General Page Quote Discussion:

So looks like the quote about Palpatine is good to be swapped. How much longer do we wanna wait for GTA?

The quote for Logic Bomb was unilaterally changed in November from this:

to:

I vote revert, but either way the potholes have to go.

Revert.

I agree revert. Unilateral or not, while the quote is funny, the older one better illustrates it.

Done.

So do we wanna call Dreyfuss for GTA and add it to the page?

Also:

Video Games Fan Works has been split from Fan Works. Here's the current quote for the former, which had previously been the latter's quote:

Now, there are other possibilities, plus we need a new quote for the main Fan Works page. So...

Natalie: Scarlet... What the fuck do you want?
Scarlet: Oh not much... I just love seeing people suffer, especially octolings.
Natalie: Why! What have I ever done to you?
Scarlet: Nothing. Octolings? Hahaha. I'm surprised their allowed. Then again, inklings are easy bullies too... It's a fun sport.
Natalie: What the fuck? Hurting people is fun? You're twisted!
Scarlet: Aha... Thanks for that compliment. You see, the world can be a cruel place. Nobody ever has reasons, we just do it because we enjoy it. You're either an asshole or a weakling. That's life. I hate to break it to you [whispers] not really [stops whispering] but your free trial of being able to live is over. That's it, no more framing, no more useless gang. I'll kill you and your friends with my bare hands... But first, I'll have fun tormenting you.

— Scarlet Spiker explaining her love for hurting others, before torturing Natalie, Inkopolis Chaos

"She's an utter monster. Beyond any form of reason. She became the unofficial leader of the octarians recently due to Octavios long absence. She was desperate for years... [looks at everyone] She wants all inklings dead. She wants all octolings that deserted dead. She has possibly killed dozens of octolings already. She wants nothing more then complete power. Look, she's dangerous. She has murdered hundreds, brainwashes even more then Octavio, tortures for the heck of it... She's INSANE."

— Ruby about Lieutenant Rebecca Obsidian, Inkopolis Chaos 3

Rowan: I know what you're doing to him, you freak! You…you're a monster! I...I'm going to tell everyone what you did to Sunny! Everyone! Hero, Kel, Aubrey, your parents! The entire town will know you're a fucking rapist piece of shit!
Mari: Oh? Is that so? [grinning] Well, if you do...I'll tell everyone your little secret. I'll tell everyone how you really feel about my brother.
Rowan: Y-you...you wouldn't...
Mari: It would be oh-so unfortunate, wouldn't it? The local fag outed to the super-religious town. Heh, not only that, but...they'll probably think YOU raped Sunny! After all, who will they believe more? Me? Or YOU?

— Rowan confronting Mari in a flashback, What She Did (link)

"...I just thought of something interesting. Go to that star and get rid of that thing. And while you're at it, hunt down every last living thing on that planet. There's nothing like watching a pack of fools flounder about in a state of crisis. It will be a perfect way to stave off my boredom. Using your abilities, it will be but a simple matter. And then that star will be mine. You can do it, yes?"

— Zero ordering Dark Matter to kill Gooey and hunt down all of Pop Star's population, unnamed Kirby comic

The Barnslake Killer: I want to stop being bored, Sherlock Holmes. At first, it started off with just a few. Moderation. But then, I got carried away. I wanted more.
Sherlock Holmes: You tried to kill me.
The Barnslake Killer: Yes, I did. A pity it didn't come off. It would have been a marvellous feather in my cap. All the same, I might still get that feather.

— Moving On

"Then, by far the worst, the center of the lab. A tank of tainted green nutritive liquid containing the greatest abomination the Druchii had ever created. She had somehow fused and perverted several dozen soulstones. She had turned shelter from the Old Enemy into a prison of pain and absurdity. The psionic waves emitted by this abortion still caused him mental pain even in this distant memory. The souls of the Eldar within were twisted, mixed together, and in unspeakable torment. He touched the tank and heard the distorted voices begging him to stop it as they would rather face the Old Enemy than continue to exist in this state."

—Description of Yzihira's torture of Eldar souls, Per Aspera Ad Astra (link)

"You and your precious cousin... I'll make sure to peel you apart slowly for all this trouble. I'm going to enjoy watching you scream in agony until your faces are frozen with true horror."

— Falla Cii, Rosario Vampire: Brightest Darkness

"You kidnap and brainwash our friend, you set Kuyou down upon us, you used us like toys... all so you can destroy the world with Alucard? All I see before me is a misguided fool that is going to be cast down into Hell."

— Moka Akashiya to Hokuto Kaneshiro, Rosario Vampire: Brightest Darkness

ACW:I think it's time. Many days have passed and the main influx of votes has already passed. Dreyfus more than wins.

Yeah, I'll add it to the Sandbox and have it be swapped.

EDIT: No, wait, I think the crowner link should be there. Lemme holler my own post so a mod can do it.

Edited by ACW on Apr 20th 2024 at 2:56:47 PM

I mentioned this before but I would like to suggest a quote for No Poverty:

Does anyone mind if I swap the quotes for The Stormlight Archive and the first book in that series, The Way of Kings (2010)? I think the first oath works better as Arc Words for the overall series, and the bit about the Everstorm and the Night of Sorrows is from the first book, even if it's just foreshadowing at that point.

Should we call the crowner?

James K. Polk has two quotes:

I prefer the first one.

I hollered my own post above to get the mods to call the crowner.

As for Polk...I kinda like both quotes together, but if we have to decide I pick the first.

I mean we can move the second one to the bottom of the page as a nice little wrap around.

Even better.

Slept Through the Apocalypse and While Rome Burns both have the same quote by Tom Waits. Which one should be changed?

I didn't like any of the replacements on the quotes page for Slept Through the Apocalypse, but I found this one on While Rome Burns that I do like:

Slept Through the Apocalypse has the post-apocalyptic setting as a key element, but that's not really emphasized in "Earth Died Screaming", AFAICT. So I'd rather change that one. My suggestion would be Bizarro's "My ancestors were on vacation when the Roman Empire fell, so we've remained relatively unaffected", except I haven't been able to track the source comic down to ensure accurate transcription.

The quote for Company Cross References is riddled with sinkholes, but without them it lacks the context to illustrate the trope properly. I'd suggest replacing it with the Psycho Mantis quote from the quotes page; whilst that one also has potholes, they follow the proper rules about their usage.

I personally like the God Of War quote, but if potholes are an issue, I think changing it to the Psycho Mantis quote would be fine.

As per What to Put at the Top of a Page, potholes aren't supposed to go into page quotes unless it's directly referencing another work. Which I suppose is what's happening here, but it's edging close to the line; normally the work has to be named to be permitted a link.

Given the only other decent option would be explaining the joke in the attribution, I'm willing to make an exception for this particular page quote.

If we can't find the exact quote from Bizarro, I'll settle for changing While Rome Burns's quote.

It's been two weeks now since the crowner for Monster.Grand Theft Auto was started and from the looks of it, the Dreyfuss quote is the one that's winning given that it has the highest ratio of votes and the highest score of all the proposed quotes, so I think that's the one that people want to put on the page. Can the crowner be locked and the quote put on the page now?

Edited by jlvs200s on Apr 24th 2024 at 4:44:34 PM