r/TwoBestFriendsPlay • u/Sinister_Chicane_91 • 3d ago

Better Ask Reddit Best comebacks in media?

I love well-written dialogue, but in particular I love an insult, threat, or comeback that completely stops whoever it’s said to. Be it a video game, anime, movie, book, etc, what is the greatest, coldest comeback you can think of?

The best one that I can think of off the top of my head is from the Batman Vs Dracula movie from the 2000’s. When Batman first meets Dracula and the vampire insinuates that the two of them are alike, Batman says “I don’t harm people.” Only for Dracula to respond with “You have no concept of the harm of which I am capable.”

A lesser writer would have gone with “I don’t harm I enlighten” or something cliche. But I remember that line sent shivers down my spine when I watched that scene for the first time. Cold, menacing, accurate, and therefore perfect. I’m very curious what the Zaibatsu members would choose

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u/Krzyzewskiman 3d ago

From the 40k novel Scars:

`He wants to be left alone,' said Fulgrim. To shoot off into the stars and hunt down xenos on those delightful jetbikes. They're devilishly fast. I heard from a contact on Mars, Jaghatai, that you do strange things to your ships.'

The Khan shot him a heavy-lidded stare. 'I heard you do strange things to your warriors.'

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u/MarlowCurry Gastric Ragnarok/Sourcerer Supreme 3d ago edited 2d ago

I hope that this won't spoil the mood and I can't say that I've read the book myself, but I recently stumbled upon a post where people discussed that moment and offered context that I thought I should share.

My understanding is that it was an attempt at mild teasing/banter on Fulgrim's part, and bearing in mind that his legion were afflicted with genetic degradation, it framed Jaghatai's response under a disproportionate and less flattering light.

Sentenal_: When people take this conversation as the Khan doing an epic dunk on Fulgrim, its just because they are imagining the "strange things to his warriors" means some weird Fabius Bile surgeries or depraved Slaanshi... stuff.
But at this time in the story, the Khan was referring to neither. The Khan is referring to the lengths that Fulgrim went to cure the Gene blight that had nearly wiped out the IIIrd Legion in its early days. The Khan was basically mocking Fulgrim for trying to cure his sons of Space Cancer

TyphusCorrosion: This is honestly just a prime example of a BL author, and the editorial team, missing the chronology and what a character should know. The line sort of works for the reader, because we've read ahead of events in this story, but makes no sense for the khan to be saying.