Automoderated users, Autopatrolled users, Bureaucrats, Comment administrators, Confirmed users, Moderators, Rollbackers, Administrators
213,517
edits
m (Mass update links) |
No edit summary |
||
(5 intermediate revisions by 3 users not shown) | |||
Line 2:
Sometimes you've got to break the rules or maybe just evade them. Sometimes you need your subordinates' help to do it. Sometimes, they don't like it.
Perhaps the situation is more complex than you can explain now, or perhaps you just need or want to break the rules, but either way, you have to get them to do it. They could revolt, or go over your head. Even in a military situation, you might face the [[Anti-Mutiny]] if you don't
Anything from cajolery, to bribes, to threats and overbearing them can work.
Line 9:
[[Shoot Your Mate]] and other techniques may be used to get their hands dirty, after which they will be less willing to rebel, because it would mean admitting wrongdoing.
{{examples}}▼
▲{{examples}}
== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* In the first [[Filler]] arc in the ''[[Bleach]]'' anime, one of the Bount is reluctant to {{spoiler|try their [[Soylent Green]] [[Super Serum]]}}. Then he [[Ignored Epiphany|tries it anyway]] and [[Face Heel Turn|turns into a massive prick]].
== [[Literature]] ==
* In Gav Thorpe's [[Warhammer
* In [[Terry Pratchett]]'s ''[[
* In [[Ben Counter]]'s [[Warhammer
* In both [[Lois McMaster Bujold]]'s ''The Warrior's Apprentice'' and ''The Vor Game'', [[Miles Vorkosigan]] uses a wide variety of these techniques to control a mercenary fleet.
* In Rick Riordan's ''[[Percy Jackson and The Olympians|The Last Olympian]]'', Nico goes to great lengths to persuade Hades to come and help the Olympians fight; whatever they had done to each other, [[Thicker Than Water|they were family]].
* In the first [[Honor Harrington]] book, Honor's crew blames her for their assignment to the worst post in the fleet, and she has to win them back through sheer force of will. She eventually brings everyone around except for her First Officer ([[Green-Eyed Monster|who's jealous of her being given the command he wanted]]) and the Chief Medical Officer (who's just lazy and doesn't like Honor making her do any work).
== [[Live
* [[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]:
{{quote|
'''Buffy:''' You beat up Willy?
'''Xander:''' Sure. Well actually, let's just say I applied some pressure. Or more accurately, I asked politely and then... okay, I bribed him. }}
{{Needs More Examples}}
{{reflist}}
[[Category:Authority Tropes]]
[[Category:Dialogue]]
[[Category:Heel Face Index]]
[[Category:Pages Needing Wicks]]
▲[[Category:Bring Them Around]]
|