Forum:Featured Quote

The stories on this wiki have tens of thousands, if not hundreds of thousands, of memorable moments, be they dialogue or narrative. But now we're about to find a favorite! Nominate a quote that meets the guidelines below, and see if it comes out on top! Vote either Support or Oppose.

Previous Winners
See: Forum:List of Featured Quotes

Rules
'''PLEASE READ THE RULES CAREFULLY, BECAUSE THEY ARE DIFFERENT FROM THE RULES FOR OTHER FEATURES. RULES UNIQUE TO FEATURED QUOTE ARE HIGHLIGHTED IN RED '''

Nominating Rules

 * 1) Featured Quote has TWO voting cycles per month, instead of one.
 * 2) Don't take the word "Quote" literally. Narrative passages can be just as quoteworthy as dialogue.
 * 3) Please identify the story that the Quote comes from.
 * 4) If there is a stated Theme (see below), then nominees must fit that theme.
 * 5) You may nominate Quotes from other people's stories without permission, unless the Theme states otherwise. Of course, you can also nominate Quotes from your own stories unless the Theme states otherwise.
 * 6)  If you nominate a Quote from a story that you did not write or collaborate on, then you must identify yourself as the nominator. This is necessary because of Voting Rule #5.
 * 7) A story's author has veto power over Quotes from that story. If you object to a particular Quote that someone else has nominated from your story (e.g. because it gives away a spoiler), then you may delete that nominee for any reason or for none, with no questions asked.
 * 8) Only one Quote per story per nominator. In other words, two people could each nominate a Quote from Story X, but one person may not nominate two Quotes from it. One person could, however, nominate one Quote from Story X and one Quote from Story Y.
 * 9) Please limit nominations to 75 words or less. "Near-miss" Quotes that exceed this limit by only a few words may be allowed at the Ballot Administrator's discretion.
 * 10) Please be aware of spoiler potential when nominating a Quote from someone else's story.
 * 11) No in-jokes, please. Quotes must be understandable outside the context of the story, except as noted below.
 * 12) Quotes must appear on an actual story page. Ancillary materials from character pages, blog-based previews, etc. are ineligible.
 * 13) Quotes must be formatted exactly as they are in the story, except as noted below. The easiest way to comply with this rule is by copy-and-paste.
 * If you need to add tags to identify speakers or subjects, please italicize them.
 * If you need to add narrative text to make a line understandable out of context, enclose the added text in brackets [thusly]. This is standard journalistic practice for quoting things. Note that such added text should be only a few words, if that.
 * If a Quote is in past tense in the story, it must be in past tense on the ballot. Ditto for other tenses.
 * A Quote may be shortened to meet length limitations. If you do this, replace the removed portion with an ellipsis (...).

Voting Rules

 * 1) You must have an account and 100 total edits to vote. You must be logged in and your vote must be signed so the administrators can verify voter eligibility.
 * 2) Nominees receiving 5 or more Oppose votes may be removed from the ballot at the discretion of the administrators.
 * 3) Vote on as many Quotes as you wish, but only once on each. You may not vote for a Quote from your own story  except as noted below .
 * 4) If a Quote from your story was nominated by someone else who isn't a collaborating partner on the story, then you may vote for it.
 * 5) If you nominate a Quote from a story that you did not write or collaborate on, then you may also vote for it.
 * 6) The following rules must be followed when Opposing a quote:
 * You must provide a reason for your vote. "No" and "Sorry" are not reasons.
 * Oppose votes that appear to be needlessly harsh or that don't observe basic rules of civility will be deleted. If it's worth saying, it can be said politely.
 * Please try to provide constructive criticism. This is the whole point of the Oppose option, because Oppose votes aren't actually counted.
 * "I want another quote to win" votes will be deleted. If you want another Quote to win, then cast a Support vote for the other Quote and leave it at that.
 * "This isn't funny" is only a valid reason to Oppose if the Quote was meant to be funny. Votes opposing an obviously dramatic quote on the grounds that "it's not funny" will be deleted.
 * Your opinion of the character(s) associated with a quote is NOT relevant to the merits of the quote itself. Featured Character is a separate ballot, so don't shoot the message.
 * "There are better quotes from this story" votes will be deleted because that's irrelevant to the merits of the Quote that actually got nominated. Remember, you can nominate Quotes from other people's stories--so if you think there's a better Quote that's not on the ballot, then why not nominate it yourself?

Theme
For December 16-31, the theme is Beginnings and Endings to commemorate the changing of the year. Nominations must refer in some way to the beginning of something or the end of something. (Bonus points if it does both.) Eliminations and breakups are obvious places to find "ending" passages, but there are plenty of other possibilities.

If you would like to suggest a theme for a future ballot, leave your suggestion on the ballot administrator's talk page. (Note: please don't suggest "competition stories only", "dialogue only" or "funny quotes only", because those types tend to dominate the no-theme ballots and so don't need their own themes.) Coming themes include:


 * February 1-14: Love and Romance (for Valentine's Day)

Themes that will definitely be used at some point, but who knows when, include:


 * Hall of Fame (Featured Stories only)
 * Serious Business (no funny quotes)
 * Done Deals (finished stories only)
 * Unfinished Business (in-progress stories only)
 * Noncompetition Stories
 * Tearjerkers
 * Other people's stories (third-party nominations only)
 * Fighting words (e.g. people insulting/dissing each other)
 * Gross-out (suggested by Toad)
 * Snappy answers to stupid questions

Theme ideas that may or may not be used one of these days include:


 * Heirs To the Throne (passages from stories on the current month's Featured Story ballot)
 * Fourth Wall Breakers
 * Narrative (i.e. no dialogue, although first-person narration might be allowed)
 * Whistling Past the Graveyard (funny quotes in unfunny situations)
 * First Person narration (if not included in the Narrative theme)
 * Sacrifice

Nominations
Enter nominations below.

Dies Irae ("Judgment Day")
The next morning, their first at Camp Wawanakwa, the campers awoke to the end of the world.


 * --from The Legend of Total Drama Island, nominated by the author

Support

 * 1) This is a funny quote to me, because it refers to the name of the piece of music that woke them up. JustLittleOlMe Lil   Jay JLOM   Mrs. Gideon  17:47, December 16, 2011 (UTC)
 * 2) Ohhh, now I get it! (Lindsay moment) Zinc   is fond of the colour  forest green.  14:04, December 17, 2011 (UTC)
 * 3) I find the quote is funny, goes great with the theme and is very accurate to how it likely will be in LTDI.  Your heart, your heart abandoned. Your wrong now bear the shame. Like dead trees in cold December nothing but ashes remain. Oh Ember, so warm and tender, you will remember my name!  23:04, December 17, 2011 (UTC)

Oppose
(NAV): It's a joke, guys, and the brevity is part of the point. "Don't explain the joke," as they say. Gideoncrawle I have a song to sing, O!  Sing me your song, O!  A wandering minstrel, I--  18:35, December 16, 2011 (UTC)
 * 1) While I won't go as far as to say its morbid, it does seem like a short and somewhat unmemorable quote compared to some of the other things you've written.--Radical M "Everybody best be lookin' at me, cuz I've got Christmas swag!" 20:07, December 16, 2011 (UTC)

The End of the Good Guys
"Palkia": I can't win immunity. Because if I do, then the alliance will only vote off Drew, and then I'm a goner next time. If Drew wins, I go home. If one of the alliance wins, Drew and I can target one of them, and one of us will win the tiebreaker.

Drew: I gotta get immunity, yo. Or else either "Palkia" and I is leavin'.

-from Total Drama Guam, nominated by the author

ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTE: Although the rules say that a nomination should be formatted the same way as it is in the story, I'll make an exception in this case. The original formatting of this passage is entirely boldfaced, which makes sense in the context of the story but doesn't add anything here and makes the passage harder to read, since trying to emphasize everything emphasizes nothing. If this passage wins, the FQ displays will use the modified formatting. Gideoncrawle I have a song to sing, O!  Sing me your song, O!  A wandering minstrel, I--  18:48, December 16, 2011 (UTC)

Support

 * 1) Oooh! One of the joys of quotes, for me, is that they often make me want to read the story! JustLittleOlMe Lil   Jay JLOM   Mrs. Gideon  17:50, December 16, 2011 (UTC)
 * 2) Great quote. My name   is   Bruno!  22:03, December 16, 2011 (UTC)
 * 3) I find this quote so funny because the two aren't in agreement on what to do. You just know from it so how it's going to blow up in their faces :P  Your heart, your heart abandoned. Your wrong now bear the shame. Like dead trees in cold December nothing but ashes remain. Oh Ember, so warm and tender, you will remember my name!  23:11, December 17, 2011 (UTC)

Saying goodbye
In an incongruously tender gesture for such a gruff and hulking man, Hatchet lightly kissed Gwen on her brow, as a father might kiss a favorite daughter. Then, pulling up a stool, he sat down beside her to keep vigil, taking her hand gently in his. Not 20 seconds later, her indomitable spirit finally fled.


 * --from Legacy, nominated by the author

Support

 * 1) Ahhh, Gideon. You never disapoint me. Funny HaHa Good Times Michael is out of signatures 21:44, December 16, 2011 (UTC)
 * 2) It's pretty deep, and fits very well with the "End" theme.
 * 3) I think this is a great quote, and it surely is deep. If you have found this, you are a stealth ninja. Where'd my signature go? 22:12, December 16, 2011 (UTC)
 * 4) Wow! Deep, and totally the end. JustLittleOlMe Lil   Jay JLOM   Mrs. Gideon  22:50, December 17, 2011 (UTC)
 * 5) I love Legacy. This quote just touches my heart, and shows Chef really isn't evil. And it does go really great with the theme.  Your heart, your heart abandoned. Your wrong now bear the shame. Like dead trees in cold December nothing but ashes remain. Oh Ember, so warm and tender, you will remember my name!  23:14, December 17, 2011 (UTC)
 * 6) Agreed with all of the above--Radical M "Everybody best be lookin' at me, cuz I've got Christmas swag!" 00:02, December 18, 2011 (UTC)

Closure
Tearing my eyes from the image of my coffin sinking into the earth, I looked down at the piece of paper in my hand. Gently, I took my index finger and traced over the words etched in raised gold print. Heather Martison; December 3, 1992 – March 12, 2009. A copy of my certificate of death.

I let out a bitter chuckle. If only they knew that I was not a memory just yet.


 * --from Life After Lies by Fadingsilverstar16, nominated by Gideon

Support

 * 1) A very deep, memorable qoute from (debatably) one of the greatest non-comps on the wiki. Mrdaimion:   like you,   only better.  22:29, December 16, 2011 (UTC)
 * 2) Great qoute. If you have found this, you are a stealth ninja. Where'd my signature go? 22:20, December 17, 2011 (UTC)
 * 3) An end and a beginning. I've really got to read this story. JustLittleOlMe  Lil   Jay JLOM   Mrs. Gideon  22:53, December 17, 2011 (UTC)