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It's victim blaming. She's blaming him for trying to defend his country from her conquest. Even if you take the Japanese version into account, she's saying in a nutshell "You're also at fault for fighting back". It's not that deep.

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->'''[[Characters/FireEmblemThreeHousesDimitri Dimitri]]:''' Must you continue to conquer? Continue to kill?\\
[[spoiler:'''[[Characters/FireEmblemThreeHousesEdelgard Edelgard]]:''']] Must you continue to reconquer? Continue to kill in retaliation?
-->--''VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses'', [[spoiler:during Ch 17 of Crimson Flower]]

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That quote doesn't mean what the original poster thinks it means. Edelgard's not blaming Dimitri for her war, she's asking to what end he commits the same violence he decries.


->'''[[Characters/FireEmblemThreeHousesDimitri Dimitri]]:''' Must you continue to conquer? Continue to kill?\\
[[spoiler:'''[[Characters/FireEmblemThreeHousesEdelgard Edelgard]]:''']] Must you continue to reconquer? Continue to kill in retaliation?
-->--''VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses'', [[spoiler:during Ch 17 of Crimson Flower]]
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->''“Now, it’s understandable that you would regret the affair. It’s understandable, but who should we really blame? You? The yeerk who made you do it? What is a yeerk but a voice inside each of our heads? By blaming the yeerk, aren’t you really just blaming yourself?”''

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->''“Now, ->''"Now, it’s understandable that you would regret the affair. It’s understandable, but who should we really blame? You? The yeerk who made you do it? What is a yeerk but a voice inside each of our heads? By blaming the yeerk, aren’t you really just blaming yourself?”''yourself?"''



->You should have let her [[VillainousIncest do what she wanted]]. You loved her. Your friends loved her. It was selfish of you to take her away for your own sake.

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->You ->''"You should have let her [[VillainousIncest do what she wanted]]. You loved her. Your friends loved her. It was selfish of you to take her away for your own sake."''
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->''"Don't mock me! I tried to save your soul, it's YOUR FAULT this all happened!"''
-->-- '''Belos''', to [[spoiler:[[SiblingMurder Caleb's]] ghost]], ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'', "[[Recap/TheOwlHouseS3E2ForTheFuture For the Future]]"

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->''“Now, it’s understandable that you would regret the affair. It’s understandable, but who should we really blame? You? The yeerk who made you do it? What is a yeerk but a voice inside each of our heads? By blaming the yeerk, aren’t you really just blaming yourself?”''
-->-- '''Dr. Phil''', ''Fanfic/{{Eleutherophobia}}: Lost World''

->You should have let her [[VillainousIncest do what she wanted]]. You loved her. Your friends loved her. It was selfish of you to take her away for your own sake.
-->--'''VideoGame/{{Omori}}''' to '''Sunny''', ''Fanfic/HandsOmori''

->''"So, first thing Christian starts demanding is why I left. I tell him exactly why, and inform him that the relationship is over. Contract violated, we're done, I don't want to see him anymore. His response? To blame'' me. ''He told me he couldn't tell I was in pain, and I should've been clearer in my hand signals, and that it won't happen again. He also had the nerve to say that I wasn't'' honest ''with him. He accused me of over-estimating my limits. Basically, he was trying to say he was just too'' extreme ''for me. Yes,'' I'm ''the lightweight. He won't even give his subs a bloody lip. [...] That's called [[LampshadeHanging victim-blaming]], Ana, and I do not put up with it. Ever. I told him so, and said we were done. I told him to get out, and if he tried to contact me again, I'd have [[BigBrotherInstinct Greg]] break his legs."''
-->--'''Sharon Leibowitz''', ''Fanfic/LuckyNumberThirteen''

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->''Now, this right here is where I grew up. I seen everything, man. Everything. I seen a nigga get killed right over there, you know? They beat him up, stomped him, shot the dude, stomped the nigga again, and then I seen 'em take a dump on the dude. I swear to God, man, they actually, like, shot a deuce on this nigga, man. You know what I'm saying? They shat on the nigga, man. And I started thinking to myself..."Man, what did he do to make them niggas that mad?"''
-->--'''Thugnificent''', ''WesternAnimation/TheBoondocks''

->'''Steve:''' What happened here?\\
'''[[NoNameGiven Unnamed Man]]:''' I was just minding my business when this [[BlackComedyRape moose sexually assaulted me]]. I'm gonna report this to the National Park Service, Congress. I'll sue your-!\\
'''Denzel:''' ''[Summons the moose back, which gets back on the man]''\\
'''Unnamed Man:''' ''[Starts becoming terrified]'' What are you doing? No no no not again no.\\
'''Denzel:''' We're gonna ask you one more time. What happened here?\\
'''Unnamed Man:''' Nothing. Nothing happened. Nothing at all.\\
'''Denzel:''' And whose fault was it?\\
'''Unnamed Man:''' It was mine. All my fault.\\
'''Steve:''' You were asking for it, weren't you? Walking around, dressed like a whore.[[note]]The man's outfit simply wasn't "whorish".[[/note]]\\
'''Denzel:''' Ain't that right?\\
'''Unnamed Man:''' You're right. I should have never worn this outfit. ''[The moose gets off him]''\\
'''Steve:''' Good answer.
-->--''WesternAnimation/{{Brickleberry}}'', "Race Off!"

->''“Now, it’s understandable that you would regret the affair. It’s understandable, but who should we really blame? You? The yeerk who made you do it? What is a yeerk but a voice inside each of our heads? By blaming the yeerk, aren’t you really just blaming yourself?”''
-->-- '''Dr. Phil''', ''Fanfic/{{Eleutherophobia}}: Lost World''



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->But'' whose ''fault was it? Aunt Helena says, holding up one plump finger.'' Her ''fault,'' her ''fault,'' her ''fault, we chant in unison.'' Who ''led them on? Aunt Helena beams, pleased with us.'' She ''did.'' She ''did.'' She ''did.'' Why did {{God}} allow such a terrible thing to happen? ''Teach her a'' lesson. ''Teach her a'' lesson. ''Teach her a'' lesson.''
-->--''Literature/TheHandmaidsTale'', on Janine being gang-raped

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->But'' whose ''fault was it? Aunt Helena says, holding up one plump finger.'' Her ''fault,'' her ''fault,'' her ''fault, we chant in unison.'' Who ''led them on? Aunt Helena beams, pleased with us.'' She ''did.'' She ''did.'' She ''did.'' Why did {{God}} allow such a terrible thing to happen? ''Teach her a'' lesson. ''Teach her a'' lesson. ''Teach her a'' lesson.''
-->--''Literature/TheHandmaidsTale'', on Janine being gang-raped

->''"So, first thing Christian starts demanding is why I left. I tell him exactly why, and inform him that the relationship is over. Contract violated, we're done, I don't want to see him anymore. His response? To blame'' me. ''He told me he couldn't tell I was in pain, and I should've been clearer in my hand signals, and that it won't happen again. He also had the nerve to say that I wasn't'' honest ''with him. He accused me of over-estimating my limits. Basically, he was trying to say he was just too'' extreme ''for me. Yes,'' I'm ''the lightweight. He won't even give his subs a bloody lip. [...] That's called [[LampshadeHanging victim-blaming]], Ana, and I do not put up with it. Ever. I told him so, and said we were done. I told him to get out, and if he tried to contact me again, I'd have [[BigBrotherInstinct Greg]] break his legs."''
-->--'''Sharon Leibowitz''', ''Fanfic/LuckyNumberThirteen''

->'''[[spoiler:[[Characters/TheOwlHouseTheCollector The Collector]]]]:''' I'm starting to think you make [[ExpendableClone those things]] just to destroy them! You have ''fun'' with it! ADMIT IT! ''[cackles]''\\
'''[[spoiler:[[Characters/TheOwlHouseEmperorBelos Belos]]]]:''' Of course not, [[spoiler:Collector]]. It hurts every time he chooses to betray me.
-->-- ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'', "[[Recap/TheOwlHouseS2E16HollowMind Hollow Mind]]", on [[spoiler:the murders of every Golden Guard before [[Characters/TheOwlHouseTheGoldenGuard Hunter]]]].



->You should have let her [[VillainousIncest do what she wanted]]. You loved her. Your friends loved her. It was selfish of you to take her away for your own sake.
-->--'''VideoGame/{{Omori}}''' to '''Sunny''', ''Fanfic/HandsOmori''

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->You [[AC:Western Animation]]
->''Now, this right here is where I grew up. I seen everything, man. Everything. I seen a nigga get killed right over there, you know? They beat him up, stomped him, shot the dude, stomped the nigga again, and then I seen 'em take a dump on the dude. I swear to God, man, they actually, like, shot a deuce on this nigga, man. You know what I'm saying? They shat on the nigga, man. And I started thinking to myself..."Man, what did he do to make them niggas that mad?"''
-->--'''Thugnificent''', ''WesternAnimation/TheBoondocks''

->'''Steve:''' What happened here?\\
'''[[NoNameGiven Unnamed Man]]:''' I was just minding my business when this [[BlackComedyRape moose sexually assaulted me]]. I'm gonna report this to the National Park Service, Congress. I'll sue your-!\\
'''Denzel:''' ''[Summons the moose back, which gets back on the man]''\\
'''Unnamed Man:''' ''[Starts becoming terrified]'' What are you doing? No no no not again no.\\
'''Denzel:''' We're gonna ask you one more time. What happened here?\\
'''Unnamed Man:''' Nothing. Nothing happened. Nothing at all.\\
'''Denzel:''' And whose fault was it?\\
'''Unnamed Man:''' It was mine. All my fault.\\
'''Steve:''' You were asking for it, weren't you? Walking around, dressed like a whore.[[note]]The man's outfit simply wasn't "whorish".[[/note]]\\
'''Denzel:''' Ain't that right?\\
'''Unnamed Man:''' You're right. I
should have let her [[VillainousIncest do what she wanted]]. never worn this outfit. ''[The moose gets off him]''\\
'''Steve:''' Good answer.
-->--''WesternAnimation/{{Brickleberry}}'', "Race Off!"

->'''[[spoiler:[[Characters/TheOwlHouseTheCollector The Collector]]]]:''' I'm starting to think you make [[ExpendableClone those things]] just to destroy them!
You loved her. Your friends loved her. have ''fun'' with it! ADMIT IT! ''[cackles]''\\
'''[[spoiler:[[Characters/TheOwlHouseEmperorBelos Belos]]]]:''' Of course not, [[spoiler:Collector]].
It was selfish hurts every time he chooses to betray me.
-->-- ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'', "[[Recap/TheOwlHouseS2E16HollowMind Hollow Mind]]", on [[spoiler:the murders
of you to take her away for your own sake.
-->--'''VideoGame/{{Omori}}''' to '''Sunny''', ''Fanfic/HandsOmori''
every Golden Guard before [[Characters/TheOwlHouseTheGoldenGuard Hunter]]]].

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