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) Don't take the word "Quote" literally. Narrative passages can be just as quoteworthy as dialogue.
 * 2) Please identify the story that the Quote comes from.
 * 3) If there is a stated Theme (see below), then nominees must fit that theme.
 * 4) 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.
 * 5)  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.
 * 6) 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.
 * 7) 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.
 * 8) Please limit nominations to 100 words or less. "Near-miss" Quotes that exceed this limit by only a few words may be allowed at the Ballot Administrator's discretion.
 * 9) Please be aware of spoiler potential when nominating a Quote from someone else's story.
 * 10) No in-jokes, please. Quotes must be understandable outside the context of the story, except as noted below.
 * 11) Quotes must appear on an actual story page. Ancillary materials from character pages, blog-based previews, etc. are ineligible.
 * 12) 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?

In the event of a tie, the Ballot Administrator will break the tie if he hasn't already voted. Otherwise, the ballot will remain open until the tie is broken.

Theme
For this month, the theme is Snarker's Special. We're looking for people saying snarky things.

If you would like to suggest a theme for a future ballot, leave your suggestion on the ballot administrator's talk page. Themes that will definitely be used at some point, but who knows when, include:


 * Serious Business (no funny quotes)
 * Noncompetition Stories
 * Tearjerkers
 * Dissing the host (suggested by JERealize)
 * Brush with death (suggested by JERealize)

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


 * 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
 * Bromance (suggested by TDIwriter)
 * Adopt a Quote (incorporating a famous quote into the story), suggested by JERealize
 * Epiphany (a character suddenly realizing something that they consider to be game-changingly or even life-changingly important), suggested by JERealize

Acid Tongue's First Impression
Chris gives a wide smile. He says, "Let's meet our first contestant. Her words sting more than my mother's, and cause physical damage to whoever she insults. Let me introduce Acid Tongue."

A young woman with auburn hair, and a bright green costume steps up to where Chris is standing. She says, "That introduction was pathetic at best." Chris flinches. "My pet cat could have done better, and she's been dead for three years."

From Total Drama Super Powered, nominated by Manatee.

Support

 * 1) Really like this, always did like Acid Tongue!     Z a c  A tt a c k     Rawr 11:07, February 4, 2013 (UTC)
 * 2) Acid Tongue. ♥ Let it be known that Jon wakes up at noon... I have yet to see him wash a dish, or even clean a fish. 20:20, February 4, 2013 (UTC)
 * 3) No doubt why she was my favorite TDSS character. "Eat yo' rice!" "Don't tell me to do nothin'."  "Eat yo' rice!"  22:25, February 5, 2013 (UTC)
 * 4) Acid Tounge is an amazing character <333 That Epic (talk) 22:29, February 5, 2013 (UTC)
 * 5) Acid Tongue was born for this theme. Gideoncrawle  I have a song to sing, O!  Sing me your song, O!  A wandering minstrel, I--  23:56, February 5, 2013 (UTC)
 * 6) xD  ★   Mikey    ★    Baby, I was Born This Way! 10:53, February 7, 2013 (UTC)
 * 7) xDD Jay JLOM If you think you'll lose, you've lost; for out in the world you'll find Success begins with a fellow's will, -Author Unknown 22:18, February 7, 2013 (UTC)
 * 8) Yes!  We found dove in  a soapless place  ...  17:19, February 22, 2013 (UTC)

Lance's Opinion On Mactors
A jeep arrives, driven be a redhead with curly hair. She is wearing khaki shorts, light green tank top and sunglasses, "Did I arrive late?" she asks taking off her sunglasses, and steps out of the car, "I'm pleased to keep you waiting, my name is Kelly Parker, model and actress from California."

"Model and actress?" asks Lance, "More like unemployed waiting to be called to a reality show."

From S.S. Total Drama, nominated by the author.

Support

 * 1) Gotta love those two!     Z a c  A tt a c k    Rawr 11:07, February 4, 2013 (UTC)
 * 2) Lance. ♥ Let it be known that Jon wakes up at noon... I have yet to see him wash a dish, or even clean a fish. 20:20, February 4, 2013 (UTC)
 * 3) Lance and Kelly in a season together plz. :P "Eat yo' rice!" "Don't tell me to do nothin'."  "Eat yo' rice!"  22:31, February 5, 2013 (UTC)
 * 4) Two snarkers are better then one. Gideoncrawle  I have a song to sing, O!  Sing me your song, O!  A wandering minstrel, I--  23:57, February 5, 2013 (UTC)
 * 5) This is so snarky. Crush,  Kill,   Destroy,   Swag.  19:49, February 6, 2013 (UTC)
 * 6) Haha.  ★   Mikey    ★    Baby, I was Born This Way! 10:54, February 7, 2013 (UTC)
 * 7) Very nice.  xD Jay JLOM <font color="Green">If you think you'll lose, you've lost; for out in the world you'll find Success begins with a fellow's will, -Author Unknown 22:20, February 7, 2013 (UTC)
 * 8) I just can't resist voting for this one... it's just too funny and all too true :) Space was here and he left something real special for ya! 23:32, February 14, 2013 (UTC)

Dalton on the Bathroom Situation
<p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:1em;margin-bottom:1em;">Chris went on to say, “The left side of the bathroom is for the girls and the right side is for the guys, oh and look out for the spiders, they like to make their webs in the rafters... and the bowls.”

The campers all looked horrified at this, all except Dalton who mockingly said, “Oh scary, a little spider might bite your ass, how terrifying.”

“Actually we’re pretty sure they’re tarantulas and black widows,” Chris retorted with a smile.

From Total Drama Relocated, nominated by The Author.

Support

 * 1)  Classic snarky comment, classic Chris. :P <font color="A32638">"Eat yo' rice!" <font color="A4C639">"Don't tell me to do nothin'."  <font color="A32638">"Eat yo' rice!"  23:07, February 5, 2013 (UTC)
 * 2) By sheer coincidence, the next chapter of my own story will have a Black Widow incident, so I have to support this for sentimental reasons. Gideoncrawle  I have a song to sing, O!  Sing me your song, O!  A wandering minstrel, I--  00:04, February 6, 2013 (UTC)

I Have You Now, My Pretty!
“I don’t have the soloist’s part for the 'Meditation',” Courtney whispered urgently, with a touch of panic in her voice.

“Of course not,” Julie replied, with the air of one stating the obvious. “Every violinist at this level knows the ‘Meditation’ by heart.” That wasn’t entirely true, but the older girl saw an unlooked-for chance to put this uppity freshman in her place, and she wasn’t about to waste the opportunity.

“Tell you what,” Julie continued in hushed tone, “I’ll play it. You can bow synch, so you’re not just standing there looking like a complete idiot."


 * --from Courtney and the Violin of Despair, nominated by the author

Support

 * 1) <font color="A32638">"Eat yo' rice!" <font color="A4C639">"Don't tell me to do nothin'."  <font color="A32638">"Eat yo' rice!"  23:07, February 5, 2013 (UTC)

Thar She Blows!
Chris noticed this byplay and found it good. “Gwen’s reaction,” he told the campers, most of whom were looking on with varying degrees of curiosity and concern, “illustrates why we will also be using the boathouse as a detention facility if any of you step too far out of line. Sadie, for example,” the host added, remembering their altercation at the bonfire site.

“That explains the harpoons,” Duncan quipped.


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

Support

 * 1) Yes Oh my god YES Space was here and he left something real special for ya! 00:27, February 6, 2013 (UTC)
 * 2) The best part is when we go to the Sadie... Wait- <font color="LightSeaGreen">Manatee12 <font color="Indigo">"The crackers were probably bad luck anyway." 01:19, February 6, 2013 (UTC)
 * 3) Ouch!  :) <font color="Brighgreen">Jay JLOM <font color="Green">If you think you'll lose, you've lost; for out in the world you'll find Success begins with a fellow's will, -Author Unknown 22:21, February 7, 2013 (UTC)