History PlayingWith / LetsSeeYOUDoBetter

** Bob is a KnowNothingKnowItAll who gives advice any real writer would immediately dismiss, so Alice isn't necessarily being unreasonable.

** Bob points out a bad case of historical CriticalResearchFailure in Alice’s novel. Alice claims she’s right because she’s a published author and he isn’t. He points out that she failed history, which shuts her up.

** This trope was just one of many [[{{Fallacy}} fallacies]] Alice has ready at her disposal. After shooting down each one that comes their way, Bob and Charlie decide it's not worth the effort, and [[VictoryByEndurance leave Alice with the last word]].

* '''Deconstructed''': Alice is seen as somebody who just can't take criticism after pulling this card one time too many. Consequently, she realizes finally that she might have to listen to their criticisms.
* '''Reconstructed''': This ends up being an IgnoredEpiphany and she goes back to her old methods.

** Bob is a KnowNothingKnowItAll, so Alice isn't necessarily being unreasonable.

* '''Invoked''': Alice learns Bob is a failed novellist and figures she can [[{{Troll}} get under his skin by reminding him of her greater success]].

%%* '''Played for Drama''': ???

Oh, please. You couldn't write a better [[LetsSeeYOUDoBetter unabridged version]] than I could.

* '''Subverted''': Bob criticizes Alice's work, but she appears to take it well.

* '''Straight''': After Bob heavily criticizes Alice's novel ''[[HerCodeNameWasMarySue The Perfect Adventures of Mary Sue]]'', Alice responds by challenging him to write a better book.
* '''Exaggerated''': Bob calls ''The Perfect Adventures of Mary Sue'' the worst book ever written by a human, to which Alice dares him to write the next UsefulNotes/GreatAmericanNovel (or whatever nationality he is).

* '''Double Subverted''': ...or so it seems. She then goes on an angry rant about her book is a masterpiece and then challenges Bob to write a better story.

* '''Enforced''': "[[TakeThatCritics These know-nothing critics know nothing about the writing process! I'll show them, then!]]"

** Alice listens to Bob's criticism, knowing she'd only sound {{Wangst}}y if she pulled this card.
** “Alice, don’t even try to pull the ‘let me see you do better’ card. I may not have any writing experience, but I can tell that I didn’t enjoy your book.”
* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': ???

* '''Played for Laughs''': Bob does write his story as promised, and it ends up being as bad as — if not even worse than — Alice's.

** Bob is famous in-universe for writing several popular novels.

* '''Zig-Zagged''': Bob criticizes Alice's novel. She stays calm for a moment, but later she dares him to write something better. After Bob starts writing, Alice rescinds her challenge. He finishes his own novel and gets it published. It gets a polarized reception, much of its {{fandom}} overlapping with Alice's {{hatedom}} and vice versa.

* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''':

* '''Deconstructed''': Alice is seen as somebody who just can't take criticism after pulling this card one too many times. Causing her to finally realize that she might have to listen to their criticisms.

* '''Downplayed''': Bob tries to give constructive criticism to Alice's novels, but Alice doesn't listen, causing her to challenge him to do it himself.

* '''Inverted''': Alice reads Bob's badly written novel and is inspired by it to write a better book because of it.

* '''Parodied''': Bob does write his story as promised and it ends up being as bad if not even worse than Alice's.

* '''Enforced''': "These know-nothing critics know nothing about the writing process! I'll show them, then!"

* '''Defied''': Alice listens to Bob's criticism, knowing she'd only sound {{Wangst}}y if she pulled this card.

%%* '''Played for Laughs''': ???

* '''Zig-Zagged''': Bob criticizes Alice's novel. She stays calm for a moment, but later she dares him to write something better. After Bob starts writing, Alice rescinds her challenge. He finishes his own novel and gets it published. It gets [[LoveItOrHateIt a polarized reception]], much of its {{fandom}} overlapping with Alice's {{hatedom}} and vice versa.

* '''Straight''': Bob heavily criticizes Alice's novels ''[[HerCodeNameWasMarySue The Perfect Adventures of Mary Sue]]'' to which Alice responds by daring him to write a better book.
* '''Exaggerated''': Bob calls the ''The Perfect Adventures of Mary Sue'' the worst book ever written in all of human history to which Alice dares him to write the next Great American novel.
* '''Downplayed''': Bob tries to give constructive criticism to Alice's novels, but Alice doesn't listen causing her to challenge him to do it himself.
* '''Justified''':
** Alice CantTakeCriticism well
** Bob is a KnowNothingKnowItAll so Alice isn't necessarily being unreasonable

* '''Subverted''': Bob criticizes Alice's work, but she appears to take it well
* '''Double Subverted''':...or so it seems she then goes on an angry rant about her book is a masterpiece and then challenges Bob to write a better story.

* '''Zig Zagged''': ???

* '''Enforced''': "These know nothing critics know nothing about the writing process! I'll show them, then!"
* '''Lampshaded''': "You know, not everybody is a jealous hack, Alice. Sometimes you just gotta listen to criticism."
* '''Invoked''': ???

* '''Defied''': Alice actually listens to Bob's criticism, knowing that she'd sound {{Wangst}}y if she pulls this card.
* '''Discussed''':
* '''Conversed''':
* '''Implied''': Bob is seen frantically writing a story, when asked what he's doing he says that Alice challenged him.

* '''Reconstructed''': This ends up being an IgnoredEphinay and she goes back to her old methods.

Oh please you couldn't write a better [[LetsSeeYOUDoBetter unabridged version]] than I could

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%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???
%%* '''Played For Drama''': ???