Hard Work Hardly Works/Quotes
"When was it that the transformation to the legendary warrior of the Saiyan race was reduced to a child's plaything?!"
—Vegeta, Dragonball Z, about Trunks and Goten going Super Saiyan
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PHB: Alice, all of your hard work - the nights and the weekends - are finally paying off. We've increased your five year forecast of demand by ten percent! |
Goku: I'm amazed, Vegeta. These last seven years in Other World, I've been through the most intense training sessions, but we're still completely even. I guess this whole time you've been pushing yourself even harder than I have. |
Look, the point is that the audience doesn't want to see someone who worked hard to get where they are, because that that might make the audience feel inferior for being the fucking sheep that they are. What they do want to see is somebody just as stupid as them, who falls ass backwards into awesomeness by having some vague quality like "heart" that everyone believes is true for them too. That way they can fantasize about making something of themselves without having to earn it. And, amazingly, our technology creates situations that do just that!
—Avatar: The a Metacontextual Edition
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