History Quotes / ArbitrarySkepticism

->Y'know, after several years of working for you, a ''known'' vampire, I have seen werewolves, necromancers, a zombie, and several Babadooks, but... a ghost? That's where we draw the line?
-->--'''Guillermo''', ''Series/WhatWeDoInTheShadows''

'''[[ComicBook/LukeCageHeroForHire Luke Cage]]''': Okay, I don't know how much of this I can take. This sounds insane!\\

“Well, yes.” She shifts in her seat. “I thought it’d be rude to mention that, though.”
-->-- "What if they saved Jake's family?", shortly after Jake revealed the existence of aliens to his parents, ''Fanfic/AllAssortedAnimorphsAUs''

->It’s not the first time Marco has ever frightened Jake, but it might be the most Marco has ever frightened Jake. Either way, he figures it’ll work out better for everyone if he keeps them moving and not making trouble. His parents keep asking questions and offering protests, but they also climb into the car and drive where Jake tells them to drive. It probably helps that he morphs tiger once he’s out of sight in the back seat, thereby providing further evidence that he and Marco aren’t just making this all up.\\
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“According to my mom,” Marco tells them, “we’re best off following Las Canoas as far north as the edge of the national forest, and then going on foot to the hork-bajir valley from there.”\\

-->-- "What if they saved Jake's family?", ''Fanfic/AllAssortedAnimorphsAUs''

-->-- '''Ozwat''', ''ComicBook/{{Asterix}} and the Magic Carpet''

-->-- ''[[LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya The Disappearance of Haruhi Susumiya]]'', after seriously discussing the subjects of TimeTravel, {{Psychic Power}}s, and {{Reality Warper}}s

->''"I can be a talking dog who lives in a giant robot and still think your thing is weird."
-->--'''Sweetheart''', ''Webcomic/SkinHorse''

->[[BigBad Lorca[[ is presented as delusional, because he believes in destiny... In a world that insists that all life and the forces of life are connected to fungus. This is like saying that organised religion is backwards and hopeless, because you know that God is a guy named "Kim", who works at the Chinese laundry. "I will wash their robes and make them white." "I ''know'' you will, man! I ''know'' it!"

->Lorca is presented as delusional, because he believes in destiny... In a world that insists that all life and the forces of life are connected to fungus. This is like saying that organised religion is backwards and hopeless, because you know that God is a guy named "Kim", who works at the Chinese laundry. "I will wash their robes and make them white." "I ''know'' you will, man! I ''know'' it!"

'''ComicBook/TheVision:''' Your skepticism ill befits a man who stands next to an android and a ''[[ComicBook/{{Thor}} god]]'', T'challa.

-> ''"There's mutants, Spider-men, Captain America frozen in a block of ice for decades, Tony stark is a human tank, but'' '''''vampires''''' ''is too much for you?"''

-->-- '''Naruto''', ''Fanfic/IAmNOTGoingThroughPubertyAgain''

->'''Myka Bering:''' Cavorite doesn't exist...there's no such thing.\\

-->-- ''Series/{{Warehouse 13}}''

-->-- '''Bobby''', shortly before being proven wrong, ''Series/{{Supernatural}}''

->"I'm lost," Lars spat into the flames. "What in hell are you talking about? Spaceships? [[MadScientist Sons ]] of [[MagiTek Ether]]? [[EternalEngine Mechanical worlds]]?" He advanced on the wanderer. "You, lady, are full of shit! I'm a [[TabletopGame/VampireTheMasquerade vampire]], a goddamned ''immortal,'' and I have never heard of this crap and will never fall for it because its ''all in your fucking head!"''\\

-->-- '''Creator/AllisonPregler''' on ''{{Series/Charmed|1998}}''

->''"Among your team members is a super-speedster, a living bug-woman, someone with invisible armor, a clone of Franchise/{{Superman}}, and a guy who can create purple energy constructs!!! What is so unbelievable about being from the future!?!"''

->''"Anyway, Mephisto, as the woman in red, explains how different cultures believe that people have 'dream selves...each living alternate lives' and et cetera, and we only encounter them when we're sleeping. ''(Reading as Spider-Man)'' 'Sorry, never believed in that sort of thing.' You believe in the Marvel Universe! Alternate realities are an established scientific '''fact''' for you people! In fact, I'm pretty sure you've '''been''' to alternate universes before!"''

'''Linkara:''' You are a 170 million year old guy who lived alongside dinosaurs before moving in with [[OurGnomesAreWeirder gnomes]] and [[TheFairFolk fairies]], AND you were just exiled from the moon by an evil pop singer witch, AND you [[HenshinHero transform into a spandex clad superhero]], who [[MakeMyMonsterGrow sometimes grows giant sized]] to fight [[{{HumongousMecha}} robots!]] This is not the weirdest thing that's happened to you lately!

-->-- ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague -- The Brave and the Bold, part 1''

-> '''Adolph''': Evil spirits? You mean, [[CassandraTruth what you said before was true?]]\\
'''Guts''': [[ArmorPiercingQuestion You're sayin' you believe in God, but not in evil spirits?]]

-->-- ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/10906560/chapters/24249228 Black Star]]''

->''Y'know, after several years of working for you, a ''known'' vampire, I have seen werewolves, necromancers, a zombie, and several Babadooks, but... a ghost? That's where we draw the line?''

-->--'''Guillermo''', ''Series/WhatWeDoInTheShadows2019''

->Funny how I accepted [[{{Literature/TheInvisibleMan}} invisible fellas]] and [[{{Literature/Frankenstein}} mad inventors bringing back the dead]], but I never really believed in [[{{Dracula}} you]].