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{{quote|''"Your lyrics lack subtlety! You can't just have your characters announce how they feel! [[Hypocritical Humor|That makes me]] [[Trope Namer|feel angry!]]"''|'''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFBhR4QcBtE Robot Devil]''', ''[[Futurama]]''}}
{{quote|''"Your lyrics lack subtlety! You can't just have your characters announce how they feel! [[Hypocritical Humor|That makes me]] [[Trope Namer|feel angry!]]"''|'''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v{{=}}sFBhR4QcBtE Robot Devil]''', ''[[Futurama]]''}}


A classic rule in textwriting is to [[Show, Don't Tell]]. That includes emotions. If a character is happy, that should be obvious from his actions—not from the fact that he says "I'm happy" out loud. Imagine what real life would be like if people did that.
A classic rule in textwriting is to [[Show, Don't Tell]]. That includes emotions. If a character is happy, that should be obvious from his actions—not from the fact that he says "I'm happy" out loud. Imagine what real life would be like if people did that.
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Appears quite a lot in cases of [[Lull Destruction]]. Do not confuse with [[Is This What Anger Feels Like?]], in which the perpetually jubilant character deals with anger for the first time, or [[I'll Kill You!]].
Appears quite a lot in cases of [[Lull Destruction]]. Do not confuse with [[Is This What Anger Feels Like?]], in which the perpetually jubilant character deals with anger for the first time, or [[I'll Kill You!]].
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== Anime and Manga ==
== Anime and Manga ==
* This is amongst the [[Narm|superficial]] way a MISAKA in ''[[To Aru Majutsu no Index]]'' speaks, and once you know how a [[Hive Mind|MISAKA]] is [[Cloning Blues|different]] from [[Shock and Awe|Misaka Mikoto]], it's both creepy and [[What Measure Is a Non-Human?|tragic]].
* This is amongst the [[Narm|superficial]] way a MISAKA in ''[[To Aru Majutsu no Index]]'' speaks, and once you know how a [[Hive Mind|MISAKA]] is [[Cloning Blues|different]] from [[Shock and Awe|Misaka Mikoto]], it's both creepy and [[What Measure Is a Non-Human?|tragic]].