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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

mightymewtron Word Up from New New York Since: Oct, 2012 Relationship Status: THIS CONCEPT OF 'WUV' CONFUSES AND INFURIATES US!
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#11726: Oct 13th 2023 at 5:08:44 PM

[up][up][up] I like that quote for Good Stepmother [tup]

Edited by mightymewtron on Oct 13th 2023 at 8:08:53 AM

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Hello83433 (Lucky 7) Relationship Status: Complex: I'm real, they are imaginary
#11727: Oct 13th 2023 at 11:03:30 PM

RE: #11725 I agree with keeping the first quote and removing the second, especially since the second is a duplicate.


Proposal for swap on Befriending the Enemy, because the current doesn't illustrate the enemy part, just that the other character is mean, and relies on the anecdote in the attribution.

Current:

"I bet if he had just one friend, he wouldn't be such a meanie."
SpongeBob SquarePants thinking about Plankton, "F.U.N."

Candidates from quotes page:

"The best way to defeat your enemy is to make him your friend."
Sensei Wu, Ninjago

or

"An enemy is just a friend you haven't made yet."
Wander, Wander over Yonder

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mys. minty from the silly dimension
#11728: Oct 14th 2023 at 7:31:46 AM

We were considering adding a quote to UnexplainedRecovery.Live Action Films, but the corresponding example spoilers out the identity of the person who recovered without explanation. However, we haven't watched the film in question — is this actually presented as a "twist" in the first place, or is that spoiler tag overzealous?

     
"Somehow, Palpatine returned."
Poe Dameron, The Rise of Skywalker

Suddenly I'm... still rotating Fallen London in my mind even though I've stopped actively playing it.
chasemaddigan I'm Sad Frogerson. Since: Oct, 2011
I'm Sad Frogerson.
#11729: Oct 14th 2023 at 1:23:26 PM

[up] Palpatine is revealed to be alive in the first five or so minutes of the movie. The trailers were a bit coy about it, but the first trailer literally ended with Palpatine's laughter after Luke saying that "no one's ever really gone".

So, no I wouldn't consider it a twist.

Bullman Enid Sinclair Since: Jun, 2018 Relationship Status: Longing for my OTP
Enid Sinclair
#11730: Oct 14th 2023 at 1:35:52 PM

Would one of these work for UnexplainedRecovery.Live Action TV?

Zachariah: How are you—
Castiel: ...alive? That's a good question. How did these two [indicating Sam and Dean] end up on that airplane? Another good question, because the angels didn't do it. I think we both know the answer, don't we?

"Okay, cutting to the chase. Back, not dead. Surprise! Never mind."
Missy, Doctor Who

Reign: I thought you were dead.
Kara Zor-El: I got better.

Edited by Bullman on Oct 14th 2023 at 3:36:41 AM

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#11732: Oct 14th 2023 at 2:30:31 PM

Honestly the Palpatine one has become such a memed line that I think it works - in my experience, even people who haven't seen the film know about the line and how it does so little to explain literally anything about Palpatine coming back, and it's so early in the movie that it's not a spoiler (literally the first line of the opening scrawl is "THE DEAD SPEAK" before revealing Palpatine is sending a broadcast to the galaxy)

Edited by STARCRUSHER99 on Oct 14th 2023 at 5:54:18 AM

mightymewtron Word Up from New New York Since: Oct, 2012 Relationship Status: THIS CONCEPT OF 'WUV' CONFUSES AND INFURIATES US!
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#11733: Oct 14th 2023 at 2:34:59 PM

Not a SW fan but Palpatine feels like an It Was His Sled situation. As for the Live Action TV page, I like the Supergirl one, mostly since I Got Better is the trope's former name.

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WetFlannels Classy, Refined, Unstable from Nearby, on a cosmological scale. Since: Oct, 2021 Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
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#11734: Oct 14th 2023 at 2:55:41 PM

Either the Supergirl one or Doctor Who one work best IMO.

Speaking as someone who doesn't care for Star Wars, the Palpatine one has been memed to oblivion online so IMO it's a case of It Was His Sled since you can hear his laughter in the trailer as well IIRC.

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Bullman Enid Sinclair Since: Jun, 2018 Relationship Status: Longing for my OTP
Enid Sinclair
#11735: Oct 14th 2023 at 2:59:24 PM

Personally I prefer the Supergirl one a bit more. So I will go with that one.

I think the Star Wars quote is okay to add due to it being a major It Was His Sled.

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#11738: Oct 15th 2023 at 3:11:10 PM

The quote on Adaptational Attractiveness was changed back in June and I’m not seeing any discussion on it when going back to that timeframe in the thread. I also think it’s lacking in context compared to the prior.

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Arawn999 Since: Dec, 2013 Relationship Status: Having tea with Cthulhu
#11739: Oct 15th 2023 at 6:41:52 PM

[up] IIRC the protocol is to revert it citing lack of discussion.

ACW from Arlington, VA (near Washington, D.C.) Since: Jul, 2009
#11740: Oct 18th 2023 at 3:35:13 PM

The quote at Live-Action TV will be used for the Twilight Zone page, so we need a new quote. Here are the ones at the quote page that don't currently belong to works with their own pages:

"I saw him once — Sheidheda. I was only a girl when he took Trikru. He went from village to village, butchering anyone who refused to kneel, their families, too. We cannot let this creature command Wonkru."
Indra on Sheidheda, The 100, "The Blood of Sanctum"

"President Clark has violated the Earth Alliance Constitution by dissolving the Senate, declaring martial law, and personally ordering the bombing of civilian targets on the Mars Colony! He is personally responsible for the deaths of hundreds of innocent people!"
Captain John Sheridan, on President William Morgan Clark, Babylon 5, "Severed Dreams"

"We will turn Centauri Prime into an inauguration pyre to commemorate my ascension into godhood. When I become a god, how will our world survive without me? Best to put them all out of their misery. Let it burn. Let it all end in fire."
Emperor Cartagia, Babylon 5, "Falling Toward Apotheosis"

Cole: Don’t you wanna fight back [against Daly]? Why won’t you fight back?
Walton: Tommy.
Cole: ...who is Tommy?
Walton: He’s my son. He’s six years old. At least he was when I woke up here [on the USS Callister]. See, in the early days of this ship, it was just me and Daly. I was his pet project. He tried everything to break me. And I withstood it all, cuz I just thought there was still a chance that I could get out and see my boy again. In a way, I was right; I did get to see him again. Just not the real him. Daly told me what happened. Back on the outside, the real me brought Tommy to work one day. Showed him around. He woulda loved seeing all those computers. He’s really into that stuff. Anyway, evidently, Tommy had a lollipop that day. That’s all [the DNA] Daly needed. He copied him. In here. It was Tommy, alright. He was alike in every way. You know what Daly did to him? He took Tommy and he threw him out of the airlock. Right out into space. And he made me watch. [tearing up] Have you ever seen an unsuited body compress in space? They freeze... and crack like a porcelain doll. I take my hat off to Daly; the detail in this place is exceptional.

"Hello? Loyal trusty crew, come in! I know you can hear me. Whatever it is you’re thinking of doing isn’t going to work, but it is going to cost you! If you thought what happened to you in the past was bad, that was nothing! What I’m going to do to you is gonna be goddamn fucking BIBLICAL! I’m literally gonna turn your insides out! BUT... I’ll keep you alive! In tiny little jars! And there you’ll stay until I’M BORED OF YOU!"
Robert Daly, Black Mirror, "USS Callister"

"The truth is, I'm not a particularly skilled captain. Navigation is foreign to me, I have no gift for politics. So what am I good at? This is going to sound absurd, but I make the men feel better about themselves. See, every man here has served under a captain who uses violence to achieve an end. To terrorize, to advertise. When the men see that, they can spot the lie. They know that their captain is, in some part of his soul, sickened by his own actions. And the lie infects everyone who sees it. But with me, when the men see me slaughter the crew of the Good Fortune, when they see me cut out a man's tongue from his mouth for lying, when they see me burn a boy alive in front of his father's eyes, they know, they can see it in my eyes...there's no lie there. There's no seed of remorse there. I simply don't have it in me."
Edward "Ned" Low, to Eleanor Guthrie, Black Sails, "IX"

"Marcus. Do you know how many men I've killed over the years? How many women I've taken? All these years, burning with hatred for me. And I don't even remember you! Or whoever this whore was you say I killed!"
Damek, Blade: The Series

Robert Cameron: I'm going to get rid of you.
Robert's double: Really? Look at you. Tied up in that cast. Weak. You'll be easier to handle than that Miss Gilden was.
Robert: "Was?" What do you mean "was?"
Double: She's dead. Fell on her rose shears, poor thing.
Robert: You killed her. You kill everything. You're killing me!
Double: It won't be much of a loss. No one will know. Not even your parents.
Robert: What do you mean?
Double: Pretty soon, there won't be anyone left here but me.
Circle Of Fear, "Alter-Ego"

Datak Tarr: General Tak, may I ask what business you have in Defiance?
Rahm Tak: You may, indeed. I'm going to kill all the humans and burn the disgusting place to the ground.
Defiance, "The World We Seize"

"I had every reason to kill the others. They just had no reason to die. They never saw me coming unless I wanted them to see me coming. I could wave at a lady and smile, chew the fat with her in church, knowing I killed her husband. There is something beautiful about that ball of silence at a funeral, all those people around you, knowing that you made it happen."
Lawrence Wells, Hannibal, "Hannibal S 01 E 09"

Harold Finch: You could never be me, because I save lives. You take them.
Alex Declan: No, I live those lives better than the real people ever could. I follow them, and watch them waste what they have. I do those identities justice. The things I've seen, the lives I've lived... One day, I'll stop, when I find the person I'm meant to be.
Finch: What? People like you don't stop. You can rationalize it however you like, but you hurt people because you like it. Because you're sick, you're maladjusted and you need help.

"That man...the Ripper! His brutality. How many? Seven? At most? And his name all set to haunt this city for thousand years. I have already tripled his score. Think how long they'll talk of me!"
Claxton, Ripper Street, "The King Came Calling"

Marcus Lindsey: I feel no shame for what I do. The needs I feel. No, if I could murder someone every day, I would be the happiest man on the planet. Oh, I don't know — maybe I'd lose my taste for it. You know, like when you eat too many chips.
John Nolan: Anybody ever tell you you're crazy?
Marcus Lindsey: Sure. But then I burn them to ash

"By sundown tomorrow, I will be the one true God, and I will wipe away this world, you included! Then you will see just how far my reach extends. You love these humans so much...You wear their clothes...You feel their petty, worthless emotions...If you want to live among them... then you shall die among them!"
The Hidden One to Pandora, Sleepy Hollow, "Delaware"

"He can't hear you. You shouldn't have looked for me. Because now I see you. Now we can all see you. You let us in. And now, you are going to have to let us stay. Don't you see? All this time, we've been building it! We've been building it for you. All that work. All that pain. All of it for you. And now it's time. Time to end it. And we're going to end you. And when you are gone, we are going to end your friends. And then we are going to end... everyone."
Vecna, speaking through The Mind Flayer speaking through Billy, Stranger Things, "E Pluribus Unum"

"Scott, can you hear me? Ah, you can. Good. Then listen closely because the game is about to get interesting. Let's put a real clock on this game, Scott. I'll give you until the last 30 seconds. When that scoreboard clock begins counting down from 30, if you haven't given me Derek, then Jackson is gonna kill someone. So tell me, Scott, who's gonna die tonight? Should it be your mother, who so bravely came out to support you? Or the sheriff, your best friend's father? Or how about the pretty little redhead who managed to survive the bite of an Alpha? Or maybe one of these innocent teenagers with their whole life ahead of them? Or should I do everyone a favor and kill that ridiculous coach? It's up to you, Scott. But you are going to help me take Derek down. Because if you don't - I'll have Jackson rip someone's head off right in the middle of the field and drench everyone you love and care about in blood."
Gerard Argent to Scott McCall, Teen Wolf, "Battlefield"

"You aren't doing this for your people. You don't care about our mothers. You just want to kill men. Not one or two, but all of them. Yeah, you want to burn down the whole damn house."
Calliope McTeer to Adrielle Cuthbert, Tidelands (Netflix)

"Through the dark of futures past, the magician longs to see. One chants out between two worlds, fire walk with me! I'll catch you with my death bag. You may think I've gone insane, but I promise, I will kill again!"
Killer BOB, Twin Peaks, Episode 2.9

"This motherfucker just be killing niggers just to do it. See? Nigger killing motherfuckers just 'cause he can. Not 'cause they snitching, not 'cause it's business, but 'cause this shit just comes natural to him"
Bodie about Marlo Stanfield, The Wire, "Final Grades"

Edited by ACW on Oct 18th 2023 at 6:43:11 AM

WetFlannels Classy, Refined, Unstable from Nearby, on a cosmological scale. Since: Oct, 2021 Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Classy, Refined, Unstable
#11741: Oct 18th 2023 at 3:37:30 PM

Personally? I think the Hannibal one works best over the others. The 1800 missing series already has a CM page.

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ACW from Arlington, VA (near Washington, D.C.) Since: Jul, 2009
#11742: Oct 18th 2023 at 3:44:08 PM

Ah, right, removed. It's possible I forgot another with its own page.

I also had to remove the quote from Sharpe since it's Made-For-TV movie.

Bullman Enid Sinclair Since: Jun, 2018 Relationship Status: Longing for my OTP
Enid Sinclair
#11743: Oct 18th 2023 at 4:03:06 PM

I like the Hannibal one the best as well.

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papyru30 from Colorado for summer break Since: Aug, 2016 Relationship Status: Yes, I'm alone, but I'm alone and free
#11744: Oct 18th 2023 at 4:25:33 PM

I like the Stranger Things one the best imo

Also the Blade and Ripper Street ones shouldn't be there since there's pages for Marvel shows and Ripper Street.

ACW from Arlington, VA (near Washington, D.C.) Since: Jul, 2009
#11745: Oct 18th 2023 at 4:45:15 PM

We don't have a page for Marvel shows yet.

Ripper Street page got merged back awhile ago.

GamerBoy18 Since: Apr, 2022
#11746: Oct 19th 2023 at 2:44:43 AM

I like both the Emperor Cartagia and the Hidden One quotes!

Wyldchyld (Old as dirt)
#11747: Oct 19th 2023 at 5:35:41 AM

I came across this on HoYay.Film

"Theo in the original film is hinted that she might - might - be a lesbian or bisexual. And the reason it's best they don't come out and say it is because it adds to the tension between her and Eleanor. See, half of the movie they're the only ones in a room together, and when the only person you can cuddle up with may or may not have the hots for you, it makes the scene a little bit more uncertain and therefore uncomfortable...it wasn't over the top, it was played pretty subtle."
The Nostalgia Critic, commenting on the Les Yay in the original The Haunting (1963)

This looks like a discussion of Homoerotic Subtext to me, and not a discussion of Les Yay.

Edited by Wyldchyld on Oct 19th 2023 at 1:37:31 PM

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.
Bullman Enid Sinclair Since: Jun, 2018 Relationship Status: Longing for my OTP
Enid Sinclair
#11748: Oct 19th 2023 at 8:27:04 AM

I agree despite being the one to add it after discussing it on this thread. Replacement suggestion.

Much leads up to a scene in a tent on a mountaintop in the midst of a howling blizzard, when Bella’s teeth start chattering. Obviously a job for the hot-blooded Jacob and not the cold-blooded Edward, and as Jacob embraces and warms her, he and Edward have a cloying cringe fest in which Edward admits that if Jacob were not a werewolf, he would probably like him, and then Jacob admits that if Edward were not a vampire — well, no, no, he couldn’t. Come on, big guy. The two of you are making eye contact. Edward’s been a confirmed bachelor for 109 years. Get in the brokeback spirit.

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Arcorann Since: Nov, 2010
#11750: Oct 20th 2023 at 6:26:43 AM

Been re-reading Gulliver's Travels, and I noticed that the current page quote is composed of two parts that are separated by over half the book (the first half is from Part 1, Chapter 4; the second half from Part 4, Chapter 5). I'm wondering if there's something else we can use which doesn't put as much strain on the ellipsis.


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