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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

Andariel Never Found from Disappeared never to be seen again (Long Runner) Relationship Status: Yes, I'm alone, but I'm alone and free
Never Found
#9626: Aug 28th 2022 at 6:03:27 AM

Oh yeah, Big Bag definitely should be shorter to remove that empty space under the pic. How about we leave just the first 3 lines?

Something cool is coming your way
Full of ideas and ready to play
Let's do something fun today!
The theme song

Groundling Marsh doesn't look as bad, but it can also go with trim. How about this?

Now, if you're looking for a place to play in.
Where friends are friends and green is green all day.
And if you're looking for a spot to stay in.
Where problems that you face together sometimes melt away.
Come on down.

Edited by Andariel on Aug 28th 2022 at 4:06:15 PM

Andariel Never Found from Disappeared never to be seen again (Long Runner) Relationship Status: Yes, I'm alone, but I'm alone and free
Never Found
#9627: Aug 28th 2022 at 6:09:38 AM

Before I forget again, the quote on THE MONUMENT MYTHOS has been brought up here. The quote itself looks fine, but should it have colored text? I'd like to hear more opinions. (For what it's worth, the word "blood" really is colored red in the original video)

Edited by Andariel on Aug 28th 2022 at 4:11:59 PM

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
#9628: Aug 28th 2022 at 9:22:16 AM

If it's colored in the source material, it seems fine to us for the quote to be colored.

Suddenly I'm... still rotating Fallen London in my mind even though I've stopped actively playing it.
loserswithwifi (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
RandomTroper123 She / Her from I'll let you guess... (Not-So-Newbie) Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
She / Her
#9630: Aug 28th 2022 at 10:22:21 AM

[up](x3) I think it works.

ChloeJessica Since: Jun, 2020 Relationship Status: Awaiting my mail-order bride
#9631: Aug 28th 2022 at 12:47:44 PM

the page quote on Not Evil, Just Misunderstood seems to be the entire chorus of a song. it's pretty long and i found it hard to follow. recommend swapping with this from the Quotes page:

"I don't play villains, I play very interesting people."

Andariel Never Found from Disappeared never to be seen again (Long Runner) Relationship Status: Yes, I'm alone, but I'm alone and free
Never Found
#9632: Aug 28th 2022 at 12:51:44 PM

[up]The current also doesn't really show the evil part, so I'm good with pulling it.

The suggestion looks fine, but there is another quote on the page that might fit the bill.

"I'm not bad... I'm just drawn that way."
Jessica Rabbit, Who Framed Roger Rabbit

Wyldchyld (Old as dirt)
#9633: Aug 28th 2022 at 5:43:17 PM

I've got a couple from Lucifer (2016) that may or may not fit the bill.

"Chloe, look at the Bible. It is so full of contradictions. Fine. Take the Devil, for example. The Devil's supposed to be pure evil, right? But he started out as an angel. Come on, you can't start good and then turn all evil. I mean, really? That's what they want us to believe?"
Ella, Lucifer

Lucifer: I'm not evil. I punish evil.
Malcolm: Yeah, b-but you're, you know...
Lucifer: The Devil, yes. And you think you know who that is, don't you? The whole world does. A torturer, maybe. An inflictor of just desserts, sure. But a senseless murderer I am not!
Lucifer

"Well, where do I begin? With the grandest fall in the history of time? Or perhaps the far more agonising punishment that followed? To be blamed for every morsel of evil humanity's endured, every atrocity committed in my name? As though I wanted people to suffer. All I ever wanted was to be my own man here. To be judged for my own doing. And for that, I've been shown how truly powerless I am."
— Lucifer, Lucifer

Edited by Wyldchyld on Aug 28th 2022 at 5:54:29 AM

If my post doesn't mention a giant flying sperm whale with oversized teeth and lionfish fins for flippers, it just isn't worth reading.
ChloeJessica Since: Jun, 2020 Relationship Status: Awaiting my mail-order bride
#9634: Aug 28th 2022 at 5:50:31 PM

maybe im biased because it's got my name in it, but i do like that first one from Lucifer.

e: "just drawn that way" is such an iconic line that id want to make sure it's not being used anywhere else before i say yea to it.

Edited by ChloeJessica on Aug 28th 2022 at 5:51:48 AM

Wyldchyld (Old as dirt)
#9635: Aug 28th 2022 at 5:54:56 PM

Sorry. I'm having some browser issues. I've corrected my post now.

Edited by Wyldchyld on Aug 28th 2022 at 5:55:08 AM

If my post doesn't mention a giant flying sperm whale with oversized teeth and lionfish fins for flippers, it just isn't worth reading.
ShaiPa Since: Aug, 2013
#9636: Aug 29th 2022 at 5:07:10 AM

I personally prefer the Who Framed Roger Rabbit quote, but it's already the page quote for Heroic Seductress. Though I think the quote much better fits for Not Evil, Just Misunderstood, as the quote does not say whether Jessica Rabbit is heroic or not.

But since sorting that out might be extra cumbersome (though I'm up for it if others are), I vote for the second Lucifer quote. It better portrays the misunderstood part.

Edited by ShaiPa on Aug 29th 2022 at 7:15:31 AM

Andariel Never Found from Disappeared never to be seen again (Long Runner) Relationship Status: Yes, I'm alone, but I'm alone and free
Never Found
#9637: Aug 29th 2022 at 5:41:08 AM

[up] & [up][up][up]

  • facepalm* I completely forgot that lines likes this could've been used somewhere else. Disregard my suggestion then

miraculous Goku Black (Apprentice)
Goku Black
#9638: Aug 29th 2022 at 6:44:46 AM

I don't get Death by Adaptation? Out of context it just sounds like Kick the Dog.

"That's right mortal. By channeling my divine rage into power, I have forged a new instrument in which to destroy you."
ShaiPa Since: Aug, 2013
#9639: Aug 29th 2022 at 6:52:45 AM

[up] Yeah, there's no way to tell w/o context — and knowing Dragon Ball Z in general — how this demonstrates the trope.

Recommend pulling.


~ Andariel, I like your suggestion and I think it fits better for Not Evil, Just Misunderstood, so if anyone has any good replacement ideas for Heroic Seductress, I'm game.

Edited by ShaiPa on Aug 29th 2022 at 8:55:05 AM

Grandmaster35 Great Celestial Lord from The Apex of Existence Since: Mar, 2019 Relationship Status: Having tea with Cthulhu
Great Celestial Lord
#9640: Aug 29th 2022 at 7:54:03 AM

Since Science Wizard has no page quote, can I use the one from the Quotes subpage?

RandomTroper123 She / Her from I'll let you guess... (Not-So-Newbie) Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
She / Her
#9641: Aug 29th 2022 at 8:02:55 AM

[up]I'd say so because I feel it works.

ChloeJessica Since: Jun, 2020 Relationship Status: Awaiting my mail-order bride
#9642: Aug 29th 2022 at 8:03:27 AM

[up][up][tup], but whack the last sentence off it, it's superfluous and makes the quote an unwieldy length.

themayorofsimpleton Short-Term Projects Herald | he/him from the Island of Koridai (Captain) Relationship Status: I won't say I'm in love
Synchronicity (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#9644: Aug 29th 2022 at 11:41:41 AM

Don't have the bandwidth to deal with it atm so just bringing up that Why Women Kill's quote is an All-Blue Entry paragraph.

Andariel Never Found from Disappeared never to be seen again (Long Runner) Relationship Status: Yes, I'm alone, but I'm alone and free
Never Found
#9645: Aug 29th 2022 at 11:50:16 AM

Yeesh. Quotes can't have potholes at all, right?

PurpleEyedGuma Since: Apr, 2020
#9646: Aug 29th 2022 at 12:04:50 PM

Fixed, but there’s still no attribution.

Andariel Never Found from Disappeared never to be seen again (Long Runner) Relationship Status: Yes, I'm alone, but I'm alone and free
Never Found
#9647: Aug 29th 2022 at 12:07:26 PM

Oh, and speaking of that trope... Why does the quotes page have 10 folders but only 2 quotes total? The folders should be deleted, right?

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)
#9648: Aug 29th 2022 at 12:08:53 PM

Blank folders are bad and should be cut, yeah.

Working on: Author Appeal | Sandbox | Troper Wall
ChloeJessica Since: Jun, 2020 Relationship Status: Awaiting my mail-order bride
#9649: Aug 29th 2022 at 12:10:28 PM

~Grand Master 35 sorry for second-guessing myself, but now that im thinking about it, without the last sentence that quote is more representative of Magitek than Science Wizard. upon reflection i think it would be better to use the last two sentences than the first three.

Andariel Never Found from Disappeared never to be seen again (Long Runner) Relationship Status: Yes, I'm alone, but I'm alone and free

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