Never Live It Down/Literature: Difference between revisions

* ''[[The Three Musketeers (novel)|The Three Musketeers]]'' only say "All for one and one for all!" ''twice'' in the original books; most adaptations have them saying it all the time. Then again, [[Informed Attribute|they do claim it is their motto]].

* ''[[Don Quixote]]'' is well-known for being an idealistic fool in a cold grey world, a laughingstock and [[Butt Monkey]]. As a result, there's a huge [[Misaimed Fandom]] that sees him as an ideal to strive for even if he can't win. The original Quixote ''was'' an idealistic fool, but it wasn't his entire character. Both the [[Misaimed Fandom]] and the people who laugh at him forget that he was also an unsympathetic snob, who used his "knighthood" as an excuse to not pay for things and to bully his social inferiors, especially Sancho. Part of why he isn't remembered this way is the ''[[Man of La Mancha]]'', which emphasized his foolish idealism a lot more. ("Dream...the impossible dream...")

** In the first part of the novel, Sancho Panza has several scenes enjoying food and drink to show his easygoing nature. When Avellaneda [[Fan Fiction|published his own second part of the novel]], he accused Sancho of being a [[Big Eater]]. In Cervante’s second part of the novel, Don Quixote’s niece acuses Sancho of this ([[Malicious Slander|she hates him]]) and later, [[Oh Crap, There Are Fanfics of Us|when they know about Avellaneda’s second part]], Sancho defends himself against this accusation:

{{quote|"No, senor, that's not true," said Sancho, "for I am more cleanly than greedy, and my master Don Quixote here knows well that we two are used to live for a week on a handful of acorns or nuts. To be sure, if it so happens that they offer me a heifer, I run with a halter; I mean, I eat what I'm given, and make use of opportunities as I find them; but whoever says that I'm an out-of-the-way eater or not cleanly, let me tell him that he is wrong; and I'd put it in a different way if I did not respect the honourable beards that are at the table."}}

** There's also Dumbledore, who was gay. He did some other stuff, but mostly, he was gay. You can understand why Rowling didn't insert this fact into the books, since Dumbles' primary characteristic since the [[Word of Gay]] announcement is that [[Rule of Three|he was gay]]. Man, people who refuse to read a sentence from the books or watch one minute of the movies are more likely to know that than any other detail of this importance ''inserted in the books!''

*** In a [[Insane Troll Logic|truly bizarre twist of logic]], after Rowling offered her [[Word of Gay]], many [[Moral Guardians]] actually decried Rowling for inserting a gay character into her books, claiming that it was inappropriate. While the subtext is there if you look for it, a person could easily (and millions did) read all seven books and have no inkling that Dumbeldore was gay. [[Sarcasm Mode|But no, the fact that Rowling said he was gay at a convention automatically imprints this onto everything he did, and is already fast at work retroactively poisoning our children's minds]].

* ''[[Twilight (novel)|Twilight]]'' may be popular for other things, but now thanks to the movie, everyone associates the entire saga with [[Bishie Sparkle|sparkly]] [[Our Vampires Are Different|vampires.]]

** ''Baseball-playing'' sparkly vampires.

** The sparkling emphasis was overblown for the first installment, in which Edward's glistening skin got exactly ''one'' chapter in which it was referenced (chapter thirteen). Things were taken to a bit more of an extreme in ''New Moon'', when the glittery skin played a key part in Edward's suicide plan...somehow. By ''Breaking Dawn'', Bella talks about her glittery skin like it's a stigmata in one scene.

* In ''[[Nursery Crime]]: The Big Over Easy'' by Jasper Fforde, Chief Inspector Spratt is constantly having to defend himself against a reputation for killing giants ("Technically, only ''one'' of them was a giant; the others were just tall.") Of course, his full name is ''Jack'' Spratt. As in 'Jack the Giant Killer', which might have something to do with it.

* The titular [[Sweet Polly Oliver|Jacky Faber]] in the [[Bloody Jack]] series seems to live this trope. "It's the talk of [[Regency England|London!]]" "It's on all the [[British Newspapers|Broadsheets!]]" "There's even a ''song'' about it!"