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{{quote|<poem>'''Gideon:''' Your people are twisted, perverted. A whole populace that thrives on murder and fear is unnatural. How could such a people exist?

'''Vect:''' As I said, you interest me, so I will indulge your curiosity

'''Vect''':I shall tell you the tale of a great Lord of our peoples, for his tale is the tale of the founding of Commorragh, the tale of our people
''later''

'''Gideon:''' You didn't finish the story…

'''Vect''': No, I didn’t, I suspect you would like to know how it ends?

'''Gideon''': I would

'''Vect:''' That is unfortunate, Because not knowing the end of the tale will drive you mad, won't it? In those moments that you can have a clear thought, you'll try to work out the ending. It'll gnaw at you, as a rodent gnaws its food, scraping away the last vestiges of your sanity. Such a shame, you really did interest me.</poem>|''The Torturer’s Tale''}}

{{quote|Say you are given a quest to get a schoolgirl's cat out of a tree. On average you are given three options: '''Neutral''', where you get the cat down and accept the girl's allowance as payment; '''Good''', where you waive the fee and fondly tousle the girl's hair as she scampers off; and '''ASSHOLE''' where you set fire to the tree and stomp up and down on the schoolgirl's face. And speaking as an asshole, this offends me. There are so many wonderful ways to be a complete ponce that these games don't cater for. Why can't I rescue the cat but hold it for ransom for her dad's porn collection? Or getting the cat out by throwing rocks at it so it breaks all its legs on the concrete and then still expect so be paid up with the logic of a complete tosser?!|'''[[Zero Punctuation|Yahtzee]]'''}}
{{quote|Say you are given a quest to get a schoolgirl's cat out of a tree. On average you are given three options: '''Neutral''', where you get the cat down and accept the girl's allowance as payment; '''Good''', where you waive the fee and fondly tousle the girl's hair as she scampers off; and '''ASSHOLE''' where you set fire to the tree and stomp up and down on the schoolgirl's face. And speaking as an asshole, this offends me. There are so many wonderful ways to be a complete ponce that these games don't cater for. Why can't I rescue the cat but hold it for ransom for her dad's porn collection? Or getting the cat out by throwing rocks at it so it breaks all its legs on the concrete and then still expect so be paid up with the logic of a complete tosser?!|'''[[Zero Punctuation|Yahtzee]]'''}}


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'''"[[The Flash|Luthor]]:"''' ...What?<br />
'''"[[The Flash|Luthor]]:"''' ...What?<br />
'''Dr. Polaris:''' You gonna wash your hands?<br />
'''Dr. Polaris:''' You gonna wash your hands?<br />
'''"Luthor":''' No... [[Most Definitely Not a Villain|'Cuz I'm]] ''[[Most Definitely Not a Villain|evil]]''.|''[[Justice League Unlimited]]''}}
'''"Luthor":''' No... [[Most Definitely Not a Villain|'Cuz I'm''evil'']].|''[[Justice League Unlimited]]''}}


{{quote|No score is too small to settle, I always say.|'''[[Beast Wars|Megatron]]'''}}
{{quote|No score is too small to settle, I always say.|'''[[Beast Wars|Megatron]]'''}}




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Revision as of 11:07, 7 October 2019

Gideon: Your people are twisted, perverted. A whole populace that thrives on murder and fear is unnatural. How could such a people exist?

Vect: As I said, you interest me, so I will indulge your curiosity

Vect:I shall tell you the tale of a great Lord of our peoples, for his tale is the tale of the founding of Commorragh, the tale of our people
later

Gideon: You didn't finish the story…

Vect: No, I didn’t, I suspect you would like to know how it ends?

Gideon: I would

Vect: That is unfortunate, Because not knowing the end of the tale will drive you mad, won't it? In those moments that you can have a clear thought, you'll try to work out the ending. It'll gnaw at you, as a rodent gnaws its food, scraping away the last vestiges of your sanity. Such a shame, you really did interest me.

—The Torturer’s Tale
Say you are given a quest to get a schoolgirl's cat out of a tree. On average you are given three options: Neutral, where you get the cat down and accept the girl's allowance as payment; Good, where you waive the fee and fondly tousle the girl's hair as she scampers off; and ASSHOLE where you set fire to the tree and stomp up and down on the schoolgirl's face. And speaking as an asshole, this offends me. There are so many wonderful ways to be a complete ponce that these games don't cater for. Why can't I rescue the cat but hold it for ransom for her dad's porn collection? Or getting the cat out by throwing rocks at it so it breaks all its legs on the concrete and then still expect so be paid up with the logic of a complete tosser?!
—Yahtzee
"I mean, he's wholly and unapologetically Evil, but more to the point, he's kind of a dick."
—Rich Burlew on Xykon

Evil is unspectacular and always human

And shares our bed and eats at our own table.
—W.H. Auden
"The last person in the history of creation you want as your enemy is me, and I'll tell you why. Lucifer might be strong, but I'm...petty."
—Zachariah (an Angel), Supernatural

The Unman: "Ransom?"

Ransom: "What?"

The Unman: "Nothing. Hey."

Ransom: "What?"

The Unman: "Ransom?"
—Perelandra (He does this all night).

Ranma ½: "But this time... I have the upper hand. You see, I washed sheets yesterday but I have not, in fact, changed them out yet today. They are, unbeknownst to them, ravishing each other upon unwashed sheets!"
Nephrite: "Actually... no. They checked and changed them for fresh sheets before they got started."

Ranma: "I... see. I'm going to go kick Jadeite now, while he's still lying prone and defenseless. And then, I'm going to put a set of sheets to wash."
—Lord Ranma, a Ranma 1/2 Fan Fiction
"Your pranks are so miserable."
—Stanley to George, Bedazzled

Dr. Polaris: *Ahem*
"Luthor:" ...What?

Dr. Polaris: You gonna wash your hands?

"Luthor": No... 'Cuz I'mevil.
—Justice League Unlimited
No score is too small to settle, I always say.
—Megatron


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