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. (added 30 September)

Theme
For October (and Halloween) the theme is Dark & Spooky. This theme was successful last year, so we're doing it again.

You may nominate passages that are dark, creepy, scary, or any combination. You may also nominate passages that are connected in some way with the supernatural. (Dawn is the most obvious vehicles for this, but by no means the only one.)

"Dark", in this context, can mean many things--tragedy, black comedy, gallows humor, and so on. It can also refer to characters doing dark things, or to dark characters being themselves, or even just things that happen in the dark.

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
 * Snappy answers to stupid questions (aka "Snarker's Special")
 * 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

Fast Cave Food
It was fairly warm and dry here, but pitch black and silent, except for the sounds of dripping water in the distance. …

They were able to navigate easily here after locating it the first time. Cockroach antennae were extremely sensitive to vibrations and smells, so locating the stockpile of food was no problem either. …

It was Lal who started the new game, by speaking the human phrase, "Welcome to McDonny’s. May I take your order?" as she stood next to the food pile.


 * --from The Beasts of Wawanakwa, "The Cockroach's Tale": part 1, nominated by the author

Support

 * 1) xD McDonny's a scary place. :P "The best part is   when we go   to the whale!"  21:56, October 2, 2012 (UTC)
 * 2) Love the cockroaches :3  Been there, done that. Got the t-shirt. Sold my soul, and yeah the truth hurts.   01:00, October 3, 2012 (UTC)

Don't mince words, tell us what you really think
Bridgette sighed, and wiped away the tears of rage and sorrow that had begun to well in her eyes. She then leaned forward and looked straight into the camera with fresh resolve. “You don’t want us to care what happens to the interns? Well, it’s too late, McLean! I do care! I’ll always care! If the pointless death of one person—and I’m sure they were all pointless—ever fails to move me, then you can just throw me to the sharks, because I’d be no better than you!”


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

Support

 * 1) "The best part is   when we go   to the whale!"  21:59, October 2, 2012 (UTC)
 * 2) I love this whole confessional scene with Bridgette. It's very emotional and I like seeing an emotionally powerful quote :)  Been there, done that. Got the t-shirt. Sold my soul, and yeah the truth hurts.   01:00, October 3, 2012 (UTC)
 * 3) Brony forever till I die.   Not before then.  15:18, October 8, 2012 (UTC)
 * 4) Heartfelt. Deep. Horrible. Awesome! :) Like Rhonda said. Jay JLOM Things turn out for the best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out - John Wooden 16:26, October 8, 2012 (UTC)

Damned if you do, damned if you don't
Although she could not have known, there was a very good reason for her fear, for the curse was at work. Now that Courtney was a public figure, the spirit enforcing the curse was no longer content merely to humiliate her if it could make an end of her.

From the spirit’s perspective, the diving challenge was a win-win situation. If Courtney jumped, she would die, for the curse would cloud her mind enough to make her miss the safe zone. If she didn’t jump, she would be humiliated before an international audience of millions, for the second time in barely three years.


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

Support

 * 1) Dark! :O Spooky! ;P Fun! 8D Bwahahahaha!! >:D Jay JLOM Things turn out for the best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out - John Wooden 16:17, October 8, 2012 (UTC)
 * 2) Agreed with Jay, that is pretty dark D: Poor Courtney :/  Been there, done that. Got the t-shirt. Sold my soul, and yeah the truth hurts.   04:22, October 20, 2012 (UTC)

You need to get outside more
Glory was shown with her scroll. “If you look behind you, you’ll see it.” Glory looked behind her. “What’s that supposed to mean?”

“It’s the Shadow Temple,” Chris explained.

“It gave me nightmares. Watch out for skulls in the wall.” Lucks shuddered.

Glory rolled her eyes. "Child, you need to get outside more..."


 * --from Total Drama Flashback, nominated by the author

What Chris Would Do For Ratings...
"What is wrong with you, Chris?" Frazier panted out. "You eliminate two on the same team? That's just cruelty!"

"Leave her be," Earnest yelled from his seat. "This fight doesn't concern you."

"Earnest," Frazier replied. "You have your own battles to attend to. If Chris succeeds, then he'll eliminate two of you next, regardless of team. He might even go off the deep end. You ever see him plan on actually killing someone?"

Some of those seated raise their hands.

"And I don't mean another intern," Frazier added.

Just like that, hands went down.


 * --from Total Drama America, nominated by the author

Support

 * 1) XD That is kinda true of Chris. He is sadistic guy :P  Been there, done that. Got the t-shirt. Sold my soul, and yeah the truth hurts.   04:22, October 20, 2012 (UTC)