{"id":1401155,"date":"2018-01-30T11:00:32","date_gmt":"2018-01-30T16:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/community.sparknotes.com\/?p=1401155"},"modified":"2019-02-08T11:30:36","modified_gmt":"2019-02-08T16:30:36","slug":"the-7-most-devastating-mic-drops-in-literature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/blog\/the-7-most-devastating-mic-drops-in-literature\/","title":{"rendered":"The 7 Greatest Mic Drops in Fiction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/img.sparknotes.com\/content\/sparklife\/sparktalk\/jan30literarymicdropsMAIN_LargeWide.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"701\" height=\"394\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If you are like me, then you probably fantasize <i>constantly<\/i> about delivering a mic drop. Just an absolute ZINGER that results in hushed and reverent gasps, dropped jaws, possibly tumultuous applause as you do a lap around the room and give everyone high-fives. Maybe you picture yourself doing this as you&#8217;re quitting your job, or having the last word in an argument, or finally schooling that dumb idiot who has bad opinions about Severus Snape.<\/p>\n<p>The point is, every single one of us would LOVE to have a mic drop moment, but very few of us are given the chance. But fictional characters? They do it <i>all the time.<\/i> Here, for your pleasure and mine, are seven literary moments that made me fist-pump so hard I just about dislocated my shoulder.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you are like me, then you probably fantasize constantly about delivering a mic drop. Just an absolute ZINGER that results in hushed and reverent gasps, dropped jaws, possibly tumultuous applause as you do a   <a class=\"continue-reading\" href=\"#\"><span class=\"continue-text\">continue reading<\/span><svg class=\"continue-icon\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" alt=\"\">\n    <path fill=\"#007acd\" fill-rule=\"nonzero\" d=\"M13.442 5.558L19.885 12l-6.443 6.442-.884-.884 4.934-4.934L4 12.625v-1.25l13.492-.001-4.934-4.932.884-.884z\"><\/path>\n  <\/svg><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":182,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7],"tags":[438,628,2335,32,24501,1387,8561],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1401155"}],"collection":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/182"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1401155"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1401155\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1401155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1401155"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1401155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}