streep for um, err, being Meryl Streep.” I guess Meryl Streep has this year off and is letting the lessers have their little fun.

->When we finally caught you, I was expecting you'd put up more of a fight. Oh well...[[TropeNamers victory is boring]].

->''I had a vision of a world without Batman. The mob ground out a little profit and the police tried to shut them down, one block at a time. And it was so... boring.''

->''This is what I envisioned, but not what I truly wanted. I feel as if I am a child on Christmas morning. All of the presents have been opened and now I feel only disappointment that the excitement is over and done. Don't you see [[TheDragon Lucius]], for one such as I, it is not the crown or the glory of victory, but the blood and the battle. I am not like you, I cannot find satisfaction in being king.''

->''May all your dreams ''but one'' come true, for what is life without dreams?''

->''Damn. I've '''won.''' ''

->''We seek rest in a struggle against some obstacles. And when we have overcome these, rest proves unbearable because of the boredom it produces.''

->''This was all fun and games, but even I was growing tired at how easy it was to have the great detective L in the palm of my hand. Seeing him powerless to stop me was a thrill; but like all thrills, it was losing its edge. Even having his name, the name I wanted so badly to know--was all nothing now that I knew it. I felt like it was game over. It was the same thing as beating the final boss in a video game and seeing the end cut scenes. It was not satisfying once the task was actually completed. Was the hunt truly over? I wanted to win, but did it have to be so quickly? I was hoping to play a tad longer.''

->''I WIN!!!'' [{{beat}}] ''I always win...''

->This resistance was pitiful. Oh well. Not every battle can be one worth retelling.
-->--'''Ganondorf''', ''Videogame/HyruleWarriors''

->''We will have so much winning if I get elected, you may get bored with winning!''

-->--''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes''

->''The world is mine. So I say to all prisoners... Rise! Come out! Kill your wardens. Make slaves of your guards. Teach them the meaning of despair! We have no more prisons, no police, no Regime left to fight... No one left to fight... Any worthy opponent has already... fallen. Dios mío. Perhaps victory can be a prison. A possibility I never imagined...''
-->--'''Bane''' Arcade Ending, ''VideoGame/Injustice2''

->''I'm so thrilled to finally be failing.''
-->--''Music/BarenakedLadies'', "Falling For the First Time"

->''Having overwhelming strength is pretty boring.''
-->--'''Saitama''', ''Webcomic/OnePunchMan''

->Another flawless victory. Ah well. It almost makes one long for a loss, just to keep things interesting. Almost, but not quite...
-->--'''Lady Aurelia Malys,''' ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000: Codex - Dark Eldar (5th ed)''

->The entity known as the [[VoluntaryShapeshifting Changeling]] felt despondent, but that was expected. It happened every time one of his [[TheChessmaster labyrinthine schemes]] reached completion. This was, in part, the sweet melancholy felt at the end of a long and beloved labour, but also a growing frustration with the inevitable anti-climactic ending. After all, there was no-one in this realm with the wit to appreciate the intricate details or the elaborate inveiglements he had so expertly wrought. The Changeling had tried explaining it to mortals before, [[HumansAreMorons but so many of the subtleties were lost on them that the game became tedious]].

-->--'''Music/BarenakedLadies''', "Falling For the First Time"

-->-- '''Thorkell the Tall''', ''VinlandSaga''

-->-- '''SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker''', ''Film/TheDarkKnight''

->''I WIN!!!'' [beat] ''I always win...''