History Quotes / MaryTzu

-->--'''Demolition D+''' [[https://youtu.be/k9h7dsmO38c on]] ''Anime/AldnoahZero''

->"You see, when the first Super Robot, or [[AMechByAnyOtherName Kataphrakt]], as they call them, is defeated by Inaho and crew, [[AwesomenessByAnalysis it's actually quite clever the way they go about it.]] He's like the Series/BillNyeTheScienceGuy of anime, Inaho is. He always finds a way. Why? Is he valedictorian? Is he in gifted classes? Why is everyone else's plan just to either run from the robots or run ''at'' the robots head-on? Does the Earthen military just collectively lose all of its strategic fortitude in the near future, to the point that the average high-schooler can out-plan them militaristically? Anyway, then just about every plan Inaho comes up with after the first Kataphrakt is dumb and peppered with insulting levels of convenience. You know, at first I thought I missed some kind of key plot point, some kind of informative piece of Inaho's character as to why he's better than everyone else, and then I found out it's not that he's better, it's just that everyone else ''wants'' to die. See, [[FlatCharacter he doesn't do anything particularly significant in terms of uniqueness, he just moves.]] And everyone else just stands there and embraces death, hoping to be released from this purgatorial mediocrity."

->'''Wanda:''' N' you cannot win.\\
'''Parson:''' I can! Perfect warlord, remember? You didn't listen!\\
'''Wanda:''' You... are ''not'' the perfect warlord. Your plans... f-fail.\\
'''Maggie:''' Mm.\\
'''Sizemore:''' That is true, Warlord.\\
''[Parson stares at them in shock]''\\
'''Parson:''' Holy crap, guys! Plans ''do'' fail. "Perfect strategy" does ''not'' mean one perfect flawless genius plan! It doesn't ''mean'' you never lose!\\
Look, you've taught me a lot, so let me teach you something, k? ''This'' is strategy. First... you have a goal. Then, you list objectives in support of that goal, in order of importance.\\
Then you weigh the costs and accomplish the most you can, however you can. Without even fighting, if possible!\\
You've got bluff, subterfuge, diplomacy... lotta time it's just "watch what the enemy's doing, and hit him where he's weak and you're strong."\\
But, y'know... he's doing the same to you. And you can't be strong everywhere. So sometimes you fall back where he's stronger, and sometimes you ''do'' lose. But you roll with it. ''Yes'' you plan, okay? But the enemy won't follow your plan. So the trick is to be fluid, hit him on the fly, define his choices... watch for opportunity, like when he boops up. You have to know more than he does about what's going on.
-->-- ''Webcomic/{{Erfworld}}'', deconstructing the concept

->"You see, when the first Super Robot, or [[AMechByAnyOtherName Kataphrakt]], as they call them, is defeated by Inaho and crew, [[AwesomenessByAnalysis it's actually quite clever the way they go about it.]] He's like the Series/BillNyeTheScienceGuy of anime, Inaho is. He always finds a way. Why? Is he valedictorian? Is he in gifted classes? Why is everyone else's plan just to either run from the robots or run ''at'' the robots head-on? [[TheyJustDidntCare Does the Earthen military just collectively lose all of its strategic fortitude in the near future, to the point that the average high-schooler can out-plan them militaristically?]] Anyway, then just about every plan Inaho comes up with after the first Kataphrakt is dumb and peppered with insulting levels of convenience. You know, at first I thought I missed some kind of key plot point, some kind of informative piece of Inaho's character as to why he's better than everyone else, and then I found out it's not that he's better, it's just that everyone else ''wants'' to die. See, [[FlatCharacter he doesn't do anything particularly significant in terms of uniqueness, he just moves.]] And everyone else just stands there and embraces death, hoping to be released from this purgatorial mediocrity."

->"You see, when the first Super Robot, or [[AMechByAnyOtherName Kataphrakt]], as they call them, is defeated by Inaho and crew, [[AwesomenessByAnalysis it's actually quite clever the way they go about it.]] He's like the Series/BillNyeTheScienceGuy of anime, Inaho is. He always finds a way. Why? Is he valedictorian? Is he in gifted classes? Why is everyone else's plan just to either run from the robots or run ''at'' the robots head-on? Does the Earthen military just collectively lose all of its strategic fortitude in the near future, to the point that the average high-schooler can out-plan them militaristically? Anyway, then just about every plan Inaho comes up with after the first Kataphrakt is dumb and peppered with insulting levels of convenience."

-->-- ''Webcomic/{{Erfworld}}'', deconstructing the concept

''[beat]''\\

-->--''Webcomic/{{Erfworld}}'', deconstructing the concept

-->'''Wanda:''' N' you cannot win.\\