"Amazingly, the revelation that Peter was the clone ended up not being the part of the issue that got the strongest reaction from fans, already a sign of trouble. During the big stupid fight, Mary Jane tries to calm Peter down by putting a hand on his shoulder. Peter is so interested in savagely beating a dude whose life he just saved that he doesn’t bother to find out who is behind him before he whips an arm back. As a result, he sends his very pregnant wife Mary Jane flying across the room... Interestingly, it was actually a nastier blow than Hank Pym landed on Janet back in the day, but he’s still the guy stuck with the wife-beating rap."
—Topless Robot, "The 13 Dumbest Spider-Man Stories.. Just From The Clone Saga"
"May as well just let it go, Jean. We already knew that he turned into an absolute piece of shit. But now he's lost his mind so completely that he went out of his way to hurt the two people he used to care about most."
—Connie, Attack on Titan
"I ignored my destiny once. I cannot do that again. Even for you."
—Thanos to Gamora, Avengers: Infinity War
"Oh, yes, he'd told himself it was for the right reasons, to help the commoners and save the Empire, but where did such idealism end? With bodies like Kitty's lying on the floor."
—Nathaniel, The Bartimaeus Trilogy
Buffy: You're hurting the people who love you now?
Dark Willow: Only the ones in my way.
Dark Willow: Only the ones in my way.
Peter: But my mother... You said you loved my mother.
Ego: And that I did. My river lily who knew all the words to every song that came over the radio. I returned to Earth to see her three times and I knew if I returned to Earth a fourth I'd never leave. The Expansion, the reason for my very existence would be over so I did what I had to do. But... it broke my heart to put that tumour in her head.
Ego: And that I did. My river lily who knew all the words to every song that came over the radio. I returned to Earth to see her three times and I knew if I returned to Earth a fourth I'd never leave. The Expansion, the reason for my very existence would be over so I did what I had to do. But... it broke my heart to put that tumour in her head.
Invincible: How could you do this?
Omni-Man: That was your fault. Your stubbornness against the inevitable killed those people. How many more need to die Mark? It's up to you. And what were they doing with those fragile little lives anyway? Listen to what I'm saying, you know in your heart I'm right.
Invincible: Right!? About how pathetic and pointless humanity is? Is mom's life worthless?
Omni-Man: In the grand scheme of things... yes.
[Debbie, who was listening in on this conversation, is reduced to tears by her husband's words]
Omni-Man: That was your fault. Your stubbornness against the inevitable killed those people. How many more need to die Mark? It's up to you. And what were they doing with those fragile little lives anyway? Listen to what I'm saying, you know in your heart I'm right.
Invincible: Right!? About how pathetic and pointless humanity is? Is mom's life worthless?
Omni-Man: In the grand scheme of things... yes.
[Debbie, who was listening in on this conversation, is reduced to tears by her husband's words]
Terra: What have I done? Master... I just... wanted to keep Ven safe...
Master Eraqus: No... You were right. I failed you, Terra. Perhaps I've no one to blame but myself for the darkness inside you. And now, I've done worse... raised my Keyblade against you and Ventus. My own heart is darkness!
Master Eraqus: No... You were right. I failed you, Terra. Perhaps I've no one to blame but myself for the darkness inside you. And now, I've done worse... raised my Keyblade against you and Ventus. My own heart is darkness!
"Right now, you're useless to me. All you do is eat away at my life."
—Sae Niijima to Makoto, Persona 5
Because even now, he knew Ozpin had cared about them all. He'd cared about Beacon, Vale and their teams, but he'd just cared more about defeating Salem. Enough to leave Beacon when it fell, abandoning his former colleagues. [...] Enough to send them against Salem, and to not only trade their lives for victory, but to accept death on behalf of Oscar, too.
— Jaune soon-to-be-Ashari's thoughts about Ozpin sending the heroes in the original timeline to their deaths, Relic Of The Future
"STOP IT! Stop badgering me, stop hovering over me, just back off! I don't need to explain myself to you. We're not friends!"
—Catra to Scorpia, She-Ra and the Princesses of Power, "Flutterina"
The Weaver herself has all but forgotten her passion for understanding in her drive to calcify and perfect. As such, Science has become the complete servant of the Machine, and its lesser servants are becoming indistinguishable from the Machine's servants. This weak Incarna has been crying for help, but has been heard by very few - and those who do hear it, such as mages, often miss the point. In the not-so-distant future, this Incarna may well slip in power to become just another member of the Machine's brood, and any hope for healing the Weaver's mind will have been lost; the consequences of this may be very dire, indeed.
— Werewolf: The Apocalypse - Book Of The Weaver
