A steel sword resting on a folded crimson cloak beside a pine sprig on frosted slate.

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Cordelia

I know what you’re up to. You think that if you get me mad enough, I won’t be so scared. And hey! It’s working. Where’s a damn weapon?

— Buffy the Vampire Slayer • 1997

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What it means

Our interpretation.

The speaker sees through someone's attempt to make them angry as a way to ease their fear, then admits, with dark humour, that it is succeeding. Fear is turning into fury, and the closing demand for a weapon shows a sudden readiness to fight.

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