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?

Theme
For September, the theme is Breaking the Fourth Wall. You may nominated passages where a character (including the narrator, if any) acknowledges the fictional nature of the story.

As of 1 July 2012, Featured Quote moved to a monthly cycle to match the other Features.

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

No Fourth-Wall Breaking Allowed
“That was kinda predictable. There’s always a lame happy ending, and the author wanted to have both teams even at the merge,” Zachariah says.

“Please, no fourth-wall breaking. That only works at Rhonda’s stories,” Lorelai says.

--from Total Drama: Paradise Falls, written and nominated by BrunoSomebody

Support

 * 1) Yus... ;3-- When the moonlight brightens up your evening, you must show me your true strength.  23:41, September 1, 2012 (UTC)
 * 2) Zach and Lorelai are so right :P  Aw, your simple innocence is one of the most attractive things about you! You're like a kitten! A kitten that doesn't speak Japanese!  18:08, September 2, 2012 (UTC)
 * 3) Teehee. ~ Love and Ravioli,  Sunshine  ♥ 18:23, September 2, 2012 (UTC)

What a patriot
"What? That doesn't even make sense," says Chris, "I'm sorry to tell you that the challenge in Rio is canceled. Apparently, a group of criminals escaped from prision and are hiding somewhere near the harbor."

Lance says, "Isn't Rio the author's hometown? I thought he would portray it positively."

A young brunette dressed in purple clothes says, "Hey! I'm the only one who can break the fourth wall here!"

--from S.S. Total Drama, nominated by the author

Support

 * 1) Rhonda is the queen of fourth-wall breaking. :P "The best part is   when we go   to the whale!"  06:54, September 2, 2012 (UTC)
 * Oh, yes! :D Suta is so awesome, And your luckyHe is even talking to you. 08:58, September 2, 2012 (UTC)
 * 1) I love that I made a cameo :D XD But Lance does make a good, and funny, point :P  Aw, your simple innocence is one of the most attractive things about you! You're like a kitten! A kitten that doesn't speak Japanese!  18:08, September 2, 2012 (UTC)
 * 2) This made me giggle. :D ~ Love and Ravioli,  Sunshine  ♥ 18:23, September 2, 2012 (UTC)

Setting the Scene
“Ms. McLean, I have to go find out who likes me,” Sunshine said as she left class.

“But Sunshine,” Ms. McLean protested, “You hardly gave the writers enough time to set the scene! They don’t know what day it is, when it is, where Nalyd is, or anything about this so far!”

“I think after twelve chapters people are tired of reading all that,” Sunshine said, then ran down the hallway.

--from Total Wikia Elementary, chapter by Nalyd, nominated by Sunshine

Support

 * 1) Yup. xD <font color="Amethyst">Suta is so awesome, <font color="Orchid">And your lucky<font color="Coral">He is even talking to you. 08:02, September 3, 2012 (UTC)
 * 2) XDD This made me laugh like crazy.  Aw, your simple innocence is one of the most attractive things about you! You're like a kitten! A kitten that doesn't speak Japanese!  23:23, September 3, 2012 (UTC)

Answering A Good Question
“You all remember Eileen from last chapter right? Thanks to a forgotten part of the chapter and fanlike, Eileen didn’t die in the plane’s engine like planned and will most likely becoming a recurring character.”

“Just read the question,” Toby says.

Jenny opens the letter, shows Toby and reads it, “''Dear Jenny and Toby, why does it take so long for new chapters to be posted? From, the three to four people who actually read this.”''

“Does that three to four people count Rhonda’s mother?” Toby asks.

“How rude,” Jenny says. “You know Rhonda’s mother is too classy read this crap.”

--from Total Drama What The Heck? nominated by the author.

Support

 * 1) A round of applause for Rhonda's classy mother, please. XD ~ <font color="Red">Love <font color="OrangeRed">and <font color="DarkOrange">Ravioli,  <font color="Gold">Sunshine  ♥ 23:30, September 3, 2012 (UTC)