Banter, debates, discussions. What are your favorite ones that take place in fiction between two characters in a book, movie, game, comic, manga, anime or any piece of fiction?
Please remember to warn people of spoilers if the conversations involve anything important to the plots they talk about.
I'll start with a few of my personal favorites:
A Game of Thrones: Tyrion and Varys, discussion on what power is (my alltime personal favorite)
(video contains minor S2 spoilers)
"Power resides where men believe it resides. It's a trick. A shadow on the wall..."
This conversation pretty much describes the entire series perfectly for me. Every single scene of this show can come back to power and asking yourself what power truly is, as well as seeing the effect it has on other peoples lives. Is power worth having when all the power in the world can't help you from saving those you love? What is power mean when even kings can be killed just as easily as any other man or woman? Our thoughts alone can give something power, but in the end what is power really?
Starcraft 2 Heart of the Swarm: Kerrigan and Abathur, on evolution
"Perfection goal the never changes. Never stops moving. Can chase, cannot catch"
Abathur was one of the more interesting characters in the series, but this was my favorite moment between his and Kerrigans conversations. Part of the reason why I like it so much is that it really is quite true when it comes to evolution. People like to see evolution as a ladder, but evolutions doesn't limit itself to "more evolved" or "less evolved" and it's very likely that perfection is something we can't possibly reach in a sense, since we can only strive to be perfect under certain specific circumstances. What can be better can be rather situational whether it be strength, speed, height, intelligence, wisdom or so on. Sometimes striving for something can be more powerful then actually achieving it (if that makes any sense)
Puella Magi Madoka Magica: Sayaka and Kyouko, on the duality between hope and despair
(video contains series spoilers)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxQR1tXDYkM
"The balance between hope and despair- It keeps itself at zero. When was it you told me that? I understand what you mean now. I did save quite a few people, but in exchange, hatred and jealousy filled my heart"
This one requires a bit of context and understanding of the situation the girls are in. Hope and despair are two sides of the same coin. One cannot exist without the other. Those who rely blindly on hope alone are naive and open themselves to despair, which is a painful lesson growing up. Life is not a fairytale and things rarely just work out for the best, and yet without the ability to despair our hope would be meaningless. Life is filled with both of these things constantly going back and forth like a pendulum right until the end.
Schindler's List: Ending scene with Schindler and Stern, I could have done more
(Contains spoilers)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0T1od5dUoA
"I could have gotten more out..."
This scene can still bring me to tears even to this day. As good of a movie as it is, the acting and everything is absolutely breathtaking on this part. For all the good that Schindler accomplished, it was here surrounded by the faces of the peoples who lives he had saved that he truly comes to feel regret. Similarly to evolution, I think being a good person is something you must strive for, and often the more good you do, the more it feels like it's not enough, the more you look back and realize you could have done so much more. You could save a million lives, and yet it will be the lives you were not able to save that will keep you awake at night (Mass Effect 3 anyone?)
Anyways I could go all night with this if I really wanted to. Anyone else have some that speak to them that they wanted to share?
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another fantastic one.
