History Quotes / TheCorrupter

-> '''Shigaraki''': '''''Yes, Luz! [[RageBreakingPoint Show them the real you]]. [[BewareTheNiceOnes The one that you had buried for so long]]! You allowed them to control you for years, allowed them to tell you that you cannot be, or who you want to be! [[ThisIsUnforgivable Let that anger boil to the top and flow over]]! Let it be one with you, let it become you. Unleash it! [[StartOfDarkness Unleash your true self upon those that took, and took, and took from you]]! [[SuperpowerLottery You are above them all, and will forever be]]! [[CosmicPlaything They toyed with you, made you their plaything, and when they were done playing with you they discarded you and threw you into this camp and left you to rot]]! I’ve told you this before, so it bears not repeating, [[TheDogBitesBack but you should not allow them to get away with this]]! This is all their fault! [[ThePowerOfHate Let the anger you’ve let sit for years rise]]. [[DeadlyGame Here, in this domain, you are free to do whatever you please]]! [[PayEvilUntoEvil Do unto them what they did to you]]! [[MuggingTheMonster Show them how they messed up]]! [[MookHorrorShow Show them what happens when you toy with God]]! Luz Noceda, do what you know you have to, and [[GottaKillThemAll KILL THEM ALL]]!'''''

-> '''Shigaraki''': '''''Yes, Luz! [[RageBreakingPoint Show them the real you.]] [[BewareTheNiceOnes The one that you had buried for so long!]] You allowed them to control you for years, allowed them to tell you that you cannot be, or who you want to be! [[ThisIsUnforgivable Let that anger boil to the top and flow over!]] Let it be one with you, let it become you. Unleash it! [[StartOfDarkness Unleash your true self upon those that took, and took, and took from you!]] [[SuperpowerLottery You are above them all, and will forever be!]] [[CosmicPlaything They toyed with you, made you their plaything, and when they were done playing with you they discarded you and threw you into this camp and left you to rot!]] I’ve told you this before, so it bears not repeating, [[TheDogBitesBack but you should not allow them to get away with this!]] This is all their fault! [[ThePowerOfHate Let the anger you’ve let sit for years rise.]] [[DeadlyGame Here, in this domain, you are free to do whatever you please!]] [[PayEvilUntoEvil Do unto them what they did to you!]] [[MuggingTheMonster Show them how they messed up!]] [[MookHorrorShow Show them what happens when you toy with God!]] Luz Noceda, do what you know you have to, and [[GottaKillThemAll KILL THEM ALL!]]'''''

-->-- '''All For One''' encouraging Luz to PayEvilUntoEvil [[spoiler:and avenge her recently murdered camper friends with ThePowerOfHate]], ''Fanfic/AllForLuz'', Chapter 11.

[[folder:Film]]

'''Baron Harkonnen:''' It rids you of a dangerous tool. And, child, [[PoisonousFriend it sets up the working relationship between us]]...

[[folder: Comic Books]]

->'''Eric:''' [''[[GrandTheftMe in Wayne's body]]''] [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone God... oh God... w-we should go...]]
->'''Lord Burnham:''' [''in Kevin's body''] Nonsense, Eric. We've only just begun. Now you've had [[ExtremeMeleeRevenge a taster]], what are you in the mood for? The possibilities are limitless. Now that I think of it, Wayne has a sister. Sweet seventeen and ripe as a peach. What do you say - [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil shall we take turns?]]
-->--''ComicBook/{{Hellblazer}}: Joyride''

[[folder: Film]]

->'''Two-Face''': The Joker chose ME!\\
'''Batman''': Because you were the best of us! He wanted to prove that even someone as good as you could fall.
-->--''Film/TheDarkKnight''

-->--'''The Joker''', ''Film/TheDarkKnight''

->''"You were right about one thing, Kevin: [[TheOmniscient I]] ''[[TheOmniscient have]]'' [[TheOmniscient been watching]]. Couldn't help myself. Watching, waiting, holding my breath... but I'm no puppeteer, Kevin. I don't make things happen; doesn't work like that. [...] Free will. It's like butterfly wings: once touched, they never get off the ground. No, I only set the stage. [[MoreThanMindControl You pull your own strings]]."''
-->--'''[[LouisCypher John Milton]]''', ''Film/TheDevilsAdvocate''

-> The ''real'' prize today is [[AntiVillain Ink]]. You have [[SecretTestOfCharacter proved]] [[IfYoureSoEvilEatThisKitten your loyalty]]. Those [[TheGrotesque scars]]... [[BeautyIsBad they will be gone now]]. No more shame. Because {{pride}} is what we are made of. You will be our greatest asset.
-->--'''The Prince,''' ''Film/{{Ink}}''

[[folder: Literature]]

->Alexei Alexandrovich had never been so glad for the presence of his metal-thinking attachment, his ''secret'' [[MaskOfPower beloved-companion]] - for it could bluntly address the things he could think but never express. Its [[ElectronicEye mechanical eye]] showed him dark mysteries, and its voice demanded he acknowledge life's darker truths.
->"I made a mistake in linking my life to hers, but there was nothing wrong in my mistake, and so I cannot be unhappy."
->'''BUT SHE... [[{{Revenge}} SHE MUST BE MADE UNHAPPY]].'''
-->--''Android Karenina''

->'''[[LivingMemory Baron Harkonnen]]:''' Your fear is so transparent, granddaughter. My [[SplitPersonalityTakeover sway of your senses]] cannot be else but temporary. There are [[MindHive others]] who could mimic you to a perfection that... but you know this. With me, ahhh, [[ObviouslyEvil people would spy out my presence immediately]]. You know the [[TheSpartanWay Fremen Law]] for those possessed. You'd be slain out of hand. Yes, even you. And you know I do not want ''that'' to happen. I'll take care of Javid for you and, once it's done, I'll step aside. You need only...
->'''Alia:''' [[LampshadeHanging How is this good advice?]]
->'''Baron Harkonnen:''' It rids you of a dangerous tool. And, child, [[PoisonousFriend it sets up the working relationship between us]]...
-->--''Literature/ChildrenOfDune''

->Plant the seeds. Nurture them in darkness in fear. Watch them sprout in her psyche. Vague fantasies solidifying. From "I wish he was dead" to "How would I kill him, if I dared?" and then finally "Do I dare?"
->''Do I dare kill him?''
->''And can I get away with it?''
->[[FalseFriend He helped with all of that]], his [[MoreThanMindControl firm mental support]] bolstering her confidence and his [[ManipulativeBastard subtle mental manipulation]] knocking away obstacles.
->''Of course you can do this. You're strong and smart and resourceful.''
->''You're better than him. You deserve better.''
-->--''Hounded,'' by Kelley Armstrong

->As for Captain Roberts - he might have wanted to save [[TheSociopath Cox's]] soul from the Fires of Perdition, but he hated the man himself and didn't mind showing it. This did not sit well with Cox, but [[PragmaticVillainy shooting captains always caused a bit too much of a stir]] so, Cookie decided, he must have decided to beat the captain on the man's own ground, or water, destroying him from the inside.
->[[AxCrazy Cox shot things because they were alive]], but to him that was just killing time. He had greater ambitions for the captain. He wanted to shoot him in the faith.
-->--''Literature/{{Nation}}''

-->--''Literature/{{Necroscope}}''

->You run into her, and you can’t even look straight at her without feeling your skin crawl. [[TheWormThatWalks Like when someone’s got something wrong with their eye and your own eye starts watering… only with her it’s because of the bugs.]] And then she talks, and she sounds so idealistic, and naive. I don’t know how you sound idealistic and naive with a swarm of cockroaches and bees crawling over your face, but she does. And so you let your guard down. And then she starts making sense."

->"...I got home and saw my family, and they said I was different, angrier. And they were right. Because I’m hearing about everything that’s happening, all these secrets coming out, and I can’t even look at my teammates without wondering if there’s something nefarious about them. [[FaceHeelTurn Because Parian was the one good thing I found in this city, and you recruited her]]. That costume, it’s like a slap in the face. [[DarkerAndEdgier Like, it wasn’t obvious enough you corrupted her. You had to take the playfulness away? The joy]]?
-->-- '''Flechette''' to '''Skitter''', ''again'', ''Literature/{{Worm}}''. Note that [[spoiler: Flechette ends up joining Skitter herself later]].

[[folder: Live-Action TV]]

->'''[[SerialKiller James March]]:''' John, do you know the difference between you and I?
->'''[[DefectiveDetective John Lowe]]:''' [[Fiction500 Millions]]?
->'''James March:''' No. ''Pain.'' [[TheSociopath I've shed my load]]. You carry yours like a man carrying a sackful of rocks crossing a river. One false step and you go under. I submit you've received no justice for the pain you've suffered. You're constrained by the very laws you've sworn to uphold. It's not your fault, you see: it's what you've been taught.
->'''John Lowe:''' ...got forty files on my desk. [[BeingGoodSucks I'll be lucky to clear ten of them]]. ''Real'' criminals never pay.
->'''James March:''' Come with me. [[EvilMentor You're ready for a new lesson]]...
-->--''Series/AmericanHorrorStoryHotel''

[[folder: Music]]

-->-- "Animal", by '''Keke Palmer'''

[[folder: Radio]]

->'''Illeana de Santos:''' Hayashi... [[AC:betrayed my trust!]]\\
'''[[MonsterProgenitor Pieter Stubbe]]:''' She can't resist. None of them can; it's their nature - yours as well, Doctor, deep, deep down. So, join us!
->'''The Doctor:''' I will ''not!'' Ileana, remember everything you told me: don't give in to the shadows!
->'''Ileana de Santos:''' [''struggling to regain control''] Ines! Ines, where are you? Help me... Ines... no, don't join him! I trusted you! Jorge, [[AC: where are you?]]
->'''Pieter Stubbe:''' [''EvilLaugh''] Your servants are long gone! [[BadassBoast I bring out the night in everything]] - so just ''do it:'' unleash your heart's darkest desires!
->'''Ileana de Santos:''' [[AC: It's true... I want it...]] ''[begins to transform]''
->'''Pieter Stubbe:''' My love, I'd forgotten your coat was so glossy... And you, Doctor! Tear off that pious mask, and let's see the dark side of ''your'' nature!
-->--''AudioPlay/BigFinishDoctorWho: [[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWho020LoupsGaroux Loups Garoux]]''

[[folder: Tabletop Games]]

->Think of it this way. It's like we've walked along a beach together and when you look back, you see two sets of footprints in some places, but only one set at others - when you were at your worst. You ask "did you carry me through that and make me do those awful things?" No, you miserable [[PrecisionFStrike fucking]] coward. You carried ''me.'' You couldn't take another step without bringing me along, so you could say "The Devil made me do it." All I did was talk.
->[[FauxAffablyEvil It's okay. I forgive you.]]
->I'll always forgive you.
-->--''[[TabletopGame/NewWorldOfDarkness Inferno]]''

-->--''TabletopGame/MageTheAscension - The Book Of Madness''

-->--''[[TabletopGame/MageTheAscension Mage: The Sorcerer's Crusade - Infernalism]]''

->These are our strengths: corruption, degradation and fear. Through corruption we gain power, bringing the good closer to us and the weak under our control. Degradation is a tool to [[BreakTheHaughty destroy the proud]] and strengthen the impure; by degrading the pure soul we honor [[GodOfEvil Set]], by reveling in degradation we increase our understanding of decay. Fear is our potent weapon. Through fear of death, we spur mortals on to [[ImmortalityImmorality further excess]]; through fear of undying, we torment the Kindred with [[WhoWantsToLiveForever that which is denied them]].
-->--''TabletopGame/VampireTheMasquerade - Clanbook: Followers Of Set''

->Come, take my hand! [[DealWithTheDevil There is no wish of yours I cannot grant]], no desire I cannot fulfil. Forget your gods, your family, your loved ones. What can they offer you? I can give you more than you have ever dreamed of; I have such things to show you, such pleasures for you to taste! [[FauxAffablyEvil There is no love greater than mine]]. Come now, join me! It is such an easy step, such a short climb! Yes, that's it. Come to me, my champion, stay forever...
-->--'''Azazel, Prince of Damnation,''' ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}}: Champions Of Chaos Army Book (5th edition)''

->''[[EldritchAbomination The Wyrm]] is a [[TitleDrop corrupter]]: it (or to be more precise, its spirit host) preys upon the seeds of impurity in all souls and turns them towards its own malicious ends. It doesn't tell potential pawns to commit acts of evil, [[MoreThanMindControl it guides them towards making their own decisions]]. Anyone can have a legion of mindless drones, but the Wyrm would rather have loyal followers - they're better producers.''
-->-- ''TabletopGame/WerewolfTheApocalypse - Book Of The Wyrm'' (2nd Ed)

[[folder: Video Games]]

->''I told [the Illusive Man] that if his intention was to work with the devil, he had only to look in the mirror.''
-->--'''Gavin Archer''', ''VideoGame/MassEffect3''. [[WhatHaveIDone If anyone knows this, it's him]].

->'''It's all programming. All about being a good drone in the hive. And the [[EnigmaticEmpoweringEntity buzzing voice]] is just a [[KeeperOfForbiddenKnowledge cosmic PSA]]. Dizzying words. THEY talk in riddles, and riddles are just a misdirection, another sort of wall. [[AgentScully Tanaka]] keeps spinning words, terrified of what would happen without the wall. Not me, Chuck. [[VillainsNeverLie I'll talk straight with you]]; you'll know this, because I'll tell you things you don't want to hear. Things you might tear your eyes and ears out not to know. You'll be wiser without those, Chuck. Imagine the relief in pressure. Imagine the insight of empty sockets.'''
->'''Tear down this wall.'''
->'''[[{{Catchphrase}} See you, Chuck...]]'''
-->--'''The Black Signal,''' ''VideoGame/TheSecretWorld''

->Have another roast pig [[VillainousGlutton Melvin]]...have two...you're a Hero now.\\
Have a rest [[HeavySleeper Oberon]], heroes need their rest.\\
I think she likes you [[TheHedonist Sir William]], if you want to slip away with her, I won't tell anyone.\\
[[{{Greed}} Goldo]] you can have all the gold you've ever wanted, my friend! No one would refuse a hero.\\
That [[StickyFingers Jewel]] had everything, it turned out what she wanted was what other people had.\\
Hard to see what you love taken away, isn't it [[TheBerserker Khan]]? When reason is gone, nothing is left but madness!
-->--''VideoGame/{{Overlord}}'', [[spoiler:The Wizard/First Overlord]] recounting how he corrupted the Heroes

[[folder: Web Original]]

->''"He's the serpent who turns people into evil versions of themselves. Read Othello and it really slaps you in the face; this is what Delgado's Master could and should have been, and what he is - albeit on a political rather than human scale - in The Mind of Evil and Frontier in Space. He doesn't perform the actions himself, rather he works on people until they do it for him; he's the devil on the shoulder, the tempter. Ingrid Pitt's Queen-character (sorry, can't remember her name) appears likeable enough at first, if arrogant. But it's the Master who brings her thirst for power to the fore, who poisons her love for that King guy (his name escapes me too), who makes her become the villain in the piece."''
-->-- '''Mike Morris''' on [[http://pagefillers.com/dwrg/master.htm#1 the Master in Doctor Who]]

[[folder: Western Animation]]

->''I need you, Zuko. [[TheChessmaster I've plotted every move of this day]], this glorious day in Fire Nation history, and the only way we win is together. At the end of this day, you will have your honor back. [[WellDoneSonGuy You will have Father's love.]] You will have everything you want.''
-->--'''[[TheDragon Princess Azula]]''', ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender''

->'''Shadowy Figure:''' What matters is that I see you.
->'''K.O.:''' Huh?
->'''Shadowy Figure:''' More importantly, I see something in you that no one else sees.
->'''K.O.:''' What's that?
->'''Shadowy Figure:''' The great power that already courses through your veins.
->'''K.O.:''' It... does?
->'''Shadowy Figure:''' Locked up tight within you is more strength than all your little friends combined. Would you like me to show you how to unleash it?
->'''K.O.:''' You'd do that for me?
->'''Shadowy Figure:''' Of course. Just think of me as a friend showing you a secret shortcut.
-->--''WesternAnimation/OKKOLetsBeHeroes''

->'''Heidi:''' You piece of [[PrecisionFStrike SHIT!]] This is all your fault! [[ControlFreak You controlled me]], [[ManipulativeBastard and manipulated me]], [[DistaffCounterpart and TURNED ME INTO THIS!!]]
->'''Cartman:''' Baby, put down the gun, sweetheart...
->'''Heidi:''' [[UsedToBeASweetKid I used to be kind, I used to be caring,]] but then you! [[YouExclamation YOU!!!]]
-->--''WesternAnimation/SouthPark''

->'''Heidi:''' You piece of [[PrecisionFStrike SHIT!]] This is all your fault! [[ControlFreak You controlled me,]] [[ManipulativeBastard and manipulated me,]] [[DistaffCounterpart and TURNED ME INTO THIS!!]]

->'''Illeana de Santos:''' Hayashi... [[AC: [[ThisIsUnforgivable betrayed my trust]]!]]
->'''[[MonsterProgenitor Pieter Stubbe]]:''' She can't resist. None of them can; it's their nature - [[NotSoDifferent yours as well, Doctor]], deep, deep down. So, [[WeCanRuleTogether join us]]!

->'''Cartman:''' Baby put down the gun sweetheart.
->'''Heidi:''' [[UsedToBeASweetKid I use to been kind, I use to be caring,]] but then you! [[YouExclamation YOU!!!]]

-->--'''Gavin Archer''', ''VideoGame/MassEffect3''

[[folder: Anime and Manga]]

[[/folder]]

->You run into her, and you can’t even look straight at her without feeling your skin crawl. [[TheWormThatWalks Like when someone’s got something wrong with their eye and your own eye starts watering… only with her it’s because of the bugs.]] And then she talks, and she sounds so idealistic, and naive. I don’t know how you sound idealistic and naive with a swarm of cockroaches and bees crawling over your face, but she does. And so you let your guard down. And then she starts making sense."
-->-- '''Flechette''' on '''Skitter''', ''Literature/{{Worm}}''

->"...I got home and saw my family, and they said I was different, angrier. And they were right. Because I’m hearing about everything that’s happening, all these secrets coming out, and I can’t even look at my teammates without wondering if there’s something nefarious about them. [[FaceHeelTurn Because Parian was the one good thing I found in this city, and you recruited her]]. That costume, it’s like a slap in the face. [[DarkerAndEdgier Like, it wasn’t obvious enough you corrupted her. You had to take the playfulness away? The joy]]?
-->-- '''Flechette''' to '''Skitter''', ''again'', ''Literature/{{Worm}}''. Note that [[spoiler: Flechette ends up joining Skitter herself later]].

->''"He's the serpent who turns people into evil versions of themselves. Read Othello and it really slaps you in the face; this is what Delgado's Master could and should have been, and what he is - albeit on a political rather than human scale - in The Mind of Evil and Frontier in Space. He doesn't perform the actions himself, rather he works on people until they do it for him; he's the devil on the shoulder, the tempter. Ingrid Pitt's Queen-character (sorry, can't remember her name) appears likeable enough at first, if arrogant. But it's the Master who brings her thirst for power to the fore, who poisons her love for that King guy (his name escapes me too), who makes her become the villain in the piece."''
-->-- '''Mike Morris''' on [[http://pagefillers.com/dwrg/master.htm#1 the Master in Doctor Who]]

->''This is not what I wanted\\
And now I'm haunted\\
Whenever I'm alone\\
I'm scared of what I'd do\\
Just look at what you turned me into!''
-->-- "Animal", by '''Keke Palmer'''

->''What the [[EvilSorcerer Nephandi]] do, however, is not limited to anything so crude as the stereotypical [[DealWithTheDevil Faustian Bargain]]. A Nephandus doesn't simply arrive in someone's life, offer to purchase their soul, and then complete the transaction like a banker signing off on a mortgage. Instead, what the Nephandi engage in is a widespread campaign of corruption, degradation and seduction. They seek to destroy the best and exalt the worst, and by doing so, convince the masses that there's nothing to stop them from listening to their own worst instincts. There's no market for souls in jars, in any case. The Nephandi aren't after collections of souls to torment or possess: they simply want to drag others down, and that in and of itself is, for [[{{Sadist}} many of them]], [[ForTheEvulz enough]].''
-->--''TabletopGame/MageTheAscension - The Book Of Madness''

->''[[EldritchAbomination The Wyrm]] is a [[TitleDrop corrupter]]: it (or to be more precise, its spirit host) preys upon the seeds of impurity in all souls and turns them towards its own malicious ends. It doesn't tell potential pawns to commit acts of evil, [[MoreThanMindControl it guides them towards making their own decisions]]. Anyone can have a legion of mindless drones, but the Wyrm would rather have loyal followers - they're better producers.''
-->-- ''TabletopGame/WerewolfTheApocalypse - Book Of The Wyrm'' (2nd Ed)

->''Not every Infernalist is a tempter: these folk are a special breed, and they challenge themselves (and each other) to games of epic corruption that not just ''anyone'' can play. After all, the satanic rondeau of lure, capture and betrayal requires a certain amount of grace and wit. Any idiot can [[EatsBabies eat babies]]. Turning a King into a coprophiliac, on the other hand, takes vision.''
-->--''[[TabletopGame/MageTheAscension Mage: The Sorcerer's Crusade - Infernalism]]''

->''I need you, Zuko. [[TheChessmaster I've plotted every move of this day]], this glorious day in Fire Nation history, and the only way we win is together. At the end of this day, you will have your honor back. [[WellDoneSonGuy You will have Father's love.]] You will have everything you want.''
-->--'''[[TheDragon Princess Azula]]''', ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender''

->''I told [the Illusive Man] that if his intention was to work with the devil, he had only to look in the mirror.''
-->--'''Gavin Archer''', ''VideoGame/MassEffect3''

->'''It's all programming. All about being a good drone in the hive. And the [[EnigmaticEmpoweringEntity buzzing voice]] is just a [[KeeperOfForbiddenKnowledge cosmic PSA]]. Dizzying words. THEY talk in riddles, and riddles are just a misdirection, another sort of wall. [[AgentScully Tanaka]] keeps spinning words, terrified of what would happen without the wall. Not me, Chuck. [[VillainsNeverLie I'll talk straight with you]]; you'll know this, because I'll tell you things you don't want to hear. Things you might tear your eyes and ears out not to know. You'll be wiser without those, Chuck. Imagine the relief in pressure. Imagine the insight of empty sockets.'''
->'''Tear down this wall.'''
->'''[[{{Catchphrase}} See you, Chuck...]]'''
-->--'''The Black Signal,''' ''VideoGame/TheSecretWorld''

->These are our strengths: corruption, degradation and fear. Through corruption we gain power, bringing the good closer to us and the weak under our control. Degradation is a tool to [[BreakTheHaughty destroy the proud]] and strengthen the impure; by degrading the pure soul we honor [[GodOfEvil Set]], by reveling in degradation we increase our understanding of decay. Fear is our potent weapon. Through fear of death, we spur mortals on to [[ImmortalityImmorality further excess]]; through fear of undying, we torment the Kindred with [[WhoWantsToLiveForever that which is denied them]].
-->--''TabletopGame/VampireTheMasquerade - Clanbook: Followers Of Set''

->Come, take my hand! [[DealWithTheDevil There is no wish of yours I cannot grant]], no desire I cannot fulfil. Forget your gods, your family, your loved ones. What can they offer you? I can give you more than you have ever dreamed of; I have such things to show you, such pleasures for you to taste! [[FauxAffablyEvil There is no love greater than mine]]. Come now, join me! It is such an easy step, such a short climb! Yes, that's it. Come to me, my champion, stay forever...
-->--'''Azazel, Prince of Damnation,''' ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}}: Champions Of Chaos Army Book (5th edition)''

->'''[[SerialKiller James March]]:''' John, do you know the difference between you and I?
->'''[[DefectiveDetective John Lowe]]:''' [[Fiction500 Millions]]?
->'''James March:''' No. ''Pain.'' [[TheSociopath I've shed my load]]. You carry yours like a man carrying a sackful of rocks crossing a river. One false step and you go under. I submit you've received no justice for the pain you've suffered. You're constrained by the very laws you've sworn to uphold. It's not your fault, you see: it's what you've been taught.
->'''John Lowe:''' ...got forty files on my desk. [[BeingGoodSucks I'll be lucky to clear ten of them]]. ''Real'' criminals never pay.
->'''James March:''' Come with me. [[EvilMentor You're ready for a new lesson]]...
-->--''Series/AmericanHorrorStoryHotel''

->'''Heidi:''' You piece of [[PrecisionFStrike SHIT!]] This is all your fault! [[ControlFreak You controlled me,]] [[ManipulativeBastard and manipulated me,]] [[DistaffCounterpart and TURNED ME INTO THIS!!]]
->'''Cartman:''' Baby put down the gun sweetheart.
->'''Heidi:''' [[UsedToBeASweetKid I use to been kind, I use to be caring,]] but then you! [[YouExclamation YOU!!!]]
-->--''WesternAnimation/SouthPark''

->Plant the seeds. Nurture them in darkness in fear. Watch them sprout in her psyche. Vague fantasies solidifying. From "I wish he was dead" to "How would I kill him, if I dared?" and then finally "Do I dare?"
->''Do I dare kill him?''
->''And can I get away with it?''
->[[FalseFriend He helped with all of that]], his [[MoreThanMindControl firm mental support]] bolstering her confidence and his [[ManipulativeBastard subtle mental manipulation]] knocking away obstacles.
->''Of course you can do this. You're strong and smart and resourceful.''
->''You're better than him. You deserve better.''
-->--''Hounded,'' by Kelley Armstrong

->Later, when he was all alone, [[UnwittingPawn Alexei Alexandrovitch]], to his surprise and delight, felt complete relief both from this pity and from [[CrazyJealousGuy the doubts and agonies of jealousy]]. He felt strong and powerful, and [[CoolMask the Face]] was determined to feed those feelings, just as a master throws scraps of bloody meat to his dog.
->'''NO HONOR, NO HEART, NO RELIGION,''' spat the Face, and Karenin bitterly agreed. "[[YourCheatingHeart A corrupt woman]]," he concluded aloud, sitting in his study, alone but not alone in the darkest hours of the night.
->'''YOU ALWAYS KNEW IT AND ALWAYS SAW IT.'''
->"I tried to deceive myself to spare her."
->'''SPARE HER? FOR WHAT REASON? TO WHAT PURPOSE?'''
->Alexei Alexandrovich had never been so glad for the presence of his metal-thinking attachment, his ''secret'' [[PoisonousFriend beloved-companion]] - for it could bluntly address the things he could think but never express. Its [[ElectronicEye mechanical eye]] showed him dark mysteries, and its voice demanded he acknowledge life's darker truths.
->"I made a mistake in linking my life to hers, but there was nothing wrong in my mistake, and so I cannot be unhappy."
->'''BUT SHE... [[{{Revenge}} SHE MUST BE MADE UNHAPPY]].'''
-->--''Android Karenina''

->'''Eric:''' [''[[GrandTheftMe in Wayne's body]]''] [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone God... oh God... w-we should go...]]
->'''Lord Burnham:''' [''in Kevin's body''] Nonsense, Eric. We've only just begun. Now you've had [[ExtremeMeleeRevenge a taster]], what are you in the mood for? The possibilities are limitless. Now that I think of it, Wayne has a sister. Sweet seventeen and ripe as a peach. What do you say - [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil shall we take turns?]]
-->--''ComicBook/{{Hellblazer}}: Joyride''

->'''[[LivingMemory Baron Harkonnen]]:''' Your fear is so transparent, granddaughter. My [[SplitPersonalityTakeover sway of your senses]] cannot be else but temporary. There are [[MindHive others]] who could mimic you to a perfection that... but you know this. With me, ahhh, [[ObviouslyEvil people would spy out my presence immediately]]. You know the [[TheSpartanWay Fremen Law]] for those possessed. You'd be slain out of hand. Yes, even you. And you know I do not want ''that'' to happen. I'll take care of Javid for you and, once it's done, I'll step aside. You need only...
->'''Alia:''' [[LampshadeHanging How is this good advice?]]
->'''Baron Harkonnen:''' It rids you of a dangerous tool. And, child, [[PoisonousFriend it sets up the working relationship between us]]...
-->--''Literature/ChildrenOfDune''

->As for Captain Roberts - he might have wanted to save [[TheSociopath Cox's]] soul from the Fires of Perdition, but he hated the man himself and didn't mind showing it. This did not sit well with Cox, but [[PragmaticVillainy shooting captains always caused a bit too much of a stir]] so, Cookie decided, he must have decided to beat the captain on the man's own ground, or water, destroying him from the inside.
->[[AxCrazy Cox shot things because they were alive]], but to him that was just killing time. He had greater ambitions for the captain. He wanted to shoot him in the faith.
-->--''Literature/{{Nation}}''

->And then the Prince set amongst the stars a [[CoolChair Throne]] that rippled and shone like finest satin, and there He reclined to give His commandments. "Raise buildings and sing songs to My glory. In My name, pursue your arts and enshrine all beauty. [[TheHedonist Let all people follow their every desire, sate their every hunger, and deny themselves no adventure]]. For it is in these things and in each other that you will find the greatest pleasure, and it is through these things and through each other that you will raise yourselves high, even onto the steps of My Throne."
->Then a cloud passed over the face of the sun, and the Prince spoke again, [[FauxAffablyEvil His voice both syrup and poison]]: "You will take Pleasure in all that is, though your bodies will break and your souls be forfeit. You will do this and do this gladly. For I am [[GodOfEvil Slaanesh]], most jealous of gods, most demanding of lovers, and My Thirst for you shall never be sated."
-->--''[[TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}} Liber Chaotica]]''

->[[PoisonousFriend He helped with all of that]], his [[MoreThanMindControl firm mental support]] bolstering her confidence and his [[ManipulativeBastard subtle mental manipulation]] knocking away obstacles.

->'''[[LivingMemory Baron Harkonnen]]:''' When you have him helpless, then, in your bed, convinced that you are ''his'' thrall, you will ask him about Paymon. Do it jokingly: a rich laugh between you. And when he admits the deception, you will slip a crysknive between his ribs. Ahhh, the flow of blood can add so much to your satis-
->'''Alia:''' No. No... no... no...
->'''Baron Harkonnen:''' [[SplitPersonalityTakeover Then I will do it for you]]. It must be done; you admit that. If you but set up the conditions, I will assume temporary sway over...
->'''Alia:''' No!
->'''Baron Harkonnen:''' Your fear is so transparent, granddaughter. My sway of your senses cannot be else but temporary. There are [[MindHive others]] who could mimic you to a perfection that... but you know this. With me, ahhh, [[ObviouslyEvil people would spy out my presence immediately]]. You know the [[TheSpartanWay Fremen Law]] for those possessed. You'd be slain out of hand. Yes, even you. And you know I do not want ''that'' to happen. I'll take care of Javid for you and, once it's done, I'll step aside. You need only...

->'''Alia:''' How is this good advice?
->'''Baron Harkonnen:''' It rids you of a dangerous tool. And, child, it sets up the working relationship between us...

->'''Baron Harkonnen: It rids you of a dangerous tool. And, child, it sets up the working relationship between us...

->''"I live for the moment when I can to turn something pure into something perverse."''
-->-- '''[[DemonLordsAndArchdevils Graz'zt]]''', ''[[TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons The Book of Vile Darkness]]''