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Thor: What was the point? I was too late. I was just standing there. Some idiot with an ax.
Frigga: You're no idiot. You're here, aren't you? Seeking counsel from the wisest person in Asgard.
Thor: I guess, yeah.
Frigga: Idiot? No. A failure? Absolutely.
Thor: That's a little bit harsh.
Frigga: You do know what that makes you? Just like everyone else.
Thor: I'm not supposed to be like everyone else, am I?
Frigga: Everyone fails at who they are supposed to be, Thor. The measure of a person - of a hero - is how well they succeed at being who they are.

Did you think you mattered, Hawke? Did you think anything you ever did mattered? You couldn't even save your city. How could you expect to strike down a god? Anders/Fenris/Isabela/Merril/Sebastian is going to die, just like your family, and anyone you ever cared about.

Tarquin: Look at you! What are you, a protagonist? I'm so proud! Have you thwarted any villains yet?
Elan: We mostly run away or have mixed victories. Wait, does Nale count?
Tarquin: Eh, not really.
Elan: Then, no.

For it is in failure that we achieve immortality. Through this, we are bound to our task, an endless quest with no pause or rest. Cursed by duty and unbound by time, I release your soul, and by my hand... condemn thee.
— Jaune's personal Badass Creed, Not this time, Fate

I have to tell you, it's really hard to feel like a hero when everything you've done has made things worse, when the world would be a better place if you literally never got out of bed this morning.

Hanna: But you have to admit they're not the most competent bunch. I mean, what even are they? They're not quite hunters, even though they seem to think they have the right to be people's judge and jury, but they're not, like, regular people either. They're just a bunch of dramatic weirdos who managed to find each other and con themselves into thinking they're doing some good, but, like, are they really? Have they stopped much? Because I know they've caused a lot of crap, but what have they stopped? All they do is get each other - and a bunch of other people - killed with the yearly terrorist attacks. They got Laurel killed. Can we trust them to save her?
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Felicity: We're not totally awful, are we? (Silence) I don't think we're awful.
Diggle: We're not awful.
Thea: Meh.
Felicity: We've stopped a lot. This whole city could have died from the superflu and...stuff. We've sent a lot of drug dealers to jail. I mean, Vertigo? Remember Vertigo? And Slade Wilson! Granted, he killed... Um. Anyway, we've done a lot of good!
Diggle: We've done a lot of good.
Thea: 50/50. Maybe 60/40.
Felicity: ...Which side gets the 60?

Ooh, Superman, where are you now
When everything's gone wrong somehow?
The men of steel, the men of power
Are losing control by the hour

Hobbes: ..um... has Stupendous Man ever won a battle?
Calvin: Well, they're all moral victories.
Hobbes: One can't be picky.

"I mean, Raiden, his intentions are always good but for some reason, he always freaking jack up."
CoryxKenshin, episode #12 of Mortal Kombat X

"Was it my fault? Did I change the story? I couldn’t even be the make-believe hero."
Jaune Arc, RWBY

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