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"Take your Jedi weapon. Use it. I am unarmed. Strike me down with it. Give in to your anger!"
When a character, usually after a defeat, commands the victor to kill them. Whether because they have despaired due to their defeat, were already a Death Seeker, or just becasue their Pride won't let them rest knowing they were beaten. They will also ask this if it is a Mercy Kill, and they are threatened by a Cruel and Unusual Death or a Fate Worse than Death if the victor doesn't do this. Either way, they figure dying is better than going on living.
...Or do they? Alternatively, their death could be just the beginning, and they are using this opportunity to set their Xanatos Gambit in motion as being spared would be great but their death leads to other benefits. Then again it could be the latest move in Xanatos Speed Chess, as a Secret Test of Character, or even as the final step in their Batman Gambit. Of course, they could also just be doing it to screw over their enemy even in defeat.
Either way, it is crucial to them that they be killed, and if the potential killer be reluctant, they may try to provoke them in any way they can, whether through a particularly vicious Break Them by Talking or perhaps revealing (or lying) that they have his wife.
Please don't confuse with Smite Me, O Mighty Smiter. Contrast Get It Over With, where the character usually doesn't want to die but sees it as a foregone conclusion. See also Strike Me Down with All of Your Hatred.
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