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| - This Is It is a background sountrack in Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball. The song was sung by Aswad.
- Alice has Bob more or less where she wants him. There's no need for violence to enforce her will, and there are a dozen ways it might be a bad idea. That doesn't mean that, knowing she shouldn't, she doesn't want to. She goads, provokes, pushes for any excuse to beat the crap out of him. And if Bob so much as twitches in the wrong direction, he winds up with a sword at his throat. Alice may even tell him to go ahead and make her day. Has nothing to with a romantic Stock Phrase where a character begs their love interest to "give me a reason to stay." Examples of Give Me a Reason include:
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| - Alice has Bob more or less where she wants him. There's no need for violence to enforce her will, and there are a dozen ways it might be a bad idea. That doesn't mean that, knowing she shouldn't, she doesn't want to. She goads, provokes, pushes for any excuse to beat the crap out of him. And if Bob so much as twitches in the wrong direction, he winds up with a sword at his throat. Alice may even tell him to go ahead and make her day. This is an instance where one character is begging for an excuse to be violent to another, verbally or otherwise. This can overlap with Implied Death Threat if Alice doesn't want to merely hurt Bob, but kill him. Has a similar, but opposite effect to Don't Make Me Destroy You, where Alice doesn't want do hurt Bob, and doesn't want the provocation, but certainly will if given. Has nothing to with a romantic Stock Phrase where a character begs their love interest to "give me a reason to stay." Examples of Give Me a Reason include:
- This Is It is a background sountrack in Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball. The song was sung by Aswad.
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