I Can Live With That: Difference between revisions

* Type 1: Someone is resigned/willing to accept(ing) a negative situation: that he's a failure, that he's acting in an evil manner, that his actions will cause problems, etc.

* Type 2: A person gets an unexpected break or finds out that things aren't as bad as they thought.

 

 

Type 2 is the "positive" version, where some unlikely or contrived bit of fortune lands in your lap. "What the... the [[Big Bad]]'s getaway jet just ingested a flock of flying monkeys and crashed in flames before we could shoot him down." "I can live with that."

 

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* ''[[Die Hard]]''

{{quote|'''FBI Special Agent Johnson:''' Figure we take out the terrorists. Lose 20, 25 percent of the hostages, tops.

'''Shane Falco:''' Yeah. Yeah, I can live with that. }}

 

* The [[Trope Namer]] is the magnificent ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'' season six episode "In the Pale Moonlight", which is one of the most controversial, polarizing episodes in the entire franchise's history. Detractors of ''Deep Space Nine'' absolutely hated it because it was savagely dark. Fans of ''Deep Space Nine'' consider it one of the best if not the best episodes of the entire series, ''for exactly the same reasons''. The Federation and their Klingon allies are losing the war against the Dominion and their Cardassian allies, and the only other great power in the Alpha Quadrant, the Romulans, have so far remained neutral. Sisko realizes the only hope for victory is to convince the Romulans to join the war on the side of the Federation. With the help of [[Magnificent Bastard|Garak]] he gets a convicted criminal out of a Klingon prison to create an entirely fake record to "prove" to the Romulans that the Dominion is planning to betray them. Sisko even has to pay another criminal using bioweapons (no questions asked) to obtain an authentic Cardassian data rod to record it on. However, Garak knew that the recording probably would not pass any closer examination and that Sisko was not ruthless enough to go all the way they needed to reach their goal. So when the Romulan senator Vreenak realized that ''[[Memetic Mutation|"It's a fake!!!"]]'', Garak had a bomb planted on his ship that would be traced back to the Dominion. Any salvage team that would go through the debris would find the recording and all it's tiny flaws would be attributed to damage caused by the explosion. He also assassinated the man who created the record, just to be sure. Everything went as he had planned and the Romulans joined the war on the side with the Federation.

{{quote|'''Sisko:''' So this is a ''huge'' victory for "the good guys"! This may even be *the* turning point of the entire war. There is even a "welcome to the fight" party tonight in the ward room. So... I lied. I cheated. I bribed men to cover the crimes of other men. I am an accessory to murder. But the most damning thing of all... '''I think I can live with it.''' And if I had to do it all over again, I would. Garak was right about one thing, a guilty conscience is a small price to pay for the safety of the Alpha Quadrant. '''So I will learn to live with it. Because I can live with it. I ''can'' live with it... '''}}

{{quote|'''Davis:''' Don't tell me about corruption. We're trying to make things right, and if getting the really bad people off the street means I gotta fudge the truth a little bit every once in a while, I can live with that. }}

 

* [[Marshal Law]] when he's describing himself:

{{quote|"A lot of people say I'm a uniformed thug, [[If You Kill Him You Will Be Just Like Him|no better than the scum I hunt down]]...a fascist cop...a glorified Nazi...[[Overly Long Gag|a legalized vigilante, handing out his own highly suspect street "justice"... someone with a pathological hatred of superheroes, reveling at the chance to beat the hell out of them.]] That sounds fair. I can live with that." }}

 

* ''[[Mighty Max]]'' episode "Norman's Conquest"

{{quote|'''Spike:''' [while Norman dangles him over a cliff] You can't kill me! If you do, [[If You Kill Him You Will Be Just Like Him|you'll be no better than me!]]<br />

'''Fanboy''': Ah, we can live with that. }}

 

* In ''[[Homestuck]]'', this is practically [[The Eeyore|Aradia's]] catchphrase. {{spoiler|Even when faced with the inevitable destruction of their universe.}}

{{quote|{{color|#a10000|AA: i'm 0kay with that}}

 

 

* ''[[Cube]]''. Upon reaching the exit:

{{quote|'''Worth:''' I have nothing... to live for out there.

'''Leaven:''' I can live with that. }}

 

* ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'' episode "Business as Usual"

{{quote|'''Quark:''' I just wanted them to cross paths, so that the deal would fall through.

'''Roy:''' I can live with that! }}

 

* ''[[Scott Pilgrim]]''

{{quote|[Stephen begging Hollie's gay roommate Joseph to make an album for Sex Bob-omb in volume 4.]

'''Stephen:''' ''I can live with that!!!'' }}

 

* ''[[Kick Buttowski]]'' has this exchange after Kick tells the class about his ''[[Indiana Jones]]''-esque quest for the [[Holy Grail]] of skateboards.

{{quote|'''Teacher:''' Your report was obviously fabricated, Mr. Buttowski. But you entertained us all. So you pass. ''Barely.''

'''Kick:''' I can live with that. }}

 

* In ''[[Order of the Stick]]'', when {{spoiler|Miko}} dies, and is guided to the afterlife. She is told she won't be a restored to Paladin status, but at least her only friend in the world will be able to visit her.

 

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