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{{quote|[[Affably Evil|Did you miss me, Celestia? I missed you.]] [[And I Must Scream|It's quite lonely being encased in stone]] but you wouldn't know that, would you, because I don't ''[[Even Evil Has Standards|turn ponies into stone!]]''|'''[[Reality Warper|Discord]]''', ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]''}}
{{quote|[[Affably Evil|Did you miss me, Celestia? I missed you.]] [[And I Must Scream|It's quite lonely being encased in stone]] but you wouldn't know that, would you, because I don't ''[[Even Evil Has Standards|turn ponies into stone!]]''|'''[[Reality Warper|Discord]]''', ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]''}}


{{quote|Does the stone mimic life, or did it once live?|'''Soul Sculptor''', ''[[Magic the Gathering]]'' }}
{{quote|Does the stone mimic life, or did it once live?|'''Soul Sculptor''', ''[[Magic: The Gathering]]'' }}


{{quote|'''Crichton:''' [[Arranged Marriage|After we're married]], and I mean ''right after'' we're married, they turn us into statues.<br />
{{quote|'''Crichton:''' [[Arranged Marriage|After we're married]], and I mean ''right after'' we're married, they turn us into statues.
'''D'Argo:''' (Wearily) [[This Is Sparta|That. Is. Fascinating.]]<br />
'''D'Argo:''' (Wearily) [[Punctuated! For! Emphasis!|That. Is. Fascinating.]]
'''Crichton:''' Excellent. D'Argo discovers science.<br />
'''Crichton:''' Excellent. D'Argo discovers science.
'''D'Argo:''' To what purpose?<br />
'''D'Argo:''' To what purpose?
'''Crichton:''' (Shakily) Governing continuity; they screw with our molecular structure, turn us into pigeon perches, and we preside over their senate or whatever the hell they call it for eighty cycles.<br />
'''Crichton:''' (Shakily) Governing continuity; they screw with our molecular structure, turn us into pigeon perches, and we preside over their senate or whatever the hell they call it for eighty cycles.
'''D'Argo:''' As ''a statue?''<br />
'''D'Argo:''' As ''a statue?''
'''Crichton:''' Yeah. [[And I Must Scream|And we can see, we can hear]], [[Hand Wave|don't ask me how.]] And we're supposed to absorb every single facet of their governmental system; that way when Mom and Pops finally kick it, we rule.|''[[Farscape (TV)|Farscape]],'' "Look At The Princess,"}}
'''Crichton:''' Yeah. [[And I Must Scream|And we can see, we can hear]], [[Hand Wave|don't ask me how.]] And we're supposed to absorb every single facet of their governmental system; that way when Mom and Pops finally kick it, we rule.|''[[Farscape]],'' "Look At The Princess,"}}


{{quote|'The Living shall not be put to Death', thus the catechism says. A magus walks out in mist, into nothingness, and so perishes! Pah! What punishment is that compared to being turned to living stone? Wearing out the ageless days of your existence, gnawed at always by wind and water and the memories of what it was to be alive!|'''Anya''', ''[[The Darksword Trilogy|Forging the Darksword]]''}}
{{quote|'The Living shall not be put to Death', thus the catechism says. A magus walks out in mist, into nothingness, and so perishes! Pah! What punishment is that compared to being turned to living stone? Wearing out the ageless days of your existence, gnawed at always by wind and water and the memories of what it was to be alive!|'''Anya''', ''[[The Darksword Trilogy|Forging the Darksword]]''}}


{{quote|He asked me how I'd rather go,<br />
{{quote|He asked me how I'd rather go,
To burn with the fire or freeze in the snow<br />
To burn with the fire or freeze in the snow
Well, I'd rather go painful and alone<br />
Well, I'd rather go painful and alone
[[Fate Worse Than Death|Than be a prophet turned to stone!]]|"Basilisk," [[Conversational Troping|a song on the topic,]] Owen Pallett}}
[[Fate Worse Than Death|Than be a prophet turned to stone!]]|"Basilisk," [[Conversational Troping|a song on the topic,]] Owen Pallett}}


{{quote|Dawn take you all, and be stone to you!|'''Gandalf''', ''[[The Hobbit]]''}}
{{quote|Dawn take you all, and be stone to you!|'''Gandalf''', ''[[The Hobbit]]''}}


{{quote|Huh? I feel like I've been at the beach. Huh? I forgot I'm not stuck in sand, I'm stuck in cement!|'''[[Talking Animal|Meowth,]]''' ''[[Pokémon (Anime)|Pokemon,]]'' "Mutiny In The Bounty"}}
{{quote|Huh? I feel like I've been at the beach. Huh? I forgot I'm not stuck in sand, I'm stuck in cement!|'''[[Talking Animal|Meowth,]]''' ''[[Pokémon (anime)|Pokemon,]]'' "Mutiny In The Bounty"}}

{{quote|''[[Comically Missing the Point|Everybody must get stoned!]]''|[[Bob Dylan]]|Rainy Day Women ♯12 & 35}}


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Latest revision as of 23:26, 16 January 2021


Does the stone mimic life, or did it once live?
Soul Sculptor, Magic: The Gathering

Crichton: After we're married, and I mean right after we're married, they turn us into statues.
D'Argo: (Wearily) That. Is. Fascinating.
Crichton: Excellent. D'Argo discovers science.
D'Argo: To what purpose?
Crichton: (Shakily) Governing continuity; they screw with our molecular structure, turn us into pigeon perches, and we preside over their senate or whatever the hell they call it for eighty cycles.
D'Argo: As a statue?

Crichton: Yeah. And we can see, we can hear, don't ask me how. And we're supposed to absorb every single facet of their governmental system; that way when Mom and Pops finally kick it, we rule.
Farscape, "Look At The Princess,"
'The Living shall not be put to Death', thus the catechism says. A magus walks out in mist, into nothingness, and so perishes! Pah! What punishment is that compared to being turned to living stone? Wearing out the ageless days of your existence, gnawed at always by wind and water and the memories of what it was to be alive!

He asked me how I'd rather go,
To burn with the fire or freeze in the snow
Well, I'd rather go painful and alone

Than be a prophet turned to stone!
—"Basilisk," a song on the topic, Owen Pallett
Dawn take you all, and be stone to you!
Gandalf, The Hobbit
Huh? I feel like I've been at the beach. Huh? I forgot I'm not stuck in sand, I'm stuck in cement!
Meowth, Pokemon, "Mutiny In The Bounty"
Everybody must get stoned!
Bob DylanRainy Day Women ♯12 & 35