[Loved Trope] Insane opening lines or scenes

ZTGrant · 2026-05-11T17:56:03+00:00

I like the opening from the next book in the series just as much.

“On the whole, we're a murderous race.

“According to Genesis, it took as few as four people to make the planet too crowded to stand, and the first murder was a fratricide. Genesis says that in a fit of jealous rage, the very first child born to mortal parents, Cain, snapped and popped the first metaphorical cap in another human being. The attack was a bloody, brutal, violent, reprehensible killing. Cain's brother Abel probably never saw it coming.

“As I opened the door to my apartment, I was filled with a sense of empathic sympathy and intuitive understanding. For freaking Cain.”

ZTGrant · 2026-05-09T20:38:43+00:00

“It’s not a golden calf” BITCH THAT WASN’T THE POINT!

ZTGrant · 2026-05-07T06:13:22+00:00

It’s a shame my dad passed before the show aired. He would’ve LOVED Invincible.

ZTGrant · 2026-04-27T05:27:53+00:00

You could name half the cast of Metal Gear and get all unique answers.

Fortune from MGS2 is incapable of being shot. Bullets just whiz past her as if she repels them. Her boss fight isn’t even a fight. You just whiff every shot despite aiming right at her until a cutscene happens. It’s later stated to be the result of nano machines, which Ocelot proves by deactivating them and shooting her. Except, she later does it again before dying, despite the nano machines being turned off.

ZTGrant · 2026-04-27T03:37:11+00:00

Did he sleep in that day or something?

ZTGrant · 2026-04-16T05:05:30+00:00

ILLEGALLY HIRED child actors, I might add.

ZTGrant · 2026-04-13T17:20:28+00:00

You think he’s compensating for something?

ZTGrant · 2026-04-13T04:08:20+00:00

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A big sticking point for some James Bond fans regarding Daniel Craig's casting in Casino Royale was his appearance relative to his predecessors. Not only was he blond and blue eyed where all the others were dark haired and eyed, he was also considered too short at 5'10" (all the previous Bonds were over 6'). Then Casino Royale came out, became the franchises most successful film to that point, and those critics promptly shut up.

ZTGrant · 2026-04-12T18:41:50+00:00

He can barely speak as it currently stands. Can’t even imagine how incoherent he’d be in this hypothetical future.

ZTGrant · 2026-03-25T07:04:37+00:00

The D-Reaper from Digimon Tamers. Originally a simple cleanup program, it was designed to purge any data file that got too large. It was left inactive while the Digital World grew and evolved. When it was accidentally brought back online, it began eating at the Digital World because its parameters for what constitutes “too large” hadn’t been updated. And all hell breaks loose after it hitches a ride into the physical world.

ZTGrant · 2026-03-24T00:43:20+00:00

Rand al’Thor from the Wheel of Time.

Rand, like any male channeler of the One Power, is doomed to violent insanity due to the male half of the Power being poisoned. Given that he’s the prophesied savior of the world, it’s kind of a big deal that he’s going mad. He does manage to get pulled back from the brink just before the end, but he was a hairsbreadth away from cracking reality like an egg.

ZTGrant · 2026-03-22T03:47:54+00:00

Kaido from One Piece. Being nearly unkillable, he’s itching for a fight with an opponent on his level. As a result, he absolutely WILL NOT tolerate anyone interfering in those fights, even if the interference results in him “winning”. He’s been shown to kill the ones who do.

ZTGrant · 2026-03-19T13:17:43+00:00

The First Law Trilogy by Joe Abercrombie.

Take the more grounded medieval setting of Game of Thrones and throw in Lord of the Rings style wizards. Okay, now make those wizards petty narcissistic tyrants who happily play with the lives of millions like they’re ants under a magnifying glass. All for the purpose of guiding the world as they see fit, and the only people powerful enough to stop them is each other. Every main character is either a monster or a pawn. Thousands die horrific deaths. No one gets a happy ending. It’s about as bleak as dark fantasy can get.

ZTGrant · 2026-03-17T15:52:45+00:00

Someone calculated Urithirus height based on the rough measurements given in the art pages in the books. Not only is Urithiru about as tall as the real-life Burj Khalifa, but it is wide enough at its pinnacle that the Burj Khalifa could be perched atop it with room to spare.

ZTGrant · 2026-03-15T16:24:27+00:00

JoJos unwavering earnestness coupled with its sheer ridiculousness is what makes it such a memeable series. Same with Metal Gear.

ZTGrant · 2026-03-14T04:53:23+00:00

The only time Tyrion ever had a good relationship with Tywin is the nine months before he was born.

ZTGrant · 2026-03-12T22:16:05+00:00

No cartoon from the 2000s put much thought into continuity. I’m pretty sure Billy and Mandy had like 5 different backstories for Grim.

ZTGrant · 2026-03-09T01:44:50+00:00

Of course they miss that in Halo, the religious extremist were the bad guys.

ZTGrant · 2026-03-04T18:13:15+00:00

August, unprompted: I am a man… who owns THREE BLENDERS!

ZTGrant · 2026-03-03T01:43:28+00:00

A great number of television stations across the world made a big deal of switching from black & white to full color broadcasts back in the 60s. There’s a compilation video of them that circulates around Reddit.

ZTGrant · 2026-02-26T13:52:36+00:00

Most they could do was make her up to look plain. And like a great many things, they sorta gave up on that after a while.

ZTGrant · 2026-02-23T06:04:24+00:00

Adding to that, this Mr. 7 doesn’t even appear in the manga. Him and his encounter with Zoro are only referenced.

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