For the record

[kate_nepveu]

If it's ever a choice between saving my life and saving the whole world?

Save the fucking world, already.

(See also the quote at the end of this old booklog post.)

Comments

[mmcirvin.livejournal.com]

Yeah, usually so they'll dither long enough that the minion-of-evil-turned-good-guy can jump in and kill himself instead in a heroic redemptive sacrifice.