You can't write a better line to precede it... (Destiny)
...because there isn't a line preceding it. Arby is responding to the Chief having charged forth and stuck a pistol into his mouth. He gave himself up to avoid escalating the moment, and the "it" is the Chief getting the better of him.
Arby is not primarily making a response to Johnson. The camera even cuts Johnson out of the frame with the appropriate timing to make it look like Arby is slamming the line straight at the Chief's face. There's some ambiguous potential for secondary meaning with respect to Johnson's line, but it's not where the main energy of the scene is going.
Complete thread:
- TWAB - 31st of March, 2022 | VOTE! Mechs vs Monsters. -
INSANEdrive,
2022-03-31, 12:54
- MECHS! - cheapLEY, 2022-03-31, 14:18
- Monster look SO much better than last time -
ZackDark,
2022-03-31, 15:59
- But still not good enough - Vortech, 2022-04-03, 12:10
- MONSTER! -
INSANEdrive,
2022-03-31, 17:35
- That's a very good point -
ZackDark,
2022-04-01, 04:57
- It's a reason to abstain at most -
Vortech,
2022-04-03, 12:11
- It's a reason to abstain at most - ZackDark, 2022-04-03, 12:50
- It's a reason to abstain at most -
Vortech,
2022-04-03, 12:11
- That's a very good point -
ZackDark,
2022-04-01, 04:57
- VOTE! Mechs vs Monsters. : Yes, give me both. - CougRon, 2022-04-01, 10:55
- "She'd Said That To Me Once...About Being a Machine." -
Morpheus,
2022-04-03, 13:16
- Worst Halo line since "were it so easy" -
Kermit,
2022-04-05, 11:33
- Nope. "To War" from the same game -
Robot Chickens,
2022-04-05, 11:59
- +1 - CyberKN, 2022-04-05, 12:18
- +1 - kidtsunami, 2022-04-05, 12:22
- +1 - INSANEdrive, 2022-04-05, 13:12
- Nope. "To War" from the same game -
Kermit,
2022-04-05, 14:46
- Nope. "To War" from the same game -
Robot Chickens,
2022-04-05, 15:06
- Nope. "To War" from the same game -
Kermit,
2022-04-05, 17:23
- Nope. "To War" from the same game -
Claude Errera,
2022-04-05, 17:31
- Nope. "To War" from the same game - Kermit, 2022-04-05, 17:38
- Nope. "To War" from the same game -
CyberKN,
2022-04-05, 18:47
- Nope. "To War" from the same game -
Kermit,
2022-04-06, 12:41
- Death. - INSANEdrive, 2022-04-06, 13:32
- Nope. "To War" from the same game - squidnh3, 2022-04-06, 13:34
- Nope. "To War" from the same game -
CyberKN,
2022-04-06, 13:41
- Rewrites - Kermit, 2022-04-08, 09:48
- You can't write a better line to precede it... -
uberfoop,
2022-04-09, 01:41
- You can't write a better line to precede it... -
Kermit,
2022-04-11, 05:52
- You can't write a better line to precede it... -
ZackDark,
2022-04-11, 08:40
- You can't write a better line to precede it... - Kermit, 2022-04-11, 11:33
- You can't write a better line to precede it... -
Robot Chickens,
2022-04-11, 10:47
- You can't write a better line to precede it... - Kermit, 2022-04-11, 11:37
- You can't write a better line to precede it... -
uberfoop,
2022-04-11, 11:03
- You can't write a better line to precede it... -
Kermit,
2022-04-11, 11:58
- You can't write a better line to precede it... -
uberfoop,
2022-04-11, 12:24
- You can't write a better line to precede it... -
Kermit,
2022-04-11, 16:36
- 2¢ -
INSANEdrive,
2022-04-11, 19:47
- You and uberfoop have defeated me. - Kermit, 2022-04-12, 14:12
- wtf am I reading? -
Schooly D,
2022-05-03, 21:09
- LOL! - Kermit, 2022-05-04, 07:58
- wtf is asking? - INSANEdrive, 2022-05-04, 18:11
- I feel you, but I still love both deliveries of the line - kidtsunami, 2022-04-12, 19:35
- 2¢ -
INSANEdrive,
2022-04-11, 19:47
- You can't write a better line to precede it... -
Kermit,
2022-04-11, 16:36
- You can't write a better line to precede it... -
uberfoop,
2022-04-11, 12:24
- You can't write a better line to precede it... -
Kermit,
2022-04-11, 11:58
- You can't write a better line to precede it... -
ZackDark,
2022-04-11, 08:40
- You can't write a better line to precede it... -
Kermit,
2022-04-11, 05:52
- Nope. "To War" from the same game -
Kermit,
2022-04-06, 12:41
- Exactly - kidtsunami, 2022-04-06, 06:49
- Keith's Voice Is Just Heaven... - Morpheus, 2022-04-30, 17:59
- Nope. "To War" from the same game -
Claude Errera,
2022-04-05, 17:31
- Nope. "To War" from the same game - Cody Miller, 2022-04-13, 09:34
- Nope. "To War" from the same game -
Kermit,
2022-04-05, 17:23
- Nope. "To War" from the same game -
Robot Chickens,
2022-04-05, 15:06
- Worst Halo line since "were it so easy" -
Cody Miller,
2022-04-05, 12:20
- Worst Halo line since "were it so easy" - Kermit, 2022-04-05, 14:27
- Worst Halo line since "were it so easy" - Robot Chickens, 2022-04-05, 15:37
- Worst Halo line since "were it so easy" - cheapLEY, 2022-04-05, 20:46
- Worst Halo line since "were it so easy" -
EffortlessFury,
2022-04-05, 14:21
- Worst Halo line since "were it so easy" -
Kermit,
2022-04-05, 14:54
- Worst Halo line since "were it so easy" -
EffortlessFury,
2022-04-07, 23:00
- Worst Halo line since "were it so easy" -
Cody Miller,
2022-04-08, 09:55
- Yep. - Kermit, 2022-04-08, 11:02
- Worst Halo line since "were it so easy" - Kermit, 2022-04-08, 11:00
- Worst Halo line since "were it so easy" -
Cody Miller,
2022-04-08, 09:55
- Worst Halo line since "were it so easy" -
EffortlessFury,
2022-04-07, 23:00
- Worst Halo line since "were it so easy" -
Hasan3434,
2022-04-25, 12:21
- Sure thing! Bot of Definitely Spam. - INSANEdrive, 2022-04-25, 14:21
- Worst Halo line since "were it so easy" -
Kermit,
2022-04-05, 14:54
- Nope. "To War" from the same game -
Robot Chickens,
2022-04-05, 11:59
- Worst Halo line since "were it so easy" -
Kermit,
2022-04-05, 11:33
- TWAB - 31st of March, 2022 | VOTE! Mechs vs Monsters. -
Hasan3434,
2022-04-25, 06:36
- Sure thing! Bot of Probably Spam. - INSANEdrive, 2022-04-25, 11:13