History Quotes / ConditionedToAcceptHorror

'''[[RippleProofMemory Frisk]]:''' ''[unperturbed]'' And that's with some generous rounding-down.\\

-->-- '''Asriel''' to '''Toriel''', ''Webcomic/GrowthSpurt''

->'''Asriel:''' I've struck down [[OmnicidalManiac ALMOST EVERYONE IN THE UNDERGROUND]] '''[[GroundhogDayLoop MULTIPLE TIMES]].''' I've killed YOU, and DAD, and ALPHYS, PAPYRUS, the PAPERBOY-- I MUST HAVE KILLED FRISK THOUSANDS OF TIMES!\\

'''Asriel:''' '''[[ShellShockedVeteran AND THAT HAUNTS ME!!]]'''

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->'''Asriel''': I've struck down [[OmnicidalManiac ALMOST EVERYONE IN THE UNDERGROUND]] '''[[GroundhogDayLoop MULTIPLE TIMES.]]''' I've killed YOU, and DAD, and ALPHYS, PAPYRUS, the PAPERBOY-- I MUST HAVE KILLED FRISK THOUSANDS OF TIMES!\\
'''[[RippleProofMemory Frisk]]''': ''(Unperturbed)'' And that's with some generous rounding-down.\\
'''Asriel''': '''[[ShellShockedVeteran AND THAT HAUNTS ME!!]]'''
-->--'''Asriel to Toriel''', ''WebComic/GrowthSpurt''

->''"One death has already been attributed to the Glow Cloud. But listen, it's probably nothing. If we had to shut down the town for every mysterious event that at least one death could be attributed to, we'd never have time to do anything, right?"''
-->-- '''Cecil Palmer''', ''Podcast/WelcomeToNightVale''

->'''Yukari''': ''That's'' what you're crying about? Not about other students being killed and the festival being ruined, but only because you won't see the fireworks?\\
'''Rin''': [''nods''] I wanted to see them so badly. I was really looking forward to it. But now... I can't!\\
'''Ahakon''': How can that be the only thing she's upset about? Tsukune's isolated in Paradise, Ruby and Ren are staying with him there until his [[HorrorHunger bloodlust]] is taken care of, the festival is ruined, and there are dead bodies everywhere!\\
'''Ran''': We've... seen a lot worse [[MadeASlave working for our old master]].\\
[''{{beat}} as everyone looks at Rin and Ran with concern'']\\
'''Yukari''': Oh... I see.
-->--''FanFic/RosarioVampireBrightestDarkness Act V''

->[''After an extensive montage of the Flying Dutchman's scares and pranks'']\\
'''Spongebob''': Um, Dutchy... is this gonna be much longer?\\
'''Flying Dutchman''': Why aren't ya freakin' out, lad?\\
'''Spongebob''': Well, you've been here for a while and... well, I've seen all your tricks!
-->--''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'', "Ghost Host"

->'''Steven''': I just wish we could've hung out more. I feel like I only get to see you when something horrible's going on. \\
'''Lapis Lazuli''': That's just how it is with me.
-->--''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'', "[[Recap/StevenUniverseS3E3SameOldWorld Same Old World]]"

->'''Zack''': [''rolling down a hill on a large concrete pipe with Milo, screaming''] Wait; why aren't ''you'' screaming!?!\\
'''Milo''': I find it doesn't help. Just hurts the larynx.
-->--''WesternAnimation/MiloMurphysLaw'',"[[Recap/MiloMurphysLawS1E01GoingTheExtraMilo Going the Extra Milo]]"

->[[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Buffy]] took a deep breath as [[ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} the Maid of Might]] flew them in for a swift landing. They touched ground by the doughnuted demons. The sight didn’t agree with Kara. She noticed that Buffy took it in a more businesslike manner.\\
“Sorry,” said Buffy. “In my line of work, you see this stuff more often.”\\
“I’m glad I don’t have your line of work,” said Supergirl. “Most of the time, that is.”

->'''Lisa:''' ''(as she and Bart are watching Pinnitchio)'' I wonder if all this violence really does desensitize us.\\
''(a Scratchy robot bursts through the screen and collapses. Its head bursts off, and fake blood starts shooting everywhere.)''\\

-->--''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', "Itchy And Scratchy Land"

-->--'''Cecil Palmer''', ''Podcast/WelcomeToNightVale''

''(Cut to Delivery Guy breathing into a bag)''\\
'''Jake:''' ''(sighs)'' I always forget how weirdly numb to horrific things we are. You think it affects our souls and the relationships we build with others?\\

-->-- ''Series/BrooklynNineNine'', [[Recap/BrooklynNineNineS6E06TheCrimeScene "The Crime Scene"]]

'''Moon:''' How can you even think about that [[DarkestHour at a time like this?!]]\\

-->-- ''WesternAnimation/StarVsTheForcesOfEvil'', "The Tavern at the End of the Multiverse"

-> '''Unoki:''' If you don't mind, I can lend you (my umbrella) after school. I'm already used to getting it stolen, so don't worry about me.
-> '''Matsuri:''' You're used to too many depressing things!!

-->-- '''Creator/JoshScorcher''', on ''[[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Sugar Belle]]''

He takes another swallow of water from his bottle, following my gaze. Then he makes a sad face. "Souls," he answers quietly. "Human souls. They… uh, came spraying out of Rei's neck during Instrumentality."\\
I nod silently. It seems like this should shock or horrify me, but now that just kind of seems… par for the course.

-->--'''Josey Wales''', ''Film/TheOutlawJoseyWales''

->The Forever People ''is easily my least favorite of the [[ComicBook/NewGods Fourth World]] books, but this one, one of Darkseid's earliest appearances, hits ''perfectly. ''It takes a pretty standard comic book cliché, the amusement park rigged up with deathtraps -- which, admittedly, I love every single time it shows up -- and twists it a step further into something that's genuinely creepy. For Darkseid, his park isn't abandoned or hidden, it's a thriving business that's full of customers who stream in to watch the people suffering. Darkseid masks their screams of terror and pain behind the flimsiest illusions of happiness, but in one of the most important and terrifying segments in superhero comics, '''he lets the children see exactly what's happening'''.''

->''Why? Because he knows that the adults (and their "cock and bull" stories) will teach the children to ignore the suffering around them, filtering out the needs of others to focus on themselves. They'll grow up isolated and alone, not even realizing that they can choose a better way, secure in the knowledge that they can walk right past the horrors of the world and never stop to help -- the exact opposite of the inspiration that they're meant to draw from Superman.''
-->--'''Chris Sims''', [[https://comicsalliance.com/darkseid-superman-jack-kirby-fourth-world-dc/ "Darkseid Is"]]

->He was enraged at the outcome, yes, but he had seen that there was a limit to the imagination of atrocity. Kyril was not surprised about it at all. [[VideoGame/BloodBorne Yharnam]] had taught him the meaning of horror, and whatever fear he had felt that night was already long since gone.

-->--'''Christoph Niederer''' describing [[UsefulNotes/TheAmericanCivilWar the Battle of Antietam]]

->''"I've been eaten eight times, Sprig. Eight. Times. '''[[ExtremeCloseUp I sort of look forward to it now.]]'''"''
-->--'''Polly Plantar''', ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}'', [[Recap/AmphibiaS2E21NightDrivers "Night Drivers"]]

->''You know what I've noticed? Nobody panics when things go "according to plan." Even if the plan is horrifying! If, tomorrow, I tell the press that, like, a gang banger will get shot, or a truckload of soldiers will be blown up, nobody panics, because it's all "part of the plan". But when I say that one little old mayor will die, well then everyone loses their minds!''
-->-- ''The Joker'', ''Film/TheDarkKnight''

->'''Asriel''': I've struck down [[OmnicidalManiac ALMOST EVERYONE IN THE UNDERGROUND]] '''[[GroundhogDayLoop MULTIPLE TIMES.]]'''
I've killed YOU, and DAD, and ALPHYS, PAPYRUS, the PAPERBOY-- I MUST HAVE KILLED FRISK THOUSANDS OF TIMES!\\

'''[[RippleProofMemoryFrisk]]''': ''(Unperturbed)'' And that's with some generous rounding-down.\\

->''"I've been eaten eight times, Sprig. Eight. Times. '''I sort of look forward to it now.'''"''

->'''Kagami (investigating a body):''' "Wait, hey! This is no place for a kid!"\\
'''Mizuki:''' "What do you mean?..."\\
'''Kagami:''' "I mean, you're right next to the body!"\\
'''Mizuki:''' "So?"\\
'''Kagami:''' "'So?!...'"\\

'''Mizuki:''' "I'm fine, I've seen worse..."

-->-- '''Journal''', ''Webcomic/SleeplessDomain''

->'''Rin''': [''crying''] This sucks.\\
'''Ran''': Rin? It'll be okay. The headmaster of this school is taking care of it, remember?\\
'''Gin''': She's right. Nobody here knows it was Tsukune who did this. They all think some rogue vampire came through, and that we took care of it.\\
'''Rin''': I know. It's not that I'm sad about.\\
'''Kokoa''': Then what are you crying for?\\
'''Rin''': The fireworks show is cancelled now!\\
[''{{beat}} as the others look at her and she's crying'']\\
'''Yukari''': ''That's'' what you're crying about? Not about other students being killed and the festival being ruined, but only because you won't see the fireworks?\\

->[[NinetiesAntihero Kyril]] himself had offered to [[DueToTheDead clean and bury the bodies]]; a magnanimous gesture that no one had expected from someone like him.
->The Hunter did it because he was long accustomed to burying the dead. He was better at ending lives than preserving them. A sad truth to his existence as a [[HunterOfMonsters Hunter]] but he had long since given up on complaining about his circumstances. That way laid only [[SanitySlippage madness and pain]].

-->''VideoGame/AITheSomniumFilesNirvanaInitiative''

-->''VideoGame/AITheSomniumFiles''

->'''Eclipsa:''' What do you say Moon? Up for a quick game of pool?\\
'''Moon:''' How can you even think of pool [[DarkestHour at a time like this?!]]\\
'''Eclipsa:''' My ''whole'' entire life has been a 'time like this', Moon. You learn to make the most of these moments.

->'''Moon:''' How can you even think of pool [[DarkestHour at a time like this?!]]\\
->'''Eclipsa:''' My ''whole'' entire life has been a 'time like this', Moon. You learn to make the most of these moments.