History PlayingWith / LoudOfWar

** Darla straps her neighbor in front of a hundred of the most powerful loudspeakers on the market and blasts the loudest sound she can get her hands on until the man dies, is driven to madness, or his eardrums literally explode.

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%%* '''Played For Drama''': ???

* '''Straight''': Tired of her noisy neighbor's nonstop chatter, Darla turns her stereo speakers toward his house and plays speed metal at full volume.
* '''Exaggerated''': Tired of her noisy neighbor's nonstop chatter, Darla gets a ''military-grade mobile broadcast system'' (which she got through various dubious connections on- and offline), points it towards his house, and plays speed metal at full volume.
* '''Downplayed''': Darla puts the music on average volume to annoy her neighbors.

** Darla's neighbor is hard of hearing and doesn't realize how loud his chatter is.

** Tired of her noisy neighbor's nonstop chatter, Darla turns her stereo up... and listens to some relaxing music to calm herself before going over and politely asking him to keep it down.
** Instead of speed metal, Darla plays teenybopper music to annoy them.

** Or: Said soft, saccharine music rapidly changes into a piece of blistering, high-volume noise.

** When Darla plays speed metal at full volume, she shatters all of the windows in the neighborhood.
** Darla's plan backfires when she realizes that her neighbor is a speed metal fan.
* '''Zig Zagged''': Tired of her neighbor's constant chatter, Darla turns her speakers toward his house and... starts to play a soft, saccharine pop tune. Which she believes her neighbor hates. Though she was only informed of this - her neighbor actually loves the pop tune. However, the volume is high enough to cause her neighbor permanent hearing loss so he still sues her. But the neighbor forgot to mention to the judge that his hearing was already damaged due to working on constructions without hearing protection equipment, knew about Darla's stereo, so engineered a BatmanGambit to extort money from Darla.

* '''Invoked''': Darla's neighbor deliberately chats like crazy to drive her nuts and make her play ultra-loud speed metal.

* '''Defied''': As Darla storms off in a huff after failing to convince her neighbor to keep things quiet, he runs out to buy a pair of earplugs.

* '''Played For Laughs''': After Darla's neighbor disturbs her with his chatter, she turns up her stereo extra loud. This leads to a literal war between the two neighbors to out-loud the other, eventually culminating in a rock-off (or rap battle).

* '''Discussed''': "If ''he's'' going to pollute the airwaves, '''I'll''' pollute 'em even more!"

* '''Reconstructed''':
** Darla tries to make amends for her neighbor's hearing loss or death by becoming a spokeswoman for deaf people or doing [=PSAs=] for arrhythmia.
** Darla realizes how dangerous powerful sound waves can be, so she sets the noise loud enough to annoy the neighbor, but low enough not to cause any serious damage, and only for short enough intervals.

* '''Zig Zagged''': Tired of her neighbor's constant chatter, Darla turns her speakers toward his house and... starts to play a soft, saccharine pop tune. Which she believes her neighbor hates. Though she was only informed of this - her neighbor actually loves the pop tune. However, the volume is high enough to cause her neighbor permanent healing loss so he still sues her. But the neighbor forgot to mention to the judge that his hearing was already damaged due to working on constructions without hearing protection equipment, knew about Darla's stereo, so engineered a BatmanGambit to extort money from Darla.

* '''Zig Zagged''': Tired of her neighbor's constant chatter, Darla turns her speakers toward his house and... starts to play a soft, saccharine pop tune. Which she knows her neighbor hates. Though she was only informed of this - her neighbor actually loves the pop tune. However, the volume is high enough to cause her neighbor permanent healing loss so he still sues her. But the neighbor forgot to mention to the judge that his hearing was already damaged due to working on constructions without hearing protection equipment, knew about Darla's stereo, so engineered a BatmanGambit to extort money from Darla.

* '''Exploited''': ???

* '''Reconstructed''': Darla tries to make amends for her neighbor's hearing loss or death by becoming a spokeswoman for deaf people or doing [=PSAs=] for arrhythmia.

* '''Reconstructed''': Darla tries to make amends for her neighbor's hearing loss or death by becoming a spokeswoman for deaf people or doing PSAs for arrhythmia.

** Darla turns her stereo speakers toward her neighbor's house and plays speed metal at full volume. Her neighbor dies from sonic pressure (or arrythmia) from the bumping bass and Darla feels guilty about inadvertently murdering someone.

* '''Reconstructed''': Darla tries to make amends for her neighbor's hearing loss or death by becoming a spokeswoman for deaf people.

* '''Deconstructed''':
** Darla turns her stereo speakers toward her neighbor's house and plays speed metal at full volume. Her neighbor dies from sonic pressure (or arrythmia) from the bumping bass and Darla feels guilty about inadvertently murdering someone.
** Or, Darla's neighbor loses his hearing from the music, resulting in Darla getting sued and being forced to pay his medical bills.
** Darla gets complaints from the neighbors for what she's doing and is either put on charges for disturbing the peace or run out of town.
* '''Reconstructed''': Darla tries to make amends for her neighbor's hearing loss or death by becoming a spokeswoman for deaf people.

* '''Lampshaded''': "Oh... a present? For me? A {{Dragonforce}} CD? Thanks, this will be great if my neighbor pisses me off."

* '''Played For Drama:''' See "Deconstructed."

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* '''Justified''': Darla's neighbor is hard of hearing and doesn't realize how loud his chatter is.

* '''Inverted''': Darla is a teenage witch and puts a spell on her neighbors to shut up.

* '''Subverted''': Tired of her noisy neighbor's nonstop chatter, Darla turns her stereo up... and listens to some relaxing music to calm herself before going over and politely asking him to keep it down.

* '''Double Subverted''': Her neighbor doesn't comply and Darla is forced to play speed metal to annoy him.

* '''Parodied''': When Darla plays speed metal at full volume, she shatters all of the windows in the neighborhood.

* '''Deconstructed''': Darla turns her stereo speakers toward her neighbor's house and plays speed metal at full volume. Her neighbor dies from sonic pressure (or arrythmia) from the bumping bass and Darla feels guilty about inadvertently murdering someone.

* '''Averted''': Darla has no neighbors.

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* '''Exaggerated''': Tired of her noisy neighbor's nonstop chatter, Darla gets a military-grade mobile broadcast system, points it towards his house, and plays speed metal at full volume.
* '''Downplayed''': Darla puts the music on average volume--because she knows her neighbor doesn't like it.

* '''Inverted''': Darla is an archmage and when annoyed with her neighbors casts a very wide area silence spell.

** Or: Darla retaliates by playing an soft, saccharine pop tune...
* '''Double Subverted''': ...But he doesn't listen, so she turns her stereo speakers toward his house and plays speed metal at full volume.

* '''Parodied''': When Darla plays speed metal at full volume, she shatters all of the windows in a ten-block radius.
** As it turns out, Darla's neighbor ''loves'' speed metal, and is thrilled to discover a fellow fan next door. He starts visiting her all the time and chatters incessantly about it.
* '''Deconstructed''': Darla turns her stereo speakers toward her neighbor's house and plays speed metal at full volume. He suffers permanent hearing loss, requires extensive medical treatment, and sues her for damages.
* '''Reconstructed''': The guilt of damaging her neighbor's hearing inspires Darla to devote her life to helping those with hearing loss.

* '''Averted''': Darla lives in a cabin in the middle of Montana, far from any annoying neighbors.
** Darla asks her neighbors to be a little more quiet.

* '''Enforced''': The show is sponsored by a maker of high-end home stereo systems.

* '''Played For Laughs''': After Darla's neighbor disturbs her with his chatter, she turns up her stereo extra loud. This leads to a literal war between the two neighbors to out-loud the other, eventually culminating in a rock-off.
* '''Played For Drama:''' While Darla is normally a very civil person, she has been undergoing undue stress due to personal problems. Her noisy neighbor was the last straw that [[BreakTheCutie pushed her over the edge.]]

* '''Played For Laughs''': After Darla's neighbor disturbs her with his chatter, she turns up her stereo extra loud. This leads to a literal war between the two neighbors to out-loud the other.