Quit Your Whining: Difference between revisions

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This trope comes in many flavors. If the viewers/readers perceive Bob to be [[The Scrappy]], this trope will make it seem as if Bob is [[Take That Scrappy|getting what he deserves]], and Alice is doing what she should be doing. If the viewers/reader perceive Bob to be [[The Woobie]], this trope will make Alice seem like a [[Jerkass]]. Or, if Bob is entering a [[Wangst]] storm that seems uncharacteristic of him, and this trope manages to make him snap out of it, neither characters will be viewed negatively. Or, it could backfire spectacularly, causing Bob to remain in his [[Heroic BSOD]] and making Alice seem like an idiot.

Bob does not need to explicitly tell Alice what it is he is Wangsting ~~about--if~~ Alice can infer, or has been informed of, what the subject of the Wangst is, she can perform this trope anyway.

Bob does not need to explicitly tell Alice what it is he is Wangsting about—if Alice can infer, or has been informed of, what the subject of the Wangst is, she can perform this trope anyway.

These can be delivered by any member of the [[Five-Man Band]], though [[The Lancer]] to [[The Hero]] seems to be the most prevalent. Compare [[Get a Hold of Yourself, Man!]], in which it's physical.

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* In chapter 50 of ''[[Mirai Nikki]]'' Kousaka does this to Yukiteru, mixing it with [["The Reason You Suck" Speech]]:

{{quote|"Yukiteru, do you know just why I hate you so much? It's because your crying face resembles my stupid dog at home! Even now...! *punches Yukiteru* That face you're making right now! Don't go crying when you made this choice yourself! You're just a damn lowlife who killed his friends for his own convenience! You don't have a right to cry!"}}

* In ''[[Hot Gimmick]]'' this is constantly [[Jerkass|Ryoki's]] response whenever his girlfriend [[Extreme Doormat|Hatsumi]] [[~~Wangst|wangsts~~]] or puts herself down.

* In ''[[Hot Gimmick]]'' this is constantly [[Jerkass|Ryoki's]] response whenever his girlfriend [[Extreme Doormat|Hatsumi]] [[wangst]]s or puts herself down.

* Usually in ''[[Sailor Moon]]'' it's Rei slapping Usagi, but in season one's finale the demure Ami [[Bright Slap|gives a huge slap in the face]] to Usagi after she decides to give the villains whatever they want, because she just saw [[Death Is Cheap|Sailor Jupiter die.]]

* Frau Bow tries to do this to Amuro in ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam]]''. Doesn't work much except if [[Bright Slap|Bright Noah]] is around.

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* Garion gets told this a lot in [[David Eddings]]' ''[[Belgariad]]''.

* Marcus snaps at Esca after being fed up with his moodiness in ''[[The Eagle of the Ninth]]''.

* In ''[[Harry Potter/Harry Potter and The Order of The Phoenix|Harry Potter]]'', Harry gets multiple ones. While he's [[Wangst~~|Wangsting~~]] over his ill-treatment at the hands of the ''Daily Prophet'' and the student body, Hermione tells him to quit painting Ron and her with the same brush when they're actually trying to help him. Ron delivers one of these to Harry after Harry has been sulking and snapping at him and Hermione, telling Harry that while he does have a lot to be annoyed about, taking out his temper on his friends won't solve anything. Later, after Harry goes into full [[Heroic BSOD]] mode and tries to run away after hearing that he might be possessed by Voldemort, the portrait of Phineas Nigellus calls him an idiot and says he is too busy wallowing in self-pity to realize that the world does not revolve around him.

* In ''[[Harry Potter/Harry Potter and The Order of The Phoenix|Harry Potter]]'', Harry gets multiple ones. While he's [[Wangst]]ing over his ill-treatment at the hands of the ''Daily Prophet'' and the student body, Hermione tells him to quit painting Ron and her with the same brush when they're actually trying to help him. Ron delivers one of these to Harry after Harry has been sulking and snapping at him and Hermione, telling Harry that while he does have a lot to be annoyed about, taking out his temper on his friends won't solve anything. Later, after Harry goes into full [[Heroic BSOD]] mode and tries to run away after hearing that he might be possessed by Voldemort, the portrait of Phineas Nigellus calls him an idiot and says he is too busy wallowing in self-pity to realize that the world does not revolve around him.

** ...Followed quickly by Ginny telling him off for locking himself away and then complaining that no one talks to him and for forgetting that she's the only one who could {{spoiler|determine whether or not he's being possessed by Voldemort.}}

** Dumbledore delivers one to Snape after {{spoiler|the latter [[Survivor Guilt|wishes he were dead in place of Lily Evans]]}}:

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* Bobby, to Sam & Dean, at various points during ''[[Supernatural (TV series)|Supernatural]]''.

{{quote|You stupid, stupid son-of-a-bitch! Well, boo hoo. I am so sorry your feelings are hurt... princess! Are you under the impression that family's supposed to make you feel good? Make you an apple pie, maybe? They're supposed to make you miserable! That's why they're family.}}

** At the end of season 5, Castiel has been stripped of his angelic powers. When he starts to angst about the loss, Bobby basically shames him out of ~~it--Castiel~~ might be only human now, but hey, so are the rest of them, and Bobby, who's in a wheelchair, has a lot more reason to feel useless.'

** At the end of season 5, Castiel has been stripped of his angelic powers. When he starts to angst about the loss, Bobby basically shames him out of it—Castiel might be only human now, but hey, so are the rest of them, and Bobby, who's in a wheelchair, has a lot more reason to feel useless.'

* In [[The West Wing]], when the President is raging against God the injustice of {{spoiler|Mrs. Landingham's}} death and wondering what he did to deserve it, she appears as a figment of his imagination, telling him that it's unfair to blame God for her death and other disasters and telling him of problems he has yet to solve, concluding that she "(doesn't) want to know" him if he refuses to run for re-election out of fear.

== [[Video Games]] ==

* All of [[BioWare]]'s ~~games--from~~ ''[[Baldur's Gate]]'' to ''[[Mass Effect]]''~~--have~~ conversation options similar to this when talking to your fellow [[NPC]] adventurers. The [[NPC]] will begin talking about their "main issue" ([[Baldur's Gate|getting her wings cut off]], [[Mass Effect|being an unwilling test subject]], [[Dragon Age|being the king's bastard]], [[Knights of the Old Republic (video game)|killing Jedi]], etc.), and the [[Player Character]] can either show his or her interest and help them resolve their issues or tell them to suck it up.

* All of [[BioWare]]'s games—from ''[[Baldur's Gate]]'' to ''[[Mass Effect]]''—have conversation options similar to this when talking to your fellow [[NPC]] adventurers. The [[NPC]] will begin talking about their "main issue" ([[Baldur's Gate|getting her wings cut off]], [[Mass Effect|being an unwilling test subject]], [[Dragon Age|being the king's bastard]], [[Knights of the Old Republic (video game)|killing Jedi]], etc.), and the [[Player Character]] can either show his or her interest and help them resolve their issues or tell them to suck it up.

** Note that, in most examples, doing this is a bad thing. Though you actually ''have'' to snap at [[Baldur's Gate|Aerie]] at one point during her romance.

* There comes a point in almost every route in ''[[Canvas 2]]'' where the current heroine will tell Hiroki he really needs to get over his angst and start painting again.