History TheReasonYouSuckSpeech / Literature

-->'''Sarene:''' Defiance, Iadon? I think you'll feel differently when everyone knows the truth. You know they already think you a fool. They pretend to obey you, but you know-- you know in that whispering part of your heart that they mock you with there obedience. You think the didn't hear about your lost ships? You think they weren't laughing to themselves at how there king would soon be as poor as a baron? Oh, they knew. How will you face them, Iadon,when they learn how you ''really'' survived? When I show them how I rescued your income, how I gave you the contracts in Teod, How ''I'' saved your crown. You are a fool, Iadon. I know it, your nobles know it, and the world knows it. You have taken a great nation and squashed it in your greedy hands. You have enslaved the people and you defiled Arelon's honor. And, despite it all your country grows poorer. Even you, the king, are so destitute that only a gift from Teod lets you keep your crown. How will it look, Iadon? How will it feel to have the entire court know you are indebted to a woman? A foolish girl at that? You would be revealed. Everyone would know what you are. Nothing more than an insecure, trivial, incapable invalid."

* TheRemainsOfTheDay: At the end of the book, Stevens at last can articulate the truth in a [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech The Reason We Suck Speech]] for Lord Darlington and himself. Lord Darlington played TheChamberlain for the nazis, and at the end of the day, he can say he was wrong and take the responsibility like a man. [[ShrinkingViolet Stevens never did anything for himself]], [[TearJerker and he cannot say even that]].

---> '''Mr. Pump''': You have killed twenty-two point eight people... You have stolen, embezzled, and swindled. You have ruined businesses and destroyed lives. When banks fail, it's not ''bankers'' who starve. In a thousand small ways, you have hastened the deaths of many. You did not know them. You did not see them bleed. But you snatched bread from their mouths. There will be no running.

* In the first ''DragonridersOfPern'' novel ''Dragonflight'', Masterharper Robinton delivers a scathing one to the Lord Holders when they complain that Benden Weyr is asserting too much authority over them in the fight against Thread. Robinton reminds the Lord Holders that most of them treated Benden Weyr like crap for centuries and recently ''rode out to attack the Weyr'' because they thought there were no more Threads. Robinton then says that Benden has every right to leave the Holds to be eaten by Thread after all of that, and that the Lord Holders should shut up and do whatever the Weyrleader thinks is necessary to survive the return of the Threads.

* In ''AtlasShrugged'', John Galt gives a speech over radio to the human race, lasting sixty pages and ultimately amounting to "You suck." Doubles as a DareToBeBadass speech and a CrowningMomentOfAwesome.

* In ''WarriorCats'', after her sister Ivypool pushes one two many of her BerserkButton[=s=], Dovewing tells Ivypool exactly why she thinks Ivypool is a terrible cat who deserves to rot in the deepest corners of the Dark Forest for all eternity.

* During the climax of ''TheNameOfTheRose,'' William of Baskerville unleashes one of these on [[spoiler: Jorge of Burgos]] following his MotiveRant against laughter.

* In ''[[AtlasShrugged]]'', John Galt gives a speech over radio to the human race, lasting sixty pages and ultimately amounting to "You suck." Doubles as a DareToBeBadass speech and a CrowningMomentOfAwesome.

* TheRemainsOfTheDay: At the end of the book, Stevens at last can articulate the truth in a [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech TheReasonWeSuckSpeech]] for Lord Darlington and himself. Lord Darlington played TheChamberlain for the nazis, and at the end of the day, he can say he was wrong and take the responsibility like a man. [[ShrinkingViolet Stevens never did anything for himself]], [[TearJerker and he cannot say even that]].

* ''AnElegyForTheStillLiving'': Francis delivers one of these to himself near the end. He does not feel too cheerful afterward.

-->'''Sarene:''' Defiance, Iadon? I think you'll feel differently when everyone knows the truth. You know they already think you a fool. They pretend to obey you, but you know-- you know in that whispering part of your heart that they mock you with there obedience. You think the didn't hear about your lost ships? You think they weren't laughing to themselves at how there king would soon be as poor as a baron? Oh, they knew. How will you face them, Iadon,when they learn how you ''really'' survived? When I show them how I rescued your income, how I gave you the contracts in Teod, How ''I'' saved your crown. You are a fool, Iadon. I know it, your nobles know it, and the world knows it. You have taken a great nation and squashed it in your greedy hands. You have enslaved the people and you defiled Arelon's honor. And, despite it all your country grows poorer. Even you, the king, are so destitute that only a gift form Teod lets you keep your crown. How will it look, Iadon? How will it feel to have the entire court know you are indebted to a woman? A foolish girl at that? You would be revealed. Everyone would know what you are. Nothing more than an insecure, trivial, incapable invalid."

-->'''Sarene:''' Defiance, Iadon? I think you'll feel differently when everyone knows the truth. You know they already think you a fool. They pretend to obey you, but you know-- you know in that whispering part of your heart that they mock you with there obedience. You think the didn't hear about your lost ships? You think they weren't laughing to themselves at how there king would soon be as poor as a baron? Oh, they knew. How will you face them, Iadon,when they learn how you ''really'' survived? When I show them how I rescued your income, how I gave you the contracts in Teod, How ''I'' saved your crown. You are a fool, Iadon. I know it, your nobles know it, and the world knows it. You have taken a great nation and squashed it in your greedy hands. You have enslaved the people and you defiled Arelon's honor. And, despite it all your country grows poorer. Even you, the king, are so destitute that only a gift form Teod lets you keep your crown. How will it look, Iadon? How will it feel to have the entire court know you are indebted to a woman? A foolish girl at that? You would be reviled. Everyone would know what you are. Nothing more than an insecure, trivial, incapable invalid."

* ''InDeath'': This has popped up from time to time. A pretty nice one is when Eve gets attacked by CompleteMonster Isaac [=McQueen=] in ''New York To Dallas'' and Eve tells him that he should have just run and hid somewhere for awhile after he broke out of prison. Instead, he decided to go after her. She concludes with "You're just ''fucking'' stupid!" [[{{Understatement}} He does not take that well]].

* ''InDeath'': This has popped up from time to time. A pretty nice one is when Eve gets attacked by CompleteMonster Isaac [=McQueen=] in ''New York To Dallas'' and Eve tells that he should have just run and hid somewhere for awhile. Instead, he decided to go after her. She concludes with "You're just ''fucking'' stupid!" [[{{Understatement}} He does not take that well]].