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Line 4: {{quote\|''"You keep what you kill."''\|'''Creed of the Necromongers''', ''[[The Chronicles of Riddick]]''}} Like bragging rights, an [[Clingy MacGuffin\|object]], [[The Magnificent\|a title]], or a [[Someone Has to Do It\|job]] is passed from the defeated to the winner. Sometimes, though, defeat means death. '''You Kill It, You Bought It''' means that whoever kills the owner gets the possession, no matter if the kill was intentional or not. This is often the only way [[Loyal Phlebotinum]] can change hands. So, it usually goes like this: [[The Hero]] accidentally does something to kill the previous owner, so he's [[Clingy MacGuffin\|stuck with the possession]] even though the death wasn't his fault. The rest of the plot involves the hero either trying to cope or trying to get rid of it. Line 70: * In [[Tamora Pierce]]'s [[Tortall Universe\|Lioness Quartet,]] Alanna winds up killing a desert tribe's shaman in a fight, and is told that she ''must'' now take his place. * In [[Terry Pratchett]]'s ''[[Discworld]]'': {{smallcaps\|Death's}} job was shown to work this way in ''[[~~Discworld/Mort\|~~Mort]]''. {{spoiler\|The titular character, {{smallcaps\|Death's}} apprentice, challenges {{smallcaps\|Death}} to a fight in order to save a princess, a wizard, and his wife-to-be. It's a no-win situation: If Mort wins, he will become {{smallcaps\|Death}}, the loneliest person in the world, for eternity. If he loses, they all die}}. {{spoiler\|Luckily, {{smallcaps\|Death's}} not such a bad guy}}. ''[[~~Discworld/Reaper Man\|~~Reaper Man]]'', when {{smallcaps\|Death's}} time for "retirement" comes, a new Death shows up to kill him so he can take his place. {{spoiler\|However, in a subversion, the original Death is actually able to defeat his replacement.}} ** HeIn ~~also~~''[[Hogfather]]'', he takes the place of [[Santa Claus\|The Hogfather]] for a while, not because he killed him, but because someone else is trying to, and [[Someone Has to Do It\|the role has to be filled.]] * In ''[[Harry Potter]] and the Deathly Hallows'' a central plot point is that wands may switch allegiance to whoever kills or defeats the former owner, which is why wands of wizards who die natural deaths are usually destroyed or buried with their owner; they will not accept a new master. These facts are of particular importance relating to {{spoiler\|the Elder Wand}}. ** What most wizards don't realize, and what ends up being a major plot point at the end of the book, is that {{spoiler\|killing your opponent isn't necessary, you just have to somehow deprive them of their wand. Even if it's not the wand in question, you will still have mastery over it}}. This throws a wrench in {{spoiler\|Dumbledore's plan to leave the Elder Wand without a master: he originally intended to let Snape kill him, which would mean the wand still belonged to him in death.}} Instead, {{spoiler\|Draco disarms Dumbledore, unwittingly becoming the Elder Wand's master, meaning that ''Harry'' later becomes its master when he disarms Draco}}. This means that {{spoiler\|when Voldemort, who thinks that he is the wand's master because he killed Snape, tries to duel Harry with the Elder Wand, it obeys Harry, not Voldemort}}. Confused? You're not alone.