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Steph: Are you okay with this, Feel? Helping us could lead to the destruction of Elvengarde.
Feel: [cheerfully] I've already thought this through and I'm okay with anything so long as Kurami doesn't get hurt. I honestly don't care in the slightest what happens to my family or that kingdom, because they're a bunch of stuck-up pricks who can all die and rot in hell. [giggles and does a "Silly Me" Gesture]
Steph: [Blue with Shock] Wow, Feel, that's a bit harsh, don'cha think?
Feel: [cheerfully] I've already thought this through and I'm okay with anything so long as Kurami doesn't get hurt. I honestly don't care in the slightest what happens to my family or that kingdom, because they're a bunch of stuck-up pricks who can all die and rot in hell. [giggles and does a "Silly Me" Gesture]
Steph: [Blue with Shock] Wow, Feel, that's a bit harsh, don'cha think?
Comic Books
"Gods... are vain and vengeful creatures. Always have been. The mortals who've worshiped us for centuries would be better off without us. We gods do not deserve their love, no matter how much we fight to fool ourselves. We are all unworthy."
— Thor Odinson, The Unworthy Thor
"The gods are such petty fools. None moreso than me."
— Loki, Thor (2014)
Literature
Jake: And what did Cassie ask you to do?
Karen/Aftran-942: To make what small peace I could. To let this host body go free. And never to take another human host.
Jake: You'll do this?
Karen/Aftran-942: Yes.
Rachel: <Yeah, that's real likely.>
Jake: Why will you do it? Why?
Karen/Aftran-942: We are not all like Visser Three. Some of us are just little Yeerks, unimportant nobodies who are caught in this war. Some of us also want peace. Some of us want to find a better way.
Karen/Aftran-942: To make what small peace I could. To let this host body go free. And never to take another human host.
Jake: You'll do this?
Karen/Aftran-942: Yes.
Rachel: <Yeah, that's real likely.>
Jake: Why will you do it? Why?
Karen/Aftran-942: We are not all like Visser Three. Some of us are just little Yeerks, unimportant nobodies who are caught in this war. Some of us also want peace. Some of us want to find a better way.
— Animorphs #19: The Departure
"I cannot abide how my race has become. They are too polite, too refined, too precious. Ha! I remember when elves used to laugh and fight like ordinary creatures. Now they have become so withdrawn, some seem to have no more emotion than a marble statue!"
"Upon my return, my family welcomed me, fed me, clothed me, and gave me my own personal slave. I accepted the young Chev, but it occurred to me that he was acting to me as I had acted to Jabba. From being a servant, I knew what it meant to be a slave.
"We
are the slaves, to our own laziness, to our own comforts. We are nothing more than parasites, feeding on the lives of our fellows. This must stop."
"We
are the slaves, to our own laziness, to our own comforts. We are nothing more than parasites, feeding on the lives of our fellows. This must stop."— Ephant Mon, Star Wars: The Essential Guide To Species
, Star Wars: The Essential Guide To Species"Redwing Hive, Catskull Moiety. You sanctimonious bitches, I remember it all! On and on about community and the great khepri hive while the "sisters" over in Creekside scrabble about for potatoes. You have nothing, surrounded by people that mock you as bugs, buy your art cheap and sell you food dear, but because there are others with even less, you style yourselves the protectors of the khepri way. I'm out. I dress how I like. My art is mine."
—Lin's narration, Perdido Street Station
"Where are [the Drow] to go? Lolth's got the Matrons, the Matrons have got the nobles, and the nobles have got all others. You speak out against Lolth in the city of spiders, you die. Or worse. Drizzt wasn't the only one. He was just the only one brave enough, or stupid enough, or angry enough, or whatever it was, to walk out into the Underdark, and somehow survive to find another life and way."
— Cattie-Brie, The Legend of Drizzt: Starlight Enclave''
"You Cronus Club boys, you're all scared of doing something different. Problem is, you've gone soft. You've got used to the comfy life, and the great thing about the comfy life is no one who has it is ever gonna risk rocking the boat. You should learn to live a little, rough it out - I'm telling you, there's no greater high."
—Fidel Gussman, The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August
"Even when I was at home, I was always wondering. Elves have an inherent aptitude for magic, far greater than humans. We lag behind on reproduction and environmental adaptability, but our long lives more than make up for it. So when the ancient wars were fought over domination of this world, why did we lose to [humans]? ... It was not a matter of preparedness—it was their attitudes that were lacking. Elves could not match humanity’s pursuit of sorcery, lacked the arrogance to trod roughshod over every principle and doctrine. They hesitated to even take a step in that direction! No wonder that fallen god loved them more than humans.
"Even the word Alp was once used by the ordinaries in one corner of the Union to describe elves in general. They believed we were child-snatching monsters. Was that the result of human propaganda? Or was that based on actual historical events? I don’t know the truth, nor do I care, but I loved the idea of an evil elf. As we are now, that notion is more a blessing than an insult.
"I am an outcast elf. Drawn to the immoral, beguiled by my desires, I was driven from my home and washed up at Kimberly. My parents lay together, two virtuous elves—yet the product was the devil you see before you. If there is any meaning to that, I’d call it a sign. A reminder that our species is trapped in a dead end, in need of guidance to the next evolution.
"Immorality and the profane are my calling! I am an Alp! Khiirgi ‘Avarice’ Albschuch!"
"Even the word Alp was once used by the ordinaries in one corner of the Union to describe elves in general. They believed we were child-snatching monsters. Was that the result of human propaganda? Or was that based on actual historical events? I don’t know the truth, nor do I care, but I loved the idea of an evil elf. As we are now, that notion is more a blessing than an insult.
"I am an outcast elf. Drawn to the immoral, beguiled by my desires, I was driven from my home and washed up at Kimberly. My parents lay together, two virtuous elves—yet the product was the devil you see before you. If there is any meaning to that, I’d call it a sign. A reminder that our species is trapped in a dead end, in need of guidance to the next evolution.
"Immorality and the profane are my calling! I am an Alp! Khiirgi ‘Avarice’ Albschuch!"
— Khiirgi Albschuch, Reign of the Seven Spellblades volume 8
Live-Action TV
"Daleks, Sontarans, Cybermen — they're still in the nursery compared to us. Ten million years of absolute power. That's what it takes to be really corrupt."
— The Doctor, Doctor Who, "The Ultimate Foe"
"You're probably the least Ferengi-like Ferengi I've ever met."
— Jadzia Dax, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, "Ferengi Love Songs"
Video Games
Bethany: Do you ever wish you lived in Orzammar?
Varric: Great Ancestors, no! You know what Orzammar is? It's cramped tunnels filled with nug-shit and body odor, and every person there thinks he's better than you because his great-great-great-grandfather made a water clock or something.
Bethany: But they're your people. Don't you ever wonder what it would be like?
Varric: I have a good imagination. Why would I waste it on that?
Varric: Great Ancestors, no! You know what Orzammar is? It's cramped tunnels filled with nug-shit and body odor, and every person there thinks he's better than you because his great-great-great-grandfather made a water clock or something.
Bethany: But they're your people. Don't you ever wonder what it would be like?
Varric: I have a good imagination. Why would I waste it on that?
"And we Wampiry, who believed ourselves elevated from humans, have proved ourselves so wrong. An eternity of luxury was no longer enough for us. The bloodline grows thinner, and more violent and reckless, the children turn on our name. As brutish and stupid as young men, as vain and temperamental as young girls. They draw attention upon us all, reignite old rivalries. The elders become insane with paranoia that they will be cannibalised in their sleep. What I speak of now was happening centuries ago. Since then? Pah. Look outside. Behold the glory of the Wampiry."
Qyzen Fess: Is often problem for my people to travel. Ships do not like Trandoshan passengers. Often captains say we must pay more, or tell to sleep in cargo hold.
Jedi Consular: It's shameful such a thing happens in the Republic.
Qyzen Fess: Is fault of some Trandoshans. Thugs, have no honour or goodness. Make worse for everyone.
Jedi Consular: It's shameful such a thing happens in the Republic.
Qyzen Fess: Is fault of some Trandoshans. Thugs, have no honour or goodness. Make worse for everyone.
Orlok: Such bravery is beyond us, Nufai. We destroy monuments that races greater than us have created. We're not a civilization; we're a disease.
Nufai: Careful, commander. Your words contain much danger.
Orlok: The truth must be spoken — our path has no future. But if I hear you speaking it, Nufai, I'll slit your throat.
Nufai: Careful, commander. Your words contain much danger.
Orlok: The truth must be spoken — our path has no future. But if I hear you speaking it, Nufai, I'll slit your throat.
— Universe at War: Earth Assault
Kabbu: Vi, you seem to have some beef with with this bug.
Vi: Annoying, arrogant, smug... She's everything I hate about the Bee Kingdom!
Leif: You're acting like all bees are like this. What about you?
Vi: I'm an exception. End of story!
Vi: Annoying, arrogant, smug... She's everything I hate about the Bee Kingdom!
Leif: You're acting like all bees are like this. What about you?
Vi: I'm an exception. End of story!
Freya: If I may ask... do you miss Alfheim?
Byggvir: You mean do I miss the Light.
Freya: Do you?
Byggvir: The truth? I still feel its pull. You want nothing else when you are near it. And away from it, you're only biding time until you can drink again from the Light. But then again... the Light does not make good food. It doesn't play music or tell jokes or open your eyes to new things. It makes you run in place. The more I am away from it, the more I see it for what it really is. And I don't need it anymore.
Byggvir: You mean do I miss the Light.
Freya: Do you?
Byggvir: The truth? I still feel its pull. You want nothing else when you are near it. And away from it, you're only biding time until you can drink again from the Light. But then again... the Light does not make good food. It doesn't play music or tell jokes or open your eyes to new things. It makes you run in place. The more I am away from it, the more I see it for what it really is. And I don't need it anymore.
Beyla: ...Is someone going to ask me if I miss the Light?
Freya: Of course, how rude of me.
Byggvir: In their defense, love, you are usually not the most... talkative.
Beyla: I will speak. From birth, we are taught the Light is everything. The Elders say it is why we fight. But all of that? It's shit. I am more than the hive. More than a soldier. Light Elves, Dark Elves... all Elves are the same! Stubborn. Brainless as moths, blinded by their Light. I know better now. I looked into the shadows, and there I found my people... My home. ...There. That is all I have to say. You can go away.
Freya: Of course, how rude of me.
Byggvir: In their defense, love, you are usually not the most... talkative.
Beyla: I will speak. From birth, we are taught the Light is everything. The Elders say it is why we fight. But all of that? It's shit. I am more than the hive. More than a soldier. Light Elves, Dark Elves... all Elves are the same! Stubborn. Brainless as moths, blinded by their Light. I know better now. I looked into the shadows, and there I found my people... My home. ...There. That is all I have to say. You can go away.
Webcomics
Haley: Hey, wait a minute. Aren't dark elves evil?
Nale: Oh, my, no. Not since they became a player race. Now the whole race consists of nothing but Chaotic Good rebels, yearning to throw off the reputation of their evil kin.
Haley: Evil kin? Didn't you just say they were all Chaotic Good?
Nale: Details.
Nale: Oh, my, no. Not since they became a player race. Now the whole race consists of nothing but Chaotic Good rebels, yearning to throw off the reputation of their evil kin.
Haley: Evil kin? Didn't you just say they were all Chaotic Good?
Nale: Details.
Western Animation
Sour Sue: But why do we have to spoil the kids' fun?
Female Sourpuss: Sour Sue, I've told ya before! We hate to see kids have fun! We hate these goody-goody sweet rides, and we especially hate the Yum Yums!
Sour Sue: But...I don't hate anyone.
Female Sourpuss: Sour Sue, I've told ya before! We hate to see kids have fun! We hate these goody-goody sweet rides, and we especially hate the Yum Yums!
Sour Sue: But...I don't hate anyone.
