History Main / BrokenPedestal

As the Federales tried to hunt you down\\''
[[WhatDidIDoLastNight For something you can't remember what was about]]

* Music/AliceGlass's "I Trusted You," most likely directed at her ex-bandmate [[CrystalCastles Ethan Kath,]] whom she has levied some... unsavory allegations against.

* Music/AliceGlass's "I Trusted You," most likely directed at her ex-bandmate [[CrystalCastlesBand Ethan Kath,]] whom she has levied some... unsavory allegations against.

-->Heroes seem so from a far\\

Most of us are nice!

-->My breath smells of a thousand fags\\

I look like Music/{{Kiss}} but without the make-up...

-->The clergy dresses you in tights and cape\\

You're much too small

-->So come adore me, but know I'm gonna fall\\

''I wanna be your human...''

-->'Cause we're so fucking mean, we're so elitist\\

Oh, you're so traumatized it makes me want to cry

-->[[DudeNotFunny There's nothing funny]] 'bout you slipping away\\

As the Federales tried to hunt you down\\

-->It was the third of September\\

Momma just hung her head and said, son...

-->Everybody loves a hero, an image to create\\

'Cause you'd hate to think the life you'd built upon them was a lie\\

* LetsPlay/PartyCrashers: PlayedForLaughs in "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTL1_OQ_Vnw They tried ruining my birthday in Mario Party...]]", where Nick roots for Vernias to win against Brent on the Duel Minigame Tick-Tock Hop, only for [[DoubleKnockout both of them lose at the same time]], leading to Vernias mocking Nick for being in last place:

* Wrestling/AJStyles was TheHeart of Wrestling/ImpactWrestling, having been there since the beginning, giving his all and more to the company, getting the respect of everyone and not being an embarrassment like other wrestlers. They repeatedly paid him back and others like him by sticking them in midcard hell, forever jobbing to Over-The-Hill wrestlers and WWE rejects, and when his contract was up, they offered him a contract that would have cut 40% of his salary. He turned it down and went to Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling and Wrestling/RingOfHonor and made himself the biggest name in ProfessionalWrestling to have never signed with Wrestling/{{WWE}}. Meanwhile, TNA went into a complete nosedive, being cancelled twice in two years, having most of their signature talent be signed by their biggest competitor, the aforementioned WWE, and more-or-less becoming a sinking ship. Fast forward to late 2015. TNA desperately needs publicity and a big star to help turn things around when they debut on their new channel. They contact AJ, break the bank with an offer for him, discuss storyline, merchandise, the whole enchilada. But AJ, no doubt jaded from his time with them and wishing to do what's best for his family, turned them down a few days later and went to -- where else? -- WWE. In this scenario, TNA has no one else to blame but themselves. If that weren't enough, TNA would then nuke the bridge into oblivion and destroy any chance of him coming back post-WWE by posting this [[http://impactwrestling.com/aj-styles/ statement]] on their website two days before his debut in WWE, trying to throw him under the bus and paint him as some treacherous backstabber in hopes of getting sympathy from the fans. The [[SmartMark IWC]], knowing full well how terribly AJ and other workers were treated by TNA, proceeded to put the company on blast and bash on them for trying to ruin his prosperity.

** [[Characters/RWBYAdamTaurus Adam Taurus]] was once seen as an icon of the movement to the [[WesternTerrorists White Fang's]] membership. They had so much faith in him that he was confident they'd keep following him even after the loss of Faunus life during the breach of Vale at the end of Volume 2. In Volume 5, Sienna Khan's personal bodyguards are willing to turn on her in favor of Adam when he launches his coup against her. However, when he attacks Haven Academy, he destroys any support he once had when he tries to blow up himself and his followers just to spite Blake Belladonna for attempting to stop him from attacking Haven; upon failing that, he abandons his men to be captured by the Mistral authorities while he escapes. Ilia Amitola predicts that no-one in the White Fang will support him now; when Adam returns to the White Fang headquarters, the rank and file do indeed turn on him.

** For much of the series, [[Characters/RWBYJamesIronwood General James Ironwood]] is a near-mythical figure for his military forces, with several soldiers speaking about him with near-reverence and his closest subordinates expressing their absolute faith in him. But as the invasion of Atlas in Volume 8 goes on, and Ironwood begins to come unhinged from the pressure, the faith of his subordinates begins to crumble. Rank-and-file soldiers are visibly frightened of him, and Winter Schnee and the Ace-Ops struggle to accept his actions. Marrow Amin finally breaks from the group, shouting that he believed in Ironwood, but no longer sees working for him as a honor. Ironwood's attempt to execute Marrow for insubordination further shakes the other Ace-Ops, with Elm Ederne barely remembering to get back into formation. By the end of the season, all of the Ace-Ops and even Winter have turned on him, with Winter even renouncing him and labelling him as an enemy of Atlas.

-->''[[DudeNotFunny There's nothing funny]] 'bout you slipping away\\

[[WhatDidIDoLastNight For something you can't remember what was about]]''