Tableau
Since: Jul, 2010
Feb 10th 2011 at 10:45:33 AM
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What's the difference between this and I Shall Taunt You? They seem pretty much the same.
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DonaldthePotholer
Since: Dec, 2009
Jun 9th 2011 at 5:08:09 PM
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Funny. I though that this was much closer to Words Can Break My Bones myself, insofar as sword technique seems governed by insult technique.
Per the description, I Shall Taunt You has the foe enraged and charging into a mistake... This Trope has the foe cowering in the face of the meaner insult.
Ketchum's corollary to Clarke's Third Law: Any sufficiently advanced tactic is indistinguishable from blind luck.
TheNifty
Since: Jan, 2001
Mar 28th 2010 at 5:26:44 AM
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We really need a less crappy image for this page. Not only is it poorly drawn, it has nothing to do with the actual trope, which is about witty insults during fights and not fighting cows.
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RedWren
Since: Nov, 2009
Mezzamine
Since: Sep, 2009
Mar 29th 2010 at 12:50:11 PM
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Or from here
, maybe? Yes, I know OOTS pics are overdone, but it is fitting.
tbarrie
Since: Jan, 2001
Jul 15th 2010 at 4:51:19 PM
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I was shocked and appalled at this thread until I realized it predated the current image.
What I don't get, is since it has always been called "quipping", why are we using a phrase from a video game that doesn't quite "sell" it? We even have a Quipping Butler page, but nothing about quipping, itself. This is really annoying when, for Spider-man, for example, is said to be doing THIS instead of quipping...
Will Z