Matter of Life and Death/Playing With

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    Basic Trope: A Stock Phrase thrown in the face of those obstructing you in -- a matter of life and death.

    • Straight: The Obstructive Bureaucrat dallies over handing out the antibiotics; Jack screams this is a Matter of Life and Death.
    • Exaggerated: The Obstructive Bureaucrat dallies over letting Jack into the weapon that will destroy the alien fleet before it destroys Earth; Jack screams this is a Matter of Life and Death.
    • Justified: It really is a matter of utmost seriousness.
    • Inverted: Serious Business
    • Subverted: Jack throws the phrase about a game of chess.
    • Double Subverted: But it's a chess game of cosmic significance.
    • Parodied: The Obstructive Bureaucrat stentoriously declares about it about anything which might conceivable at some point be a factor in a hypothetical death.
    • Deconstructed: Jack throws it about in an effort to jump the line and get antibiotics, although everyone else in the line is also trying to get antibiotics for the dying.
    • Reconstructed: But Jack's trying to get it for the technicians who could manufacture more.
    • Zig Zagged: ???
    • Averted: Everyone treats the matter with proper urgency, and it doesn't get shouted.
    • Enforced: "We need some drama about getting it; have someone obstruct it so Jack can shout about how it's a Matter of Life and Death."
    • Lampshaded: ???
    • Invoked: ???
    • Defied: "..and no matter how frustrated I get, I'm not going to resort to florid expressions like 'this is a matter of life and death.'"
    • Discussed: ???
    • Conversed: ???

    The Matter of Life and Death page is technically a "Matter Of Life And Death"...but it's not an actual matter of life and death. Am I clear?

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