Aggressive Negotiations: Difference between revisions

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== Comics ==

* The title characters in the ''[[Knights of the Dinner Table]]'' have had their [[PC~~|PCs~~]] do this at least once, while parleying with some orcs. Both Sara and B.A. Felton were ''not'' pleased by this.

* The title characters in the ''[[Knights of the Dinner Table]]'' have had their [[PC]]s do this at least once, while parleying with some orcs. Both Sara and B.A. Felton were ''not'' pleased by this.

* In ''[[The Order of the Stick]]'' prequel book ''[[Start of Darkness]]'', we see that this is how The Dark One ultimately met his end: he was murdered while attempting to negotiate a peace settlement with the human, dwarven, and elven kings. Rather than ending the war, it made things ''far'' worse, as the goblins swarmed upon their enemies, inflicting huge losses in vengeance for their fallen warlord.

* In the ''[[Sinister Dexter]]'' story "The Why-Shaped Cut", leaders of the global criminal syndicates meet in [[Truce Zone|The Reef]] to discuss how to divide up [[Mega City|Downlode]] after the war between Senor Apellido and The Mover ends. When John Crash discovers that Carrie Hosanna is planning on betraying the rest of them and seizing Downloder for the Mangapore [[Yakuza]], he starts firing, and all Hell breaks loose.

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== Films -- Live Action ==

* In ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean|At World's End]]'', this is played with. One pirate shoots another for questioning the pirate code. However, nothing really major ~~happens -- the~~ dead pirate was a nobody, and none of the assembled pirates really want a fight to break out at their meeting. A fight breaks out ''anyway''. As Captain Jack Sparrow explains, "This is politics."

* In ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean|At World's End]]'', this is played with. One pirate shoots another for questioning the pirate code. However, nothing really major happens—the dead pirate was a nobody, and none of the assembled pirates really want a fight to break out at their meeting. A fight breaks out ''anyway''. As Captain Jack Sparrow explains, "This is politics."

* In the movie ''[[300]]'', in the famous [[Memetic Mutation|This is Sparta]] scene, Leonidas is essentially doing this. The Athenians reportedly did it as well. Everybody now:

{{quote|'''Messenger:''' This is blasphemy! This is madness!

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* In ''[[Halo|Contact Harvest]]'', a nervous Grunt attacks a marine during a diplomatic meeting and {{spoiler|starts the entire Human-Covenant war.}} The "negotiations" involved the Brutes demanding the humans hand over the planet with everything on it. There was not way this was going to end well.

* In one of the ''[[Myth Adventures]]'' books, Skeeve is parleying with the head of the opposing army when suddenly he realises the opposing army has been moving into position to attack him while he's distracted by the peace talk. He complains that this is a breach of protocol, and is informed that yes, it is, but it also works extremely well.

* In ''Mission of Honor'', [[Honor Harrington]] {{spoiler|goes to Haven to negotiate a peace settlement, backed up by Eighth Fleet, with the explicit threat that the Havenites can either negotiate, or get their navy blown out of space.}} Although that's really [[Gunboat Diplomacy]] rather than [[Aggressive Negotiations]].

* In ''Mission of Honor'', [[Honor Harrington]] {{spoiler|goes to Haven to negotiate a peace settlement, backed up by Eighth Fleet, with the explicit threat that the Havenites can either negotiate, or get their navy blown out of space.}} Although that's really [[Gunboat Diplomacy]] rather than Aggressive Negotiations.

* There are actually a few examples in the ''[[Bridge Trilogy]]'' by [[William Gibson]], most noticably in the second book between Eddie, Maryalice, Chia, and Masahiko. It doesn't help when Zona Rosa gets involved.

* Obligatory [[Discworld]] example: The First Battle of Koom Valley.