On one Pokémon fanfiction forum notorious for having honest, non-sugar-coating reviewers, a newbie author asked if crossovers were allowed... he was writing a MegaCrossover of about eight series, half of them being children's cartoons, with multiple confusing and plain ridiculous parts (regular cats being Pokémon Trainers, for instance) After he asked the purpose of the thread, he went on to say that he was just asking whether crossovers were allowed due to the fact that he was getting only negative reviews. A few people tried to explain, and the whole thing exploded into Melodrama-fest 2010. Soon he was saying things like "I only posted them here to hear what fans of Pokemon and critics had to say about it" and "I'll keep my previous works here as they collect dust" and "It's a shame. I wanted to be liked and perhaps recognized. God, I'm so stupid." Eventually, Magnezone got fed up with his bellyaching and posted a RousingSpeech which basically said that the only reason he wasn't getting any reviews was due to the unfortunate choice of genres, and that he's still a perfectly good writer who's better than most of the other newbie writers she's seen. That mostly stopped the argument - and he was just about to make his declaration of cancelling the fic, too.

This troper once found a very amusing subversion in a fic that has sadly been taken down. The protagonist gives a hearty RousingSpeech to an army of droids; the humans present cheered, but the entire army just replies "Does not compute".

This Troper, during a school English Literature lesson, was reading T.S. Eliot's works. After getting onto the subject of Nihilism being a key theme, one student said, "Well, it's all true. In a half a century or so, we'll all be dead, and in ten thousand years, humanity will cease to exist. What's the point in it all?" I snapped the pencil in my hand, and answered: "So, your inevitable death just makes you want to give up everything? Here, now? You Nihilists are all so stupid. At least Pessimists see how the world can be better! You just mope around with your psuedo-philosophy and play the part of cowards. I know I will die, yes, but that just drives me to perform better, to make a difference, no matter how small or seemingly insignificant, because that's what's important. Just because I'm going to die, I should lie down and waste away!? Fuck that noise, my friend, because Humanity's greatest were the men and women who said, 'I don't care if my achievements mean nothing after death, I will do this.' You stand at the gates of life, and decry the fact the journey ends! The End gives Life meaning! What will my existence mean in ten thousand years? Nothing! But I would have lived, and I would make a difference, and that, that minor blink of time we call a lifetime, is to be celebrated, for all it's grandeur, magnificence and possibilities, it's stupidities and wrongness. Nihilists make me sick, and I'd rather set the galaxy aflame then let Nihilism be considered a valid view of life." When I finished, everyone looked quite impressed. The Teacher said, "That was a very awe-inspiring speech. Adam, please don't swear, and Jim, don't question your existence, it gives us all a head ache."

This troper wrote a ''{{Redwall}}'' fanfic that had one of the main characters give this to the crew of a ship they're on (they're about to be attacked by a fleet of vermin ships so large that it goes to the horizon). #QUOTE#'''Ryon (character giving the speech)''': "I did not call you here today to watch you cower in fear of death. You, all of you, have known from your first voyage that you would be called upon to face worse things. Now, now is one of those times. Now is the time when you prove your courage and loyalty to your homes! Now is the time when you fight for your beliefs, your dreams, and your hopes! Now, my friends, is the time when we fight!"

In the purely hypothetical and in no way possible scenario that I become the President of the United States I have several speeches of this nature filed.

Forgive my apparent morbidity, but would you stick copies with your will or something? I'd hate for them to be lost. (After all, you might not get through all of them when you become president.)