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This thread is for general discussion of page quotes, whether to change, move or remove them.

Unused quotes should be put on a Quotes Wiki page (just replace the namespace in the URL of the wiki page you are making a quotes page for with Quotes/).

Image captions are discussed elsewhere and have their own thread in the Image Pickin' forum.

Edited by wingedcatgirl on Jun 10th 2024 at 5:50:24 AM

selkies TOO serious! from Guess, guess, guess Since: Jan, 2021 Relationship Status: Star-crossed
TOO serious!
#7826: Jun 29th 2021 at 11:42:46 AM

[up][up] I like it [awesome]

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Naram-Sin Since: May, 2009
#7827: Jun 29th 2021 at 4:11:14 PM

Sadly Mythtaken has a bunch of quotes in the subpage, but none in the main page. I like the ones about Hera and Hercules, personally.

ShinyCottonCandy Everyone's friend Malamar from Lumiose City (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Everyone's friend Malamar
#7828: Jun 29th 2021 at 5:36:07 PM

The quote on Energy Ball means nothing without knowing the work it's from.

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bookworm11 (Ten years in the joint) Relationship Status: Arm chopping is not a love language!
#7829: Jun 30th 2021 at 6:42:22 PM

I agree the Energy Ball quote doesn't work out of context.

The Evil All Along quote seems like complaining, and I think because of spoiler potential, it might be better not to have a quote at the top of that page at all. Is it okay if I remove it?

Edited by bookworm11 on Jun 30th 2021 at 11:09:42 AM

Twiddler (On A Trope Odyssey)
#7830: Jun 30th 2021 at 7:34:34 PM

[up] I agree removing it would be an improvement.

Discar Since: Jun, 2009
#7831: Jun 30th 2021 at 9:07:39 PM

Been hearing more rumblings on the Loki (2021) quote. I'm a few episodes behind, but are we at the point where we can reasonably pick one?

Here is my post listing all the suggested quotes so far, and here is johnnye's post tallying the votes so far. Somebody also suggested another quote for consideration:

"Unbelievable! Wherever you go, it's just death, destruction, the literal ends of worlds!"
Mobius M. Mobius

Thoughts?

Writing a post-post apocalypse LitRPG on RR. Also fanfic stuff.
selkies TOO serious! from Guess, guess, guess Since: Jan, 2021 Relationship Status: Star-crossed
TOO serious!
#7832: Jun 30th 2021 at 11:07:58 PM

I like Miss Minutes' quote.

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MinisterOfSinister From 'Ell's 'eart Oi stab at ye! from In the Hall of the Mountain King Since: Jan, 2014 Relationship Status: What is this thing you call love?
From 'Ell's 'eart Oi stab at ye!
#7833: Jul 1st 2021 at 1:30:14 AM

[up][up] That one looks good.

themayorofsimpleton Short-Term Projects Herald | he/him from the Island of Koridai (Captain) Relationship Status: I won't say I'm in love
Short-Term Projects Herald | he/him
#7834: Jul 1st 2021 at 9:12:43 AM

Not a page quote, but found on Quotes.Sadist:

"I was trying to make [Arthur] feel rotten, and he feels great. I’m a failure as a little sister."
D.W. Read demonstrating her warped view of the role of a little sister, Arthur, "The Short, Quick Summer"

I am worried this is yet more Ron the Death Eater stuff regarding D.W. disguised as a legitimate quote. But it may fit the trope. Does it, or does it not?

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WarJay77 It's NaNo, Bay-beeee! (10,238/50,000) from My Writing Cave (Troper Knight) Relationship Status: Armed with the Power of Love
It's NaNo, Bay-beeee! (10,238/50,000)
#7835: Jul 1st 2021 at 10:00:44 AM

Yeah, that feels a bit iffy.

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johnnye Since: Jan, 2001
#7836: Jul 1st 2021 at 1:40:01 PM

Going to make a Quotes.Loki 2021 page as I've finally got round to watching it and spotted a nice one but don't want to throw yet another hat into the ring.

When we've picked one we can put the runners up on there, though perhaps not every contender as it'd read a little like an entire script of the first episode...

Edited by johnnye on Jul 1st 2021 at 1:42:33 AM

Anddrix Since: Oct, 2014
#7837: Jul 4th 2021 at 9:08:16 AM

The page quote for Straw Loser was added by frequent ban-evader Johnnyfog, is there anything from the quotes page that would make an acceptable substitute.

MinisterOfSinister From 'Ell's 'eart Oi stab at ye! from In the Hall of the Mountain King Since: Jan, 2014 Relationship Status: What is this thing you call love?
From 'Ell's 'eart Oi stab at ye!
#7838: Jul 4th 2021 at 10:45:59 AM

The Blackadder quote looks best to me. Witty, non-complaining, describes the trope well.

ShinyCottonCandy Everyone's friend Malamar from Lumiose City (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Everyone's friend Malamar
#7839: Jul 5th 2021 at 6:13:52 AM

Nightmare Face and Not a Mask have the same quote. I'm thinking Nightmare Face is the one to change. The first quote on its quotes page may work, but I imagine better could be done.

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GoldenCityBird from the UK Since: Oct, 2018
#7840: Jul 5th 2021 at 8:13:19 AM

The current page quote for Mighty Ducks: The Animated Series is very long, and isn't even from the source material (the first two thirds of it don't even mention it). Unfortunately, I'm not familiar enough with the series to suggest a replacement.

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wingedcatgirl mys. minty from the silly dimension from lurking (Holding A Herring) Relationship Status: Oh my word! I'm gay!
mys. minty from the silly dimension
#7841: Jul 5th 2021 at 8:18:26 AM

@.@

Wouldn't be against pulling that even without a replacement.

Suddenly I'm... still rotating Fallen London in my mind even though I've stopped actively playing it.
selkies TOO serious! from Guess, guess, guess Since: Jan, 2021 Relationship Status: Star-crossed
TOO serious!
#7842: Jul 5th 2021 at 6:06:36 PM

[up][up][up] Yeah, the Nightmare Face quote gotta go.

[up][up] Isn't it kinda bash-y too?

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johnnye Since: Jan, 2001
#7843: Jul 6th 2021 at 6:32:00 AM

Couple of suggestions for Nightmare Face, although like the page image, something evoking Take Our Word for It might be better

[W]hen she turned, it was the burned face of Sandor Clegane looking down at her, his mouth twisted in a terrible mockery of a smile. "You are shaking, girl," he said, his voice rasping. "Do I frighten you so much?"
He did, and had since she had first laid eyes on the ruin that fire had made of his face...

The left side of his face was a ruin. His ear had been burned away; there was nothing left but a hole. His eye was still good, but all around it was a twisted mass of scar, slick black flesh hard as leather, pocked with craters and fissured by deep cracks that gleamed red and wet when he moved. Down by his jaw, you could see a hint of bone where the flesh had been seared away.
Sansa began to cry.

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miraculous Goku Black (Apprentice)
Goku Black
#7845: Jul 6th 2021 at 10:19:37 AM

How many exchanges are allowed in page quotes. As in back and forth.

"That's right mortal. By channeling my divine rage into power, I have forged a new instrument in which to destroy you."
johnnye Since: Jan, 2001
#7846: Jul 6th 2021 at 10:30:54 AM

[up]I don't think there's a hard limit. It's more about how much space it takes up on the page. As a rule of thumb I'd say anything more than 5/6 lines is probably getting to be too much, but the length of them makes a difference too.

MinisterOfSinister From 'Ell's 'eart Oi stab at ye! from In the Hall of the Mountain King Since: Jan, 2014 Relationship Status: What is this thing you call love?
From 'Ell's 'eart Oi stab at ye!
#7847: Jul 6th 2021 at 2:36:26 PM

Yeah not a full conversation but something like 3-4 lines? Fine. At least from what I've seen.

selkies TOO serious! from Guess, guess, guess Since: Jan, 2021 Relationship Status: Star-crossed
TOO serious!
#7848: Jul 6th 2021 at 2:50:02 PM

[up][up][up][up] Same here.

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MinisterOfSinister From 'Ell's 'eart Oi stab at ye! from In the Hall of the Mountain King Since: Jan, 2014 Relationship Status: What is this thing you call love?
From 'Ell's 'eart Oi stab at ye!
#7849: Jul 6th 2021 at 3:12:50 PM

Yeah let's go with the one from A Game of Thrones. That fits it better.

Naram-Sin Since: May, 2009
#7850: Jul 6th 2021 at 5:26:28 PM

The quote in Whale Egg may be the Trope Namer, but it doesn't actually show the trope (the original scene is just Ralph being stupid).


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